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EDITOR’S NOTE

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ven now, in a time of mega stores and online shopping, the region’s INTERNATIONAL MARKETS remain vital beacons — often tucked-away treasures — that provide community, culture, cuisine and, in some cases, hope to our little corner of the world.

Take the Kiev Markets, for instance. They’re owned by Olga and Anatoliy Filenko, themselves refugees from Ukraine, and they stock goods from that country, plus Moldova, Latvia, Russia, Belarus and others. Their shops have become second homes to many locals hailing from Eastern Europe and beyond, including our writer Alla Drokina and her parents from Kyrgyzstan.

Or try out Best Asian Market, on East Sprague, owned by Van Chiu, who comes to Spokane by way of Vietnam, a refugee camp in Thailand and a Ph.D. from UCLA. His expansive market, nearly 6,000 square feet in all, serves a broad base of customers and local restaurants, but the thing Chiu touts is giving back to the community: “One thing we pride ourselves in — I come from an immigrant family — [is] we hire other immigrants who come in, fleeing persecution.”

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BY MARY LOU REED

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ithin its rugged borders, Idaho contains a glorious collection of wild waters. Here in the Panhandle, we have mountains that catch and hold the snow, which melts and becomes gushing rivers every spring. The torrents rush down the map to the Columbia River where the waters roll on to the great Pacific Ocean.

The Idaho Legislature, in its just-concluded session, unanimously passed a resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which both honors and protects the designated rivers, chosen because of their natural beauty and relatively natural state.

Idaho is the appropriate state to acknowledge this anniversary. In 1968, a bipartisan group of Idaho’s national legislators participated in the effort to identify and to protect these special waters. Democratic Sen. Frank Church, who at that point represented Idaho in the U.S. Senate for half of his eventual 24 years, was the principal author, sponsor and floor manager of the Wild and Scenic Rivers legislation.

Republican representatives at the time, James McClure and George Hansen, carried the measure in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The two were also acknowledged in this year’s resolution, co-sponsored in the Idaho Senate by Democratic leader Sen. Michelle Stennett and Republican Sen. Dan Johnston.

In these politically divided days, it is refreshing to honor and repeat such bipartisanship in action. I compliment the Idaho legislators for pausing to appreciate this historic act. Their action also reflects how Idahoans feel about water.

Here in the Panhandle, we appreciate our abundance of water in which we play and on which we boat. In Southern Idaho where the potatoes grow, water is for nourishing the crops — work not play. Both are essential.

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y husband Scott and I discovered Idaho at the same time Frank Church was first running for his U.S. Senate seat.

When we first observed Frank Church, he was in a primary battle with Glen Taylor, who had won the moniker “Singing Cowboy” during his four years in the Senate (1944-48).

At a Democratic rally in Coeur d’Alene City Park in the summer of 1956, Scott and I listened to Glen Taylor croon some cowboy tunes and then ask the audience to vote for him so he could afford to send his son to medical school. Needless to say, we lined up behind Frank Church.

Church defeated Taylor by a scant 170 votes and went on to defeat the incumbent Republican, Herman Welker, in the general election.

As senator, Frank Church didn’t start out as a conservationist. In 1957 he strongly supported the concept of building a 700-foot-high dam in

Hells Canyon. Church reversed his position early in his Senate days and soon was an acknowledged conservationist, a leader in the ”save the Earth” mood of the ’60s and ’70s.

The Wilderness Act percolated for nine years before it passed Congress in 1964, carried in the Senate by Frank Church. By then, the wilderness had become a national cause, and the House of Representatives passed the bill with only one dissenting vote.

The Wild and Scenic River bill followed, partly in recognition that dam building had become a threat to free-flowing water everywhere, but especially in the mountainous West. So rivers designated wild and scenic were protected from the sprawl of dams.

Woody Guthrie wrote the song “Roll on Columbia” in 1941, just before the Grand Coulee Dam was dedicated. It glorified the power that “turned darkness to dawn.” World War II did require that power to build LETTERS warship and Send comments to airplanes. editor@inlander.com.

Life is cyclical. The dam-building years of the 1900s have been followed by a new engineering challenge. Deconstruction of dams is now a realistic part of the riverscape. Solar and wind power have become attractive alternative sources of energy to turn darkness to dawn. Concern for endangered salmon and the health of the river waters are serious considerations.

But that’s an argument for another time. It’s important now to appreciate the wisdom of the decision 50 years ago to save free-flowing rivers in their natural state.

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en. Church cast the blame for losing his election in 1980 on his environmental positions. But his widow, Bethine, never swayed from her advocacy of wilderness protection. She was always a partner in Frank’s political career.

Their son, Forrest Church, in his biography of his dad, Father and Son, related the story of how a cowboy protested the River of No Return Wilderness by riding his horse through the door of the hearing room and out the door. After the rider disappeared, a reporter asked Bethine what she thought of the display. Her answer was, “I thought that was a right handsome horse.”

Frank and Bethine were the stuff of Idaho greatness, never to be forgotten. Let the wild waters flow. n

25 YEARS OF INLANDER

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Inlander is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, we’re using this space for the next 25 weeks to look back through the years. First up? 1993, the year the McGregor brothers and their mom founded the paper you’re reading today. Slowpoke and our “Do Something!” column, highlighting ways to get involved in the community, will return at the end of October.

The Year That Was... 1993 Sam retired from Cheers, and FRASIER Crane moved to Seattle… The DOW surpassed 3600… Pearl Jam and Nirvana hit full GRUNGE with Vs. and Unplugged… A goofy redhead named CONAN O’BRIEN got his big break on Sept. 13 (and he’s still going)… A month later, on Oct. 20, an audacious startup descended upon the streets of the Inland Northwest, with 28 pages on a wing and a prayer. (We’re still going, too.)

THEY SAW IT COMING

At a time when there was no actual Davenport Hotel (it was closed, hopefully to reopen, but perhaps to become another parking lot), some forward-thinking boosters proposed a DAVENPORT ARTS DISTRICT, which we detailed in our Dec. 1 issue. Karen Valvano, a New York City transplant (and sister to the late, great coach Jim Valvano), envisioned new nightclubs, restaurants and busy streets every night surrounding the Davenport. Kind of crazy, considering Spokane circa 1993, but guess what? Today the Davenport is open and that vision is in place — just try to find a parking spot on a Friday night.

OUR FIRST PULLOUT

Regular readers know the good old pull-out section is a staple of the Inlander repertoire. And right there in our fourth issue, we debuted the issue-within-an-issue concept.

Our first edition: October 20, 1993 The subject was WINTER SPORTS, COVER PHOTO: ERIK SOHNER; AIRPLANE PILOT: TOM SHANKS a category that has lived on, with five Snowlanders a year and even a Winter Party. You can tell it was still the early days of snowboarding, as we had a full story explaining the invasion of our local slopes. “The idea behind snowboarding,” wrote Tony C. Duarte, “is to randomly abuse the laws of gravity… Or, imagine throwing yourself in a blender [and] hitting the ‘puree’ button.”

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The oddball stuff has always had a home in the Inlander, and from the very beginning we offered up THE LAST WORD, where, in those first 11 issues, we covered everything from being homesick (by our transplanted-from-Boston arts editor), to an addiction to the Weather Channel, to that marvel of food engineering — the Twinkie.

THE PEOPLE WE MET

We profiled an up-and-coming local writer by the name of SHERMAN ALEXIE on Nov. 17… Master of the Coeur d’Alene universe DUANE HAGADONE sat down for an interview with us on Dec. 22… ANDY AND KRIS DINNISON beamed about their quirky little shop, Boo Radley’s on Oct. 20… And in a series of stories we analyzed how Bill Clinton was dragging down the otherwise popular TOM FOLEY, the speaker of the House who represented Spokane.

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The Problem with Roseanne

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Must we endure multi-camera format sitcoms with laugh tracks?

BY CHELSEA MARTIN

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uys, what are we doing?

No, I’m really asking.

As a species, where are we trying to go with all of this? Is there an overarching goal of any kind, or are we really just super determined to keep making the same mistakes over and over for no real reason?

When we look to the future, we like to imagine things getting better somehow, right? I mean, of course

we’re not going to all agree on what “better” means, and I don’t think anyone expects dramatic change to happen all at once, but a gradual improvement of things over time that benefit the whole of humanity is not a crazy thing to expect from an advanced civilization such as ours, right? SO WHY, IF I MAY ASK, ARE WE STILL SUFFERING THROUGH MULTI-CAMERA FORMAT SITCOMS WITH LAUGH TRACKS IN 2018?

I’d really f---ing like to know.

I watched the first episode of the reboot of Roseanne

expecting to be morally outraged, and I was excited about that. I had read all the thinkpieces about how dangerous it is to give a national platform to a verified dingbat, and, as much as I love abrasive women who don’t give a shit if they’re making other people happy or not, I also loooove an angry bandwagon. I was ready to be pissed in that fun self-righteous way that has become one of my main sources of pleasure in the last year or so.

What I was NOT expecting was to be inundated with old, bad production methods popularized in the ’50s as a way to save money.

Listen, I know the original Roseanne used multicamera format and a laugh track, in part because almost every show was made this way at the time. And I know that the reboot is just staying true to the original in that sense. I KNOW, OK? What I also know? Multi-camera format limits the possibilities of where the show can take place, it forces actors to face forward toward the fixed-inplace cameras unnaturally (like how everyone sits weirdly around one side of a table) and pause after jokes to give the audience time to laugh or howl or whatever. It’s old, bad, stupid technology and they didn’t need to use it in the reboot. Did Sex and the City break the fourth wall in all six seasons of the show or did they abandon it after the first season because it was dumb and weird? Did they use physical puppets in the new Star Wars movies as they did in the originals, or did they use newer, more realistic computer graphics that weren’t available when the original movies were made, even though it didn’t look anything like the original? DO NOT ANSWER THIS RHETORICAL QUESTION. I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M REFERENCING STAR WARS OF ALL THINGS. I TRULY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT ANY OF THOSE FILMS ARE ABOUT. I’M GETTING DISTRACTED FROM MY MAIN POINT WHICH IS THAT DOING A MULTI-CAMERA SITCOM IN 2018 IS COMPLETELY INEXCUSABLE. Because of the limitations imposed by this outdated format, we see the Conners living out their lives in a dollhouse made of approximately four rooms and sometimes a bar. My Barbies had more varied lives than that, and they all shared one pair of pink heels and one blond boyfriend. After watching the first few episodes, I wondered, are we, as a people, really not done with the societal disease that is multi-camera format? Is there truly not enough mediocrity in this sad world already? Have we given up trying to make ourselves happy?

The Roseanne reboot, and its use of multi-camera format, is a step backward for humanity. The show otherwise left no impression on me. n Chelsea Martin is the Spokane-based author of five books, including Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life. Her website is jerkethics.com.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

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Readers respond to our story about Spokane City Councilwoman Kate Burke’s decision to not place her hand over her heart during the Pledge of Allegiance (4/19/18):

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AMANDA B BRALEY: I applaud her for taking a stand, politely, to draw attention to the fact that we are not one nation under God. We don’t all pray to or follow the same or any diety. It doesn’t make us un-American to say I won’t pledge allegiance to something under God. In fact, we are more American for saying I have the freedom to politely decline the insertion of Christianity into a space that should respect all, regardless of religion.

KATHY STOESER LUND: Good for Kate! I am tired of bullies that only tout our rights when it is convenient for them.

JASON FLEMING: Kate Burke has the right to not participate in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and it has nothing to do with her fitness to do the job, whether or not she is patriotic or her citizenship…

JOHN S PARDEE: She either wants the attention or is anti-American.

Either way she should not be holding a government position. n

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STEVE ALBURTY: As a graduate of Central Valley High School (‘69), I applaud those students who are taking a stand against the insanity of the “gun culture.” In the ’60s, some of us protested the Vietnam War. Glad to see that the tradition continues.

KATHY BRETZ: I want to celebrate the person(s) who talked to the other side to find out what their beliefs are. Problems can only be changed with communication including real listening. I also want celebrate the kids if any on both sides who refrained from obscenity and unnecessarily negative for no specific reason comments. Negativity doesn’t achieve anything. n

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As Spokane Police officers’ use of deadly force spiked last year, the city is considering a new tracking system

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he use of force is an unavoidable reality of police work. People will resist getting cuffed, they will run from the cops and some will square off.

Those incidents have the potential to result in serious injury or death to officers and citizens. Yet, there is no comprehensive and consistent national database on how, when and against whom police officers use force.

The gap in information cripples any useful discussion of reform, researchers and law enforcement officials agree.

In 2017, Spokane Police officers shot more people than they have in two decades, and nonfatal uses of force increased slightly from 2016, according to Spokane’s Office of Police Ombudsman annual report.

Uses of force, though, have generally trended downward since 2013, according to a 2016 SPD report.

Several months ago, the police ombudsman Bart

Logue began talks with SPD Chief Craig Meidl about revising the department’s use-of-force policy. Changes would emphasize the sanctity of life, de-escalation and the use of time, distance and cover to reduce uses of force, Logue says. Those discussions are ongoing.

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The data is published online as an interactive Since then, news outlets and other independent dashboard. organizations have tracked uses of deadly force.

Meidl says he’s supportive of efforts toward Those efforts show that police in America shoot more transparency though he’s reserving full and kill approximately 1,000 people per year. support until he gets a better understanding of In 2015 and ’16, federal officials announced “the degree of transparency this plans to collect use-of-force data, provides.” though the timeline for when those LETTERS For Logue, the system will efforts could begin is unclear, Send comments to allow the city to think about the Wall Street Journal recently editor@inlander.com. police use of force on a deeper reported. level than ever before.

Without an act of Congress, “There’s more to use of force than just such programs would rely on local and state law numbers,” Logue says. “With all these variables enforcement agencies voluntarily sharing their you can dig down into, then maybe you can find data. something to do differently.”

Meanwhile, Bob Scales, CEO of Police Strategies, has been working to fill the gap with the utrage over police use of force grabbed data analysis system city officials are considering national headlines starting in 2014 after for Spokane. the deaths of unarmed black men, such “The policies and training [on use of force] as Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Walter Scott really aren’t evidence based because there’s no and Freddie Gray. As calls for reform intensified, data to support them,” Scales says. “The aim is to one crucial point emerged: No comprehensive get to the most effective policies and training. You database of fatal police encounters exists, much can’t really do that until you have the data.” less an accounting of nonfatal uses of force.

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Washington state, have signed on with Scales’ company. The program requires each department to submit several years’ worth of data on uses of force, typically in the form of reports written by officers. Spokane Police already posts use-of-force reports on its website and has published annual use-of-force reviews since at least 2014.

Analysts for Scales’ company code each report according to the use-of-force standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court. One function of the database is to identify any officers who are a high risk for excessive or inappropriate uses of force, Scales says.

Currently, SPD’s system for flagging officers with potential use-of-force issues is based only on frequency. If an officer uses force four times in a 12 month period, SPD’s Internal Affairs receives an alert, which could result in more training for the officer.

“It’s a good tool internally for everybody to see what’s going on, and hopefully it will also be available and easy to use for the public.”

Under Scales’ system, the alarm would sound for a number of other reasons including potential racial bias or excessive force.

“Early warning systems are trying to catch officers engaging in serious use of force that are unjust, and the problem is they’re based on frequency,” Scales says. “What we’ve found is that officers that use force more frequently tend to use force more appropriately, so you’re not flagging your worst officers, you’re flagging the best.”

Another function, Scales says, is the ability to evaluate whether changes or updates to training and policy are effective — a perk Logue is particularly excited about as he and Meidl work to update SPD’s policies.

“As Chief Meidl puts more emphasis on de-escalation in his policy changes, we’ll be able to compare whether those changes had any impact,” Logue says.

Thus far, the five-member police ombudsman commission has thrown its support behind the data-analysis system in a letter to Meidl. Some City Council members are supportive as well.

“They’re taking [the data] and reading and analyzing it in a way that I’ve never seen,” says City Council President Ben Stuckart, who is pushing for the $35,000 to begin analyzing the data. “It’s a good tool internally for everybody to see what’s going on, and hopefully it will also be available and easy to use for the public.”

For Stuckart, the data-analysis system could be a step toward satisfying a recommendation by Eastern Washington University professor Ed Byrnes, who last year released a study showing some racial disproportionality in SPD’s use of force. Byrnes recommended the city form a commission to address the disproportionalities in use of force and police-initiated contacts, but that has yet to happen.

“It’s the council’s fault. We’ve dropped the ball since that report came out,” Stuckart says. “We never jumped from there.

We need a working group, as called for in the report, and we’ve got see why there are racial inequities in the use of force.”

It’s unclear whether the Spokane Police Guild will support the new analysis system. Guild President Sgt. John Griffin did not respond to a message seeking comment.

Logue, however, acknowledges that a potential pitfall, as with any data analysis, is that the circumstances of each individual incident could be lost in the numbers.

But, he says, “with use of force, you can look globally or individually, and I think you should do both.” n mitchr@inlander.com

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Holding Them Accountable A judge rejected lawmakers’ unusual effort to change Washington’s law on police use of deadly force; plus, a new WSU study analyzes ‘micro dosing’ weed BACKFIRED

The unusual workaround that Washington lawmakers used to amend state law governing police use of DEADLY FORCE violated the state constitution, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled last week. The ruling is the most recent hiccup in a years-long struggle to hold police accountable for negligent shootings.

The state attorney general immediately appealed the decision.

The issue concerns a compromise between community advocates and law enforcement groups to change some of the language in Initiative 940, which makes it easier to prosecute police officers for using deadly force.

Currently, officers cannot be charged with a crime if they acted in “good faith” and “without malice,” which is a virtually impossible hurdle to overcome, prosecutors say.

The standard is unique to Washington state.

Last year, community advocates submitted about 360,000 signatures in support of I-940, which would remove the malice standard and make other changes to the law.

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Frequent initiative-sponsor Tim Eyman filed a lawsuit challenging the unusual procedure. Spokane Valley Republican Sen. Mike Padden, who expressed concern about the procedure before the bill was passed, signed onto Eyman’s lawsuit.

“The Legislature should never be able to avoid a public vote by enacting an initiative and amending it,” Padden says in a prepared statement.

If the judge’s order stands, I-940 will appear on the ballot in November. If it passes, lawmakers would need a two-thirds majority vote to make changes within the first two years. (MITCH RYALS)

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Women “reported a significantly greater decrease in anxiety following cannabis consumption compared to men,” according to the study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders this month. For both men and women, anxiety and stress were reduced in more than 93 percent of the sessions tracked, and depression was reduced in more than 89 percent of sessions. However those numbers could be inflated, the study notes, because people whose symptoms get worse with use are not likely to keep consuming and reporting the effects.

The study also found that users reported one or two puffs to be just as effective as 10 puffs at reducing anxiety.

“Basically the idea here for the general population and for medical cannabis users is they shouldn’t feel like they need to smoke an entire joint or get really high off a joint to reduce their symptoms,” Cuttler says. “The idea is try one hit, sit and wait and see how you’re feeling.”

More study on the “micro dosing” aspect is needed, she notes, because the different methods of inhaling can result in different potencies per hit. Also, for stress, the analysis found that 10 or more puffs were optimal for reducing symptoms, Cuttler says.

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Spokane County will pursue a lawsuit against OPIOID manufacturers and wholesalers, pointing to the negative effect widespread opioid addiction has had on Spokane County.

The Spokane Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to work with other cities and counties in Washington to bring forward a lawsuit on behalf of the county.

“This effort is part of our commitment to build a Spokane County where citizens chose to live, build a career and grow a family,” says Commissioner Josh Kerns. “We must hold those responsible for this crisis accountable.”

He says Spokane County citizens shouldn’t have to “foot the bill” for the effect opioids have on the community. According to county statistics, 64 people died of an opioid overdose in 2016.

The death rate due to opioids was 8.8 deaths per 100,000 people from 2012-2016, one of the highest in the state.

The county cites Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics showing that opioid addiction increases costs for health care, treatment and criminal justice, while also impacting workforce productivity.

The county resolution to pursue the lawsuit says manufacturers misrepresented the effects of opioids, despite there being no long-term studies demonstrating opioids are effective treating chronic pain. The county will hire the firm Keller Rohrback to investigate potential claims against manufacturers and wholesalers.

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n a nearly 200-acre site that sits south of Newport, Washington, on the Idaho border, a Canadian company supported by local and state agencies plans to build the newest silicon smelter in North America.

Using extremely high-temperature furnaces powered by more than 100 megawatts of electricity (more than the Pend Oreille utility district’s Box Canyon Dam produces), the smelter would melt quartz rock to produce about 66,000 tons of silicon metal per year. That would be sold to other companies to be further refined and used to make everything from solar panels to aluminum, chemical compounds, computer chips and more.

But since the project was widely announced to the public last fall after HiTest Sand Inc. bought the site from Pend Oreille Public Utility District, there’s been pushback. Questions about the project have come from people who live close by as well as others who live along possible trucking or rail routes, many of whom point to emissions and issues with other silicon smelters as cause for concern.

For their part, Alberta-based HiTest is enthusiastic about the more than $325 million project, which they say will bring about 150 permanent jobs to the economically depressed area and hundreds more just for the construction. That, coupled with a need for silicon metal to produce solar panels manufactured in the state, is partly why Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Department of Commerce awarded the company $300,000 for engineering costs and named it a “project of statewide significance.”

“As a leading innovator in their industry, HiTest shares our commitment to enabling the great promise of the clean energy economy,” Inslee said in an August 2016 press release announcing the grant. “I look forward to watching the resurgence of hard-working Washington communities spurred by this exciting new development in our northeast region.”

But now at least one major group opposed to the project has lawyered up, and the company still hasn’t applied for major permits while it’s been waiting for outof-date county processes to be updated. The project, once scheduled for completion at some point in 2019, is now behind schedule, and if the opponents have their way, there’s an even longer battle ahead.

“We’ve had challenges, and the challenges have gotten greater,” says Jayson Tymko, HiTest president. “I think they are likely going to be coming to a head very shortly.”

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One of the main concerns among nearby residents like Bill Ellis is the potential for emissions from the plant to contribute to acid rain.

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Many signs like this one opposing a proposed smelter near Newport have gone up in the area.

In addition to melting tons of quartz gravel, which will come from a mine HiTest owns about 300 miles to the north in Golden, British Columbia, the process of smelting silicon also involves the burning of tons of wood chips and coal. That’s largely so carbon combines with oxygen in the furnace so it doesn’t get released and create potentially more harmful gases, Tymko says.

Basically, that results in a lot of carbon dioxide — the plant would be one of the largest emitters in the state.

But the process also ends up creating smaller amounts of other gases, such as carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which are far more dangerous, says Ellis, who is a licensed mechanical engineer with a background working at nuclear and aerospace companies.

Those components can all contribute to smog or acid rain.

“It’s not as though everything is going to descend in a toxic cloud on everybody, but it will mix with the air,” Ellis says by phone from the Idaho home he shares with his wife Cindy, about 5 miles from the site. “Acid rain is very complex, but it basically starts sterilizing the area it’s in. That means fish, water, air, everything. It’s not a good thing.”

Tymko acknowledges that the plant could contribute to those issues and that it emits pollutants, but points to state and federal regulations that need to be followed in order for the plant to operate.

“We do emit, and we will contribute to acid rain,” Tymko says. “That’s where [the Washington State Department of] Ecology has really strict standards. We’re not looking for exemptions from the government.”

Also, because much of the metal is expected to be used to make solar panels, for every ton of carbon emitted at the plant, there’s about 8 or 9 tons of carbon reduction, Tymko says.

Tymko also points to the specific type of coal that will be used — Blue Gem from Kentucky — as a low-ash, low-sulphur product specifically used for silicon smelting because of its purity.

“It is in our economic best interest to have the highest purity product come out of our furnace, because the higher the purity, the greater the price we’re able to

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charge,” Tymko says. “Any lead or mercury or whatever that is a contaminant in that coal, it enters the silicon metal.”

If and when the plant is brought online, which may happen under a new business name and brand yet to be announced, it will be the only silicon smelter in North America creating “low-boron, low-phosphorus silicon metal,” he says.

LEGAL HELP

As the company continues to prepare its applications for state and federal environmental review, the rallying cries of opponents has gotten louder.

Citizens Against Newport Silicon Smelter, or CANSS, a 501(c)4 nonprofit, has hired Boise attorney Norman Semanko and others at his firm in order to push back on the Pend Oreille PUD, Pend Oreille County and HiTest for actions they believe were improper.

Monday afternoon, lawyers for CANSS and fellow opposition group Responsible Growth*Northeast Washington (RG*NEW) sent a letter to the PUD, county and HiTest, claiming that parts of the land sale were illegal.

Specifically, one of the four parcels that the PUD sold to HiTest was bought from Pend Oreille County last year and promptly sold to HiTest with the neighboring parcels that the district already owned. The letter alleges both the purchase of the land from the county and the subsequent sale to HiTest was illegal.

“These statutes are clear and unambiguous,” the letter states. “The PUD did not have legal authority under the Revised Code of Washington to purchase land solely for the purpose of selling it to a private corporation.”

The concerned groups want the government agencies to remedy the issues within 30 days or know they may face legal action, says Michael Naylor, an affected property owner and CANSS vice-chair.

Naylor lives within about 1,000 yards of the property that HiTest bought in September 2017 and says he and his wife were never told their 20-acre property, which they bought earlier last year, might be next to a smelter.

Yet HiTest had been shopping around for land in the area for nearly a year at that point.

“We were never notified by anybody that this was a potential when we purchased the land,” Naylor says.

Tymko, who was interviewed before the letter went out, said he had already asked his attorneys to double check that everything had been done properly when he first learned there were questions about the land sale.

“They’ve started creating a rumor that the land transfer was not legal,” Tymko says. “There’s nothing illegal about it.”

But Semanko says the PUD didn’t follow proper procedures and questions why the citizens can’t rely on their local officials to ensure everything was aboveboard.

“Citizen groups whose lives are impacted by this and whose lives are put on hold by HiTest’s proposals shouldn’t have to do this,” Semanko says.

Pend Oreille PUD manager Colin Willenbrock says the land was sold as part of a public process and posted publicly for sale in the local paper of record, as required by state law, on multiple occasions. The utility district’s parcels had originally been purchased for a potential natural gas plant the utility thought it might need in the ’90s, but the plant never happened and the land was declared surplus before being sold to HiTest. But the letter claims the piece of land the PUD bought from the county wasn’t put through that “surplus” process.

Reached before the letter had been sent to either agency, Willenbrock cautioned that the land transfer rumors were distracting.

“At this point the company hasn’t even filed a permitting application with the Department of Ecology and we don’t even know from a grid perspective whether the project is even feasible,” Willenbrock says. “So the focus on the land is fine, but we think people should be more focused on the industry. What is the environmental impact? What are prevailing winds, particulate impact, what does that mean?”

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It’s not only citizen groups that oppose the smelter: The Kalispel Tribe was recently joined by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians in saying the potential risks outweigh the potential benefits of the project.

Others question the public process, and due to concerns about potential health impacts, some residents are already considering moving or selling their homes.

Theresa Kuper, who owns land in the area, says she’s concerned about a seeming lack of transparency throughout the process and the potential impacts to the environment and the health of people who live nearest to the site, like her brother.

Even residents who live farther away have joined the fight.

Jade Huguenin and her fiance moved to Sandpoint, about 30 miles from the site, in October, and first learned of the plans for the smelter a month later.

“We moved here for the quality of life, the number of outdoor things you could do here. It’s the kind of place you could raise a family,” Huguenin says. “Then we get here and find out there’s this huge battle to stop this thing from getting built. It’s jarring, but we’re invested in the fight. But not so much we can’t just leave.”

Deborah Barker, CANSS president, joined the fight because her family helped settle the area near Priest River in the 1800s, and she lives relatively close to the site, in Old Town, Idaho.

“Everything that I love about this area is being threatened as far as I’m concerned,” Barker says. “I’m against anything that would harm the wildlife that we have here, our rural way of life and our clean air and our clean water.”

PUD manager Willenbrock says there are some who’ve questioned whether the state and federal environmental guidelines are even strict enough, if the plant were to follow the rules in place.

“This same discussion happened when Ponderay Newsprint Company came to town, there was vocal opposition that all the trees were going to die. Now, they’ve coexisted for 30 years,” Willenbrock says. “It’s good to have that dialogue. … Some say, ‘We want this area to be pristine. We want it to be untouched.’ Our response is, ‘Great! Is that the consensus of the majority of the community? And what are we willing to give up to attain that?’” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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year ago, Jaeda Claybrooks was a junior at Lewis and Clark High School who slept on a recliner in a packed one-bedroom apartment. Her mom died of cancer months earlier, leaving her without any parents.

Homework and going to class, she says, were the last things on her mind.

“It was like, school doesn’t even match up with what I’m going through right now,” Jaeda tells the Inlander.

That’s when she met Danielle Duffey, a homeless education community specialist for Spokane Public Schools. Duffey says she knew Jaeda needed someone to keep her on track. She helped her get health insurance and mental health care. She kept up on Jaeda’s grades and attendance. And mostly, she built a relationship with her.

Today, Jaeda, 17, is ready to graduate. And Jaeda gives the credit to Duffey.

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Jaeda Claybrooks, 17, has found a home and is now ready to graduate. things that have happened in my life so far,” Jaeda says.

Duffey’s position in Spokane Public Schools didn’t even exist until four years ago. In 2014-15, the district began hiring social workers to serve as a point of contact for homeless students, beyond what was required under the law. It’s been a relatively unique approach among districts in the state. And so far, the district has seen results, says Brett Dodd, Spokane Public Schools special programs coordinator.

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ederal law requires each school district to have one liaison to provide services to students who are homeless. That includes students living with relatives, in motels, shelters or kids not living with their legal parent or guardian.

In Spokane Public Schools, the liaison, Sarah Miller, used to handle all of that for the district’s HEART program (Homeless Education and Resource Team).

However, it meant that most high schools did not have a designated social worker to help homeless kids.

and Clark and Shadle. They’re alerted that a child may need help by counselors, teachers, social service agencies or sometimes word-of-mouth. From there, they assess how engaged the students are in school, then respond to their educational needs.

Their job isn’t to find homes for students. Instead, they make sure students are able to succeed in school.

That can mean finding them transportation to school, helping them get on food stamps, helping them find clothes and food, or getting them health insurance. If the student wants to play sports, the HEART specialist will make sure they can do so. If they need a tutor, they’ll find one for the student.

It can be the difference between a student dropping out or finding a way to stay in school, Fowler says.

“When students are in extreme crisis because of lack of housing or food, I’ve seen them revert to all-or-nothing thinking,” Fowler says. “Like, ‘there’s no way I’m going to get my grades up so I’m just going to drop out.’”

Fowler says they don’t know there are options. The school can pay for their food, for example. Or they can work something out with a teacher to get caught up on homework.

For Jaeda, it was the exact push she needed during a difficult time.

She didn’t really have a relationship with anybody in school. And that’s important, to have an adult in the school that you trust and you can talk to.”

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uffey immediately recognized that Jaeda needed someone to talk to when they first met.

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The district, Dodd says, wanted to change that.

“We as a district decided to have a point of contact in every building so we can be aware of supporting those kids,” Dodd says.

In 2014-15, the district hired Duffey as a HEART community support specialist. The next year, it entered into a partnership with Eastern Washington University to place students getting their master’s of social work in an internship in the HEART program. One of those interns turned into the second full-time HEART support specialist, Tracie Fowler, funded by a grant through the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The bulk of the students Duffey and Fowler serve are in high school. Between them, they have 285 clients between four high schools — Rogers, North Central, Lewis

anybody in school,” Duffey says. “And that’s important, to have an adult in the school that you trust and you can talk to.”

Jaeda started missing class when she lost her mom.

In her small one-bedroom apartment she lived in with several relatives, she says she didn’t have any space to grieve for her mother. To cope, she used drugs with her friends at Lewis and Clark, smoking weed before, during and after school, she says.

“I definitely used because I was hurting a lot emotionally,” Jaeda says.

Duffey referred her to a mental health therapist at Lewis and Clark. When she learned that Jaeda’s living situation became “volatile,” she introduced her to the Jonah Project, which helped Jaeda find a place to live.

Then Jaeda went to Daybreak Youth Services for drug treatment, where she completed credits for school and got sober.

They decided On Track Academy would be the best school to finish her remaining credits to graduate. After completing those courses, now she’s just waiting to walk on stage and grab her diploma in June. She’s hoping to attend college in the fall.

“She changed my life,” Jaeda says of Duffey.

Duffey and Fowler say the district might benefit more from hiring more HEART community specialists like them. They feel their work is helping the graduation rate, but that they’re “stretched really thin” right now, Duffey says.

With student homelessness a continuing problem, Duffey says ideally there would be one specialist for every school.

“This problem,” Duffey says, “is not going away.” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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pokane may not have an officially designated Chinatown or Little Italy, yet opportunities to sample the lifestyle and cuisine of cultures around the world are not lost to locals.

International food markets, just like their restaurant counterparts, are spread across the Inland Northwest in unexpected pockets of the region’s neighborhoods, nondescript strip malls and some in large and visible storefronts. There, shoppers include those seeking ingredients and products traditionally used in their native countries, along with born-and-raised Americans striving to expand their palates with Middle Eastern, Asian, Eastern European and Latin cuisine.

At these many markets, it’s common to hear a mix of familiar and unfamiliar tongues from around the globe. It’s also common to encounter owners and employees who are more than happy to share their culture’s

dining traditions with the uninitiated, offering suggestions and explaining cooking techniques passed on by generations of family.

Though these colorful, usually immigrant-owned businesses are often hidden gems scattered across the Inland Northwest’s whitewashed landscape, they’re not exempt to the struggles of a changing business landscape. Competition from big American grocery chains and online sellers threaten a successful way of life for these business owners, some of whom are refugees restarting their lives by bringing a little piece of home with them.

So, next time you need a bottle of fish sauce, or some za’atar seasoning, consider introducing yourself to the diverse offerings of the region’s many international markets.

— CHEY SCOTT, Inlander food editor

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A GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST

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Pan-Asian Patronage

LEFT: Need some sliced dried black fungus? Try Best Asian Market. ABOVE: Owner Van Chiu.

BEST ASIAN MARKET PROVIDES PRODUCTS FOR ASIAN FOOD SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE REGION WHILE FINDING COMMON GROUND IN SPOKANE’S ASIAN COMMUNITY

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he shelves of Best Asian Market are stocked full of noodles, cans, sauces and other brightly packaged goodies printed with characters that are unfamiliar to non-native speaking customers. It all seems to jump out at you. Men are working to repair the original flooring of the building that was first built as a grocery store more than 80 years ago, located in Spokane’s newly rebranded Sprague Union District.

When owner Van Chiu moved Best Asian Market to this corner spot on East Sprague not long after purchasing the business, he wanted to preserve the building as much as he could. It would have been less of a headache if he’d done those renovations to begin with, he now says with some humor as a power tool buzzes noisily in the background.

The market is big — nearly 6,000 square feet — offering its mostly Asian customer base a little bit of everything. Staples such as rice, noodles, sauces and snacks are at the front, and produce and meats are in the back.

Shoppers can find some miscellaneous household items as well, including bundles of candles, incense and cooking supplies.

Though Chiu is from Vietnam originally, the market doesn’t focus on any one nationality or product.

“We have stuff from Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and so on, pretty much from all of Asia, but we also have products from Europe, [and] some Argentinian products some Asian customers use,” he says.

Best Asian Market is also a major provider for Asian restaurants between Moses Lake and Billings, Montana, Chiu says. The business has become well known among Asian restaurateurs for its quality goods and fair prices.

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hiu and his family emigrated from Vietnam to a refugee camp in Thailand in 1979 and ultimately landed in Los Angeles, where he grew up. Chiu would later study civil engineering and earn his Ph.D. from the University of California Los Angeles. The firm he was working for after college eventually closed shop, so Chiu decided to take a year off to be with his

siblings in Spokane. The break didn’t last long, though, as Chiu soon saw a business opportunity at Best Asian Market, formerly Bay Oriental Market. He purchased the market in May 2003 as a business venture for his family. He didn’t plan to stay for long, but he’s kept busy 15 years later.

Business has been getting better for Chiu, but it’s a challenge to stay afloat, especially during the recent construction, he says.

The location in particular has at times been troubling. Spokane’s East Sprague District has struggled to shake its reputation as a place of crime and prostitution.

While things have certainly improved, thanks in part to recent efforts of neighborhood business owners like Chiu and local government intervention, Chiu feels it still needs improvement. At least now, he says, “it’s safe enough to walk at night time and not worry too much.”

The real reward of the business has been the opportunity to give back to the community, he says. Each year the market observes the Lunar New Year (in February), celebrated in bright traditional dress and dragon dance performances in front of the store. The celebration is often thought of as an exclusively Chinese celebration, though other Asian cultures also recognize it, Chiu says.

Additionally, almost all of the market’s 10 or so employees are immigrants or refugees from Asian countries, Chiu says. At least one has fled the violence of government oppression in Myanmar.

The market also regularly makes in-kind donations to benefit St. Anthony’s in Spokane, a church with a large Vietnamese population, as well as the Spokane Buddhist Temple.

“One thing we pride ourselves in — I come from an immigrant family — [is] we hire other immigrants who come in, fleeing persecution. Quite a few of them work for us,” says Chiu. “Some don’t know the basics, like how to use a mop or something, so we try to train them.” n

417 E. Third, 455-5148 This German, Austrian and Bosnian grocery store sells a variety of food products from those countries, and makes all of its desserts — including marzipan and baklava — from scratch. Specialities like Turkish coffee, spaetzle, schnitzel, goulash, German potato salad and cabbage rolls are all served regularly for lunch service.

ASIAN WORLD FOOD MARKET

3314 N. Division, 327-2899 Here you’ll find plenty of pantry staples for Japanese and Korean cooking, along with a wide selection of vegetables, noodles and kimchi. Local shoppers praise the market for its selection of breads and pastries and for stocking tough-to-find items like seasoned fish cakes, chili pastes, Asian beers, rice cakes, tapioca pearls, Pocky sticks and other packaged, imported goods.

BEST ASIAN MARKET

2022 E. Sprague, 534-9300 This market (often referred to by locals as one of its past iterations, Bay Oriental Market) carries a variety of mainstays used in Asian cooking, along with imported packaged foods and produce from countries around the globe, including Australia, Brazil, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines and Vietnam.

CASSANO’S ITALIAN GROCERY

2002 E. Mission, 747-3888 This longtime Spokane institution specializes in cured meats, like prosciutto, pancetta and salami and hard cheeses imported directly from Italy. It’s also known for its housemade marinara and wide selections of imported pasta and wine. Cassano’s also operates an in-house deli counter and a catering kitchen.

DAMAS MIDDLE EASTERN GROCERY STORE

21 S. Thierman Rd., 703-7677 This local mini mart is stocked full of Middle Eastern delights like dried dates, baklava and other traditional ingredients, such as fava beans, olive oil and halal foods.

Best Asian Market • 2022 E. Sprague • Open daily from 9 am-7 pm • thebestasianmarket.com • 534-9300

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DE LEON FOODS

102 E. Francis, 483-3033; 15530 E. Sprague, Spokane Valley, 926-5009 With two locations in the Spokane area, De Leon Foods stocks a massive variety of traditional Mexican and Latin American products — cheese, milk, yogurt, sour cream, Mexican sodas, candy, salsa, condiments and more — and is home to a full-service bakery, deli and an authentic Mexican restaurant.

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9512 E. Sprague, Spokane Valley, 927-3962 This Russian market with shelves full of treats and products from all over Europe also has a bakery that serves fresh-made cabbage, potato and meat-filled piroshkis. Don’t miss out on their dine-in promotion, which earns your 10th drink or meal (up to $6) free when you grab a punch card.

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INTERNATIONAL FOODS STORE

3021 E. Mission, 466-4784 Here you’ll find all the essential ingredients for cooking many traditional Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes, such as Greek yogurt, halal meats, lentils and more.

KIEV MARKET

3716 N. Nevada, 4823 E. Sprague and 16004 E. Sprague; facebook.com/kievmarket This market sells traditional ingredients and brands from Russia and nearby countries, along with a variety of breads, herbal extracts and vinegars.

Kiev also sells halva, a fudge-like candy made out of sesame paste, by the pound.

LA MICHOACANA MINI MARKET

9907 E. Sprague, 926-8251 This authentic Mexican restaurant (i.e., not Americanized) serves lots of tasty dishes including pozole, nopales, enchiladas, tacos and tortas, the latter served on house-made tortillas. Stop by on Taco Tuesday for $1.50 street tacos. La Michoacana also houses a mini mart with traditional Latin ingredients so you can try your best to replicate the restaurant’s flavors at home.

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Market of the KIEV MARKET PROVIDES A WELCOMING PLACE FOR SPOKANE’S EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR TASTE BUDS

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f a Russian invites you over for tea, it usually means it’s time to loosen that waist band, because “tea” entails several entrees and dishes.

At least that was true in my mom’s case, when she issued these invitations. Often my American friends were bewildered, yet delighted, when they assumed “come in for tea” meant a scone and a hot cup, but found a table arrayed with an assortment of dishes. Oh, you’re not hungry, you say? No such thing.

When my siblings and I were growing up, our culinary experiences at home were foods that my own parents had back at the motherland — for them, that meant Kyrgyzstan. They recreated what they were served as children, and so the recipes never felt lost. The ingredients were always easy to obtain thanks to Slavic/ European stores like Kiev Market in Spokane.

I’d accompany them there, waddling in, running to the candy aisle and pleading for treats, while my parents had their eyes set on piroshki, a Russian pastry that can be savory or sweet, or something that they could cook up at home. What annoyed me then is the most endearing thought to me now; that they were stopped half the time to be greeted in their native language by

people they knew.

I have a staunch suspicion their loyalty to these markets also comes from a feeling of familiarity and belonging. I asked my dad, Aleksandr Drokin, what was difficult and what he missed the most when he first emigrated to America. He said the hard part was the language barrier.

“We missed the ordinary, socializing normally with neighbors, being understood… I felt nostalgia over that,” he says.

For some, Kiev Market is a fun place and an opportunity to be adventurous with their taste buds. For immigrants like my parents, it feels like a semblance of home.

“I love to go to the Russian market, because there’s all this food there that reminds me of the taste of childhood and the flavors of the food that my parents would cook,” says Oksana Savchenko, a customer. “When I want to prepare food from our culture for my children, then I’ll go to the Russian store and get something there.”

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iev Market owners, husband and wife Olga and Anatoliy Filenko, also refugees from Ukraine, bought the two existing Kiev Markets 13 years ago when the former owner decided to sell. The Filenkos later added a third location.

At the time, Olga had been working for Kiev Market for five years, performing various duties like putting in orders, and she didn’t want to lose her job. She says that at her age, owning the markets felt like the right next step. Her children and their spouses often work in the shops and help out in different ways.

Olga says that these markets are special, because of the

LIENG & PHANE ORIENTAL MARKET

13124 E. Sprague, Spokane Valley, 922-0924 This family-owned and operated Asian market opened back in 2004 and has become known for offering hard-tofind items commonly used in authentic Asian cuisine, and at fair prices that beat even those of big online retailers you might think of turning to for such products. Owners and staff are happy to answer questions and help shoppers find what ingredients or products they’re shopping for.

MALINKA EURO MARKET & BAKERY 9564 and 18203 E. Appleway Blvd., Spokane Valley, 321-7479 This is a popular go-to for fresh fish, ice cream treats, hummus, cheese, milk and other products from all across Europe, including bread and meat. The market’s full-service bakery regularly fills custom orders for cakes and bakes fresh pastries and other desserts daily.

MARIAM INTERNATIONAL FOODS FACING PAGE: Kiev Market owner Olga Filenko.

LEFT: Svetlana Dedkov strolls through the shop.

Motherland myriad foods they offer. One distinction between the products found at the European markets and American stores is the preparation and flavors. For instance, there is a wide assortment of fish available in all forms. Kiev sells dry fish — think along the lines of beef jerky — smoked salmon and even pickled herring. Many Eastern European side dishes include ingredients with vinegar, so there are pickled jars of cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers and garlic available to accompany a meal.

Kielbasa, essentially a sausage or salami, ranges from veal and pork to chicken in many styles, including German and Polish with a selection of cheeses to pair with. In the frozen foods section, there are no TV dinners, rather a plethora of pelmeni; round, petite dumplings filled with chicken or beef, and pierogi, which are similar to pelmeni but larger, and usually filled with potatoes and onions.

The cherry pierogi or the sweet cheese-filled version makes a great dessert. But the No. 1 rule of having perfected an Eastern European meal — the thing to top it all off, quite literally — is sour cream. On everything.

All the breads at Kiev Market are made fresh at its main location on North Nevada Street. Kiev’s resident baker comes in at 2 am to start baking and preparing for the day. A giant mixer and bread slicer resides in the back room. Sometimes, the cashier may surprise a customer with free bread to take home.

To satisfy sweet tooths, Kiev sells cakes made fresh two to three times a week from a company called Top Tier, supplying them with goodies like medovnik, a classic European honey cake, or peach cake, to name a few. Ice cream is available in the freezers

and shelves are also stocked with European candy and chocolates.

American visitors should buy a bagful and try to guess what the flavors are — it’s like concocting a mystery bag.

Suppliers for Kiev’s products are in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Russia and Belarus, while the meats are imported from several Jewish and Russian delis in New York.

Besides food, the market also houses an apothecary section with essential oils and creams. Several shelves include books, novelty items, tea sets and souvenirs, like nesting dolls.

For those visiting the market for the first time, Olga says you can’t go wrong with the sweets. She suggests trying pryaniki (sweet scone-like desserts), halva (a confection of sesame paste) and bubliki (ring-like crackers to go with tea) and any of the candy or cakes.

At Kiev Market you won’t find customer service that resembles the American ideal of chirpy banter and enormous, often-forced smiles, but you will find employees who are helpful, hardworking and genuine. And over time, Olga remembers her usual clients.

“Each customer I remember has their own warm greeting, and each customer is unique,” she says, recalling that her staff often know regular customers’ orders ahead of time.

In Olga’s case, it’s recognizable that this work brings her joy because of the community surrounding it. And just like my mom always told me, food clearly brings people together. n

116 E. Wellesley, 489-4961 This Middle Eastern grocery store sells a variety of frozen foods, meats and Mediterranean dairy products like Gaimar brand milk cream spread and Valbreso brand feta cheese, as well as traditional herbs and spices like cardamom, tandoori and za’atar.

MARIUPOL EUROPEAN BAKERY & DELI

3329 E. Sprague, 535-4426 Here you’ll find smoked fish, imported sausages, jars of pickled eggplant, cheeses and dumplings, along with shelves stocked with freshly baked rye bread, cakes, chocolates and specialty food from Russia and all across Europe.

MILLER’S COUNTRY STORE

1326 Baldy Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, 208-263-9446 This market, deli and bakery sells bulk ingredients at wholesale prices — flour, sugar, gelatins, pudding, rice, beans, spices, nuts, dried fruit and more — along with specialty products such as Amish rolled butter, raw milk and farm fresh eggs.

ODESSA DELI

11415 E. Trent, 928-4272 This market offers a wide selection of meats, sweets and branded, imported products from Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Israel. The deli is praised by shoppers for regularly giving out product samples and for its friendly, helpful staff.

Kiev Market • 3716 N. Nevada; 4823 E. Sprague and 16004 E. Sprague, Spokane Valley • Open Mon-Sat 8 am-8 pm, Sun noon-5 pm • facebook.com/kievmarket

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ORIENTAL GIFTS & FOOD

4270 W. Riverbend Ave., Post Falls, 208-773-4757 This is a one-stop-shop in North Idaho for organic and natural Korean, Chinese, Thai and Japanese ingredients and snacks. The shop also offers an extensive selection of green and oolong teas, energy supplements, Asian diet food products and spices.

The business also offers lessons from trainers in karate, judo and other traditional schools of martial arts and self defense, along with uniforms, protective gear and even weapons.

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3919 E. Trent,, 535-3936 Locally owned since 1977, this Asian foods market sells a variety of specialty produce, including persimmons, pomelos and lychee and other ethnic products, such as ramen noodles. Local customers praise the market’s staff for being helpful and friendly when answering questions and recommending products.

PHUNG-MART

317 W. Sixth St., Suite 103, Moscow, 208-892-0938 This Asian grocery store serves the Moscow area with fresh vegetables and other traditional ingredients at affordable prices. Shoppers will also find items like spicy pickled bamboo, sesame paste, tofu, kimchi and many other packaged, imported snack foods.

PNW HALAL MEATS

1045 N. Grand Ave., Pullman, 339-6294 This Palouse vendor sells Middle Eastern, Persian, Indian and Bangladeshi pantry items, including halal meats, vegetables and dairy products.

SHIN’S ASIAN MARKET

1475 S. Grand Ave., Pullman, 339-6084 This Asian market on the Palouse stocks ingredients needed to make a variety of authentic dishes, including items such as samyang spicy cheese noodles, kimchi, butter chips and a wide selection of oils and spices.

VINA ASIAN MARKET

1715 E. Francis, 315-9478 This grocery is filled with Asian fruits and vegetables like dragon fruit, bitter melon, kohlrabi, and breadfruit, along with staple ingredients including fish, rice and noodles.

— COMPILED BY ERIC SCHUCHT AND CHEY SCOTT

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Halal for All

COMPETITION FROM MAJOR GROCERY CHAINS IS CAUSING THE OWNER OF SPOKANE HALAL FOOD TO CONSIDER CLOSING HIS DOORS

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n shelves pushed against the shop’s front windows are rows of secondhand shoes, microwaves and other small kitchen appliances, and a few sun-faded boxes of Christmas decor.

To one side of a blinking neon “open” sign for Spokane Liquidation, which is also home to Spokane Halal Food market, is a kitschy Santa wreath. On the other, a witch astride her broom is silhouetted by a yellow moon. Taped to the glass beneath this conflicting decor are several posters advertising halal-certified packaged foods: TV dinners, frozen meats and other items.

When new customers step inside what they’ve been told is a Middle Eastern market, located on North Monroe Street next to a plasma donation center, they may be confused as to whether halal food is actually sold here. The market portion of Spokane Liquidation, owned by Syrian-American businessman Zein Chreiki, is off to the right of the entrance and through a doorway by the cashier counter.

There, tall shelves are modestly stocked with shelf-stable packaged goods: spices, lentils, bulgur, tahini, noodles, falafel mixes and more. A low freezer case in the back of the room is half-filled with whole frozen chickens and a few racks of lamb. All of the meat for sale here is halal, which means the animals were slaughtered in a method prescribed by traditional Islamic law.

Translating from Arabic as “permissible,” halal slaughter requires an animal be facing Mecca, and to have its throat swiftly cut with a sharp blade while invoking the name of God, or Allah.

Shooting an animal is not an acceptable method of slaughter under Islamic beliefs. Pork is also prohibited for consumption, and all blood must also be drained from slaughtered animals’ veins before consumption. Alcoholic beverages are also not halal for practicing Muslims.

Many Muslims, like Chreiki, also consider halal meats to be

Zein Chreiki came to the U.S. from Syria 28 years ago. healthier and more tender than meat slaughtered and processed by non-halal, commercial methods.

“For example when you get the cow, the American way is they shoot it in the head here,” Chreiki explains as he points to his forehead, “and let them down. But from the time they kill it, the blood is clotted in the muscles of the meat, and it’s not tender and doesn’t taste right. The Islam way is [cut] the neck and hang [the animal] upside down for sometimes an hour or more, and all the blood comes to the ground.”

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hreiki immigrated to the U.S. from Syria in 1990. Before opening Spokane Halal Foods, he worked in patient transport for Providence Sacred Heart Hospital. Then, 10 years ago, Chreiki partnered with a friend to open Spokane Liquidation, which sells used and new, liquidated products including appliances, furniture, clothing and other household goods.

“I did the same thing for 10 years, and then at the time more [Syrian] refugees started coming to this country, and they started asking for halal food and meat, and that is when I opened one section here in my building,” he says.

Spokane Halal Food, which is also known as Monroe International Foods & More, opened about five years ago. Business in the first few years was good. Chreiki says he was one of the only markets in Spokane selling halal-certified products and other Middle Eastern ingredients not carried by traditional U.S. grocery chains.

Things have slowed down quite a bit since then. Now, there’s competition from those chains, which often sell at lower prices than Chreiki can afford to price his goods.

“Now most of the big companies sell halal — Costco, Winco, Cash & Carry — so the business is not the same,” he says. “Most of the Arabic people, when they first came, they didn’t have transportation… now everyone has a car and they choose where they want to buy their stuff.”

At those big chains, families are able to buy halal foods in bulk at lower prices. In addition, Chreiki says other small, local halal markets have since opened across the region area, creating more competition. Since food is not leaving shelves of his market quickly enough, he’s recently pulled back on how much inventory he keeps on hand.

These changes have pushed Chreiki to consider if he even wants to continue operating the market. In addition to the liquidation outlet, he also sells used cars and might transition to that venture full time later this year.

“The business is not good anymore,” he says. “There are too many stores open in this city. People used to come from Cheney and Pullman and Moses Lake just to buy stuff. Now they’re spreading out everywhere.” n Spokane Halal Food • 2106 N. Monroe • Open daily from 10 am-6 pm • facebook.com/SpokaneHalalFood • 326-5781

Owners Mayra De Leon and her husband, Sergio De Leon.

Fire and Spice

DE LEON FOODS BRINGS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CUISINE AND CULTURE TO SPOKANE WITH TWO MARKETS AND A RESTAURANT

BY ERIC SCHUCHT

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eople thought Mayra and Sergio De Leon were crazy for opening a Hispanic grocery store in Spokane, of all places.

But the De Leon family wanted something more than just a restaurant. They set out to prove there was demand here for their Hispanic grocery store, bakery and deli.

Now, after more than a decade in business with two locations, a taco bar and restaurant and a second on the way, De Leon Foods shows no sign of slowing down.

Sergio moved to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 7. When the Fred Meyer store he was working at in Portland went on strike, he moved to Spokane. Mayra is also from Mexico. After working at farms and convenience stores from the age of 14, she wanted more for her life and immigrated in her early 20s.

“I just noticed if I keep working there in Mexico, I wouldn’t go anywhere,” Mayra says. “So I come to the United States.”

While working as local warehouse custodian, though, Mayra decided she’d had enough. Sergio says his wife’s ambition could not be contained.

“We had recently got married and my wife’s like, ‘I can’t believe I came all the way from Mexico to clean toilets.’ And I said, ‘Well, the only difference in the United States is if you set your mind and work hard, you can accomplish anything.’”

The couple worked their way up to open their own

warehouse business in 1995 called Northwest Freight Handlers. After some time, though, Mayra wanted out.

She was interested in selling food like Sergio’s parents’ restaurant in Portland, but on a much larger scale.

“A lot of people in our community, they would have to go all the way to Tri-Cities to pick up their Mexican groceries and stuff,” Sergio says. “So we thought it would be a good idea to do something here locally.”

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e Leon Foods uses many of the same family recipes as Sergio’s parents’ Tortilleria Y Tienda De Leon’s in Portland, which was named one of the best 64 taco restaurants in the country by Rachel Ray Every Day magazine. The De Leons’ two Spokane stores sell a variety of Hispanic foods, like menudo soup, made from cow stomach, and various dishes prepared with cactus.

After the grocery store’s grand opening in 2006, Sergio admits he gained 20 pounds from eating so much.

The temptation of warm, freshly made pastries from their bakery was too much for him.

Tortillas are one of De Leon Foods’ most popular products. An on-site factory makes more than 19,000 tortillas each hour.

In 2014, the De Leon’s son Anthony, whose face is the logo of the company, had the idea to sell green and blue tortilla chips in honor of the Seattle Seahawks making it to the Super Bowl. The chips were so popular there

were lines out the door, some people waiting two hours to buy some.

“We sold so many chips, we couldn’t keep them on our shelves,” Sergio says.

De Leon Foods is also well known for its tamales, which are big sellers during the holiday season, and its Hatch chile peppers. The specific pepper cultivar comes annually from Hatch, New Mexico, and is often scarce in this area when the chilis are in season each summer.

Sergio says people come from as far as Canada and Montana to buy the peppers, and up to 50 or 100 pounds in some cases.

“And the smell that the peppers give when they’re being roasted, it’s a very unique smell, and it takes people back to when they were younger,” Sergio says.

Less than a year ago, De Leon’s Taco & Bar opened in North Spokane. Recently, the couple purchased another space near Gonzaga University and hope to open up their second location for De Leon’s Taco & Bar sometime this fall.

“The reason we’re growing, I think, is because of our customers [who] keep supporting us and keep coming in,” he says. n De Leon Foods • 102 E. Francis and 15530 E. Sprague, Spokane Valley • Open Mon-Sat 8 am-9 pm, Sun 8 am-6 pm • deleonfoods.net

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Fiddling, Family & Friends The Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest celebrates 50 years of traditional tunes and good times this weekend

BY DAN NAILEN

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milie Miller is tapping her cowboy-booted foot in time to her father Ed’s guitar strums. Her flowy red dress sways subtly as she saws on her fiddle and steps up to the microphone to sing.

It’s early evening on one of the first days that actually feel like spring in the Inland Northwest. Thirty or so residents of the Broadway Court Estates retirement community are on hand, nodding along to Emilie’s tunes.

She cracks jokes at her dad’s expense, offers a little history of songs like “Red Rocking Chair” and “Fall On My Knees,” and calls up friends Dan and Olivia Stewart to accompany her on ukulele, guitar or standup bass.

Over the hour or so she performs, Emilie and her dad play a couple of rapid-fire runs through hoedowns

Emilie Miller, 15, accompanied here by her father, Ed, plays in contests around the country. and waltzes. They explain that when Emilie competes in fiddle competitions, she has to play three tunes in less than four minutes. While that might seem a particularly tough challenge, the smile on her face after she knocks them out make them seem like no sweat at all.

“It’s really fun to play and it brings joy to other people,” Emilie says of the fiddle. “And you can get other people involved because they see you play and they’re just, ‘Wow!’” In the past month, Emilie has taken her fiddle and traveled from Spokane to Oregon, Montana and Texas to showcase her instrumental skills in competitions against like-minded music lovers with a knack for old-timey tunes. Not bad for a 15-year-old navigating her freshman year of high school and driver’s ed at the same time as honing her craft.

The Inland Northwest is a hotbed of fiddle music — perhaps an unexpected one for those who associate the instrument with Appalachian mountain music or Texas’s Western Swing. The tradition goes back decades when fiddle-playing Okies and Texans fled the Dust Bowl for California, and eventually the Northwest, and it has remained active thanks to fiddle-playing families like the legendary local Ludikers and events like the Northwest

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Regional Fiddle Contest, celebrating its 50th competition this weekend.

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he Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest is a family affair for the Millers. Dad Ed has organized the event for more than a decade, having taken over from friends with kids who were contestants until they graduated and moved on, “and the people before that, it was the same thing. You pass it down to the next generation, that’s how it works.”

Ed followed his kids into the world of fiddle contests.

His son Drew, now 19, went from curious toddler to champion-level player, and now lives in Texas, where he still competes on occasion.

“He saw somebody playing on TV and he said he wanted to play fiddle, he wanted to play bluegrass. He was 3 years old,” Ed recalls. Some lessons from JayDean Ludiker soon followed for Drew, and his little sister naturally wanted to follow in her big brother’s path. “As soon as she could crawl and get in a case she’s had her own fiddle,” Ed says. Emilie has competed in every Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest since she was 4.

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CULTURE | COMMUNITY “FIDDLING, FAMILY & FRIENDS,” CONTINUED... whole Miller family — mom Kerri is on hand at Emilie’s retirement home performance, writing up the setlist — there’s also the larger “fiddle family” that envelops the performing community.

Generations of players from throughout the region who have learned from the same teachers and competed in the same contests around the country stay in touch as they move into adulthood. Some become professional musicians like Kimber Ludiker; she plays in Grammy-nominated Americana band Della Mae, who will headline a show Saturday night at the contest. Others pursue different careers while continuing to fiddle on their own time and at weekend competitions.

You’ll find all types at the Northwest Regionals, where competitors range from 4 years old to 94. Ed Miller says about 80 percent of the 125 or so contestants are 18 and under, like his daughter, who says the contests are a great way to stay close with her fellow fiddling friends.

“You get to meet new people, or you get to see pretty close friends that you don’t get to see too often,” Emilie says. “You just have this really cool experience.”

“It can sound kind of funny to call something that’s communal and an art form ‘competitive,’ but it’s actually a really welcoming, warm group of people,” Mannan says.

Mannan is a lifelong fiddle player who grew up performing in her family bluegrass band the Bullas and now organizes the monthly Northwest of Nashville showcases at the Bartlett. The competitions, she says, not only made her a better player, but made her feel part of a community at an important point in her life.

“It can sound kind of funny to call something that’s communal and an art form ‘competitive,’ but it’s actually a really welcoming, warm group.”

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or the casual observer, the idea of musicians facing off in a competition might seem odd. After all, we’re taught that music is all about artistry and collaboration, so judging instrumentalists and picking “winners” among fiddlers in a slew of divisions from “small fries” to “seniors” might not appear to be too cool.

Jenny Anne Mannan, though, says competing was nothing but a positive for her as she was growing up in Colville and taking part in the Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest, the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho, and other regional competitions.

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“Most people, when they’re going through high school, if you’re into fiddling, that’s not real mainstream. It’s a little bit counter-culture,” Mannan says. “So to be able to go to these events multiple times a year and be reunited with your friends who are your own age, who know and love this music that you do, that in itself is completely invaluable.

“And just musically and technically speaking, there is a level of proficiency that is achieved by people at a very young age when there is the motivation of competing that I think doesn’t really happen in any other setting, even a performance.” n 50th Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest • Session 1: Sat, April 28, 8 am-4 pm • $5 • Session 2 and Della Mae concert: Sat, April 28, 5:30 pm • $20 • Session 3: Sun, April 29, 8 am-3 pm • $5 • East Valley High School • 15711 E. Wellesley Ave., Spokane Valley • northwestregionals.com

THE BASICS OF THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL FIDDLE CONTEST

 The competition at East Valley High School in Spokane Valley spans two days and features between 100 and 125 contestants.  Each contestant plays three tunes per round of competition: a hoedown, a waltz and a third tune of their choice. They only have four minutes per round to perform all three songs, and no tune can be played in more than one round.  Contestants are judged on timing, danceability, tone and difficulty of their chosen performances.  Judges listen via remote radio broadcast from a room separate from the stage, and don’t see the performers, know who is playing at a given time, or hear the audience’s reactions.  Competing fiddlers face off in divisions including Small Fry (under 9 years old), Junior Junior (under 13), Junior (13-17), Young Adult (18-36), Adult (37-59), Senior and Senior Senior (60 and up) and Championship Open (open to all ages).  Winners from each division are “certified” to compete at the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho, in June.

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GLORY DAYS You don’t have to be a fan of classic country music to appreciate Cocaine & Rhinestones, an addictive podcast hosted by Tyler Coe, son of legendary rabblerousing songwriter David Allan Coe. He delves with an academic-but-entertaining approach into episodes based around, say, Loretta Lynn’s fights with radio to play her birth-control tune “The Pill,” or the reasons Bobbie Gentry became a mysterious one-hit wonder rather than a superstar. The first season is just 14 killer episodes, all available at cocaineandrhinestones.com, and if you find yourself wanting to learn more about the Louvin Brothers, or Buck Owens’ incredible influence, Coe includes a “library” section where he recommends books on his various subjects. (DAN NAILEN)

Why college fans need to give the NBA a shot

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BY WILSON CRISCIONE

he NBA Playoffs have started, but for many local fans experiencing the hangover of another Sweet 16 run for the Zags, this time of year coincides with a certain smugness.

“The NBA Playoffs? That’s not real basketball,” they say with a scowl, their arms crossed over a navy blue Gonzaga sweater. “Those selfish NBA players don’t play the game the right way. The players play harder in college. The NBA regular season is too long and doesn’t matter.”

I hear this all the time. It needs to stop. It’s perfectly reasonable to enjoy college basketball more than the NBA. But don’t pretend it’s because it’s better basketball.

THE BUZZ BIN

ON THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores April 27. To wit:  JANELLE MONAE, Dirty Computer. All bow before the new hyper freaky, extraterrestrial, sexy, soul-funk goddess we’ve been waiting for.  SPEEDY ORTIZ, Twerp Verse. Indie-rockers led by Sadie Dupuis re-did their Foil Deer follow-up to capture some of their postelection angst.  POST MALONE, Beer Bongs & Bentleys.

The young rapper/singer got Nicki Minaj and G-Eazy to guest on his second album, which already boasts No. 1 single “Rockstar.”  TWIN SHADOW, Caer. George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow, opened for alt-J at the Knit — now you can spin his slick genre-melding pop at home. (DAN NAILEN)

It’s not.

The NBA regular season may be long, but it matters more. The seeding that comes as a result of the regular NBA season carries more weight in a playoff series than it does for college’s one-game elimination tournament.

In college, a team like Virginia can dominate all season, only to lose in a fluke game to a 16-seed. Did the regular season make much of a difference for them?

As for that 82-game NBA regular season, here’s a secret: You don’t have to watch every game. When you do, however, the level of basketball is far superior. The college game is slower, less purposeful. Drama in the final moments of a college game is created by mistakes more than it is by skill. The plays that you get excited about in college — the dunks, crossovers, the slick passes — happen so often in the NBA that it’s hard not to become numb to it.

And yeah, NBA players get paid millions of dollars.

That doesn’t mean they don’t play hard. They’re competing just as hard as college players. The stars want to best the other stars. The role players want to win and earn a bigger contract. Most NBA players are playing for a spot on a team, a chance to live out their lifelong dream.

I enjoy March Madness. The tournament makes for an amazing display of passion and chaos, as teams walk a thin line between tragedy and triumph. It allows you to be a fan of basketball without actually being a basketball fan. And for season-long followers of a team, a March victory is that much sweeter, the loss that much more sour.

The NBA, on the other hand, is basketball at its highest level, a stunning display of athleticism and talent where each player and each team constantly strives for any possible edge until the best rise to the top.

So college fans, maybe you should give the NBA a shot. n

NEW KIND OF OFFICE I’m not a huge fan of anime, but Netflix’s Aggretsuko was a nice surprise. The story follows Retsuko, a red panda who deals with the struggles of her office job by secretly singing death metal karaoke. If you’re looking for a workplace comedy with cute Hello Kitty characters aimed at an adult audience, then your tastes are oddly specific. The show’s short, relatable and easy to binge in an afternoon, and definitely worth checking out. (ERIC SCHUCHT)

REQUESTS TAKEN You might remember a few years ago when the Spokane Arena asked area residents who they’d like to see play on Spokane’s biggest indoor stage. No less than 23 artists from the original 2014 list have played Spokane in the years since. Well, the “Bucket List” is back, and you can tell the Powers That Be who you want to see by visiting spokanearena. com/bucketlist. You have until May 9 to put out the call for Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Bruce or your personal faves. (DAN NAILEN)

AN AMORAL APPLE Boredom, fear, machismo and masturbation. That about sums up a deployment to a conflict zone from a grunt’s perspective, and that’s what I love about Eat the Apple, a new book by Marine Corps veteran and Centralia College English instructor Matt Young. Starting off in boot camp, Young’s book walks through three tours in Iraq and what it’s like to return back to the “real world” with sand still in your hair. He writes via email: “Stories and experiences don’t always have a moral, they don’t always need to teach us something, and that it’s actually the reflective process afterward that’s the important part and less the experience being had.” (QUINN WELSCH)

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Baby Boom The hugely popular, nationally touring stage adaptation of Dirty Dancing hits Spokane

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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t was a 1987 B-movie that was hated by test audiences and nearly went straight to video.

Then, almost from the moment of its cinematic release, Dirty Dancing became a global phenomenon, attracting followers with a devotion that bordered on the religious. It rejuvenated musical careers, boosted attendance at dance studios, won an Oscar and immediately prompted a TV series, later followed by a prequel and a made-for-TV remake. The film’s total box office take has since recouped its original budget 35 times over.

Seventeen years after its release, it also — inevitably, perhaps — gave rise to a musical, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage. That show would experience similar success, breaking theatrical box office records, enjoying sellout runs in multiple countries and reaffirming the near-universal appeal of the story of a coddled ingenue learning to mambo with a rebel from the wrong side of the tracks.

Anaïs Blake is starring in the musical adaptation’s current U.S. national tour, which arrives in Spokane Thursday, April 26, and runs through the weekend. She plays Johnny Castle’s (Aaron Patrick Craven) dance partner, Penny Johnson, whose unexpected pregnancy forces her to step aside from staff dance rehearsals at an upscale Catskills resort in 1963. Headstrong but naive resort guest Frances “Baby” Houseman (Kaleigh Courts)

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If you loved the Dirty Dancing movie, this touring musical is for you.

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volunteers to fill in for Penny, marking the beginning of Blake admits that her own — charmed might not be a sometimes bittersweet romantic relationship between hyperbolic — life of modeling and dancing has put her at Johnny and Baby. several removes from the character she’s playing. But the “The story is a coming-of-age story for Baby,” says intrinsic “love for dancing” she shares with Penny is what Blake, “so the focus is definitely on her. Baby looks up unites her with her fictional counterpart. to Penny and sees her as an ideal, but what Baby doesn’t “I’ve had a different career than Penny had,” she says, know is that Penny has her own issues. What ends up “but at the end of the day I’ve always found that I was happening is that, ... by helping dancing for myself. I was never dancPenny with her issues, Baby grows ing for the director, never proving or up through that. It’s one of the ways trying to compete for something, bethe story helps Baby to become what cause that’s not what’s going to make After Dirty Dancing’s final bow, the she is.” you successful or happy. I understand INB Performing Arts Center will close This show is a coming of age that in Penny — that it’s a passion and down until November, undergoing some of sorts for Blake, too. Before Dirty love of dance.” $22 million in renovations. Most of the Dancing, her primary focus had been For fans of the film, whose love of improvements will be on building infraballet. Yet it was while performing Dirty Dancing tends to go far beyond structure unseen by the public — removwith Florida’s Sarasota Ballet that casual, Blake says that the stage ing asbestos, upgrading the building’s Blake got her “first taste of musiadaptation offers the ideal mix of electrical and HVAC systems for the first cal theater” through a collaboration the fresh and the familiar — not least time since Expo ’74, installing an elevator with the Asolo Repertory Theatre in because it was penned by original backstage and upgrading the dressing Susan Stroman’s innovative Contact. screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein. Clasrooms. Part of the project, though, will That ultimately helped her land the sics like “Do You Love Me?” and hits definitely be noticeable to visitors for the role as Penny, leading to what she like “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” 2018-19 theater season. The INB lobby describes as a “whirlwind” transition and “Hungry Eyes” feature alongside will be redone, from the paint to the between the worlds of ballet and songs that tie into new subplots. furniture to the featured artwork, and theater.

“You’ll hear a few more than there will be new entrances for patrons “I went from dancing in a ballet Eleanor brought in for certain scenes. in wheelchairs. It will be a race to finish company, [rehearsing] six or seven There’s a scene that [references] the it all before opening night of Finding hours a day, performing a big produc1960s where we have a singer who’s Neverland, Nov. 15. (DAN NAILEN) tion once a month for a weekend. added to the story to represent some

CLASSING IT UP

This is the first time in my life where we rehearsed for about three weeks and then went out on the road and started performing nonstop. It’s been amazing but it’s been challenging,” she says.

“It’s made me learn a lot about myself. I’m used to a full company class, [whereas] this is 100 percent on me, so I really had to become self-disciplined. It’s a lot more about learning to take responsibility for myself, making sure that I warm up on my own even if there’s only 15 minutes.”

of the other issues that are happening at the time. She sings a beautiful ‘We Shall Overcome’ that gives me chills every single night,” says Blake.

“You will leave having had the time of your life.” n

Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage • April 26–29; Thur-Fri at 7:30 pm; Sat at 2 pm and 7:30 pm; Sun 1 pm and 6:30 pm • $39.50-$79.50 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

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CULTURE | THEATER

Breaking Through Cirque Du Soleil takes its high-flying new show to a whole new realm — an ice rink

BY ALLA DROKINA

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ith a team of 40 artists consisting of skaters, acrobats and musicians, Cirque Du Soleil’s upcoming show Crystal will combine its acrobatic performance with a new element: ice.

The narrative is a familiar one, but delivered in a unique way. The main character, Crystal, is a dreamer in a stoic world, and when she pulls an Alice in Wonderland and falls through the ice, she discovers an untapped realm.

Through that portal, she finds the person she always wanted to be.

The set design and costumes are designed to enhance the storyline’s focus on reflection and duality. Even the ice’s capacity for reflecting images will serve the story, and 28 projectors suspended from the ceiling will allow the audience a whole other level of engagement with the performers. Not only will you see the performers in front of you, but multiple layers of imagery, thanks to the sky-set cameras.

“So, as you’re watching live performance and Crystal is going through her journey, you also follow her through a different level of technology,” says Julie Desmarais, touring spokesperson for Crystal.

Costume designer Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt was inspired by Crystal’s surreal and ethereal experience. Besides necessary functionality, like thicker lycra to keep the performers warm, the costumes will reflect different roles, such as the use of black and white costumes to portray shadows.

Each character has up to three or four costume changes, so each piece is designed to have easy access and removal.

Taking acrobatics to an ice rink wasn’t an easy feat, and Christopher Koury, Crystal’s production manager, oversaw the logistical side of things.

“I know it’s a different dynamic of the show which allows for more creative uses of what you would traditionally think of for a Cirque show,” says Koury. “The ice obviously adds a different element to it, and a different skill level for the artists.”

Koury adds that there was a certain temperature to be maintained for the ice to be workable for both ice skaters and the show’s acrobats. The acrobats have specialized footwear with metal studs at the bottom to help with traction on the slick surface.

Crystal’s musical score blends orchestral sounds with contemporary pop songs to connect with the audience. Audiences will be able to recognize a sound pattern repeating throughout the show that syncs with the storyline.

“It’s a story about love and a story about confidence,” says Desmarais. “She’s seeking who she is and she finds it at the end. She finds herself and what she’s destined to be.” n Cirque Du Soleil’s Crystal • May 2-6; Wed-Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat at 4 pm and 7:30 pm, Sun at 1:30 pm and 5 pm • $47-$127 • All ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W Mallon Ave. • spokanearena.com • 325-7320

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Phillip and Patricia Butterfield opened Winescape’s tasting room last November.

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WINE

Beyond the Classroom Two WSU medicine professors and their science-minded son apply their skills to Spokane’s new Winescape winery

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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ashington State University continues to produce talented winemakers who’ve graduated from its Viticulture and Enology program launched less than a decade ago. Yet it’s a couple of WSU alumni medical professors and their scientifically minded son who are creating the most recent buzz with their newly opened Spokane winery Winescape.

Patricia and Phillip Butterfield — both with doctorate

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degrees in health science fields and teaching at WSU’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine — founded the winery with their son, Tristan Butterfield, who earned a physics degree at Notre Dame, but has pursued winemaking since 2010.

Phillip, an associate research professor with a dual background in engineering and microbiology, and Patricia, a professor and associate dean of research education,

were on vacation in Australia when they became curious enough about winemaking for Phillip to try his hand at the ancient craft. Not long after, Tristan informed his parents he was going to pursue winemaking, interning at Wenatchee’s Chateau Faire Le Pont winery, then landing a job at Hogue Cellars and eventually Kiona Vineyards and Winery, where he continues to work as an enologist.

“We’re the poster children for squandering our life

savings in our 60s,” jokes Patricia, who continues teaching at WSU, although Phillip plans to retire in June.

“I’ll be down to only one full-time job then,” he says, laughing.

Winescape gained steam in 2015, when the Butterfields purchased a 14-acre farm in Glenrose, a mostly rural area southwest of Spokane. Leaving behind their beloved Tudor revival home on the South Hill, the Butterfields moved into an 800-square-foot house overlooking an old red barn on the Glenrose acreage.

Renowned Seattle-based architect and Spokane native Tom Kundig designed Winescape’s 4,000-square-foot production facility to emulate the historic barn next to it. Kundig, whose repertoire includes designing winery production and tasting facilities in Washington and Canada, used to play in the Glenrose area as a youngster, say the Butterfields, who met the architect through a friend of a friend.

Winescape’s facility houses a tasting room, featuring custom furniture by Dare Designs’ Bart Templeman, which currently is one of only two places to try Winescape’s current wines (the other is Petunias Market in Spokane). The tasting room opened its doors in November 2017.

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4.875 Phillip Butterfield tastes and tests Winescape’s malbec barrels.

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In addition to a Columbia Valley chardonnay and a lovely gewürztraminer called Harvest Moon, Winescape produced both a 2014 syrah and a 2015 cabernet sauvignon using Red Mountain American Viticultural Area grapes grown near Benton City, Washington.

“You have to start with iconic wines,” says Phillip, noting that their four initial wines are all from grapes they knew and liked.

Their 2016 chardonnay, for example, features Sunnyside Vineyard grapes their son worked with while at Hogue Cellars.

“At Winescape, the folks managing the vineyard are a big factor in determining where we get grapes,” says Tristan, who’s worked as an enologist at Kiona Vineyards since 2014.

Winescape wines are the result of collaborations with several vineyards, says Tristan, who is busy selecting the grapes for upcoming releases. He’s working with Heart of the Hill Vineyard to produce cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, mourvèdre and carménère, as well as Ranch at the End of the Road Vineyard for Winescape’s syrah and gewürztraminer. Winescape is also working with Sagemoor Vineyard’s Dionysus and Bacchus vineyards for its cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot, as well as Oasis Farms for a grenache and a growing list of others.

“We think the relationship between the winemaker and vineyard manager can have a big influence on the final product,” Tristan explains.

“All the Red Mountain vineyards are within a 10-minute walk of my office at [Kiona]. Seeing the vintage unfold each day really informs our winemaking and I’m able to communicate things I see in the vineyard to the rest of the Winescape team up in Spokane.” n food@inlander.com Winescape • 6011 E. 32nd Ave. • Open Fri-Sun 1-6 pm • winescapewine.com • 474-0150

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FOOD | OPENING

Peak Treats Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar inside the new Spokane Tribe Casino focuses on classic, American comfort food

BY CHEY SCOTT

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eyond the blinking lights and jingly-jangly sounds of the gaming floor, the tables inside Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar are packed with diners on a recent Friday night. Waitstaff hustle back and forth with steaming bowls of chili, towering burgers and foam-topped pints of beer.

My guest and I wind around tables back to the bar to get further away from the activity of the gaming floor.

There, the bartender tells us there are casino games on one side if we’d like. We’re here for the food, though, so we slide up to the sleek, ultra-wide bar made of sparkly black granite. Basketball is playing on the TVs above the plentifully stocked shelves, and from here we can see cooks bustling in the massive kitchen.

Three Peaks is the dining centerpiece of the new Spokane Tribe Casino that opened early this year on the far western edge of Airway Heights. (For those who’ve not yet made the trek, you’ll know you’ve nearly arrived when you hit a new roundabout at Highway 2 just past Craig Road.) The restaurant is named after three prominent peaks in the Inland Northwest — Mount Spokane, Cayuse Mountain and Steptoe Butte — that roughly outline the Spokane Tribe’s ancestral homelands stretching across 3 million acres.

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Chef Blerita Kaba (top right) crafted a comfort food-focused menu for Three Peaks, drawing from her diverse culinary background.

Though it’s technically located inside the casino, just to the left inside the main entrance, Three Peaks is family friendly and serves a children’s menu. The daily menu’s overall theme is classic American, with scratch-made items highlighting local ingredients whenever possible.

Chef Blerita Kaba heads the kitchen and says her intent for the menu is to focus on high-quality, fresh comfort food.

“Honestly, I just took a lot from living in different states… and a lot of flavors from different cuisines,” she says. “If you look at our menu now, it’s very broad — you can find tacos to an Italian dish to wild salmon to American classics, so it’s a little bit of everything for everyone, but I put my spin on it.”

Kaba, who was born in Albania, started working in her family’s restaurants at age 12, working her way up through the ranks since. She’s been at Italian spots in New York City and opened her own Italian eatery in Arizona. Before coming to Spokane in 2015, she ran a hotel restaurant in Alaska. Here, she’s worked for Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar and was the opening chef for the local chain’s Tortilla ENTRÉE Union eatery at River Get the scoop on local Park Square. food news with our weekly Out of all the Entrée newsletter. Sign up options on the menu, at Inlander.com/newsletter.

Kaba’s favorite is the ribeye ($33) served with fried leeks, a garlic mash and seasonal vegetables.

Another house favorite is the bison chili ($5 cup, $9 bowl). Other items on Three Peaks’ “Signature Plates” menu include the pan-seared wild salmon with herbed dill sauce and saffron rice ($19), along with chicken fried steak, fish and chips, a taco platter and a seafood platter.

Sandwiches include several burgers, a French dip ($12), Reuben ($12) and the signature bison burger ($17.45). Sandwiches are served with choice of fries, tater

tots, green-bean fries or, for a $1 upcharge, a side salad or soup.

Chef Kaba also creates daily specials (served from 11 am-3 pm), which aren’t far from what’s served on the regular menu, and again speak to the restaurant’s comfort-food focus with dishes like lasagna, meatloaf, chicken parmesan, tuna casserole and beef stroganoff.

“I do think we have something for everyone — that is what sets us apart,” says casino marketing manager Joni Hay-Smith. “It’s really nice when you’re dining with a large group and you can go and everyone can get a dish they’re happy about.”

In the bar, customers will find a standard lineup of domestics in bottles and on draft, along with craft beers from local and regional breweries like River City, Iron Goat, Orlison, 12 String and No-Li. Next to each item on the food menu, Three Peaks suggests a beer pairing.

There’s also a “50 Wines under $50” list, which breaks down the restaurant’s wine list by price, starting with the $5 “blind wine” option: “you pick the color, we pick the juice.”

Signature craft cocktails ($8 each) include a smoked old fashioned, Moscow mule, cucumber gimlet and the “tiny tinis” martini sampler. Happy hour runs Monday through Friday, from 3-7 pm and offers $3 pints, wells and house wines, along with select appetizers at $3, $4 and $5 each.

The new casino is also home to Whaluks, a fullservice bar open daily from 9 am-2 am, and Speelya’s Den, a deli counter serving sandwiches, salads, desserts and coffee. n cheys@inlander.com Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar • 14300 W. SR-2 Hwy., Airway Heights • Open Mon-Thu 11 am-11 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-midnight • spokanetribecasino.com • 818-1547

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After a two-week hiatus for some light remodeling and a menu overhaul, the Blackbird Tavern + Kitchen in downtown Spokane reopened on April 16 with a new Southern barbecue smokehouse focus. As part of the aesthetic changes, the restaurant’s entrance is now adjacent to its patio. Inside, booth seating backs were lowered to create a more open feel. And when customers enter, they can now order up front from a kiosk, a hostess or choose traditional table service.

The new menu features house-smoked barbecue meats: brisket, chicken, ribs, pulled pork, hot links and vegetarian-friendly jackfruit, which all can be ordered as plates with two sides, tacos, sandwiches or “just the meat.” The Blackbird is maintaining its weekend brunch service, and continues to serve a massive selection of bottled and draft craft beers. (CHEY SCOTT)

VIEN DONG RESTAURANT IS MOVING

The popular local Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant in East Spokane currently has a sign posted in the window stating that it’s permanently closed at its longtime location at 1730 E. Sprague as of April 16. Fear not, fans of Vien Dong: the restaurant’s raved-about pho soup and banh mi sandwiches are simply moving to a new location at 3435 E. Trent, which was once home to a place called Crossroads Restaurant.

No reopening date for Vien Dong has yet been announced. (CHEY SCOTT)

SHOGUN RESTAURANT BURNS DOWN

After an early morning fire this past weekend, the longtime Japanese sushi and hibachi restaurant in East Spokane, at 821 E. Third, was destroyed.

Opened in 1992, Shogun was a local favorite for its theatrical dining experiences offered at the hibachi grill tables, where chefs prepared meat, vegetables and rice in front of customers. Shogun

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was also home to a sushi bar and a full bar serving cocktails, sake and imported Asian beers. No word yet on whether the owners will rebuild the restaurant. The building is reported to be a total loss. (CHEY SCOTT)

PARK LODGE IN KENDALL YARDS OPENS THIS WEEK

The newest restaurant to join the growing downtown neighborhood of Kendall Yards is set to open this Friday, April 27. Park Lodge is located in a new building on the development’s west end, across from the Olmsted Brothers Green park, and right along the Centennial Trail. Owned and operated by Spokane chef Philip Stanton, Park Lodge’s menu highlights in-season produce and meats grilled over a custom-built, wood burning hearth. Stanton describes the menu as Mediterranean-influenced comfort food, although the creative plating of each dish — like Park Lodge’s chili — will probably look quite different (in a good way) than what many diners may picture.

We’ll share more on Park Lodge in a future issue of the Inlander. (CHEY SCOTT)

MOUNTAIN LAKES BREWERY OPENS DOWNTOWN

The downtown craft brewing scene continues to grow with the opening of Mountain Lakes Brewery on April 12. Co-owners Dave Basaraba and Tim Hilton began homebrewing in a garage after transplanting to Spokane from opposite sides of the country. Now, the pair are taking their hobby to the next level on a small system capable of brewing up to three barrel (90 gallon) batches. Located next to Lion’s Lair bar, the taproom is styled with decor representing Basaraba and Hilton’s passion for the outdoors. The taps are poured by canoe paddle handles and feature several classic beer styles. Mountain Lakes’ most recent release is the Espresso Blonde Ale with cold brew from nearby Spaceman Coffee.

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ALL THE MARVELS On the eve of Avengers: Infinity War, we look back at the best — and worst — of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

BY DANIEL WALTERS AND NATHAN WEINBENDER

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t’s been a decade since Tony Stark first swaggered onto multiplex screens in Iron Man, jumpstarting the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe and permanently altering the way contemporary blockbusters were made, marketed and released. Since then, we’ve all gotten older while Robert Downey Jr. has seemingly aged in reverse, and we’ve watched as other companies (including DC Films and Universal) have mostly bungled attempts to duplicate Marvel’s world-building model.

As the studio prepares to release Avengers: Infinity War, its 19th — and, arguably, its most ambitious — canonical film, the Inlander’s resident Marvel buffs reflect on the highs and lows of the Hollywood juggernaut’s first 10 years.

MOST MEMORABLE VILLAIN

DANIEL WALTERS: Vulture, Spider-Man: Homecoming You thought I’d say Loki? Loki’s fun. But Michael Keaton’s Vulture is the first Marvel villain who seems like a real person. The small scale helps. He wants to make a quick buck, not blow up the world. His grievances are real, but petty. Best of all, as a high school superhero movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming uses Vulture for a brilliant

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riff on the most intimidating nemesis a high school kid could ever face: His girlfriend’s dad.

NATHAN WEINBENDER: Killmonger, Black Panther All the way through Black Panther, you’re thinking, “Killmonger’s got a point!” Which is the last thing you’d expect from a character named Killmonger. He’s the most complex character in a movie full of them, a militant activist who, like Vulture, has seemingly become a supervillain as a last resort. He’s got the germ of a good idea — Wakanda should be more generous with its natural resources — but is going about it in the worst way.

LEAST MEMORABLE VILLAIN

DW: The villain from Thor: The Dark World Marvel has this maddening habit of taking some of our most interesting character actors — Lee Pace, Hugo Weaving, Josh Brolin — and suffocating them under pounds of latex and CGI. Nowhere was this as prominent as in Thor: The Dark World, where Christopher Eccleston had the gall to squeeze out all his personality as a sub-Star Trek: The Next Generation villain. If you care, according to IMDb, his name is Malekith. (You don’t.)

NW: Whiplash, Iron Man 2 OK, so maybe Whiplash isn’t as forgettable as some other Marvel baddies (quick — name the villain from AntMan!), but he’s certainly one of the biggest missed opportunities in the studio’s history. Casting Mickey Rourke, fresh off his comeback role in 2008’s The Wrestler, as an electricity-harnessing Russian megalomaniac was a brilliant move. Giving him nothing to do — and abandoning him completely for long stretches of time — was not.

MOST IMPROVED CHARACTER

DW: Thor Thor always had his funny coffee-mug-smashing moments. (“Another!”) Yet, especially in his first two solo movies, his Shakespearean frat boy persona was weighed down with ponderous discussions of Asgard and the Bifröst. But gradually, the Joss Whedon-y quippiness of the Avengers crew began to rub off on the Norse god, and by the time last year’s Thor: Ragnarok rolled around, he was smirking and exchanging bon mots. He’s gone from inert to downright electric.

NW: Hulk Thor’s muscle-bound compatriot Hulk also had a

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rocky cinematic start. Bruce Banner’s MCU debut was in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, starring an out-of-his-depth Edward Norton, which felt more like a pre-Avengers placeholder than a satisfying standalone feature. Replacing Norton with Mark Ruffalo, who’s not only a more approachable screen presence but is more convincing as a nebbish scientist, and making Banner a comic sidekick with a soft side was a smart choice.

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THE DIRECTOR WHO SHOULD TAKE ON THE NEXT MARVEL PROPERTY

DW: Edgar Wright Imagine it: Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) being handed the full power of the Marvel machine. OK, you nerdy nitpickers out there might insist that, technically, Edgar Wright did direct a Marvel movie. Then he was kicked off Ant-Man (2015). See, back then, Marvel was nervous about giving their directors too much freedom. But no longer: Black Panther was a Ryan Coogler movie.

Thor: Ragnarok was a Taika Waititi movie. Let Edgar Wright make an Edgar Wright Marvel movie.

NW: Ang Lee Hear me out. Two-time Oscar winner Ang Lee has handled comic book material before, having directed 2003’s oft-derided Hulk, which was stylistically ambitious but dramatically inert. But now that Marvel has its formula down to a fine science, I think Lee deserves a second chance. He embraces technological razzledazzle and has crafted stunning visual effects sequences in the likes of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Life of Pi. Just get him a solid script.

OBSCURE MARVEL CHARACTER MOST DESERVING OF A FILM

DW: Squirrel Girl Most Marvel characters (Spider-Man and the Hulk excepted) were obscure until Marvel decided to make them a thing. Who beyond comics obsessives had ever heard of Groot before he inspired a new generation to take up topiary? So handing a film to Squirrel Girl — whose powers include chewing through wood, jumping from tree to tree and speaking the language of squirrels — isn’t as nuts as it sounds. Heck, a buddy movie with Squirrel Girl and Rocket Raccoon practically writes itself.

NW: Rage A black Brooklyn teenager who had an unfortunate run-in with some toxic sludge, Rage is a 450-pound tough who sought revenge on the gang that killed his grandmother and once scolded Captain America for the Avengers’ lack of diversity. Rage didn’t get any decent storylines within the comics, but produce a stylish, socially-conscious film about a black superhero vigilante on the streets of New York and you’d have a hit on your hands.

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NW: The Avengers The first time I saw 2012’s The Avengers, wherein the MCU’s disparate strands finally fused, I found it a reasonably entertaining, if needlessly elaborate, piece of mass marketing. But upon rewatch, I’ve come to appreciate its wit, snap and effortless pacing. It’s more lithe and dexterous than a 143-minute film with at least a dozen main characters should be; its sequel, Age of Ultron, seems bloated and overworked by comparison. Writer-director Joss Whedon is spinning a remarkable number of plates here, but he does it with panache. Oh, and it’s really funny. n

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DW: Thor: Ragnarok Ragnarok blows up everything that was dull and boring about the Thor franchise — in some cases, literally. It breaks up with Natalie Portman. It brushes aside all the tedious teasers for the movie promised by Doctor Strange and Age of Ultron. It crushes Thor’s hammer and rips out his eye. And in its place, it adds Jeff Goldblum in eyeliner. It turns New Zealand director Taika Waititi into a soft-spoken rock monster. It plays Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song,” not once, but twice. It’s silly, yes. But superheroes are silly. And silly is fun.

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OPENING FILMS AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

The 19th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to be the biggest, loudest, most expensive movie ever and everyone in the world is going to see it. What’s it about? Well, based on the title, all the Avengers engage in battle, possibly forever. (NW) Rated PG-13

FOXTROT

Israel’s entry for last year’s Foreign Film Oscar is an unpredictable, Felliniesque drama about a young soldier stationed at a remote military outpost and the parents who mistakenly believe he’s been killed. (NW) Rated R

LEAN ON PETE

A solitary 15-year-old kid (Charlie Plummer) moves with his single father to Portland, where he develops an attachment to a retired racehorse. Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny and Steve Zahn co-star. (NW) Rated R

BLACK PANTHER

BLOCKERS

A trio of helicopter parents discover their teenage daughters have made a pact to lose their virginity on prom night, and they’re determined to thwart it. Don’t let the premise fool you: This is a sweet, if oddly structured, comedy, buoyed by a delightful and diverse cast.

(MJ) Rated R

BORG VS. MCENROE

The rivalry between tennis stars Björn Borg and John McEnroe, which came to a head at 1980 Wimbledon, is explored in this bombastic sports biopic about the pathology of competition. Featuring solid performances from Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf as the central figures. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

THE DEATH OF STALIN

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From Veep creator Armando Iannucci comes this wicked, pitch-black comedy (seriously — it’s really dark) detailing the power struggles that develop amongst Joseph Stalin’s lackeys following the dictator’s 1953 death. Expect caustic wit and barbed, expletive-filled dialogue, deftly juxtaposed with legitimately disturbing moments. (NW) Rated R

GAME NIGHT

An evening of board games and merlot amongst friends is interrupted by violent thugs and kidnappers. The only problem is everyone thinks it’s all a gag.

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

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

A faith-based drama about Bart Millard,

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Director Lynne Ramsay’s fourth feature stars Joaquin Phoenix as a shellshocked veteran-turned-hitman, hired to track down a senator’s missing teenage daughter by any means necessary.

Not for the faint of heart. (NW) Rated R

I FEEL PRETTY

ISLE OF DOGS

Wes Anderson’s second stop-motion feature is set in a world where all canines have been exiled to an island of garbage and centers on a young pilot searching for his own lost dog. Far from a traditional kids’ movie, it’s a treat for both film geeks and animal lovers, and as visually inventive as you’d expect from Anderson. (JS) Rated PG-13

THE LEISURE SEEKER

Helen Mirren nabbed a Golden Globe nomination for this wistful comedy, playing a woman who takes her Alzheimer’s-afflicted husband (Donald Sutherland) on an RV trip to Ernest Hemingway’s Key West. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

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Amy Schumer plays an insecure woman who suffers a head injury in an exercise class, only to wake up with the poise and confidence of a supermodel. She mostly carries this low-key comedy, even as the script follows the most obvious narrative routes. (NW) Rated PG-13

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NOW PLAYING 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

CRITICS’ SCORECARD

A QUIET PLACE

In this brilliant post-apocalyptic thriller, a mother and father (real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who also directed) must protect their children from monsters that are attracted only to sound. A smart reinvention of a genre we thought had been exhausted, and a truly audacious major studio horror film. (MJ) Rated PG-13

RAMPAGE

That old arcade game about buildingsmashing monsters is now a movie, starring Dwayne Johnson as a scientist who must stop a trio of geneticallyaltered super-creatures from leveling all the world’s cityscapes. Barring a few fun action moments near the end, it’s not nearly deranged enough to be memorable. (NW) Rated PG-13

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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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

SUPER TROOPERS 2

The long-delayed sequel to the 2001 cult comedy reunites those mischievous Vermont state troopers, this time going tête-à-tête with mounties on the U.S.Canada border. All the tired jokes from the original are recycled, but with the added stink of middle-aged desperation. (NW) Rated R

TRUTH OR DARE

A round of the classic schoolyard game turns sour when the college kids playing realize that anyone who doesn’t follow the rules meets a grisly end. Idiotic and amateurish. (NW) Rated PG-13

A WRINKLE IN TIME

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

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

LIVES WELL LIVED

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

OH, LUCY!

Shinobu Terajima stars as a timid Japanese office worker who, along with her perturbed sister, jets to California in pursuit of her young niece and the hunky English instructor (Josh Hartnett) she’s run off with. An undeniably strange but compulsively watchable fish-out-of-water story. At the Magic Lantern. Not Rated

PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST

The biblical story of Paul, who went from persecuting Jesus’ followers to

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The rousing conclusion to the revamped Apes trilogy leaves us with a twinge of hope, but not before wad-

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I FEEL PRETTY

enee doesn’t like the way she looks. As played by Amy Schumer, she wishes she were more confident and vivacious, as conventionally beautiful as the supermodels that always seem to be swarming around her in New York City. And then she gets her wish, albeit in an odd way: She hits her head during a SoulCycle session, and every time she looks in the mirror, she sees her ideal self looking back, and it inspires within her the swagger of a million Linda Evangelistas.

That’s the set-up for the new comedy I Feel Pretty, an intriguing, potentially incendiary premise for a movie that’s content to coast by on soft, low-key charm. It still works in a modest way, mainly because Schumer commits so completely.

The wallflower version of Renee works in a grubby office, rips her gym pants in exercise class and gets elbowed out of line at the bar. With her newfound superpower of self-assurance, she flirts with dudes in the dry cleaners, enters a dive bar bikini contest and even impresses a cosmetics company CEO (Michelle Williams, channeling a Disney princess version of Marilyn Monroe) to land a prime VP position.

Because I Feel Pretty was written and directed by rom-com vets Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You), we

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SUPER TROOPERS 2

uper Troopers 2 was partially funded by an Indiegogo campaign, and having seen the finished product, I think all the donors deserve refunds — though I don’t know what anyone expected. This is the long-delayed sequel to the raunchy cop comedy from 2001, and it contains more of the same loose, lowbrow shenanigans that have gained an inexplicable cult following.

In fact, most of the jokes from the original Super Troopers are merely recycled wholesale here, only this time with the added stink of middle-aged desperation.

All the trigger-happy, mustachioed, prank-pulling Vermont highway patrolmen from the first film return, again played by members of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, who also penned the script. We get a translucently thin plot about a chunk of Canadian land that’s discovered to be U.S. territory, which

wait patiently for the genre-tested complications to kick in, and they do. There are the two possible love interests — the unassuming but genuinely nice guy (Rory Scovel), and the roguish celebrity bachelor (Tom Hopper) who’s obviously up to no good. There’s the tortured third-act contrivance that requires characters to talk around the point so that a particular misunderstanding can persist, and the career-making presentation that finds the right people showing up at just the right time.

And what are the odds that Renee will hit her head again at the worst possible moment, reversing her head injury like she’s in some kind of HannaBarbera cartoon?

So it’s got its problems, but I developed enough goodwill toward I Feel Pretty that I didn’t always mind when the screenplay chose the most obvious narrative paths. Schumer and Scovel have a warm, sweet chemistry, and it’s refreshing to see a movie that takes aim at the impossible, sexist beauty standards women are held to, and suggests a little insecurity isn’t such a bad thing.

It’s a nice message, though what it really could have used was the kind of sly comic subversion that defines Schumer’s own stand-up. This is a pleasant enough comedy, but it could have been a radical one.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

inspires the officers to come out of forced retirement and stumble upon a drug smuggling operation. Oh, and Rob Lowe shows up in a bad wig.

You’d think after 17 years the Lizards could have come up with comic material more inspired than digs at Canadian accents, or endless strings of allegedly funny-sounding French words, or so many dick jokes that it’s almost Freudian.

It’s a depressing experience, watching a bunch of dudes who are pushing 50 and still kneeing each other in the junk like frat boys on a bender.

Look, no one was hoping for sophistication when they dropped their hardearned dollars to fund a new Super Troopers movie, but surely they weren’t expecting something this lazy.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

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ylan Hathaway isn’t old enough to legally purchase and consume an alcoholic beverage, but he spends an awful lot of his free time in breweries and wineries.

It’s part of the routine for the local singersongwriter, who turned 18 earlier this month and has been performing acoustically around town on most weekends — at places like Iron Goat, LeftBank Wine Bar, Craftsman Cellars and Black Label Brewing — for the last few years.

“This is, for sure, where I got my foot off the ground,” Hathaway says as we sit inside the Saranac Commons on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, just beyond Black Label’s 21-plus barrier. It isn’t the first place he performed locally — he had played some covers for customers up at the Green Bluff farms and was a regular at the Bartlett’s open mic nights — but Black Label is where he started making money as a musician.

“I don’t think I was nervous because it was an adult crowd, but looking back, I felt like I had something to prove,” Hathaway recalls. “I have two older brothers, so I’ve probably spent more time in my life around people who are over 21. I feel like now, I’m more comfortable around [adults], because teenagers are pretty judgy. It’s almost nicer to play for adults.”

Hathaway was born in Connecticut, and his family lived in the small town of Brookfield until he was 13. They uprooted to Spokane in the summer before Hathaway went into the eighth grade, a move that he says was difficult for him: He was unfamiliar with this part of the country, didn’t have any friends and had a hard time fitting in at Mt. Spokane High School. ...continued on next page

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So he wrapped himself up in music, something that came naturally to him since he picked up a guitar and taught himself to play when he was 10. Hathaway says he had previously performed one-off live gigs with his dad and brothers, who are also musical, but he never felt like he was in the spotlight. And then both brothers left for college, and Hathaway suddenly became a one-man act.

“I wanted to keep playing music,” he says, “but I was alone now.”

He still plays solo with an acoustic guitar and the occasional aid of percussion loops on a drum machine. It’s a good setup, Hathaway admits, but the dream is to have a five-piece ensemble — another guitarist, a bassist, a flesh-and-blood drummer, a keyboardist and backup vocalist.

“I really look forward to hopefully having the opportunity to play with as many people as I can,” he says. “One of my main goals … is to find other musicians to form a band with. That’s always been my end goal.”

He says his typical setlist includes some originals (a few of which he’s recorded), but is usually made up of “three-fifths covers,” a mix of coffee shop favorites like Portugal. The Man and Milky Chance, and the classic rock bands his dad introduced him to: Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Traffic.

This weekend, Hathaway is taking that catalog to Hotel RL’s Living Stage for a charity show he calls Busking for Bread, during which he’ll collect tips that go directly to Second Harvest. The concept started as a high school project and has developed into an annual tradition: This will be the fourth year Hathaway has raised funds, and he says he broke $300 last year during a performance at No-Li Brewhouse.

“Second Harvest is a great local nonprofit, and every dollar they get turns into five meals for families or individuals in need,” Hathaway says. “As far as I can see, that’s the best way I can give back to my community.”

It’s obvious, then, that Hathaway has warmed up to Spokane since moving here only a few years ago. His mom Cynthia, who books most of his shows (they both refer to her as a “momager”), credits the city and its venues with bringing her son out of his shell and connecting with his own artistic instincts.

“I think it gave him a really great purpose,” she says. “He was a musician before moving, but he really became one here. … It helped me love it here, too.”

Now Hathaway is preparing to leave for the University of Washington in the fall, where he plans to major in business and minor in music with a focus on the engineering and production.

It’s not enough to be just a polished musician: You have to be in the know about all aspects of the industry, Hathaway says.

“I like to think of myself as a pragmatist,” he says. “It’s about honing your skills in the art you specialize in and also having the business sense to market yourself, to manage yourself.

“And to make sure record labels aren’t taking advantage of you.” n Dylan Hathaway: Busking for Bread • Sat, April 28 at 7 pm • Free • All ages • Hotel RL at the Park • 303 W. North River Dr. • 326-8000

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Surfy, grungy rock trio Pink Mexico aims to take you on a “dark, psychotic journey with moments of levity.”

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Garage-rockers Pink Mexico specialize in ‘grunge Kenny Loggins’ jams

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ink Mexico was the solo recording project of Robert Preston before he met two dudes at a now-defunct bar in Brooklyn. As told by the band, here’s precisely how it went down when Preston recruited drummer Grady Walker and bassist/rhythm guitarist Ian Everall: “About three years ago, we all put our hands in the middle and said ‘Captain Planet,’ or something,” Preston says. “But none of us had rings on, so it didn’t really make sense.”

“Ian had a toe ring,” Walker chirps.

“But his feet smelled,” Preston says, “so we said, ‘Just

put your hand in.’”

Since that fateful day, Pink Mexico has since signed to Burger Records based in Fullerton, California, completed several tours and played the South by Southwest Festival in Austin each of the past three years. Instrumentally, the band favors the reverb of SoCal surf-rock and the buzzsaw distortion of early Nirvana, with Preston’s airy, psychedelic-tinged vocals floating somewhere up above. The seemingly disparate elements counterbalance each other and combine for a pleasing overall effect.

“It’s kind of like a grunge Kenny Loggins sort of

deal,” Preston says of the band’s sound. “I guess it has the danger of Kenny Loggins and sort of the fuzzy nature of the Big Muff [fuzzbox].” (What’s dangerous about Kenny Loggins? The zone, of course — the “Danger Zone.”) There are lots of abrasive noises, but also plenty of poppy, bouncy moments, such as the hand-clapping single “Forgetting Everything.”

Pink Mexico is playing Spokane as part of a fourweek tour across the U.S. Speaking to the Inlander from the road somewhere in Indiana, Preston says the band is rolling out some songs off their forthcoming album, which they’re hoping to drop this fall.

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(2013) and Fool (2016) — all three members of the band had a part in the recording process this time around. Preston says nothing about his artistic vision was lost by taking a more collaborative approach.

“I wanted to avoid the creative compromise,” he says.

“In the past, it’s been kind of disastrous, and I didn’t really know how to work with people without losing the original idea. I ended up just doing it on my own. But I think if you find people who like what you like, writing together becomes enjoyable, and it’s not so convoluted when everyone’s on the same page.”

“I was a fan of Pink Mexico first,” Walker adds. “I want to uphold the standard, the essence of the band, because I’m a fan. It’s easy, in a way, because we have certain parameters. You know what your thing is and you have less guesswork.”

The band’s garage-rock aesthetic might suggest that Preston is the sort of guitarist who geeks out over his tones, but really he just stumbled on an amp setting and stuck with it. “I just found a sound that works and it’s kind of magical,” he says. “I don’t know how it happened.”

Preston says the new album is a “dark, psychotic journey with moments of levity.” Pink Mexico is adopting a bigger sound and steering the lyrical content “deeper into the mind, the psyche.” True to the spirit of garage rock, Preston tends to run with whatever lyrics first come to mind.

“I don’t really go back and change anything,” he says.

“If it doesn’t work, I don’t record the song. It’s better left in the garbage bin.” n Pink Mexico with Itchy Kitty and Runaway Octopus • Tue, May 1 at 9 pm • $6 • 21+ • The Observatory • 15 S. Howard • observatoryspokane.com • 598-8933

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ou shouldn’t judge an album by its cover, but the image adorning Moon Palace’s self-titled debut LP — an empty canyon at dusk, lit only by stars — is pretty indicative of the contents therein. The relatively new Seattle band, fronted by twin sisters Cat and Carrie Biell, has made a record that was, per their Bandcamp page, “based on Cat’s desert dreams,” and it’s a lovely ode to the enormity and complexity of Mother Nature. If it’s possible for an album to have a setting, this one takes place mostly in arid, rocky regions, with the occasional excursion to a verdant forest, and yet the Biells’ sound is more lush than the badlands have ever been. It’s earthy and otherworldly in equal measure.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Moon Palace with Cumulus and Balonely • Sat, April 28 at 8 pm • $8 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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he Seattle trio Spirit Award manages the tricky feat of seeming enigmatic and instantly accessible at the same time, with songs that take you by the hand and lead you down a path toward… well, you’re never quite sure. On the band’s debut album Neverending, the individual tracks ebb and flow as if driven by pure instinct, cresting and falling like waves and sometimes crashing unexpectedly into a hard-rock chorus. Their bouncy basslines, reverb-soaked guitars and (occasionally) haunted synths will probably make you think of Tame Impala or Unknown Mortal Orchestra, with nods to the Cure, Broadcast and even Sonic Youth. It’s hooky and groovy, but with a twinge of darkness.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Spirit Award with Donna Donna and the Coast • Fri, April 27 at 9 pm • $6 • 21+ • The Observatory • 15 S. Howard • observatoryspokane. com • 598-8933

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MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRAVO CONCERT HOUSE • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR • 4720 Ferrel, CdA • 208-274-0486 HOTEL RL BY RED LION AT THE PARK • 303 W. North River Dr. • 326-8000 HOUSE OF SOUL • 120 N. Wall • 217-1961 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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Misalliance is a comedy set in Victorian England.

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Spokane Civic Theatre’s next studio show, Misalliance, is a comedy set in Victorian England exploring themes of political non-involvement, propriety and passivity. Full of dry wit and irony, this period depiction of courtship customs of the era pokes fun at the effort put into pursuing the idealized unattainable mate — a topic still relatable to this day. Written by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw in the early 1900s, the story follows Hypatia, whose father made his rags-to-riches fortune in the underwear business. Hypatia is engaged to the smart but emotionally dumb Bentley Summerhays. Then, one Saturday afternoon, a growing cast of unexpected male guests drop in and, by the end of it all, eight marriage proposals have been offered to Hypatia. But whose will she accept (if any)?

— ERIC SCHUCHT Misalliance • April 27-May 20; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $14-$27 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

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FOOD PICNIC IN THE PARK

Celebrate spring’s glorious arrival and stuff yourself silly while you do at Coeur d’Alene’s annual food truck rally, Ooozapaloooza. Hosted and sponsored by the Greater Spokane Food Truck Association, the rally also benefits the association’s charity arm, GSFTA Gives Back, which partners with local nonprofits to help feed Spokane’s homeless community. There’s to be grub from 12 participating food trucks, including Crate, Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese, Skewers, Jamaican Jerk Pan and Toby’s BBQ. A beer garden also serves refreshing beverages from Wallace Brewing Co. and One Tree Hard Cider. This year’s designated beneficiary is Newby-ginnings of North Idaho, which aids active military members, veterans and Gold Star families in the region.

— CHEY SCOTT Ooozapaloooza Food Truck Rally • Sat, April 28 from 11 am-6 pm • Free to attend • Coeur d’Alene City Park • 415 Mullan Rd. • bit. ly/2HT8Bir

PERFORMANCE SPRING STEPS

To cap off another year of creative movement, Gonzaga University’s Dance Program is presenting its 17th annual spring showcase this weekend. Each of the four concerts, under the direction of Artistic Director Suzanna Ostersmith, feature a combination of faculty and student choreography in a variety of dance styles: ballet, jazz, musical theatre, modern and more. Gonzaga’s Dance Program offers a minor in dance and its students are active in the community both on and off campus, including teaching in the free ZagDance program offered to elementary students. Learn more about the dance program during a 20-minute discussion with Ostersmith before each of the upcoming concerts.

— CHEY SCOTT 17th Annual Spring Dance Concert • April 26-28; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 pm • $10 • Magnuson Theatre, Gonzaga University • 502 E. Boone Ave. • bit.ly/2EJzweC

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— Your neverending story —

WORDS PRESERVE AND PROTECT

TWIST AND SHOUT. PEDAL AND MOVE. GLIDE AND SPIN. SIT AND WAVE.

Since 2001, the Taliban has illegally excavated sites like the Buddhas of Bamiyan and plundered antiquities to sell on the black market. Urban development and general neglect has also led to the decline of Afghanistan’s heritage sites. In the last 15 years the U.S. has contributed more than $25 million towards preservation of the region’s culture, documenting cultural sites and artifacts and recording traditional poetry, music and other arts, like calligraphy and woodworking. Dr. Laura Tedesco comes to Spokane Wednesday to discuss the destruction and preservation of culture in Afghanistan. Tedesco oversaw and guided these preservation efforts while posted in Kabul for 16 months. She currently serves as the Cultural Heritage Program Manager for the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. The lecture is the last of a series of six Archaeological Institute of America talks for the 2017-18 season.

— ERIC SCHUCHT What Price Culture? Destruction and Cultural Preservation in Afghanistan Since 2001 • Wed, May 2 from 6:30-8 pm • Free • Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture • 2316 W. First • northwestmuseum.org • 456-3931

— UPCOMING EVENTS —

The Reunion Beatles Fantasy Tribute Tour, The Bing, 5/11

Junior Lilac Parade, Downtown, 5/12 Bike to Work Week, 5/14 – 5/18

COMMUNITY WORDS WITH FRIENDS

The Get Lit! festival’s 20th year hits a fever pitch this weekend with a slew of high-profile events all over the city. Thursday night is the can’t-miss-it Pie & Whiskey reading at the Washington Cracker Co. Building, featuring a slew of writers regaling the crowd with tales of, yes, pie and whiskey, while the audience enjoys (correct again!) pie and whiskey. Friday at the Bing, catch novelist Brit Bennett and poet Maggie Smith, while Saturday features a huge array of panel discussions, readings and classes at the Montvale Event Center.

Anne Lamott headlines a reading and Q&A Saturday night at the Bing as well. There’s much more than can be listed here — see the full schedule at getlitfestival.org.

— DAN NAILEN

Stars on Ice, Spokane Arena, 5/18 Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, Downtown, 5/19 Weird Al Yankovic, Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 5/27

Don’t miss the next First Friday: May 4th, 2018

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Plan your neverending story: www.downtownspokane.org

Get Lit! • Thu-Sun, various times and locations • getlitfestival.org

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I SAW YOU I SAW YOU WITH I SAW YOU I’ve seen you a few times around town, most recently at Sante with two other gals and a guy having drinks. Interestingly, I saw you reading the Inlander and reading (I think) the “I saw you” column! Blonde hair, great laugh, tallish for a woman - maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to actually say hello!

EVERY FEW YEARS First it was Albertsons on 57th then it was The Trading store in the valley. Soon after that it was Zip Trip on the South Hill.

Last time I saw you was a couple months ago at MacKenzie River you were with what appeared to be your daughter by the time I came over you were gone. I think you might know who I am :-) anyways would love to run into you again respond so we can get together. :-)

I SAW YOU YOU INSISTED TO PURCHASE MY GROCERIES AT SAFEWAY. to the lovely maroon haired girl who insisted to buy my groceries at the checkout. That was a very

lovely gesture and your generousity is your reward in heaven. Bless you for being so sweet and receptive, it’s only matched by your beauty.. maybe someday our paths will meet again.

CHEERS DOLLAR STORE DREAM We spent the early part of this week with the kiddos, shopping at the dollar store. I love that we dont have to spend a fortune to have fun and to enjoy the company of eachother and the kiddos. I love you more.

URBAN COWBOY Cheers to Dan Nailen, for a spot on review of the 1980 film! As I read his take on the film, the memories rained down like Mt. St. Helens ash...although his opening sentence stating America was confused to me didnt ring accurate. It was a different time then, and we had a Congress that was actually committed to getting things accomplished unlike today’s. Carter and Reagan didnt sling mud and insults at each other, just agreed to disagree-How Refreshing! I was 15 at the time and would rather eat kale than listen to country music, but the movie was so packed with socially acceptable tunes(I could now say I loved Devil Goes Down to Georgia to fit in) Debra Winger was hot, but I drooled over the sultry Houston brunette socialite that Bud sleeps with in her high rise condo to get back at spoiled wife Sissy! YES! As icing on the cake, I was babysitting for my sister and husband who lived in Cheney and while her and hubby were out; I found a bottle of brandy and began to guzzle while watching said film. I somehow managed to watch it all, when lo and behold she came home and found me passed out on the living room floor in front of the TV...ahhh the memories!

TRASH ON THE CDA FREEWAY I want to say thank you to the gentleman that I saw in cda by NW blvd! It was 7am

and he had a garbage can strapped to his back, he was walking on the N side of the freeway picking up all the trash that careless people throw out.

We need more good people like you in this world. I hope you see this because you deserve to know that you are very much appreciated!! The world is full of

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going, I wouldn’t have gotten up without injury. Slow down, pay attention, and get off your bloody phone. You are going to hurt someone or even get them killed with your reckless driving.

Your text can wait. I do not want to see ANYONE become a statistic because f your distracted driving. Please put

Interestingly, I saw you reading the Inlander and reading (I think) the “I Saw You” column!

good people, if you can’t find one- BE ONE!!

SEXY LADY Thank you much for all you do for me an with me. I think of you day in an day out, how did you put this spell on this old broken man? Last weekend went way to fast butt at least we got our garden started!!! Can’t wait for some fresh veggies. Love you sexy.

TC. ( handsome)

JEERS CROSSWALKS AREN’T OPTIONAL You clearly saw me crossing. I was halfway across, the other cars STOPPED. But you? You kept coasting and actually sped up when you saw me. And why?

You were on your damn phone. If nobody told you, you are not supposed to have your phone in hand when the vehicle is in motion. Granted, I know the crosswalk laws; if I was still on the sidewalk then no, you don’t have to stop. But if a person(s) is on the road and showing they are crossing (RCW 46.61.240), then you have to stop. I felt the wind of your vehicle hit me. You came within an inch of hitting me. And the speed that you were

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

your phone up and watch the road better, pull over if you must answer but whatever message you have can wait until you are safe and able to talk.

The next time, neither of us might be so lucky to escape without injury or worse.

STEALING MY CELLPHONE WAS NOT COOL I was at the AMC theater in downtown Spokane April 15 in the afternoon watching a movie. When I went to the restroom during the movie and left my jacket on my seat not realizing I left my phone in it. I didn’t bother trying to use my phone until after I left the theater and realized it was gone. You were two teenage females who ended up sitting next to me ten minutes after the movie started. My cell phone was a a three year old android ZTE pay as you go. It has no monetary value but does contain lots of photos of my pets and relatives which was irreplaceable. Do the right thing and turn the phone into the AMC customer service. Prove to me that you are decent humans and not sociopaths destined to have karma nipping at your heels at every turn in life.

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beat to save their lives. When asked to please sit so that others could see the concert was greeted with choice words and very RUDE behavior. And then recently my husband and I attended a concert at the Knitting Factory where again we arrived early to get good seats and during the course of the concert was meant with very rude people trying force their way into our seats at which point security got involved and they were made to leave but not before making it a tense environment. What is going on with these Millennial’s? Did their parents not teach them manners of how to behave in public? Look around you and have some respect for others and learn some manners! n

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MANNERS Why is it that you pay good money to see a concert and the people in front of you stand the whole time blocking your view of the event. I mean who really wants to stare at your behinds instead of a view of the entertainment you paid to see. And to make things worse they could not dance a

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BENEFIT

LIGHT THE WAY DINNER AUCTION An annual event benefitting ACCOIN, a nonprofit that improves the lives of local children with cancer and their families by providing education, practical hands-on support and financial assistance during their childhood cancer treatment. April 27, 6-11 pm. $100. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. acco.org REIGNING CATS & DOGS AUCTION Join SCRAPS and Chef Adam Hegsted for a fun night with food, a silent and live auction, raffles, games and more. April 27, 5:30-10 pm. $50. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. scrapshf.ejoinme.org/RoyalFeast BEAUTYCARES GIVING BACK DAY An open house and fundraising day with all proceeds supporting the Spokane Humane Society and VOA Hope House.

Services offered include express manis/ pedis, hand/foot paraffin, eyebrow/lip/ chin wax, hairstyle, dry haircuts and gel manicure. April 28, 10 am-1 pm. $15-$20.

On Broadway Salon and Spa, 915 W. Broadway. onbroadwaysalonandspa.com CRUISIN’ HOG’S WHEELCHAIR RACES A benefit for the Free Handyman Service for Disabled Veterans, with live auctions, raffles and more. April 28, 1 pm. Cruisers, 6105 W. Seltice Way. (208-773-4706) DANCING WITH CELEBRITIES The third “season” of this local event features a cast of local luminaries stepping outside their comfort zones to perform in a benefit for Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre.

April 28, 7-9 pm. $25. CdA Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdasummertheatre.com

GREAT SPOKANE ART PARTY Learn from area artists as you create takehome pieces at this 12th annual fundraiser for Blueprints for Learning. The nonprofit works to improve early childhood education throughout the Spokane area. Ages 21+ April 28, 6:30-10 pm. $55.

Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. blueprints4learning.org MAKE TIME FOR KIDS The sixth annual event benefits CASA Partners, a local group that works to support children who are at risk of abuse or neglect and placed in foster care. April 28, 6-9 pm. $20/$25.

CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. (953-9468) SHARE THE LOVE: ART SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION Support a budding young artist by participating in Art Works’ third annual silent auction and reception. All proceeds are awarded to a graduating senior planning on a post secondary program in the arts. April 28, 5-7:30 pm. Art Works Gallery, 214 N. First Ave, Sandpoint. facebook.com/sandpointartworks/ A TASTE OF JAZZ A fundraiser featuring music and food by Chef Nicholas James.

Includes auctions, raffle and more. Proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels and the continuation of Senior Programs in Kootenai County. April 28, 5:30-8:30 pm. $35. Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. 3rd Ave. (208-773-9582) WALLA WALLA WINE INVITATIONAL Sample wines from 35 Walla Walla wineries for this event benefiting the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy. April 29, 5-8 pm. $50-$95. Overbluff Cellars, 304 W. Pacific. bit.ly/2nq2Voj (991-4781)

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MS. PAT She’s appeared on TV Guide Network’s “Standup in Stilettos,” and Nickelodeons “Mom’s Night Out.” She has an upcoming appearance on BET’s “Comicview” this fall. April 26-27 at 8 pm. $8-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com LATE LAUGHS An improv show featuring a mix of experiments with duos, teams, sketches and special guests. On the first and last Friday of the month at 10 pm. For mature audiences. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com THE ISLAND An all-improvised “Survivor” parody for general audiences.

Fridays in April at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. (747-7045) 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 JOE LIST Joe has been featured on David Letterman, and Conan. He’s also in Season 2 of The Netflix Series “The Stand Ups.” Shows at 7 and 9:30 pm. April 28. $14-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com SAFARI The BDT’s fast-paced, shortform improv show in a game-based format relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Ages 16+. Saturdays from 8-9:30 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com THE DOPE SHOW! A comedy showcase where comedians joke, then toke, the joke some more! Presented by Tyler Smith, featuring nationally touring co-

medians with various tolerances to marijuana. Last Sunday of the month at 8 pm. $8-$14. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE SOCIAL HOUR A night of comedy with headliner Aaron Woodall, who made his national television debut when he performed on “Laughs” on Fox and in 2016. May 1, 8-9:30 pm. $5 (free for ladies). Tab’z on Broadway, 5908 E. Broadway. bit.ly/2qa6wIh (474-9402)

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MY LAI MEMORIAL EXHIBIT Seen by thousands throughout the U.S., this traveling exhibit is presented by Chicago Veterans for Peace and hosted by Spokane Veterans for Peace. Veteran docents will be on hand during library hours to discuss their mission to see justice for veterans and the victims of war, expose the true costs of war and to work for peace.

April 26-28, 10 am-6 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. bit.ly/2GQ0tPm (995-2264) SPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY DESIGN FEEDBACK FORUMS The Library is looking to make facility improvements and is hosting a series of open house and town hall meetings to gather community input. Citizens many attend the drop-in open house events from 4-6 pm and/or the town hall meetings from 7-8:30 pm.

April 25 (Indian Trail); April 26 (Hillyard); April 30 (East Side) and May 2 (South Hill). spokanelibrary.org/future-study TIME’S UP SPOKANE! SEXUAL VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL & WORK Join Gonzaga School of Law for a screening of the film “Confirmation,” followed by a Town

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Hall (1 pm) where experts share what victims of violence in the school and workplaces are experiencing, and what institutions can do to address this matter confidently and respectfully. April 26, 11 am-2 pm. Free. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone. facebook.com/lutherancommunityservicesnorthwest/ (747-8224) 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 artifacts, along with room re-creations and personal stories. Through May 20; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm (Thu until 8 pm). $10-$18. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) PRIDE WEEK LGBTQ+ IDENTITY SYMPOSIUM Pirate PRIDE Club is hosting a Queer Symposium featuring a talk with Conner Mertens, an LGBTQ+ activist and the first college football player to come out as LGBTQ+, as well as a class with Jonathan Shuffield and Sergey Grankin, local LGBTQ+ community members who run The Martini Lounge podcast. April 27, 4-8 pm. Free. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne. whitworth.edu (777-3718) RAINBOW PROM - PRIDE 2018 The Pirate PRIDE club hosts an evening of celebration. Wear what you want, bring who you want and dance the night away. April 27, 8:30 pm. Free. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne. whitworth.edu RANDOM FANDOM TRIVIA NIGHTS: GAME OF THRONES Adult trivia nights take on the biggest realms of fandom at the Spokane Valley Library. Cosplayers welcome. April 27, 6:30-8:30 pm. Free.

Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scld.org (893-8400)

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EDIBLES

High Cuisine The science behind edibles

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e’re to the point now where if a friend offers me any unpackaged candy or baked good, I begin processing the potential risk that it’s “special.” Even an open package of frosted sugar cookies left a group of friends side-eyeing each other until there was confirmation that the batch came from a grocery store.

Since legalization, edibles have become more and

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more common both in cannabis culture and recreational shops. Headset Inc Analytics reported that pot-infused goods had a 121 percent increase in sales in 2016 compared to the year prior. So as the tactic of consuming pot becomes more commonplace, here is a little refresher and perhaps a deeper dive into the difference in ingesting your bud.

The most often understood difference between ingesting and inhaling weed is length of the high as well as its onset. The common mistake with edibles is scarfing down another dosage because the high didn’t reveal itself. Often, users won’t feel the effects of an edible for 30 minutes to 90 minutes depending on how empty their stomach is. But the high lasts much longer as well. While smoking bud immediately gets you high and has you blissfully coasting for a couple of hours, ingesting an edible can last anywhere from three to six hours.

But there is even more to the difference in how your body reacts to ingesting cannabis. When you eat a pot goodie, the THC is processed by the liver. The metabo-

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lized THC is referred to as 11-hydroxy-THC, an active metabolite that carries over from the stomach and liver to your blood system and eventually your brain. That process takes longer to complete than inhaling’s “bloodto-brain” route, but it’s also more intense.

This is because the process of THC to 11-hydroxyTHC begins immediately through breakdown by saliva.

THC is an oil which makes the breakdown in the blood system harder or at the very least less effective (making a shorter high). But once it becomes 11-hydroxy-THC, the THC becomes water-soluble and easier to diffuse to your brain, creating a stronger high.

A small amount of an edible leaves a mellow, longlasting, comfortable high. But higher doses are linked to strong body highs as well as even psychedelic effects. The sativa-versus-indica profile shorthand is also mostly out of the window with edibles. Most farms craft their edibles with the trimming leftover of their plants, often mixing different strains together. The edible body high remains the go-to, whenever dealing with muscle aches or pains. n

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EVENTS | CALENDAR AGC ANNUAL PLANT SALE The sale includes a broad selection of annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetables and herbs. April 28 from 9 am-5 pm and April 29 from 10 am-3 pm.

Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. associatedgardenclubs.org GARDEN FAIR & PLANT SALE The annual event by the Master Gardeners of Spokane County offers flowering annuals and perennials, berry plants, herbs and veggies. April 28, 9 am-2 pm. Free admission. WSU Spokane County Extension, 222 N. Havana. (477-2195) JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SPOKANE TEXTILE DRIVE Donate gently-used clothing, linens, jewelry, shoes, accessories (belts and purses), and small household goods and Value Village will pay by the pound to the Junior League of Spokane. At 418 W. Sharpe Ave. April 28, 10 am-1 pm. bit.ly/2qVG8lO PLANT SALE & RAFFLE The Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners’ plant sale and raffle, offering vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs and trees, all to benefit gardening education in Pend Oreille County. April 28, 9 am-noon.

Stratton Elementary, 1201 W. Fifth St, Newport. extension.wsu.edu/pendoreille/gardening/ (447-2401) POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN The first mass meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival includes an ice cream social sponsored by Ben & Jerry’s, followed by a meeting to introduce the campaign to citizens of Spokane County and Eastern Washington. April 28, 5:30 pm. Free. Westminster Congregational UCC, 411 S. Washington. (599-5223) SPOKANE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION Spokane Urban Forestry presents family activities, tree care and environmental education. Visitors can enjoy tours of the trees and history of the Arboretum. April 28, 11 am-2 pm. Free. Finch Arboretum, 3404 W. Woodland Blvd. spokaneparks.org PET ADOPTION DAY Lakewood Animal Hospital along with five different regional animal shelters are on-site with dogs, cats, and maybe some birds. All adoptions will be half-off thanks to Parker Subaru sponsorship.

April 29, 11 am-2 pm. Parker Subaru, Highway 95 at Dalton, Coeur d’Alene.

(448-5601) PINK RIBBON RUN 2 The second annual run shares the impact of breast cancer on our community, and raises funds to help local women access treatment and other support. April 29, 9 am. $15-$35. Downtown Spokane. everywomancan.org THE ART & LITERATURE OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT Relive the tumultuous WWII experiences of Japanese Americans through their own art and literature. May 1, 6:30 pm.

Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) CINCO DE MAYO: MORE THAN JUST TEQUILA An event to share the importance of Cinco de Mayo in Mexican-American culture. In SUB 17-102 (Lounge A). May 1, 12-1 pm. Free. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls.edu

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WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL The 4th annual screening of environmental short films highlights nature’s beauty, cutting edge environmental issues,

humor and more. Also meet local nonprofits and businesses that work for a better environment in the local community. April 26, 6-9 pm. $15/$17.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. spokaneriverkeeper.org (835-5211) FINAL PORTRAIT A film adaptation of the memoir by American writer James Lord, who is flattered when asked to pose for a portrait by Alberto Giacometti. Rated R. Showing April 27-May 3; times vary. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org WONDER Team Autism 24/7 hosts this movie about August “Auggie” Pullman, a man born with facial differences who becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. April 27, 6:30-8:30 pm. $7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org SFCC INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST Festival lineup: April 24, “Sweet Bean” (Japan); May 1, “The Danish Girl” (UK/ US/Germany/Denmark/Belgium); May 8, “Youth” (China); May 15, “Esteban” (Cuba). $5. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com A DECADE-BY-DECADE LOOK AT MOTION PICTURES The series follows the history of film for the last 100 years, which correlates to the Museum’s founding in 1916. May 3, from 6:30-8 pm. $5. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org

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VOLUNTINI WITH DRY FLY Second Harvest partners with Dry Fly Distilling to host an event consisting of one part service and one part cocktails.

21+. April 26, 5:30-8 pm. $30. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6249) AGAVE: A NIGHT OF TEQUILA TASTING Join the Rotary Clubs of Post Falls and Hayden for a night of tequila tasting and celebrity margarita shake off.

April 28, 5-8 pm. 545 N. Garden Plaza Ct., Post Falls. bit.ly/2HLpNd2 COOKING TO AVOID INFLAMMATION Learn and sample recipes designed by nutritionist Korrin Fotheringham. April 28, 6-7:30 pm. $35. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. myfreshspokane.com (558-2100) OOOZAPALOOOZA FOOD TRUCK RALLY More than a dozen local food trucks participate in this year’s event, with a beer garden featuring Wallace Brewing and One Tree Cider. Proceeds support a variety of veteran groups.

April 28, 11 am-6 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene City Park, 415 W. Mullan Rd. bit.ly/2HT8Bir (208-771-4274) PANCAKE BREAKFAST The grange’s monthly breakfast offers pancakes, sausage and eggs, plus drinks. April 29, 8-11 am. $3.50-$5. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com (979-2607) SUNDAY MORNING TEA & TAROT Learn about the history and the proper use of tarot cards over tea and pastries. Refreshments, tea, and tarot cards provided. Ages 10+. April 29, 10 am-noon. $17. Corbin Art Center, 507 W. 7th. spokaneparks.org (363-5418) CHEF’S PAIRING DINNER Clover chefs have put together a six-course menu that pairs with Washington wines. from Water’s Winery and Tero Estates.

Reservations required. May 1, 6 pm. $105. Clover, 913 E. Sharp Ave. cloverspokane.com (509-487-2937)

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Advice Goddess GIRL-ON-GIRL INACTION

I hate to be trite, but my wife and I are experiencing “lesbian bed death.” We’ve been happily married for three years. I’m not sure why we’re not having sex. Sure, we’re both busy, but it’s more a question of just not ever feeling the urge. I know sex is important for a relationship, and I’m worried. Is there a way to reboot our sex life? —Bedfriends

AMY ALKON

It’s understandably depressing if the only time there’s heavy breathing in the bedroom is when you’re re-enacting WrestleMania XXV — that is, trying to get the

duvet cover on.

This doesn’t mean you should buy into the lesbo-bashing notion of “lesbian bed death” — the myth that lesbian relationships, in particular, are where sex goes to die. The term traces back to a finding from social psychologist Phillip Blumstein and sociologist Pepper Schwartz, published in their 1983 book, “American Couples: Money, Work, Sex.” Blumstein and Schwartz, reviewing results from their survey of 12,000 American couples, announced that lesbians in relationships “have sex less frequently by far than any other type of couple.”

This single survey led to decades of sneering about lesbian relationships as the province of hot hand-holding. However, psychologist Suzanne Iasenza notes that a bunch of subsequent studies found that lesbians tend to be more sexually assertive and sexually satisfied than straight ladies — as well as less orgasm-challenged. (Helps when you know your way around the ladyparts without needing a two-hour lecture and a female anatomy PowerPoint.)

The reality is, so-called lesbian bed death actually happens to heterosexual women — once they get into relationships. In other words, the real issue is not being a lesbian but being a woman in a long-term partnership — and the assumption that male sexual response, driven by spontaneously occurring lust, should be considered the norm for women.

Sex researcher Rosemary Basson, M.D., finds that when a relationship is brandnew or when women are apart from their partners for days or weeks, they’re likely to experience the “spontaneous sexual hunger” that men tend to have. However, once a relationship has been going for a while, women’s sexual desire becomes “responsive.”

It isn’t gone. It’s “triggerable” — which is to say it’s hibernating until somebody wakes it up with a little makey-outey.

This, however, brings us to another problem. Chances are, a reason that straight couples might have more sex is that men — driven by that spontaneous lust — are more likely to initiate. You and your wife need to initiate — and maybe even schedule sex dates so initiating doesn’t become yet another thing that falls off your to-do list.

Eventually, when you light a bunch of candles to set the mood, your wife’s response should be something a little more erotic than “You gotta be kidding me. Another squirrel fried on the power line?”

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I’m addicted to my phone — Twitter, Instagram, news, texts…you name it. My girlfriend feels disrespected and unheard when I look at it while she’s talking, but I can’t seem to stop. Please help me out before I lose the woman I love! —Addicted If your smartphone were actually smart, it would ping you to listen to your girlfriend before she’s your ex-girlfriend trash-talking you in a bar.

Instead, smartphones and apps turn us into lab rats ferociously hitting the touch screen for another hit of techno-crack. They do this through what psychologists call “intermittent reinforcement” — “rewards” that come randomly and unpredictably.

Checking your phone sometimes “rewards” you with a new message or newsbit — sometimes (or even often), but not always. When “rewards” come regularly and reliably -- like when a rat pushes a bar and gets a food pellet every time — the rat chills out and only presses when, say, his stomach rings the dinner bell. Unpredictable rewards, on the other hand — only sometimes getting a hit — drive the rats to pump the bar incessantly, sometimes even till the little fellers go claws up.

However, there is hope for you — and your relationship — thanks to research on habit formation (by psychologist Phillippa Lally, among others). Repeatedly behaving differently when your girlfriend’s talking to you — by turning your phone totally off and, if possible, relocating it to another room — can eventually change your default behavior from robotically checking your phone to attentiveness to those important to you.

In time, you might expand your attentiveness into other areas of your life.

A good test for whether it’s okay to be all up in your phone is swapping in its low-tech counterpart. For example, when the highway patrolman strides over and taps on your car window, is that really the best time to pick up that Stephen King novel and read the end of Chapter 4? 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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MUSIC

PINK FLOYD LASER SPECTACULAR Experience the music of Pink Floyd like you’ve never seen it before. April 26, 8 pm. $26.50-$31.50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) ELEGANT CHAMBER MUSIC Gwen Innes (cello) and Joyce Kelly (piano) present a program featuring Bach, Bloch, Handel and Elgar. April 27, 1-2:30 pm. Free. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 316 E. 24th Ave. (747-6677) NORTHWEST REGIONAL FIDDLE CONTEST Top national fiddlers compete. Saturday night includes a concert by bluegrass band Della Mae. April 27, 6-8 pm; April 28, 7 am-11:30 pm; April 29, 7 am-3 pm. $5-$20. East Valley High, 15711 W. Wellesley. northwestregionals.com A CHILD OF OUR TIME Composed from 1939-1941, this secular oratorio is inspired by events in Germany: the arrest of a young Jewish refugee for assassination of a German diplomat and ensuing Kristallnacht. April 28, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5-$15. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (313-6733) FAREWELL TO PERFORMING ARTS WITH DAN MAHER & FRIENDS A show to cao off the final season of performances presented by WSU Performing Arts. April 28, 7:30 pm. Free. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman. performingarts.wsu.edu GONZAGA SYMPHONY The season finale program includes a performance by double bass legend Gary Karr. April 30, 7:30-9 pm. $12-$15. The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) GONZAGA WIND ENSEMBLE The ensemble, led by music director Robert Spittal, presents a cornucopia of musical delights featuring works ranging from the 1600s to modern times. May 3, 7:30-9 pm. $10. Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet. gonzaga.edu/music

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GONZAGA SPRING DANCE CONCERT Artistic Director Suzanne Ostersmith and the dance faculty present Gonzaga’s 17th annual spring concert, featuring a combination of faculty and student choreography showcasing a variety of dance styles from ballet to jazz, musical theatre to modern and more. April 26-28 at 7:30 pm, April 28 at 2 pm. $10. Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone. bit. ly/2EJzweC (313-6553)

LIGHTS LIKE US FEAT. RYAN MILLER “An event, experience, party, theater, mystery, movement” by Ryan Miller, who has worked on Cyan World’s games (Myst), owns Mango Ink (custom invitations) and 08left (art), and has self-published numerous projects.

May 3, 7:30 pm. $20. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. rsjmiller.com/ about (509-227-7404)

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CHILDREN OF EDEN From musical theater great Stephen Schwartz comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith. Through April 29; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm; SatSun at 2 pm. Wed.-Sun.. through April 29. $12-$21. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. aspirecda.com THE CHILDREN’S HOUR An American drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women. April 26-28 at 7:30 pm, April 28 at 2 pm. $5-$15. Hartung Theater, 875 Perimeter Dr. uidaho.edu/ class/theatre (208-885-6465) DIRTY DANCING The classic film comes to life on stage, exploding withpounding music, romance and dancing.

April 26-28 at 7:30 pm, April 28 at 2 pm and April 29 at 1 and 6:30 pm. $39.50$79.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com WOUNDS TO THE FACE A confrontational play examining the connection between appearance and identity. April 26-28 at 7:30 pm. Free. Schuler Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Garden Ave. (208-769-3220) MARX IN SOHO Howard Zinn’s oneman play about Karl Marx. April 27-29; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $25.

Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org MISALLIANCE A sharp comedy examining themes of passivity, propriety, and political non-involvement in Victorian England. April 27-May 20; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) A SHAYNA MAIDEL A Polish family separated by WWII finally reunites 16 years later. Through April 29; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$15. Ignite!

Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org (795-0004) CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: CRYSTAL The new show pushes boundaries of performance by combining stunning skating and acrobatic feats. May 2-5 at 7:30 pm; May 5 at 4 pm and May 6 at 1:30 and 5

pm. $47-$127. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanearena.com

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THE DAMAGE IS DONE Featuring work from four graduating master’s students from the College of Art and Architecture. The styles include drawing, ceramics, lens imagery, media installation, painting and text/image combinations.

Through May 12; Tue-Sat from 10 am-8 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. Free. Prichard Art Gallery, 414 S. Main St. uidaho.edu/caa/ galleries/prichardartgallery VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES: JIM HODGES The series welcomes the internationally-renown artist who presents a film covering his latest work and projects. April 26, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free.

Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. bit.ly/2qVaQM3 (509-313-6843) CUT PAPER COMICS Create a simple comic book by cutting paper to make characters and scenes, and script your story and transform it into a polished mini-book. Ages 16+. April 28, 9 amnoon. $10. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (279-0299) COLLABORATIVE DRAWING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Come interact with a sentient drawing program, creating collaborative paintings in a back-and-forth exchange with the AI. April 29, 5-6 pm. Free. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main Ave. bit.ly/2qTEujO

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GET LIT! 2018 The local literary event organized by EWU celebrates its 20th anniversary with a week of writing workshops, readings, panels and other events including art shows, Pie & Whiskey, and more. April 23-29; see complete schedule at getlitfestival.org.

BOOK LAUNCH: POET STEPHEN PITTERS Celebrate National Poetry Month and the launching of Spokane poet Stephen Pitters’s new book “Prerecorded.”

April 26, 6:15-8 pm. $5. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org GET LIT! FEAT. ANNE LAMOTT An evening with the best-selling author of 30+ books, including the legendary “Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life.” April 28, 7 pm. $32. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (509227-7404) n

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hroughout Coeur d’Alene in the springtime, the leaves take their time to bud, yet the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course team has already been working to ready the 200-acre course for play.

Lauded by such industry leaders as Golf Digest and Golf Magazine, the par 71 Scott Miller-designed course features 2,400 square feet of putting green, 3,500 square feet of chipping green and nearly 7,000 yards of playing area. Look for new greens throughout — the same T-1 bentgrass used by the PGA — and, as you might already know, this course is the world’s only “floating” green.

If those numbers aren’t impressive, consider these: The course is an extraordinary blend of naturalized landscaping and cultivated areas, including 1,500 wildflowers, 4,000 petunias, 25,000 juniper bushes and the resort’s signature red geranium — 30,000 of them!

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The resort provides a custom luxury golf cart — heated seats, touchscreen GPS, beverage cart cooler, ball and club washers — for players to share, so getting around on 4.5 miles of paved pathways is a cinch.

Every foursome will have their very own caddie, equipped with a laser rangefinder so the only numbers you have to worry about are on the scorecard you’ll treasure as a memento of your day on what golf.com describes as one of their expert’s “Top 10 bucket list experiences.”

And if you’re ready to make the Resort Golf Course part of your bucket list, consider participating in one of their tournaments (cdaresort.com/discover/ golf/events) or sign up for one of their stay and play packages. Starts at $149 per player. Visit cdaresort.com/discover/ golf/the-course or call 855-703-4648.

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Upcoming Events

COEUR D’ALENE

The Urban Cowboy Reunion

OozaPalooza

Paint Nite

“Looking for Love” hitmaker Johnny Lee, chart-topper T.G. Sheppard (21 number one hits!) and honky-tonker Mickey Gilley make up the Urban Cowboy Reunion. Kick up your heels to “Last Cheater’s Waltz,” “Do You Want to Go to Heaven” and “Room Full of Roses” when they play at the Coeur d’Alene Casino. Tickets $25-45, Coeur d’Alene Casino, 7 pm.

What in the world is OozaPalooza? It’s a delicious food truck rally featuring more than a dozen of the area’s best mobile eateries like Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese, 3 Ninjas, Tacos Camargo and Jamaican Jerk Pan. Visit the beer garden and your purchase will benefit a variety of veteran’s groups. Coeur d’Alene City Park, 11 am-6 pm.

You don’t have to be an artist to create a beautiful spring-inspired painting. A skilled Paint Nite instructor will guide you and your friends through two lively hours of painting and drinking at Coeur d’Alene Cellars. Tickets $45 at paintnite.com, Coeur d’Alene Cellars, 2-4 pm.

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