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he Trump agenda is gradually fading. With only a few days left when Congress is in session before a new fiscal year starts (Oct. 1), there’s not much time remaining to accomplish the agenda that President Trump deems critical to his presidency and the nation’s welfare. Instead, he seems focused on trivial matters, such as bashing Arizona’s two Republican senators and how to pay for the “wall” along America’s southern border. It’s frustrating to many Americans. Higher education, fiscal restraint and tax relief measures seem doomed. Government shutdown, never favorable for Republicans and now the subject of a new Trump threat, seems inevitable. Education experts have proposed bipartisan education spending solutions — an issue that affects both students and parents — but Trump and his administration have been slow to act on them. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma also have affected higher education, as shutting down colleges in Texas and Florida because of heavy rainfall or flooding impacts students and school spending. Trump campaigned heavily on cutting federal spending. Without a budget agreement and trimming appropriations, Congress, as a necessary partner, cannot produce a budget blueprint that satisfies presidential declarations about increasing defense spending in a dangerous world and cutting domestic overspending. Tax relief affects all Americans. Unless some relief is enacted, the United States will remain the highest taxing nation in the world regarding import taxes. Congress is a necessary partner in enacting tax relief.
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any Americans have been waiting for the Trump administration to right itself — to enact political accomplishments that formed the basis for the Trump campaign, that both supporters and critics could point to as good for America. While some executive orders have met campaign promises, and have been good for America, in LETTERS spite of heavy Send comments to press criticism editor@inlander.com. for “all things Trump,” it’s not enough. Trump needs congressional victories, hopefully bipartisan, but at least some basic accomplishments that he and his Republican colleagues can tout. So far, they’ve been few, and Trump has continued to step on his message of accomplishment, to the delight of Democrats and their national press allies. Many American voters have been awaiting the announcement of tangible accomplishments because they want Trump to succeed, if for no other reason than patriotism — the feeling that
Americans love their country and want what’s best for it. Democrats seem determined to bring Trump down, no matter how good his policies. That’s a fool’s errand, exhibited most clearly by Democratic senators who voted in lockstep against superbly qualified Supreme Court Justice nominee Neal Gorsuch. Some Democrats should have supported him, and fought like crazy to secure a liberal justice in the future, rather than oppose him just because he was a Trump nominee. The Democrats voted together, at the urging of their Senate leader, showing no independence and emphasizing their lack of original thought. If they are to mount an effective campaign in the 2020 presidential election, they must come up with original ideas, not just to satisfy their traditional constituencies, but to tout policies that will make America better, offering an alternative to what Trump will say in his campaign. Perhaps they will rely on likely Trump failures — on higher education reform, fiscal restraint (though this has not been a strong Democratic principle), or tax reform for America. It’s an old political phrase, but it’s also true — you can’t defeat someone with no one — so Democrats must produce a winning candidate with a winning message. That’s a tall order against an incumbent, even one as currently unpopular as Trump.
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o as Trump’s agenda fades, and his political style continues to irritate voters of both major political parties, he must produce a narrative that will justify electing Republicans in 2018, and himself in 2020. Being “not Obama and not Clinton” likely isn’t enough to engender voter confidence. The longer Trump waits to fill critical government positions, the longer it will take to accomplish his agenda. One highly qualified education expert withdrew his name as Deputy Secretary of Education because of financial disclosure burdens, so that department doesn’t have enough executives in place to run more efficiently. The same is true for other important government departments critical to the Trump agenda. The fear is that Trump will not conform his conduct to running the government as efficiently as he could. Waiting for Trump to change — to stop tweeting, stop stepping on his message, start working cooperatively with Congress — would be a dream come true for many American voters. But dreaming about such change won’t boost a fading agenda — only action will. n
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t is undeniable that the events of 9/11 would forever and profoundly change the United States in every imaginable manner. When it comes to immigration policy, these scarring events led to drastic militarization of the nation’s southern border. Up until this point, much of America’s undocumented population consisted of young men who were either single or were here to provide for their families back home, and would seasonally migrate between their country of origin and the U.S. When this constant flow of migration became more costly and dangerous, many of these men, faced with the prospect of family separation, had their families join
them on this side of the border. Coupled with the historical social and economic destabilization of migratory feeder countries by the U.S., this change in immigration policy unintentionally led to a unprecedented increase in America’s undocumented population, which is now estimated to be 12 million. Once in the U.S., migrants in the early and mid2000s faced regular workplace raids that sought to forcibly remove them from the country in which their labor was being exploited by national and business interests. Existing in the country as an undocumented migrant in this time meant tuning into trusted Spanish (in largely Latino areas) radio stations to find out where in your town the raids were taking place. This allowed migrants to know which areas to avoid and when it was safer for
them not go to work, take their children to school, or go shopping for groceries. It largely meant finding out when the simple act of leaving one’s home would lead to being uprooted from one’s life. While deportations reached record highs during the Obama administration, their nature changed noticeably, as youth activists compelled the administration to use its executive power to provide immigrant youth relief from deportation and access to work permits, resulting in an executive order and federal immigration policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Last week, a deeply divided and scarred nation witnessed the impending death of this program, and the return to vulnerability that these young people now face. It should be noted that this group of immigrants counts, with public sympathy, political organization and influence at unprecedented levels. Faced with this reality, President Trump and Republican leadership have sought to hold their lives hostage in a political game that seeks to exchange their safety for the terrorization of other members of their community, including their parents, through increased funding for enforcement operations and the construction of a wall on the nation’s southern border. These young, undocumented immigrants make a forceful moral argument that the nation must heed. Additional funding should not be given to agencies that been given free rein to terrorize millions by the Trump administration. The only acceptable solution to this moral dilemma is for Congress to pass clean legislation that grants them a pathway to citizenship, without attaching enforcement to it. The warning given by these young people should be followed, especially given new reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport 8,400 undocumented immigrants through raids it will carry out at the end of this month. ICE claims that these raids will only target those with criminal records, and yet detention of individuals with no criminal record have increased by 28 percent thus far under the Trump administration. Even more concerning, ICE has admitted that these operations will target so-called “sanctuary cities.” No administration should ever use law enforcement to fight its political battles. It is time for the nation to own up to its mistakes and hold the occupant of the White House accountable for its incompetence when it comes to governing, and for its disregard for the rule of law. n Paul Quinonez Figueroa is a DACA recipient, immigrant organizer with the Washington Dream Coalition and political staffer. Born in Manzanillo in the Mexican state of Colima, he migrated to the U.S. at age 7 to be reunited with his father, and holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Gonzaga University.
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statue of (9/7/17), one reader’s answer was pro-Trump; when she was pressed to answer, “What in particular has he done that inspires you?” the reader responded, “He just doesn’t really care what people think about him, and he just does what he does anyway, and it’s working for him.” Huh? Where has that reader been these past nine months? Noting that the reader appeared young, I pray that she is not typical of her generation, as her vague answers indicate a lack of understanding of the harm the current president has LETTERS wrought — such as damage to the Send comments to planet due to his anti-environmental editor@inlander.com. viewpoint, demise of our nation’s credibility around the world, and escalating bigotry and xenophobia instead of embracing all of humankind, to name a few. I am very worried. I hope that her generation receives the kind of education, knowledge and upbringing needed to recognize right from wrong and good from bad. Then when asked questions, they can give educated and cognizant answers; not the vague, uninformed banalities that mimic those the current president delivers. FRANCES BRESNAHAN Spokane, Wash.
Readers respond to “Wrights and Wrongs” (9/7/17), our story regarding the ongoing discussion about Spokane possibly renaming Fort George Wright Drive in recognition of Wright’s racist terror, aimed at the region’s Native American tribes:
CATHY BRONSON SCOTT: Renaming the street is long overdue. He was not a hero or an example to be followed. He should not be honored with a street name. However, he must not be forgotten — we need to acknowledge and learn from our history — and be better people. VICKI FORSLUND BORDIERI: I had no idea who it was named after nor did I care. Now I know and now I care. I can think of several Spokanites that it could be renamed for. The city should have a contest. JERRY GOERTZ: You people should name it Snowflake Ave. We can not change the past or what happened. Quit trying to rewrite history. What would this country be if we just wipe out everything we find offensive. RENÉE ROEHL: Absolutely it needs to change. On the most benign level, it’s a ridiculous mouthful of a name; on a racist, extermination level, it’s sick and it’s wrong. A group of us tried to change it years ago. Maybe it will fly now. n
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ave Ellis is waiting for a phone call. As a supervisor of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Air Support Unit, he gets updates on all helicopter missions. Late last night, one of the unit’s 1970s-era choppers, known as “Air 2,” circled North Spokane looking for a man who was reportedly running naked near Liberty Park. He’s waiting for more details. Is the man OK? Is the helicopter functioning properly? Were any officers, or the pilot, injured? But the Air Support Unit is only one of many re-
sponsibilities for the 39-year-old, whose graying temples betray his clean-shaven baby face. After a promotion to undersheriff last month (one of three in the entire agency), Ellis oversees all patrol, investigations and specialty units, such as the diving and marine teams, for Spokane County. He’s also in charge of the Sheriff’s Office Intelligence Unit, which analyzes and disseminates crime stats for a massive area that includes 11 Eastern Washington counties. Ellis also has his hands in other efforts, and later today, he’s meeting with a member of Spokane’s Medical
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ntil about 2015, only one or two people had regular access to the massive crime database for Spokane County, Ellis recalls. Short of monthly reports, information on crime trends was sparse. “Quite often, the only information you had was what you knew specifically,” he says, recalling his days as a patrol deputy. “Like, ‘I know I was at this house, and I arrested so and so.’ But you wouldn’t know what’s happening with other shifts. What your suspects’ MOs were.” Crime trends in neighboring counties were not even on the radar. That’s changed for deputies in Spokane and in surrounding counties after Ellis was put in charge of the Sheriff’s Office Intelligence Unit in 2015. In that role, Ellis jump-started the Regional Intelligence Group 9, known as RIG 9, which tracks crime trends for 11 counties in Eastern Washington. The unit, which includes three crime analysts, tracks the location and types of crimes committed. Deputies also have access to the little details that can help find a specific suspect or a stolen vehicle. “We want to give them actionable information, so when they read it, they can do something with it,” Ellis says. “Rather than just knowing that we’re having a lot of vehicle prowls. Where? When? What’s the MO?”
Each deputy can access a “heat map” showing clusters of crime. It tells them where to focus patrols, rather than just driving around waiting for a call, Ellis says. The maps also show little red dots that mark the location of people under Department of Corrections supervision — which can be good leads, he adds. The idea certainly is not new. Police in New York City began mapping crime, and putting “cops on dots,” as early as the 1990s. The Spokane Police Department began using a similar data-driven policing model, known as CompStat, in 2013 under former Chief Frank Straub. The program directed resources to “hot spots” in an attempt to predict criminal activity. Other agencies have implemented similar programs. In the wake of police protests in Ferguson, Missouri, officers in a neighboring municipality considered the software known as HunchLab. The program took into account documented crimes, but also population density, proximity to schools, churches and bars, and even the phases of the moon to predict where crime will crop up next. Ellis says putting data directly in the hands of patrol deputies empowers them to be more proactive, rather than reactive. He adds that community involvement has been key to its success. Last year, the office started feeding the data into a crime map posted online. The map, which anyone can access (communitycrimemap.com), can break down crimes by neighborhood, and members of the public can submit anonymous tips.
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“If we’ve got the public’s involvement, it’s just a gazillion more eyes to watch what’s going on,” Ellis says. Currently, he’s looking to secure grant funding to turn RIG 9 into a “real time” crime analysis center, which would “tie into [Department of Transportation] and school district cameras,” Ellis says. Dispatchers could immediately feed details to deputies on the street. Analysts could then identify if the suspect has any criminal history and what kind. “Intelligence-led policing is basically our busi-
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tanding in the Sheriff’s Air Support Unit hangar at Felts Field, Ellis’ cell phone rings. Using the helicopter’s thermal cameras, police found the naked man huddled under a bush. The man, a single dad, was severely dehydrated, Ellis says, and was either very intoxicated or in the midst of a mental crisis, or both. Without the chopper, first responders may not have found the man. And without Ellis, the Air Support Unit might not exist, Knezovich says. “He saved that unit from going extinct around 2008, ’09,” the sheriff says, by pooling resources from neighboring agencies. Ellis was also instrumental in establishing Spokane as a LETTERS hub for advanced law enforceSend comments to ment training back in 2006. editor@inlander.com. As training coordinator for the Sheriff’s Office, he built the regional police training program that teaches thousands of cops from across the country. Before that, Spokane had to send its officers to far-flung cities for any kind of special training, Ellis says. That meant tuition, travel expenses and fewer officers patrolling the streets in Spokane. “When we brought those classes to Spokane, we saved a ton of money,” he says. “And these are classes that we would not have had the money to send guys to — in Seattle or California or wherever — and now that we have them here, we’re able to get that training.” Since then, Ellis has worked as a detective, investigating sex and property crimes. He was also a tactical flight officer — the guy sitting next to the helicopter pilot for search-and-rescue missions. “I miss it,” he says. “It’s rewarding — finding a missing kid or a lost hiker.” But for all the adrenaline-fueled roles he’s held in the department, Ellis doesn’t regret his decision to sit behind a desk. “It allows me to be a decision maker and push us in the direction I think we should go as an agency,” he says. Putting naloxone kits in deputies’ hands is one example. The day after deputies learned how to administer the opioid antidote, a deputy saved a man’s life in Medical Lake. Scot Haug, chief of police in Post Falls, where Ellis began his career, recalls speaking with Ellis about that decision recently. “I know he’s been working on educating the public, as well as deploying Narcan [the brand name for naloxone] to deputies,” Haug says. “Those are the things you want from a leader — don’t just arrest them and throw them in jail. But what tool can I give my deputies when the ambulance isn’t there. You want somebody who cares about the people they serve, and that’s Dave Ellis.” n mitchr@inlander.com
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“I’m not calling for a tent city,” Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart says. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO HOMELESS Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart indeed regrets the decision to spend $150,000 on BOULDERS underneath I-90 as a way to goad a homeless encampment to relocate — at least without a proper process. But in an interview with the Inlander last Friday, Stuckart clarified initial media reports where he appeared to recommend that activists upset over the rocks create a tent city for homeless people. “I’m not calling for a tent city,” Stuckart says. “I’m not saying let’s have tent cities all over the city.” Instead, Stuckart says his point was a bit more nuanced: Not that a tent city should be created, but that a temporary tent city is an option available to homeless advocates, one that they can pursue, instead of just attacking the city for its decisions. Stuckart says that he has been attacked from both sides, first for voting to spend the money to add the boulders to the homeless encampment, and then for backtracking and apologizing for it. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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JUDGES Spokane County District Court Judge Gregory Tripp (above) will retire at the end of the month, forcing county commissioners to appoint a replacement. RANDY BRANDT, a former judge who was narrowly rejected by voters three years ago, is looking to be appointed to Tripp’s seat on the bench. Critics say that in appointing Brandt, commissioners would be ignoring the will of voters. But others point out that if appointed, Brandt would still have to run for re-election in 2018 to retain the seat. Brandt says he was “outcampaigned” in 2014, when he received 48 percent of the vote and lost to Aimee Maurer. Eyeing a judicial appointment ever since, he says he’s spoken with county commissioners, hoping to gain their support. (MITCH RYALS)
COUNTY Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich (above) says that his department will likely lose a dozen deputy positions next year as a result of proposed countywide BUDGET CUTS. Last month, facing a $10 million budget shortfall, Spokane County commissioners asked every department supported by general county revenue for cuts of 7 percent. For the sheriff’s office, that means a reduction of $1.3 million, Knezovich says, and a loss of 12 deputy positions and two patrol districts, unless commissioners figure something out before the budget is finalized. Knezovich says his budget has been cut repeatedly in recent years: “We’ve been pulling rabbits out of our hat since 2010,” he says. “There are no rabbits in our hat this time.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)
NEWS | BRIEFS
Public vs. Privacy News organizations push for openness; plus, is the city soaking county residents? MEDIA VS. LEGISLATORS
For more than two decades, members of the Washington State Legislature have thought that records related to their legislative business were closed off to the public. News organizations in Washington, however, think otherwise. Now, they’re suing the legislature for WITHHOLDING PUBLIC RECORDS. A lawsuit filed in Thurston County Superior Court on Tuesday claims that lawmakers are mistaken in their assertion that daily schedules, emails, texts and other materials are not subject to Washington state’s public records act. A total of 10 news organizations are part of the lawsuit, including the Spokesman-Review, Seattle Times and Associated Press. It cites the state’s public records law, Initiative 276, which was approved in 1972 by Washington voters and promoted transparency in government. That law stated that “full access to information concerning the conduct of government on every level must be assured as a fundamental and necessary precondition to the sound governance of a free society.” In 1995, however, the legislature added language into the state’s Public Records Act. The language in that amendment has been interpreted by lawmakers to mean that certain legislative records are not to be released to the public. It’s the interpretation of that revision that the news organizations argue is wrong. Earlier this year, the news organizations filed requests for copies of all 147 lawmakers’ calendars that document their official schedules. Lawyers for the House and Senate, however, said the state’s definition of legislative records means that most of those records are not public records. The lawsuit asks that the court order the legislature to provide the records requested, and to prohibit lawmakers from blocking the public from seeing similar records in the future. (WILSON CRISCIONE)
EQUAL RATES FOR EQUAL WATER?
Spokane attorney Bob Dunn is making good on his promise. Earlier this year, Dunn sued the city of Spokane on behalf of the Fairways Golf Course in Cheney. The city had shut off the course’s water due to an unpaid bill to the tune of $40,740. Back then, Dunn said another lawsuit was coming — this time on behalf of about 6,000 Spokane County residents who, Dunn says, have illegally been charged higher WATER RATES than city residents. In some cases, county residents — who live across the street from city residents — are charged up to 100 percent more, he says, in a scheme that amounts to “taxation without representation.” Dunn filed that lawsuit last week as a class action, which allows a large group to sign onto a single lawsuit. A judge will determine whether all 6,000 people are in similar enough situations. “They figure the county residents don’t have a voice, so we’re going to take the money from them,” Dunn says. The Spokane attorney, who frequently sues the city of Spokane, is asking for $30 million to reimburse county residents who, for at least a decade, have been “arbitrarily” charged more than city residents for water, the lawsuit says. In response to the lawsuit, city spokesman Brian Coddington refers to the statement released in June, which says that state law allows cities to charge higher water rates for residents outside of the city. City residents also pay property taxes, which help support the water utility. Dunn acknowledges that the law allows a higher rate, but says the city has provided no data to support charging county residents more. “They have no analytics to support the 100-percent increase, or even the 50-percent,” Dunn says. “You know where they pulled that number from? Their butt.” (MITCH RYALS)
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or years, homeless people staying at the House of Charity shelter in downtown Spokane had few options for medical care. There was a medical clinic in the shelter, but it was only open a couple of days a week. And many couldn’t find a way to see their doctor. Often, that meant going to the emergency room at Sacred Heart Medical Center. “I don’t think anybody should be using the ER for primary care,” says Rob McCann, director of Catholic Charities, which runs House of Charity. Realizing that homeless individuals needed more medical services, Providence Health and Catholic Charities opened up a new clinic across the street from House of Charity in August. Funded in large part by the Providence Health Foundation, the new, expanded clinic is open five days a week, eight hours a day. The clinic fills a critical need for the home-
less, making it easier to find the medical care they need and preventing costly visits to the emergency room. Those who are poor or homeless tend to have more health care issues, says Frank Otto, a volunteer physician medical director for the expanded clinic. Giving those people easier access to health care, he says, is part of being a “good brother and sister” to people in need. “So many of our patients here live in the shadows,” Otto says. “And this clinic shines light in the shadow.”
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aniel Getz, Sacred Heart emergency department director, has seen the number of visits to the ER double in the past
decade. With a national shortage of primary care doctors, and more people with insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act, scheduling an
appointment can mean weeks or months before actually seeing a doctor. Additionally, people with less money tend to have more health issues, Getz says. The emergency room, open 24/7, becomes an easy way for them to seek out primary care, even though an emergency visit is far more expensive than a typical doctor’s visit. “So we’re trying to find ways to deliver high-quality care that’s efficient and much more affordable,” Getz says. And by making it easier for people to see a doctor, he says it’s more likely that illnesses can be prevented before they progress to the point where someone needs to go to the ER. The Providence House of Charity clinic, located at 32 W. Second, provides that. McCann says that Catholic Charities had been trying to expand the clinic for years, recognizing that homeless people needed more medical services. Alleviating some crowding in the ER, he says, is just a possible byproduct of that expansion. “It’s good for the dignity of homeless clients,” McCann says. “They don’t want to go to the ER as much as we don’t.” Getz says the Providence House of Charity clinic is bound to help crowding at the ER, but the greater benefit is for the patients. “It definitely helps,” Getz says. “But the benefit of having a clinic like that is that it provides primary care generally to a pretty underserved population, which has relied on emergency departments to get that primary care.”
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tto, like all the other physicians and nurses at the Providence House of Charity clinic, volunteers to provide care to the homeless population. Typically, from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm, there’s at least one, and sometimes two, providers working at the clinic at a time. The clinic can serve ailments of many kinds — from broken bones to bedbugs, and sometimes mental health issues. It never turns away a patient, and can help people sign up for insurance if they don’t have it. There are several rooms with medical equipment you’d find at any doctor’s office. The clinic can test for blood sugar, the flu, urinalysis and pregnancy. Patients, Otto says, won’t have to pay for lab work or X-rays. The clinic doesn’t do do primary care exactly, Otto says. Rather, it’s more “urgent or express care,” while ensuring that if need be, a patient can connect with a primary care provider. But the difference in formerly being open two days a week, and only half-days at that, compared to 40 hours a week now, is huge, Otto says. Since the expansion, “I think we’ve probably multiplied the patients by a factor of five or 10,” Otto says. Eventually, the clinic wants to provide more depth of service, he says, like bringing in a social worker to help patients with mental health issues. McCann says the clinic could be an opportunity for medical students, through the University of Washington or Washington State University, to volunteer at the clinic for training. “There’s no better place on the planet for a student learning to be a doctor,” McCann says. For Otto, raising the health of the homeless population helps the entire community. “A rising tide raises all boats,” Otto says. “So that’s what we’re trying to do.” n wilsonc@inlander.com
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The Familiar Frontier Fall TV reheats some old premises — sometimes in space, sometimes with jokes BY DANIEL WALTERS AND TUCK CLARRY
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rankly, there’s too much TV these days. You can’t justify watching a mediocre show week after week just in hopes it gets good. Not when there’s a full new season of Bojack Horseman to plow through. So listen to us. We’re not recommending you watch these shows from the beginning. Instead, keep your eye them, wait to see if you friends start praising them, then leap on the bandwagon.
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Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane inspires a lot of emotions, a fair number of eye rolls and the occasional urp of vomit. But there’s no denying that however juvenile his sense of humor, the man absolutely loves the source material he’s mocking. So I wouldn’t immediately discount The Orville, a comedy that sticks MacFarlane at the helm of an Enterprise-like starship. Yes, there’s a “women be leaving the toilet seat up” joke in the trailer, but I laughed at a lot of the others. Of course, I laugh at a lot of Family Guy too, so maybe I’m completely tasteless. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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THE DEUCE (AIRS SUNDAYS AT 9 PM ON HBO)
Credits for The Deuce suggest that HBO has the latest installment in prestige television. The ’70s period piece on New York’s then-budding seedy porn and sex industry is helmed and created by producer/writer David Simon (The Wire) and pulp crime novelist George Pelecanos. The show features a cast led by James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, and early results confirm its potential. Franco somehow owns the screen playing the protagonist twin brothers Vincent and Frankie Martino with a Ratso Rizzo panache. The show’s characters defy archetype and demand an empathy reminiscent to that of The Wire’s setting of Baltimore. (TUCK CLARRY)
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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns takes on a war that doesn’t require panning over still photos while a mournful cello plays. The Vietnam War is a war that — like the Civil War — still has its shrapnel lodged in the American psyche. The wounds it left, figurative and literal, remain. The Vietnam War aims to explore what happened and, more important, what it all meant. Burns calls the 10-part documentary the “most ambitious project we’ve ever undertaken.” (DW)
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Here’s the good news. A new Star Trek series is premiering. It’s positively insane that Star Trek, one of TV’s best storytelling vehicles, hasn’t been on TV in a dozen years. Here’s the bad news: The original showrunner, brilliant Inland Northwest native Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) was unceremoniously booted off the project like he was some kind of common Star Wars director. And subsequent episodes will only air on CBS All Access, a streaming platform that you’ll probably have to Google. But if it can manage to marry the roguish action of the J.J. Abrams movies with the chin-stroking of The Next Generation, signing up for yet another Netflix ripoff will be worth it. (DW)
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So this is the new FOX network TV formula, apparently. Take a beloved, long-ago-canceled scifi or fantasy TV show — Star Trek for The Orville, the X-Files in this case — and reboot it as a comedy. Adam Scott from Parks and Recreation stars as a true believer in the supernatural, while Craig Robinson from The Office stars as a skeptical cop. Both are recruited into an agency tasked with monitoring the paranormal. The ghosts-withjokes formulation has been done well before, as in the the CW’s Reaper or that one 1980s movie where Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd were ghosthunting scientists. Even if the plot fizzles, the cast is stellar. (DW)
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Love it or hate it, the iconic reboot of the iconic, short-lived ’90s series was fascinating, uncompromising TV BY NATHAN WEINBENDER
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inally.” That single line of dialogue, delivered near the end of Twin Peaks’ long-awaited third season, turns out to be perhaps the most cathartic in the entire series. It was uttered when the show’s iconic hero, the perpetually chipper FBI agent Dale Cooper, awoke from a stupor that had relegated him to a shuffling, toddler-like mental state, but it also signaled the moment when the show’s new characters and plot lines definitively converged with the old ones. The past and the present had crashed into one another, though it didn’t take long for that union to come undone. David Lynch and Mark Frost’s beloved cult property returned to television this spring (you might recall our May cover story about it) in a fog of hype, and it became clear from its deliriously strange and formally audacious two-hour premiere — complete with an intimidating glass box, a face-eating poltergeist and a headless corpse — that its authors had no interest in warm, cozy nostalgia. They had blown up their creation, and they were in no hurry to put the pieces back together. That’s what made this new strain of the show so frustrating in its early stages, and ultimately so exhilarating as it wrapped itself up. This season of Twin Peaks required a considerable amount of patience, but it ultimately paid
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off in alluring fashion. Because make no mistake: This fresh batch of episodes was even more befuddling and unpredictable, more unapologetically Lynchian, than the original iteration of Twin Peaks ever was. Having shaken the constraints of prime-time network TV, Lynch and Frost here doubled down on surrealism and abstraction, and the result was certainly the most defiantly bizarre season of television ever aired. We’ve seen a lot of long-dead shows return to the small screen in recent years, and so many of them have been content to simply trot out the familiar characters and catchphrases we all liked the first time around. It’s an easy way to get a knowing laugh from the audience, and while Lynch does this, too, he really makes his callbacks count. None of the explicit nods to the original series, or the myriad allusions to the 1992 prequel film Fire Walk with Me, were there to simply wink at us; they all served emotional purposes, and they mostly felt earned. While the return of Twin Peaks tied up a few of the loose ends left dangling when the show was yanked off ABC’s schedule in 1991, Lynch has never been one for tidy closure. If this season had wrapped up in a totally coherent fashion, it would have been remarkably out of character. The finale, which ran last week, left us with a whole new set of questions that will likely never be answered, and that’s probably how it should be.
Not everything about the season worked, and it indulged in some of the Lynchian staples I’ve never particularly cared for — the vast gulfs of silence between lines of dialogue, the deliberately herky-jerky special effects, the wanton cruelty directed at nubile women and the leering nature with which he photographs it. It was, however, a stunning success on a purely technical level. Cinematographer Peter Deming, who also photographed Lynch’s Lost Highway and Mulholland Dr., worked wonders in a number of visual modes, from the flat haze of the Las Vegas suburbs to the noirish glow of the Bang Bang Bar at night. Composer Angelo Badalamenti’s ambient drones nicely complemented Lynch’s own strange sound design, all ominous humming, howling wind and crackling electricity. Lynch also assembled a terrific supporting cast, with the likes of Naomi Watts, Robert Forster, Laura Dern, Matthew Lillard, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth and even Jim Belushi fitting seamlessly into the Twin Peaks universe. And then there’s Kyle MacLachlan, doing the best work of his career playing (simultaneously) clear-eyed hero, black-eyed villain and dead-behind-the-eyes comic buffoon. I initially balked at Cooper’s absence from the bulk of the show, but the fact that his unflagging optimism was noticeably missing only intensified the suffocating darkness of Lynch and Frost’s vision. I’m still not sure if I understand how (or if) it all fits together, or how exactly all the new characters figure into the overall narrative; another watch through might clear up a few things (though certainly not everything). But like any Lynch work, to watch it is to sink into it, and finishing it all has felt like waking from a particularly vivid dream: Parts of it make sense, parts of it don’t, and yet you spend the whole rest of your week thinking about it, wondering what it all means. It was worth the wait. n
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he two local women behind one of the region’s newest craft beverage companies want to turn preconceived notions of their product on its head, in a few ways. It was with this thought in mind that Damn!Bucha founders and owners Jamie Sweetser and Linda Johnson chose the catchy moniker — first suggested by Johnson’s husband — for their small business. “We want it to be anyone’s drink,” Johnson explains, adding that she and Sweetser also considered how other makers of the fermented tea beverage tend to market their products in an overtly all-natural, health-conscious tone. Still, the Damn!Bucha founders also stress that their handcrafted batches of effervescent kombucha are made from organic ingredients, and that the drink can be a more healthful choice than many other beverages. Kombucha has been rising into the mainstream of food trends in recent years for its purported health benefits (the end product contains probiotics — live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your gut — and it’s also usually low in calories). It’s made by fermenting tea with a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast (aka SCOBY) for 7 to 14 days, and during commercial production is also lightly carbonated. “I think kombucha becoming main-
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stream has a lot that has to do with people wanting something different,” Sweetser says. “It has a bold flavor, it’s healthy and it can offer additional value — that is what people are looking for in any aspect of the food industry.”
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ith a sleek and simple black-andwhite logo and cheeky name (their slogan is “the best damn kombucha you’ve ever had”), Sweetser and Johnson hope that Damn!Bucha can appeal to a wider audience than what’s considered traditional kombucha drinkers, especially locals who appreciate the burgeoning craft beer scene. They also want their products to be seen as not simply an alternative to other beverages on local menus, including beer and soda, but as yet another choice. “It has its own place on the menu,” Sweetser says. Sweetser and Johnson founded the small-batch kombucha brewery last fall, but didn’t get production running at a distributable pace until earlier this summer. They brew at a commercial kitchen downtown and currently only distribute kegs, though they hope to begin bottling soon. Damn!Bucha’s tart and fizzy kombucha blends can be found on tap at several local restaurants and breweries, including the Blackbird Tavern + Kitchen, Black Label Brewing Co., Iron Goat Brewing, BEET It
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Up Mobile Juice Bar, Steady Flow Growler House, Daft Badger Brewing Co. and a handful of other regional locations. Damn!Bucha currently brews five flavors — classic (nothing added), blueberry mint, spiced cherry, ginger pomegranate and mango papaya. Its owners say they’re constantly thinking of and experimenting with other flavor combinations that could be seasonal or new mainstays to the company lineup. “A lot of people are used to flavored kombucha, and we want to give them that, but also have our own unique flavor,” Johnson says. “We decided that we’re going to make kombucha that we want to drink.” Damn!Bucha uses a blend of English breakfast tea as the base for each brew, sometimes with some green tea, Assam tea leaves or mint leaves added. Each of the added flavor blends come from fruit concentrates or fresh juice, but the brewers also want their base product to stand out. “We like the flavor of that, and we’re not trying to hide it — the other flavors just give it a variety rather than changing it,” Sweetser says. Sweetser and Johnson got their start in the world of kombucha years ago as home brewers. Both work full-time as food scientists for a company based here, which is also where they met, and what led to considerations of how their professional experience in commercial food production and safety would benefit their entrepreneurial plans. Now, the business partners spend their free time brewing, marketing and distributing their kombucha, and have high hopes for the business to continue growing. “I feel so lucky to have the customers we have, and the support so far,” Sweetser reflects. “It’s amazing to me that we’re already at that point.” n Find out more about Damn!Bucha at damnbucha.com or facebook.com/damnbucha
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VISUAL ARTS We say it every year, and it’s as true as ever: Tons of cool things are happening right now! Terrain is turning 10, the MAC is pinning big hopes on the Titanic, and the local theater community is regrouping after a tough year. We’ve also laid out the can’t-miss events of the fall, plus a week-by-week calendar to keep you busy through the end of the year. Enjoy!
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n the early days, patrons of what’s now known as the Spokane County Library District would check out books to be delivered to them in the mail, and through a mobile library service called the Spokane County Rural Library Bookmobile — literally a library on wheels. Today, 75 years later, the 11-branch county library system’s users can not only check out physical and digital copies of new or best-selling books, they can learn foreign languages and computer programs, hear live music and take classes in art, cooking and other skills. They can bring their kids to weekly storytimes and other learning sessions that encourage critical and creative thinking, as well as find resources on starting a business, buying a home, planning for retirement and much more. As the SCLD, as it’s known for short, moves into its next 75 years, it does so under the leadership of new executive director Patrick Roewe, a 10-year employee of the district who envisions a future of continued innovation, offering library users even more diverse learning opportunities. “Libraries have always been known as a place for books. In the last few decades, and with greater intent recently, we’re trying to shift that idea,” Roewe explains. “We’re still about that, but we’re really about knowledge, and finding knowledge via books, but also learning programs and cultural opportunities; online learning databases and downloadable things. We want to expand where the knowledge comes from — people have a really cherished idea of what a library is, but we want to try and expand beyond that.” This type of thinking has led Spokane County Library District staff to expand services to hands-on learning experiences like those at its new space in the Spokane Valley branch (also the district’s first physical home, which opened in 1955) called the Studio, which offers a range of computer and technology resources, like access to programs in Adobe Creative Cloud’s suite and professional filmmaking software and equipment. Another innovation on this scale is the Lab at the North Spokane Library, where, throughout this fall, the library hosts four local artists for a new Artist in Residence program. Each month, a working artist offers
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interactive workshops and creative learning sessions; the public can also stop by during open studio hours (Wednesday from 6-8 pm and Saturday from 10 am-1 pm, through Dec. 31) to observe art in progress and chat with the artists. In September, local sculptor and costume maker Makayla Miracle is on site, followed by artist and local arts consultant Karen Mobley (October), painter MiLinda Smith (November) and local muralist and painter Tom Quinn (December). The public can register online to attend scheduled, free workshops with each artist. The Lab space at North Spokane was added during a recently completed renovation of that branch, Roewe says, which was done to “give more space back to the public.” Besides the artists in residence, the Lab has also been used so far for classes on vermiculture (composting with worms), reupholstering furniture, a summer lunch program and other instructional purposes. In October, SCLD also hosts its third annual Spokane Writers Conference at the North Spokane branch, a daylong event of free panels and workshops led by other writers on topics including poetry, children’s literature, finding a literary agent and interviewing subjects.
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he Spokane County Library District has several other events lined up to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. A special anthology, Spokane Writes: A Poetry & Prose Anthology, featuring works submitted by area writers of all ages, launches during a celebration on Nov. 4 at the North Spokane branch. The launch party includes live music, a reading and sales of the collection, with proceeds going to the Friends of the Spokane County Library District, the nonprofit volunteer group that supports special programming and events for the library. “We’re excited — some of the names you’ll recognize,
TOP: Library Services Manager Gwendolyn Haley and Executive Director Patrick Roewe. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO ABOVE: In the early days, SCLD was largely a mobile book-lending service. and there are others you may not,” says library services manager Gwendolyn Haley, a 13-year veteran of the district whose first job was reshelving books at the North Spokane branch when she was 16. Another facet of the 75th anniversary observance is a series of historical photo exhibits at each of the library district’s 11 branches spread across Spokane County. The SCLD was officially founded in 1942 after county voters overwhelmingly approved (it passed with 96 percent, Roewe says) a tax increase to fund a regional, rural library system serving residents living outside of the Spokane city core, which was already served at the time by the Spokane Public Library system. “In 1942 we were still coming out of the Great Depression and entering into the war,” Haley reflects. “It’s really interesting to think a group of people said, ‘Let’s pool our tax dollars and build something that will last,’
Thursday, September 21 and build into the community good.” The district grew over the decades as other libraries in rural, outlying communities — or the communities themselves — chose to be annexed into the system. Today, beyond the urban Spokane Valley and North Spokane branches, as well as the upper South Hill’s Moran Prairie branch and the Argonne branch in Millwood, the remaining libraries are in Airway Heights, Deer Park, Medical Lake, Cheney, Fairfield and Otis Orchards. The 11th and newest branch, called the Book End, is located inside the Spokane Valley Mall. In the years since that important 1942 vote, the SCLD has diversified its offerings, first from only hardcover books to paperbacks and vinyl records in the early 1970s; now users can also borrow CDs, DVDs, audiobooks and physical objects, like STEM learning kits, LEGOs and even a telescope. “We have a unique role, because we serve infants to people late in life and all in between,” Haley says. “I don’t think you’ll find, other than hospitals, anything else that serves that broad of a swath of everyone in the entire county — we serve such a huge and diverse population in terms of ages and stages of life, education, income and increasingly different languages.” As the Spokane County Library District moves on into the next 75 years, its leaders and staff are committed to this longheld mission of innovation and prioritizing users’ needs, whether they’re bookworms who prefer physical paper in their hands, or users looking to capitalize on the variety of free educational and cultural services that encourage lifelong learning. “I think it’s really interesting that throughout the past 75 years, there is a history of innovation and adaptation, of ways to engage the public and give them new ways to access knowledge and literature and the arts,” Roewe says. “We want to make sure the community’s needs are reflected in the work we do, and we’ve had success with that. It means challenging the status quo of what the library does, and is.” n Find a complete schedule of upcoming events and classes at the Spokane County Library District at scld.org.
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READING: DAVID LEONARD Sports fans may see competition as a reprieve from racial narratives pervading politics and daily life. But Washington State University professor David Leonard sees the opposite. In Playing While White: Privilege and Power On and Off the Field, Leonard argues that race, specifically being white, matters in sports culture. His book analyzes how racism is embedded in American sports, including football, basketball and even snowboarding. While white athletes are presumed to be intelligent and innocent of any transgression, he argues that black athletes don’t get the same benefit of the doubt. Auntie’s Bookstore, free, 7 pm. (WILSON CRISCIONE)
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READING: NANCY DRISCOL ENGLE Whether it was helping design and build Sacred Heart Hospital to care for the sick, fighting for the right for women to vote (like May Hutton, pictured right), or helping children as the city rose from the ashes of the massive 1889 fire, influential Spokane women were instrumental in helping the city become what it is today. Spokane-based author and historian Nancy Driscol Engle tells the stories of Spokane’s kick-ass women in Influential Women of Spokane: Building a Fair City, and will sign copies of the new, 176-page book ($22), printed by History Press. Auntie’s Bookstore, free, 1:30-3:30 pm. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) O C T. 1 1
READING: ANNE HELEN PETERSEN These days, the celebrity profile is a nearly dead genre. They’re either publicist-managed lunch interviews where the most revelatory paragraph is the description of the chicken salad, or they’re excuses for drooling dudes to monologue at length about where an actress’s legs fit into the taxonomy of hotness. But Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen — a former Whitman College media-studies professor and North Idaho native — is an exception. Her body of work provides a convincing argument that covering tabloid culture and celebrity isn’t frivolity, it’s essential for understanding fame and feminism. Her latest book, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman covers the way that women like Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Serena Williams, Lena Dunham and Hillary Clinton (remember her?) face down sexism, dismissiveness, and the nit-pickery of millions — and still seize control of their own narratives. Listen to Petersen read from her book, and ask her what she remembers about Camp Spalding. Auntie’s Bookstore, free, 7 pm. (DANIEL WALTERS) O C T. 1 1 - 1 4
INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM After a successful run in the Lilac City in 2013, the Individual World Poetry Slam makes a welcomed return, with four days of word-slinging action behind the mic, along with workshops, panels, open mics, parties and many other corresponding events. It’s more than fitting that Spokane hosts this major cultural event — which brings 96 of the world’s top performance poets here to compete for the championship title — as our city has for some time now been home to a vibrant performance poetry scene. Spokane Poetry Slam’s consistent presence has helped maintain this steady support of live poetry, including through its series of regularly hosted open mics and competitions: BootSlam, 3-Minute Mic, Broken Mic (hosted by Fitz Fitzpatrick, pictured right), and its signature Spokane Poetry Slam. Events during the iWPS’s four-day run take place at venues across Spokane, with evening competitive bouts taking place at the Observatory, the Bartlett, Rocket Bakery on Howard and the Spokane Public Library’s downtown branch. Venues throughout downtown Spokane, $20-$60/festival passes, full schedule at iwps.poetryslam.com. (CHEY SCOTT) O C T. 1 4
SPOKANE ZINE FEST A new event celebrating the art of zines — small press books, comics, drawings, prints, postcards and other handmade paper goods, according to this new event’s creators — is coming to Spokane this fall. Organized by the locally based artist collective Universal Error, run by writer/artist couple Chelsea Martin and Ian Amberson, Zine Fest’s inaugural event was funded by the Spokane Arts Grant Awards. Local artists were previously invited to apply to showcase and sell their zines at the curated fest. Participants can also bring along other related handmade, paper-based projects. The juried event is free to both artists and attendees, so get out there and learn all about zines’ DIY, anything-goes culture, and perhaps be inspired to create your own. Find out more at spokanezinefest.com. The Bartlett, free, 11 am-5 pm. (CS)
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READING: CHELSEA MARTIN AN EVENING WITH PIE & WHISKEY Her work has been highly praised by none other than Lena Dunham — who calls Chelsea Martin “the preeminent chronicler of internetANGELA DAVIS Book Launch Party age malaise” — and now Spokane is proud to call this hilarious and Civil Rights Movement figure Angela Davis is coming to Gonzaga Pie and whiskey. Whiskey and pie. In Spokane, the two have masterful writer one of its own. Martin’s new book, Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life, features 18 insightful and candidly truthful (fellow millennial readers will simultaneously cringe at Martin’s unchecked honesty as they immediately relate to the events and feelings of her angsty and awkward childhood/teen years during the 1990s and early 2000s) stories about her coming of age as an artist, and was released in August to much acclaim. Seriously, pick up a copy and be prepared to shut out the rest of the world while you LOL, shudder, maybe cry and feel like you’ve found a new bestie in Martin as you soak up her every word. Then make sure you add her local book reading to your calendar. Auntie’s Bookstore, free, 7 pm. (CS)
University this fall for a talk that should feel all too relevant in the current era of volatile national politics and race relations. Davis is widely known for her work as a radical and counterculture activist during the 1960s; she is a former leader of the U.S. Communist Party, and was close to members of the Black Panther Party. Though Davis is no stranger to controversial views, affiliations and actions — she was arrested in 1970 and tried (though later acquitted) for her connection to firearms that were used in a deadly courtroom attack — her public talk in Spokane should offer some thoughtful insight on current affairs, informed by Davis’ diverse life experiences and scholarly research. Recently, she’s been focused on incarceration in the U.S. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center Ballroom, free, 7 pm. (CS)
been the fuel and fodder for excellent local writing. For the past six years, Spokanites have flocked to the annual Get Lit! Festival event, aptly named Pie & Whiskey (last year, the event was relocated from its original home at the Spokane Woman’s Club to the larger Washington Cracker Co. Building because it’s drawn such a following). So really, it only made sense for showrunners and local authors Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo (above) to compile the best of the booze- and sugar-fueled essays, poetry and fiction and nonfiction stories into a book. Writers Jess Walter, J. Robert Lennon, Kim Barnes and M.L. Smoker also submitted original works that involve pie, whiskey or both. Washington Cracker Co. Building, 8 pm; event is free, whiskey is not. (MITCH RYALS)
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READING: JOHN GREEN SPOKANE IS READING: REZA ASLAN Best-selling author and religious scholar Reza Aslan has a knack for taking some incredibly difficult, often controversial topics AND HANK GREEN WILEY CASH and dissecting them in a way that makes for enlightening and If you’re even barely paying attention to the hot world of young adult “A haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power literature, chances are good that you’re aware (even if you don’t realize it) of No. 1 New York Times best-selling author John Green’s work. Two of his novels — The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns — have been adapted into big studio films. Now, Green (picitured) is coming to Spokane for a reading, co-hosted by Auntie’s Bookstore and Lewis and Clark High School, for his forthcoming novel (out Oct. 10), Turtles All the Way Down. Green is bringing along his brother and creative partner Hank Green on this multimedia book tour for an event that also includes a live music performance. The brothers are collective known for their digital ventures on their YouTube channel, the VlogBrothers, among other video projects. To get tickets to this can’t-miss event, make sure to preorder your copy of Green’s new book from Auntie’s. Lewis and Clark High School Auditorium, ticket included with book purchase, 7 pm. (CS)
of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all.” That’s how Spokane is Reading describes Wiley Cash’s 2012 debut novel A Land More Kind Than Home, a thriller about the bond between two brothers and the small-town evil they face, and this year’s 16th annual selection by the local literary partnership dedicated to encouraging conversations around a common topic — a book. Cash, a New York Times best-selling author from western North Carolina with three novels to his credit, is scheduled to be here for a pair of free public readings, organized and sponsored by Spokane Public Library, the Spokane County Library District and Auntie’s Bookstore. Spokane Valley Event Center, 1 pm; Spokane Public Library downtown branch, 7 pm. (MICHAEL MAHONEY)
entertaining reads. His most recent book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, was an excellent history book that put the reader vividly on the scene during Jesus’ life. His new work, God: A Human History, explores how most humans think of God as a divine version of themselves. It should make for a fascinating discussion when he comes to Spokane. Bing Crosby Theater, $10 or free with book purchase, 7 pm. (DAN NAILEN) n
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here’s one true barometer for gauging the success of a party: All the booze runs out. Halfway through the first-ever Terrain reception back in 2008, the kegs officially ran dry, and as the organizers ran out to grab more, it became clear to them that this might not be a one-off occasion. “We strapped [the kegs] into the back seat of my Corolla,” organizer Luke Baumgarten recalls. “We weren’t thinking beyond that night, but we knew we’d tapped into something pretty special,” organizer Ginger Ewing says. That first year, 30 artists submitted 62 unique pieces — “And by ‘submitted,’ we mean we begged people,” Ewing says — and some 1,200 people showed up at the Wall Street building, complete with a downstairs bank vault, that now houses the Reserve Bar. Contrast that with last year’s Terrain, which showcased more than 340 pieces of art and drew a crowd of roughly 8,400. Now in its 10th year, the one-night-only celebration of local art and music is still expanding beyond its flagship event. It has a permanent art gallery in the downtown Washington Cracker Co. Building, and its four primary organizers — Baumgarten (a former Inlander staffer), Ewing, Patrick Kendrick and Diego Sanchez — are also involved in the annual art marketplace Bazaar, as well as Window Dressing, which transforms downtown storefronts into makeshift art spaces. Reflecting on what’s changed since 2008, the folks behind Terrain admit they’re feeling a bit nostalgic as year 10 rolls around. “We’ve been doing a lot of reflecting,” Ewing says. “In thinking about the look and the feel of the event and the narrative we want to tell, it’s been introspective looking through the years. And we want to celebrate that, and also have a dialogue around that — as a community, where were we at then and now ... and what has Terrain’s impact been? “It’s looking back, but it’s also looking forward.”
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s Terrain has grown, so, too, has Spokane’s art scene. The organizers describe it as an embarrassment of riches, offering up popular events that might not have ever gotten off the ground even five years ago. People are also taking local art more seriously, it seems, and the level of professionalism that has come to define Terrain every year is seeping into other endeavors. “I remember a time about three years ago when I was finding it really hard to keep up with all the rad events I wanted to go to, and feeling torn,” Ewing says. “I had to let go, and say this is
a good thing that I can’t keep up.” “It used to be there’d be a cool event or two a week, and now there’s multiple cool things almost every night,” Baumgarten says. “The turnover on [music] venues has lagged a lot,” says Kendrick, who also books the bands for Terrain and Inlander’s Volume music festival. “They’re seeing a lot more success. Even in their employee turnover — they’re hiring, not firing.” One of the keys to the organization’s success, Ewing says, is that they’re working hard to demystify art. She hears it all the time — “I’m just not an ‘art’ person” is a common refrain — and she hopes that Terrain is a kind of gateway event for those who might be overwhelmed by a traditional gallery showing. “Art can be scary,” Ewing says. “Oftentimes you’re told that if you don’t have an art history degree, or you don’t know the punk scene of the ’70s, or whatever it happens to be, then you can’t engage with it. We’ve tried really hard to say, ‘Yes, you can,’ and to break down those barriers and break down those expectations. “The more people experience something they might not typically identify as art, and they enjoy themselves, the more we grow as a community.”
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his year promises a couple of new twists on the trusted Terrain formula. In addition to the standard, single-day event on the first Friday of October, there will be a ticketed event the previous Thursday, which will not only bring back bands that have played before, but will allow those who pay admission to get an early look at the year’s showcased art. Another change: It will likely be held this year at the Jensen-Byrd Building, which was recently purchased by Washington State University as a prospective addition to the school’s downtown campus. This would be the fourth location to host Terrain: After that first year, Terrain moved to the Music City Building on W. First, where it remained until transferring to the Washington Cracker Co. Building in 2014. And what will have ideally changed in a decade, assuming Terrain is still an annual occurrence? “Complete automation,” Sanchez says, probably half-jokingly. “If we were doing the same thing 10 years from now, I’d still be happy with it,” Ewing says. “It’s almost like an adrenaline shot of being really stoked on your community, and you take that energy and go create for the rest of the year, then you come back and do it over again.” n
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STEPHEN GLUECKERT: ALL MIXED UP Christian evangelism, corruption, civil rights violations in the Rodney King trial — it’s all fair game to Stephen Glueckert, who uses toys, tools, repurposed objects and things he fashions himself to create wryly humorous artwork with a social and/or political message. The retired Missoula Museum of Art director and University of Idaho alumnus returns to Moscow, Idaho, with a retrospective exhibit including films, drawing machines, conceptual pieces and more. It’s an opportunity to navigate the labyrinthine mind of an artist whose career spans 40 years. Prichard Art Gallery, free. For details and gallery hours, visit prichardart.org. (CARRIE SCOZZARO)
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SQUEAK MEISEL: THE IMMORTALS’ EXHIBITION Better bring your smartphone for this exhibit, which features 96 drawings by artist Squeak Meisel, an associate professor of fine arts at WSU. “The drawings are a mystical wandering through my unconscious,” he says, “utilizing semiotics from dreams and interpretations of I Ching divinations.” Google “semiotics,” “I Ching” and “spelunking,” which is what Meisel invites people to do: explore. His artwork is a map of sorts, but only of his own experiences; he freely welcomes audience engagement and alternate interpretations. Whitworth University, free. For details, visit whitworth.edu/cms/academics/ art/bryan-oliver-gallery. (CAS)
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EMERGE / HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION INSTITUTE “DAY OF THE DEAD” In addition to its annual Day of the Dead fiesta fundraiser, Coeur d’Alene art collective Emerge is collaborating with the Human Rights Education Institute to promote Latino and Hispanic culture. Included are workshops and guest speakers, as well as “Vecinos/Neighbors,” an exhibition at Emerge by regional artists with ties to Latino and Hispanic culture. Emerge’s Day of the Dead fiesta on Nov. 2 is a hot ticket at $55, featuring music by Milonga, performances by Spokane Aerial Acrobatics and great food from regional chefs. Location and times vary. For details, visit emerge.cda or hrei.org. (CAS)
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CREATE SPOKANE Now in year four, Create Spokane Arts Month should already be on your calendar. The question: Which galleries will you peruse during the Fall Arts Tour, Oct. 6-8, and can you squeeze in a presentation or workshop that month? No costumes are necessary for this year’s Arts Awards gala on Nov. 4, which recognizes Spokane Arts Grant Award (SAGA) recipients and unveils the new Spokane Poet Laureate. The semiformal fundraiser will be at downtown’s McGinnity Room, featuring live music — Spokane Arts hopes to feature SAGA winners — a complimentary beverage, appetizers and scintillating conversation. Tickets are $75 (discounts for seniors, students and low-income). Arts Month events through all of October; locations and prices vary. For details, visit spokanearts.org. (CAS) O C T. 2 - D E C . 2 9
THE FEELS Kids do the darndest things. On a visit to the Chase Gallery, for example, they wanted to touch everything they saw, which inspired Ellen Picken, formerly with Spokane Arts, to curate “The Feels,” featuring six artists whose work everyone can touch. In addition, says Picken, “learning from [visually impaired friends] how to navigate the world without sight has been so useful as an artist, and given me a lot more empathy as well.” Chase Gallery, opening reception Oct. 6, 5-8 pm, free. For details, see spokanearts. org/chase-gallery. (CAS)
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ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION VIRTUAL REALITY FOR THE CERAMIC FIRST FRIDAY It’s like Spark Central’s drop-in-and-draw program, only bigger and way more cosmic. Get a crash course in ARTS EXHIBITION Google’s Tilt Brush program, then don a virtual-reality Artists who study at Helena, Montana’s Archie Bray Foundation are on the cutting edge of ceramics, so when you have an opportunity to learn from them, you go. First, attend the free workshop and artist lecture on Oct. 5 at Gonzaga University by Bray residents MyungJin Kim and Nicholas Danielson. Armed with new insights, attend the First Friday reception at Kolva-Sullivan Gallery on Oct. 6 and marvel at how talented, hardworking, creative artists can infinitely transform a humble material like clay. Gonzaga University: Oct. 5 workshop, 9 am-3:30 pm, lecture 4 pm, free. For details, email Mat Rude, rude@ gonzaga.edu. Kolva-Sullivan Gallery: opening reception Oct. 6, 5-9 pm, free. (CAS)
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performance and art exhibition. This one-night-only event benefiting Spokane Art School children’s programs features “monster” drawings by 45 Spokane Art School and (former) Tinman Gallery artists. The magic happens in front of you during three drawing “rounds.” (It’s not a competition!) Take home your favorite piece for a mere $50, and support a vital community resource. Also check out the juried exhibition and silent auction areas, live music, and refreshments for a scary good time. Montvale Event Center, 5-10 pm, $15, tickets at spokaneartschool. net. (CAS)
visual effect is even more powerful. Sheila Evans, long known for her ethereal pastel renderings of leaves and petals, brings the same reverence for color to her new medium: enamels. And Elaine Green’s sparse, grainy charcoal drawings evoke a depth of feeling that’s difficult to articulate. Put these two together, and wow. Just wow. The Art Spirit Gallery, free, artists’ reception Nov. 10, 5-8 pm. (CAS) n
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THEATER PostModern Era The Modern Theater’s demise has had a ripple effect on both the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene theater scenes
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limb to the highest vantage you can find and stand there, arms akimbo, looking out across Spokane’s theater scene. What do you see? At first, probably nothing out of the ordinary. Some of the faces you saw at one venue last season are now congregating at another, drawn there by the natural migration of social cliques and the possibility of new opportunities. There are board meetings, a few of them tense and searching. At least one theater has had some noticeable interior work done. And then there are the eternal constants: Actors rehearsing their lines as they prepare for season openers alongside a crew of designers and costumers. Marketing teams looking for the right angle to resonate with new audiences. Fundraisers scrambling to identify untapped grants and donors. Far less conspicuous is the vacant brick building at 174 S. Howard, its windows dark and overlaid with “For Sale” signs. Until December of last year, it housed the Modern Theater. Before that it was called Interplayers, a name still visible in thin, fading lower-case letters on the building’s north side. Changes in logos and leadership aside, for decades the venue had provided Spokane with its primary (or even sole) year-round professional theater. And though the extent of its professionalism could be a subject of debate and wry jokes among local actors, the theater’s inability to somehow muddle through yet another setback, as it had done many times before, was a moment of reckoning. Furthermore, the impact of its closure was doubled. Along with its Spokane location, the Modern operated a sister site in Coeur d’Alene, formerly Lake City Playhouse. “The Modern closing was a hit for all of us,” says Emily Jones, who performed at both Modern theaters, first in Lucky Me and shortly thereafter in God of Carnage, two years ago. “Every time a theater can’t keep producing, it takes a toll on the local community.” Jones is now the marketing coordinator at Spokane Civic Theatre, where she joins folks like executive direc-
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FROM LEFT: The Civic’s Marketing Coordinator Emily Jones, Executive Director Mike Shannon, Artistic Director Lenny Bart and Resident Music Director Henry McNulty. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO tor Mike Shannon, music director Henry McNulty and artistic director Lenny Bart on the community theater’s paid staff. All four are relatively recent hires to replace outgoing members, the most salient being Keith Dixon, who abruptly resigned from the Civic in the middle of last season after having been hired to replace Yvonne A.K. Johnson in 2014. Johnson, for her part, appears to have kept a lower profile since returning to the area from the East Coast and launching Spokane Valley Summer Theatre last year. While at the Civic, however, she was widely regarded as a polarizing figure in the local theater community. Her tenure there wasn’t without its successes, yet it also had a destabilizing effect that contributed to the outward flow of actors and support to other venues around town. These days that entropy is starting to subside and ruptures are being mended, not least because the Civic staff are using their “fresh eyes and fresh passion to reach out to the Spokane community,” says Jones. “The Modern closing has given us this opportunity and this drive to really make everyone feel welcome here. It’s our 71st year of providing a place to practice the art that they love.”
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s proof of that welcome, she points to the Civic opening its doors during Hoopfest and the casting of “more brand-new volunteer actors than we ever have before,” coupled with the return of actors like Daniel McKeever, once a regular cast member in Modern productions but now performing again at the theater — most recently in Kiss Me, Kate — where he got his start as a teenager.
Tia Wooley, another Civic alum, is now managing director at Spokane Stage Left, the tiny upstart theater founded and funded by Bob Nelson in 2013. The postModern experience there has been similar; Wooley says that Stage Left has had an “opportunity to pull from that larger pool [of local actors]” and put forward stronger shows, now that they’re no longer vying for the same talent. Having gained a reputation for staging fringe and unabashedly political plays such as Marx in Soho, Haymarket Eight and Wittenberg, of late Stage Left has been working to polish some of its rougher edges under Wooley’s guidance. Passersby can now identify the venue by an actual sign, the website has been revamped, and the groundlevel concrete floor that served as the stage for the past four seasons now sits beneath a more traditional elevated platform. In the next phases of her “five-year plan” for Stage Left, Wooley hopes to build a rear patio for outdoor seating that would make use of the set stage rather than avoid it, revamp the sound booth and lighting equipment, and refurbish the basement dressing rooms and the green room. “We want to make it more of a boutique theater. We’re not ever going to be in competition with the Civic, but we can cater to our audience,” she says. The improvements, both recent and anticipated, aren’t without their costs, and Stage Left has responded in part by doubling its ticket prices to $20. Wooley maintains that they’re “still the lowest in the area” and says the decision wasn’t made lightly. She enumerates the ongoing costs — royalties, upkeep, utilities, meager stipends to
cover mileage and set materials — in the theater’s shoestring budget, which eat up a substantial amount of the ticket revenue from the small 70-seat auditorium. Across the nation, meanwhile, supplemental grant money is becoming scarcer, especially for arts organizations without a long track record.
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gnite! Community Theatre, by contrast, is a rare example of a small-scale local theater group that hadn’t been fretting over its finances, thanks to its annual Riverfront Fright haunted house fundraiser. Neesha Schrom Crosen, the current Ignite! board president, recalls a time when the organization would have “$15,000 or $20,000 in the bank” and could afford to rent seasonal space in the grand Masonic Center downtown. But then the fundraiser lost its home, the savings dwindled and Ignite! found itself in “survivalist mode.” Then a stroke of luck: Just before the start of the 2016-17 season, at a point when Ignite! was having its most fraught and existential conversations, KZZU morning radio personality Molly Allen brought her original play On Shaky Ground to the theater in the hopes of arranging a premiere. “Molly’s show ELSEWHERE… was a huge boon to us,” says Crosen, SFCC: Ashley DeMoville was just hired to adding that initially, head the college’s drama department as the theater almost it enters its 50th year. didn’t know how to react to her offer. BLUE DOOR THEATRE: Frank Tano is Ultimately, On Shaky back as the artistic director, the troupe Ground’s popular has swelled with new members, and the two-week run gave local improv scene is strong enough to Ignite! enough of sustain an increasing number of indie a financial cushion groups to which the Blue Door is offering to begin looking stage time. further down the road and engagLAKE CITY PLAYHOUSE: After regrouping in the kind of ing under its original name when the housekeeping Modern closed, Lake City Playhouse has necessary to become slowly recovered its footing as a com“solvent and sustainmunity theater over the past year. It has able” in the long a full, eight-show season for 2017-18. term. The premiere had its perks for GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: GU’s new Myrtle Allen as well. This Woldson Performing Arts Center is season she’s been scheduled to be completed by December named playwright 2018. The interdisciplinary, 750-seat in residence at Stage theater will have a full fly space and Left, and will be an additional 150-seat recital area and showcasing new and dance studio — ideal for further ZagLab previous work there collaborations with Terrain and other in October. area arts groups. Whatever their — E.J. IANNELLI differences in audience and attitude, the common refrain among these and other Spokane theater groups is a desire to put the tumultuousness of the past few years behind them and find strength in unity. “We want to be team players. We’re really passionate about that,” Jones says of the Civic, which has already provided costumes for Stage Left’s season opener, Cyrano, in exchange for promotion in the theater’s playbill. Crosen says Ignite! is eager to see a “better collaboration landscape,” too, not only through shared resources like props and costumes, but also through original productions like On Shaky Ground — with the ultimate goal of a scene that’s robust enough to sustain a professional theater and retain the homegrown talent that the volunteer organizations work so hard to cultivate. “My personal take is that Spokane has a great love of the arts in general, but the people who are passionate about it are not necessarily able to bankroll the arts,” Crosen says. “We have huge money and we have small money, and we don’t have the people in the middle that can give large chunks consistently. If we can continue to collaborate and support each other, to work together as much as possible to see each other thrive, that’s the best possible way forward for everybody.” n
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RIPCORD SOMETHING ROTTEN! THE NEW AMERICAN & After debuting off-Broadway just two years ago, the latest play by This Tony Award-winning, exuberantly tongue-in-cheek musical David Lindsay-Abaire (Good People, Rabbit Hole) gets its regional about, well, the whole strange show business of musicals, is on its KLONDIKE: THE LAST ADVENTURE premiere at Ignite!. Ripcord is an odd-couple pairing — aloof, nofirst-ever national tour after wrapping up a long run on Broadway Educational theater company Living Voices Theater is coming to nonsense Abby and her new roommate, the unshakably upbeat Marilyn — set in a retirement home. Though it has broad similarities in terms of backdrop and setup with The Gin Game, staged last season at the Civic, Ripcord is a very different animal, a battle of wills that plays out in the form of ever-escalating practical jokes. But darker subjects come to light, as each woman tries to get the other to crack. Ignite! Community Theatre, $12-$15, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (E.J. IANNELLI)
earlier this year. It tells the story of brothers Nigel and Nick Bottom, contemporaries and rivals of William Shakespeare, who take direct aim at the Bard’s popularity with their pioneering Omelette: The Musical. Something Rotten’s five-day stint in Spokane, kicking off the INB’s Best of Broadway season, is one of only two stops in the Pacific Northwest. INB Performing Arts Center, $37.50-$77.50, TueSat at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 pm (EJI)
WSU with two separate shows that put a personal spin on formative episodes in our country’s history. The New American (Oct. 12) chronicles a young immigrant’s grueling transatlantic journey from Ireland to Ellis Island, circa 1910, in search of liberty and opportunity. Klondike: The Last Adventure (Oct. 14) examines the lure of a different kind of promise, that of instant wealth, through the eyes of a female prospector who joins the mad scramble to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Real archival photos and films will augment the actors’ live performance. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, $5-$10 (free for WSU students), Thu at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 pm (EJI)
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BACK OF THE THROAT TICK, TICK… BOOM! NEIGHBORHOOD 3: Stage Left’s second production of the season takes its title from Most audiences are familiar with writer and composer Jonathan the guttural k in Arabic, the pharyngeal consonant that’s needed to Larson through his hit musical Rent. His tick, tick...BOOM! was an REQUISITION OF DOOM properly pronounce the name of the play’s protagonist, Khaled. Yet autobiographical one-man show about showbiz rejection that Do violent, role-playing video games provide a healthy outlet for the it’s also symbolic of the otherwise innocuous cultural differences that can foment suspicion and paranoia under the wrong circumstances. This one-act black comedy by Yussef El Guindi (and directed by Heather McHenry-Kroetch, pictured) was written in response to the charged, hostile atmosphere that followed 9/11, and sees Khaled detained in his apartment by a pair of government agents who insist that he has ties to terrorist groups — however tenuous their evidence and however crude their methods of interrogation might be. Stage Left, $20, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EJI)
actually predates his most famous work. Not long after Larson’s death in 1996, the show was fleshed out and augmented into a fullscale rock musical about a frustrated waiter named Jon who dreams of writing the kind of show that Rent would become. Courtney Smith of Gonzaga’s Theatre and Dance Department will direct. GU’s Magnuson Theatre, $10-$15, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EJI)
latent brutality that societal norms are supposed to keep in check? Or do they actually incite brutality and the rupture of those norms? Jennifer Haley’s four-person play (directed by Ashley DeMoville, pictured) isn’t necessarily out to provide definitive answers, but it does explore the blurred lines between a blood-soaked virtual world and the real one, through a suspense thriller in which teenagers battle zombies in a suburban subdivision that has eerie parallels with the one where they live. SFCC Spartan Theatre, $10, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EJI)
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HEATHERS THE MUSICAL EWU’s Jeff Sanders directs this popular rock musical of the ’80s cult film Heathers, adapted to the stage in 2014 by Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives) and Larry O’Keefe (the musicals Bat Boy and Legally Blonde). The songand-dance version roughly follows the same events as its cinematic counterpart, taking bullying and alienation to darkly comic extremes in order to touch on themes like social hierarchies, homophobia, sexual abuse and violence. EWU Theatre Main Stage, $10, Thu at 5 pm, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EJI)
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Wes Jessup is now at the helm of the MAC, wondering: “How do we keep the ship going forward and get out of this up-and-down cycle?”
Beyond Shipshape The new MAC director banks on Titanic exhibition, with epic plans for the museum’s future
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here are interesting parallels between the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s new director, Wes Jessup, and the story of the famed ocean liner at the center of the MAC’s upcoming exhibition, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition (October 2017-May 2018). Like the captain of the Titanic, Jessup wants to not only keep the MAC afloat, but also navigate clear of potential hazards into safer territory. Past storms the MAC has weathered include budget cuts, a tenuous relationship with the state Legislature, frequent changeover from interim directors and unfilled or unfunded staff positions, and the contentious firing-rehiring-refiring of Jessup’s predecessor, Forrest Rodgers. “How do we keep the ship going forward and get out of this up-and-down cycle?” asks Jessup. “I look back on the history and I see a lot of that.” Like the ship’s builder — Titanic was nearly 17 stories tall and three football fields long — Jessup has big ideas
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for what the MAC could be, including the impenetrable hull created by dedicated funding beyond what the Legislature provides. Last year, for example, the state covered nearly 60 percent of the museum’s $3.9 million in expenses; the shortfall came from memberships, admissions, contributions, art sales and similar sources. Some positions, including an art curator, remain unfunded. With the MAC’s three-pronged mission of promoting art, regional history and Native American culture, having insufficient staff is problematic, says Jessup. “We have to find a way to be sustainable, and we have to continue to grow our relationship with the state of Washington,” says Jessup, whose credentials include directing the Boise Art Museum, the Pasadena Museum of California Art, and Colorado’s Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, where he’s credited with doubling attendance during his six-year tenure. Jessup is optimistic about the MAC’s relationship
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with Olympia, and says that success isn’t just about numbers, but about long-term relationships. In addition to building attendance and fundraising, Jessup is focused on community outreach and connecting with individuals with better two-way communication, more transparency and remaining relevant. “I’m really interested in engaging people, and donors, and art collectors, and the tribes, in a process that gives everybody a voice and really sets a three-year goal for us,” says Jessup, who will be spearheading a new, longterm strategic planning effort starting this month. Jessup emphasizes the steps the MAC has made to be more transparent, with more accessible, easier-to-understand financial information and monthly, public board meetings. That transparency is reflected in programming, says Jessup, such as the MAC’s “Secret Life of an Artifact,” which gives viewers behind-the-scenes access to the museum’s collections and processes. Museum programming drives relevancy, says Jessup, who would love to see more locals regard the museum as an essential destination. “We don’t want to be the bestkept secret,” he says. He’s over the top about the Oct. 21 opening of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which replicates the experience of being onboard the ship through artifacts, photographs and narrative elements. Learn about the ocean liner’s construction, destruction, and resurrection from Arctic waters more than 2 miles down, and experience life onboard ship: what people wore and ate, how and where they slept, what they did for fun.
Programming includes speakers like Don Lynch, a historian with the Titanic Historical Society, author of Titanic: An Illustrated History, and assistant to Titanic movie director James Cameron. The MAC plans to bring in someone with experience diving the wreck site, partner with the Spokane Symphony on some musical events, and incorporate Spokane connections to survivors of the wreck. Senior history curator Marsha Rooney is combing the MAC’s collections and tapping historically significant entities like the Historic Davenport Hotel to create a special companion exhibition called Spokane Circa 1912, which provides context regarding life during the time of the ship’s construction and subsequent sinking. At least one event will be held outside the MAC. On April 12, 2018 — the 106th anniversary of the disaster — the MAC will hold its annual gala at the Historic Davenport Hotel, whose history dates to the so-called Gilded Age. The formal event will feature the same 10-course meal as would have been served on the ship. Jessup delivered this last piece of information with a little laugh, noting the irony in tying the gala to such an inauspicious date. Yet his optimism about the MAC’s future overcomes any superstitions he might have. When the Titanic exhibition ends in May 2018, for example, Jessup will have been on the job a little more than a year, and will be thigh-deep into programming for late spring and summer 2018 exhibitions.
is r a P n i t h g i N A Saturday, September 23, 2017 5:30pm - 9:30pm The Arc of Spokane would like to invite you to enjoy a wonderful night of fashion, great food, awesome auction items and fun! Rock the Runway: A Night in Paris will not only make you feel like you have arrived on the streets of Paris but you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with some of The Arc's most amazing and inspiring fashion models in Spokane.
In a way, the MAC is anchoring itself to the Titanic. A retrospective of illustrator David Byrd’s 50-year career opens June 8, 2018, featuring iconic images like the ones he created for Prince and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the theater poster for Godspell. Sayaka Kajita Ganz’s Reclaimed Creations of animals in motion, fashioned from reclaimed plastic objects, opens June 9. On June 15, Edward S. Curtis: 150 Years opens, featuring 100 images from the turn-of-the-century photographer’s documentation of Native Americans, followed in the fall by a solo show highlighting work by Ryan Elizabeth Feddersen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanogan/Arrow Lakes). The 2019 programming returns viewers to icy northern territory with Into the Arctic, featuring 50 paintings by Canadian Cory Trépanier. Even though the exhibition schedule is much more robust than when Jessup took the job, he aspires to generate exhibition content for future shows from within the MAC. “I’d love to see us doing stuff with our collections that are meaningful, not only to our museum but to other museums, potentially.” His vision — like the Titanic — is epic. “We have the opportunity to bring the world to Spokane,” says Jessup, who would like to bring Spokane to the world as well. He believes in the MAC’s potential as a leader in research, traveling exhibitions, connecting with tribes, and sharing its treasures with museums outside the region: “I want to have the curatorial firepower to be able to generate content that is desired by other museums.” n
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E.T. THE CARMEN WITH EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL OPERA COEUR D’ALENE In 1982, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Perhaps the most well-known opera of all time, Georges the gentle fable of an alien stranded on Earth and the young boy who befriends it, broke box office records (it was the highest-grossing film of all time until it was surpassed by Spielberg’s own Jurassic Park) and became an instant classic (it’s ranked No. 24 on the American Film Institute’s list of all-time greats). It’s still as funny, exciting and moving as it was when it was first released, and it’s returning to theaters for its 35th anniversary to enchant a whole new generation of moviegoers. Regal Cinemas at NorthTown Mall and Riverstone Stadium, $13, 2 and 7 pm (NATHAN WEINBENDER)
Bizet’s Carmen tells of a love triangle that forms between a soldier, a bullfighter and a gypsy woman. Even if you know nothing about opera, the odds are high that you’ll be able to hum along to at least a couple of its iconic musical numbers, and you certainly could do much worse than making this your first live opera performance. The Opera Coeur d’Alene production, directed by Jadd Davis, will feature the Spokane Symphony, conducted by Eckart Preu. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $28-$107, 8 pm (NW)
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CINEMA TWAIN JAY MOHR You wouldn’t normally associate Mark Twain with standNot many stand-up comics can go toe-to-toe with up comedy, but here’s Citizen Twain, a filmed presentation of actor Val Kilmer’s one-man show about American writer and humorist Mark Twain, which is being screened at the Spokane Comedy Club. It’s really not so weird, though, when you consider that contemporary comedy owes quite a debt to the Huckleberry Finn author, who observed human nature with a detached wryness that’s still fresh. As for Kilmer’s comedy connection — well, he was really funny in Top Secret! and Real Genius, and he seriously disappears inside Twain’s trademark white suit. The star will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening is over. Spokane Comedy Club, $32/$75, 7:30 pm (NW)
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Hollywood heavyweights like Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger like Jay Mohr did playing a sleazy sports agent in Jerry Maguire, but Mohr has had an altogether different kind of career than most comics. He spent two years on Saturday Night Live, then wrote a best-selling book about the panic attacks he suffered while on the show. He’s hosted a nationally syndicated sports-radio show and hosts a highly entertaining podcast, Mohr Stories. But he’s still doing stand-up consistently — he started at age 16 — and he’ll bring that experience to one show in Spokane. Spokane Comedy Club, $22, 8 pm (DAN NAILEN)
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE MONDAY MOVIES For any die-hard cineaste, one of the most encouraging trends of The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture brings a new weekly recent years is the uptick in silent film screenings with live musical accompaniment. After premiering an original score for 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera in April, composer Dylan Champagne now debuts music to go along with the 1920 film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore as Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous two-faced protagonist. The performance in Moscow, Idaho, will feature an eight-piece ensemble, directed by University of Idaho professor Alan Gemberling. Because a majority of silent movies have been lost to time, it’s nice to know that folks are celebrating the ones we have. Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, $10 students/$20 general, 6 pm (NW)
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documentary series to town this fall, in partnership with the Black Lens and Magic Lantern. The first nine films in the series focus on stories about people, issues and experiences in the public health care system. Each film will be followed with a discussion and guest speakers in a session moderated by the Black Lens’ Sandra Williams and Alliance Executive Director Wendy Levy, formerly a consultant with the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. A film series related to health care is particularly timely given the recent launches of the UW/Gonzaga and WSU medical schools, but anyone interested in American health care should learn a lot. Magic Lantern Theater, $8 per film or $59 for series, 7 pm (DN)
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ANTHONY JESELNIK SETH MEYERS If dark comedy is your thing — and I mean really dark For the second year in a row, Washington State University comedy — Anthony Jeselnik is this fall’s must-see comedy show. The man is incredibly funny while delivering shocking setups and utterly amoral punch lines that will make you either laugh or cringe, guaranteed. His two seasons hosting The Jeselnik Offensive, his own show on Comedy Central, were often gloriously unhinged, like when Jeselnik delivers a series of cancer jokes for an audience at a cancer support group, or tells a bunch of jokes about Muslims at an Islamic center. Don’t think cancer or religion can be funny? You need to see Jeselnik do his thing. Spokane Comedy Club, $30-$40, Oct. 26 at 8 pm, Oct. 27-28 at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm (DN)
has reached into the ranks of excellent, politically minded comedians for its Dad’s Weekend entertainment. A year after landing The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, WSU scored a coup in getting Seth Meyers. The former Saturday Night Live head writer and “Weekend Update” anchor and current host of Late Night with Seth Meyers has hit his stride as a late-night talk-show host, thanks in large part to the fount of comedy material coming out of the White House. Even better, he’s found a way to convey some bipartisan moral outrage at the state of the country while keeping the laughs coming. No doubt some #MAGA dads will get bent out of shape, but it should be a great show. Beasley Auditorium, $59.50, 7:30 pm (DN) n
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MUSIC Begin Again Ten years after its successful restoration, the Fox remains a Spokane community treasure
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ill Simer remembers the goosebumps. After years helping raise money and rallying the Spokane community around the Spokane Symphony’s effort to buy and restore the classic Fox Theater, reopening weekend had finally arrived. After a symphony show with opera star Frederica von Stade, and a “Community Day” to show off the newly reborn space, pop-jazz legend Tony Bennett was on stage Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. And he was letting Simer and the rest of the audience know how special the space — originally opened in 1931 — still was. “He was commenting how many communities didn’t have the will to do what Spokane did,” Simer recalls. “He said many communities just tear these places down. Then he said, ‘Let me show you just how good the acoustics are in here.’ He turned off his mic and he sang a cappella, without any amplification, and it gave you goosebumps. It was so amazing.” Simer, now a CPA and partner at Eide Bailly Spokane, grew up going to movies at the Fox. It was a “dark and dreary place,” he says, but still special. Years later, he was on the symphony board when the orchestra was performing in the Spokane Opera House, finding its schedule squeezed by an increasing number of touring Broadway shows coming to town. The symphony board got wind that the Spokane Club was negotiating to buy the building from Regal Cinemas, with thoughts of turning it into a parking lot. After some public outreach and negotiations with the Spokane Club, the symphony gained the rights to buy the place. “The only problem was,” Simer says, “we didn’t have any money!” Grants, donations and loans together made the restoration of the Fox Theater a reality, a massive effort that eventually made the Spokane Symphony owners of the Art Deco space that in its early years hosted live performances by the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and (of course) Bing Crosby in addition to decades of movies. This fall the Fox celebrates 10 years since its restoration was completed, with November designated “Celebrate The Fox” month, giving Spokane an opportunity to reacquaint itself with a community gem that was nearly lost forever. “When you think about a $31 million project, it was a big lift for this community,” says Simer, one of the co-chairs of this fall’s 10th Anniversary Gala. “It’s interesting, when the theater was first finished between 1929 and 1931, the country was in a real financial malaise with the Depression. And when we finished it in 2007, the country was again in financial doldrums and that made it more difficult. It was a
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lot harder to raise money, and frankly, it was a lot harder to run a theater because people weren’t spending money on concerts and going out as often. So it presented challenges not unlike the challenges the theater had when it was first opened.”
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oan Degerstrom remembers the windows. When the Fox Theater first opened on Sept. 3, 1931, downtown Spokane was packed with people celebrating the city’s Golden Jubilee, a party that included the debut of what was Spokane’s first air-conditioned building. “I was there at the opening and they had people standing in the intersection there,” the 93-year-old Degerstrom recalls. “I was about 8, and I was excited to see a new theater like that. My folks and my little brother were with me.” Degerstrom’s family couldn’t go in, but they stared through the large windows with thousands of fellow Spokanites, agog at the pageantry. She spent much of her childhood walking to the Fox from her house on 17th Avenue: “In those days kids could walk downtown safely, and [movies] cost a dime.” She remembers that the seats along the right aisle had earphones for people hard of hearing like her grandmother, “and they didn’t play the movies so loud as they do now.” Degerstrom was a fan of everything from the pulpy double features they’d show most weekends — “they’d show, like, an A movie and a B movie, and then they had newsreels because there wasn’t TV or anything” — to spe-
NOVEMBER IS “CELEBRATE THE FOX” MONTH. HERE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURED EVENTS: • Nov. 3, 10th Anniversary Gala with special guest Thomas Hampson, a Champagne reception, dinner, a poem written for the theater by Washington Poet Laureate Tod Marshall, dancing. • Nov. 4-5, Overtures and Arias with Thomas Hampson. The Spokane native and Grammy-winning baritone gave the final performance at the old Fox before it went dark for the restoration, and was a vocal supporter of the project. • Nov. 11, The Mambo Kings present Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz improv. • Nov. 12, Tours of the Fox from 1-3 pm. Lobby and theater open and free to the public. A $5 history/ architecture/art and behind-the-scenes tour is also available. • Nov. 30, The Nutcracker opens its annual run, as more than 75 local dancers join the Santa Barbara, California-based State Street Ballet and the Spokane Symphony for the holiday favorite. Visit spokanesymphony.org for more information.
LEFT: The Spokane Symphony performs last weekend inside the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO ABOVE and BELOW: Historic photos of the Fox and its Art Deco interior. COURTESY OF THE SPOKANE SYMPHONY
cial events like Around The World In 80 Days, “big movies that were sort of special.” An avid Shirley Temple fan, Degerstrom remembers that “one time, on her birthday on April 23, they had a great big huge cake and showed a couple of her movies.” Since the restoration, Degerstrom has been a Spokane Symphony season-ticket holder, and the Fox Theater she now enjoys is remarkably similar to the one she first saw more than 85 years ago.
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he original Fox cost $1 million. Its Art Deco design came from architect Robert Reamer, the man who designed Yellowstone National Park’s stunning Old Faithful Inn as well as Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. The murals covering the lobby walls were done by artist Anthony Heinsbergen in an “Under the Sea” theme that becomes clear as one climbs the stairs from the “underwater” lobby to the “sea level” mezzanine and the scenes change from water plants to castles and clouds. Inside the theater, the ceiling evokes a night outside, with nine light fixtures representing the nine planets (yes, Pluto still counted in 1931) as well as forest scenes and “stars” dotting the ceiling. At some point, all the colorful blues, greens and pinks of the original theater were covered in a layer of red, as it became a multiplex with its balcony divided into two small screening rooms. The restoration not only peeled the red paint off — as well as years of accumulated popcorn grease and cigarette smoke — but gave the original
murals new life with a refurbishing by the original artist’s own son. The capacity was reduced from about 2,300 seats to 1,600 so a sound booth and lounge area could be added. Degerstrom sees a few details in the restoration that only someone like her, here from the beginning, might recall. The restrooms upstairs had filmy curtains that she misses, and she wishes that they’d taken out a couple more rows of seats during the restoration: “I don’t even know how tall guys can sit there!” “It’s too bad they never took any color pictures of the theater” back in the early years, Degerstrom says. “They’re all black-and-white. I remember when I first went in when they renovated it, the blue carpet. I thought, ‘That’s wrong.’ It was never blue! The pattern, it’s the exact pattern, but it was not blue. Otherwise, they did a fantastic job.”
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ckart Preu remembers the first sound check. The Spokane Symphony’s conductor and music director, starting his 14th season, had taken over as the restoration campaign was underway, but had to wait a few years to take the symphony’s 70 musicians inside their new home. “Before we played the first concert or first rehearsal, we had these sound checks with just the orchestra, and then just the orchestra and the chorus, just to see what the kinks were and how it would sound. Just that experience of intimacy that we all had there together, it was
incredible.” Preu credits the Fox with making the Spokane Symphony grow artistically in ways that would have been impossible elsewhere. Every building is different, new or old, and the musicians have to rise to the challenge no matter where they play. With the Fox, Preu says, “we just got so lucky.” “You’re only as good as your instrument,” he says. “As the musicians are depending on the quality of their individual instruments, the orchestra is dependent on the hall that we’re playing in. “What this hall does for us, it asks us to play more variety of colors, more extreme dynamics and difficult articulations. It allows us to do all these things we couldn’t do before. It kind of redefined the way we play together, how we approach a score, how we learn it, how we play it. It’s really a whole different ballgame.” The improvement for the musicians equates to an improvement for the audiences, who now get to hear the power of the symphony from all points in the room. To Preu, the restoration of the Fox and the symphony finding a permanent home is more significant than simply the saving of an architectural treasure and concert hall. “It signifies the renaissance of downtown Spokane,” Preu says, “and the effort and money that’s been raised to make downtown more beautiful and relevant again. And I think the Fox is a big part of that puzzle. I think it shows if people really want something in Spokane, they make it work.” n
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EARTH, WIND & FIRE THE SHINS George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic gets a lot of credit Regardless of who he’s playing with, Shins frontman James for having outrageously funky costumes to go with their outrageously funky sounds back in the ’70s, but I don’t think that Earth, Wind & Fire gets enough credit for taking stunning stage shows and killer funk, soul and R&B to chart heights the Atomic Dog could only imagine. The Chicagobased crew are Rock and Roll Hall of Famers and have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, thanks to hits like “Shining Star,” “Boogie Wonderland” and “Fantasy.” In Philip Bailey, EWF still has one of the best vocalists on the planet leading the way, and bass player Verdine White is a joy to watch perform. INB Performing Arts Center, $43.50$101.50, 7 pm (DAN NAILEN)
Mercer has always had an ear for delicate but remarkably catchy tunes. Songs like “Caring Is Creepy” and “New Slang” might have become hipster clichés following their appearance in the 2004 film Garden State, but they still sound as fresh and hooky as they did in the early aughts — both melancholy and sunny, buoyant but a little bitter. The Shins are still cranking out irresistible gems: Their latest studio album, Heartworms, again showcases Mercer’s layered, airy pop melodies, and while his work has always been a bit precious, its sweetness is typically undercut by a hint of acid. Knitting Factory, $39.50, 8 pm (NATHAN WEINBENDER)
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SARAH JAROSZ THE SLANTS This Texas singer/songwriter grew up playing the Maybe the only active band that’s as equally well-known mandolin and eventually learned guitar and banjo as well, and her considerable chops and songwriting skills led to a record deal when she was still in high school on rootsmusic label Sugar Hill Records. She’s only gotten better in the intervening years, graduating with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music and releasing a total of four albums. Her most recent, Undercurrent, won this year’s Grammy for Best Folk Album, while one of its songs, “House of Mercy,” won another for Best American Roots Performance. Quite a talent, and quite a show to catch in the cozy Bartlett. The Bartlett, $25, 8 pm (DN)
among legal students and pop-punk fans, Portland dancerock quartet the Slants found themselves the subject of news headlines when they were denied a trademark because their name was deemed offensive to Asian people (never mind the fact that all four of their members are Asian American). The case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, which eventually ruled in the Slants’ favor. (That didn’t stop them, however, from calling their most recent EP The Band Who Must Not Be Named.) Now they’re set to bring their notoriety and irresistible poppunk songs to Spokane. The Big Dipper, $8, 7:30 pm (NW)
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SCREAMING FEMALES The Pixies weren’t the first band to embrace a loud-quiet-loud song structure, but their music, which shifted violently between yowls and whispers, certainly attracted more disciples — Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke, Rivers Cuomo and Stephen Malkmus among them — than any other. New Jersey’s Screaming Females subscribe to that same school of visceral indie rock, though their own tonal shifts don’t happen in the middle of songs so much as they do track by track. On their most recent album Rose Mountain, driving rockers like “Empty Head” and “Ripe” give way to the stoned, surfy melancholy of “Wishing Well,” before careening back to glass-shattering hollers again. Baby Bar, $7, 9:30 pm (NW)
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SYMPHONY SUPERPOPS: SUPER DIAMOND Let’s face it, Neil Diamond and his music are a love-it-or-hate-it proposition. Either you embrace the man as a consummate pop songwriter and performer, or you simply can’t get over the high cheese factor of, say, his Jazz Singer remake or his E.T. song. When it comes to Diamond, I’m a believer, utterly sold on tunes like “Cherry, Cherry” and “Solitary Man.” Super Diamond is one of the best Diamond tribute acts in the business, and accompanied by the Spokane Symphony, I expect a show to compete with the Real Neil’s Hot August Night gig. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $39-$86, 8 pm (DN)
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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Shoegaze fans, rejoice! Eighties-era pioneers of an updated, guitar-based “Wall of Sound” approach, the Jesus and Mary Chain are one of those bands whose influence far exceeded their commercial success during their heyday. Led by battling brothers Jim and William Reid, the band helped establish a sound that would serve the likes of My Bloody Valentine and the Pixies well, and their early albums like Psychocandy and Darklands are considered classic among goth-loving noise junkies. After breaking up for the better part of a decade, the Jesus and Mary Chain reunited in 2007 and now has a new album, too; this year’s Damage and Joy fits right in with their dark catalog. Bing Crosby Theater, $37.50-$42.50, 8 pm (DN)
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DEER TICK SYMPHONY SUPERPOPS: This Rhode Island crew are masters of misdirection. As soon as the media started lumping them under the “alt-country” label, their THE MAMBO KINGS sound veered into loud, garage-rock territory. The band’s new One of the Spokane Symphony’s most exciting upcoming SuperPops albums are another misdirection; despite having released records for more than a decade, their latest are named Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Deer Tick Vol. 2, showcasing a folky, acoustic approach on the former and some righteous guitar-rock on the latter. Their show will similarly be divided in two, but you won’t want to miss either half — Deer Tick are one of the best live bands out there. The Bartlett, $25, 8 pm (DN)
concerts will feature the Mambo Kings, a New York-based Latin jazz quintet that has earned a reputation for well-oiled musicianship and crackerjack improvisation for the past two decades. Each of the ensemble’s members has worked with huge names in the music biz — skimming through their bios turns up names like Aretha Franklin, Arturo Sandoval and Ray Charles — though they’re certainly most at home performing with one another (and the Spokane Symphony, of course). As with any SuperPops show, it should be the perfect gateway drug for folks who wouldn’t normally come out for a traditional orchestral concert. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $39-$86, 8 pm (NW)
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MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER & AFansPERFECT CIRCLE of this off-and-on hard rock band should take note: haven’t put out an album since eMOTIVe, 2004’s TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA They collection of covers, but they’re reportedly working on new For anyone who loves Christmas music and iconography but can only muster a yawn at the prospect of another year of twinkling lights and Bing Crosby records, here come these annually touring holiday spectacles to blow you right out of your yuletide torpor. Both Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Orchestra have become holiday staples in Spokane, and both bands have found huge audiences by blending new-age instrumentation and prog-rock stylings with massive multimedia shows in huge theaters and arenas. As long as they keep coming to town, people will continue showing up. Mannheim Steamroller (Nov. 18): INB Performing Arts Center, $39.50-$99.50, 7:30 pm; Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Nov. 24): Spokane Arena, $37-$70.50, 7:30 pm (NW)
material, and you’ll no doubt hear as-yet-unreleased songs when they hit the Arena the week after Thanksgiving. The supergroup features Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, Ashes Divide’s Billy Howerdel and Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha, so you know that it’s going to be, if nothing else, a showcase for some amazing musicianship. Spokane Arena, $49.50/$69.50, 7:30 pm (NW)
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SPOKANE JAZZ ORCHESTRA FOO FIGHTERS DARLENE LOVE Talk about not needing an introduction. One could easily make It’s rare that you get the chance to see a legend of Darlene Love’s the case that Foo Fighters are America’s biggest rock ’n’ roll band. caliber. The singer was one of super-producer Phil Spector’s FEATURING JULIA KEEFE Granted, the competition isn’t that stiff, but the Dave Grohl-led Foos discoveries, appearing on some of the 1960s’ greatest pop You can have your shopping binges, Secret Santa parties and competitive house-lighting. For me, a little Christmas music is all it takes to get truly in the spirit of the season, and this concert could be the perfect way to get it going in 2017. The Spokane Jazz Orchestra could obviously deliver the goods on their own, but they’ll be joined by local vocal ace Julia Keefe. I imagine she and the band will be gracious enough to allow the audience some off-key warbling along to some carols before the night is done. Bing Crosby Theater, $17$27, 7:30 pm (DN)
have been doing the melodic hard-rock thing for more than two decades now, and they’re one of the few bands that can consistently pack out arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums around the globe. The band’s latest, Concrete and Gold, arrives this week, so you’ll have a couple of months to get to know the new songs you’ll hear alongside old faves like “Everlong,” “Times Like These” and “Rope.” Spokane Arena, $51-$101, 7:30 pm (DN)
recordings, including “Be My Baby” and “Da Doo Ron Ron.” No surprise, though: Spector exploited her talents, slating her to sing lead on the Wall of Sound classics “He’s a Rebel” and “He’s Sure the Boy I Love,” then attributing them to the Crystals instead. Love has still managed to do quite well on her own as a singer and actress (see the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom), and the fact that she’s coming to town with a show called “Love for the Holidays” means that we’ll no doubt be treated to the iconic track “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” INB Performing Arts Center, $39.50/$49.50/$59.50, 7:30 pm (NW) n
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CALENDAR SEPTEMBER
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9/16 J Runway Renegades, Spokane Convention Center 9/17 J Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens Tours 9/20 Contra Dance, Woman’s Club of Spokane 9/20 Sammy Eubanks + Sherrie Martin, Bing Crosby Theater
COMEDY
9/14-20 Z Nation: Behind the Camera (exhibit), MAC 9/16 J 13th Documentary Screening + Discussion, North Spokane Library 9/17-20 J E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 35th Anniversary Screening, Regal Cinemas (Spokane & CdA) 9/19 International Film Series: Toni Erdmann, Kenworthy 9/20 Food for Thought Series: Keep the Hives Alive, The Kenworthy
FILM
9/14 Grab Bag Comedy, Spokane Comedy Club 9/15 J Once More With Feeling, Blue Door Theatre 9/15 J Jimmy Pardo, Spokane Comedy Club 9/16 J Jason Mewes, Spokane Comedy Club 9/16 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 9/17 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
9/14-20 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius Science Center (through Nov. 26) 9/14 Magic Men Live, Bing Crosby Theater 9/14 Artist Trust Series, Part 1: Building a Business Model for Artistic Success, Spark Central 9/15 Vintage Halloween Open House, Two Women Vintage Goods
MUSIC
9/14 J Blitzen Trapper, Alyeska, The Bartlet 9/14 J Mac DeMarco, Knitting Factory 9/15 J Hank Williams Jr., the Cadillac Three, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 9/15 J Method Man, Knitting Factory
J Inlander recommends this event 9/15 J Romaro Franceswa, Jango, ExZac Change & Matisse, Mic Capes, The Bartlett 9/15 Insinuators, Indian Goat, Wayward West, The Observatory 9/16 Above and Beyond, Gorge Amphitheater 9/16 The Led Zeppelin Experience, Bing Crosby Theater 9/16 Wild Ones, The Bartlett 9/16 Wind Hotel, Deer, Mini Murders, The Observatory 9/17 J The Vibrators, Wasted Breath, Deadones USA, Scared of Bears, Skunktopus, The Pin! 9/18 Twiztid, Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Homey, Whitney Peyton, Knitting Factory 9/18 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Medical Lake Library 9/19 Auditorium Chamber Music Series: Music from the Palouse, U of Idaho Administration Building
THEATER
9/14-17 The Dumb Waiter, The Forge Theater 9/15-17 Ripcord, Ignite! Community Theatre 9/15-17 Sister Act, Lake City Playhouse 9/15-17 J Cyrano, Stage Left Theater 9/15-17 12 Angry Jurors, Pend Oreille Playhouse 9/15 CdA Murder Mystery Theatre: The Maui Murders, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center 9/16 Conversations of My Mothers, Hartung Theater 9/17 The Telling War, St. John’s Cathedral 9/17 J Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bing Crosby Theater
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9/14-20 J Life | Stories: Ric Gendron & Melissa Cole, The MAC (through Sept. 24) 9/14-20 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt (through Jan. 6) 9/14-20 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 9/14-20 Del Gish, Art Spirit Gallery (through Oct. 7)
9/14-20 J Stephen Glueckert: All Mixed Up, Prichard Art Gallery (through Oct. 21) 9/14-16 J New Works by Jenny Hyde & Katie Creyts, Saranac Art Projects (through Sept. 30) 9/14-20 Tony Dattilo: Saints, Savages and Sales, North Idaho College, Boswell Gallery (through Oct. 20) 9/14-20 Greetings from the Northwest, Downtown Spokane Library, Northwest Room 9/14-20 J Dreamscapes : Sketchy Memories – Ken Spiering, Spokane Art School (through Sept. 29) 9/14-20 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 9/14-20 J Squeak Meisel: The Immortals’ Exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth (through Nov. 3) 9/15 J Antinomy, Richmond Gallery 9/15 J Snapshot: Global Neighborhood Reception, Terrain 9/15 J The Line That Binds Us, POAC Gallery 9/19 J Artist in Residence: Makayla Miracle, North Spokane Library 9/20 J Landscapes: Joe Guarisco, Stan Miller, Seth Tane, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery (through Oct. 20)
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9/14 WSU Visiting Writer Series: Stephen Blackmoore, Washington State University, Pullman 9/14 J Reading + Signing: Jamie Ford, Auntie’s 9/15 Author Night: Jonathan Meuller, Well-Read Moose 9/15 Book Launch: Peter Brown Hoffmeister, Auntie’s 9/16 Plot Your Course, Montvale Event Center 9/16 Reading & Signing: David Jewett, Auntie’s 9/16 Author Talk: Linda Lael Miller, South Hill Library 9/17 J Resistance Salon Presents: Dominique Christina, Saranac Rooftop 9/17 Book Launch: DREADFUL : LUMINOSITY, Spark Central 9/19 J Think & Drink: The Divided Classroom, Magic Lantern Theatre
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9/21-24 J Z Nation: Behind the Camera (exhibit), The MAC (final week) 9/21 Rooted in Peace, Panida Theater 9/23 Guardians of the Galaxy, Indian Trail Library 9/24-25 J Studio Ghibli Fest: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Regal Cinemas 9/24 J Val Kilmer Live: Cinema Twain!, Spokane Comedy Club
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9/21-22 John Heffron, Spokane Comedy Club 9/22 J Once More With Feeling, Blue Door Theatre 9/23 Drew Lynch, Spokane Comedy Club 9/23 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 9/23 Stand-Up feat. Nathan Brannon, 219 Lounge 9/25 J Jay Mohr, Spokane Comedy Club
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
9/21 Adobe Creative Cloud: InDesign & Illustrator, Spokane Valley Library 9/22-24 J Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens Tours 9/22-24 J Southeast Spokane County Fair, Rockford 9/22-24 J Valleyfest, CenterPlace Event Center 9/22-23 Art in Bloom, Corbin Art Center 9/22-23 Mad Hatter Vintage Market, Five Mile Grange 9/22-23 Coeur d’Alene Oktoberfest, Downtown CdA 9/22-23 J Inland NW Craft Beer Fest, Avista Stadium 9/23 Ghost Hunt & Walk, Corbin Art Center 9/23 Artist Trust Series, Part 2: Branding & Marketing for Artists, Spark Central 9/23 Blues & Brews Festival, Steam Plant Square 9/23 Children’s Reniassance Faire, Manito Park 9/24 Spokane Preservation Advocates Penthouse Party, Paulsen Center 9/26 J Spokane’s Mid-Century Modern Legacy, Washington Cracker Co. Building
9/21 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, North Spokane Library 9/22 USAF Brass Quintet, Gonzaga University 9/22-23 J Opera Coeur d’Alene & Spokane Symphony Present: Carmen, The Fox 9/23 This is Me: Khloe Live, Kroc Center 9/23 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Argonne Library 9/23 History of Country Music, Newman Lake Grange 9/21 Kelly and Ellis, Luke Yates, Nick Canger, Bing Crosby Theater 9/21 Van Eps CD Release with Elephant Gun Riot, Trash Dogs, The Big Dipper 9/21 Joshua James, Covenhoven, The Bartlett 9/21 Turkuaz, Sinkane, Knitting Factory 9/22 J Death Valley Girls, Peru Resh, Indian Goat, Big Dipper 9/22 Lich King, Against the Grain, Hidden Intent, Alcohology, Crytikal Mass, The Pin! 9/22 Aaron Lewis, Knitting Factory 9/22 Jeff Crosby, The Bartlett 9/23 Washington Idaho Symphony: Brahms & Rachmaninoff, Pullman High School 9/23 Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Bing Crosby Theater 9/23 J Earth, Wind & Fire, INB Performing Arts Center 9/23 J Explosions in the Sky, Knitting Factory 9/23 Big Business, Dark White Light, The Big Dipper
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9/23 Jason Aldean with Chris Young, Kane Brown, DeeJay Silver, Spokane Arena 9/23 The Cave Singers, The Bartlett 9/24 J The Shins, Day Wave, Knitting Factory 9/24 ThePETEBOX, Emerge 9/24 George Winston, Cutter Theatre 9/24 J Spokane String Quartet, The Fox 9/25 Slaves, Secrets, Velafire, Of Truth, The Big Dipper 9/25 Stephen Kellogg, The Bartlett 9/26 I Prevail, We Came As Romans, The Word Alive, Escape the Fate, Knitting Factory 9/26 Northwest of Nashville, The Bartlett 9/26-27 Spokane Symphony Chamber Soiree, Davenport Hotel
THEATER
9/21-24 Sister Act, Lake City Playhouse 9/21 Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika, Kenworthy 9/22-23 The Miracle Worker, Regional Theatre of the Palouse (Pullman) 9/22-24 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Green Bluff Grange 9/22-24 Ripcord, Ignite! Community Theatre 9/22-24 J Cyrano, Stage Left Theater 9/22 J 71st Anniversary Gala: West Side Story, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/22-24 Academia Nuts, StageWest Theatre 9/22-24 J West Side Story, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/24-24 Wild Kratts - Live!, INB Performing Arts Center
VISUAL ARTS
9/21-24 J Life | Stories: Ric Gendron & Melissa Cole, The MAC (final week) 9/21-27 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 9/21-27 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum
9/21-27 J Dreamscapes : Sketchy Memories – Ken Spiering, Spokane Art School (final week) 9/21-27 J Stephen Glueckert: All Mixed Up, Prichard Art Gallery (through Oct. 21) 9/21-27 Del Gish, Art Spirit Gallery (through Oct. 7) 9/21-23 J New Works by Jenny Hyde & Katie Creyts, Saranac Art Projects (through 30) 9/21-27 J Two From Missoula: Beth Lo & Trey Hill, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery (final week) 9/21-27 J Landscapes: Joe Guarisco, Stan Miller, Seth Tane, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery (through Oct. 21) 9/21-24 Art From West Central Idaho, Dahmen Barn 9/21-27 Tony Dattilo: Saints, Savages and Sales, North Idaho College (through Oct. 20) 9/21-22 Mandala Sand Painting, Spokane Community College 9/21-27 J Squeak Meisel: The Immortals’ Exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery (through Nov. 3) 9/21 J Eye Contact, Washington Cracker Co. Building 9/22 Closing Reception: Loren Lukens, Trackside Studio 9/27 J Garric Simonsen, EWU Gallery of Art
WORDS
9/21 Reading: Ellen “Aloha” Williams + Steve Murphy, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/21 Pivot Story Slam: School Days, Spark Central 9/21 Reading: Rodney Frey, University of Idaho 9/21 Reading: Eowyn Ivey, BookPeople of Moscow 9/22 Reading: Eowyn Ivey, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/22 J SPR Presents: Tom Ashbrook, Bing Crosby Theater 9/23 The Great Gatsby: A Presentation on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Masterpiece, Shadle Library 9/23 J Reading: David Leonard, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/26 J Tarot Time: A Book Project with Elissa Ball, Spark Central 9/27 Book Launch: Joy Passanante, Moscow Public Library
J Inlander recommends this event
SEPTEMBER
28-OCT. 4
10/4 Zine-Making Workshop, Spark Central
COMEDY
9/28-10/1 Sam Morril, Spokane Comedy Club 9/28 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 9/29 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 9/29 No Clue, Blue Door Theatre 9/29 DUOs, Blue Door Theatre 9/30 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 9/30 Safari, Blue Door Theatre
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
9/28-30 J Greek Dinner Festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 9/28-10/4 WWI: The War to End All Wars, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum (through Nov. 30) 9/28 J YWCA Spokane 35th Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon, Davenport Grand Hotel 9/28 J Taproot Speaker Series: Vincas Greene, Spark Central 9/29 Drop in & Code for Kids, Spark Central 9/30-10/1 Pend Oreille Excursion Train Rides, Newport 9/30-10/4 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 9/30 J Restaurant Wars II, Avista Stadium 9/30 90s Bar Crawl, Downtown Spokane 10/1 J Autumn Historic Home Tour, Spokane 10/2 J Create Spokane Arts Month Kickoff, Spokane Tribal Gathering Place 10/3 J Book Launch + Signing: Major Margaret Witt, Auntie’s
FILM
9/28-10/1 Manhattan Short Film Festival, Panida 9/28 Lego Batman, East Side Library 9/28 J Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Kenworthy 9/28 Historical Romance Retreat Movie Night, Bing Crosby Theater 9/29 J Z Nation Premiere Event, Garland Theater 9/30 La La Land, South Hill Library 10/2 Reel Movie Mondays: Zombie Fest, The Kenworthy 10/2 J Monday Night Movies: Bending the Arc, Magic Lantern Theatre
MUSIC
9/28 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Spokane Valley Library 9/28 Dancing Plague, Newman, Paisley Devil, 80’s Kid, The Observatory 9/29 J George Winston, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 9/29 The Doors Experience, Creedence Revelation, Bing Crosby Theater 9/29 Buffalo Jones, Danny Newcomb and the Sugarmakers, The Big Dipper 9/29 City and Colour, David Bazan, Knitting Factory 9/29 The National Parks, RIVVRS, The Bartlett 9/29 J Scorpions, Megadeth, Spokane Arena 9/29 Sista Otis, Lucas Brown, Casey Ryan, The Observatory 9/30 Retrouvaille, Rusted Hand, Jacob Vanknowe,
City and Colour, otherwise known as musician Dallas Green, comes to Spokane on Oct. 29. ALYSSE GAFKJEN PHOTO
Serenity and Psychosis, Ceòl Roc, The Pin!. 9/30 Bringing Back the Funk feat. The Original Lakeside, The Bar-Kays, Coeur d’Alene Casino 9/30 Buckethead, Brain and Brewer, Bing Crosby Theater 9/30 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Otis Orchards Library 9/30 J Sarah Jarosz, Brother Roy, The Bartlett 10/1 Home Free, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/1 Music Faculty Recital, Whitworth University 10/2 MayDay!, The Late Ones, Diz Dean, The Kid, NWO, Manwitnoname, Virginia Slim, The Pin! 10/3 J The Slants, Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love, The Big Dipper 10/3 Vellamo Band, South Hill Library
THEATER
9/28-30 The Miracle Worker, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 9/28-10/1 Sister Act, Lake City Playhouse 9/28-10/1 J West Side Story, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/29-10/1 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Green Bluff Grange 9/29-10/1 Ripcord, Ignite! Community Theatre 9/29-10/1 Academia Nuts, StageWest Community
Theatre 9/30 72nd Season Mis-Cast Gala, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/3-4 J Best of Broadway: Something Rotten!, INB Performing Arts Center
VISUAL ARTS
9/28-29 J Dislocated Memories, Chase Gallery (final week) 9/28-10/4 Debbie McCulley: Food for Thought, New Moon Art Gallery (through Oct. 6) 9/28-30 J New Works by Jenny Hyde & Katie Creyts, Saranac Art Projects (final week) 9/28-10/4 Tony Dattilo: Saints, Savages & Sales, North Idaho College (through Oct. 20) 9/28-10/4 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 9/28-10/4 J Garric Simonsen, EWU Gallery of Art 9/28-29 J Dreamscapes : Sketchy Memories – Ken Spiering, Spokane Art School (final week) 9/30 J Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour 9/30 J Art on the Ave, Spokane International District. 10/1 Jennifer Stabler Holland: A Retrospective, Dahmen Barn (through Oct. 29) 10/2-4 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29)
November 17-18-19, 2017 41st Annual Christmas
2018 Spokane International Film Festival
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THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY
FEBRUARY 2 – 9, 2018 spokanefilmfestival.org
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FILM
OCTOBER
10/5 Fish & Wildlife Film Festival, The Kenworthy 10/6-7 J Dan Savage’s Hump! Film Festival, Garland Theater 10/9 J The Thing, Bing Crosby Theater 10/9 J Monday Night Movies: Unrest, Magic Lantern Theatre
5-11
MUSIC
COMEDY
10/5-7 Chad Daniels, Spokane Comedy Club 10/5 The Punderground: October, Boots 10/6 Nerve Damage, Blue Door Theatre 10/7 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 10/7 Improv!, Ignite! Community Theatre 10/7 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/7 Christopher Titus, Knitting Factory 10/8 Drink N Debate, Spokane Comedy Club
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
10/5-11 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius 10/5-8 Fall for History Festival, Downtown Wallace 10/6-8 Custer’s Fall Antique Sale, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 10/6-7 SWINGtoberfest, Spokane (locations vary) 10/6-8 J Fan Nexus, Spokane Convention Center 10/7-8 OktoberFest, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars 10/7-11 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 10/7 Family History Month: German Ancestry Research, Country Homes Christian Church 10/7 Dayton Historic Home Tours, Dayton, Wash. 10/7 Spokane ZombieCon, Bing Crosby Theater 10/11 Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop & Lightroom, Spokane Valley Library 10/11 J Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, Bing Crosby Theater
2017
10/5 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Airway Heights Library 10/5 J SPR Presents: Beausoleil with Michael Doucet, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/5 Black Tiger Sex Machine, Kai Wachi, Sullivan King, Lektrique, Knitting Factory 10/5 Landlady, Ian Chang, Von the Baptist, The Observatory 10/6 Basement Dwellers Tour feat. Barely Alive, Virtual Riot, Ayzim, DJ F3lon, Knitting Factory 10/6-7 Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Discover Europe, Kroc Center 10/6-7 J Grieves, deM atlaS, The Bartlett 10/7-8 J Humble Burger’s Modest Music Fest feat. Built to Spill, Finn Riggins, Marshall McLean and more, Humble Burger (Moscow) 10/7 Perfect by Tomorrow, ExZac Change, Matisse, The McGinnity Room 10/7 The Piano Guys, Spokane Arena 10/7 KPBX Kids’ Concert, River Park Square 10/7 Sangeetha Lahari, Unity Spiritual Center 10/7-8 Spokane Symphony Classics 2: Beethoven & Dvorak, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/8 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Cheney Library 10/8 Jazz Combo Concert, Whitworth University 10/9 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Moran Prairie Library 10/10 Peter Underhill Composition Recital, Whitworth
Spokane
Renaissance Faire October 7th & 8th
featuring
10/10 J Joe Bonamassa, INB Performing Arts Center 10/10 Northwest of New Orleans feat. Washboard Chaz, The Bartlett 10/10 Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Knitting Factory 10/11 Palehound, The Bartlett 10/11 Lee Greenwood, Crystal Gayle, Northern Quest
THEATER
10/5-8 Sister Act, Lake City Playhouse 10/5-7 J Best of Broadway: Something Rotten!, INB Performing Arts Center 10/5-8 J West Side Story, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/6-7 October Murder Mystery Comedy, Circle Moon Theater (Newport) 10/6-8 Constellations, Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre 10/6-8 Academia Nuts, StageWest Theatre 10/7-9 MET Live in HD: Norma, The Kenworthy 10/8 Many Maps One Voice, Woman’s Club of Spokane
VISUAL ARTS
10/6-7 J Terrain 10, downtown Spokane (TBA) 10/5-7 A Palette’s Journey to the Palouse, Bank Left Gallery (through Dec. 16) 10/5-11 Vandal Traditions, Third Street Gallery 10/5-11 J Stephen Glueckert: All Mixed Up, Prichard Art Gallery (through Oct. 21) 10/5-11 Cain Benson, Todd Benson, Karen Mobley, Stefani Rossi, Downtown Spokane Library 10/5-11 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 10/5-6 Debbie McCulley: Food for Thought, New Moon Art Gallery (final week) 10/5-11 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 10/5-11 J Landscapes: Joe Guarisco, Stan Miller, Seth Tane, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery (through Oct. 20) 10/5-11 Tony Dattilo: Saints, Savages and Sales, North Idaho College (through Oct. 20) 10/5-11 Greetings from the Northwest, Downtown
Spokane Library (through Oct. 31) 10/5-11 J Garric Simonsen, EWU Gallery of Art 10/5-7 Del Gish, Art Spirit Gallery (final week) 10/5-11 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show, The MAC (through Oct. 29) 10/5-11 J Squeak Meisel: The Immortals’ Exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery (through Nov. 3) 10/5-8 Jennifer Stabler Holland: A Retrospective, Dahmen Barn (through Oct. 29) 10/6 J First Friday, Spokane 10/6-11 Poetics of Longing: New Photographs by Julie Gautier-Downes, South Perry Pizza 10/6-10 J Archie Bray Resident Show, Kolva-Sullivan 10/6-11 Karen Kaiser: Crawl Space, Spokane Art School 10/6 J Virtual Reality First Friday, Spark Central 10/6 New Works from Spring/Summer Firings, Trackside Studio 10/6 Endless Horizons: Kim Wheaton’s East of the Cascades Paintings, Dodson’s Jewelers 10/7-8 J Artist in Residence: Karen Mobley, North Spokane Library 10/7 ART Festival, Origin Church 10/7 Meet & Peek: An Artist’s Open House, North Spokane Library
WORDS
10/6 J Signing: Nancy Engle, PhD, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/6 Strong Women of Early Idaho, Hayden Library 10/6 Reading + Signing: E.J. Averett, Auntie’s 10/7 Signing: Tiffani Harvey, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/7 The Inklings: Teen Writers’ Group, Spark Central 10/7 J Reading + Documentary: Diana Morita Cole, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/10 J Think & Drink: The Divided Library, Magic Lantern Theatre 10/11 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 10/11 J Individual World Poetry Slam, Spokane 10/11 J Reading: Anne Helen Petersen, Auntie’s
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OCTOBER
12-18
COMEDY
10/12 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 10/12-14 J Brad Upton, Spokane Comedy Club 10/14 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/15 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 10/15 Lonnie Bruhn, Spokane Comedy Club 10/16 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
10/12-18 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius 10/13 Beyond Pink Designer Bra Fashion Show, Spokane Convention Center 10/13 J Underwater Bubble Show, The Fox 10/14 J Blackbird Invitational, The Blackbird 10/14 KYRS Annual Silent Auction Gala, Hamilton Studio 10/17 Theresa Caputo Live!, INB Performing Arts Center
FILM
10/12 J Suds & Cinema: Zombieland, Garland Theater 10/14 The Girl on the Train, East Side Library 10/16 J Monday Night Movies: Motherland, Magic Lantern Theatre 10/17 J International Film Series: Elle, The Kenworthy 10/17 J Meet the Makers Film Screening, Magic Lantern Theatre 10/18 Rogue Elements, Bing Crosby Theater
MUSIC
10/12 Billy Ray Cyrus, Coeur d’Alene Casino 10/12 Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Flamingosis, The Hive 10/12 Bar Talk, Weep Wave, Boat Race Weekend, Baby Bar 10/12 Five Alarm Funk, Funky Unkle, Red Room Lounge 10/13 The Dustbowl Revival with Shakewell, Panida Theater 10/13 J Screaming Females, Street Eaters, Baby Bar 10/13 The Obsessed, Cobalt, Iron Tongue, The Pin! 10/13 J Gavin DeGraw, Knitting Factory 10/13 Pigs on the Wing: A Tribute to Pink Floyd, Bing Crosby Theater 10/14 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Fairfield Library 10/14 Brenn Hill in Concert, Dahmen Barn 10/14 J Rocky Votolato Living Room Show, Downtown Spokane (location TBA) 10/14 Sundae Crush, Señor Fin, The Bartlett 10/14 J Symphony Pops with Super Diamond, The Fox 10/14 Hick, Salve, Bruce Hormann, Local Pavlov, Baby Bar 10/14 Concert Band & Jazz II Concert, Whitworth 10/15 Whitworth Wind Symphony Recital, St. Luke Lutheran Church 10/15 Rhythms of Controversy: Songs from the Vietnam War Era, Deer Park Library 10/15 A Night With Janis Joplin, INB PAC 10/15 Women Composers Concert, Whitworth 10/16 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra with Lynn Harrell, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. 10/17 Spirit Awake: Salute to the Heartland, Panida
THEATER
10/12 J Living Voices: “The New American”, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU 10/12-15 J West Side Story, Spokane Civic Theatre
See the MET’s rendition of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) at Moscow’s Kenworthy theater on Oct. 14 and 16.
10/13-14 October Murder Mystery Comedy, Circle Moon Theater (Newport) 10/13-14 The Lethal Lecture, Cutter Theatre 10/13-15 Roof, University of Idaho Hartung Theater 10/13-15 Good Neighbors, Pend Oreille Playhouse 10/13-15 J Schoolhouse Rock Live! A Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/13-15 Psycho Beach Party, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/14&16 J The Met Live in HD: Die Zauberflöte, Kenworthy 10/14 Living Voices: “Klondike: The Last Adventure,” Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU 10/14 J Mowgli: The Jungle Book Ballet, INB PAC
Tane, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery (through Oct. 20) 10/12-18 Tony Dattilo: Saints, Savages and Sales, NIC 10/12-18 Greetings from the Northwest, Downtown Spokane Library Northwest Room 10/12-18 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum 10/12-18 J Garric Simonsen, EWU Gallery of Art 10/12-18 Spokane Watercolor Society, The MAC 10/12-18 J Squeak Meisel: The Immortals’ Exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery (through Nov. 3) 10/12-18 Karen Kaiser: Crawl Space, Spokane Art School (through Oct. 27) 10/13-18 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery
VISUAL ARTS
WORDS
10/12-18 J Stephen Glueckert: All Mixed Up, Prichard Art Gallery (through Oct. 21) 10/12-18 J Archie Bray Resident Show, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery (through Oct. 27) 10/12-18 Cain Benson, Todd Benson, Karen Mobley, Stefani Rossi, Downtown Spokane Library 10/12-18 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 10/12-18 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 10/12-18 J Landscapes: Joe Guarisco, Stan Miller, Seth
10/12-14 J Individual World Poetry Slam, Downtown Spokane 10/14 J Spokane Writers Conference, North Spokane Library 10/14 J Spokane Zine Fest, The Bartlett 10/14 J Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, Bing Crosby Theater 10/15 Palouse Country Cowboy Poets, Dahmen Barn 10/17 River Poetry Walk, Spark Central 10/18 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito
2017
Friday, November 10, 2017 6:00 p.m. to Midnight Spokane Convention Center
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FILM
OCTOBER
10/19 Rock Dog, South Hill Library 10/22 Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches, Bing Crosby Theater 10/23 J Monday Night Movies: Swim Team, Magic Lantern Theatre
19-25
MUSIC
COMEDY
10/19 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito (weekly) 10/19 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar (weekly) 10/19 Brandon T. Jackson, Spokane Comedy Club 10/20-21 Preacher Lawson, Spokane Comedy Club 10/21 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/22 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler (weekly) 10/22 Eric Schwartz, Spokane Comedy Club 10/23 Comedy Open Mic, Garland Drinkery (weekly) 10/25 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club (weekly) 10/25 Ray William Johnson, Spokane Comedy Club
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
10/19-21 International Conference on Hate Studies, Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center 10/19-22 American Conference for Irish Studies, Davenport Hotel 10/19-25 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius Science Center (through Nov. 26) 10/19-25 WWI: The War to End All Wars, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum (through Nov. 30) 10/19 Spokane Mayor’s Urban Design Awards, Saranac Commons 10/20-22 Washington State Quilters Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 10/21-25 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, The MAC (through May 2018)
10/19 Famous Dex, Knitting Factory 10/20 Hollywood Undead, Butcher Babies, Knitting Factory 10/20-21 Spirit Awake: Salute to the Heartland, Trinity Lutheran Church 10/21 Recital for Cello & Piano, Gonzaga University. 10/21 Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weapons, B-Radicals, Red Room Lounge 10/21 Meaux Green, Levitate, AMF, Doozy and Dee Jay Soup, Knitting Factory 10/21 Griz, The Hive 10/21 Whiskey Shivers, The Bartlett 10/21-22 J Spokane Symphony Classics 3: Tales of Tragedy, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/22 J Naughty by Nature, Tone Lōc, Northern Quest 10/22 Faculty Composers Concert, Whitworth 10/22 Yelawolf, Knitting Factory 10/23 J Agent Orange, Flatfoot 56, Get Dead, Snakes/ Sermons, The Pin! 10/24 J Mastodon, Eagles of Death Metal, Russian Circles, Knitting Factory 10/24 Rittz, Sam Lachow, Eric Biddines, The Pin! 10/24 Penny and Sparrow, Lowland Hum, The Bartlett 10/25 J Lyrics Born, Red Room Lounge 10/25 Secondhand Serenade, He is We, Ronnie Winter, Joshua Belliardo, The Pin! 10/25 A Giant Dog, Itchy Kitty, The Bartlett 10/25 Too Broke to Rock feat. Greta Van Fleet, Stone Horses + more, Knitting Factory
THEATER
10/19-22 Roof, University of Idaho Hartung Theater 10/19-22 Psycho Beach Party, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/20-21 October Murder Mystery Comedy, Circle Moon Theater (Newport) 10/20-22 The Lethal Lecture, Cutter Theatre 10/20-22 J Schoolhouse Rock Live! A Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/20-22 J Back of the Throat, Stage Left Theater
VISUAL ARTS
10/19-21 J Stephen Glueckert: All Mixed Up, Prichard Art Gallery (final week) 10/19-25 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery (through Nov. 4) 10/19-25 Cain Benson, Todd Benson, Karen Mobley, Stefani Rossi, Downtown Spokane Library (through Oct. 31) 10/19-25 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 10/19-25 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 10/19-20 J Landscapes: Joe Guarisco, Stan Miller, Seth Tane, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery (final week) 10/19-20 Tony Dattilo: Saints, Savages and Sales, North Idaho College (final week) 10/19-25 Poetics of Longing: New Photographs by Julie Gautier-Downes, South Perry Pizza (through Oct. 31) 10/19-25 Greetings from the Northwest, Downtown Spokane Library, Northwest Room (through Oct. 31) 10/19-25 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 10/19-25 J Garric Simonsen, EWU Gallery of Art (through Oct. 26; final week) 10/19-25 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show, The MAC (through Oct. 29)
10/19-25 J Squeak Meisel: The Immortals’ Exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery (through Nov. 3) 10/19-25 Karen Kaiser: Crawl Space, Spokane Art School (through Oct. 27) 10/19-22 Jennifer Stabler Holland: A Retrospective, Dahmen Barn (through Oct. 29) 10/20-24 J Archie Bray Resident Show, KolvaSullivan Gallery (through Oct. 27) 10/20-22 Handwoven Textiles Show and Sale, Spokane Handweavers’ Guild Hall 10/20 J Monster Drawing Rally, Montvale Event Center 10/21 J Artist in Residence: Karen Mobley, North Spokane Library 10/21-25 Marianna de Lorenzo: Lights, Camera, Action!, New Moon Art Gallery 10/25 J Bob Ross’ Birthday Party, KSPS Public TV
WORDS
10/19 J Washington at War: The Evergreen State in WWI, Gonzaga University 10/19 Reading: E.J. Koh, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/20 Reading: Jaclyn Watterson + Michael Shou-Yung Shum, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/20 J The Alchemous Beasts Tour: Spokane — Maya Zeller Book Launch, The Bartlett 10/21 TEDxSpokane 2017, Bing Crosby Theater 10/21 J Reading: Chelsea Martin, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/23 Poetry Reading: Moya Cannon, Washington State University 10/25 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 10/25 J An Evening With Angela Davis, Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center
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OCTOBER
26-NOV. 1
COMEDY
10/26 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito (weekly) 10/26-28 J Anthony Jeselnik, Spokane Comedy Club 10/27 DUOs, Blue Door Theatre 10/28 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 10/28 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/29 The Dope Show, Spokane Comedy Club
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
10/26-11/1 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius Science Center (through Nov. 26) 10/26-11/1 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, The MAC 10/26 Cultural Traditions Community Meeting, Neill Public Library (Pullman) 10/26 Taproot Speaker Series: Ildikó Kalapács, Spark Central 10/26-29 J Disney on Ice, Spokane Arena 10/27 J Cultural Traditions Community Meeting, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/27-29 J Spokane Oktoberfest, CenterPlace Regional Event Center 10/27-31 SpookWalk, Browne’s Tavern 10/28-29 Artist Trust Workshop: Build Your Artist Website, Spark Central 10/28 Ghost Ball: A Halloween Charity Event, Riverside Place 10/28 Idaho Dance Community Concert, U of Idaho Hartung Theater
FILM
10/27-28 J Rocky Horror Picture Show, Garland 10/28 Warren Miller’s Line of Descent, Bing Crosby Theater 10/28 Beetlejuice, South Hill Library 10/28 Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Hillyard Library 10/29-30 J Studio Ghibli Fest: Spirited Away, Regal Cinemas 10/30 J Monday Night Movies: Waiting Room, Magic Lantern Theatre
MUSIC
10/26 J The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bing Crosby Theater 10/27 Brad Richter and Viktor Uzur, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center 10/27 Needtobreathe, The Brummies, Knitting Factory 10/27 Vince Neil, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 10/28 Vale of Pnath, First Fragment, Virvum, Aethereus, Odyssian, The Pin! 10/28 In This Moment, Of Mice and Men, Avatar, Knitting Factory 10/28 Sir Mix-a-Lot and Mr. B, The Hive 10/28 Unstrung: A Musical Celebration, Argonne Library 10/28 J Washington Idaho Symphony, WSU Pullman 10/29 J Spokane String Quartet, The Fox 10/29 Collapsing Stars, Hotel RL at the Park 10/30 13 Nails Rock ‘n’ Roll Horror Show, The Pin!
Disney on Ice will mesmerize young audiences during its Spokane run, Oct. 26-29.
10/31 J Silversun Pickups, Minus the Bear, Knitting Factory 10/31 Three Commons, Itchy Kitty, Isaac Rother and the Phantoms, The Big Dipper 10/31 David Ramirez, Molly Parden, The Bartlett 11/1 Brother Ali, Sa-Roc, Last Word, Sol Messiah, The Bartlett 11/1 Las Migas, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU
THEATER
10/26 NT Live: Twelfth Night, The Kenworthy 10/26-29 Psycho Beach Party, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/27-29 J The Bat, Ignite! Community Theatre 10/27-29 Wait Until Dark, Lake City Playhouse 10/27-29 J Schoolhouse Rock Live! A Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/27-29 J Back of the Throat, Stage Left Theater 10/27 I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/28 Murder Mystery Dinner, Bank Left Gallery
VISUAL ARTS
10/26 J Archie Bray Resident Show, Kolva-Sullivan (final week) 10/26-11/1 Marianna de Lorenzo: Lights, Camera,
Action!, New Moon Art Gallery 10/26-11/1 Tribute to Chris Sublett, SFCC Gallery 10/26-31 J Greetings from the Northwest, Downtown Spokane Library (final week) 10/26 J Garric Simonsen, EWU Gallery of Art 10/26-29 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show, The MAC (final week) 10/27 Artists of the Year: Dialogue, POAC Gallery 10/31 Spokane Artist Trading Card Swap, Lindaman’s 11/1 J Jeff Ferguson: Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest, South Hill Library
WORDS
10/26 Inland NW Milestones: Kirtland Cutter, Coeur d’Alene Public Library 10/26 J Pie & Whiskey Book Release Party, Terrain 10/27 J Bedtime Stories Spokane, Spokane Club 10/28 Book Signing: The Broken Lance, Barnes & Noble 10/28 J Reading: YA Author John Green + Hank Green, Lewis and Clark High School 10/30 J Performance + Book Release: Tarot Time, Spark Central 11/1 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/1 J Writing in the Margins: Transforming the Stories We Tell about Race, Downtown Spokane Library
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NOVEMBER
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COMEDY
11/2-4 J Greg Fitzsimmons, Spokane Comedy Club 11/3 J Seth Meyers, Beasley Coliseum 11/3 Nerve Damage, Blue Door Theatre 11/4 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 11/4 Improv!, Ignite! Community Theatre. 11/4 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/5 Drink N Debate, Spokane Comedy Club
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
11/2-8 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius 11/2-8 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, The MAC 11/2 J Day of the Dead Fiesta, Emerge 11/2-5 Faculty Choreography Concert, University of Idaho Hartung Theater 11/2 J KSPS + EWU Forum: The Legacy of the Vietnam War, Eastern Washington University 11/4 Georgetown Memory Project, Downtown Library 11/4 Mobius Annual Gala 2017, Mobius Science Center 11/4 J Spokane Arts Awards, The McGinnity Room
FILM
11/3-4 Sandpoint Film Festival, Panida Theater 11/4 Wonder Woman (2017), Hillyard Library 11/4 Churchill (2017), Indian Trail Library
MUSIC
11/2 J Deer Tick, The Bartlett
11/2 The Kitchen Dwellers, Horseshoes and Handgrenades, Panida Theater 11/3 Jazz Clinic with Ellis Marsalis, Whitworth University 11/3 J The Courtneys, Versing, The Bartlett 11/3 Deviance, Straight to Our Enemies, Ghost Heart, Guardian, The Big Dipper 11/4 Holy Names Music Center Performathon, River Park Square 11/4 J Salish School of Spokane: Songs + Stories, South Hill Library 11/4 Jazz Concert with Ellis Marsalis, Whitworth 11/4 Nothing More, As Lions, My Ticket Home, Hell or Highwater, Knitting Factory 11/4 The Weather Station, James Elkington, The Bartlett 11/4-5 J Overtures & Arias and the American Songbook with Thomas Hampson, The Fox 11/5 Nahko, 1000 Fuegos, Christina Holmes, Knitting Factory 11/5 Whitworth Symphony Orchestra, St. Luke Lutheran 11/6 Collapsing Stars, Hotel RL by Red Lion at the Park 11/7 J Auditorium Chamber Music Series: Quartetto Gelato, U of Idaho Administration Building 11/8 NE-HI, The Bartlett
THEATER
11/2-5 Wait Until Dark, Lake City Playhouse 11/2-5 Tick, Tick... BOOM!, Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre 11/2-8 A Christmas Story: The Musical, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 11/2-5 J Psycho Beach Party, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/3-5 Goin’ for the Gold, Settlin’ for the Silver, Sixth Street Theater (Wallace) 11/3 CYT Spokane: A Christmas Carol, The Musical, Bing Crosby Theater 11/3-8 CYT North Idaho: Annie, Kroc Center 11/3 Shopkins Live!, INB Performing Arts Center 11/3-4 Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau, Heartwood Center (Sandpoint)
Greg Fitzsimmons brings the laughs to Spokane Comedy Club, Nov. 2-4.
11/3-4 Romeo & Juliet: A Concert Reading, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/3-5 J Back of the Throat, Stage Left Theater 11/8 J Great Russian Nutcracker, INB PAC
VISUAL ARTS
11/2-8 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 11/2-8 Tribute to Chris Sublett, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/2-8 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 11/2-8 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum 11/2-3 Marianna de Lorenzo: Lights, Camera, Action!, New Moon Art Gallery 11/2-8 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/2-4 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 11/2-4 A Palette’s Journey to the Palouse, Bank Left 11/2-3 J Squeak Meisel: The Immortals’ Exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth (final week) 11/2-5 Palouse Watercolor Socius Fall Exhibit, Dahmen Barn (through Nov. 26) 11/2-8 J Jeff Ferguson: Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest, South Hill Library 11/2 Moscow First Thursday, Moscow
11/3 J First Friday, Downtown Spokane 11/3-7 Kay O’Rourke: The Yin and Yang, Kolva-Sullivan 11/3-8 Robert Charloe, Shadle Library 11/3 J Virtual Reality First Friday, Spark Central 11/4 A Holiday Endeavor Open House, Bank Left 11/5 J Artist in Residence: MiLinda Smith, North Spokane Library 11/8 J. Casey Doyle, EWU Gallery of Art
WORDS
11/2 J Pivot: Promises, Washington Cracker Co. 11/4 The Value of the Humanities, North Idaho College 11/4 J SCLD 75th Anniversary & Anthology Release Party, North Spokane Library 11/5 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 11/6 J Everybody Reads: S.M. Hulse, Dahmen Barn + Neill Public Library (Pullman) 11/7 J Everybody Reads: S.M. Hulse, Colfax Library + 1912 Center (Moscow) 11/8 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/8 Coming Home: How the Humanities Helps Soldiers Find Meaning After War, Spokane Community College 11/8 Reading: Gordon S. Jackson, Auntie’s Bookstore
NOVEMBER 3RD-12TH Bing Crosby Theater
Tickets available at: CYTSPOKANE.COM Free family fun all day! Dance•Music•Workshops•Jam Sessions•Craft Sales•Childrenʼs Activities
7 stages • 125 performers
Folk, Bluegrass, Old-time Celtic, Hawaiian, Blues, Scottish,Middle Eastern, Japanese, Native American, African
November 11th and 12th , 2017 Saturday 11am to 10pm Sunday 11am to 5pm
Spokane Community College Lair Student Center –1810 N. Greene Street
For more information call 828-3683 --www.spokanefolkfestival.org
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SATURDAY NOV 11TH 3:00PM & 7:00PM SUNDAY NOV 12TH 3:00PM
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NOVEMBER
9-15
COMEDY
11/9 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito (weekly) 11/9-11 J Dan Cummins, Spokane Comedy Club 11/9 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar (weekly) 11/10 Stand-Up, Red Dragon Chinese (weekly) 11/10 Before it’s in Theatres, Blue Door Theatre 11/11 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/12 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 11/13 Comedy Open Mic, Garland Drinkery (weekly) 11/13 Open Mic Comedy, The Jackson St. (weekly) 11/14 The Punderground: After Dark, The Observatory 11/15 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club (weekly)
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
11/9 Wishes & Wine, Barrister Winery 11/9-15 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius Science Center (through Nov. 26) 11/9-15 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, The MAC 11/9-15 WWI: The War to End All Wars, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum (through Nov. 30) 11/9 Thursday Evening Swing, Woman’s Club of Spokane (weekly) 11/10 Epicurean Delight, Spokane Convention Center 11/11-12 J Spokane Fall Folk Festival, Spokane Community College 11/11-15 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 11/11 Christmas Faire & Bazaar, St. John’s Cathedral 11/12 Champions of Magic, Northern Quest Resort
FILM
11/10 Boss Baby, South Hill Library 11/13 J Monday Night Movies: Genius of Marian, Magic Lantern Theatre 11/14 International Film Series: City of Ghosts, Kenworthy 11/15 J 13th Documentary Screening + Discussion, Moran Prairie Library
MUSIC
11/9 Cardinal Vocal Jazz & Jazz Band, NIC 11/9 Andy Hackbarth, Panida Theater 11/9 J Trevor Hall, East Forest, Knitting Factory 11/9 Dead Horses, The Bartlett 11/10 In My Life: A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/10 J Third Eye Blind, Knitting Factory 11/10 Hirie, Nattali Rize, The Big Dipper 11/10 The Co Founder, Griffey, The Observatory 11/11 J Symphony Pops with the Mambo Kings, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/11 Theory of a Deadman, Knitting Factory 11/11 Walker Lukens, The Bartlett 11/12 Within the Ruins, Enterprise Earth, Aversions Crown, Currents, The Pin! 11/13 Suicide Silence, Upon a Burning Body, The Pin! 11/12 Chamber Recital for Cello, Violin & Piano, Gonzaga 11/12 Wind Symphony Concert, Whitworth University 11/15 Silverstein, Seaway, Creeper, Cedar Green, Pin! 11/15 Gathering of the Bands, North Idaho College
THEATER
11/9-12 Wait Until Dark, Lake City Playhouse 11/9-12 Tick, Tick... BOOM!, Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre 11/9-12 CYT North Idaho: Annie, Kroc Center 11/9-12 J Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, Spartan Theater at SFCC 11/9-12 A Christmas Story: The Musical, Regional
Singer/songwriter Trevor Hall hits the Knit on Nov. 9.
Theatre of the Palouse 11/10-12 Goin’ for the Gold, Settlin’ for the Silver, Sixth Street Theater (Wallace) 11/10-12 12 Angry Jurors, Ignite! Community Theatre. 11/10-12 J Heathers: The Musical, EWU 11/10-12 The Butler Did It, Pend Oreille Playhouse. 11/10 Playwrights Playground Playwright Festival, Stage Left Theater 11/14 J Literature to Life: Fahrenheit 451, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU 11/14 Tuesdays With Morrie, INB PAC
VISUAL ARTS
11/9-15 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 11/9-15 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/9-15 J. Casey Doyle, EWU Gallery of Art (through Jan. 11) 11/9-15 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/9-15 Vandal Traditions, Third Street Gallery (through Nov. 24) 11/9-11 A Palette’s Journey to the Palouse, Bank Left
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11/9-15 J Kay O’Rourke: The Yin and Yang, KolvaSullivan 11/9-15 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 11/9-15 Tribute to Chris Sublett, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/9-12 Palouse Watercolor Socius, Dahmen Barn 11/9-15 J Jeff Ferguson: Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest, South Hill Library 11/9-15 Robert Charloe, Shadle Library 11/10 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 11/10-15 Sheila Evans and Elaine Green, Art Spirit 11/10 J Ornament & Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 11/12 J Artist in Residence: MiLinda Smith, North Spokane Library 11/14-15 Visiting Artist Series: Jeff Colson, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/14-15 James Bailey: Turmoil, North Idaho College
WORDS
11/9 J Spokane is Reading feat. Wiley Cash, Downtown Spokane Library 11/13 J Reading: Reza Aslan, Bing Crosby Theater 11/15 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/15 SPR Presents: Anne Garrels, Bing Crosby Theater
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11/18-22 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 11/18 Craft Show, Jefferson Elementary 11/18 J Panida 90th Birthday Gala, Panida Theater 11/20 Monday Night Dance, Corbin Senior Center
NOVEMBER
16-22
FILM
COMEDY
11/16 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito (weekly) 11/16-18 Rebecca Corry, Spokane Comedy Club 11/16 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar (weekly) 11/17 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/17 Before it’s in Theatres, Blue Door Theatre 11/18 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/19 J Stand Up for Pits, Spokane Comedy Club 11/19 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar (weekly) 11/20 Comedy Open Mic, Garland Drinkery (weekly) 11/20 Open Mic Comedy, The Jackson St. (weekly) 11/20 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar and Lounge (monthly) 11/20 Monday Night Comedy, Etsi Bravo (weekly) 11/22 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club (weekly)
COMMUNITY
11/16-22 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius Science Center (through Nov. 26) 11/16-22 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/16-22 WWI: The War to End All Wars, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum (through Nov. 30) 11/16 Thursday Evening Swing, Woman’s Club of Spokane 11/17-19 Custer’s Christmas Arts & Crafts Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center
11/17-19 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bing Crosby Theater 11/18 J 13th Documentary Screening + Discussion, Cheney Library 11/18 Wonder Woman (2017), East Side Library 11/20 J Monday Night Movies: Private Violence, Magic Lantern Theatre
MUSIC
11/16 Gathering of the Bands, North Idaho College 11/16 Travis Tritt, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 11/16 Jazz Combo Concert II, Whitworth University 11/17 Music Composition Forum, Whitworth University 11/17 EWU Jazz Dialogue Festival feat. The Pedro Martinez Group, New York Voices, The Fox 11/17 Walking Corpse Syndrome, Thunder Knife, Pin! 11/17 Our Lady Peace, SMSHNG HRTS, Knitting Factory 11/18 KPBX Kids’ Concert: Hot Club of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College 11/18 Symphony Orchestra, Whitworth University 11/18 J Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, INB Performing Arts Center 11/19 Open Studio and Student Recital, Holy Names Music Center 11/19 Trombone Recital: Madison Artis, Whitworth University 11/19 Spokane Youth Symphony: Joy That Inspires, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/19 Winter Jam feat. Lecrae, Mac Powell, Andy Mineo, Family Force 5, NewSong, Moriah Peters and more, Spokane Arena
Catch a screening and discussion of the powerful documentary 13th at the Cheney Library on Nov. 18.
THEATER
11/16-18 J Heathers: The Musical, Eastern Washington University 11/16-19 J Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, Spartan Theater at SFCC 11/16 NT Live Presents: Obsession, The Kenworthy 11/17-19 Goin’ for the Gold, Settlin’ for the Silver, Sixth Street Theater (Wallace) 11/17-19 12 Angry Jurors, Ignite! Community Theatre 11/17-19 The Butler Did It, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/17-19 J A Christmas Story, The Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/18-20 MET Live: Exterminating Angel, Kenworthy
VISUAL ARTS
11/16-17 J Comtemporary Women Printmakers, Museum of Art/WSU (through Nov. 22) 11/16-22 Tribute to Chris Sublett, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/16-22 James Bailey: Turmoil, North Idaho College 11/16-22 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum 11/16-22 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/16-22 Sheila Evans & Elaine Green, Art Spirit Gallery
11/16-22 J. Casey Doyle, EWU Gallery of Art 11/16-22 Vandal Traditions, Third Street Gallery 11/16-22 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 11/16 Visiting Artist Series: Jeff Colson, SFCC Gallery 11/16-19 Palouse Watercolor Socius Fall Exhibit, Dahmen Barn (through Nov. 26) 11/16-22 J Jeff Ferguson: Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest, South Hill Library 11/16-22 Robert Charloe, Shadle Library 11/17-21 J Kay O’Rourke: The Yin and Yang, KolvaSullivan Gallery 11/18-22 Holiday Gifts Show, New Moon Art Gallery 11/18 Holiday Gift Gala, Dahmen Barn 11/19 J Artist in Residence: MiLinda Smith, North Spokane Library
WORDS
11/16 Reading: Brian Blanchfield, BookPeople of Moscow 11/18 Reading: Janet Collins + Candace Wellman, Auntie’s Bookstore. 11/22 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito
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NOVEMBER
23-29
COMEDY
11/24 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese (weekly)
11/24-25 Tyler Boeh, Spokane Comedy Club 11/24 Before it’s in Theatres, Blue Door Theatre 11/24 DUOs, Blue Door Theatre 11/25 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre (weekly) 11/25 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/26 The Dope Show, Spokane Comedy Club 11/26 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar (weekly) 11/27 Comedy Open Mic, Garland Drinkery (weekly) 11/27 Open Mic Comedy, The Jackson St. (weekly) 11/27 Monday Night Comedy, Etsi Bravo (weekly) 11/29 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club (weekly)
COMMUNITY
11/23-26 J Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Mobius Science Center (final week) 11/23-29 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/23-29 WWI: The War to End All Wars, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum (final week) 11/24 Holiday Lights Show + Journey to the North Pole, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 11/24 Drop in & Code for Kids, Spark Central 11/25-29 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 11/27-29 The Price is Right Live, Northern Quest Resort
FILM
11/24 Despicable Me 3, South Hill Library 11/25 Wonder Woman (2017), South Hill Library 11/25 United by Water, Shadle Library 11/26-27 J Studio Ghibli Fest: Howl’s Moving Castle, Regal Cinemas (Northtown + Riverstone) 11/27 Makwa Jiimaan (Bear Canoe), South Hill Library 11/27 J Monday Night Movies: Revolutionary Optimists, Magic Lantern Theatre 11/28 J 13th Documentary Screening + Discussion, Argonne Library
MUSIC
11/24 J Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, Spokane Arena 11/28 Voice Area Recital, Whitworth University 11/28 J A Perfect Circle, The Beta Machine, Spokane Arena 11/29 Jai Wolf, Elohim, Knitting Factory 11/29 String Area Recital, Whitworth University
THEATER
11/23-26 J A Christmas Story, The Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/24-26 12 Angry Jurors, Ignite! Community Theatre 11/24-26 Annie, Spokane Children’s Theatre 11/24-26 J Christmas With a Twist, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 11/25 The Forgotten Carols, INB Performing Arts Center 11/29 This Whitworth Life: Whitworth’s Untold Stories, Whitworth Hixson Union Building
VISUAL ARTS
11/23-29 James Bailey: Turmoil, North Idaho College 11/23-29 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/23-29 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century,
Come on down for The Price is Right Live at Northern Quest, Nov. 27-29.
Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/23-25 Sheila Evans and Elaine Green, Art Spirit Gallery (final week) 11/23-29 J. Casey Doyle, EWU Gallery of Art 11/23-25 A Palette’s Journey to the Palouse, Bank Left Gallery (through Dec. 16) 11/23-24 Vandal Traditions, Third Street Gallery 11/23-25 J Kay O’Rourke: The Yin and Yang, KolvaSullivan Gallery (final week) 11/23-29 Holiday Gifts Show, New Moon Art Gallery.
11/23-29 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 11/23-29 Tribute to Chris Sublett, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery (final week) 11/23-26 Palouse Watercolor Socius Fall Exhibit, Dahmen Barn (final week) 11/23-29 J Jeff Ferguson: Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest, South Hill Library 11/23-29 Robert Charloe, Shadle Library 11/28 Spokane Artist Trading Card Swap, Lindaman’s 11/29 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central
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COMEDY
11/30 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/30-12/2 Ian Bagg, Spokane Comedy Club 11/30 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 12/1 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 12/1-2 J Boone Street Hooligans, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre 12/1 Before it’s in Theatres, Blue Door Theatre 12/1 Nerve Damage, Blue Door Theatre 12/2 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 12/2 Improv!, Ignite! Community Theatre. 12/2 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/3 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 12/3 Pauly Shore, Spokane Comedy Club 12/4 Open Mic Comedy, The Jackson St. 12/4 Monday Night Comedy, Etsi Bravo 12/6 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club
12/6 PJ Masks Live! Time To Be A Hero, Bing Crosby Theater
Rent comes to Spokane as part of its 20th Anniversary tour, Nov. 30-Dec. 3.
MUSIC
11/30 Aaron Watson, Jon Wolfe, Knitting Factory 11/30 J SCLD 75th Anniversary Concert feat. Hot Club of Spokane, Spokane Valley Library 11/30-12/3 J Spokane Symphony: The Nutcracker Ballet, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/30 Cardinal Chamber Orchestra, North Idaho College 12/1-2 Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Holiday Pops, Kroc Center 12/2 Kori Ailene, LeftBank Wine Bar 12/2 J Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Bing Crosby Theater 12/3 Eugene Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Panida Theater 12/3 J The Tenors’ Christmas Together Tour, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 12/4 J Foo Fighters, Spokane Arena 12/4 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra with Itamar Zorman, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/4 Chamber Ensemble Concert, Whitworth University 12/5 Choral Holiday with Hubbardston Nonesuch, South Hill Library 12/5 Michale Graves of The Misfits, Zaq Flanary, Lust for Glory, TWELVEgaugeSAINTS + more, The Pin! 12/6 Jeff Austin Band, The Bartlett
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
11/30-12/6 J Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/30 WWI: The War to End All Wars, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum (final week) 12/1-2 Deck the Falls, Cutter Theatre 12/1-2 St. John’s Cathedral Tours 12/1-3 Holiday Open House, Dahmen Barn 12/2-6 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 12/3 Boundless Winter Showcase, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre.
THEATER
11/30 J Best of Broadway: Rent 20th Anniversary
11/30-12/6 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 29) 11/30 Tribute to Chris Sublett, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/30-12/6 James Bailey: Turmoil, North Idaho College 11/30 J Jeff Ferguson: Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest, South Hill Library 11/30 Robert Charloe, Shadle Library 12/1 J First Friday, Spokane 12/1-6 19th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery (through Jan. 6) 12/1-5 J Megan Martens-Haworth, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery (through Dec. 29) 12/1 J Virtual Reality First Friday, Spark Central 12/1 Fourth Annual “Cup of Joy,” Trackside Studio 12/2 Artist in Residence: Tom Quinn, North Spokane Library 12/2 J Holiday Artist Studio Tour, The MAC 12/2 A Handmade Christmas, Bank Left Gallery
Tour, INB Performing Arts Center 11/30-12/3 J Christmas With a Twist, The CdA Resort 11/30-12/3 J A Christmas Story, The Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/1-5 Northwoods Christmas Chorale, Circle Moon Theater (Newport) 12/1 J A Doll’s House, Lake City Playhouse 12/1-3 A Child’s Christmas in Wales, University of Idaho Hartung Theater 12/1-3 Annie, Spokane Children’s Theatre 12/1-3 A Christmas Carol, StageWest Theatre 12/1-3 Galileo, Stage Left Theater 12/2-3 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/5-6 Wizard of Oz, INB Performing Arts Center
VISUAL ARTS
11/30-12/6 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum 11/30-12/6 J. Casey Doyle, EWU Gallery of Art 11/30-12/6 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 11/30-12/1 Holiday Gifts Show, New Moon Art Gallery 11/30-12/1 A Palette’s Journey to the Palouse, Bank Left Gallery (through Dec. 16)
WORDS
11/30 Inland NW Milestones: History of Skiing in North Idaho, Coeur d’Alene Public Library 12/2 The Inklings: Teen Writers’ Group, Spark Central 12/3 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 12/6 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito
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A cherished holiday event delighting children of all ages in our historic theater. E.T.A. Hoffman’s story of Clara and the Nutcracker prince is performed by the Santa Barbara-based State Street Ballet and more than 75 local dancers. Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score is experienced live with the Spokane Symphony. Dress up the little ones for a magical holiday treat.
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COMEDY
12/7-28 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito (weekly) 12/7-9 Andy Hendrickson, Spokane Comedy Club 12/7-28 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar (weekly) 12/8-29 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 12/9-30 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/10 Drink N Debate, Spokane Comedy Club 12/10-31 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 12/11-25 Comedy Open Mic, Garland Drinkery (weekly) 12/11-25 Open Mic Comedy, The Jackson St. (weekly) 12/11-25 Monday Night Comedy, Etsi Bravo (weekly) 12/13-27 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club (weekly) 12/14-16 Bert Kreischer, Spokane Comedy Club 12/17 The Dope Show, Spokane Comedy Club 12/18 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar and Lounge 12/21-23 Zoltan Kaszas, Spokane Comedy Club 12/22 Season’s Greetings, Blue Door Theatre 12/28-31 Andy Woodhull, Spokane Comedy Club 12/29 DUOs, Blue Door Theatre 12/30 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre
COMMUNITY / CULTURE
12/7 Dance Off Hand, University of Idaho 12/8 Chad Prather, Bing Crosby Theater 12/9 It’s a Wonderful Life, South Hill Library 12/9 J No-Li FrostFest, Spokane Arena 12/9 12 Years of Christmas Dinner, Bank Left Gallery 12/11 Dance Composition II Student Showing, University
of Idaho 12/13 J Fried Chicken & Local Beer Series, The Wandering Table 12/13-27 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito (weekly) 12/14 Winter Blessing, Coeur d’Alene Casino 12/9-30 Drop-in Hours: The Lab, North Spokane Library 12/21 J Suds & Cinema: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Garland Theater 12/31 J First Night Spokane, Downtown Spokane Songwriter Julien Baker plays the Bartlett on Dec. 7.
MUSIC
12/7 Sonos Handbell Ensemble Holiday Concert, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall 12/7 Darkest Hour, Warbringer, Exmortus, The Pin! 12/7 J Julien Baker, Half Waif, The Bartlett 12/9 The Stone Foxes, Cattywomp, The Big Dipper 12/9-10 Sounds of Christmas, North Idaho College 12/9-10 J Baroque Series: A Festive Baroque Christmas, Westminster Congregational + Church of the Nazarene (Spokane) 12/9 Whitworth Christmas Festival Concert, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/9 Supersuckers, The Bell Rays, The BombPops, Pin! 12/10 Ave!, Gonzaga University 12/13 J Darlene Love, INB Performing Arts Center 12/16-17 J Spokane Symphony Holiday Pops, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/17 Christmas Recital, Holy Names Music Center 12/17 J The O’Jays, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 12/19 Clarion Brass: This Is What Christmas Sounds Like, St. John’s Cathedral 12/20 Clarion Brass: This Is What Christmas Sounds Like, Kroc Center 12/28 Straight No Chaser: The Speakeasy Tour, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/29 Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, Knitting Factory
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12/31 J New Year’s Eve with Beethoven’s Ninth, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/31 New Year’s Eve Ball with Orgone, The Hive
Kenworthy 12/15-17 Ignite Holiday Extravaganza, Ignite! Community Theatre
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12/7 Northwoods Christmas Chorale, Circle Moon Theater (Newport) 12/7 A Child’s Christmas in Wales, University of Idaho Hartung Theater 12/7-17 J Christmas With a Twist, Coeur d’Alene Resort 12/8-10 Christmas at Sixth Street, Sixth Street Theater (Wallace) 12/8-10 A Christmas Carol, Pend Oreille Playhouse 12/8-23 Traditions of Christmas, Kroc Center 12/8-9 Holiday Hijinks, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/8 Short Scenes: Directing I Showcase, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre 12/8-17 Galileo, Stage Left Theater 12/9-11 J Met Live in HD: Hansel and Gretel, The Kenworthy 12/9-10 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/9 A Christmas Carol, StageWest Community Theatre 12/14 J NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The
12/7-30 J Karen Laub-Novak: A Catholic Modernist in the Age of Vatican II, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 12/7-30 From the Collection: Prints of the 19th Century, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 6) 12/7 19th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery (through Jan. 6) 12/7-29 J Megan Martens-Haworth, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery (through Dec. 29) 12/7-29 J The Feels, Chase Gallery (final week) 12/7-29 James Bailey: Turmoil, North Idaho College 12/7 J. Casey Doyle, EWU Gallery of Art 12/7 Moscow First Thursday, Moscow 12/8 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 12/8 Winterfest Arts & Crafts Sale, Whitworth Hixson Union Building 12/13-27 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 12/16 J Artist in Residence: Tom Quinn, North Spokane Library 12/26 Spokane Artist Trading Card Swap, Lindaman’s
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VENUES A Art Spirit Gallery Auntie’s Bookstore
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B The Bartlett Beasley Coliseum The Big Dipper Bing Crosby Theater Blue Door Theatre BookPeople of Moscow
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Mad Hatter Vintage Flea Market 990-4558 Magic Lantern Theatre magiclanternonmain.com Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox foxtheaterspokane.org Mobius Science Center mobiusspokane.org Museum of Art/WSU museum.wsu.edu
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P Panida Theater Pend Oreille Playhouse The Pin! Prichard Art Gallery
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T Terrain terrainspokane.com Third Street Gallery (Moscow) 208-883-7036 Trackside Studio Ceramic Gallery tracksidestudio.net
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Saranac Art Projects saranacartprojects.wordpress.com SFCC Fine Arts Gallery spokanefalls.edu/gallery Sixth Street Melodrama sixthstreetmelodrama.com Spark Central spark-central.org Spokane Arena spokanearena.com Spokane Art School spokaneartschool.net Spokane Children’s Theatre spokanechildrenstheatre.org Spokane Civic Theatre spokanecivictheatre.com Spokane Comedy Club spokanecomedyclub.com Spokane Community College scc.spokane.edu Spokane Convention Center spokanecenter.com Spokane County Fair & Expo Center spokanecounty.org Spokane County Library District scld.org Spokane Folk Festival spokanefolkfestival.org Spokane is Reading spokaneisreading.com Spokane Jazz Orchestra spokanejazz.org Spokane Poetry Slam spokanepoetryslam.org Spokane Preservation Advocates spokanepreservation.org Spokane Public Library spokanelibrary.org Spokane Public Radio kpbx.org Spokane String Quartet spokanestringquartet.org Spokane Symphony spokanesymphony.org Spokane Valley Heritage Museum spokanevalleymuseum.com Spokane Youth Symphony spokaneyouthsymphony.org St. John’s Cathedral stjohns-cathedral.org Stage Left Theater spokanestageleft.org StageWest Theater 768-4792
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FOOD | EVENTS
Dining For a Good Cause Two tasty benefit dinners support local nonprofits working to end food insecurity and aid hospitality workers BY CARA STRICKLAND
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elcome to a new era of nonprofit fundraisers. Though many local organizations still offer largely traditional events (formal galas, auctions, etc.), a growing number are choosing innovative ideas, often coupled with excellent food. Far from being a burden to attend, these events are a draw in their own right, and a memorable way to support a good cause. And who better to lead this charge than two nonprofits dedicated to hunger, and caring for those in the restaurant and hospitality industry? This month, you’ll have a chance to attend two very different events, both appealing to your taste buds. On Friday, Sept. 22, join Spokane’s Women & Children’s Free Restaurant for its inaugural Dinner on the Bridge. The organization is hosting a “farm to fork” dinner on the new Howard Street bridge in Riverfront Park, cooked on site by its executive chef Melissa Wickenberg, along with a guest chef collaborator from Phoenix. The idea originally came from Lisa Diffley, the nonprofit’s executive director, who’d become familiar with similar “bridge dinners” in other communities, and was eager to be the first to bring one to Spokane. At first, it seemed that this wouldn’t be the year for the event’s debut; initial conversations with Riverfront Park officials were not encouraging based on ongoing park construction, so Diffley and her team went on with preparations for another fall fundraiser. But when the answer unexpectedly changed, it took only slightly more than 24 hours for Diffley and Paige McKee, WCFR’s development and communications director, to make the decision. In the weeks leading up to the dinner, they’re refining menus and plate design, and checking and double-checking sunset times to enhance this classy event. “What we want to do is make a great event — show our support for regional farmers and food and the people that donate and can help us keep feeding people fresh, fresh food,” says McKee. Tickets are $125 per person and $250 per couple. The funds raised will go to support WCFR’s mission to provide a safety net for local women and children, filling nutritional gaps in a dignified environment.
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ake the weekend off, then head to the Davenport Grand for Big Table Eats Around the World on Monday, Sept. 25. This is the fourth year for this event concept — a travel-themed evening taking attendees to three different countries, culinarily, every year. This year, you’ll get your passport stamped in Peru, Greece, and China (no, seriously; you get a passport with your picture on it, snapped on the
spot). Doors open at 5:30 pm, and you can eat your way through appetizers from each country while perusing the overwhelmingly food-themed silent auction. Then take your seat, with a local wine or beer in hand, for the main courses (one from each country). You’ll sample such delights as ouzo-poached shrimp from Greece, cured pork belly from Peru, and an upscale take on Chinese “broccoli beef.” Don’t forget to save room for dessert!
Dine across cultures at Big Table’s benefit.
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You’ll also hear a little about Big Table’s mission and have the opportunity to participate in a live auction (this year, you can bid on a fivecourse tasting dinner for 10 at Zona Blanca, prepared by Chef Chad White, as well as a custom tequila dinner for 12 from Tortilla Union, and a wine dinner at Wandering Table for eight, plus four rooms at the Davenport Grand, to name three auction items). Tickets are $55 per person and $600 for a table (each table purchased includes sponsorship of an industry guest who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to attend the fundraiser). The money raised will go toward Big Table’s mission of providing practical and relational care to those in the restaurant and hospitality industry — the largest working group in the nation, who are often without guaranteed hours, savings, sick leave and health insurance. n Dinner on the Bridge • Fri, Sept. 22 from 6-9 pm • $125/person; $250/couple • Howard Street Bridge in Riverfront Park • 507 N. Howard • bridgedinner.org Big Table Eats Around the World • Mon, Sept. 25 at 5:30 pm • $55/person; $600/table for 10 • Davenport Grand Hotel • 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • big-table.com
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oh, brother!
Darren Aronofsky’s artsy, surreal psychodrama mother! thinks it’s an allegory about the exploitation of women, but it’s exploitation itself BY MARYANN JOHANSON
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cannot recall the last time a film made me as angry as and he is a writer, a poet, someone with work that bears Darren Aronofsky’s mother! has. no connection to her, beyond how, of course, she serves Maybe never. as his muse and his “inspiration.” She literally does nothAs mother! unfurled over its two-hour runtime, I found ing but serve him: She is renovating the house, which myself actually clenching my jaw with ever-increasing burned down before they met. She wants to “make a fury as Aronofsky’s head wended its way further and paradise” for him. She has no other desire. further up his own cinematic ass. This is a filmmaker But paradise is invaded. One of Him’s stalkerish fans, for whom mysticism and trippiness have been essential known only as Man (Ed Harris), stops by for a visit, and components of his work since his feature he won’t leave. Later, Man’s wife, Woman debut, 1998’s Pi. But never before has the (Michelle Pfeiffer), arrives and makes herself MOTHER! uncomfortable ugliness he was exploring obnoxiously at home. Woman is also pretty Rated R landed with such repulsive pointlessness. much defined solely as a mother, to adult Directed by Darren Aronofsky Aronofsky is intent on presenting to us, sons (played by real-life brothers Domhnall Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier in faux-metaphysical trappings, a “truth” and Brian Gleeson). If that mention of Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer he seems to believe is secret and cryptic. “paradise” was a tip-off, the CainIn reality, it is utterly banal and inarguand-Abel dynamic able. between the adult sons mother! is not an allegory, and it is not metaphoricements it: Aronofsky is cal, though I’m sure Aronofsky, as writer and director, going to wallow in a would say it is. Nothing here makes a damn lick of sense tortured literalism except as the literal sequence of events that plods across not only about the screen, and the “characters” are nothing more than literary creation cardboard stand-ups representing themselves. No one but capitalhas a name, but the credits refer to Jennifer Lawrence’s C Creation, character as “Mother,” even though she does not become though only a mother until halfway through the film. Mother has no existence outside the huge, rambling mansion in the middle of nowhere where she lives with her husband (Javier Bardem). He does have an external existence: He is not “Father,” but “Him.” He is able to leave the house — she never does —
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from a narrow, abhorrently misogynistic perspective: Men create, and women suffer for men’s art and religion. In Aronofsky’s eye here, there is no vision or imagination that comes from the mind of a woman. Mother dresses in drab grays, and she’s painting Him’s house in the same non-colors. The creativity of men, however — wow! It is chaotic and violent, even apocalyptic. It’s an excitement that Him craves, and encourages, and too bad if Mother will become a victim of it. Mother exists for no purpose other than to have abuse heaped upon her, and so that she may be venerated by Him for it. The most generous interpretation of Aronofsky’s intent here is that he wants to condemn the reduction of women to dehumanized objects and brutalized symbols, in both the overarching mythology of our culture and the prosaic daily operations of Big Entertainment. Aronofsky may even believe he is sympathetic to Mother: The entire film is seen through her eyes, and intimate handheld shots give us her sickened perspective on events that are menacing her. But it’s the same hatred for women masquerading as feminism that a slasher flick engages in, sexualizing a final girl’s terror for the titillation of the audience. You don’t counter the awful crap that gets piled on women by our culture, high or low, by piling on more of the same awful crap. If mother! really wanted to decry the way women are abused and men are deified, it wouldn’t merely slather an arty veneer on more of the same-old, same-old. n
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PREMIERE EVENT Hear from the creator, cast and crew then see Season Four, Episode One. EXTENDED TO SEP 24
OPENING FILMS AMERICAN ASSASSIN
Dylan O’Brien, the bland leading man who was previously in those Maze Runner movies you forgot existed, plays Mitch Rapp, a counterterrorism operative who first appeared in Vince Flynn’s series of best-selling novels. Here we see him at the start of his career, being trained by Michael Keaton’s grizzled former CIA agent and going on a mission to stop some bad hombres in the Middle East. (NW) Rated R
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast is still the highest-grossing film of this year by a considerable margin, so why not put its animated forebear back into theaters? The 1991 feature, the first to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, is a reimagining of the French fairy tale about a bookish
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young woman who’s taken hostage by — and eventually falls in love with — a handsome prince-turned-monster. Yeah, that plot’s a bit problematic. The film still casts an undeniable spell, though, with stunning hand-drawn animation and an Oscar-winning score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. (NW) Rated G
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MOTHER!
Nothing makes a damn lick of sense in Darren Aronofsky’s hysterical arthouse whatsit, in which the idyllic existence of a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) and her artist husband (Javier Bardem) is disturbed when a couple of weird strangers show up — and then won’t leave — their rambling mansion in the middle of nowhere. It’s meant to be an allegory, but of what is anybody’s guess. Aronofsky seems to believe it’s secret and cryptic when it is, in fact, utterly banal. (MJ) Rated R
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John Corbett stars as a corporate salesman-turned-pastor who is assigned to shut down a struggling church in his small town. When a group of South Asian refugees shows up at his door, he teams up with them to turn the church’s land into a working farm. The latest from Affirm Films, which produces family-friendly features aimed at evangelical audiences. (NW) Rated PG
ANNABELLE: CREATION
Everyone’s favorite demonic doll is back to terrorize a new batch of characters, namely a group of young orphans and their kindly nun overseer. Quickly devolves into a series of predictable jump scares, in spite of its eerie atmosphere. (NW) Rated R
ATOMIC BLONDE
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ass as an MI6 agent tracking down a double agents in 1989 Berlin. This second action spectacle from John Wick director David Leitch is too long and densely plotted, but it’s uber-stylish and set to a thumping soundtrack of great ’80s pop hits. (NW) Rated R
Fall Arrivals
BABY DRIVER
The latest genre deconstruction from Edgar Wright stars Ansel Elgort as a young, music-obsessed getaway driver who becomes wrapped up in a heist that’s destined to self-destruct. Stellar car chases, a fully loaded soundtrack and a deceptively sweet love story. (SS) Rated R
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FILM | SHORTS funny and genuinely emotional. Nanjiani plays himself, a stand-up who meets and falls in love with Emily (Zoe Kazan). There’s only one problem: He’s keeping their relationship a secret from his traditional Pakistani parents. This is further complicated when Emily falls into a medically induced coma. At the Magic Lantern. (SS) Rated R
THE INLANDER
Stephen King’s epic, multi-novel fantasy series finally hits the big screen, and the result is rushed, incoherent and lifeless. The interdimensional world of mythical gunslinger Roland Deschain (Idris Elba) and the evil Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) was complex enough to span thousands of pages in King’s books, but all that mythology has been condensed down into 95 chaotic minutes. (NW) Rated PG-13
This documentary should be required viewing for anyone obsessed with rare, archival film footage. Director Bill Morrison focuses on a cache of nitrate film reels that was literally unearthed in northwestern Canada; it’s not only about the contents of the celluloid itself, but also the history of the former mining town where it was buried. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated
DESPICABLE ME 3
The hugely popular animated series continues unabated, and this time reformed bad guy Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) has just been kicked out of the Anti-Villain League. Enter his long-lost twin brother Dru, who convinces Gru to go back to all his evil ways. (NW) Rated PG
DUNKIRK
Christopher Nolan’s WWII drama, painstakingly and authentically depicting the bloody Battle of Dunkirk, is a remarkable example of sheer filmmaking craft. The only thing it’s missing is a little humanity. Although the technical skill on display is dazzling, Nolan’s attempts to elicit any emotion from the audience feel strangely calculated. (SS) Rated PG-13
THE GLASS CASTLE
This adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ bestselling memoir is buoyed by three stellar performances: Woody Harrelson as an alcoholic father, Naomi Watts as his equally irresponsible wife, an aspiring artist who shirks most of her maternal responsibilities; and Brie Larson as their grown daughter. (KJ) Rated PG-13
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
Ryan Reynolds is a bodyguard whose career has hit the skids, and Samuel L. Jackson is his newest charge, an assassin who must be transported to the Hague, where he’ll testify against an Eastern European dictator (Gary Oldman). The twist: Jackson has previously tried to kill Reynolds numerous times, and now they’re forced into helping each other. Only fitfully amusing. (NW) Rated R
HOME AGAIN
Single mother Reese Witherspoon has a one-night stand with a handsome
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20-something and then begrudgingly allows him and his two deadbeat friends to move into her house. Sure. This rom-com is preposterous, sexist and weighed down by white privilege, and since it was directed by the daughter of Nancy Meyers (It’s Complicated), you won’t be surprised to learn it’s set in a tastefully decorated bungalow with a beautiful, spacious kitchen. (MJ) Rated PG-13
IT
Stephen King’s cerebral horror tome hits the big screen for the first time, and while it significantly streamlines the novel’s expansive vision, it captures the spirit of King’s writing. Set in the late ’80s in the fictional small town of Derry, Maine, seven adolescent outcasts team up to battle an evil force that takes on numerous terrifying forms, most notably the razor-toothed clown Pennywise. The movie is breaking all kinds of box office records, so expect Chapter 2, focusing on the same characters as adults, to hit theaters in the next couple years. (NW) Rated R
LEAP!
A French-Canadian animated film about an aspiring ballerina who escapes from her orphanage and hitches a train ride to Paris in hopes of making it big as a dancer. Features the voice talents of Elle Fanning, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kate McKinnon and the invaluable Mel Brooks. (NW) Rated PG
LOGAN LUCKY
Steven Soderbergh has re-emerged from his four-year “retirement” and has returned to the heist genre with this leisurely, off-the-cuff comed about an out-of-work coal miner (Channing Tatum) who enlists a group of misfits — including his superstitious brother (Adam Driver) and an incarcerated explosives expert (Daniel Craig) — to rob a NASCAR speedway. (ES) Rated PG-13
MENASHE
An empathetic character study set in a primarily Orthodox Jewish borough of New York, in which a widowed father works against the tenets of his religion to win back his young son. Because it’s directed by documentarian Joshua Z Weinstein, the film possesses the shagginess and sense of place that you’d expect from a nonfiction film,
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and it’s authentic in both its emotions and its exploration of faith. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG
THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE
Remember the first Nut Job movie, in which enterprising rodents foiled a robbery? No? Well, it doesn’t matter, because now there’s a sequel, with Surly the Squirrel and friends thwarting a crooked mayor from bulldozing their home. (NW) Rated PG
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
After being mistreated in his last few movies, Peter Parker and his webslinging alter ego finally get another feature worthy of the character’s long history. With fresh-faced Tom Holland donning Spidey’s spandex, the SpiderMan franchise feels more grounded and human than ever. (ES) Rated PG-13
THE TRIP TO SPAIN
The third of director Michael Winterbottom’s Trip films, in which British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travel through photogenic countries and taste the finest cuisine, busting out celebrity impressions along the way. Like its predecessors, it originally screened as a six-part BBC miniseries and was trimmed to feature length, though it still seems a bit too long at nearly two hours. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated
WIND RIVER
After the body of a young woman is found on a Native American reservation in Wyoming, a local wildlife tracker (Jeremy Renner) acts as a makeshift envoy for the visiting FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) assigned to the case. Unlike director Taylor Sheridan’s scripts for the thrillers Sicario and Hell or High Water, this snowblind noir is overwritten but under-plotted. (NW) Rated R
WONDER WOMAN
DC’s latest actually does justice to one of its longest-running and most beloved characters in one of the better superhero origin films. Gal Gadot announces herself as a major new star, playing the Amazon princess and Lasso of Truth-brandishing warrior who finds herself on the front lines of the first World War. (MS) Rated PG-13 n
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Not Clowning Around
Cobwebs, shadows and creepy clowns: The film version of It is basically a well-oiled carnival funhouse.
The first big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s epic It is a solid, if unremarkable, exploration of childhood horrors BY NATHAN WEINBENDER
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tephen King’s 1986 novel It remains the prolific Hollywood has always taken great relish in bringing author’s wooziest, most sprawling deconstruction of King’s most high-concept fiction to the screen, and the small-town America’s thinly veiled moral decay. It’s best films inspired by his writing are not necessarily faithan epic fable about a force of shapeshifting, supernatural ful to plot and incident, but to his spirit as a storyteller. evil that haunts the fictional hamlet of Derry, Maine, Muschietti succeeds at that for the most part: It is a solid, and the group of social outcasts (self-dubbed the Losers’ if mostly unremarkable, carnival funhouse, softening the Club) that team up to fight it, first as kids and then years novel’s queasiest horrors, including virulent racism and later as adults. sexual assault (much of which would probIt’s a weird, cerebral work, weaving ably be impossible to tackle in a mainstream IT together the past and the present, unfurling film), for more conventional jolts. Rated R over 1,000-plus pages and several genThat’s not to say, however, that the movie Directed by Andy Muschietti erations, and tearing its razor-sharp teeth is completely neutered or sanitized. UnsurStarring Bill Skarsgård, through the connective tissue holding space prisingly, this is more intense than the 1990 Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia and time together. miniseries adaptation of It — that R rating Lillis, Finn Wolfhard Director Andy Muschietti’s new film veris earned within its first few minutes — and sion of It significantly streamlines King’s mad Muschietti, best known for 2013’s fitfully vision: It’s more earthbound and concentrated, which is creepy Mama, occasionally indulges in the kind of surreal probably the safest approach, though it’s hard not to wish nightmare imagery that’s both imaginative and refreshit were a bit more eccentric. The movie focuses exclusiveingly depraved. ly on the Losers’ Club as kids (its already-planned second “It” appears in various terrifying forms: a leprous installment will follow the same characters as adults) and vagrant, a headless little boy, a cursed painting and, of transplants those parts of the novel from the 1950s to the course, Pennywise the Dancing Clown, played here with late ’80s, harkening back to an era when big-budget King a cackling, psychotic glee by Bill Skarsgård. Pennywise adaptations always seemed to be rotating in and out of was famously portrayed by the great Tim Curry in the cinemas. old It miniseries, but Skarsgård has his own take on the
character: He’s more feral and conniving, moving with the herky-jerkiness of a marionette from hell. Pennywise is the creature that, as the film opens, drags a little boy named Georgie Denbrough down into a storm drain, then goes about feasting on the children of Derry. Georgie’s older brother Bill (Jaeden Lieberher) sets out to quash the evil with a group of other misfits, including Beverly Marsh (Sophia Lillis), living in a broken, violent household; the motor-mouthed Richie Tozier (Finn Wolfhard from the Stephen King pastiche Stranger Things); chubby, introspective Ben Hanscomb (Jeremy Ray Taylor); the hypochondriac Eddie Kaspbrak (Jack Dylan Grazer); the skeptical Stan Uris (Wyatt Oleff) and Mike Hanlon (Chosen Jacobs), the only black kid in lilywhite Derry. All these kids, played with impressive poise by relative newcomers, are 12 or 13, which is old enough to recognize that the world is built upon complexities and contradictions, and yet still young enough to be confused by them. What’s most surprising about the film is that it might work better as an adolescent hang-out movie than a standard horror show — it’s easy to be reminded of Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me, adapted from King’s wistful novella The Body. Although everyone remembers the scary clown, It has always been about pubescent anxieties, about the idea that all adults have dark ulterior motives (the parents in the film are either totally absent, duplicitous or straightup abusive). The true specter is not Pennywise but the unsettling, unspoken mysteries of the adult world, and that most precarious stage of adolescence when maturity seems to be breathing down your neck with the ferocity of any monster emerging from a neighborhood sewer. Muschietti seems to understand this, and I think It could come to represent a signpost for contemporary teenage viewers, much in the way that ’90s kids were horrified by the TV version all those years ago. n
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HIP-HOP
Alone, But Not Lonely A friend’s suicide inspired Spokane rapper Jango’s uplifting message that a solitary life can also be a happy one BY NATHAN WEINBENDER
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ew 21-year-olds are as enterprising as Elijah Kilborn. The Spokane rapper, better known by his stage name Jango, is sitting in a booth at Chicken-N-More on a sleepy Friday afternoon. He’s wearing a baseball cap and T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of regional apparel company the Great PNW, which sponsors him as an artist. He talks often about his team of producers and publicists working to get his name out. Immediately after our interview, he hops onto Snapchat to record a message to his fan base, which he refers to as the Tribe. And just outside the restaurant, Jango’s face is plastered on a billboard that looms over Washington Street, advertising his upcoming performance at the Bartlett. Not many local artists have their own billboard, but Jango’s trying to stay humble about it. “I’m not easily impressed,” he says. “I’ve seen it, it’s great, but someone’s done it before. Not to knock down anything I’ve done, but I’m always thinking about the next step. That’s great, but what’s next?” A self-described “military brat,” Jango is originally from Connecticut, though he’s lived in Spokane since he was in sixth grade and considers this his hometown. As a kid, he remembers always having to share a bedroom with his younger brother, who wanted to be a rapper, and they’d freestyle together for fun. He cites genrebending artists like the Fugees, the Roots and J. Cole as influences. Jango says he started taking hip-hop seriously just a few years ago, and now he’s working full-time as an independent musician. He’s already got a certain amount of promotional firepower behind him, but branding isn’t the most important thing: His goal, he says, is to radiate positivity, and to communicate thoughtful messages to his young fans, particularly in regards to mental health advocacy. “We’re pushing messages to the youth, we’re pushing messages to our city, our region, and that’s what my goals are,” he says. “Everything I do, I always look at it as being not just for me.” Jango’s most recent record, a seven-track mixtape called Alone ...continued on next page
Spokane rapper Jango. SEAN GRAY PHOTO
MUSIC | HIP-HOP “ALONE, BUT NOT LONELY,” CONTINUED... by Choice, was engineered at local studio Amplified Wax and released in March. It’s obviously a deeply personal record for Jango; even its title has a surprising amount of significance. “We’re in a social world now, and people get caught up in wanting to be that person that everyone’s looking at. … In being alone, you can find happiness,” Jango says. “I want people to see me and realize that yeah, I can be happy alone. I can do this on my own. I don’t need other people to support my emotions.” The songs on Alone by Choice were inspired by a friend’s suicide last year, which Jango says hit him particularly hard because he’d never had anyone close to him die. On the album’s inner sleeve, he addresses his late friend Cam: “I promise to live my life and accomplish my goals not just for me, but for you.” “His choice of suicide came from the fact that he felt alone,” Jango says. “He couldn’t handle that, he couldn’t talk about it. He wasn’t able to communicate his feelings, but I also realize that he kept reaching out. I believe in him watching over me and seeing what I’m doing, so Alone by Choice was directed at him, and to all my fans, to let them know that you can be alone and make these decisions.” Despite the tragic circumstances that led to the album, it’s an energetic sprint of an
Jango: “I want people to see me and realize that yeah, I can be happy alone.” EP; even its darkest tracks are shot through with the exuberance of a young artist finding his confidence behind the mic. “Thank God I’m alive,” Jango raps on Alone by Choice’s opening track, “So alone / I survive.” He later observes on “Choices” that “everybody gotta die” but “not too many live.” And on the closing track “Words (Outro),” he shouts out to his inspiration for the record: “Just know your memories are safe with me.” Jango says he already has another mixtape in the works, and it’ll likely be more upbeat and sample-driven than its predecessor. And he’s going to continue playing regionally — he performed at the Tinnabulation Music Festival last weekend, and he’s
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got a Sept. 30 gig booked in Seattle — with a focus on performing alongside other Pacific Northwest rappers as a means of pushing Spokane’s still-developing hip-hop scene toward something special. “Now that I’ve introduced myself, with this next project I’m going to be showing people the music I like, my style, putting all my history and everything into it,” Jango says. “I feel all the weights being lifted off my shoulders.” n Romaro Franceswa with Jango, Mic Capes, ExZac Change & Matisse • Fri, Sept. 15 at 8 pm • $12/$15 day of • Allages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174
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The Vibrators: Real punks don’t age gracefully.
UK pop-punk pioneers the Vibrators play Spokane again, likely for the last time BY MICHAEL MAHONEY
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hey say it’s their final U.S. tour, and as they’ve been on the road — in one form or another — for more than 40 years, you tend to believe them. For that reason alone, the Vibrators’ upcoming (and presumably last) Spokane show shouldn’t be missed. (They played here at the now-defunct The Hop! five years ago.) Though they’re regarded — along with the Clash and the Jam, among others — as members of punk’s class of 1977, they formed in February of 1976, standing out for being older than most of the bands in the UK’s punk scene. Within a month, the quartet played live for the first time, opening for the Stranglers, another band notable for having a few years on the competition. Supporting the Sex Pistols at London’s 100 Club earned them a spot on the bill of the two-day 100 Club Punk Rock Festival, where they backed up British guitar session ace Chris Spedding; that public association provided the band with status and credibility that most in the nascent punk scene lacked. From there, things moved quickly: With Spedding’s backing, they recorded and released one of the first punk singles, “We Vibrate”; collaborated with Spedding on “Pogo Dancing,” the first punk dance record; headlined the Roxy in London; opened for Iggy Pop (with David Bowie as his touring keyboard player!) on his UK tour; then became the first punk band to sign with a major U.S. label, Epic Records, which released their debut Pure Mania in June of ’77. The years have taken a toll on the band, and the trio that takes the stage Sunday night at The Pin! will feature only one original member, drummer John “Eddie” Edwards. Bassist Pete Honkamaki has been a Vibrator for the past 14 years, and guitarist/vocalist Nigel Bennett has his own punk pedigree as longtime frontman for the Members, another late-’70s group which fused punk and reggae to create a
sound that differed from most in the scene. Bennett, who first joined the band 27 years ago, is on his third go-round in the Vibrators’ lineup. “The Vibrators is just a pop band that plays it heavy,” Bennett told Guitar Player in 2009. Over the past four decades, the band’s lineup — other than Edwards — has constantly been in flux: No less than 21 musicians have counted themselves as band members. Though the Vibrators have released 16 studio albums — with their 17th, Past, Present and Into the Future, due for release by the end of this year or in early 2018 — Pure Mania and its follow-up, 1978’s V2, remain the band’s best work. “We were trying to do something different,” Edwards said of the Vibrators’ early releases five years ago in an interview with the Dallas Observer. “It came to be called punk, something with a bit of an attitude. “Music needed a kick in the ass.” The power of Pure Mania’s top tracks — the singles “Baby Baby” and “London Girls” (its B-side, “Stiff Little Fingers,” provided the iconic Irish punk band’s name), as well as “Yeah Yeah Yeah,” “Into the Future” and “Whips & Furs” — hasn’t diminished. The tunes are insidiously catchy; stripped-down, supercharged pop-punk. V2 features two more strong singles in “Automatic Lover” and the delightfully loopy, manic “Judy Says (Knock You in the Head),” the band’s last single on Epic and arguably their best. Sunday night’s show is the 11th in an ambitious stretch of 38 gigs in 46 days that goes from coast to coast, then back again; if recent set lists are any indication, expect to hear plenty of the best of the early days, some choice covers, and even a couple of surprises. n The Vibrators with Wasted Breath, Deadones USA, Scared of Bears and Skunktopus • Sun, Sept. 17 at 6:30 pm • $15 • All-ages • The Pin! • 412 W. Sprague • pinevents.com • 368-4077
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HIP-HOP METHOD MAN
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t goes without saying that anyone from the Wu-Tang Clan gets something of a lifetime pass; Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) remains one of the best albums of the ’90s, rap or otherwise. The youngest of the Staten Island hip-hop collective’s members, Method Man (real name Clifford Smith) has had one of the most successful careers outside the Clan, both as a Grammy-winning solo artist and an actor, having appeared in films like Garden State, Trainwreck and the stoner comedy How High alongside his frequent collaborator Redman. It’s not totally clear who he’s bringing with him on his upcoming Spokane sojourn — or, for that matter, if he’s bringing anyone at all — but either way you’ll have the chance to be front row center for rap royalty. — NATHAN WEINBENDER Method Man • Fri, Sept. 15 at 8 pm • $35/$40 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279
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Thursday, 09/14
ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Dan Conrad J J THE BARTLETT, Blitzen Trapper, Alyeska BEEROCRACY, Open Mic BOLO’S, Inland Empire Blues Society Monthly Blues Boogie BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen J CHATEAU RIVE, Quebe Sisters CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Freaky Fred CRUISERS, Open Mic Jam Slam hosted by Perfect Destruction and J.W. Scattergun HILLS’ RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, Floating Crowbar THE JACKSON ST., Zaq Flanary, Clint Darnell J J KNITTING FACTORY, Mac DeMarco NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny THE OBSERVATORY, Vinyl Meltdown POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Devon Wade RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic THE RESERVE, Karaoke with DJ Dave THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler ZOLA, Blake Braley
Friday, 09/15
12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Radio 80 J BABY BAR, Xurs, Outercourse, Local Pavlov J J THE BARTLETT, Romaro Franceswa, Jango (see page 79), ExZac Change & Matisse, Mic Capes BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn
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oshua James was raised Mormon and married under the auspices of its church. So when he recently decided to leave the religion, it obviously shook up his household. As the singer-songwriter detailed in a recent NPR interview, his latest album, My Spirit Sister, is a raw, personal document about his decision to abandon Mormonism, and how he kept his family together as his faith wavered. “I’ve got a baby comin’ April / God, I don’t know what I should do,” he laments on “Millie,” perhaps the record’s most harrowing track. “What would it do if I just fake it / Pretend that everybody is feelin’ fine?” Those aching lyrics beautifully complement his ghostly, windswept folk, which is both chilling and as delicate as a glass ornament. — NATHAN WEINBENDER Joshua James with Covenhoven • Thu, Sept. 21 at 8 pm • $10/$12 day of • All-ages • The Bartlett • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174
BIGFOOT PUB, The Caretakers BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Yesterdayscake CHECKERBOARD BAR, EDM Night with Kid Kaotic, Toxic Toker, Robert Maddox CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Karrie O’Neill J CLEARWATER RIVER CASINO, George Thorogood and the Destroyers THE COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, Bands on Boats feat. The Kelly Hughes Band CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CURLEY’S, Chris Rieser and the Nerve FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Kicho FORTY-ONE SOUTH, Truck Mills J J HAMILTON STUDIO, Pierre Bensusan
THE JACKSON ST., Working Spliffs JOHN’S ALLEY, Vial 8 J J KNITTING FACTORY, Method Man (see above), Lou Era, Lee Haze, King Skellee Blakemore, Loud Crew LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Dodgy Mountain Men MOOSE LOUNGE, Cary Fly Band MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Ron Greene NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Royale J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Hank Williams Jr., the Cadillac Three NYNE, Soul Man Black, Atari Ferrari THE OBSERVATORY, The Insinuators,
Indian Goat, Wayward West J PANIDA THEATER, The Led Zeppelin Experience PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Son of Brad J THE PIN!, Fall Artist Festival with Casey Ryan THE RESERVE, Jacob Vanknowe, Rusted Hand, Nogunaso THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, DJ Afrodisiac SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Bruce and Betsy Mullan ZOLA, The Cronkites
Saturday, 09/16
12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Sin City Band
BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Son of Brad J THE BARTLETT, Wild Ones BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, The Caretakers J BING CROSBY THEATER, The Led Zeppelin Experience BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Stud BOLO’S, Yesterdayscake CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Karrie O’Neill CURLEY’S, Chris Rieser and the Nerve DAFT BADGER BREWING, Haley Young and Bossame, The Blake Braley Band, Meredith and Nathan FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Kicho FLAME & CORK, Pat Coast J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Above and Beyond
HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Stephen Nance THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke with James JOHN’S ALLEY, The Insinuators MOOSE LOUNGE, Cary Fly Band MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Truck Mills NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NO-LI BREWHOUSE, Wyatt Wood NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick J THE OBSERVATORY, Wind Hotel, Deer, Mini Murders J THE PIN!, Brotha Lynch Hung, Legion Sik, Teddturnherbunzout, LI & SKS, Diz Dean, M-Dub POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Just Plain Darin PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Echo Elysium RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, My Own Worst Enemy THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, DJ Sterling SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Ron Greene
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Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Homey, Whitney Peyton RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess
Sunday, 09/17
Tuesday, 09/19
ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Bloodline BIG BARN BREWING CO., Dylan Hathaway CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Ron Greene CURLEY’S, Yesterdayscake DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church J HARVEST HOUSE, Donnie Emerson and Nancy Sophia HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Stephen Nance IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL, Ray Vasquez LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music J J THE PIN!, The Vibrators (see page 81), Wasted Breath, Deadones USA, Scared of Bears, Skunktopus THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Sunday Karaoke Night ZOLA, Lazy Love
Monday, 09/18
J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills J KNITTING FACTORY, Twiztid,
J J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of New Orleans feat. Hot Club of Spokane, Johnny J and the Flat Foot Floogies, Miss LeeLee, Jace Fogleman BRAVO CLUB EVENT CENTER, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx BULL HEAD TAVERN, Rusty Jackson LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MIK’S, DJ Brentano POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow RED ROOM LOUNGE, Tuesday Takeover with Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night SAPPHIRE LOUNGE, Sharon Daggett, Tom Pletscher, Chuck Sahagian UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Kicho ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites
Wednesday, 09/20 BLACK DIAMOND, Kicho GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Host Travis Goulding IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL, Land of Voices LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MCEUEN PARK, The Powers
POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Devon Wade J PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Karrie O’Neill THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, The Ronaldos feat. Ron Criscione, Ray Younker and Emily Ridler THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ Dave ZOLA, Whsk&Keys
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J BING CROSBY THEATER, Kelly and Ellis, Sep. 21 J J THE BARTLETT, Joshua James (see facing page), Covenhoven, Sep. 21 J KNITTING FACTORY, Turkuaz, Sinkane, Sep. 21 J THE BIG DIPPER, Death Valley Girls, Peru Resh, Indian Goat, Sep. 22 J KNITTING FACTORY, Aaron Lewis, Sep. 22 J INB PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sep. 23 J THE BIG DIPPER, Big Business, Dark White Light, Sep. 23 J SPOKANE ARENA, Jason Aldean with Chris Young, Kane Brown, DeeJay Silver, Sep. 23 J THE BARTLETT, The Cave Singers, Sep. 23 J KNITTING FACTORY, Explosions in the Sky, Sep. 23 J KNITTING FACTORY, The Shins, Day Wave, Sep. 24 J THE BIG DIPPER, Slaves, Secrets, Velafire, Of Truth, Sep. 25
MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRAVO CONCERT HOUSE • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 DIAMS DEN • 412 W. Sprague • 934-3640 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOTEL RL BY RED LION AT THE PARK • 303 W. North River Dr. • 326-8000 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208667-7314 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N. Market St. • 466-9918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416
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The Bing’s Stage to Screen series has brought filmed versions of international theatrical productions to Spokane for a couple of years now, and next on its docket is a screening of the London-based National Theatre’s take on the 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Most people are probably familiar with Edward Albee’s pitch-black comedy through Mike Nichols’ Oscar-winning film adaptation, featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at their most caustic, but this version is in good hands with Imelda Staunton (above) and Game of Thrones’ Conleth Hill as Martha and George, the antagonistic middle-aged marrieds who invite a much younger couple over for a booze-drenched evening of intellectual one-upmanship and emotional wounds. All these years later, it’s still an abrasive, nerve-jangling piece of theater. — NATHAN WEINBENDER Stage to Screen: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Sun, Sept. 17 at 2 pm • $13/$15 adults, $7/$9 students • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638
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COMMUNITY THE GREAT DIVIDE
COMEDY FRIDAY FUNNIES
Think & Drink: The Divided Classroom • Tue, Sept. 19 at 7 pm • $5 • Magic Lantern Theatre • 25 W. Main • humanities.org
Jimmy Pardo • Fri, Sept. 15 at 8 and 10:30 pm • $18/$26 • 21+ • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub. com • 318-9998
There’s a “culture gap” in Washington state’s K-12 schools: 90 percent of teachers are white; 80 percent are women. Yet those they’re instructing are only 56 percent white, and approximately 48 percent are female. As a result, a significant proportion of students are learning from someone whose lived experience may differ greatly from theirs. But should a teacher’s race or gender be the issue? Are socioeconomic status, religion, or whether a teacher comes from a rural or urban background more meaningful factors when it comes to being an effective instructor? In the latest Think & Drink event sponsored by Humanities Washington, join Kristin Leong, a former teacher, currently an education activist, and Daudi Abe (pictured), a Seattle Central College professor and journalist, as they explore the many issues of our divided classrooms. — MICHAEL MAHONEY
As an unabashed member of Team Coco — the rabid fan contingent of Conan O’Brien lovers — I’ve become familiar with comedian Jimmy Pardo through his near omnipresence on the Conan talk show. Most of Pardo’s work is done off-camera as the comic who warms up the studio audience before the show starts taping, but through the years he’s become more of a show regular, doing “field reports” for the show, joining guests on the couch and even guest hosting. He’s also a podcast pro, having started the Never Not Funny podcast more than a decade ago, featuring hilarious interviews with the likes of Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman and Zach Galifianakis. A master at improvised comedy and working the crowd, Pardo is the kind of stand-up pro who’s a guaranteed good time. — DAN NAILEN
OUTDOORS CLEAN STREAMS
Throw on your working-in-the-yard jeans and don’t forget some sunscreen and work gloves as you and your friends and family head out this Saturday to help keep one of the region’s most precious resources and landmarks in the pristine condition it should be. The 14th annual Spokane River Clean-up, organized by the Lands Council, will again see hundreds of volunteers gather on the river’s shores to pick up and haul away accumulated garbage and debris — last year’s event saw more than four tons of trash cleared by more than 600 volunteers. Areas being targeted this year include sites in Spokane Valley, the University District, Downtown Spokane and Riverside State Park. Volunteers can register individually to be assigned a site, or as a group, working alongside friends, family or colleagues. — CHEY SCOTT 14th Annual Spokane River Clean-up • Sat, Sept. 16 at 9 am • Sites in Spokane Valley, the University District, Downtown Spokane, Riverside State Park • spokanerivercleanup.org • 209-2851
ARTS + FASHION WORKIN’ IT
Get to know one of many diverse subsets of the Inland Northwest’s growing creative community during this Saturday’s 10th annual Runway Renegades fashion show. Spokane-area designers and models strut their stuff on the runway at 8 pm, and attendees get the chance to meet both designers and models — and the first opportunity to purchase their favorite pieces from the runway — at a show afterparty. As Runway Renegades marks its 10th year, leaders have redesignated the event and its other endeavors as a nonprofit organization, with the mission of supporting local artists through grants funded in part by proceeds from fashion show ticket sales. Artists who receive these grants in turn are asked to donate their time toward creative enrichment opportunities with local at-risk youth. It’s all about fashion for fun, and for a good cause. — CHEY SCOTT Runway Renegades • Sat, Sept. 16 at 7 pm • $20/general; $45/VIP • Allages • Spokane Convention Center, Centennial Ballroom • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • facebook.com/RR.spokane
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I SAW YOU FUN IN THE ELEVATOR So we hit it off and snuck off into the elevator to have a little fun. You let me keep something of yours, maybe we can have more fun next time. Thanks for letting me keep a momento. If you can tell me what it was I will know it was you elevatorgirl509@gmail.com PERFECT DISASTER You were shooing bees from the picnic table: children screaming, wind blowing, minor temper tantrum and tears .... You handled it with mindblowing strength, compassion and patience. You were as selfless and peace oriented as ever. Your tossled brown curls were barely masking the furrowed brow and sage/denim eyes that are always afire with feisty witty sarcasm and a blend of honest, genuine love for all and sorrow for those aching. I fell for you all over again, you and our beautiful disaster ... we don’t make sense but we do more than anything ever has ... You seem pretty confident that we would have found eachother no matter what. I am glad we finally did because I can’t imagine another second without You. WAFFLE BURGER To Cassidy who was making waffle burgers at the fairgrounds. You convinced me to get a waffle burger and I did! It was the best burger I’ve ever had! Thanks for being patient with me saying goodbye like 4 or 5 different times during the night. I would’ve like talk to you longer at the end but I knew that the fair was closing and you were busy!
CHEERS I LOVE YOU MORE I hope that when you look in the mirror, you see half of what I see. I hope that when you are in the depths of your depression and anxiety that you can hold safe the knowledge that no one (who doesn’t share my DNA) has or ever will make me as happy as you so. You are without a doubt the most intelligent, compassionate, accepting, genuine and deeply loving human I have ever been around. You give your all and people notice. I wonder every single day how I got so lucky. You make me a better me and challenge me but you accept me with all my faults. We are a team, partners and a power-couple ... the world better watch out for when we can finally take it by storm. Saying I love you is nowhere near enough. I love you more... more than the word, more than the feeling, more and more every day. PASSERBY FIREFIGHTERS To Keith, Cage, Christy, and Daniel: While cutting my field, the tractor sparked a grass on fire off of Cheney-Spokane Road. You all stopped, piled out of your cars, emptied water bottles, and beat the fire out with branches and shoes. You even called the fire department. It was all smoke by the time they arrived. What great Americans and neighbors (even though some of you were just visiting the area). Also, the volunteer firefighters from District 3. Great response time. How blessed we all are for your service! Rick THANX! Thanks Mitch Ryals for the story on Hang Gliding & Paragliding in the Annual Manual. Thought you condensed down the content of our phone chats quite well! Love the photo of fellow pilot Kevin Graupman too! ANOTHER GREAT PIG OUT IN THE PARK I just wanted to say a big thank you to all the people who made this years Pig Out in the Park such a wonderful time. I’ve had the honor of performing my family comedy-magic show at Pig Out for the last 15 years. It’s always a fantastic time. However, this years smokey atmosphere
had me worried people might opt out of the festivities, but happily, I was wrong. The food and music were great and the crowds were as large and friendly as ever! SECRET LOVE I don’t know why our love has to be a secret. But I seem to be the one who always has to look like the fool.
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JEERS MEAN LADY ACROSS THE STREET We practice at Libby and I am a parent and have witnessed everyone picking up garbage, not our own, I have also witnessed a nasty person yealling at parents to
I turned and gave you a “Are you serious??” look... to no avail. I SHOULD have said something but didn’t want to make a scene; now I wish I had because I am so curious: what would make a woman old enough to know better (in your 50s at least) think that anyone wants to sit next to your bare feet while eating popcorn??
The world better watch out for when we can finally take it by storm.
I guess I will always be a fool in love with you. I am at the edge of the world, and here it is always staring at the face of death, or seeing your face of new life. What I’m trying to say is that I think I died to this world just to love you forever. THANK YOU! I was not having a good day on Saturday, so on my lunch break from work I went to the Gaslamp to hide and eat lunch. When I went to pay, you had gotten my bill. Thank you! It made my day and I will certainly pay it forward. I hope the wedding you are here for goes well on Saturday! CHAMPION OF DISABLED MARINES AND VETERANS WITH SERVICE DOGS EVERYWHERE Hu Rah!!! To YOU, DANNY RALPH, USMC (ret.), for taking on the forces of evil that assaulted you and your legitimate assistance dog in — gasp!!! — of all places but our VA Memorial Medical Center, under color of law. You are hero to us all, and prove the point that sometimes some of the hardest battles we veterans fight are here at home with enemies cloaked in official bastions of help. Because of your valour, and courage under “fire,” so to speak, we will prevail victorious, and the civil and human rights and safety of disabled and elderly disabled US vets with service dogs, will be realized, established, and permanently honored at our Spokane MannGrandstaff Veterans’ Memorial Medical Center and Clinics. Danny, you deserve the Congressional Medal of Honor for your bravery. Semper Fi!!! Brother.
move their cars off of a public street because she has “groceries” that I bought probably, our team is always respectful and kind and even picks up garbage we didn’t leave. I will not take a jeer from an asshole who probably leaves the garbage we pick up. PIGS IN THE PARK It seemed like a good idea to leave the hotel to visit the local Pig Out in the Park over the labor day weekend, but it was disappointing. In addition to watching someone fully embedded in the fountain yelling incoherently, we were asked by multiple people “do you have a few dollars to spare?”. Upon walking past the local newspaper booth, we watched a young “man” bully the elderly newspaper representative. He was behind the booth yelling the “f” word at him and threatening him with bodily harm. How proud he must be that he is capable of beating up an elderly man and how spectacular he must think he looked to all the children witnessing his actions. We did search for police, but were unable to locate them. If anyone knows the identity of the thug, please let the local newspaper know so they can contact police and press charges for the head butting. No more “Pig Out” for me. What a disappointment. THE BIG SICK MAGIC LANTERN Saturday September 9th, matinee. What on earth makes you think it is ok to drape your legs over the empty seat in front of you, dangling your bare feet inches away from the person in the next seat over?? When we sat down and you flung your feet my way,
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CRATER EVADER FIX-IT-FEST?!? What a joke! Mr. Mayor: Grow Up! It’s called: Routine Street Maintenance! You’re not appeasing “us”, by referring to necessary street work as Fix-It-Fest! As if, defining it as one of the more-than-too-many “fests” in this wreck of a little city will cause us to overlook the fact that YOU are shirking your duties as a leader. Most of us don’t fall for your sophomoric agenda antics as leadership. YOU are a joke! We are laughing, and so are cities and states in MN, MT, ND, WI, VA, GA, ME, VT. Need we continue! They, and we, are laughing. Towns and Cities 101! A 14 yr. old knows better. You can’t be proud of your leadership when the true foundation of your map-dot is a rutted, rotted wreck! Man up, Dude! We’ll address your laughable rubble dumping under the bridge, and your parks department, next. Start here, Homey. n
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Anyways, great job making the wafffle burgers and best of luck with school this next year! I’m sure you’ll do great! :)
Pumpkin Spice Burgers are here! Just kidding, that’s gross.
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BENEFIT
MEDVENGERS GALA The new event benefiting WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Scholarships features appetizers, cocktails, dinner and a live auction. Sep. 15, 6 pm. $150. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. go.wsu.edu/medvengers COMEDY SHOW & SILENT AUCTION Brad Upton performs a (clean) comedy hour, with a silent auction to benefit the American Heritage Wildlife Foundation. Sep. 16, 6-7 pm. $20. At 414 Church St., Sandpoint. ahwf.org (208-266-1488) JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT GOLF CLASSIC Proceeds support programs for regional youth that offer hands-on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, work-readiness education and more. Guests enjoy 18 holes of golf, a contest, live/silent auctions, an awards dinner and more. Sep. 18, 1:30 pm. Kalispel Golf and Country Club, 2010 W. Waikiki Rd. kalispelgolf.com (509-466-9813)
COMEDY
GRAB BAG COMEDY A showcase featuring up-and-coming local comedians. Each performer grabs a random topic out of a bag as a prompt to perform stand-up sets. Sept. 14, 8 pm. $10-$16. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com JIMMY PARDO A seasoned veteran of comedy clubs and late night TV, Pardo has appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “Conan,” “The Late Late Show” and his own half hour special on Comedy Central. Sept. 15 at 8 and 10:30 pm. Sept. 15. $18-$26. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) ONCE MORE WITH FEELING In celebration of the BDT’s 20th anniversary, they’ll revisit as many previous shows as possible each night with the turbo speed version. Fridays, at 8 pm, through Sept. 22. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) JASON MEWES Perhaps best known as the vocal half of the on-screen comedic duo, Jay and Silent Bob, Mewes has reprised the character in a number of films. Sept. 16 at 7:30 and 10:30 pm. $25-$35. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (509-318-9998) JOHN HEFFRON Long before emerging victorious in the second season of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” Heffron took the stage at the University of Michigan’s Main Street Comedy Showcase. Sept. 21-22 at 8 pm. $15-$23. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998)
COMMUNITY
SPOKANE COUNTY INTERSTATE FAIR The 2017 fair includes all the traditional and favorite events, from grandstand entertainment to the PRCA rodeo, demolition derby, food vendors, carnival rides, ag demos and displays and more. Sept. 8-16 from 10 am-10:30 pm, Sept. 17 from 10 am-8 pm. $8-$11 at gate. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. spokanecounty.org TITANOBOA: MONSTER SNAKE The Smithsonian shares an exhibit featuring a full-scale model of the prehistoric Titanoboa, casts of the original fossil vertebrae, and clips from a documentary. Through Nov. 26; Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun 11 am-5 pm. $8. Mobius Science Center, 331 N. Post. mobiusspokane.org
THIRD FRIDAY SWING DANCE Strictly Swing kicks off a new season with Johnny J & the Flat Foot Floogies. Includes a beginner lesson at 7 followed by dancing from 8-11 pm. Sep. 15. $10/$15. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (279-9041) VINTAGE HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE The vintage store hosts its annual preHalloween and season changing open house. Sep. 15, 5-8 pm. Free admission. Two Women Vintage Goods, 112 S. Cedar St. (624-4322) FETCH! SCRAPS’ amazing race scavenger hunt through Riverfront Park. Sign up as a pack or as an individual; all walkers receive a goodie bag. Includes a vendor fair, prizes, free goodies for participants and more. Sept. 16, 10 am-2 pm. Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. bit.ly/2wg0VUA IMAGINE SPOKANE FORUM Explore issues of eliminating poverty and creating a just, safe and inclusive community. Co-sponsored by Gonzaga and SNAP. Sept. 16, 9 am-4:30 pm. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. (509-313-6942) SPOKANE COUNTY REPTILE & EXOTIC PET EXPO The show features a large selection of live reptiles, amphibians, insects, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, rodents, feeder bugs, books and more. Sept. 16, 10 am-4 pm. $5. The Warehouse, 800 N. Hamilton. (607-5832) SPOKANE RIVER CLEAN-UP The Lands Council hosts the 14th annual cleanup, covering locations in Spokane Valley, the University District, the Downtown River Gorge area, and Riverside State Park. Sept. 16, 9 am-noon. spokanerivercleanup.org (209-2851) A VICTORIAN BALL A period-themed costume ball (full formal Victorian attire requested) with dance lessons, live music, appetizers and desserts. Sep. 16, 5 pm. $35-$65. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. bit.ly/2wWQrIb HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS A guided tour of the gardens, restored in 2007 to look as they did when in use in 1915. Upcoming tours: Sept. 17 and 24, 11 amnoon; also offered during Art in Bloom, Sept. 22-23, at 1 and 3 pm. Free. MooreTurner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh Ave. heritagegardens.org WHAT’S FOR DINNER? A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING GMOS Experts speak about GMOs at this event hosted by the U of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Talk followed by panel discussion among Idaho ag representatives. Sep. 18, 6-9 pm. Free and open to the public. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. uidaho.com/cals/speaker-series EXPERIENCE NEW LEAF BAKERY Go behind the scenes and learn about the job training program while helping prepare a large order, participate in cooking-related activities, and hear from Transitions staff. RSVP to mreinbold@help4women. Sept. 20, 11:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. SNAP Fort Wright, 3102 W. Fort George Wright Dr. help4women.org NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS The Victim/ Witness Unit from the Spokane County Prosecutors Office hosts a “Celebration of Life” vigil to honor the memories of murder victims, and to recognize the impact of homicide on surviving family/ friends. Sept. 20, 5:45-7 pm. Spokane County Public Works Building, 1100 W. Mallon. (477-3640)
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WEDNESDAY CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with Out of the Wood playing and caller Nora Scott. Beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. Sep. 20, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (598-9111)
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 40TH ANNIVERSARY See the digitally remastered iconic film from Steven Spielberg on its 40th birthday. Sept. 14 and 16 at 7:30 pm, Sept. 17 at 3:30 pm. $7/adults, $6/seniors, $5/students, $4/children. Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org Z NATION: BEHIND THE CAMERA During summer 2017, the MAC became a working TV studio and a celebration of the dozens of local artists behind the hit Syfy series Z Nation. Exhibit features props, costumes and other items used in the show. Through Sept. 24; Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org LOOK & SEE A screening of the awardwinning Sundance documentary about farmer, activist and writer Wendell Berry. Sept. 15, 7:30-9 pm. $5. Big Barn Brewing Co., 16004 N. Applewood Ln. lookandseefilm.com (655-3444) 13TH DOCUMENTARY SCREENING + DISCUSSION See the award-winning documentary on U.S. incarceration practices that disparately target African Americans, and stay for a post-film discussion with civil rights attorney Breean Beggs and Whitworth VP of Student Life and Dean of Students Rosetta Rhodes. Sept. 16, 6 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 35TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING A screening of the film in celebration of its 35th anniversary. Sept. 17 and 20, at 2 and 7 pm. $13. Regal Cinemas NorthTown and Riverstone Stadium (CdA). fathomevents.com BEYOND THE WALL: SCREENING + PANEL A film viewing and discussion of the documentary on U.S. incarceration practices and trends. Includes a discussion with panelists from U.S. Probation, attorneys, public defenders and nonprofits. Sept. 19, 5:30 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES: TONI ERDMANN Winfried doesn’t see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she’s busy as a corporate strategist. Sept. 19, 7 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org FOOD FOR THOUGHT FILM SERIES: KEEP THE HIVES ALIVE In June 2016 a group of beekeepers, farmers, community organizers, environmental groups and concerned citizens banded together to host the “Keep the Hives Alive Tour” to raise awareness about the plight of pollinators and how toxic pesticides contribute to their decline. Includes a post-film panel and discussion. Sept. 20, 7 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org ROOTED IN PEACE In celebration of the upcoming International Day of Peace, the theater screens Greg Reitman’s globally transformative, sociallyconscious, environmentally-based film. Sept. 21, 7 pm. $6-$11. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org
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Indica vs. Sativa vs. Reality Demystifying some marijuana terminology; it’s all about the cannabinoids and terpenes BY TUCK CLARRY
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This annoying guy at my gym keeps asking me out. I’m always polite, saying, “Would love to, but sorry, I’m really busy.” And then I move to another part of the gym. I’d go at a different time, but unfortunately, he’s always there in the hours I can work out. What should I say so he gets the hint and leaves me alone? —Go Away Already! There are people — some of them men — who won’t take no for an answer. But you haven’t tried no — or any of the variations: “Nuh-uh,” “Are you crazy?” or “The only way you’re ever getting into my pants is if you’re trying on ladies clothing at Goodwill.” Women have a tendency to be hinty and otherwise indirect in telling a guy they aren’t interested. As personal security expert Gavin de Becker puts it in “The Gift of Fear”: “Rejecting women often say less than they mean,” and “men often hear less than what is said.” Men’s poor, um, hearing actually seems to be an evolutionary design feature. Research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss suggests that men evolved to be poor guessers about women’s sexual interest in them — erring on the side of assuming a woman’s interested when they have no definitive sign that she isn’t (as in adult variations on “off my case, toilet face!”). As Buss explains the likely benefit from this “sexual overperception bias,” it leads men “to believe that a woman is sexually interested in them in response to ambiguous cues such as a smile or going to a bar alone,” and thus functions to keep men from “missing sexual opportunities.” (Or — in somewhat less scientific terms — it gives a man a chance at passing his genetic material on to the next generation instead of into an old tube sock.) You don’t have to be cruel, but something a little more hope-crushing than “I’d love to” would be a start. Saying you’re “busy” doesn’t cut it, as it suggests that all that’s keeping the guy from getting into your ladybusiness are scheduling conflicts. The most effective rejection is a direct one — like this one I suggested in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck”: “Thanks so much. I’m really flattered, but I’m sorry to say that I’m just not interested.” Though “I’m flattered” might seem condescending, it softens the blow — without being misleading. It suggests that you believe the person you’re rejecting has some merits, as opposed to what may actually be the truth: “I would rather be pecked to death by angry hens than have sex with you.”
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This hot guy I met online lied about his height. We got together, and I’m like 3 inches taller than he is. That doesn’t bother me, but I’m worried that his height is a source of insecurity for him (since he lied about it on his profile). —Skyscraper You can’t always find your one and only, but you can sometimes find your threequarters and only. It isn’t a surprise that this guy, in calculating his height, added in the vintage ottoman he was standing on when he took the photo. While there are breast men, leg men, butt men, and even toe men, in female preferences for men’s appearance, across cultures, there’s one thing that really, really matters, and it’s height. (Guilty: I’ve joked about getting one of those amusement park signs to post over my bed, “Must be this tall to ride this ride.”) Research by evolutionary social psychologist Gert Stulp suggests that women, in general, find it “unacceptable” to be taller than the man they’re with and prefer to be substantially shorter (ideally a whole 8 inches shorter; so, say, 5’6” to a man’s 6’2”). As for why women evolved to prefer taller men, though being tall doesn’t always mean being stronger (and thus better able to protect a woman), tallness points to physical health. (If a man’s body is riddled with parasites, his metabolic resources get invested in battling the little buggers instead of upward growth.) In modern times, some men try to cheat their way taller, with dating profile fudgery, shoes with built-in “lifts,” and strong hair gel (the essential ingredient in a towering pompadour). However, a short man isn’t necessarily short on self-worth. According to Stulp and his colleagues, shorter men’s dissatisfaction with their height seems linked to the general preference by women for taller men. This makes sense, considering how bad it feels to know your partner doesn’t find you all that attractive. But since that isn’t a problem here, let him know. And you might also keep in mind that good things do, as they say, “come in small packages”: gum, Shetland ponies… and, hey, Ron Jeremy is a short dude. (Uh, not all over.) n ©2017, 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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KITCHEN ENGINE ANNIVERSARY To celebrate 11 years, the local culinary resource center and retailer offers discounts, prizes, local chef and product rep demos, food samples and more. Sept. 13-15 during regular store hours. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com (328-3335) LANTERN SOUR FEST The 4th annual festival of sour beer features about 30 sours on tap, with live music both nights. Sept. 15-16. The Lantern Tap House, 1004 S. Perry St. bit.ly/2xXYweZ WINE TASTING Friday’s (Sept. 15) tasting showcases wines from Penner Ash Wine Cellars, from 3-6:30 pm ($15). On Saturday (Sept. 16), sample wines from Gilbert Cellars, from 2-4:30 pm ($10). Vino! 222 S. Washington. vinowine.com LATE SUMMER SALADS Join Kristi Fountain to learn how to make a trio of healthy salads that take advantage of all that the growing season has to offer. Sep. 18, 5:30-7 pm. $39. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon. thekitchenengine.com MUSHROOM FORAGING See in-season mushrooms and learn how to identify and forage for mushrooms. You can also bring your mushrooms for identification as well. Sept. 19, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. scld.org
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JJ HELLER IN CONCERT A concert to benefit A Child’s Hope Spokane. Heller brings an acoustic-folk sound with heartfelt lyrics. Sept. 15, 7-9 pm. $10$20. Life Center Church, 1202 N. Government Way. (328-2700) MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN The Spokane Symphony performs its 15th annual concert at Chewelah Creek Learning Center (3215 Flowery Trail Rd.). Admission includes beverage and snacks. Festival seating, doors open at 1 pm. Sept. 16, 2-4 pm. $25/adults, $15/12 and under. chewelahartsguild.org (499-4376) AUDITORIUM CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: MUSIC FROM THE PALOUSE A concert featuring Palouse-area musicians; details and program lineup to be announced. Sept. 19, 7:30 pm. $10-$25. U of Idaho Admin Building, 851 Campus Dr. uidaho.edu/class/acms
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GLOBAL KIDICAL MASSIVE Spokane joins thousands of kids all over the planet for a worldwide bike ride. This family-friendly afternoon ride of about 3 miles heads out through Kendall Yards and back on the Centennial Trail. Meet at Spark Central. Sep. 16, 1-2:30 pm. Free. summerparkways.com HYDROPLANE RACES Watch outboard hydroplanes in their final race of the season. Boats launch out of the Winona Beach Resort on Waitts Lake in Valley, Wash. Sept. 16-17, 10 am-4 pm. Free. slora.com
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THE DUMB WAITER Considered one of Pinter’s best early one-act plays, directed by Stephen John, MFA candidate. Sept. 13-16 at 7:30 pm, Sept. 16-17 at 2 pm. $10 (free UI students). The Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho.edu/ class/theatre/ (208-885-2558)
12 ANGRY JURORS Twelve jurors deliberate the guilt or innocence of a 19-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his father. Through Sept. 17, Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. $7-$12. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave. pendoreilleplayers.org CDA MURDER MYSTERY THEATRE: THE MAUI MURDERS A luau can’t help but turn deadly with so many nefarious characters in attendance. Sept. 15 at 7 pm. $25. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. mauimurderssept8. brownpapertickets.com CYRANO The most legendary nose in literature gets a makeover with this lively American adaptation of the 1897 classic. Through Sept. 24, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. spokanestageleft.org RIPCORD The 2015 play by Pulitzer winner David Lindsay Abaire takes place in a senior living center, where a cantankerous woman is not taking kindly to her new roommate. Sept. 15-Oct. 1; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$15. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org SISTER ACT A production of the beloved musical. Sept. 15-Oct. 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org (208-673-7529) CONVERSATIONS OF MY MOTHERS A staged reading of the play by Micki Panttaja. Donations benefit a UI endowment in Micki’s honor; the Micki Panttaja Playwriting Scholarship Endowment. Sept. 16, 7:30-9 pm. Free, donations accepted. University of Idaho Hartung Theater, 6th & Stadium Way. uidaho.edu/class/theatre THE TELLING WAR Through a series of free public workshops, this event provides avenues for veterans to reflect on their war experience. Artists, writers and makers will model storytelling methods. Sep. 17. Free. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th. stjohns-cathedral.org WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF A Stage to Screen series event, featuring a live performance filmed at the Harold Pinter Theater in London. Sep. 17, 2 pm. $7-$15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com
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SQUEAK MEISEL: THE IMMORTALS’ EXHIBITION Whitworth’s Art Department presents the work of Meisel, an associate professor of fine art at WSU who has several permanently-sited public works in the Seattle area. Sept. 13-Nov. 3; Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm. Opening reception Sept. 12, 5-7 pm. Free. Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth, 300 W. Hawthorne. (777-3258) TONY DATTILO: SAINTS, SAVAGES & SALES The Pacific Northwest musician, artist and educator’s current work ranges from sculpture to painting in a variety of mediums. Sept. 11-Oct. 20. Walk-through Sept. 11 at 11 am; lecture at 4 pm; reception 5-7 pm. In the Boswell Hall Corner Gallery; open Mon-Thu 10 am-4 pm, Fri 10 am-2:30 pm. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu ANTINOMY Explore new work by artists in residence at Richmond Art Collective. This cross-disciplinary exhibit is the second in a series of three occurring in 2017. Sep. 15, 5-8 pm. Free. Richmond Gallery, 228 W. Sprague. (499-4739) GARLAND SKETCH CRAWL Draw and
sketch Garland’s landmarks with artist Megan Perkins. Supply list available, pre-registration required. Sept. 15, 6-8 pm. $20. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: MAKAYLA MIRACLE The new fall series starts off with sessions from local sculptor and costume maker Makayla Miracle. During each residency, artists provide handson sessions for the public, as well as onsite art making for observation. Special sessions with Miracle Sept. 10, 2-4 pm and Sept. 19, 6:30-8:30 pm; registration required. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org EYE CONTACT A one-night exhibit featuring art by homeless women and children in our community, hosted by Terrain. Proceeds support Hope House Women’s Shelter and Crosswalk Youth Shelter. Guests enjoy appetizers, desserts, wine and coffee. Also features an art raffle, live demos, entertainment and more. Sept. 21, 6-9 pm. $40-$50. Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific. voaspokane.org/eye-contact
WORDS READING + SIGNING: JAMIE FORD To receive a ticket to this event you must purchase the hardcover or audiobook of Ford’s “Love and Other Consolation Prizes.” Sept. 14, 7-8 pm. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com BOOK LAUNCH: PETER BROWN HOFFMEISTER “Too Shattered for Mending” is the coming-of-age story of a teen whose tiny Idaho town is impoverished, derelict by hunger, violence, drugs, and a consuming feeling of hopelessness. Sept. 15, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) AUTHOR TALK: LINDA LAEL MILLER The bestselling romance novelist talks about her first historical fiction novel, to be published in 2018. Sep. 16, 3 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org SPOKEN WORDS: RHIANNON MCGAVIN + AFARIA MCKINNEY The internationally-selling and award-winning teen poet from LA has performed her poetry on podcasts, NPR, and at venues across the nation. McGavin is opened by Spokane poet Afaria McKinney. Sep. 16, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com BOOK LAUNCH: DREADFUL : LUMINOSITY A book launch and celebration for Montana poet Natalie Peeterse’s new book. Sept. 17, 7-8:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org RESISTANCE SALON PRESENTS: DOMINIQUE CHRISTINA An evening with the poet, activist, educator and mother, who performs her original work. Sept. 17, 6-9 pm. Free. Saranac Rooftop, 25 W. Main. bit.ly/2wJ3e0K PIVOT STORY SLAM: SCHOOL DAYS: The live, local storytelling series invites all to its second open mic story slam. Community members are invited to tell a true story from their own lives (up to 5 min. long) in front of an audience. Sept. 21, 7-9 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org READING: EOWYN IVEY A reading and signing with the author for her new novel “To the Bright Edge of the World.” Sept. 21, 7:30 pm. Free. BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main. bookpeopleofmoscow.com n
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Siberia and Jango to headliners like the John Butler Trio and OK Go. Food and art vendors dotted the paths, and stand-up comics fired off jokes at seemingly random spots where festivalgoers walked by or congregated for a little shade or a beer. For its first year, it was certainly a sight to behold — big and ambitious — and we look forward to Tinnabulation’s second act. — DAN NAILEN
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