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She lays out her thesis in her subtitle: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools.

Ravitch makes the strong case that school performance problems aren’t the fault of teachers, nor will standardized testing do anything but make things worse. Bush’s No Child Left Behind, she argues, was a disaster; Obama’s Race to the Top is just as bad. The root of the problems facing schools, she says, isn’t tenured faculty or unions; rather, it is poverty and inequality. She wants to know why the education-focused foundations and the government don’t spend more on early childhood development and nutrition.

Ravitch’s criticism centers on the question of privatization, as in charter schools — a phenomenon just starting to take root in Washington state. Elsewhere, however, there is a track record and plenty of evidence to show it’s become more of a cash grab than a way to fix public education.

As Ravitch writes, these charter schools have argued in court to be treated as private entities; there are even for-profit, multistate charter school chains operating from Brooklyn to Phoenix. They rely on taxpayer money with little public oversight, meanwhile draining resources previously directed at public schools.

esteem, which the New Math had trashed): A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit $20. Underline the number 20.

1997 (Whole Math, reflecting the era of environmentalism): By cutting down the forest of beautiful trees, a logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making money? How did the forest birds and squirrels feel? Draw a picture of the forest as you would like it to look.

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There’s no denying that the public education establishment frustrates parents and students.

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Truth is, the schools of education at our colleges and universities have always been a big part of the learning problems. Consider the several math gyrations that, over the years, have taken the establishment by storm: 1970 (Traditional Math): A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. What is his profit?

1975 (New Math): A logger exchanged a set L of lumber for a set M of money. The cardinality of the set M is 100 and each element is worth $1. So: Make 100 dots representative the elements of set M. Set C, representing the cost of production, contains 20 fewer points than set M, so represent the set C as a subset of the set M. Finally, what is the cardinality of the set P of profits?

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Jamie Vollmer’s ice cream company had been selected in 1984 by People magazine as the “Best Ice Cream in America.” Speaking to a group of teachers, he said, “If I ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn’t be in business for long.”

He explained to the teachers that their schools were obsolete and educators resist change because tenure protects them. Business, he said, had it right; it operated on principle of Zero Defects, TQM — Total Quality Management.

The teachers sat sullen and silent until one asked the following question: “Mr. Vollmer, when you’re standing on your receiving dock and you see an inferior shipment of blueberries, what do you do?”

“I send them back.”

The teacher jumped to her feet, and said what Vollmer knew was coming: “That’s right,” she barked, “and we can never send back our blueberries. We take them big, small, rich, poor, gifted, exceptional, abused, frightened, confident, homeless, rude and brilliant. We take them with ADHD, junior rheumatoid arthritis and English as a second language. We take them all! Every one! And that, Mr. Vollmer, is why it is not a business.

It’s a school!

That teacher was right, of course. All democracies depend on public schools to take them all and do the best they can. But with big money coming to a charter school near you, and endless testing trickling down from sweeping federal programs, it’s getting harder than ever to know what doing our best even looks like anymore. n

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very year about now, I love checking out the various commencement speeches that send our latest class of college graduates into the world. There’s lots of “follow your dreams” stuff, but you can find some deep thoughts in there, too.

So far this year, music is a common theme: Maya Rudolph tapped her inner Beyoncé with an epic “Star Spangled Banner” at Tulane. Ed Helms joined the University of Virginia’s a cappella group, the Hullabahoos, to serenade Cav grads with “This Little Light of Mine.” And Matthew McConaughey even talked naked bongo drumming with the University of Houston’s Class of ’15.

Here are some more snippets of advice to soak up as graduation season rolls on: “When it comes to the arts,” Robert DeNiro told the grads of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, “passion should always trump common sense.” (That’s exactly what every English grad’s parents have been saying all along!)

Meredith Vieira went with a pop culture reference from a recent Super Bowl halftime show gaffe to make her point at Boston University: “Don’t ever be a conformist for convenience… Or, as Mark Twain put it, ‘Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.’

“Be the left shark,” Vieira concluded.

Apple CEO Tim Cook struck a serious tone as he laced his George Washington University speech with reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Life, he said, is “about finding your values, and committing to them. It’s about finding your North Star. It’s about making choices. Some are easy. Some are hard. And some will make you question everything.”

Another comes from visionary director Christopher Nolan, who told Princeton grads he remembered being fresh out of college, feeling he “had accumulated this whole wheel of Brie of knowledge!

“What I realize is, it’s actually Swiss cheese,” Nolan continued, “those gaps in there are the point. They’re the important part, because you’re going to get out there and fill those gaps you didn’t even know you had, and you’re going to fill them with experience. Some of it marvelous, some of it terrible…

Some of those gaps will be filled with the most precious thing of all: new thought, new ideas, things that are going to change the world.”

But the star of the season has to be Jimmy Buffett, who spoke at the University of Miami, not far from his preferred habitat of sea and sand. Wearing sunglasses and flip-flops, he finished by simply quoting this bit of timeless wisdom: “One love / one life / let’s get together / and feel all right.” 

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o here we are in 2015 and gay conversion therapy is still a real thing in Washington state. It’s the outdated idea that homosexuality is a disease that needs curing, using A Clockwork Orangestyle aversion tactics — in some cases, exposing LGBTQ youth to damaging stimulus such as ice baths, electric shock and nausea drugs while viewing same-sex pornography. It’s self-hatred as therapy.

Gay exorcism.

Finding one’s sexual identity can be a fight in itself, yet teens are not protected. Youth subjected to these

disturbing practices have higher rates of depression and substance abuse. Worse, not everybody who goes through them comes out alive: The issue gained national attention when a transgender 17-year-old in Ohio, Leelah Alcorn, committed suicide in December 2014 after receiving treatment from therapists she said were biased and hostile toward her, repeatedly calling her a boy.

Condemnation by every reputable health group from the World Health Organization to the American Medical Association is nothing new. In 1998, the American Psychological Association stated its position opposing any psychiatric treatment, “since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality may reinforce

self-hatred already experienced by the patient.”

Not everyone listens to the experts. Three states have banned the practice, and Oregon lawmakers just took this essential step. However, similar legislation was introduced in Washington, and Olympia’s ideological captors prevailed. The bill had cleared the Senate in March on a 49-0 vote, but a few changes were made in the House version so Republicans, upset at efforts to ban the “talk conversion therapy” method, decided to oppose it.

Because the Senate was so stuck on that provision, the more extreme forms of gay conversion therapy sadly remain legal in Washington.

“I am appalled that the Republican majority killed legislation to protect kids from electric shock, ice baths, and other physical and emotional abuse, simply because they’re gay. We need to end conversion therapy once and for all,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Marko Liias, DEdmonds, in a statement.

Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, the Senate Majority Leader, urged members to vote against Liias’ procedural move to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. “I believe this bill is significantly different than when it left this body and is still what we call a work in progress,” he said. Those words ring embarrassingly hollow to me, given what amounts to the sanctioning of child abuse — another legislative death by delay, siding with extremist opponents who argue this would trample the rights of parents and patients and infringe on religious freedoms.

After Washington emphatically supported marriage equality and anti-LGBTQ bullying efforts in schools, it was easy to believe that closed-minded convictions were on their way out, bound for a time capsule of bad policies where they belong.

Looking forward, the 24th Annual Spokane Pride Festival is next week. What began as a sidewalk march with a few folks has grown into a giant parade, and the event brings together more than 5,000 people each year to express their support for the LGBTQ community in our region. It’s a total celebration of love and positivity, and a signal that the work for human rights continues.

The resounding message is that we are all worthy, no matter who we love — a message all youth should receive. Any methods of gay conversion therapy are more than just repulsive, reckless and unethical; they should be illegal. When there’s a consensus in the medical community, we pay attention — especially when it comes to our kids’ health. Why not conversion therapy, and why not now? n Paul Dillon is the Eastern Washington Program Director for YMCA Youth & Government, teaching democracy to youth. He has worked in the state legislature and currently lives in downtown Spokane.

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Reaction to a blog post (5/29/15) on the Washington State Department of Corrections signing a contract that could send 1,000 prison inmates to a private, for-profit facility in Michigan.

HEATHER WALLACE: Not only are private prisons a self-perpetuating profit mill, but sending inmates out of the state also destabilizes families, making reintegration more difficult and recidivism more likely. We need to increase the number of children and families that are supported at the beginning of life rather than figuring out how to house them as adult inmates.

BLAIN GOODING: Privatized prisons are wrong on so many levels. They profit off of crime and don’t rehabilitate offenders. Non-rehabilitation is job security.

ED RENOUARD: Call it what it is: slavery. This is a very bad idea and the governor or someone should step in and nix it.

DOUG BROWN: They get paid $2 a day — it’s not slave labor, they get paid. On a side note, if you happen to be locked up, you would take that job in an instant just to get outside. I would anyway. 

Reaction to a blog post (5/27/15) on Spokane County’s winning of a $150,000 MacArthur Foundation grant to create a plan to reduce the jail population and create a more effective criminal justice system.

ROBBIN WOOD: Go back to have real working mental hospitals. Our mental health system is a complete wreck. Mainstreaming them did not work!

JJ WANDLER: Do away with bail bonds — they unfairly target the poor and they keep people in jail for misdemeanors. It’s an ineffective system.

THERESA BERGER: So this grant money is just for “ideas.” Great… so more money needed if there are actual, practical, realistic ideas that may work. Ugh! JUNE SWATZELL: What a waste of money. Just ask the community, prosecutors, defenders, jailers. Quit passing stupid laws; give the money to community programs for kids.

AMARAH DODSON: Ban the box.

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“OK, and where are you?”

Prettyman’s fingers chatter across her keyboard for a quick Google search to confirm the man’s answer. Then she asks him again.

“Yeah, that’s right,” he says. “I don’t think I can stay long enough for the ambulance, though. I have to leave.”

“That’s OK, I don’t need you to stay.

I’m going to get some information from you real quick, OK? What’s your phone number?”

She repeats it back to confirm.

“Do you see any weapons?” Prettyman asks. This tells her if she needs to alert law enforcement or just send an ambulance.

“No. There’s something around her neck, but I don’t really want to touch ...continued on next page her.”

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“That’s OK, I don’t need you to,” she says. “Does it appear like she’s been assaulted at all?”

“No, I don’t think so. I think she might be coming down off drugs.”

“OK, please stay on the line, I’m going to have you talk to the paramedics. They’ll ask you for your location one more time, OK?” The whole conversation lasts a minute or two. Her voice is sweet, but firm. By the time she hangs up, the phone rings again.

Prettyman is approaching her three-year anniversary with Spokane County 911, which means she’s considered a “lifer” as far as the emergency telecommunications service is concerned. It takes patience and superb multitasking skills to do the job well. It also takes a thick skin. The job of listening to Spokane County’s worst situations all day is too much for some. A third of the people hired in the past year are already gone.

This Monday, Spokane County 911 will start accepting applications for call receivers once again. They usually post job openings four or five times a year. It takes three weeks for a training supervisor to weed out applicants with a series of tests and interviews, including a polygraph test, a psychological evaluation and a background check.

Of the 494 people who applied in 2014, 12 made it through to the polygraph and psychological exams. Ten were hired.

Even after a call receiver is hired, they don’t field a real emergency call for nearly three months.

“Training in the 911 telecommunications world has evolved a lot,” says Amy McCormick, operations manager at Spokane County 911. “When I started in 1986,

With three years on the 911 desk, Marci Prettyman is already considered a “lifer.” you got two hours of training, if that. You walked in and they said, ‘Here’s the button you push, here’s the phone, and here’s a pencil.’”

Now, new hires go through a six-week classroom training course in which they’re given scenarios involving each of the 100 different call types identified in the training manual. Trainees are also coached on how to handle difficult or hysterical callers, and drilled on policies for different jurisdictions.

Karen Crawford, an operations supervisor, remembers answering a call from an old man late at night. He asked her how to make hot tea. It was a slow night, and there were no other calls waiting, so she walked him through the steps. Apparently, Crawford says, the man’s wife had recently passed away and she used to make him

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“Call receivers have to be patient and realize that every story may not be as critical as some, but that person truly believes they have an emergency,” Crawford says.

“We have to treat each call like it’s an emergency.”

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rettyman usually works the graveyard shift, from 11 pm to 7 am. The former nurses’ aide at Holy Family Hospital is used to working through those hours, and says she prefers the types of calls typical for that time of night — noise disturbances, suspicious people, drug activity, drunk callers and sometimes suicides.

People can get lonely at night, she says.

One in particular sticks out in her mind.

A mom found her son after he’d hung himself. The

woman was distraught, but Prettyman’s tone and reassurances that help was on the way settled her a little.

“My job at that point is to remain calm for her,” she says.

“Just letting them know you’re doing something for them helps them settle down.”

Prettyman says she does her best to compartmentalize the scenarios she hears at work so they don’t affect her at home.

After listening to a particularly difficult situation, if call volume is low, she’ll put her phone on hold and step into the hallway.

She might talk about it with a co-worker and ask if she could have done anything differently. She writes constantly in her journal, too.

“Every day I’m hearing the worst day of someone’s life,” she says. “You do become a little calloused, and it can be hard to see the world in a positive light.”

However, Prettyman says she appreciates the effect some of the really serious calls have on her. It shows her she’s still in touch with her emotions.

It’s been established that first responders to the scene of a crime or accident can develop PTSD, but little research on 911 dispatchers exists. One 2012 study in the Journal of Traumatic Stress found that 911 dispatchers can suffer from serious mental health consequences as a result of their jobs.

“Our sample reported just as much emotional distress and reaction to [traumatic] calls as police officers have,” researcher Michelle Lilly told the Chicago Tribune.

Although it’s a stressful and largely thankless job, there are rare moments of gratitude. Crawford, the operations supervisor, tells of a letter Spokane County 911 received from a 15-year emergency medical services worker and recent caller. The man called 911 in a panic as he flew down Interstate 90, climbing up over 75 mph. The accelerator in his minivan was stuck, and he began to panic as he pressed the brakes with all his force. The call receiver calmly suggested he shift into neutral. The van began to decelerate; the call receiver likely saved the man’s life. n mitchr@inlander.com

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SECOND MAN FOUND | The body of 27-year-old Pat Lusk, the second of two Coeur d’Alene men who went missing during a camping trip, WAS FOUND Sunday.

Lusk and his friend and neighbor, Jason Gritten, 35, were reported missing by family members when they didn’t return from their trip to the Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho.

Gritten’s body was found May 27 about nine miles from where authorities determined he and Lusk tried to cross the river near the French Creek area. Lusk’s body was found about a mile in the other direction. Idaho County Sheriff Doug Giddings estimates an average of two to three people drown in the river a year. (MITCH RYALS)

MYTHS AND LETTERS | In a correspondence with Blaine Stum, Spokane Human Rights Commission chair, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich stated that there is a new “war on the police” being waged and that POLICE MILITARIZATION is a “myth.” In recent years, groups like the American Civil Liberties Union has raised concerns about police acquiring military equipment. Stum had written Knezovich inquiring about any military gear his office may had acquired. When contacted by the Inlander, Knezovich said he has an hourlong presentation on the topic prepared that he wanted to share with the public before the media. (JAKE THOMAS)

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euthanasia. But with one exception, the entire school board voted to keep the book as an option for teachers to assign to the entire class.

“I’m pleased that we’ve reaffirmed some faith in our teachers and their professional judgment,” say Coeur d’Alene school board member Christa Hazel. “For those families that this isn’t an appropriate book, they can opt out. I respect the parent’s right to make a determination.”

But since at least 2002, the district says there’s never been an example of a parent opting their kids out of reading Of Mice and Men. Hazel says the board also approved piloting a new version of the Curriculum Committee with clearer guidelines. Instead of making a straight recommendation and risking public wrath, Hazel says the committee would have the ability to offer the school board different options to consider.

“I look at this as a book club, with a community impact,” Hazel says. (DANIEL WALTERS)

The Spokane City Council doesn’t want to pay up; plus, a teen center set to close in North Idaho CLOSING ITS DOORS READING LIST

To be clear, Coeur d’Alene School District was never considering outright banning OF MICE AND MEN. But its Ad Hoc Curriculum Committee had recommended that Of Mice and Men be moved from the category of books approved for “whole group” instruction for ninth graders — allowing teachers to assign the book to an entire class — to the more restrictive “small group” category. That category, which currently includes I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Chocolate War and The Odyssey, only allows teachers to assign the book to smaller groups within a class.

A few critics had raised concerns about Of Mice and Men’s inclusion of profanity and dark themes, including

After 12 years in Coeur d’Alene, Crosswalk North Idaho, a drop-in center for at-risk Kootenai County kids operated by the Volunteers of America of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, is closing its doors June 30 due to a loss of funding. The center lost FEDERAL FUNDING two years ago and recently received notification it had been rejected for funds again.

“We managed to keep the program going for nearly two years with local contributions, United Way funds, various grants and a truly dedicated staff,” says Crosswalk employee Holly Zack in a Craigslist post announcing the closure. “But it is not sustainable without the foundation of the federal Basic Center funds.”

In 2014, 162 Idaho kids stopped by for help with everything from homework to homelessness. Crosswalk also provides teens with clothing, counseling, food and

employment training. Coeur d’Alene youth in trouble after July 1 will have to head to Spokane for services.

“Hopefully we’re going to find somewhere else for them to go,” says VOA president Marilee Roloff. “It’s been a struggle and it’s heart-breaking to have to close it.”

(LAEL HENTERLY)

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Spokane City Council is drafting a letter to Mayor David Condon signalling its opposition to a $318,000 TRANSFER OF FUNDS from the city of Spokane to hotel magnate Walt Worthy to pay for the environmental cleanup of the land where the Davenport Grand Hotel was constructed.

Earlier this spring, members of city council were presented with a bill for the cleanup as part LETTERS of an incentives packSend comments to age agreed upon by the editor@inlander.com.

Condon administration and Worthy. Condon had argued that the council had been apprised of the deal early on and paying for the cleanup would absolve the city from any liability for pollution on the property, which it owned previously.

A copy of the draft letter, acquired by the Inlander, states that transferring the funds would not be a “responsible approach.” The letter also states that the agreement that transferred the property from the city to the Spokane Public Facilities District, which later sold it to Worthy, protected the city from environmental liability.

The letter states that the payment could violate Washington State Constitution’s ban on gifting public money to private individuals or businesses. The letter also calls on the mayor to craft future frameworks for developer incentives and the transfer of polluted properties from the city for redevelopment purposes. (JAKE THOMAS)

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t seems like an impossibly difficult goal: Reduce the amount of toxic, cancer-causing chemicals in the Spokane River to 1.3 parts per quadrillion, about the equivalent to two sheets of typing paper in the entire landmass of Washington.

The Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force has been trying to do just that with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) — using what it characterizes as a unique, collaborative approach between local governments, industry and environmental advocacy groups.

But two other environmental groups say the arrangement puts too much influence in the hands of polluters and has made too little progress. They also say it’s illegal.

The Sierra Club and Center for Environmental Law & Policy took the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to federal court last year, alleging that the agency improperly allowed the task force to substitute for regulations. In March, a judge ordered the EPA and state Department of Ecology to use more traditional regulatory mechanisms. But the judge’s ruling has been appealed, and an injunction could be issued before then.

“In our view, it’s a diversionary tactic,” says Rachel Osborn, an environmental lawyer who works with the Sierra Club and CELP, of the task force. “To me, it’s like a bait-and-switch; the

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dischargers are not taking responsibility unless they are forced to do so.”

Osborn says that a more traditional regulatory approach requires polluters to install expensive equipment. She also questions whether polluters should sit on the task force charged with crafting pollution-reduction strategies. She says the task force could have a role, but so far it’s made too few accomplishments in cleaning up the river to stand in for regulations.

Spokane Riverkeeper Jerry White sits on the task force along with environmental groups including the Lands Council and Lake Spokane Association. He says that a more traditional regulatory approach focuses on facilities that directly dump chemicals into the river. This approach, he says, wouldn’t work as well, especially when the standard is so high, because PCBs are often indirectly introduced into the Spokane River.

Although Congress banned production of PCBs in 1979, White says there are still “legacy” deposits that include aging car lots or industrial facilities, such as the one owned by Kaiser Aluminum (also a task force member), that could potentially leach into the river. PCBs also are produced inadvertently through the manufacture of products, including ink pigments on yellow road lines that also wash into the river when it rains.

“It’s very important to make sure that we are

Cousins Livia and Miriam enjoy the river near the T.J. Meenach Bridge. STEPHEN SCHLANGE PHOTO understanding sources and the pathways into rivers to effectively manage it,” says White.

The Spokane River was designated as one of Washington’s most PCB-polluted rivers in the 1990s, with the state and county routinely issuing advisories about consuming fish taken from it.

Pregnant women, children and communities who consume large quantities of fish, such as Indian tribes, are at a greater risk of accumulating PCBs in their bodies, causing cancer, neurological disorders and other health problems. In response, EPA and the state Department of Ecology began crafting a plan to rein in the pollutants.

In 2011, Ecology, hoping to avoid a contentious, drawnout federal regulatory process, did something unprecedented, assembling the Spokane River Regional Task Force to find ways to reduce the amount of PCBs entering the river. The task force would be charged with studying how PCBs are released into the river, and what actions can be taken to bring the river into compliance with federal standards.

“We wanted the community to solve the problem instead of having an agency direct everything,” says Adriane Borgias, a water quality specialist who represents Ecology on the task force.

Borgias says that the task force, which has received $500,000 from the state, has conducted studies to better understand where sources of pollution might be coming from, which will help in finding ways to remove PCBs. She also says the city of Spokane, a member of the task force, has invested in its infrastructure to reduce PCBs in its wastewater. Osborn says that after four years, it isn’t enough.

Nobody’s quite sure what the courtroom fight will mean at this point, but Doug Krapas, environmental manager at Inland Empire Paper who also sits on the task force, says that it could have unintended effects.

His company recycles paper products, some of which include PCB-containing ink that is discharged into the river. He worries that under more stringent regulations, paper currently recycled by the company could end up in a landfill or an incinerator, sending PCBs into the atmosphere. He also disputes the idea that polluters are unduly influencing the process.

“We’re sitting at the table,” he says, “not driving the bus.”

White, the Riverkeeper, says that while his organization supports the task force, it has some internal tension in doing so.

“The point at which it seems like it’s not [making measurable progress], we would become really worried it’s an end run around the cleanup plan,” he says. n jaket@inlander.com

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MARVEL HAS GONE FROM BANKRUPTCY TO CONQUERING THE KNOWN CINEMATIC UNIVERSE — BUT HOW WILL IT HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUCH GREAT POWER?

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ay Marvel, the comic-book publisher-turnedmovie studio, got its hands on a glove — a gauntlet, if you will — that could bend reality to its will. Say it already has.

After all, by the time Age of Ultron ends its theatrical run, three of the top-grossing movies of all time will have at least one Iron Man in them. When Ant-Man hits theaters this July, Marvel will have churned out half the number of movies in seven years that the James Bond franchise did in more than five decades. That’s not even counting the five Spider-Man movies or the seven X-Men movies produced by other studios.

As if to demonstrate its infinite power, last year Marvel gave us Guardians of the Galaxy — a movie based on an absurdly obscure comic series, starring an angry raccoon and a walking tree with a single-sentence vocabulary. And it made more than $750 million.

It’s Marvel’s cinematic universe now.

We just live in it.

The dominance goes much further than box-office receipts. As the stuntpacked Marvel Universe LIVE! spectacular — including Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Loki, Captain Marvel and Doctor Octopus — hits the Spokane Arena, it shows just how much of pop culture is stamped “Marvel.”

Iron Man still doesn’t sell many comic books, says John Waite, owner of Merlyn’s, a comic-book shop in Spokane.

“But if you go to Beijing or Tokyo or Paris, every kid knows Iron Man,” says Waite. The idea of Iron Man — trumpeted from movie screens, billboards, T-shirts, backpacks, dorm room posters, Underoos, Halloween outfits and Pez dispensers — is everywhere.

But this success was hard-won. Like Iron Man himself, Marvel started out reckless and overconfident, crashed spectacularly, and then built itself back up from nothing. Now, with the whole world in its iron grip, even fans are asking: Is Marvel the mightiest protector of the struggling movie business, or its most powerful supervillain?

Age of apocalypse

Once upon a time, Marvel was known for making comic books. In the early ’90s, Marvel was king of the comicbook universe. Then that universe collapsed. By 1999, all comic-book sales were little over a quarter of what they’d been six years earlier.

Like the Beanie Babies bubble, the comic-book industry had been driven to ridiculous heights by collectors. Real-life Comic Book Guys bought reams of comics and kept them sealed in mint condition, hoping someday they’d be worth a fortune. Marvel was just as greedy — issuing alternate covers and trading cards to drive the collector hype even higher. Until the bubble burst.

By 1996, Marvel had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Corporate raiders battled over the scraps.

“I had stock in Marvel at that time,” Waite says. “I was a believer and I rode it all the way down to nothing. I still have some certificate that says I own 2,000

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shares, that are worth zero.”

As Marvel struggled financially, it struck deals with movie studios. The right to make Spider-Man movies went to Sony, while the rights to X-Men and the Fantastic Four went to Fox. Desperation made for a poor bargaining position. Spider-Man and X-Men were smash hits, but Marvel got only a sliver of the proceeds.

It was time for a gambit. The company struck a financing deal with Merrill Lynch. Putting up Captain America himself — or at least his film rights — as part of the collateral, it had enough to buy back the movie rights for many characters, and produce 10 movies on its own.

It gave Marvel access to the next phase of its master plan: Build Iron Man.

Avengers assemble

By today’s Marvel standards, the first Iron Man movie was surprisingly smallscale. No gods, no gems of power, no nukes, no save-the-known-universe finale.

But then came the scene after the credits, when Nick Fury — a comic-book character long ago redesigned to look like Samuel L. Jackson — tells Tony Stark, “I’m here to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative.”

In other words, “I’m here to talk to you about Marvel’s plan to conquer the world.”

Other studios chugged along with a stable of reliable franchises churning out sequels and reboots, while occasionally trying their hand at an original property. Marvel, drawing from the long tradition of comic-book crossovers, is just one giant franchise, writhing with many tentacles. One hit movie connects, nourishes and promotes the next.

Marvel divides its movie slate in supervillain terms: “Phase 1,” “Phase 2” and “Phase 3.” Stalin may have had his five-year plan, but Marvel is more ambitious — mapping films out internally to 2028.

The Marvel juggernaut demolished the wall between art and commerce.

Fans excitedly discuss not just upcoming movies, but the behind-the-scenes studio politics over the rights to Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man. Commercials for future movies are stuck inside current ones. Moviegoers will sit dutifully through the credits, just so they can get a 15-second taste of the next round of hype.

So when Jackson struck his deal with Marvel, it wasn’t to star in one movie: It was to star in nine.

Iron Man, in the hands of Elf’s director, featuring a star tainted by years of rehab tabloid covers, was a risk. It could have flopped as hard as the first modern Marvel movie: Howard the Duck. Iron Man didn’t exactly have Spider-Man’s brand recognition, but he fit the spirit of the times.

“In the post 9-11 environment, when the military was such a huge thing again, Iron Man was tied to the military-industrial complex,” says Oliver Sava, a freelance comics critic for the Los Angeles Times. And Tony Stark, the man in the iron suit, wasn’t a god or a super soldier. He was human.

“Starting with Iron Man, it grounds the entire universe,” Sava says.

It wouldn’t have mattered if it hadn’t been for Robert Downey Jr., who shades Stark’s arrogance with sardonic charm. Casting makes the Marvel movies work. Chris Evans’ Captain America beams with apple-pie earnestness. Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner brilliantly veers away from the more obviously tortured portrayals of the Hulk’s alter ego to more of a wry, “aw-shucks” softie.

Yes, Hulk smashes. But Banner shrugs with a weary smile.

As a mission statement for Marvel, you couldn’t do better than the final scene of Iron Man. Told to keep his identity secret, Stark stands before reporters and defies superhero convention, announcing: “I am Iron Man.” No secret identity angst, no stubbled brooding, just “It’s me!” — cut to AC/DC. There are vague gestures toward weighty ideas in Marvel movies, but those are swiftly swept aside for the paramount theme of fun. Let Christopher Nolan’s movies ponder the resilience of the human spirit amid terror...continued on next page

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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is deeply involved in the minutia of every Marvel movie, giving the universe its cohesion.

“EARTH’S MIGHTIEST STUDIO,” CONTINUED... ism; Marvel has a raccoon firing a machine gun.

Rather than profound, Marvel aims for awesome. For Marvel’s investors, it’s been awesome indeed. The year after Iron Man, Disney bought Marvel Entertainment for a staggering $4 billion. And the reign is just beginning.

New universe

Before Marvel could take over the world, the world had to change.

Adolescence conquered adulthood. These days, adults can read Harry Potter, play video games or watch cartoons without fear of mockery.

Nerds got their revenge. Pop-culture geeks of two decades ago are the directors and studio heads of today.

Nerdiness not only lost its stigma, it became almost chic.

Pop culture turned nerds from dorks — your Urkels, your Screeches — to heroes and love interests.

And geekery has never been easier to obtain. Want to know who that purple alien guy is after the credits of the Avengers? You don’t have to thumb through four decades of Marvel comics — though, with the Marvel Unlimited app, you can — you just have to hop on your smartphone.

Before you’ve even left the theater parking lot, you’ve become an expert on Thanos, paramour to Mistress Death.

Hollywood, meanwhile, is no longer bound by scale models and matte paintings. Dream it, and computer wizards can summon it.

The international market for action movies has boomed. Intellectual dramas lose subtleties when dubbed or subtitled. But Angry Green Monster punches just as

hard in every language.

Marvel moved to take advantage of the new audiences. Iron Man 3 launched in China with extra scenes full of Chinese stars and product placement for a milk drink called Gu Li Duo. Chinese bloggers mocked the extra scenes, but the movie still broke opening weekend records in China.

The movie business in the United States, by contrast, has crumpled under the assault of piracy and competing entertainment options.

At one time, ducking into a movie theater, if only to take advantage of the air conditioning, made sense. These days, shelling out $10 — an entire month of Netflix — to watch a movie you might not even like sounds absurd. But the Marvel logo is a big, fat “Guarantee” stamp: You will be entertained. And Marvel will squeeze the life out of a movie to keep that guarantee. Corporate synergy is the dark energy that powers Marvel. But it’s also its Kryptonite.

Dark reign

Most films represent the vision of the director or screenwriter. Marvel films are the vision of a studio.

That vision is given flesh in the form of Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. A lifelong comics fan and associate producer on X-Men at only 27, Feige is central to every decision — from the choice of director, to plot points, to the design of a supervillain’s space throne.

For years, Feige has said that people would ask him, “When are people gonna get tired of these movies?”

“And my answer always was, ‘People only get tired if a whole slew of terrible ones come out,’” Feige told Empire magazine. “And it was our job to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Feige sands sharp edges and hammers out dents in order to allow a dozen movies to interlock in the same universe. But recently, the mechanical smell of formula and commercial calculation has grown stronger.

Marvel movies share the same strengths — momentum, humor and playfulness — but also many of the same weaknesses. Generic villains. Formulaic plots. Comparatively weak female characters.

Marvel has made a few iconic action scenes — the claustrophobic elevator fight in Winter Soldier, say. But there’s nothing as creative as the gloriously kinetic violence we see in Mad Max: Fury Road. In part, blame the fastpaced Marvel machine that farms out the action scenes to separate film crews. The best action scenes are like violent, bloody ballet. Marvel’s action scenes feel more like flash mobs — Marvel sends out the invite, everyone shows up, and it’s fun. But there’s little true artistry.

So when Feige promised that the Marvel movies will never sink into humorless darkness the way the Superman movies have, he’s sticking to what has made the films successful — but limiting their possibility.

The best moments in the Marvel movies are when the directors briefly break free from the undertow of synergistic obligations to deliver a few notes of their true artistic voice, before being sucked back under. It’s why director Shane Black’s quippy small-town detour in Iron Man 3 was so superior to the movie’s explosive climax.

Director Joss Whedon seemed punch-drunk after directing Age of Ultron, beaten down from both sides by the Marvel machine and his own expectations. “It a little bit broke me,” Whedon said.

Marvel only let him keep the character-building farmhouse intermission in the middle of the movie if he also kept a sequence with Thor seeing an apocalyptic vision in a cave. The cave made no sense in the film. It made more sense for what it was — a teaser for Thor: Ragnarok. (Coming July 28, 2017!)

The obligations of franchise have created the worst moments in Marvel films, responsible for The Avengers’ mess of an opener and for Thanos repeatedly killing the momentum of Guardians of the Galaxy. They’re why so many of the films center on a vaguely defined all-powerful cube or orb or gem.

“You see,” your Marvel-savvy friend may start to explain, “Thanos wants the Infinity Stones to build the Infinity Gauntlet, an all-powerful artifact that… ” But narrative stakes are about character, not scale.

Thanos destroying the universe with a snap of his fingers

MARVEL STUDIOS’ PAST AND FUTURE DAYS OF PAST

1986 Howard the Duck, from George Lucas’s Lucasfilm, bombs both critically and financially.

1996 Marvel, reeling from the bust of the comic-book collector market, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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1998 New Line Cinema releases Blade based on a Marvel character, leading to two sequels.

2000 Fox launches X-Men, leading to two direct sequels.

2003 Universal Studios releases Hulk, starring Eric Bana as Bruce Banner.

2002 Sony and Evil Dead director Sam Raimi release Spider-Man. Two sequels are made before the series is rebooted.

Fox and Ben Affleck make an Daredevil movie. Despite being terrible, it results in a spin-off movie, Elektra.

2004 Lions Gate releases The Punisher.

2005 Fox releases The Fantastic Four, which earns a Silver Surfer sequel. With financing from Merrill Lynch, Marvel launches its own studio.

2007 There’s a Ghost Rider movie for some reason.

Even more strangely, it leads to a sequel.

doesn’t create higher stakes than Tony Stark’s relationship with Pepper Potts or Bruce Banner learning to control the Hulk. The Infinity Gauntlet plot won’t resolve until 2019, after a decade of dragging down movie after movie.

Or consider the fate of director Edgar Wright, responsible for some of the funniest movies of the past decade, an auteur able to extract what’s beautiful, hilarious and meaningful about a genre.

When he was tapped to direct Ant-Man, fans cheered: If there was anyone who could wring something unique out of the Marvel machine, Wright could.

Instead, the machine squashed him like a bug. He left Ant-Man due to “creative differences.”

Wright takes risks. It’s given him perfection like Hot Fuzz, and uneven messes like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Wright shoots for masterpiece, knowing there’s a risk of missing. Marvel sticks to unmissable targets.

Future imperfect

These days Marvel owns the cinematic world, but even fans are beginning to see a villainous side. From the outside, many observers speculate that Marvel has been sabotaging its own comic books — preventing new X-Men mutants from being created and ending the Fantastic Four series — to spite the rival studios who had the movie rights.

It’s not like Marvel doesn’t have enough to keep itself busy. “Let’s talk about Phase 3,” Feige told a crowd last October, before revealing upcoming movies to rapturous applause.

Doctor Strange! Black Panther!

The Inhumans! Captain Marvel! Sequels to Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers! It’s a slate stretching all the way out to 2019 — a total of 21 movies in only 11 years. A 7-year-old when Iron Man came out will be graduating high school when he sees Avengers: Infinity War — Part 2.

Its empire stretches far beyond the big screen. ABC, also owned by Disney, airs Marvel TV spin-offs like

2008 Marvel releases its first independent films, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk (starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner). Lions Gate makes the reboot Punisher: War Zone.

2009 Marvel is purchased by Disney for more than $4 billion. Fox creates X-Man: Wolverine, leading to a follow-up, The Wolverine.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter.

Five original Marvel series are coming to Netflix. The first, the gritty Daredevil, won rave reviews despite veering from the kid-friendly Marvel formula.

DC Comics and Sony, meanwhile, are trying to ape Marvel’s success.

Next year, Batman throws down against Superman, and a few months later, DC’s rogue’s gallery of supervillains will team up for Suicide Squad.

(Not to be confused with the Sinister Six, Sony’s supervillain team-up movie.)

“You have things like Transformers developing their own shared universe.

And talks of a Ghostbusters shared universe. If you can make it a franchise with all these extending tendrils … you can do it,” says Sava, the comics critic.

“But that can be so suffocating.”

Oversaturation can smother success. Back in 2000, ABC saw they had a hit in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and put it on five nights a week until no one wanted to watch Regis Philbin ever again.

But there’s an even greater danger — that surefire-hit superhero movies will dominate so much, they strangle more innovative fare in its crib. Film websites are already filled with Marvel news items — not just for July’s Ant-Man, but for Captain America: Civil War. (Coming May 6, 2016!)

Even geek icons like Star Trek star Simon Pegg have fretted about the way that major studios keep pumping out breezy but empty movies. “The more spectacle becomes the driving creative priority, the less thoughtful or challenging the films can become,” Pegg wrote on his blog.

This is the dark side of Marvel’s generic whiz-bang utopia: That what once was special becomes expected. To paraphrase a line from another Disney-owned superhero franchise: “If every movie is super, then none of them are.” n danielw@inlander.com

2010 Iron Man 2, the consensus worst of the Marvel movies, is released.

2011 Marvel introduces both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. Fox makes a prequel to the X-Men series, X-Men: First Class, which leads to Days of Future Past in 2014.

From Page to Screen to Stage A live show brings Marvel’s most loved heroes and hated villains together for a stunt-filled extravaganza

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o transform from his mortal human form into the massive rage bomb that is the Hulk, Joshua Murillo adds 3 feet to his own 5 feet, 10 inches, and his athletic, CrossFit-toned frame bulks up by 90 pounds. But there’s no superhero magic here, at least not from a behind-the-scenes perspective.

The 28-year-old stunt performer from Yakima is mum about just how that transformation takes place, other than revealing the obvious — Bruce Banner gets ticked off and turns into his thundering alter ego. Beneath the Hulk’s radioactive green skin and glowering gaze, Murillo hides in human form, perched on stilts and strapped into a 90-pound mechanized suit.

“It took a while to learn and get used to, and it’s still tiring because it’s heavy, but at this point I think less on placing one foot here, and now I think about character things and how he should appear to the audience,” Murillo explains.

This year marks the stuntman’s second tour with Marvel Universe LIVE!, an extravagant stage production that unites more than two dozen of Marvel’s comic-book character heroes and villains into a 90-minute, stunt-filled show.

From Captain America zipping up walls and ramps on a motorcycle to Spider-Man flinging himself around on his web, the show is packed with fight scenes, pyrotechnics and gravity-defying stunts. Its original storyline unites many Marvel characters — including the Avengers, X-Men and Spider-Man — who’ve never been seen on screen together and likely never will be, considering the split in contracts between character series and studios.

The show picks up where the 2012 Avengers film ended and pits the good guys — Captain America, Hawkeye, Thor, Black Widow, Wolverine, Storm, the Hulk and others — against Marvel’s most corrupt, scheming villains, led by Loki, in a quest to WHEN: Thu, June 4 to Sun, June capture an ultimate source of power, the Cosmic Cube.

7; Thu-Fri at 7 pm; Sat at 11 am, 3 While Murillo’s main role in the show is playing the Hulk, he says and 7 pm; Sun at 1 and 5 pm for this year’s tour he’s also stepping in to fill some other minorTICKETS: $25-$65; ticketswest.com character stunt roles, as enemy minions or S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. But no WHERE: Spokane Arena, 720 W. matter the character he’s playing on any given night, Murillo always Mallon focuses on creating believable action scenes for the audience.

MORE INFO: marveluniverselive.com “I really like to perform with intensity, and that doesn’t mean you have to be flailing around all the time and the angriest guy on stage,” he says.

Produced by Feld Entertainment, the company behind Disney on Ice and the Ringling Bros. circus, Marvel Universe LIVE! kicks off the next leg of its 2015-16 tour in Spokane this week. The show’s team of around 50 actors and stuntmen, including Murillo, have already been in the Lilac City for weeks, practicing their moves at the Spokane Arena.

To sum up what local audiences should expect from Marvel Universe LIVE!, Murillo says: “I would say to think of it as all the action parts of the movies brought to life and happening right there in front of you.” n

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2012 Marvel Studios brings together all its major characters in The Avengers, starring Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner.

Sony reboots Spider-Man with Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man. It gets a sequel.

2014 Marvel continues the sequel train with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, then releases the raccooninfested Guardians of the Galaxy.

DAYS OF FUTURE

After Ant-Man this July, Marvel will launch “Phase Three,” including a Iron-Man/Captain America faceoff next year, and a two-part Infinity War Aveng-

2015 Agent Carter premieres on ABC. Netflix’s first original Marvel series, Daredevil, debuts, to eventually be followed by four other original series. Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is released to mixed reviews. ers climax. More obscure movies will also premiere, including Doctor Strange, Inhumans, Black Panther and Captain Marvel, the studio’s first solo female superhero flick.

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You can now spend the night in the Spokane home made famous by Benny & Joon

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hen Mary Moltke had to cut down the tree in front of her house, people came to her door asking if they could have a piece of it. After all, it was the tree that Johnny Depp sat in during the film Benny & Joon.

Until recently, Moltke herself lived in the Peaceful Valley cottage, the exterior of which was used as the title characters’ home in the 1993 film starring Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson and Aidan Quinn. The interior scenes were shot in a studio, a detail that lent itself to a unique decorat-

ing opportunity for Moltke when she decided to relocate to another property and list the house on Airbnb.

Also the owner of Roberts Mansion, Moltke noticed a decrease in business coinciding with the advent and increasing popularity of the do-ityourself house rental market.

“I figured if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, so it’s completely changed our business plan here. But that’s

all I could do, because suddenly I had more than a hundred illegal [competitors] here in town,” says Moltke.

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The Peaceful Valley home was used for exterior shots of Benny & Joon, starring Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson (top left), and features a color scheme that pays tribute to the beloved film.

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When she brainstormed ways to decorate the house this spring, Moltke found herself asking: WWJD? What would Joon do?

“My daughter is an artist in New York and she came home and left me about 20 large oil paintings she had done, and they were very much the style that Joon would do, so I had instant artwork [for the house.] I also have one of the original pieces that was in the movie,” she says.

With the paintings in place, Moltke recruited her friend Julie Saucier to add color to the rest of the house.

The overtone of the film is palpable throughout the house and Moltke brings everyone into the fold by providing a copy of the film for guests to watch.

“It could be wild and colorful and not really matching and crazy, and that’s what I love,” says Saucier. She found bedding and draperies all in the spirit of Joon, down to the last detail. The house is abundant with

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quirky film references, from the doorknobs hanging from the kitchen ceiling to the old iron left on the countertop in case guests find themselves hungry for a grilled cheese — but Moltke was careful to make sure the house would appeal to even those without an affinity for the film, perhaps the most popular feature ever to be shot in Spokane.

The association with the film draws in about half of Moltke’s visitors, but her decision to purchase the house 12 years ago had nothing to do with Benny & Joon.

“I had taken my daughter down there to play [with her friend who lived in the house] and was just enamored with the location, with the river going right by it, so I always, always wanted it.”

Through her daughter’s friend, Moltke learned that the house would be going on the market. “At that time, there were people pestering the mom left and right, saying they wanted to buy it, and she was very frustrated. I said, ‘Well, if you sell it to me you can stay here and rent

it for a year,’ and I think that’s what might have made the difference.”

The house runs right up to the water’s edge, with both a cozy, screened-in patio and a small but inviting outdoor one. The charming, overgrown shrubbery spills over the property, making the house look straight out of a fairy tale and appealing to anyone looking for a weekend of water and whimsy — not to mention a chance for hardcore Benny & Joon devotees to indulge in their fandom.

“You know, we had to kind of do a fine line on the decorating because we didn’t want to get it so crazy normal people would be offended, but on the other hand, we wanted it funky enough,” says Moltke. n editor@inlander.com Book through Roberts Mansion or on Airbnb • $185 per night, three-night minimum • ejrobertsmansion. com • 456-8839

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ESSAY WHAT’S IN A WI-FI NAME?

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ometime in March I stumbled upon something that would lure me out of my comfort zone.

I had just gotten an iPod Touch and suddenly all I could see was a world of apps. Unable to resist the lure of Instagram, I tried to find a Wi-Fi connection while the bus was stalled at a red light. I’d be connected for 30 seconds or fewer, but those glorious moments would be worth it.

Wi-Fi networks popped up on my screen, including “FBISurveillanceVan2.” Why would the FBI make their surveillance van so visible? Wasn’t the whole point to be undercover? And what was going on near Washington State University’s downtown campus that the FBI needed to monitor? Obviously this was a joke. Nice one, “FBISurveillanceVan2.”

Soon, my obsessive search for wireless connections throughout town was teaching me a lot about Spokane. Or at least a lot about the collective sense of humor of different Spokane neighborhoods.

Wi-Fi routers come with a default network name or service set identifier (SSID), but people change them for a number of reasons: for security purposes, to be able to remember which network is theirs, and primarily, it seems, to broadcast their witty name to whomever might try to poach some free Internet.

As far as guidelines for creating a new SSID, Apple doesn’t think being cute is the way to go. They recommend not using personal information and “keeping your network name boring so people won’t be tempted to try and access it.” On the other hand, Kerry Zimmer, marketing and development manager for CenturyLink in Spokane,

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reports that as long as people don’t use their last name or Social Security number, they don’t see a lot of fraud with people trying to hack into a secured network, leaving plenty of room for creativity.

I eased into my research, by which I mean I started walking around Spokane with my iPod up to my face, looking for new Wi-Fi names to appear on my screen. In my first outing to the Logan neighborhood, I got what must have been the wit of the college set: ‘”Ghettobut$potless,” “PartyPalace” and “#BasicBitches.”

Soon I removed the shield of my iPod Touch and asked passersby if they had a minute. Zachary Lutes, who lives on the South Hill, named his Wi-Fi network “Palestinian Honeypot” as a passive act of self-defense. “[It] isn’t really an inviting name,” he says. “A honeypot URL is a malicious URL that if it gets idly pinged… it will begin hacking [the] system, and one of the major places where they use a honeypot system is Palestine.”

Neighborhood by neighborhood, I found more and more creative Wi-Fi names. Browne’s Addition is particularly welcoming, with networks named “CuddlePuddle” and “Mustache Rides.” It’s also home to “Router? I hardly know her.”

Other SSIDs are just plain mean: “justgetyourown” and “NoFreeWiFiForYou.” Some even use their SSIDs to make political statements. I’m looking at you, “City-of-Nepotism.” And somewhere along Mission Avenue, you’ll see a network called “Password is Taco.”

Don’t be fooled: the password is not taco.

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e’re all familiar with the story of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama to a white person in December 1955, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott, a major flash point in the U.S. civil rights movement.

Although the most well-known, what happened in Montgomery was just one of many instances of Americans making a political statement with their purchasing power. The American Friends Service Committee and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles believe we need to be reminded of this ability, so the groups worked together to create “Boycott!

The Art of Economic Activism,” a collection of 58 historical posters from more than 20 boycotts dating from the 1950s up to the present. This traveling exhibit is on display at the Eastern Washington University Riverpoint Campus through June 12.

Liz Moore, director of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, is excited to bring these posters to the Inland Northwest, as she believes they are beautiful and powerful reminders of the spending power people hold every day.

“Sometimes in our community, alike to any other community really, we tend to forget the power and possibility we hold, to put our values

into action by the very decisions we make in what to buy or don’t buy,” Moore says.

Moore hopes that these historical examples show people that boycotts can still be a successful, nonviolent social justice tactic in different current day situations.

Jennifer Calvert, chair of PJALS’ Palestine-Israel Human Rights Committee, says her passion for social justice issues, more specifically related to Palestinian issues, intensified after she was able to travel there a few years ago.

“In America, we don’t get information about the Palestinian issues from the side of the Palestinians,” Calvert says. “One technique that can be used to bring about change is boycotts, and in this case they can be used to pressure the Israelis to treat the Palestinians differently.”

Calvert believes that this exhibit will help people become more educated about different issues of the past and present, from the side of those who worked or are still working toward change, as seen in the Palestinian call for boycott posters featured in this exhibit.

Though it’s sometimes easy to feel removed from current international issues given our comfortable lifestyles, that’s exactly what motivates Calvert to become more informed and to help inform others.

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Under a new name, Masselow’s Steakhouse, Northern Quest’s fine-dining establishment is focusing on USDA Prime cuts, but gives the same attention to high-end cuisine.

A CUT ABOVE

How Masselow’s learned to love its steaks

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hef Bob Rogers doesn’t care about grill marks on his steaks. He knows other chefs might obsess about those parallel lines burned deep into the cut of beef, but he can’t buy into that school of thinking.

“I say ‘screw that.’ I want the whole thing seared on the char grill. I don’t want to leave a chance for any juices to get out,” says Rogers, who runs the kitchen at the newly revamped Masselow’s Steakhouse at Northern Quest Resort & Casino.

Rogers, who has been the chef at Masselow’s since it opened about five years ago, has always cared about steaks, but now that he’s officially running a steakhouse, grilling these cuts to perfection is even more at the

top of his mind. Masselow’s, named after a Kalispel Tribe chief who led his people more than a century ago, rebranded last month with a focus on prime steaks and a more accessible feel. That might come as a surprise to some who know Masselow’s as one of the region’s most high-end, respected restaurants, never shy about touting its fourdiamond rating from the AAA. “I didn’t want to give up the five years of hard work of establishing [Masselow’s reputation],” says Rogers. “But for that entire five years, the things I sold the very most were steaks. I had to ask myself, ‘Why am I not capitalizing on this?’”

About half of the former Masselow’s menu remains, and there are still seafood

Masselow’s continues to serve seafood and other non-steak entrees. and other options to be found. Chances are, Rogers says, if you liked Masselow’s before this revamp, you’re not going to be disappointed. But when you walk into the space adjacent to the resort’s lobby, you might notice one change that’s as symbolic as it is stylistic.

“We took linen off the tables. It’s no longer a white-tablecloth restaurant,” says Rogers. “We wanted people to walk into that room and know that it feels like a really great restaurant, but it doesn’t feel like it’s only for special events and you don’t have to be dressed up.”

He says someone in a cowboy hat and jeans shouldn’t be intimidated to enter. What that guy in the 10-gallon hat might be intimidated by, however, is a 40-ounce porterhouse steak. That’s by far the biggest and priciest ($110; the 24-ounce is $59) item on the slate, and to be fair, it’s meant R E S TA U R A N T to be shared by two people.

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While Masselow’s has focused on sourcing its menu primarily from the Northwest, sticking to that ideal became tougher when Rogers and company wanted to focus on USDA Prime grade beef. There were some Northwest options, he says, but none that could provide consistent cuts throughout the year to ensure the sort of consistency found in a respectable steakhouse.

“I do everything I can possibly do to buy as much food as I can locally, but my focus is also serving the best food that I can serve, instead of focusing on absolute regionality,” says Rogers.

The solution was discovered in the Midwest, where Rogers found beef from producers who follow strict guidelines for their corn-fed cattle. When the meat arrives at the resort, there’s not a whole lot done to it before the cut hits the restaurant’s new broiler that can run either on wood or gas. A little sea salt and Tellicherry pepper is tossed on top, and after some time on the grill, it’s topped with housemade steak butter before heading out to the dining room.

The addition of “steakhouse” to the restaurant’s name doesn’t mean Masselow’s follows all steakhouse conventions. Most notably, the restaurant’s lauded presentation remains. It’s not just a juicy steak on a naked plate, like you might find elsewhere.

“The bottom line is that we went to more food that more people are familiar with, but I wanted it to still be composed — there should be some love on that plate,” says Rogers. n Masselow’s Steakhouse at Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • Open daily, 7 amnoon; Wed-Sat, 5 pm-10 pm; Sun, 5 pm-9 pm • masselows. com • 481-6000

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Fresh Squeezed BIJA organic juicery brings some sweet elegance to South Perry

BY HILARY KORABIK

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randi Elder and John Gardner, owners of the mobile juice bar BEET It Up, know that people like to drink beer. And coffee. And wine. And cocktails.

They also know that after a couple of adult beverages, nothing can refuel a body like a fresh, organic juice, so they opened the BIJA Organic Juicery and Kombucha Bar as a sister business to already established BEET It Up. “BEET It Up is very comical and fun,” says Gardner. “[BIJA] has its own sweet elegance to it.” Housed in the Buddhio at South Perry Yoga, the new juicery is a little more yogi, according to Elder.

“We do have to be respectful of a yoga studio because we do share a space, so, you know, we have to be quiet when they’re having savasana. So honoring that, that’s a priority for BIJA,” she says.

BIJA owner Brandi Elder (left) and John Gardner sip creations from BIJA Organic Juicery and Kombucha Bar as baby Nicoya looks on.

Supporting the local community is a main concern for Elder and Gardner. When it’s in season, they purchase their produce from local farmers market vendors, and they source their kombucha — a tea-based drink that is cultured and brewed for up to two weeks, then infused with other flavors — from Bare Culture in Coeur d’Alene.

The menu ($6-$7 for juices and smoothies; $3.25$4.25 for kombucha) is created by Elder, who says the most popular juice is the Third Eye, which features pineapple, broccoli, greens, apple and mint.

“I’m really pushing the Focus as far as the smoothies,” she says. For those who still need their java fix, this smoothie includes coffee, combined with banana, cinnamon, agave and coconut milk.

BIJA and BEET It Up have entirely different menus,

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offering customers a wide range of options. Elder and Gardner see their two businesses as both partners and competition. When a woman came in to BIJA asking for a custom juice with carrots in it, Elder was able to run to grab the veggies from the mobile juice bar, which was parked across the street for the South Perry Farmers Market.

“It can be competition, but they can complement each other,” says Elder. n BIJA Organic Juicery and Kombucha Bar • 915 S. Perry • Mon-Wed, 8 am-3 pm; Thu, 8 am-6 pm; Fri, 8 am-8 pm; Sat, 11:15 am-3 pm • Delivery to locations on South Hill and downtown for orders over $20 • facebook.com/bijaorganicjuicery • 818-9700

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hen the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s former Splash nightclub dried up, the Resort Plaza Shop space was retooled into Coeur d’Alene Taphouse - Unchained. Following the trends toward craft brewing and industrial motifs, Unchained is equal parts novelty and nostalgia.

The theme — bicycles — drives the décor and some menu items. Bikes and bike parts of various ages and models hang from the ceiling and walls, while fist-sized gears are embedded into the resin-coated, wooden tables.

The nostalgic centerpiece is a 1920s-era bicycle located behind the bar, while the novelty item is a human-pow-

Know and Go This project will replace cast iron distribution mains and repave the entire street.

Estimated end date: September

CSO 33-2; 1st Avenue from Erie Street to Altamont Street; Erie Street from 1st Avenue to MLK Way

Combined sewer overflow facility; residential grind and overlay pavement preservation project including minor subgrade repair, crack sealing, modifying ADA ramps, striping and traffic control; pave the unpaved portion of Erie Street from 1st Avenue to the future Martin Luther King Jr. Way alignment and complete the paving at Sprague Way. Estimated end date: October

Rowan Avenue from Driscoll Boulvard to Alberta Street

Full depth roadway replacement, install bicycle lanes, fill sidewalk gaps and replace water lines.

Estimated end date: October

Hartson Avenue from Altamont Street to Fiske Street

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Full depth roadway replacement.

Lane configuration changing to one lane each direction with bike lanes.

Estimated end date: October

This reconstruction project will involve rebuilding the full depth roadway section of traveled way, fill sidewalk gaps, replace curbing where needed and install ADA-compliant curb ramps. The project will also include the replacement of water lines from Altamont Street to Fiske Street.

Estimated end date: August

Monroe Street/Lincoln Street Couplet from 8th Avenue to Main Avenue Phase I

This integrated project includes pavement reconstruction, CSO 20 & 24 storage facilities, storm sewer, 208 swales and water main replacement.

Estimated end date: October

Apply preservation treatments that may consist of crack sealing, grind and overlay or other pavement rejuvenation techniques. Upgrades to ADA curb ramps and minor curb and sidewalk repairs are anticipated.

Estimated end date: August

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Tentatively starting late July

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ered blender known as the Margarita Bike (insert selfie opportunity here).

The bicycle theme cycles through the menu, too, with Kick Stand French Fries with garlic, Romano and Parmesan cheese ($3.95). House Made Handle Bars ($5.95) is a basket of baked pretzel bread with a jalapeño cheese dipping sauce made with Session IPA (brewed for Unchained by local Slate Creek Brewing). And if the pizzas — named for nearby trails like the Penn and Hiawatha — taste familiar, it’s because they’re baked over at Tito’s Italian Grill & Wine Shop, Unchained’s next-door neighbor.

Unchained also picks up on the trend toward local sourcing with a smattering of regional ingredients like Priest River elk and Washington State University’s Cougar Gold cheese in the elk burger ($12.95). Other comfort foods include the blue cheese bacon mac and cheese ($9.95) and bacon-wrapped meatloaf ($12.95).

With the exception of a salad ($4.25-$9.95), everything on the menu seems designed to go well with beer. That’s where Unchained is most likely to create a reaction among area diners: the beer menu. With two dozen rotating taps, it’s not so large that it requires you to download the BeerAdvocate app in order to decide. Local and regional beers are favored, including No-Li’s Spin Cycle Red and Selkirk Abbey’s Infidel, as well as Seattle’s Elysian Split Shot Espresso Milk Stout and Goodlife Descender IPA from Bend, Oregon. There are also a few taps reserved for ciders or nontraditional beers like Boise’s PostModern Hard Ginger Beer.  food@inlander.com

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Havana Street Improvements (with 44th trail) from Glenrose Road to 37th Avenue

Improvements include full width pavement replacement, complete sidewalk gaps and porous asphalt bicycle lanes.

This project will also include installation of a 36-inch water transmission main between 37th Avenue and the Brown Park reservoirs at 57th Avenue.

Estimated end date: October

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Covert Comedy Melissa McCarthy and company provide female empowerment and plenty of laughs in Spy

BY MARYANN JOHANSON

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irector Paul Feig has made two very bad computer at Langley. (Is real-time infrared satelmovies with Melissa McCarthy. The Heat lite imagery a thing? It is here.) and Bridesmaids were popular, but they But then comes the sneaky subversion: were also cruel and unforgivably unfair to the When Fine’s mission unearths the fact that the women they were about. big-time European arms dealer they’re after — I console myself with the thought, however Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne; yay and hooray, unlikely it may be, that it was McCarthy’s ira female villain whose badness has nothing to repressible charm and inherent likability, even do with sex!) — knows the identity of all the amidst all the abuse she was forced to endure, CIA’s current field agents, they have to send in that drew moviegoers to her (as well as to the someone she won’t possibly know. Someone other women featured in these films, of course). like Susan, who kicked ass at the CIA training But now, Feig (also screenwriter here) has academy, but has been deskbound ever since. made a movie that allows McCarthy to be her Yet as much as Susan aches for a chance to prove own delightful self without asking us to laugh herself, she also worries that she’s not up to the at her. We laugh with McCarthy, and that’s job... because she has been led by Fine (and the fine. And in Spy, we laugh with her while also world at large) into believing that the best use of commiserating with her, because this sneakily her talent is supporting — to the point of mothersubversive movie confronts head-on issues of ing, even — the likes of Bradley Fine. women’s confidence (or lack thereof) and Spy makes it very, SPY men’s arrogance (and fear!) that so many very clear, in ways that Rated R movies, including The Heat, dare not touch, are very, very funny, Written and directed by Paul Feig that women don’t get though they sometimes pretend to.

Starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose I hasten to add: Spy does its wonderful, the respect they deserve Byrne, Jason Statham seditious feminist things while also being because men fear their funny as hell. I never laugh out loud at brains and competence, movies. I laughed out loud a lot at Spy. (Be and worry about the potential competition sure to stay through the credits for one final that presents. It may be unconscious or it may laugh-out-loud moment.) be deliberate, but the men here underestimate At first, Spy looks like a simple spoof women, ultimately to their own detriment, and of James Bond flicks and other secretthe women end up overcoming the preconcepagent adventures. Bradley Fine (Jude Law, tions about what they’re capable of in glorious sporting a perfect American accent) is a ways. The men include Jason Statham, sending top CIA operative, all suave and cool and up his on-screen persona as a ridiculously badass badass and tuxedoed at the Bulgarian CIA agent, and not bothering with an American cocktail party he has infiltrated in order to accent at all; I’m so happy to see that Statham catch a nuclear terrorist. We quickly see, has a sense of humor about himself. The women though, that his awesomeness is at least as include Miranda Hart as another support agent much a function of the assistance given him who gets out into the field, and Allison Janney as remotely by Susan Cooper (McCarthy), his a CIA deputy director who’s had enough with handler back at CIA HQ and in his earpiece, women who lack confidence in themselves for no as it is his own doing. They’re a team, a very good reason. capable team, him doing the physical stuff I love this movie so much, with only one caof taking out bad guys and her guiding him, veat: Comedies for grown-ups do not need poop alerting him to the henchmen jokes. (Nor do comedy for kids, for that matter.) coming around a corner Ditto the other few bits of pure gross-out: totally from her perch unnecessary, and totally unfunny. They don’t behind a overwhelm the film, nor do they negate the rest of the genuinely clever humor, but they do hint that Feig doesn’t trust himself that his smart, sympathetic, witty approach to the particular battles professional women fight — one that also is mostly sympathetic to men learning to deal with women as equals — is enough.

It totally is, dude. Don’t let Hollywood make you think otherwise. 

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If that lengthy title didn’t tell you enough, this Swedish film is about a man who celebrates his 100th birthday by escaping from a nursing home. He’s been cooped up in there, but is used to the colorful life he once had, so goes on the run and gets in all sorts of hijinks. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated R

THE COKEVILLE MIRACLE

In 1986, in the sleepy town of Cokeville, Wyoming, a couple named David and Doris Young walked into an elementary school armed with guns and a homemade explosive. After they gathered all of the teachers and students into one classroom, the bomb detonated killing only the Youngs. (In real life, David killed Doris and then himself). Eyewitness survivor accounts say they were saved thanks to heavenly intervention. T.C. Christensen’s independent film The Cokeville Miracle vividly depicts the encounter and the aftermath of a small town trying its best to grapple with tragedy, skepticism and faith. At AMC (LJ) Rated PG-13

ENTOURAGE

The bros from the HBO series are back and as bro-y as ever, bro. The film begins with Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) partying with a bunch of hot people in Ibiza and then he finds out he might do a remake of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde and he’s all like “Yo, Ari? Am I gonna do the movie?” and the Turtle is like, “Yo, is Vince gonna do the movie?” Add in some gay jokes and glamorization of Hollywood’s worst parts and apparently you have something that looks like a movie. (SR) Rated R

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SPY

Director Paul Feig goes back to the well with Melissa McCarthy for their third movie together (Bridesmaids, The Heat). McCarthy plays a meek CIA agent thrust into an epic globetrotting adventure alongside professional asskicker Jason Statham and über-suave Jude Law as they try to hunt down sexy foe Rose Byrne, another Bridesmaids veteran. Expect the slapstick physical comedy and poetic obscenities that worked so well for the leading lady in her past collaborations with Feig. (DN) Rated R

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3

Screenwriter Leigh Whannell, who also spawned the Saw franchise, takes the directorial reins from James Wan (presumably he was too busy with the mega-budget Furious Seven) for the third installment of the Insidious horror film series. Chapter 3 is something of a misnomer — this is actually a freshly cast prequel to the supernatural creepfest introduced in the previous films, which centers on a family that finds itself connected to a nasty spirit world called The Further. (EJI) Rated PG-13.

BEYOND THE MASK

This low-budget historical drama about the Revolutionary War is brought to you by director Chad Burns, who previously brought you (or, apparently someone) a movie called Pendragon: Sword of his Father. That film was produced by his family with a cast made up mostly of that family.

Now, the Burns clan is back with another Christian-themed flick, this time about a British defector who helps save Benjamin Franklin with prayer and guns. Written by hit Christian screenwriters Paul McCusker and Stephen Kendrick. At AMC (MB) Rated PG

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THE AGE OF ADELINE

Blake Lively finally takes a turn in a leading role as a young woman hurt in an accident and, upon recovering, realizes she is no longer subject to the aging process. She remains in perfect shape throughout the decades until she meets a super-hot dude for whom she might risk her immortality. Also starring Harrison Ford and Ellen Burnstyn. (MB) Rated PG-13

THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has made an AI creation that he calls Ultron with some nifty powers from the defeated Loki (from the last movie).

Ultron (the voice of James Spader) has some of Tony’s attitudes, but a glitch in its “birth” makes it go a bit cyberinsane, and it extrapolates Tony’s notion of world peace to mean “a planet without humans.” Oh, and the Hulk has gone bonkers, so the Avengers also have that mess to clean up. (MJ) Rated PG-13

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA

Kristen Stewart breaks out of the Twilight shadows in what might be her most intriguing role to date alongside the always brilliant Juliette Binoche in this sleeper hit. Binoche is an esteemed actress, with Stewart as her assistant, who takes a role in a play that has her opposite of a young talent (Chloe Grace Moretz). But when the play’s material hits too close to home, Binoche’s character begins to crumble. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated R

EX MACHINA

Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) enters the massive, isolated Alaskan compound of his boss, search engine entrepreneur/billionaire Nathan Bateman (an amazing Oscar Isaac), to find that Nathan is in the process of developing a very life-like robot. Over the course of his stay, Caleb is to test out the prototype to see how her mind works, but he soon realizes he might be the one being tested. (SR) Rated R

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Mad Max

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Seymour

83

Ex Machina

77

Avengers: Age of Ultron

71

Tomorrowland

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San Andreas

43

Entourage

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ALOHA

Cameron Crowe, the writer-director behind Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire, delivers his first feature in more than four years with a story about a military contractor (Bradley Cooper) who arrives in his old Hawaii stomping grounds to assist with a satellite launch.

There, he’s followed by a sparkplug Air Force pilot (Emma Stone) while looking for closure with his former love (Rachel McAdams), all the while trying to make sense of his tumultuous yet successful life. If those names don’t do it for you, take a taste of the rest of the cast: John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride and … Bill Murray. Yes, Bill Murray. Rated PG-13 (MB)

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FURIOUS 7

The tagline of the latest installment of this series is: “Vengeance hits home.”

Damn, that’s some serious stuff. Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw is out for blood to avenge the death of his brother and he’s bringing the whole gang with him, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ludacris, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and, of course, the late Paul Walker, who died in a real-life car accident before the film was finished. (MB) Rated PG-13

HOME

Oh is an alien who finds himself very out of place on Earth when he’s banished by his race of aliens, bent on making the planet their own by capturing all humans. Soon, he meets Tip (voiced by Rihanna) and the pair try to elude the aliens. (MB) Rated PG

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Fury Road is astonishing in a way that makes you feel like you haven’t seen a true action movie in a while, underscoring how sterile the genre has been.

Warlord Immortan Joe (Hugh KeaysByrne) thinks he’s sending his trusted Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) on a mission to bring back fuel from Gas Town to the Citadel he rules with an iron fist, but she’s got a secret mission of her own: to free the enslaved “breeders” of Joe’s children and bring them to the Green Place far away that she remembers from her own childhood. (MJ) Rated R

MR. TURNER

This biopic dives into the life of eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner, a man known for his eccentricities as much as his genius with a brush. Directed by Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky, Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies), brings the 19th century visionary to the forefront, reminding of the influence the painter had on modern art. (MB) Rated R

PITCH PERFECT 2

Three years ago, Pitch Perfect took Glee’s a cappella craze to college. Naturally, a second film had to be made. All the favorite characters are back: Anna Kendrick as Beca the unlikely choirgirl,

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Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy and Elizabeth Banks as one of the worst commentators ever. This time around, the Barden Bellas are at the top of the collegiate a cappella world. But when a concert — in front of the president, no less — goes awry, they must clear their good name by entering in an international voice competition that no American team has ever won. (LJ) Rated PG-13

SAN ANDREAS

The big one finally hits the West Coast, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson zips around in his rescue chopper trying to save his family as buildings tumble and oceans rise. But he’s not really the star of this big-budget disaster movie.

Top billing should go to the visual effects wizards who make it all so excitingly, frighteningly real. Audiences will squirm and scream and even forgive the filmmakers for the regular doses of cheesy, clichéd drama. Oddly, when it’s over, and millions of people have been killed, you will have had scads of fun.

(ES) Rated PG-13

SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION

Seymour Bernstein had been a brilliant and highly praised concert pianist, but had given up performing at the age of 50 due to stage fright and his dislike of artistic commercialism, and took up teaching full-time — the better to spread his ideas about music and life.

When beloved actor/novelist/screenwriter Ethan Hawke struck up a friendship with Bernstein, this documentary (directed by Hawke) was born. (MB) Rated PG

SLOW WEST

In the wake of the American Civil War, a collection of natives, outlaws and settlers often meet violent ends in pursuit of land, money and love in the debut feature film from writer/director/ former Beta Band member John Maclean. At the center of the film is Jay, a young, wealthy man who travels across the country in search of a woman he’s fallen in love with. Guiding (or misguiding him) is Silas (Michael Fassbender), a rough cowboy more interested in the bounty on Jay’s lover’s head. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated R

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ntroductory disclaimer: Prior to sitting down had in my head: goofballs who were in over their for the feature film version of Entourage, I’d heads in a cutthroat business, while riding the never watched a single minute of the 2004-11 coattails of their talentless but successful buddy.

HBO series that inspired it. Sure, I’d absorbed a That idea, I now realize, was woefully inacfew details simply through pop-culture osmocurate. sis, like the fact that its central character, actor For Entourage — written and directed by Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), had starred in a series creator Doug Ellin — has nothing at all to blockbuster movie version of Aquaman, and that say about Hollywood’s absence of meritocracy. his high-strung agent, Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), There’s nothing ironic about the fact that the was prone to profane catch phrases like “Let’s movie begins with Vincent throwing a bikini hug it out, bitch.” Beyond that, I had nothing inparty on a yacht to celebrate the end of a marvested in visiting with these people. It was never riage that lasted only nine days, or about his congoing to work for me as simply a fan-service viction that he can step behind the camera for the brand extension, like its gender-reversed HBO first time on a $100 million-budgeted blockbuster. counterpart, Sex and the City. It was There’s no point to any of this, but going to have to work as a movie. hey, how about these gay jokes?

ENTOURAGE So I was at least vaguely And check out the tits on her!”

Rated R pleased at the nod toward newcom- Directed by Doug Ellin Maybe true fans are into this, ers made by a Piers Morgan-hosted Starring Adrian Grenier, Jeremy but for someone like me it’s merely interview segment, which introduc- Piven, Kevin Dillon depressing. Maybe the show’s es the members of Vincent’s crew parade of guest appearances heightof pals: agent-producer Eric “E” ened the sense of it really being a Murphy (Kevin Connolly); driver Sal “Turtle” Hollywood story, but here the slew of drive-by Assante (Jerry Ferrara); and Vincent’s hapless, cameos — in some cases, quite literally — amount struggling-actor half-brother, Johnny “Drama” to nothing more than “Hey look, it’s that guy!”

Chase (Kevin Dillon). When it appeared that the And maybe the fact that, over the course of eight plot would revolve around Vincent making his years, none of the characters changed in any directing debut with a contemporary adaptation way became part of its easygoing sitcom charm, of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, overseen by now-studio rather than evidence that it had no ambition boss Ari, there was at least the faint hope that beyond celebrating the meatheadedness of its Entourage would extend the idea of the show I resident meatheads. n

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SPICY RHYMES Lyrics Born cooks up a soulful, Big Easy-inspired gumbo on his new release

BY DAN NAILEN

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ven the most creative musical minds can find themselves searching for inspiration — and sometimes the hunt takes them really far from home.

For Lyrics Born, the Bay Area hip-hop maestro with a deep catalog of inventive songs and collaborations headlining Sunday at Elkfest, his latest effort led him to the Deep South. To make Real People, his first new solo album in five years, the man born Tsutomu Shimura recruited some of New Orleans’ finest in Trombone Shorty, Ivan Neville and members of Galactic and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to bring his new songs to vibrant life.

New Orleans has long attracted musicians from outside the Big Easy, artists hoping to

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tap into the musical and cultural crossroads as a means to spice up their own music with the city’s zesty blend of soul, blues, funk and R&B. For Lyrics Born, the “informal, quirky, collaborative nature of the music scene” was just what he needed.

“As I make more and more albums, the challenge always becomes, ‘What do I do that I haven’t done yet, and nobody else has done’?” Lyrics Born says. “I knew I wanted to do something organic and live-sounding and feeling, and funky and folksy, but I’ve done that before. The answer was to do it with a New Orleans lean.”

He already knew some of the Galactic guys and Neville, and met Preservation

Hall’s Ben Jaffe and Trombone Shorty through a process he says included almost instant chemistry in the studio.

That chemistry is obvious all over Real People, an album that defies easy labels. It’s not purely hip-hop, but Lyrics Born’s rapidfire rhymes dot most of the songs. It’s not straightforward funk or soul, although it’s easy to imagine the songs going over great among fans of James Brown or the Stax Records sound. Essentially, anyone who can get into horn-heavy jams at a dance party — and that’s most of us — will find a lot to love.

The challenge for Lyrics Born

now is taking the sounds of Real People to the stage. Of course, for two decades he’s been recreating and reimagining music he’s made with artists like Blackalicious, Lateef the Truthspeaker, DJ Z-Trip and others in live shows that never fail to move a crowd.

While he obviously can’t take all his Real People guests on the road — “Wouldn’t that be just the dream band?” he says — Lyrics Born brings either a five-piece or 10-piece backing band with him, and prides himself on having a new spectacle every time an audience sees him: “I don’t ever want anyone to come to a Lyrics Born show and think, “Aw, you’ve seen one show, seen ’em all.”

Given that it’s been a few years since Lyrics Born hit Spokane, those still standing for the last show of Elkfest will definitely get a whole new show compared to his last visit.

“I come out and play hard every time,” Lyrics Born says. “I definitely always bring the same energy. I don’t look at club shows or festival shows as different. But I love playing the big stage. And I love playing outdoors.”

Sounds like Elkfest could offer as perfect an environment for Lyrics Born’s new live show as New Orleans did for his new album.  Lyrics Born at Elkfest • Sun, June 7, at 9 pm • Free • All-ages • 1931 W. Pacific • elkfestspokane.com • 363-1973

ELKFEST SCHEDULE More than a decade in, this year’s Elkfest once again brings three days of local and West Coast acts to the revitalized Browne’s Addition for one of the most thrilling block parties around.

While you may be tempted to simply show up in the afternoon and drink with your bros, realize the free festival is all about the celebration of music, and this year’s lineup is no exception. For newbies, remember to bring plenty of cash (for food trucks and beer) and sunscreen, and to look out for people who want to crowd-surf to all the wrong music. (LAURA JOHNSON)

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Neutral Milk Hotel is anything but neutral.

Barely Reunited The strangeness of Neutral Milk Hotel still inspires decades later, even if they plan to disband again

BY LAURA JOHNSON

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he singing began in whispered tones.

Eventually giving way to full voices, the crowd fiercely sang along with every word out of singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum’s mouth.

“The movements were beautiful, all in your ovaries / All of them milking with green fleshy flowers / While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines / Smelling of semen all under the garden” — the bizarre lyrics from Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Oh Comely” and more songs triumphantly filled the Boston Conservatory auditorium in 2011.

Fans cried and laughed and sang, recalling all the memories with each fleeting tune that the stringy-haired, never-smiling guitar player produced. At the time, it was one of the very few solo shows the reclusive Mangum (who doesn’t give interviews or allow photography at gigs) had done since his band all but disappeared around the turn of the century.

Since 2013, Neutral Milk Hotel, no doubt assured of the heavy revenue stream it would BRING OUT YOUR CREATIVE MONSTER... generate and with Mangum’s frame of mind now stable, has tentatively reformed for a few tours.

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took a liking to the band in the first place. From the beginning, when it was just Mangum on his guitar in the late ’80s, the act’s often uncomfortable lyrics, paired with simple but eclectic instrumentation and Mangum’s nasally/reedy vocals, made for a hard sell. Flesh-licking ladies, two-headed boys, Anne Frank — these are all subjects explored in Neutral Milk Hotel’s second and likely final album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. But in music critic circles, the indie act is often ranked among the best bands of the 1990s, up there with Pavement and Radiohead.

This Friday, Mangum (a co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Company), along with his original Neutral Milk Hotel cohorts, make a stop at the Knitting Factory for what could be their final Spokane show.

Earlier this year, they announced the following on their website: “Dear friends, we love you but it’s time to say goodbye for the never ending now to announce that spring 2015 will be our last tour for the foreseeable future.”

These words don’t necessarily indicate an indefinite farewell — the 20th anniversary of Aeroplane is just three years away, after all — but for now, this is it. Friday night, the sing-along will just have to be that much louder.  lauraj@inlander.com Neutral Milk Hotel with Robert Schneider • Fri, June 5, at 8 pm • $32 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory. com • 244-3279

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issoula death-metal act Walking Corpse Syndrome (an actual mental illness that leads the afflicted to believe he or she is dead) is no stranger to Spokane, having recorded their 2013 album Alive in Desolation at the local studio Amplified Wax. Saturday night, the decade-old band brings their dark-as-night, thunderous noise music back to town. You won’t be able to decipher any of the Cookie Monster-sounding vocals frontman Leif Winterrowd makes, but you won’t care. This is the kind of music for those ready to rage. Listen and let everything go. The band’s fourth album Human Delusion is set for a September release.

— LAURA JOHNSON The Devastation Tour 2015 feat. Walking Corpse Syndrome, Morbid Inc., A Cryptic Ending, Ground Zero and Concrete Grip • Sat, June 6, at 8 pm • $5 • All-ages • Pinnacle Northwest • 412 W. Sprague • thepinevents.com • 368-4077

J = THE INLANDER RECOMMENDS THIS SHOW J = ALL AGES SHOW

Thursday, 06/04

ARboR CREST WiNE CELLARS, GRE3NE/Ron Greene J THE bARTLETT, James McMurtry, Marshall McLean booMERS CLASSiC RoCK bAR & GRiLL, Randy Campbell acoustic show J buCER’S CoFFEEHouSE Pub, Palouse Jazz Project CHECKERboARD bAR, Dough Boys CoEuR D’ALENE CASiNo, PJ Destiny CRuiSERS (208-773-4706), Usual Suspects FiZZiE MuLLiGANS, Kicho THE FLAME, DJ WesOne Nights JoHN’S ALLEy, LeeLoo Levay, Itchy Kitty JoHN’S ALLEy, State of Krisis J KNiTTiNG FACToRy, Chris Cagle J LAGuNA CAFé, Just Plain Darin LEFTbANK WiNE bAR, Nick Grow NoRTHERN RAiL Pub (487-4269), Open Mic with Johnny & the Moondogs THE ViKiNG bAR & GRiLL, Marco Polo Collective ZoLA, Boomshack

Friday, 06/05

1210 TAVERN (208-765-1210), DJ Crooz 315 MARTiNiS & TAPAS, Truck Mills bEVERLy’S, Robert Vaughn J THE biG DiPPER, Stucco, the Backups, Ben Arleth biSTANGo MARTiNi LouNGE (6248464), Son of Brad bLACK DiAMoND, DJ Perfechter boLo’S, Dragonfly booMERS CLASSiC RoCK bAR & GRiLL, Rampage J buCER’S CoFFEEHouSE Pub, Bowen, Hagen, Jarocki and Ward THE CELLAR, New Mud CHECKERboARD bAR, Hannah

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HIP-HOP KOTTONMOUTH KINGS I

f there’s one band performing next week to get you in that summer state of mind, it’s the Southern California-based Kottonmouth Kings. Their music is all about relaxing in the sunshine or around a bonfire with your homies — with the help of nature’s most notorious plant (think songs like “Ganja Glow” and “Proud to be a Stoner”). While they’ve appeared at the Gathering of the Juggalos multiple times and are associated with that scene, their tunes more closely resemble chill-inducing psychedelic ska music than horrorcore derivatives.

— LAURA JOHNSON Kottonmouth Kings with Hed (PE), the Family Ruin, Chucky Chuck, Scare Don’t Fear, Marlon Asher, Nicky Gritts and the Project Kings • Thu, June 11, at 7 pm • $25/$30 day of • 21+ • Palomino Club • 6425 N. Lidgerwood • palominoclubspokane.com • 944-4911

Reader, Matthew Winters, Sarah Hull CoEuR D’ALENE CASiNo, Bill Bozly, Chris Rieser and the Nerve CRAVE, Likes Girls CuRLEy’S, Tell the Boys J THE ELK PubLiC HouSE, Elkfest (See story on page 38) feat. Robert Jon and the Wreck, Hey! is for Horses, Rust on the Rails, Bossame FEDoRA Pub & GRiLLE, Kicho FiZZiE MuLLiGANS, YESTERDAYSCAKE THE FLAME, DJ WesOne Nights GRANDE RoNDE CELLARS, Brent Edstrom Trio HANDLEbARS, Hotwired iRoN GoAT bREWiNG Co. (4740722), Nick Grow iRoN HoRSE bAR, Uppercut JACKSoN STREET bAR & GRiLL (3158497), Six Strings N Pearls JoHN’S ALLEy, The Working Poor

JoNES RADiAToR, Dionvox, Heart Avail J KNiTTiNG FACToRy, Neutral Milk Hotel (See story on page 40), Robert Schneider J LAGuNA CAFé, Pamela Benton MARKETPLACE WiNERy (838-7815), Isaiah Dalager MAx AT MiRAbEAu, Ticking Time Bomb NASHViLLE NoRTH, Jeremy McComb NoRTHERN QuEST CASiNo, DJ Ramsin NoRTHWEST MuSEuM oF ARTS & CuLTuRE (456-3931), Michael Ross J NyNE, The Holy Broke, DJ C-Mad oNE SHoT CHARLiE’S, Johnny & the Moondogs J PARK bENCH CAFE (456-4349), Kevin Schibel PEND D’oREiLLE WiNERy, GRE3NE/ Ron Greene

PEND oREiLLE PLAyHouSE (4479900), Open Mic J PiNNACLE NoRTHWEST, Metal Alliance Tour feat. Deicide, Entombed A.D., Hate Eternal, Black Crown Initiate, Svart Crown, Lorna Shore, Rutah THE RiDLER PiANo bAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J SARANAC CoMMoNS (230-0201), Saranac Commons Grand Opening feat. Sally Jablonsky, Bad Pancake SWAXX, Mistah Fab feat. Moe Davis, Mack Muve and more THE ViKiNG bAR & GRiLL, The Bard, Tommy G ZoLA, Dirty Rice

Saturday, 06/06

bARLoWS AT LibERTy LAKE (9241446), Jan Harrison J THE bARTLETT, Jazz Night feat.

Members of Jazz Conspiracy bEVERLy’S, Robert Vaughn J THE biG DiPPER, Sessions Smooth Jazz feat. Heather Simmons bLACK DiAMoND, DJ Perfechter boLo’S, Dragonfly booMERS CLASSiC RoCK bAR & GRiLL, Rampage J buCER’S CoFFEEHouSE Pub, Plane Champagne Cb QuENCHERS (723-0384), SixStrings n’ Pearls THE CELLAR, New Mud J CHAPS, Just Plain Darin with Tyler Coulston CoEuR D’ALENE CASiNo, Bill Bozly, Chris Rieser and the Nerve CoEuR D’ALENE CELLARS, Those Jazz Guyz CRAVE, Likes Girls CRuiSERS, Kosh CuRLEy’S, Tell the Boys J THE ELK PubLiC HouSE, Elkfest

(See story on page 38) feat. The Grizzled Mighty, Ayron Jones and the Way, Megan Wilde, Pine League, Folkinception FIZZIE MULLIGANS, YESTERDAYSCAKE THE FLAME, DJ Big Mike, DJ WesOne HANDLEBARS, Hotwired J THE HOP!, The Hop’s final show feat. FAUS, Reason For Existence, Straight To Our Enemies, Rot Monger, Least of These, Hearts Like Lions, Sorority, Serpentspire, For What May Come

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J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET (624-1349), Son of Brad IRON HORSE BAR, Uppercut JOHN’S ALLEY, In Walks Bud J KNITTING FACTORY, GA’s Too Broke to Rock Series feat. Starset, Islander, Skytown Riot, Awake the Emprie THE LARIAT INN, The Ricks Brothers LOUNGE FLY (208-758-0603), JamShack MAX AT MIRABEAU, Ticking Time Bomb MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE (208765-3200), Truck Mills NASHVILLE NORTH, Jeremy McComb

NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, DJ Ramsin NORTHERN RAIL PUB (487-4269), Usual Suspects NYNE, DJ the Divine Jewels ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S (208-6899968), Johnny & the Moondogs PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, The Wagoner Band J PINNACLE NORTHWEST, Walking Corpse Syndrome (See story on facing page), Morbid Inc, A Cryptic Ending, Ground Zero and Concrete Grip J RED LION HOTEL AT THE PARK, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J SARANAC COMMONS, Saranac Commons Grand Opening feat.

Madeleine McNeill, Michael & Keleren Millham, Abe Kenny, Moksha, Tommy G J THE SHOP, EWU Singer Songwriter Night SULLIVAN SCOREBOARD (891-0880), Slightly Committed J UNDERGROUND 15, Elephant Gun Riot, City of the Weak, Black Sky, Divides THE VIKING BAR & GRILL, Cary Fly ZOLA, Dirty Rice

Sunday, 06/07

COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Kosh, Kicho CURLEY’S, YESTERDAYSCAKE DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church

J THE ELK PUBLIC HOUSE, Elkfest feat. Lyrics Born, Flying Spiders, Crystalline and more THE FLAME, Open mic with SixStrings n’ Pearls IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL (9268411), Steve Starkey REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Ranger and the Re-Arrangers ZOLA, Soulful Max Trio

Monday, 06/08

J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Monday Night Spotlight feat. Carey Brazil PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Scars on 45 UNDERGROUND 15, Open Mic ZOLA, Nate Ostrander Trio

Tuesday, 06/09

315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, The Rub FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Tuesday Night Jam with Truck Mills JONES RADIATOR, Open Mic of Open-ness KELLY’S IRISH PUB, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots MARIJANE’S TAPHOUSE & GRILL, DJ WesOne & DJ Barry Love THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Steve Ridler and Chuck Swanson SWAXX, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx ZOLA, The Bucket List

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Wednesday, 06/10 BARRISTER WINERY, Nicole Lewis J THE BIG DIPPER, Jazz Quartet feat.

Dru Heller and Milo Peterson J CHAPS, Land of Voices with Dirk Swartz CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Cris Lucas EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard GARLAND AVENUE DRINKERY (3155327), Open Mic GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES (368-9087), Open Mic with T & T IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL (9268411), Michael Dixon LA ROSA CLUB, Robert Beadling and Friends THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Open Turntables Night with DJ Lydell LITZ’S BAR & GRILL (327-7092), Nick Grow LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MARIJANE’S TAPHOUSE & GRILL, DJ WesOne & DJ Barry Love NYNE, Open Mic ZOLA, The Bossame

Coming Up ...

THE BIG DIPPER, Farewell show for Tanner Azzinnaro feat. Zack Taylor, the Kilgore Office, Billy Ward, June 11.

J THE PALOMINO CLUB, Kottonmouth Kings (See story on facing page), Hed (PE), June 11 SPOKANE TRANSIT PLAZA, Street Party feat. Anthony Hall, Joe Marson, Subterranean, June 12

MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEVERLY’S • 115 S. 2nd St., CdA • 208-765-4000 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 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 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 5359309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 THE FLAME • 2401 E. Sprague Ave. • 534-9121 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 GRANDE RONDE CELLARS • 906 W. 2nd • 455-8161 HANDLEBARS • 12005 E. Trent Ave.• 924-3720 THE HOP! • 706 N. Monroe St. • 368-4077 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 JONES RADIATOR • 120 E. Sprague • 747-6005 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 4302 S. Regal St. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LATAH BISTRO • 4241 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 838-8338 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP • 121 E. Fifth St. • 208882-8537 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO CLUB • 6425 N. Lidgerwood St • 443-5213 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 PINNACLE NORTHWEST • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 THE ROCK BAR • 13921 E. Trent Ave. • 43-3796 ROCKER ROOM • 216 E. Coeur d’Alene Ave. • 208-676-2582 ROCKET MARKET • 726 E. 43rd Ave. • 343-2253 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 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 UNDERGROUND 15 • 15 S. Howard St. • 290-2122 THE VIKING • 1221 N. Stevens St. • 315-4547 WEBSTER’S • 1914 N. Monroe St. • 474-9040 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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BENEFIT HILLYARD PUB SCOOTIN’

So many pub crawls involve people walking, running or even riding bikes, but Friday’s Hillyard Pub Scoot takes the format to a new level, ushering folks between venues via golf cart.

That’s right — participants signing up for this poker run, benefiting the Greater Hillyard Business Association, whose mission is to revitalize the historic neighborhood, will be shuttled between four different bars throughout the evening. Check-in starts at 6:30 pm and the Scoot runs until 10. The evening includes raffle prizes, swag, food, live comedy and more.

— LAURA JOHNSON Hillyard Pub Scoot • Fri, June 5, at 6:30 pm • $12/$15 day of; VIP $24/$30 day of • 21+ • Hillyard Neighborhood, Queen & Market • pubscoot.com

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HISTORY SIGNS OF THE TIMES

FILM SCREEN UNDER THE STARS

Spokane’s Historic Ghost Signs Walking Tour • Sat, June 6, from 9 am-3 pm • $25 • Northwest Museum of Art & Culture • 2316 W. First • northwestmuseum.org

Outdoor Movies at Riverfront Park • Wed, June 10 • Seating begins at 7 pm, movie at dusk • $5, children under 5 free • outdoormoviesatriverfront.com

The lettered remnants of the Washington Cracker Company factory are visible from many downtown vantages, but other brick-faced billboards from back in the day are a little harder to find. During an educational session hosted by the MAC, graduate students from EWU’s public history program offer an overview of the historical significance of these signs, and discuss their research project to catalog the faded outlines of what’s left of these early 20th century relics. The session is limited to 25 participants, and includes a walking tour through the downtown core to see these ghosts.

— CHEY SCOTT

In the Inland Northwest, we stay outside as much as possible when summer finally arrives, making movie theaters less than appealing.

Thankfully, the Outdoor Movies at Riverfront Park return again for a six-week run of family-friendly entertainment. The Wednesdaynight series kicks off on June 10 with a screening of Big Hero 6, the feel-good film that took home the Best Animated Feature at this year’s Academy Awards, followed June 17 by Jurassic Park. Before the screening, enjoy trivia, live entertainment and all sorts of other fun as you count down the seconds until the sun goes down.

— MIKE BOOKEY

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COMMUNITY ONE BIG B-DAY BASH

Of course there will be cake! What kind of birthday party would it be without cake? But as the Garland Theater celebrates its 70th year in business with a big bash, there will be a lot more, including food specials and a signature cocktail created just for the event by the mixology maestros at Bon Bon. River City Brewing also serves up some of its tastiest beverages. As the theater’s marketing manager Dena Carr notes, there’s a lot to celebrate beyond the birthday, including the installation of a new $60,000 sound system in the theater (where there will be a free surprise movie screening during the party) and the start of the Summer Camp movies series. Post-party, hang out for a $7 midnight viewing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

— DAN NAILEN Celebrating 70 Years: Garland Theater • Sat, June 6, at 7:30 pm • 924 W. Garland • garlandtheater.com • 327-2509

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ETC. LOVIN’ FARM LIVIN’

In the 13 years since the Farm Chicks Show began as a small, neighborhood barn sale, it’s grown to become an event that (mostly) women across the region count down to with childlike glee. Shoppers and vendors flock here the first weekend of June from all over the U.S. and Canada just to experience the home décor and country-chic lifestyle haven that the show’s Spokane founder, Serena Thompson, has so thoughtfully created. Hours before the show, a line begins to creep around the fairground parking lot. Some seasoned showgoer advice: bring wagons, carts and multiple tote bags to carry home all the vintage, antique, handmade and salvaged goodies you’ll find.

— CHEY SCOTT The Farm Chicks Show • Sat, June 6, from 9 am-6 pm; Sun, June 7, from 9 am-4 pm • $8/day; $15/weekend pass • Spokane County Fair & Expo Center • 404 N. Havana • thefarmchicks.com

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I SAW YOU SFCC POWWOW FRIDAY NIGHT GYPSY LADY SPEAKS WITH PROFESSOR Professor, you stopped by and spoke to the gypsy, tarot reader, and medicine man. The gypsy offered a dance and the card reader gave you a bag with interesting giveaway items inside. As an afterthought, the gypsy wished she had tucked her card inside too. Professor, if you are interested in taking a look into my crystal ball, a dance or conversation, contact the gypsy lady at pawsnfins@ hotmail.com RITE AID FRANKLIN PARK Hello lady friend, we knew each other years ago and have mutual friends. I ran into you and your Mom buying ice cream around 6 pm last Friday the 23rd. I forgot to ask if we could have coffee and catch up. thanks Sean AT THE ALTAR On May 16th 2015 in Ritzville, WA at 4 pm I saw you walking down the aisle to meet me at the altar.

You were dressed in the most amazing wedding dress I'd ever seen. I was dressed in a tux, crying, happy to see my bride to be looking so beautiful. It's been two weeks since we got married and I still smile every morning when I wake up next to you, knowing that for that the rest of my life you are going to be my wife. I love you so much.

CUTE BRUNETTE WAITRESS AT 24 TAPS DOWNTOWN I met up with my

parents for a late dinner after I was off work on Friday, May 29th. I was the tall guy with short hair. I pulled my driver's license out when we were ordering beers, but I don't think you checked it. I did a pretty crappy job of paying attention to you because I was too enamored with the Mariners game on TV. You were super cute and quiet, but I had other things on my mind stemming from a long day at work. If you're available, I'd love to grab drinks with you sometime. whyamipostingthis@gmail.com GONZAGA PITA PIT CHICK You work the weekend day shift! Blonde, blue eyed and gorgeous! I usually visit you both days you work and shake with nerves as soon as I see your beautiful smile. I'm sure you're aware of my admiration, as I act like a love struck fool in your presence. I know you may soon be leaving, for you are graduating soon, and I don't want you to leave and I never see you again, without you knowing how I truly feel! I would love to take you out for coffee or drinks or dinner or anything sometime! I will be awaiting your answer next Saturday! Please, one chance?

CHEERS THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME When we first met, 1988. We were young, I never knew the feelings you had for me, or you never knew the feelings I had for you. 27 years later, we found each other once more and I thank GOD for the miracle.

Today, we are together and showing each other our love for one another. Our love is pure and we will have such a life and have so much happiness. Please keep loving me and I will keep moving you. Thank you so much for saying yes to marrying me and for saying yes to us having a child together. I'm the happiest man in this planet. Thank you Tamara, from your love Chris ROSA'S PIZZA I would like to give a massive cheers to Rosa's pizza and its owner. Back in December my father went into cardiac arrest at my brother's football game at EWU. He was rushed to Sacred Heart hospital and put into intensive care. While my brother and i waited soul crushing hours to find out whether our dad was going to make it or not, the owner of Rosa's pizza personally came to Sacred Heart, pizzas, sodas, and hot wings in hand to show us their love

and support in our time of need. I was blown away by this act of compassion and generosity in my time of need by someone who was a complete stranger to me. I feel that i never quite thanked him enough, so here is to you, Rosa's!

SPD LOOKIN' FOR TROUBLE A few nights ago as i sat on my balcony over

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BOOM BOOM FROM YOUR CAR SUCKS Yes, you have rights to do what you want and no one else has a right to live in this city in peace and quiet. You got it all, so go ahead and wake up hard working people who dont wish to hear

a beautiful chocolate lab dog fly out of the back of a pickup truck on Coeur d' Alene Lake Dr. in the 45 mph zone. This poor dog flipped in the middle of the street and hobbled to a jogger coming up to help her. I would be surprised if she didnt suffer hip or leg damage. The owner came running after she parked her truck, and along came another dog

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Here’s a better idea: let the dog drive and you get back in the bed of the truck.

looking the West side I observed a group of people searching for their cat "Trouble." As they walked about yelling and shining flashlights into neighbors' yards, naturally SPD eventually showed up. To my amazement and enjoyment, they did not just simply drive off after being told about the cat, but instead turned on the spotlight in their SUV and began rolling around the block helping search for Trouble the cat.

HONDA NICK WITH THE MUSTACHE I was visiting my parents from across the country and wanted to show my mom the Honda I plan to buy after my Spokane vacation. Nick, the guy with the mustache at AutoNation Honda in the Valley, was so nice. Even though he knew he wouldn't make a sale, he explained every safety feature of my ideal future car to my overanxious mother. Thanks to this guy, I'm getting my Honda Fit and my mom can sleep at night. My only regret is not buying from Nick, so if you're in the Valley and looking for a car, please talk to Honda Nick with the mustache.

HAPPY GRADUATION! Happy Graduation to all those people in my life that are taking another step! To my sisters and my extended family, and to all those who are graduating, Happy Graduation and may the best of your past be the worst of your future (in other words may you never fall on a truly bad time!)

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your S&@T and go ahead and rattle the windows of those who don't subscribe to your brand of garbage. Show off how ignorant you really are and don't work about that baby strapped in the car seat. He/she wont be able to hear crap by the age 5. The city really needs to do something about this, but then again you freaks with your boom boom stereos are the only ones that have rights. By the way, I worked at a car dealership where we totaled a car because it was rattled to death, Mommy wasn't happy her punkass brat shook the car to crap.

DUMP AND RUN So I don't know who left it, but there was a huge jug (handles cut off, oil almost seeping out of it) of what looked to me like motor oil on the side of the road at my workplace.

Children frequent this place and a jug of who knows what sitting out at our curb doesn't set well with me. The people who left it couldn't have even been bothered to glance around for a garbage can where they could have just thrown the jug away. All they had to do was look over, that's it. It isn't rocket science, but I might be giving too much credit to them.

Why does this have me so steamed?

Because it could have hurt someone.

Or maybe it's the fact that this has happened before, and I'm tired of playing clean up patrol for people who can't find the garbage can to save their lives. Guess that was too simple a task for their tiny little brains to process.

chasing after her, presumably this dog was also in the back of the pickup untethered. Now, we all know the macho image of a dog in the back of a truck is so cool, right? This is the 2nd time in my life I have witnessed this happen.

This shouldnt happen people! Keep your dog in the cab or at the very least, tether them in. Here's a better idea: let the dog drive and you get back in the bed of the truck.

HIT AND RUN WHITE MAZDA PICKUP To the A-hole who decided on the evening of Monday the 1st around 11:30 pm to maliciously hit and run their junker, white, '80s Mazda pickup with a canopy into my lady's car and my truck... grow up! The neighbors got a partial plate of B578--9 before almost getting hit as you sped away from the scene. If you have any information or see a white Mazda pickup with extensive right front damage please email me or call Crime Check.

Karma will prevail! hitandrunspokane@ gmail.com 

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BENEFIT

COOL WATER BIKES’ SKEETER SKOOT A bike ride and silent auction to benefit Cool Water Bikes, a full-service, nonprofit bike shop to empower youths who are homeless to experience community, gain life skills, and exit street life. June 6, 10 am-1 pm. Free. Gonzaga University School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati St. coolwaterbikes.wordpress.com (838-8580) FRIENDS OF MANITO PLANT SALE The Friends of Manito’s annual plant sale offers 500 types of plants for sale. Proceeds benefit the group’s ongoing efforts to enhance the park. See full plant list online. June 6, 9 am-4 pm. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org (456-8083) KNITTERS FOR CRITTERS A fundraiser to Benefit SpokAnimal, offering on-site pet adoptions, store sales, a silent auction, prizes, food and more. June 6, 9 am-5 pm. Free with RSVP. Paradise Fibers, 225 W. Indiana. paradisefibers.com ODYSSEY YOUTH VARIETY SHOW Odyssey Youth’s kickoff to Pride week, featuring performances from local youth, and art auction and bake sale. June 6, 6-8 pm. $5-$10 suggested donation. Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. facebook.com/odysseyyouth (325-6283) TEEN CLOSET 50 RELAY A 5- to 10-leg, 50-mile relay race stopping at every high school in the Spokane area, with proceeds benefiting the local nonprofit Teen Closet. Starts at 6 am. $200-$350/team of 5 to 10 members. June 6. Mt. Spokane High School, 6015 E. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. teencloset.org (993-5471)

COMEDY

STAND-UP COMEDY OPEN MIC Local comedians; see weekly schedule online. Thursdays at 8 pm. Free. Uncle D’s Comedy Underground, 2721 N. Market St. bluznews.com (483-7300) IMPROV LAB The Blue Door players try out new material on stage, monthly on the first Friday, at 10 pm. Not rated. $7.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) A TREE GROWS IN GARLAND A themed show described as “historical facts mixed with suggested hysterical facts” to provide a comedic twist to local stories. Fridays in June, at 8 pm. Rated for general audiences. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com CAGE MATCH Each week, teams of comedians go head to head and the audience votes for their favorite to determine

which team are the champions of funny.

Saturdays in June, at 9 pm. Rated for mature audiences. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) DRINK N’ DEBATE A live, improv comedy show, during which comedian teams debate topics chosen at random. The crowd decides who are the “Masters of Debate.”

Mondays from 8-10 pm. Free. Underground 15, 15 S. Howard. (868-0358) STAND UP / SHOW DOWN Live comedy, Mondays at 8 pm. Free. Sapphire Lounge, 901 W. First Ave. (747-1041) SPOKANE PFLAG COMEDY NIGHT Michael Jepson hosts, with comedians Doug Dawson, Ying Vigilan, Rob Twohy, Adrian Balderson, Nick Theisen and volunteers from The Blue Door Theater performing. June 11, 9 pm. $10-$15. nYne, 232 W. Sprague Ave. spokanepflag5thcomedynight.bpt.me (509-474-1621)

COMMUNITY

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW RECEPTION Meet and mingle with Antiques Roadshow appraisers and hear from Marsha Bemko, the show’s Executive Producer, before a live taping in Spokane on June 6. June 5, 6:45 pm. $50. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. ksps.org (443-7700) DEER PARK LIBRARY BOOK SALE Thousands of books for sale in many subjects.

June 5-6, 9 am-4 pm, June 7, 11 am-3 pm. Deer Park Library, 208 S. Forest Ave. (893-8300) NCAAP SPOKANE ROOFTOP BBQ Community members are invited to join leaders of the Spokane NAACP for a southern-style barbecue and social mixer aimed at recruiting new members to the organization. June 5, 5-8 pm. Free, RSVP requested. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. on.fb.me/1KpMiw6 (209-2425) SARANAC COMMONS GRAND OPENING The shared space on West Main is home to five local business: Common Crumb Artisan Bakery, Mediterrano, Black Label Brewing Co., Caffee Affogato and Sun People Bed & Bath Co. Weekend events include prizes/drawings, live music, art and more. June 5-6. Free. Saranac Commons, 19 W. Main. saranaccommons.org SPOKANE VALLEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE Used book sale, with a pre-sale on Friday, 3-5 pm ($10 admission). Public sale Saturday, 9 am-3 pm, offering gently-used books, CDs, DVDs, and more.

June 5-6. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. (893-8400) THANK YOU SPOKANE A celebratory event to thank the Spokane community

for passing the bond to revitalize Riverfront Park, featuring free park rides for the first 10K attendees, raffle, $1 hot dogs, a beer garden and live music. June 6, 10:30 am-6 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. riverfrontparknow.com ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Antiques Roadshow hosts a live appraisal day in Spokane, with tickets made available to KSPS for use in fundraising. Each ticket holder may bring two items for appraisal, and has a chance to be on camera for the Antiques Roadshow taping. June 6, 8 am-5 pm. Pledge of $150. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. ksps. org (443-7700) REGIONAL DAY OF HEROES CDA A day to honor Kootenai County’s unsung heroes in our law enforcement, fire, EMS and 911 dispatch. See public equipment and vehicles up close, with games, live music, kids activities and more. June 6, 11 am-5 pm.

Free. Coeur d’Alene City Park, 415 W. Mullan Rd. dayofheroes.org (208-667-8527) GARLAND THEATER 70TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY The community is invited to a party with cake, prizes and a special “secret” movie screening. The event ends with a midnight showing ($7) of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a Garland tradition.

June 6, 7:30 pm. Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. on.fb.me/1L2JTYM JUNE BUG FUN RUN The annual fun run/ walk offers 3- or 5-mile courses along the Spokane River. Proceeds benefit programs of Lutheran Community Services Northwest. $20-$25. June 6, 9 am. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. lcsnw.org/spokane (343-5020) ROOTS PURSUIT A team bicycle event consisting of 12 challenges located throughout downtown CdA. Teams start from the Shared Harvest Community Garden (corner of 10th & Foster Ave) and bike to one of three “hubs.” June 6, 10 am-noon. $15/person. kealliance.org/ rootspursuit (208-667-9093) RUN JUMP THROW A special track and field triathlon event with USATF members and Olympic athletes, for kids ages 7-12. June 6, 8:30 am-noon. Free, registration required. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org/runjumpthrow (208-763-0637) SPOKANE’S HISTORIC GHOST SIGNS WALKING TOUR Learn about Spokane’s many still-visible, painted advertising signs that survive on brick buildings throughout the city’s historic core, during a tour led by EWU graduate students.

June 6, 9 am-3 pm. $25 (discount for MAC members). The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org

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Advice Goddess RiSe And SPine

My fiance is good friends with his ex-girlfriend from college. (We’re all in our 30s.) She isn’t a romantic threat, but she’s become a source of stress. Long before I met my boyfriend, they began hanging out at a local bar together twice a week. They still do this, and I go along, but I’ve increasingly found these evenings a draining time-suck.

When I don’t want to go, my fiance hangs at home with me. This prompts a tantrum from his ex-girlfriend, comAMY ALKON plete with a barrage of angry texts. I’ve tried reasoning with her, but she claims that when he was single, he “dragged (her) out constantly” so he still owes her. My boyfriend is a laid-back, nonconfrontational kind of guy and just says she needs to calm down.

—No Wonder They Broke Up They’ve translated the Dead Sea Scrolls, and it turns out they’re actually a 900-page list of everything this “friend” has ever done for your fiance.

Okay, when he was single, maybe he “dragged (her) out constantly.” Unless he did this by unchaining her from the wall and yanking her to the bar on a choke collar, it was up to her to decline. Gotta love the notion that her companionship led to some unwritten indentured frienditude contract that he still owes big on. (One person’s friendship is another’s mob extortion scheme.)

It’s your fiance’s job to be “reasoning” with his friend, not yours. (You’re marrying the guy, not adopting him and trying to get him into a good preschool.) You excuse his passivity by describing him as a “laid-back, nonconfrontational kind of guy.” Well, there’s laid-back, and there’s confusing onlookers as to whether you’re a person or a paperweight.

The thing is, whether somebody gets to abuse you is usually up to you. In other words, your fiance needs to grow a pair (or at least crochet a pair and pop ‘em in) and then get on the phone. Tell him that he needs to tell this woman -- calmly and firmly -- something like, “You know, lovey, I’ve got a fiancee now, and I can’t be as available as I used to be.” He needs to shut down the abusive text storm the same way, telling her, “Not acceptable. Cut it out,” and then block her number if she keeps up the telephone thuggery.

Sure, it’s uncomfortable standing up to a person who’s been treating you badly -- an uncomfortable and necessary part of adult life. It’s how you send the message “Nuh-uh…no more” instead of “Forever your tool.” And here’s a tip: You don’t need to feel all cuddly and good about confronting somebody; you just need to do it, as opposed to cowering in fear as the Bing! Bing! Bings! of their texted multi-part tantrum come in on your phone. Start encouraging assertiveness in your fiance now, and keep letting him know how much you admire all the steps he takes. He could soon be a man who’s got your back when there’s trouble -- and not just in the corner of his eye as he curls up in a fetal position and whimpers, “Donnnn’t hurrrrt meeee!”

To Boldly no WheRe no no hAS Gone BefoRe

I’ve started seeing this wonderful guy. There’s no official commitment yet, but I have no interest in anyone else, including the two guys I was casually seeing from time to time. When they text me to try to hook up, I won’t respond or I’ll say I’m busy, but they don’t seem to be getting the message. Admittedly, in the past, I’ve said “no more” and then caved when I’ve gotten lonely or had a few glasses of wine. Also, how do you say “beat it” without being mean?

—Go Away Already!

There’s little that tempers a man’s enthusiasm for a late-night shag like responding to his “want 2 hook up?” by texting back, “YES! i’m ovulating & dying 2 have a baby!”

But it shouldn’t have to come to this -- that is, if you start by actually saying no instead of starting a game of “Guess why I’m not returning your texts!” An ambiguous no -- not responding or saying “I’m busy” -- is not a no. This is especially true of your ambiguous no, which, in the past, has translated to, “I’m not drunk/lonely enough. Try me later.” Because of this, you may need to repeat even a firm “I’m no longer interested” a few times for these guys to get that you aren’t just confused about what you want or playing hard to get. But in general, the unevasive no eliminates the need to make your point repeatedly, in turn curbing the likelihood of your getting mean on the phone (or, worse, hiding under the bed when you hear the ladder being leaned against your upstairs window). n ©2015, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR AN EVENING WITH PAT MUNTS Hear from Pat Munts about drought tolerant plants for our region and how to be good stewards of your own backyard. June 9, 6-9 pm. Free; reservations requested.

Community Building, 35 W. Main. inlandnwlandtrust.org (328-2939) HUCKLEBERRY’S SUMMER KIDS FOOD DRIVE Help collect food and donations to provide 50,000 meals to feed hungry kids in Spokane through Second Harvest. Every $1 donated provides 5 meals. Donations accepted June 10-16, with a special big push for donations on Sat, June 13. Huckleberry’s Natural Market, 926 S. Monroe St. (624-1349)

FESTIVAL

ROSALIA BATTLE DAYS The community festival includes a car show, beer garden, food vendors, live music, parade and family activities. June 6, 11 am.

Rosalia, Wash. on.fb.me/1AAI5FA SPOKANE FESTIVAL OF SPEED See vintage/historic race cars from the glory days of American and European road racing. All ticket proceeds benefit the Parkinson’s Resource Center of Spokane. Cars are also on display Friday, June 5, in Riverfront Park. June 6, 9 am-5 pm. $15/day or $25/two days.

Kids 12 & under free. Spokane County Raceway, 750 N. Hayford Rd. spokanefestivalofspeed.com (994-1706) THE FARM CHICKS SHOW “The happiest antiques show on earth” features 75,000 square feet of curated vintage, antiques, and crafted goods from vendors around the country. June 6, 9 am-6 pm and June 7, 9 am-4 pm. $8/ day, $15/weekend pass. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. thefarmchicks.com (954-1692) WALLACE STREET FAIR Community street fair hosting vendors, food, live music, kids games, antiques and more.

June 6-7, Sat from 9 am-6 pm; Sun from 10 am-3 pm. Downtown Wallace, Idaho. wallaceidahochamber.com SPOKANE PRIDE 2015 The annual celebration kicks off with a parade through downtown, with a festival in Riverfront Park offering entertainment, resource fair, vendors, family activities and a beer garden. June 13, 12-5:30 pm. Free.

Downtown Spokane. outspokane.org

FILM

SPOKANE FILM SOCIETY The local group screens a film to get audiences thinking, with each month focusing on a new theme. Beer/wine and food for purchase during the show. Thursdays at 9 pm. $5. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. (327-1050) SPOKANE DRIVE-IN MOVIES: BIG HERO 6 Outdoor movies are screened on Tuesdays at the North Spokane location, with drive-in or picnic-style seating. Gates open at 7 pm; movies start at dusk. $4-$5/person without a car; $20-$25/car load of 4+, or $5/person for cars of 1-3 people. Cash only. Concessions provided by local food trucks/ businesses. June 9, 7 pm. Spokane Drive-In Movies (North), 4307 E. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. thefamilyguide.org CHINESE MOVIE NIGHT: THE WORLD Within the Beijing World Park where the world’s monuments are displayed in miniature, the friendships, loves, and desperate dreams of the park’s staff are explored in this 2004 drama by Jia Zhangke. June 10, 7-9 pm. Free. The

Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy. org (208-882-4127) OUTDOOR MOVIES @ RIVERFRONT: BIG HERO 6 A showing on the big screen with pre-show live entertainment, movie trivia and tasty food trucks. $5/pre-movie seating and entertainment (ages 5 and under free).

June 10, 7-10:30 pm. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. (625-6601) SPOKANE DRIVE-IN MOVIES: TALLADEGA NIGHTS Outdoor movies are screened Wednesdays, with drive-in or picnic-style seating. Gates open at 7 pm; movies start at dusk. $4-$5/person without a car; $20-$25/carload of 4+, or $5/person for cars of 1-3 people.

Cash only. Concessions provided by local food trucks/businesses. June 10.

Spokane Drive-In Movies (West), 750 N. Hayford Rd. facebook.com/OutdoorMoviesSpokane SUDS & CINEMA: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION Screening of the classic with beer on tap from the Steam Plant Brewing Co. (Blonde Ale and Highland Scottish Ale) for $4/pint. Also serving ice cream from Brain Freeze.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, movie starts at 7:30. June 10, 6:30 pm. $4. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bit.ly/1HMdVBT (227-7404)

FOOD & DRINK

HISTORIC HILLYARD PUB SCOOT The Greater Hillyard Business Association hosts a “poker run” style pub crawl by golf cart, offering four stops at local watering holes, and prizes, food, live comedy and more. June 5, 7 pm. $12$24. Hillyard Business District, Spokane. pubscoot.com IPA SHOWDOWN The tasting lineup features some of the best IPA’s crafted in the Pacific NW in a showdown competition with brews from California, Colorado and the Eastern U.S. June 5, 7 pm. $20, registration requested. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd. rocketmarket.com VINO WINE TASTING Friday, June 5 features selections from Vino’s Wine of the Month Club, from 3-7:30 pm.

Saturday, June 6 is a tasting with Jones of Washington, from 2-4:30 pm. Wines available by-the-glass; tastings include cheese and crackers. Vino! A Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington St. (838-1229) INLAND NORTHWEST BEERFEST A locally-organized craft beer event featuring beer, wine and cider from around the Northwest. Also includes live music, food and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Blue Star Mothers. June 6, 1-7 pm. $10.

Nate’s New York Pizza, 920 N. Hwy. 41. on.fb.me/1HrdDxo (208-773-6697) COOKING LOCALLY Joshua Martin, local chef and culinary instructor, talks about his experience with regional foods and farms and gives a cooking demonstration. June 9, 6:30-7:30 pm.

Free. Medical Lake Library, 3212 Herb St. (509-299-4891)

MUSIC

CELTIC WOMAN The internationally renowned women’s vocal group stops in Spokane on its 10th anniversary world tour, performing traditional Irish songs, as well as contemporary favorites. June 4, 7 pm. $39-$99. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com (509-279-7000) SPOKANE ACCORDION ENSEMBLE The ensemble presents its “Pops Music”

concert, with songs by Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John and more. June 5, 7-9 pm. $10/door; kids free. St. Mark’s Lutheran, 316 E. 24th. (208-610-8426) CDA STREET MUSIC WEEK The 13th annual event runs June 8-12, and invites buskers of all ages to perform during the noon hour to help raise money to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.

Downtown Coeur d’Alene. streetmusicweek.com (208-415-0116) GARLAND STREET MUSIC WEEK Local musicians busk daily at noon to raise money for Second Harvest through the week, June 8-12. Garland District, Spokane. on.fb.me/1FFRqLn SPR PRESENTS: TOO SLIM & THE TAILDRAGGERS UNPLUGGED An acoustic concert by the Inland Northwest-based blues group. June 11, 7 pm. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404)

SPORTS

FREE STATE PARKS DAY In celebration of Washington State Parks’ 102nd birthday, residents are offered access to any state park without needing a Discover Pass. Includes access locally to Riverside and Mount Spokane State Parks.

Upcoming free days in 2015: June 6, June 13, Aug. 25, Sept. 26, Nov. 11. Free. parks.wa.gov SPOKANE ANARCHY WRESTLING’S FINAL ENCOUNTER Two matches including a six-man elimination tag-team match. June 6, 6 pm. Free. Swaxx, 25 E. Lincoln Rd. (703-7474) BAY TRAIL FUN RUN Celebrate National Trails Day and help protect a treasured waterfront trail by participating in the third annual, timed fun run. June 7, 9-11 am. $25-$30. Sandpoint, Idaho. pobtrail.org (208-265-9565)

THEATER

27TH PLAYWRIGHTS’ FESTIVAL The annual festival showcases six one-act plays by six regional playwrights over the course of four evenings. June 4-6, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $25.

Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com DEADPAN A cabaret-style musical comedy/murder mystery. June 4-5 at 7 pm; June 6 at 2 pm. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway. (342-2055) LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS A musical spoof on 50’s horror movies, produced by the SFCC drama and music departments. Through June 7; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $15. Spartan Theater at SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. (533-3592) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Performance of the classic musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein. June 5-28; Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene, 1320 E. Garden Ave. themoderntheater.org (208-667-1323)

VISUAL ARTS

BOYCOTT! THE ART OF ECONOMIC ACTIVISM See 58 historic posters from campaigns using economic pressure to secure people’s rights and achieve justice, including: United Farm Worker grape and lettuce boycotts, antiapartheid movement, anti-sweatshop campaigns and more. June 3-12, viewing hours daily from 9 am-7 pm. Free.

Riverpoint Campus, 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd. boycott.afsc.org (838-7870) TOTEMS A showing of Native Ameri-

can-inspired raku totems and wall art by popular potter and raku artist Jill Smith.

June 1-27; gallery open daily from 10 am-5 pm. Meet the artist June 27, from 1-3 pm. Entree Gallery, 1755 Reeder Bay Rd, Priest Lake. entreegallery.com (208443-2001) FIRST FRIDAY Art galleries and businesses across downtown Spokane and beyond host monthly receptions to showcase new displays of art. June 5, from 5-8 pm. For complete event details, visit: Inlander.com/FirstFriday.

E.S. CURTIS’S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN Spokane Public Library owns a complete set of Edward S. Curtis’s “The North American Indian.” Northwest Room Librarian, Riva Dean, hosts a special viewing of two of the portfolios, with Spokane photographers Bill and Kathy Kostelec on hand to talk about the printing process.

Registration required. June 6, 10:30 am.

Free. Downtown Library, 906 W. Main Ave. (444-5300) ANNUAL INVITATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT The Dahmen Barn’s annual contest and exhibition featuring local photographers images of the Palouse.

June 7-28, with a reception on June 7 from 1-3 pm. Open Thu-Sun, 10 am-6 pm.

Free to view. Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way, Uniontown. (509-229-3414)

Father’s Day & Graduation

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WORDS

3 MINUTE MIC Auntie’s first Friday poetry open mic, featuring “Remember the Word” reader Abbey Crawford, a local singer, actress, director, and producer.

Open mic poets have up to 3 minutes to share their poetry or someone else’s.

Free and open to all; though content is never censored. June 5, 7-8:45 pm. Free.

Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) PAGE + STAGE Led by poets Mark Anderson and Dennis Held, the workshop focuses on writing and performing poetry.

A public reading will follow at 4:30 pm.

For high school-ages; hosted by INK Art Space. June 6, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Spark Center, 1214 W. Summit Parkway. inkspokane.org (290-9504) WHY WE SHOULD SAVE THE WORLD’S FROZEN WATER Mountaineer and renowned climate scientist Dr. Steven Ghan, of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, discusses the melting glaciers of the North Cascades, and how it mirrors ice loss around the world and how we can help slow this trend. June 10, 7-8:30 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. (468-4779)

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The Washington State Liquor Control Board is getting a makeover. In July, the agency tasked with regulating recreational — and soon medicinal — marijuana will become the Liquor and Cannabis Board.

No big deal? Not quite. The name change includes the word cannabis in a government agency’s formal name, effectively breaking down cultural stigmas.

The agency, known as the Washington State Liquor Control Board since forming in 1934, began marijuana regulations since legalization passed statewide with I-502’s approval in November 2012.

The name change comes at a tipping point for the board, which by July 2016

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State law does not preempt federal law; possessing, using, distributing and selling marijuana remains illegal under federal law. In Washington State, consuming marijuana in public, driving while under the influence of marijuana and transporting marijuana across state lines are all illegal.

Marijuana has intoxicating effects and may be habit forming. It can also impair concentration, coordination and judgment. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug. For more information, consult the Washington State Liquor Control Board at www.liq.wa.gov.

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The board estimates that about half — or 400 — unlicensed stores will receive legal operating status. The rest will close as a result of Washington’s recent marijuana reform bill that effectively combines recreational and medicinal dispensaries.

READY, SET, STING

The soon-to-be Liquor and Cannabis Board conducted its first sting operations this month. The agency deployed investigative aides ages 18 to 21 into recreational marijuana stores to buy without a valid ID, therefore failing to indicate they were 21.

Four of the 22 dispensaries tested failed, even though stores were warned about the sting operations three days ahead of time. The initial sting took place in Skagit, Snohomish, Kitsap, Pierce and Cowlitz counties. Two shops in Everett and two shops in Tacoma were busted.

According to a statement from the board, the investigative aides told whoever was working the counter that they forgot their ID, or presented IDs that showed they weren’t old enough to buy marijuana.

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Cranked Up! Scenes from the Inlander’s two-day music festival PHOTOS BY YOUNG KWAK, JOE KONEK and KRISTEN BLACK

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ANDY’S BAR & GRILL 1401 W FIRST

Audreana Camm’s recycled art. Unusual Pieces made entirely from phonebooks or bread clips.

AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE 7 TO 8:45PM 402 W MAIN

3 Minute Mic, featuring singer and actress Abbey Crawford. Share up to 3 minutes’ worth of poetry.

AVENUE WEST GALLERY 707 W MAIN

Bari Cordia Federspiel Watercolors. “In It’s Time: Summer Colors”

BARRISTER WINERY 5 TO 10PM 1213 W RAILROAD

Gay Witherspoon, “Places To Pause,” new works exploring landscapes.

BISTANGO MUSIC 6 TO 9PM 108 N POST

Music by Daniel Mills. Half price all EATS menu, Happy Hour 4-6pm.

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Ed Tyler’s whimsical hand-built ceramics and raku. Music by Carlton Oakes on acoustic guitar. Catered by Taste Cafe Gourmet to Go.

BRICKWALL PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS GALLERY 4 TO 8:30PM

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Photographic works from Jesse Swanson, Mike Gass and Mason Sutter.

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Landscapes and the night featuring the aurora borealis in Eastern Washington

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Exhibit and sale of rare Norman Rockwell limited edition lithographs donated to Eastern Washington University Foundation by Walter and Myrtle Powers, benefiting scholarships at EWU.

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Saranac member Jo Questsch with guest artists from the Laboratory residence, Sabrina Barrios, Yang Wang, Zhenzhen Qi and Alan Chatham.

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Kathleen Cavender, evocative landscapes and portraits. Music by Mike Ross, Cafe MAC specials, and artist demo by Cavender.

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HILLS’ RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 7 TO 9PM 401 W MAIN

Todd & Ellicia Milne with Narong.

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Jay Kleaveland, a Spokane native diagnosed with schizophrenia, creates works as an answer to his higher authority.

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R. Alan McFarland: Light Upon Water, Learning to See. Photographs of water in it’s most beautiful and entrancing reflective state.

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Kay O’Rourke, “The River Remembers: Eternal Pulse Of Our History.” 30 pieces that tell the story of Spokane, using our river as the common thread.

MCCARTHY ART COMPANY 5 TO 9PM

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John & Jason Goldsberry, Theresa Rocha, Janice Painter. A variety of arts and crafts from wood turning, steel sculptures, drawing and painting

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Abstract art from Nate O’Neill and pop hits from Darin Hilderbrand. Skylite Cellars is the visiting winery. Join for food,

PATIT CREEK CELLARS 7 TO 9PM 822 W SPRAGUE

Evocative mixed media art from Tom Norton and upbeat blues from Spokane Dan & The Blue Blazers

PINOT’S PALETTE 4 TO 7PM 32 W SECOND

Pinot’s Palette Artists present their work.

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Lisa Wise, emotional portraits.

POTTERY PLACE PLUS 203 N WASHINGTON

Paul Kuhlmann and Lana Romie. Metal sculptures, Mixed media paintings and porcelain bead bracelets.

RIVER CITY BREWING 3 TO 9PM 121 S CEDAR

Liquid Art Series from the minds of Moose and Todd. A one-time beer brewed for each First Friday using a Firkin keg, cask-conditioned and fermented to be poured one day only.

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Mixed media artist Andrea Bruse with Abe Kenney on the classical guitar.

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A night of jazz performed by the students of Salk Middle School and Libby Odessey School Jazz Bands

FIRST NIGHT RISING STARS - KRESS GALLEY RECEPTION 5 TO 8PM, ART THROUGH JUNE 30 “Unearth” A student art exhibition

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ROBERT KARL CELLARS 115 W PACIFIC

Willow Misterly’s printmaking, creating images from unforgiving surfaces. Enjoy newly-released 2012 Claret.

SANTE RESTAURANT & CHARCUTERIE 404 W MAIN

LR Montgomery. The outdoors come inside with these vibrant landscapes.

SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 7 TO 10PM 901 W FIRST

Jonathan Nicholson and Gary Burris are “The Rising Tide.” With decades of individual craftsmanship and skill now combined.

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SARANAC COMMONS 7 TO 9PM 19 W MAIN

Sally Jablonsky. MishMash, a three part art show dealing with themes of life. Oil portrature, figurative ink drawings and a painted comic.

SATELLITE DINER AND LOUNGE 425 W SPRAGUE

Jennifer LaRue, Sxot Carpenter, M.M. Hewitt, Philip Arnzen-Jones, Hara Allison, Sariah Gutierrez, Susan Esther Morski, Terran Echegoyen, Ashley Marie Peridot, Jason Bagge and Max Marlett.

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Lost Astronauts. Art Installation on the main floor rotunda.

STEAM PLANT 159 S LINCOLN

Celebrate 26 years of Hoopfest in Spokane.

Showcaseing Hoopfest memorabilia over the years.

STEELHEAD BAR & GRILLE 11AM TO CLOSE

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Tony Roslund. Photographs of world renowned fly-tier John Newbury’s flies.

TAMARACK PUBLIC HOUSE 6PM TO CLOSE

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Meet the maker of JP Trodden Bourbon, enjoy a JP inspired dinner and cocktails while listening to live music by Dani Cloke with prints by Ken Morrow

V DU V 5 TO 9:30PM 12 S SCOTT

Charles Gurche, will show his unique view of the natural world. Music by Crushpad and friends.

VINTAGE HILL CELLARS 319 W SECOND

Paul W. Kuhlmann will be displaying fine art metal sculptures including wine bottle 9.

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Mixed media installation featuring recent EWU BFA grads, Jessy Earle, Krystn Parmley and Ashley Vaughn. Paintings, ceramic work and a digital installation. Sidewalk viewing only.

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Joshua Hanson, Sxot Carpenter and Tom Pickett. Featuring: 3D granite and stone sculpture by Scott Holman

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