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othing against huge, sprawling cities — they’ve got some decent stuff, too. But if someone says you have to go to Seattle or San Francisco or New York to see art and experience culture, simply drop this jam-packed 104-page FALL ARTS issue in front of them. The heavy thud it makes will speak volumes. Here we have scores of local writers publishing new novels and books of poetry. Here we have a new university-run art museum with six separate galleries over nearly 15,000 square feet. Here we have a new music venue in the works, with a name that says it all: Lucky You Lounge. And here, in one convenient place with an exhaustive calendar, we have all the people and events shaping the culture of the Inland Northwest (beginning on page 29).

Also this week: The next installment of Miller Cane: A True and Exact History — the serialized novel the Inlander launched last week — continues on page 23.

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As the Brett Kavanaugh nomination veers into Anita Hill territory, we can’t forget his judicial record

BY ROBERT HEROLD

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udge Brett Kavanaugh opened his Supreme Court nomination hearing by assuring the senators of the Judiciary Committee that, as a justice, he would always follow precedent as directed by “original meaning.” With apologies to originalists, in my view this is bogus for the simple reason that, aside from attribution, there is no such thing as “original meaning.” At best it’s a guessing game, and once this fact is acknowledged the logic behind the conservative catchphrase falls apart.

The Supreme Court provides majority opinions, fixed in time. Arguments are made, a vote is taken. Yes, decisions should always be informed by precedent — key word, “informed” — which, if not followed, begs for justification. But “original meaning”?

Judge Kavanaugh no doubt would disagree.

He considers Justice Antonin Scalia to be his role model. The originalist intellectual trail leads through Scalia back to Robert Bork, who viewed the attribution of “original meaning” as the way to put the brakes on so-called “judicial activism,” which to him was really any ruling he didn’t like.

Not all of Scalia’s colleagues were impressed.

Take gun control for example: Justice John Paul Stevens, in his scathing dissent of Scalia’s opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, pointed out that Scalia had actually managed to violate his own “original meaning” test while misconstruing the clear record of guiding precedents. The brilliant and ever acerbic Circuit Judge Richard Posner referred to Scalia’s Heller opinion as “incoherent.”

The gun lobby, to no surprise, loved it.

And it’s right here that our other self-proclaimed “originalist,” Clarence Thomas, really goes off the rails. Not only does he claim that he always knows the “original meaning,” he does Scalia one worse — he dismisses precedent. The scary thing is that Kavanaugh sometimes comes off sounding more like Thomas than Scalia.

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o what about Kavanaugh’s legal record? He worked for Kenneth Starr and prepared that transparently partisan argument for the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He said that Clinton offended his sensibilities. If that same standard was applied to Donald Trump, we would have been rid of him long ago and for much better reasons. Clinton, after all, never posed a threat to the “security of a free state.”

Kavanaugh was also involved in writing the justification for Bush v. Gore, a case that appears now on most lists of the single worst Supreme Court decisions of all time. When asked about all this, Kavanaugh did a version of “duck and cover.” He focused the question on the Florida State Constitution and underscored the power of the Legislature to decide elections — which entirely misses the point. In fact, votes are supposed to be counted and therefore dictate what

the Legislature does. A final tally of Florida’s election results in 2000 was blocked by the Bush v. Gore decision.

Furthermore, that court, supported by Kavanaugh, ignored the corrupting politics of the moment. Enron was flying in, free of charge, dozens of “vote counters” all of whom had instructions to help Bush win. In effect, the court turned a blind eye to the old “fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.”

How about voter suppression? The John Roberts Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, and despite the more recent obvious examples of voter suppression in the 2016 election, by putting Kavanaugh on the bench we likely will see additional reasons laid out in favor of legalizing more of the same.

He also has a record of almost always supporting the claims of corporate America, which suggests that he would be no help in regards to, say, our profound climate change challenges.

Which brings us to Roe v. Wade. When questioned by Sen. Susan Collins, Kavanaugh stated that “Roe is settled law.” For the record, both John Roberts and Clarence Thomas used these very same words during their confirmation hearings.

Frankly, overturning Roe v. Wade might no longer be in the GOP’s best interest. Trump’s outrageous displays of sexism and racism have mobilized an army of angry anti-Trump women voters. Overturning Roe would likely accelerate the apostasy and, at the same time, Republicans would lose their favorite issue.

It seems for sure that with Kavanaugh on board, the Supreme Court would more routinely support what red states are already doing — shutting down women’s health clinics.

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ost in all this Talmudic mumbo jumbo is the most important question of all: Just why did Trump pick Kavanaugh? Trump has openly stated that he wanted a judge who would carry out his agenda, and he is certain Kavanaugh is that judge.

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More likely, back in 1954, as today, he would have regarded this decision and all the social progress it created to be just another example of judicial activism. n

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COMMENT | CULTURE Unfortunately, just as Nike knows how to sell sneakers, right-wing operatives are just as good at selling divisive culture wars. They, too, are leaning into this moment to try to get white Americans to buy that Kaepernick (and politicians who agree with him) represents a threat to their values and to vote accordingly.

While this strategy reveals that our country sadly has too many voters stirred too easily by racial animosity, I’m hopeful that we have among us even more Kaepernicksupporting sneakerheads. Unfortunately, I suspect the Venn diagram between sneakerheads and voters shows far too little overlap.

Sneakerheads have the skills to help break this trend and save democracy.

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ove or hate the recent Colin Kaepernick ad blitz, there’s one thing everyone has to admit: Nike knows how to sell sneakers.

Oh, sure, there were the Fox News talking head deniers, claiming Nike had made a critical mistake and would surely pay the price. And certainly they showed videos of a few folks tossing their already-purchased shoes into fires angrily — in perhaps the world’s least effective protest.

But look, Nike knows how to sell sneakers and, equally important, it knows who buys sneakers. Putting Kaepernick in their ads wasn’t charity or a political state-

ment. It was savvy capitalism.

This wasn’t even a particularly bold play by Nike.

Kaepernick’s popularity among consumers was already well established by his jersey sales, which rank among the highest among the NFL even though he isn’t playing or even signed to a team. (Unsurprisingly, you didn’t see any Fox News bloviators complaining about the NFL making money off the player they refused to play.)

But the fact that Nike’s support for Kaepernick was a business decision rather than new-found corporate enlightenment makes me even more excited. Because it means sneakerheads, in mass, share my support for the quarterback turned civil rights and criminal justice activist. And this country has a heck of a lot of sneakerheads.

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Sneakerheads are disproportionately young and young people disproportionately fail to vote. But sneakerheads have the skills to help break this trend and save democracy.

First, they are natural trendsetters, willing to rebel against the status quo in favor of bold new styles. How about supporting some bold new policies and candidates to disrupt democracy?

Second, a standard tactic of the far right wing is to make voting more difficult by limiting polling places and making it more difficult to register to vote. This is a challenge made for sneakerheads. They’ve already shown a willingness to wait in long lines for hours and do whatever it takes to get their names on the list for the next hot drop. When they get engaged, they’re impossible to suppress.

Third, sneakerheads do their research. In fact, they are obsessive researchers. They care about how the sausage — or rather the sneaker — is made, designed and marketed. Sneakerheads follow the hype, but they also know when to be skeptical and take a pass. Most importantly, they know how to spot a fake and don’t do business with people who try to pass off falsehoods for the real thing.

So, sneakerheaders, how about it? Will you catch the latest hot collaboration when it drops on the first Tuesday in November? It features: You x Democracy. n John T. Reuter, a former Sandpoint City Councilman, studied at the College of Idaho and currently resides in Seattle. He has been active in protecting the environment, expanding LGBT rights and Idaho’s Republican Party politics.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

LEAVING ON A JET PLANE he Spokane City Council is flying to Sweden and Denmark to discuss

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ways to combat climate change (“Condon vs. Climate,” 9/13/18). Here is an idea. Teleconference! How can anyone take these people seriously if their solution to the problem is to fly to Europe to talk. Are they charting how big of a carbon footprint this is creating? Why doesn’t the Spokane LETTERS City Council stay here and work on Send comments to Spokane’s problems? Is it because editor@inlander.com. they have no solutions to the problems of drug abuse, homelessness, affordable housing, inflated city payrolls, etc., etc.? I suppose it is much easier to jump on a jet and pretend like they are doing something.

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Readers respond to an article on Inlander.com about a Spokane Police officer who allegedly described all Muslims as terrorists while on an “extra-duty” security detail (9/14/18):

TONY DINARO: If this allegation is found to be true, this officer should be let go. There’s long been a perception that the culture in SPD does not value all citizens equally. While I think that perception is unwarranted for the vast majority of officers, incidents like this reinforce that perception. A few bigoted officers should not be allowed to give the whole department a bad name.

PHIL WOODY: “We’ll always have cases like this because we have one big problem selecting police officers. ... We have to recruit from the human race.” — William H. Parker, chief of police, Los Angeles, circa 1962. He said that in response to police corruption and brutality within his own department. While unethical law enforcement behavior tarnishes the badge for all who wear it, we have to keep in mind that police officers are human. And there’s a vast majority of good and bad in every profession.

BEN CATER: Spokane is pretty insulated. As disturbing as this is, not surprised one bit.

JODI KRUGER: Racism has been raising its very ugly head again for the last several months. It really needs to bury same ugly head! We are all God’s children. n

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t’s one thing to hear rumors that major chemical companies knew their products were harming people for decades. It’s another to see physical proof, in the form of internal meeting minutes, questionable studies, and other documents from the 1930s to 1970s that all show companies strategically continued to sell chemicals despite clear evidence they could hurt animals, people and the environment.

That’s exactly why investigative journalist Peter von Stackelberg and a small but dedicated team worked to digitize and post more than 100,000 pages of documents dubbed the “Poison Papers” online last year, so everyone could see for themselves.

The papers show wide-ranging issues not only with companies, but more importantly with the regulatory agencies meant to oversee the industry, von Stackelberg explains.

“As I got deeper and deeper into it, I couldn’t continue to ignore the fact that there was something seriously wrong with the industry and the regulatory system,” says

The city continues to deal with a legacy of PCB contamination in the Spokane River. von Stackelberg, who first started reporting on the chemical industry decades ago.

The documents, including private corporate minutes, were largely obtained by Oregon woman Carol Van Strum and others through legal battles and public records requests starting back in the 1970s.

Among many other issues, some documents show that chemical manufacturer Monsanto knew a family of chemicals known as PCBs were harmful, persistent contaminants back in the ’50s, ’60s and earlier, yet continued to prioritize their sale for years.

Those same explosive revelations are part of the basis for a lawsuit the city of Spokane filed against Monsanto, as the city continues to deal with a legacy of PCB contamination in the Spokane River. Washington state has also filed a similar suit.

Von Stackelberg, now a college lecturer and futurist, will speak about the damning evidence contained in the documents during a free event at Gonzaga on Thursday, Sept. 27, hosted by the university’s Environmental Law

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‘JAW DROPPING’

In about 1980, when von Stackelberg was a young reporter at a daily paper in Regina, Saskatchewan, he heard rumors that the provincial government might be looking to ban more than 100 chemicals commonly used in agriculture.

As a political reporter who also covered the ag industry, he knew that would be a huge deal, so he started digging.

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“The list of chemicals was actually jaw dropping in terms of the ones where there were serious questions about the safety studies,” von Stackelberg says.

Over the course of about nine months, he reported about questionable pesticides, drugs, food additives such as artificial sweeteners and more. It appeared there were issues at dozens of labs, and that chemical companies had known about concerns around their products for years, von Stackelberg says.

Eventually, multiple criminal charges came against those who ran IBT. But while there was some initial publicity around the chemical industry’s alleged misdeeds, the stories eventually dwindled. The other labs and chemical companies weren’t taken to task for their roles.

“The whole thing sort of faded away and 40 years later, we’re still dealing with the pollution, the corruption, the fraud and so on,” von Stackelberg says. “I call IBT the original sin of the EPA regulatory system. It’s never been something I would say can be trusted.”

While he went into the story not having a position one way or the other, von Stackelberg says it was hard not to lose faith in government agencies that were supposed to be regulatory checks on the industry.

Peter von Stackelberg will speak during a free event at Gonzaga next week. MONICA LEIGH PHOTO “You’ve got to be an absolute idiot after unearthing that information not to come to the position that there’s something wrong with the regulation system when dozens of chemical companies, and more than 50 labs have a pattern of incompetence, fraud and criminal conduct in some cases,” he says.

Now, von Stackelberg and the Poison Papers team, which includes the Bioscience Resource Project and the Center for Media and Democracy, are trying to make sure that story and others like it don’t die there.

MONSANTO AND SPOKANE

In 2015, the city of Spokane sued Monsanto over pollution in the Spokane River from polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly called PCBs, claiming the city “has suffered, and continues to suffer, monetary damages to be proven at trial,” due to Monsanto’s actions. The case is ongoing

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and deals with what Monsanto knew while continuing to sell the products.

PCBs were used in some household products, including waxes, swimming pool paints and chlorinators, but were more commonly used as coolants and lubricants in electrical equipment.

Congress banned production of the extremely persistent chemicals by the late 1970s, but they continue to leach out of the products they were used in and into the river. PCBs are believed to cause reproductive issues as well as increased risks for some cancers. In some places, fish from the Spokane River are not safe enough to eat due to PCB levels.

“The city’s argument is, ‘Hey now we’re stuck with paying for this cleanup, so Monsanto, you need to come pay for part of this,’” says Rick Eichstaedt, a Gonzaga law professor and director of the Environmental Law and Land Use Clinic.

The lawsuit relies on some of the same evidence now posted on poisonpapers.org.

One such document is a report of an internal ad hoc committee within Monsanto, dated Oct. 2, 1969.

The document notes there was little chance that Monsanto could stop the incrimination of PCBs “as nearly global environmental contaminants leading to contamination of human food (particularly fish), the killing of some marine species (shrimp), and the possible extinction of several species of fish-eating birds.”

But while the report notes the right thing to do is warn customers and start working with federal agencies to control the substances, it and other documents make it clear that internal company deliberations came with the constant reminder not to forget the bottom line: Sales of the chemicals were worth millions.

The first objective of that ad hoc committee? To “protect continued sales and profits” from PCBs. “Your city’s paying the bill for Monsanto’s behavior in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s,” von Stackelberg says. “They profited then, you’re paying the bill now.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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“They don’t want us,” one of the officers allegedly replied. “We need to be protected from them.

They’re all terrorists.” The accused officer has not been identified. (MITCH RYALS)

SIT, LIE, CITE Since Jan. 1, 2018, there have been more than 200 citations issued by Spokane Police to people for sitting or lying down in the downtown core, according to a search of Spokane Municipal Court records. That’s more than half the total number of SIT-LIE CITATIONS issued since enforcement started in 2014 and more than double the total handed out in 2014, 2015 and 2016 combined.

Why the increase? “If we can use this a little bit more and get more people into community court, we can hopefully get more of them into services and get them off the street,” says Spokane Police Lt. Steve Braun, “so they can live a better life and get more what they deserve as human beings.”

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CROSSING THE LINE Last week, Washington State University’s student newspaper, the Daily Evergreen, published a story containing reports of sexual misconduct by former WSU QB and current athletics department employee JASON GESSER (above). The university investigated in January and found no violation of policy. But on Monday, a woman came forward and filed a new formal complaint alleging sexual misconduct by Gesser. The allegations are different than anything WSU had investigated before.

Gesser was placed on administrative leave Monday. Records from the previous investigation also reveal that former WSU QB legend Jack Thompson chided those who reported rumors of Gesser’s misconduct to superiors. Thompson told them to “fall in line” and “stay in [your] lane,” records show. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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NEWS | EMPLOYMENT

Amy Thomas says Diamond Freight Systems paid her for 40 hours when she actually worked 90 to 120 hours a week.

Strength in Numbers Workers banded together to sue a local trucking company for wage theft — but the Supreme Court just made it harder for others to do the same

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s terminal manager for Diamond Freight Systems trucking company, Amy Thomas devoted nearly every waking moment to work.

In order to get to the warehouse in Spokane Valley on time, she’d wake up around 5 or 6 am in her home in Kellogg, Idaho, where she lived with her mom and brother. She’d work all day, barely stopping to eat. Sometimes, she’d stay until 11 at night, knowing that she’d have to drive back in the morning, or that she’d get a call at 2 am from a driver who needed a problem solved.

She says she easily worked 90 to 120 hours per week.

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Yet she was only paid for 40 hours a week, at $11 an hour. Other drivers for Diamond Freight, based in Yakima, had similar complaints. They were paid a flat rate of $110 per day, yet they were required to work more than 40 hours per week with no overtime pay, as mandated by state and federal law.

“They were like, we’re not paying you anything over 40 hours. Nobody’s worth it,” Thomas says. “But the job has to get done.”

Since 2014, Diamond Freight drivers have been involved in at least three serious crashes, two of them fatal.

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That includes a 2015 crash in which a Diamond Freight driver, Kenneth Hahn, fell asleep at the wheel and struck a car and a school bus in Central Washington. The children on the bus were OK, but the driver of the car, a 22-year-old woman, died. Her family sued, accusing the company of knowing that employees worked long, irregular hours and operated vehicles while fatigued.

When reached by phone, Tony Mountaintes, an owner of Northwest Freight, formerly Diamond Freight, referred the Inlander to his attorney. The attorney did not return a message seeking comment.

The fatal collision came as no surprise to Jason Tschosik, who worked as a driver for six weeks in 2016.

“It’s no wonder that somebody got killed,” Tschosik tells the Inlander.

Shortly after he left the company in March 2016, Tschosik filed a class-action lawsuit against Diamond Freight, which also does business as Northwest Freight and Parcel, in Spokane County Superior Court. Thomas and other workers joined the lawsuit, which is expected to go to trial early next year. They’re asking not just for the money they’re owed, but for the company to be held accountable for wage theft.

It’s precisely the kind of case that the United States Supreme Court just made harder to bring forward.

CHANGING THE SYSTEM

Wage theft is a widespread, often underreported crime in the U.S. that impacts millions of workers.

Commonly, it’s the result of employers failing to pay workers for overtime. Most workers who get paid hourly and work more than 40 hours in a seven-day work week must be paid overtime; otherwise it’s a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Washington also requires employers to provide rest breaks, unlike federal law. Wage theft can also come in the form of workers getting paid less than minimum wage, or not getting a final paycheck.

One recent study from the Economic Policy Institute, a leftleaning think tank, estimates that minimum wage violations alone could cost low-wage workers $15 billion per year.

“You’re not going to change the system through a bunch of individual lawsuits.”

“People really don’t quite grasp what their rights are sometimes,” says Andrew Biviano, a local civil rights attorney. “They don’t grasp how frequently this happens.”

Biviano is representing the former Diamond Freight employees in the class-action lawsuit. The problem with wage theft, he says, is that even when employees do understand their rights, they don’t have the time or money to file a lawsuit to get money for unpaid wages.

Still, there are a few options. Workers can file a complaint through the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.

In 2017, L&I received nearly 6,000 wage complaints, returning $3.4 million in wages to workers. L&I returned nearly $2 million in back pay to Hertz and Thrifty workers in SeaTac last September.

“We know it takes courage for people to file a wage complaint,” says Matthew Erlich, a spokesman for Washington L&I. “We try to make it easy for a worker, and do our best to seek out the facts from worker and employer.”

But typically, L&I will investigate individual cases, not an entire company. In those situations, the cost to pay back an individual worker may not be an impetus for that company to stop wage theft.

That’s why the ability to file class-action lawsuits is important, Biviano says. However, that’s what the U.S. Supreme Court just made more difficult. In May, the court ruled in a 5-4 vote that workers who sign employment agreements to arbitrate claims may not band together to violate federal labor laws. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority opinion, argued the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act makes the law clear. Meanwhile, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the dissenters, argued the National Labor Relations Act should allow workers to band together and fight wage violations. Workers fear retaliation and are less likely to do so alone.

Biviano says Diamond Freight did not have an arbitration clause in its contracts, which is why the lawsuit could be brought forward. Yet more sophisticated companies will likely include those agreements, especially now.

Biviano’s own son recently had a class-action lawsuit of wage theft rejected by the Washington State Supreme Court because of an arbitration clause. Without a class-action lawsuit, Biviano says, it’s usually not worthwhile to sue employers.

He urges Congress to pass legislation saying the federal arbitration act should not be interpreted to prevent a class-action lawsuit.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL POWER

While it may be harder now to bring forward class-action lawsuits, states can still enforce consumer protection laws.

That’s where Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson comes in. Ferguson has made it a point to prosecute companies stealing wages with criminal charges, not just civil suits. That’s something that’s never been done before in Washington, he says.

In July, for instance, his office announced that he helped workers for a Maple Valley contractor called Sandoval Construction get back a total of $25,000 in unpaid wages. Owner Alejandro Sandoval pleaded guilty to false reporting and first-degree theft as part of a plea deal.

And in 2017, Ferguson brought forward state legislation that prohibited government contracts from being awarded to businesses that violated state wage theft laws.

“In Washington state, we have tried to elevate this issue,” Ferguson says.

It’s usually low-wage workers who are victims of wage theft. Those workers, Ferguson says, tend to not have their voices heard by those who can change laws.

“If there was wage theft of CEOs, I think we’d hear about it a lot more,” he says.

The impact of the Supreme Court case in May “could be pretty consequential” for those trying to file class-action lawsuits, he says. What it does, however, is increase the role of the attorney general’s office in Washington and states across the country. Attorneys general have broad authority to enforce consumer protection laws, and nothing in the Supreme Court ruling will impact the state’s ability to do that, Ferguson says.

“I can bring a lawsuit to enforce our consumer protec-

Employees for Diamond Freight say supervisors encouraged them to report fewer hours than they worked. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO tion laws,” he says. “All I need is an unfair or deceptive practice.”

NOTHING TO LOSE

Jason Tschosik, now living near Seattle, didn’t start the lawsuit against Diamond Freight for the money. His claim is for eight, maybe 10 hours of unpaid overtime.

“I’m not gonna get anything out of this,” he says. “I take pleasure in the fact that somebody is at least attempting to hold them accountable right now.”

He saw how the company operated and thought something needed to be done. He says he saw how they hired anyone who could pass a drug test and was desperate for a job and a stable income, then didn’t pay them for their work.

In declarations filed in court, other drivers reported not being compensated for their work, nor for lunch breaks. Yet supervisors would regularly report that the drivers took lunch breaks anyway. One man said he told his supervisor, Tony Mountaintes, that LETTERS he should get rest or Send comments to meal breaks, to which editor@inlander.com.

Mountaintes told him that if he didn’t like the situation, he should quit. He also allegedly encouraged drivers to drive in dangerous weather conditions.

Tschosik says his claim for overtime wages is smaller than other drivers because if he thought he was going to go over eight hours in a day, he would just “turn the truck around.” He started to see “nice folks getting taken advantage of,” and that’s when he started doing his research. Amy Thomas joined the lawsuit, and soon several workers joined.

“I don’t think anybody needs to be treated like they’re less than,” Thomas says. “I don’t think anybody wakes up in the morning saying I want to be miserable for the rest of my life, and I want to go to work and be treated like shit.”

That’s why Thomas, speaking from her home in north Spokane, left the company.

“They told me they could get a monkey to replace me and do my job,” Thomas says. “So I told them: Find a monkey. I quit.” n

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Miller Cane has been making his living conning and comforting the survivors of mass shootings, and when working a massacre in Rosedale, Texas, he’s surprised to see a face from his past. Heffner, the father of a boy killed in a previous shooting that Miller worked, wants his money back. There’s a scuffle, and Miller decides it’s a good time to leave town. Besides, he’s missed a couple of calls from the Skagit County Jail. He assumes Lizzie, a woman he loves, is in trouble.

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t was always good to leave a massacre, and once Miller made the decision, he’d feel the excitement of escape, often driving all night, drinking coffee and listening to country music or preachers on the radio. That was when he missed cigarettes the most, driving at night away from a massacre, almost nobody on the road around him.

Now that he was through with Heffner, he could feel himself shedding the weight of Rosedale and Cumberland, Salt Flats before that. He headed north, toward home, where he hadn’t been since Christmas, and waited for the call from Lizzie. Too much time passed without his phone buzzing, but then it did, and an operator, just a recording really, asked if he’d accept a collect call from an inmate at the Skagit County Jail. Of course he would. It had to be Lizzie. Who else could it be? He just hoped she hadn’t killed the idiot Connor.

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motorhome. He’d only had it a couple months and was still getting used to it.

“I’m in jail,” Lizzie told him, which he already knew.

“But it could be worse,” she said, and he said, “It could always be worse,” and she said, “Assault with a deadly weapon, if you want to know why,” and he said, “Hm.” “I thought you’d appreciate that,” she said.

“Connor?” he said.

“Who else?”

“I don’t know,” he said. “It seems like people will shoot just about anybody these days.”

“Not me, though,” she said.

“I’m not going to shoot just anybody.”

It sounded like she was talking from inside a can, all this reverb and echo on the line, all this noise behind her, static and shouting and some kind of thumping and clicking.

“Not that I meant to do it,” she said.

“Of course not,” Miller said.

“And nobody’s hurt, really,” she said. “Thank god.

That moron Freidlander across the street saw the whole thing. Did nothing, even after — ” There was a scream somewhere behind her, a horn blasting, some kind of clanging.

She went quiet.

“Okay,” Miller said, and then, when she didn’t pick it back up: “Are you there?”

“The noise never ends,” she said, “that’s the thing of it — this roaring over everything. Sometimes you stop noticing, and then you wake up and realize it’s coming from inside you. Not really, of course. It’s just that it’s bouncing off everything. And all the women jammed into these big dorms with triple bunk stacks and nowhere to go, everybody about to pop under the roar.”

“Let’s get you out of there,” Miller said.

But she wanted a lawyer first, this guy in Anacortes — Campbell.

“It’s a lot of money,” she said.

“How much?” Miller said.

A blast of static and distortion garbled her words.

“Are you there?” she said.

“I didn’t hear you,” Miller said.

“Thirty thousand,” she said. “Maybe thirty-five.”

He could cover that. But what about bail?

“The problem’s the prosecutor,” she said, and then her words got lost in the static and roar of the broken line, then emerged again, then got lost and emerged, Miller piecing her story together through the noise, trying not to make her repeat too much because it was so frustrating — something about the prosecutor being a pinch-faced woman in a burble suit, something about a hat, the prosecutor saying in the hearing this morning that the blur cloud might still file for attempted murder, even though Connor was such a gobbering idiot and hardly hurt at all and deserving of every blatch that would clacken his ridiculous, stupid life. And this hawk faced woman, this hatchet faced — glar — saying maybe attempted murder, but definitely assault in the fisted tree (first degree? Miller couldn’t remember in the disorientation of the horrible noise if third or first was worse) but Lizzie’s court appointed clacky telling her they’d go for second, because something something — clack — circumstances and that was a good thing, Miller saying “Good, good,” when he thought he should, and “Oh, no,” when he thought he should, pretty much getting it right, it seemed. The court appointed guy was diggering something, but Lizzie wondered if it wouldn’t be better to actually hire someone, not better necessarily — “Yes, better,” Miller said — just not gerbil car. Then the attorney found out Lizzie had a job, so she’d have to get somebody else. Not court appointed. Because that was the law.

This seemed to be the end of the story, and Miller said, “Good, good.”

But what about bail?

Too much money, Lizzie said. Because the prosecutor hated her guts. ...continued on next page

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“That might just be her job,” Miller said, and Lizzie said, “But, still.”

“How much?” Miller said.

“Five hundred thousand,” Lizzie said. “But Campbell can probably blarton the chard — ” Miller felt like he was in a tunnel, the horrible distortion and roar in the phone, the strain of trying to hear Lizzie’s words and piece her story together making his vision blur around the edges.

Bail was five hundred thousand. Miller thought they’d need ten percent of that for bond — so fifty thousand to get her out, plus thirty-five for Campbell.

Lizzie was still talking.

Miller kept trying to make the right sounds.

Eighty-five grand would be tight because of his mom in Spokane. He’d put her in a memory unit a year ago, a good place, but expensive. Maybe he could put bail or the lawyer on a credit card, some of it anyway, if they let you do that.

The line went clear for a second, a blissful relief, followed by an intermittent click-clacking. Maybe their conversation was being monitored, recorded. Of course it was. Lizzie was in jail.

“Listen,” Miller said, “I can cover — ” And then there was a deafening blast of white noise.

“Are you there?” Miller said.

A recorded voice said, “This call will terminate in sixty seconds,” followed by another blast of white noise.

“I’m here,” Lizzie said.

“Okay,” Miller said.

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“But I was hoping for something else,” Lizzie said.

“Something else?” Miller said, “The heiress,” Lizzie said.

Right. Of course. Carleen. How stupid he was not to have asked about her. She was why Lizzie was calling in the first place, the main reason anyway. Someone would have to take care of Carleen. Surely she was safe in Shelton still, or hidden somewhere else away from Connor.

“Can you get her?” Lizzie said, and Miller said, “Now?” and Lizzie said, “Yes.” “Is she still at Cara’s?”

“There’s no way Connor knows she’s there,” Lizzie said. “But hurry — if you can.”

Cara lived in Shelton, out on the peninsula, nearly two thousand miles from where Miller now sat.

“I will,” Miller said.

“I don’t think this business is going to take long,” Lizzie said.

“Campbell told me this morning I probably won’t get convicted.

You want to know why?”

“Sure,” Miller said.

“Because I’m such a nice lady,” Lizzie said. “Do you believe that?”

“Of course I believe it.”

“I am a nice lady,” Lizzie said, “aren’t I?” “You are,” Miller said, though nice ladies were capable of all kinds of things, Lizzie maybe more than most.

“Almost always,” Lizzie said. “It’s just — ” And then there was a blast of static and the line went dead. n

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The Good, the Bad and the Secret We watched 16 pilot episodes of this fall’s new TV series so that you don’t have to

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But fall is still the time when the main broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, the CW) premiere most of their new series and when many cable and streaming outlets debut high-profile new offerings. I sat through 16 network pilots to find the best and worst of an underwhelming bunch. Here’s a rundown of what to check out and what to avoid, plus a preview of some shows that aren’t yet available to screen.

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… crime procedurals: Magnum, P.I. (CBS, Sept. 24) No, the world didn’t really need a remake of the ’80s Tom Selleck-starring private-eye series, but since these things are inevitable, Peter M. Lenkov’s take is probably the best we could hope for. Lenkov is the kingpin of breezy action-adventure remakes, and like his versions of Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver, Magnum makes slick but mostly cosmetic updates to the original, with Jay Hernan-

dez stepping in for Selleck as the title character, a military veteran working as a private investigator in Hawaii.

The pilot is cheesy and bombastic, but also stylish and cheeky. For people who like this sort of thing, it’ll be very satisfying. … teen dramas: ALL AMERICAN (The CW, Oct. 10) Inspired by the life of NFL player Spencer Paysinger, this high school football drama about a star player from South Los Angeles who moves to Beverly Hills to play for a well-funded school is more 90210 than Friday Night Lights, but it still has promise, thanks to a charismatic cast of fresh young faces and some intriguingly soapy twists.

It’s a bit of a throwback to what the CW used to be, with more grounded teen dramas focused on relationships, and there are multiple potential love triangles set up in the first episode. … supernatural adventures: CHARMED (The CW, Oct. 14) The long-running series about a trio of witch sisters gets a fun update courtesy of Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman, who brings just the right amount

of wokeness to what is inherently a pretty goofy concept.

Here, the Vera sisters (Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Madeleine Mantock) live in a college town and are as interested in social justice as they are in combating supernatural threats. The combination is a bit clunky at times, but the dialogue is sharp enough, and the characters likable enough, that even skeptical fans of the original will probably stick around for one more episode. … family-friendly sitcoms: THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (ABC, Oct. 16) ABC’s family-comedy machine turns out another pleasant, if not spectacular, variation on the dysfunctional but loving sitcom family, in this 1970s-set show about a large Catholic brood living in the LA suburbs. The eight kids (all boys) make surprisingly strong individual impressions in just one episode, and Mary McCormack and Michael Cudlitz are fun to watch as the harried parents, who are dealing with changing times along with raising eight kids with very different personalities. It’s a familiar format executed with warmth and humor. ...continued on next page

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MANIFEST (NBC, Sept. 24) Remember when Lost was the hottest thing on TV and every year brought a bunch of new inferior “mystery box” shows that were inevitably canceled within a single season? Manifest would fit right in with those shows, with its vague supernatural happenings and its group of disparate (yet totally uninteresting) people brought together under mysterious circumstances. Here it’s a commercial airliner that somehow travels five years into the future during a flight, even though no time has passed for the crew and passengers. The first episode has lots of hints and threats and unexplained phenomena, but nothing worth coming back for.

NEW AMSTERDAM (NBC, Sept. 25) The basic premise of this medical drama isn’t too different from tons of other hospital-set series, but lead character Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) is

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THE COOL KIDS (Fox, Sept. 28) This incredibly creaky sitcom about four rebellious residents at a retirement home is about as fresh and lively as its senior-citizen characters. Old pros David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Leslie Jordan and Vicki Lawrence play the title characters, who get into predictable, belabored hijinks that piss off the humorless director of their community. Isn’t it hilarious that old people are sometimes hard of hearing? This show certainly thinks so.

Maniac MANIAC (Netflix, Sept. 21) Filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation, True Detective) directed every episode of this trippy-looking sci-fi series starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone as subjects in a strange experiment. If nothing else, it should be gorgeous to look at.

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what makes New Amsterdam nearly unwatchable: The new medical director at a large New York City public hospital is a smug, self-righteous jerk who always knows what’s best and isn’t afraid to say so. The supposedly humanizing twist that shows up at the end of the first episode just makes his characterization even more manipulative and irritating.

MURPHY BROWN (CBS, Sept. 27) The return of Candice Bergen’s feminist TV journalist will either be extremely timely or extremely dated in 2018, but creator Diane English has promised to address current issues, even ensuring tight turnaround times so episodes can include up-to-the-minute commentary.

TITANS (DC Universe, Oct. 12) The brand new streaming service featuring DC Comics characters launches with this dark take on the

superhero team led by former Batman sidekick Nightwing (Brenton Thwaites), who’s introduced in the trailer literally cursing out his former boss.

THE ROMANOFFS (Amazon, Oct. 12) Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner returns with this anthology drama about modern descendants of the Russian royal family, with a cast full of recognizable faces, including former Mad Men stars John Slattery, Christina Hendricks and Jay R. Ferguson.

CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (Netflix, Oct. 26) The teenage witch from Archie Comics gets a spooooooky makeover with this dark horror series, starring Kiernan Shipka in the role once played by Melissa Joan Hart in a very different kind of show. n

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H EVERYBODY POOPS It was probably impossible for American Vandal, Netflix’s high-school-documentary true crime parody to top its first season. A who-drew-allthe-penises mystery is a hard thing to top. And so, at first, it seems like the second season — in which a scatalogical who-dunnit includes the spiking of cafeteria lemonade with a powerful laxative — feels like it suffers from diminished returns. But the secret strength of the show, the insight into the triumphs and insecurities of high schoolers in the age of Snapchat and Instagram, is stronger than ever. Flush down the poop jokes, scrub away the penis drawings, and American Vandal’s surprisingly deep and nuanced characters remain. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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BO is good at taking modern political episodes and turning them into popcorn-ready two-hour dramadies; see Recount about the 2000 Bush/ Gore election, or Game Change about Sarah Palin’s vicepresidential run, for primo examples.

The current fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh seems ready-made for the HBO treatment, given that everyone involved, including the viewing public, has never seen a confirmation process quite so contentious or slimy — and that’s saying something considering the Clarence Thomas hearing (tackled by HBO in Confirmation) involved a lot of talk about pornography and pubic hair.

Since the HBO movies inevitably cast pretty good (and ridiculously good-looking) actors, I have a few suggestions for the seemingly inevitable Kavanaugh: The Movie.

Bradley Cooper as Brett Kavanaugh Given what we’ve learned about Kavanaugh’s propensity for climbing the workplace ladder, lying with a straight face and alleged prep-school creepiness, Cooper could handle the job. Consider Cooper’s role in Wedding Crashers as a template for his Kavanaugh.

THE BUZZ BIN Cardi B as Sen. Kamala Harris The California senator (and potential Democratic candidate for president) is becoming a star on the national stage thanks in part to her pointed questioning of Kavanaugh. Cardi B seems bound for acting eventually, and playing a buzz-y up-and-comer who loves the spotlight is a natural first role.

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Sept. 21. To wit: METRIC, Art of Doubt. A new album release is a nice way to cap off a summer opening for Smashing Pumpkins.

PRINCE, Piano & a Microphone: 1983. The posthumous excavation of Prince’s famous vault has begun.

SLASH, Living The Dream. Spokane’s own Myles Kennedy provides some vocals.

SUEDE, The Blue Hour. Hail the return of some of Brit-pop’s underappreciated best.

SUPERSUCKERS, Suck It. Suck from the teat of explosive guitar rawwwwwck? OK! (DAN NAILEN)

REGIONAL FABRIC A new art installation on display at the Spokane County Library District’s North Spokane branch (44 E. Hawthorne Rd.) is a collaborative masterpiece to behold.

Gifts of the River was created by quilters at Spokane sewing shop Sew Uniquely You and depicts a detailed, six-panel landscape of the Little Spokane River with Mount Spokane in the background. The photo-realistic textile art is made even more stunning with hand-dyed fabrics, done to accurately mimic the soft yet rich colors of the trees, sky, water and hills at sunrise. The piece is on display through the end of September. (CHEY SCOTT) WILD WILD CASE If you were hooked by the Emmy-winning Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country, you’re already familiar with Philip Niren Toelkes. He’s the attorney who defended self-imposed mystic Osho, whose followers were involved in a mass poisoning and an assassination attempt in central Oregon in the 1980s. Toelkes still considers himself a member of the late Osho’s controversial Rajneesh movement, and he’ll be at the University of Idaho on Sept. 26 discussing his role in the bizarre legal turmoil.

It’s free and starts at 6:30 pm in the Administration Building Auditorium.

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Sterling K. Brown as Sen. Cory Booker The Democratic New Jersey senator loves the spotlight, and might be using the Kavanaugh hearings to propel him into a presidential run. In new flick The Predator and on This Is Us, Brown can chew scenery with the best of them. And thanks to his Emmy-winning role in The People vs. O.J. Simpson, he’s already experienced in reality-inspired courtroom drama.

Robert Redford as Sen. Orrin Hatch The liberal Redford would probably relish the chance to do a campy version of his home-state senator, the doddering old GOP apologist Hatch from Utah.

Tim Blake Nelson as Sen. Chuck Grassley Does anyone play an “aw shucks” rube better than Tim Blake Nelson? I think not.

And Donald Trump, the man who nominated Kavanaugh, will be played by …

I’ve had enough of Alec Baldwin as Trump. How about Martin Sheen? He’s already played a president to great effect in The West Wing, and while the lefty activist is certainly no fan of Trump, I’m sure a spray tan and good hair stylist would have him transformed into the Donald in no time. n

HOLE LOTTA FUN The premise of new indie-game darling Donut County is kinda weird — you play as an actual hole in the ground that swallows up everything in its path, growing larger the more you consume. This unusual mechanic totally makes sense once you get your hands on the game, and may also bring to question the symbolism of it all.

(Gentrification? Cultural ignorance?) The story-driven, physics-based puzzle game is short and sweet — most will finish in a few hours, probably wanting more. All said, Donut County’s whimsical, pastel-toned geometric art, quirky anthropomorphic animals (including some asshole racoons) and plenty of silliness make it an instant classic.

It’s available for iOS, Mac, PS4 and PC. (CHEY SCOTT)

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s a middle child growing up in North Idaho, performing seemed an ideal way to get some attention for Madison Leonard.

Piano and cello lessons followed, as did singing in a fifth-grade musical called Phantom of the Cafeteria and a variety of roles for Lake City Playhouse, Christian Youth Theater and any school program that offered a shot at the spotlight.

“I was Sandy in Grease when I was a freshman in high school,” Leonard recalls of her days at Coeur d’Alene High School.

“That was a little scandal, a freshman getting a lead role! There were some icy stares going down the hallway that week.”

Leonard landed a scholarship to Pepperdine University, where a mentor steered the now-26-year-old toward opera. Her stirring soprano has since led to national recognition and gigs, winning the Metropolitan National Council Auditions this summer and performing with the National Symphony Orchestra, among others. She got married a few months ago to fellow singer Shea Owens, and the couple recently moved to Switzerland. This fall, Leonard will audition for several European opera companies before returning to the states this winter to perform in Seattle Opera’s The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs and Carmen.

This weekend, Leonard comes home to the Inland Northwest to perform in the Inland Northwest Opera’s production of The Marriage of Figaro in Spokane. I sat down with Leonard to ask her some utterly silly questions that showcase my lack of opera knowledge, and she was totally game.

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Madison Leonard: It’s amazing. Wonderful. I highly recommend it. You will not find a more fun, more spontaneous, colorful group of people. There’s also a lot of crying. It was a blast.

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Madison Leonard performing in Romeo et Juliette.

Marriage of Figaro, what would it be?

La Boheme is stunning music and a familiar story, because that’s what Rent is based on. It’s kind of one of those quintessential tragic operas. (Kicks into a dramatic voice.)

There’s beautiful love, but you know it can’t last because someone’s going to die.

Hint, hint: It’s the soprano.

Is it always the soprano?

Pretty much. I swear it’s always the soprano, and it’s usually because she has tuberculosis. You hear (cough, cough) and you’re like, “Uh oh, she’s going down.”

The Marriage of Figaro is a sequel to The Barber of Seville. What’s your favorite movie sequel?

The first thing that comes to mind, because I’m a product of the ’90s, is Father of the Bride. I feel like the sequel is equally good, if not better, and that doesn’t happen very often. I would actually say the same about the opera, too. The Barber of Seville is super fun, but The Marriage of Figaro has even more relationships and funny moments.

Are there certain foods that singers should avoid eating before performing with their fellow actors?

Yes! Those things are the regular offenders — onions, garlic — but I will say not all singers avoid or care about avoiding those things. And a lot of singers still drink a lot of coffee. The good ones will pop a mint after. Actually, one of my buddies here is brushing his teeth in between, which is the next step.

You don’t have a Wikipedia page. If I were to start one after this interview, what would you want on it first?

I have been able to use the Idaho thing as pretty unique among opera singers. Most people, when I tell people I’m from Idaho, it’s like total shock. Not even a response.

So if I could be “Idaho’s Diva,” I’d be OK with that.

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What would people be surprised to find in your iTunes?

Not a lot of opera, actually. I have a lot of jazz. Funk. Stevie Wonder. Definitely things from before I was born.

What makes you immediately turn off the radio if it comes on?

My siblings give me a lot of crap for this, but basically 95 percent of pop music.

I will not be found listening to the radio, essentially ever. I try not to be some vocal snob, but it’s hard for me to listen to really bad singing. It’s my job, so I just have a hard time respecting people making millions of dollars a year on their throat when they’re not trained. Great music, great singing, I’m there for it.

Have you ever gone to karaoke and just tore it up, brought down the house?

I haven’t really. I used to go and I’d put in Aretha Franklin or something, and people would be like, “OK, I guess that’s fine.” I should give it another shot.

If you were a rapper, what would you want your rap name to be?

Well my Instagram handle is Mad Dog. But that’s also our secretary of defense, so that might be a little confusing. If Mad Dog wasn’t taken, maybe that.

What would someone have to do to see the real Mad Dog in you?

I can be easily fired up in political debates. That’s my family’s forte. Not emotionally, they’re not attacking, but they like to debate. Or cutting me off in traffic.

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VISUAL ARTS PAGE 38 Every year as we work on this issue, we’re inevitably newly impressed with just how active the Inland Northwest’s arts community is. It’s a big part of why we love living and working here, and the fact that the arts scene — from music to theater, visual arts to writing and beyond — continues to grow and thrive just makes us fall for the Inland Northwest all over again.

In the following pages, we introduce you to some new faces and places, and re-introduce you to some familiar ones, while also offering up what we contend is the most complete calendar of can’t-miss events you’ll find in this neck of the woods. We hope you dive in and enjoy the longer stories and keep this guide around for the next few months as you plan your own ways to engage in our incredible arts community.

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Poet and teacher Laura Read.

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Spokane poet Laura Read embraces vulnerability in her newest collection of poetry, Dresses from the Old Country

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riting, Laura Read says, is the center of pleasure in her life. When she’s not teaching classes at Spokane Community College, she’ll take long walks in her South Perry Neighborhood with her energetic terrier mix, Henry, and think about concepts she could write about. Excitement begins to bloom as ideas percolate. As they become more complex, she looks forward to the time she’ll spend at her desk, fleshing out the details, turning the sprout of an idea into a full-grown poem.

The former poet laureate of Spokane will release her third collection of poetry, Laura Read will be Dresses from the Old Country, celebrating the launch on Oct. 9. of Dresses from the Old Though Read is an acCountry on Oct. 8 at 7 pm complished poet with a great at the Bartlett (228 W. deal of work to show for it, Sprague) with readings by when it comes to creating, fellow writers Ellen Welcker, her routine is basically nonKat Smith and Maya Zeller, existent, she says. and a performance by local “I’m not like one of musician Ruthie Henrickson. those people who gets up The event is free. every morning and writes. I don’t really have that much to say,” she laughs. “I know that sounds weird, but I’m not a fiction writer, so I don’t have a story that I can keep coming back to, so I always have to invent the starting point again, and that takes a lot of reflec-

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MORE LOCAL BOOKS COMING THIS FALL Sherry Jones, Josephine Baker's Last Dance The Spokane-based Jones has made a name for herself among lovers of historical fiction thanks to her tales of courageous and passionate women. Her latest, arriving Dec. 4, is a novel based on the life of performer and activist Josephine Baker, a riveting singer and member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Asa Maria Bradley, Siren's Song This Spokane Falls Community College physics professor launched her Viking Warrior series of fantasy romances back in 2015, and there’s been no slowing her since. While the next book in that series arrives next year, on Nov. 27 she’ll publish this short novella, part of a project with six authors all penning stories from a shared urban fantasy world setting.

Trent Reedy, Gamer Army Gamer Army, arriving Nov. 27, is Reedy’s seventh novel. Geared toward the YA audience like his popular Divided We Fall trilogy, the Iowa transplant to Spokane describes Gamer Army as “a story of video games, virtual reality, robot warfare, artificial intelligence, and thoughtful action.”

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Dresses from the Old Country is largely influenced by her own life in Spokane as a teacher, mother and wife, nestled in the context of the city she’s dwelled in for the majority of her life. The concept began as a collection of poems about specific places in Spokane, but eventually shifted as her writing focused less on settings and more about the preservation and passage of time.

Read chuckles as she recalls a time she was told “she’s a good person to know in your early 20s.” Indeed, her writing does tend to shed a light on coming-of-age as a young woman, which she believes will appeal to younger audiences struggling to tack down their identities. But her newest book also has narratives from an older perspective, highlighting motherhood and teaching, which allows a variety of audiences to engage.

Despite her love of writing, Read doesn’t hesitate to say she’s a teacher first, not a poet.

At SCC she teaches composition, creative writing and, every so often, a poetry-specific course. Mark Anderson, Spokane’s current poet laureate, has experienced Read’s teaching firsthand, in various community workshops she’s held.

“I feel like I learned a little bit of a different set of skills when I took some workshops with Laura,” he says. “I definitely learned a lot more about how to pay very particular attention to exactly what the image is I was using in a little bit more of an in-depth way.”

Anderson spoke to her strength as a teacher.

One of his upcoming projects found its conception in one of Read’s workshops. He says she volunteered to take a look at his work and has been suggesting great edits ever since.

“Her writing is very empathetic, it’s very caring. But at the same time, there’s a lot of seriousness to it as well. She’s not afraid to go to those deep, dark places. But she does so in a very kind way,” Anderson says.

The majority of Read’s work is autobiographical. Putting intimate pieces of yourself into work

that will be tossed into the hands of students, strangers, you name it, can be an incredibly vulnerable process.

Read gives the example of Sharon Olds, a poet who claimed her work wasn’t autobiographical throughout her career. After Olds’ parents passed away, she confessed everything she ever wrote was true. Though sometimes Read wishes she could use a similar ruse in her classroom, she says she could never pull it off.

“I just end up saying, ‘Yeah, it’s me!’ which does make me feel more vulnerable. But I also feel like I really appreciated the risks other writers have taken that I’ve benefited from, because I feel personally connected or comforted or expanded by something honest that they’ve said,” Read says. “So I still feel like it’s a risk worth taking.

Even if it makes me feel vulnerable, I’m like, ‘Yeah, maybe this will help someone.’”

Thomas Caraway, Spokane’s first poet laureate, knew Read’s work before he knew her. He thinks about sitting down with Read’s first publication, The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You. “I remember reading that and thinking, ‘What is going on here?’ I mean there was such a sense of depth to everything,” Caraway says. “They seem like these kind of playful, kind of kitschy, fun titles and phrasings, she’s very, very funny, but also, like suddenly you’re tearing up at a set of images or phrasing that are so poignant.”

He was on the selection committee that elected Read as the second poet laureate of Spokane.

Her take on the position excited him because the ideas and projects she pitched differed so greatly from his own. Though Caraway and Read have similar backgrounds — both are professors and published poets — he says her approach to poetry and the laureate title was so distinct that it lead to a real development of the position.

“I think she did a tremendous amount of work to make poetry accessible, that was really great to see,” Caraway says. n

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‘WHAT THE %@&*! HAPPENED TO COMICS?’ WITH ART SPIEGELMAN

Award-winning literary and artistic luminary Art Spiegelman is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, a postmodern examination of the Holocaust that depicted Nazis as cats, Jews as mice and Poles as pigs.

Spiegelman’s other works include the sequel Maus II and the post-9/11 collection In the Shadow of No Towers, along with many covers for the New Yorker magazine. For his talk as part of Gonzaga University’s Visiting Writers Series, the artist plans to take audiences on an journey through comics’ history, sharing why the medium remains a relevant form of both art and literature. Gonzaga University, Hemmingson Center Ballroom, free, 7 pm (CHEY SCOTT)

Sept. 27

SPOKANE IS READING: GIRL WAITS WITH GUN

Girl Waits With Gun, this year’s title for the community literacy initiative organized by the Spokane Public Library, Spokane County Library District and Auntie’s Bookstore, is a wild chase through the past, set in turn-of-the-20th-century industrial America. Author Amy Stewart, who will do two public presentations, was inspired to write the first in her four-book series after seeing an old newspaper headline. Girl Waits With Gun is largely based on historical events and real people, including the three quirky Kopp sisters, who become embroiled in a dispute with a powerful factory owner. Free, Spokane Valley Event Center, 1 pm and Spokane Public Library downtown branch, 7 pm (CS)

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Consider Elliot Reed an adoptee of the Spokane literary community. Even though he got his MFA at the University of Florida, Reed moved to the Lilac City in time to celebrate the release of his debut novel A Key to Treehouse Living. Released earlier this month, the story focuses on one William Tyce, a parentless child who creates a glossary of his hard-earned lessons partly learned on a Huck Finn-like river trip taken by raft. Author Alexis Smith (Marrow Island) will join Reed to introduce this vibrant new book to Auntie’s visitors and this newly minted Spokane author to his new neighbors. Auntie’s Bookstore, free, 7 pm (DAN NAILEN)

Oct. 6

SPOKANE ZINE FEST

Stock up on stickers, cards, drawings, comics, books and other sweet stuff at the second annual Spokane Zine Fest, celebrating small-press creativity from the local community and beyond. Don’t know what a zine is? That’s totally cool. This event is a great introduction to the print genre of (usually) self-published mini magazines with limited print runs. The Zine Fest is organized and was founded by Spokane writers Chelsea Martin and Ian Amberson. Get all the details at spokanezinefest.com. The Bartlett, free, 11 am-5 pm (CS)

Oct. 12

RANSOM RIGGS

Spokane is hosting a slew of big-name writers this fall, including New York Timesbestselling author Ransom Riggs, the pen behind the pages of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Riggs is coming to talk about his newest title and fourth installment in the Miss Peregrine series, A Map of Days. He’ll be reading at the Spokane Public Library in conjunction with Auntie’s Bookstore, which means fans will need to preorder a copy of the new title in order to claim a seat at the event. (Don’t delay.) A Map of Days, out Oct. 2, reunites protagonist Jacob Portman with Miss Peregrine and crew, who find themselves facing a new discovery and many adventures to come. Spokane Public Library downtown branch, $23 (book purchase is ticket to event), 7 pm (CS)

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Oct. 12

WHITWORTH PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP FORUM: COLIN POWELL

In an effort to create conversation surrounding contemporary issues, Whitworth University’s President’s Leadership Forum brings national leaders in their fields to the Inland Northwest. Colin Powell, former secretary of state, will be this fall’s guest, giving a speech titled “Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust and Values.” Powell has a long list of achievements, including 35 years of service in the U.S. Army, serving as the youngest chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton and serving as the first African American secretary of state. Spokane Convention Center, $75/person, $750/table, 12-1:30 pm (BROOKE CARLSON)

Oct. 18

PIVOT MAINSTAGE: MONSTERS

As cliche as it may sound, everyone has a story to tell. And yes, some stories are more interesting than others. Pivot is a live storytelling series in which community members recount anecdotes on stage that conform to a particular theme. Storytellers are given the prompt “monsters” for this particular night of narration. Might be a little spooky, might be a little funny, will definitely be entertaining. Washington Cracker Co. Building, $10 suggested donation, 7 pm. (BC)

Oct. 20-21

SPOKANE WRITERS CONFERENCE

So you want to write a novel. Maybe a memoir. Or you want to become a freelance writer. The Spokane Writers’ Conference, hosted by the Spokane County Library District and instructed by local writing experts, is for you. The two-day workshop includes sessions on writing for kids and young adults, effective interviewing techniques, the ins and outs of self-publishing, how to start and actually finish a novel and how to effectively and respectfully write about marginalized groups. Not only will aspiring and committed local writers walk away with plenty of new tools in their chests, they’ll also connect with other passionate wordsmiths and a few successful, widely published local authors. North Spokane Library, free (registration required), Sat from 10 am-5 pm, Sun from 1-4:30 pm. (CS)

“I am Aaron Best, Head Coach of EWU Football, and I am proud to partner with Community Cancer Fund.

Together we are dedicated to fighting cancer in the Inland Northwest by supporting cancer patients, their families and the organizations that serve them.”

Join the fight against cancer and show your support for Eags football at the annual Eags Believe game on September 22.

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WORDS Nov. 5

Nov. 16

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and long-time New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is a weekly must-read in my household. His travels into the world’s news hot spots and oft-forgotten places offer a sobering view of humanity, and the United States’ role in both the uplift and suffering of people across the globe. Whether he’s reporting from protests in Tiananmen Square or the Darfur genocide (his coverage of each earned him those Pulitzers), or offering hope via books written with his wife Sheryl WuDunn like A Path Appears, Kristof always has something to say that’s worth reading, or in this case, listening to in person. His Spokane visit is a joint production of Humanities Washington and Gonzaga’s Center for Public Humanities. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, $10, 7 pm (DN)

One in 59 babies are born with autism. Dr. Temple Grandin was one of those children.

She’s now a respected author, activist and speaker on autism and animal behavior.

Her speech on autism and different ways of thinking will involve her own diagnosis experience, as well as details about the autism spectrum. In addition to her accomplished writing and speaking career, she works as a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Half of the cattle in the U.S. are processed in facilities that she’s designed. North Idaho College Schuler Performing Arts Center, $25, 6-8 pm (BC) n

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

Oct. 23

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ FINALE

What book is America’s No. 1 favorite of all time? Harry Potter? To Kill a Mockingbird?

Dune? Gone With the Wind? The Lord of the Rings? This is the lofty question being asked

by PBS’s new fall series, The Great American Read. A simultaneous public campaign asks readers of all ages to vote for their favorite book, choosing from a list of 100 preselected titles that includes major literary classics, contemporary best sellers and otherwise influential books. The Great American Read series airs Tuesdays on PBS, examining each book’s impacts on American life and culture.

To close out the series and learn which book is the country’s favorite, join local station KSPS and the Spokane Public Library for a celebratory watch party, for which literarythemed costumes are encouraged. Spokane Public Library downtown branch, free (registration required at ksps.org), 6:309:30 pm (CS)

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September 21, 4pm-9pm September 22, 10am-4pm Five Mile Prairie Grange West 3024 Strong Rd. Spokane, WA

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DR. TEMPLE GRANDIN

Nov. 5-8

EVERYBODY READS: IDAHO

Idaho, by Emily Ruskovich, tells the story of a couple living in North Idaho, reaching to uncover secrets of the past that have colored their lives with grief. The book is Ruskovich’s debut novel and will come close to the heart of many Inland Northwesterners as it’s filled with depictions of Idaho’s panhandle. The state’s community reading initiative, Everybody Reads, is hosting eight opportunities to come together and discuss the book in various locations around the area, including the Palouse and LewisClark Valley. Times and locations vary; see schedule at everybody-reads.org, free (BC)

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VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITS AND INSTALLATIONS

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art just changed over several of its galleries to new shows. Here’s what you’ll find if you visit the Pullman space this fall:

Crow's Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25 Through Dec. 22

The Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon is perhaps the only professional printmaking studio on a reservation. There are 75 prints by both Native and non-Native artists in this traveling exhibit curated by the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. “When it came across my desk, we jumped at it,” Hardesty says.

“It’s an institution and collection I’ve been aware of for 10 years or more, and something I knew at some point I wanted to have the chance to show.”

Kate Gilmore: In Your Way Through Dec. 22

The New York-based Gilmore blends nine performancebased videos and live performance in a show that Hardesty says would have been difficult to pull off when WSU only had one gallery to work with.

Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections Through June 2019

WSU alum Sean Elwood has been donating art to his alma mater since the late ’80s, more than 300 pieces in total that are part of WSU’s permanent collection.

“We knew when we were opening this new facility with some larger galleries that there’d be this opportunity to celebrate works of art that we hold in public trust in our permanent collection,” Hardesty says. “The Sean Elwood Collection is just that.”

Trimpin: Ambiente432: An Interactive Sound Sculpture Through May 2019

Seattle-based and German-born composer and sculptor (who only goes by his last name) Trimpin designed this installation of 12 motion-activated horns playing tones that change with every visitor and every movement.

Video from the True Collection

Ryan Hardesty, curator of arts and exhibitions at WSU’s new museum.

MAJOR UPGRADE The new WSU art museum is designed to inspire and challenge visitors

Through Oct. 6

Six room-sized projections from six international artists working in video and photography assembled by Seattle-based collectors William and Ruth True.

Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition Self•ish: Doug Gast, Joe Hedges, Io Palmer Through Oct. 6

Three WSU faculty members address the central theme of the “formation of identity or personhood in contemporary society,” Hardesty says, adding that the show “represents an ongoing relationship we have with fine arts faculty on campus.”

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s a curator, the opening of the new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the Washington State University campus obviously excited Ryan Hardesty.

Rather than one midsized gallery tasked with handling any kind of show Hardesty and his peers wanted to present, they now had six galleries of varying sizes to play with, a total of nearly 15,000 square feet, plus the old space. Instead of programming exhibits and having to choose either/ or, they could plan for this, that and the other.

“It’s changed everything,” Hardesty says. Now curator of arts and exhibitions at WSU, Hardesty previously spent a dozen years at Spokane’s Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.

“We’ve gone from a museum that had one gallery and one show at a time — and we had maybe five exhibitions every academic year — to having six distinct spaces. From a curator’s perspective, I’m really thrilled with the opportunity to work on everything from a full-fledged retrospective

survey exhibition to more intimate, project-based shows in some of the smaller gallery spaces. Frankly, that’s something we didn’t have previously.”

Before opening, the new museum anticipated about 20,000 visitors a year, and they’ve already reached 9,000 since the April opening weekend. That party brought dignitaries and donors from throughout the region to a celebration of what’s already been affectionately dubbed the “Crimson Cube” for the museum’s reflective red panels covering the exterior. It’s a touch that architect Jim Olson said was designed to “reflect the world outside” while giving the students “the opportunity to see themselves in the building,” literally. Hopefully, he added, that will give them “a little creative spark they didn’t have before.”

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or Jordan Schnitzer, inspiration is the name of the game.

He’s an art evangelist with a potent message and manic energy that was on full display as he led visitors on a tour at the grand opening, describing the history of some of his own collection displayed during the museum’s first few months.

The Oregon-based real estate magnate has spent his life collecting, and sharing, a stunning array of contemporary artworks.

He donated $5 million toward the $15 million needed for the new WSU museum that bears his name — the rest came through private donations, WSU and the state of Washington — and he’s similarly supported museums at the University of Oregon and Portland State University.

Schnitzer says a university, particularly a rural campus like WSU, is the perfect place for the arts to make a huge impact on its students and the surrounding communities. Students might be going to Pullman to train themselves for jobs in fields ranging from engineering to veterinary science, but he hopes they’ll go home with their eyes open to new ideas thanks to the museum.

“I believe artists for time immemorial have been the prophets of our time,” Schnitzer said on opening day. “They’re always the ones that are forcing us to deal with issues in society, whether we’re talking about Egyptian times or medieval times, it doesn’t matter. Just like the editorial writer in the New York Times, they’re putting up on the wall sculpture, paintings, whatever art form, issues that are important for us to focus on. And what better place for us to deal with issues of our time than a university campus?”

WSU President Kirk Schulz agreed, noting that he hopes the museum will be seen as a regional artistic center. And while the campus community will obviously be the most likely to interact with the museum on a daily basis, the museum will continue reaching out to the surrounding communities.

“You come to a museum like this and you see some different things you’ve never thought of, and it challenges you in different ways,” Schulz said. “I think then you get back in the car and drive home and we’ve changed, just a little bit, the worldview of people who have come through here.”

That can even happen with people who are in the museum every day. While Hardesty says it’s great to visit the new galleries and see people perusing the collections, he’s also found himself drawn to one particular exhibit in the museum that continues through this school year.

“The Trimpin sound installation has become really meaningful to me,” Hardesy says of a series of motion-activated horns that play various tones as people move through the space in the museum’s welcoming sun-soaked Pavilion Gallery. “I find myself kind of sneaking upstairs to kind of wake up with it first thing in the morning. You build a little relationship with a work like that.

You kind of want to step into its space and hear it come alive.” n Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU • Open Tue-Sat, 10 am-4 pm • Washington State University campus, Pullman • museum.wsu.edu • 335-1910

RIDE THE BUS. SAVE MONEY. DO YOUR THING. Spokane Transit offers a variety of flexible transportation choices—all designed to get you where you need to be quickly and affordably.

Plan your trip at SpokaneTransit.com and save your cash for the better things in life—like good music!

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VISUAL ARTS Through Oct. 6

Sep. 25-Oct. 19

Queer culture and vintage photography: not two terms you’d typically associate. Yet for artists Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour, historical photos were the ideal choice for exploring gender, nonconforming relationships and how context can create shifts in perception. The artists’ strategies are a bona fide attempt to allow viewers to “put yourself in the picture,” notes Prichard Gallery curator Roger Rowley. University of Idaho Prichard Gallery, free; Tue-Sat, 10 am-8 pm, Sun, 10 am-6 pm; visit prichardart.org (CARRIE SCOZZARO)

recently exploring the landscape from the perspective of driving along Interstate 90. They’ll kick off the fall art season at Spokane Falls Community College’s teaching gallery with the mission to broaden our exposure to artwork, including individual artist dropins for discussions and tours. SFCC, free, Mon-Fri, 8:30 am-3:30 pm; Fred Holcomb visits Sep. 25 at 11:30 am; Bob Ebendorf visits Oct. 18 at 11:30 am; visit spokanefalls.edu/gallery for artist talk locations, gallery hours (CAS)

Through Dec. 4

Oct. 1-Nov. 15

Oct. 5-27

If it’s Tuesday in downtown Coeur d’Alene, artist Randy Palmer is having a party with his pens, pencils, paper and whomever walks in the door. Bring your adventurous spirit, your musical instrument — Open Draw sometimes results in jam sessions — and a snack (plus a grown-up if you’re under 16). But talent or tools? Not necessary, nor is registration. Just show up. Emerge, free, Tues, 6-8 pm, visit emergecda.org (CAS)

Menagerie, say the show’s organizers, is a “collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition” but also “a strange or diverse collection of people or things.” Both are true from this contemporary artspace that’s motto is, “Life is weird. Making stuff is fun.” Expect the unexpected with this show featuring the disparate works of Brian Deemy, CarliAnn Forthun, Grace June, Hannah Koeske, Ira Gardner, Julie Gautier-Downes and Reinaldo Gil Zambrano. Richmond Art Collective, free, opening reception Oct. 5, 5-8 pm; visit richmondartcollective.org (CAS)

Saranac Art Projects’ member artists Lisa Nappa and Chris Tyllia investigate qualities of light in this exhibition. From the artists: “Reflection and refraction describe how waves (light, sound, heat, etc.) travel, interact and change our perception. This exhibition not only explores the aesthetics of these phenomena, but also emphasizes the importance of the subtle, quiet and calm reflections that can often lead to a deeper understanding of the world around us.” Saranac Art Projects, free, Thu, 2-6 pm; Fri-Sat 12-8 pm; opening reception Oct. 5, 5-8 pm; visit saranacartprojects. org (CAS)

WHIPPING IT UP: A FROM THE LANDSCAPE Ebendorf works with found objects to construct elaborate COLLABORATIVE ALCHEMY Bob jewelry with a narrative feel, while Fred Holcolmb is a painter

OPEN DRAW AT EMERGE

MENAGERIE

Through Jan. 5, 2019

Oct. 4-5

Modern-day hipsters got nothin’ on Rodin, who rocked a bushy ’stache and full beard while creating sculptures that would become some of the most recognizable in history. While you can’t see the most famous — both The Thinker and The Kiss reside in Paris — you can see 22 pieces on loan from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, plus three bronzes owned by Gonzaga. Gonzaga University Jundt Art Museum, free, Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm; visit gonzaga.edu/jundt. (CAS)

When you get so well known your event becomes a “thing,” it’s easy to forget why it all started: To showcase local talent and put your face in front of their work. To celebrate art, music and the awesomeness that is our region, which, this year, broke the record for the number of artists and submissions vying to take part. So, yeah, it’s definitely a thing. Jensen-Byrd Building, Oct. 4, 6-11 pm, $25; Oct. 5, 5-12 pm, free; visit terrainspokane.com (CAS)

RODIN: TRUTH FORM LIFE TERRAIN

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Oct. 4-Dec. 28

ALL MEDIA JURIED EXHIBITION 2018

Even though this Spokane Arts-sponsored show features a whopping 36 artists, you might notice at least a subtle similarity in the works involved. Guest curator Mason Miles says in his show statement that he was drawn to works that were “fairly monochromatic, with splashes of color here and there.” Doing so, he contends, reveals the “true essence” of the pieces. Expect an impressive array of works on your next visit. Chase Gallery, Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm, free (DAN NAILEN)

REFLECTION/REFRACTION

Oct. 6-Feb. 3, 2019

MODERN MASTERS: GROUP f/64

Named for a camera setting that allows for consummate detail and unabashed realism, the 1930s anti-establishment group calling themselves f/64 pushed back on the idea that photographs should look like drawings. View more than 40 works from five key members — Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston and Edward Weston — who influenced photographers and photography for generations. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, $5-$10 admission, Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; visit northwestmuseum.org (CAS)

Oct. 19-21

40TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON STATE QUILTERS SHOW

Color, shape, pattern — all the elements you’d expect in a work of art, yet for quilters, there’s an added bonus: functionality. For 40 years, this exhibition has showcased the latest and greatest in quilting, including 500 quilts by folks vying for top honors, vendor booths, a featured speaker (last year’s show winner, Susan Smith) and a special exhibition of quilts inspired by Vincent Van Gogh. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, $10, Fri-Sat, 10 am-6 pm; Sun, 10 am-4 pm; visit wsqspokane.org (CAS)

Nov. 7-8

VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES: DAVID ECKARD

The beautiful thing about living near local colleges and universities is that they typically offer unique and thought-provoking programming — free!

For 25 years, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series has been doing just that, with a series of artist speakers that let you get inside their head for an evening.

Check out Portland-based artist David Eckard, who will blow your mind with his combination of visual and performing arts. SFCC, Building 24, free, Nov. 7, 11:30 am; Gonzaga Jundt Art Museum, Nov. 7, 6:30 pm; EWU Art Department, Nov. 8, noon; visit spokanefalls.edu/gallery (CAS)

Together, We’re Transforming Health Care Thanks to the generous support of our donors, Providence Health Care Foundation is funding technology, programs and research that saves lives and enriches our community.

Nov. 24

NEIGHBORHOOD PAINTOUT

Whoever told you something was as much fun as watching paint dry has never been to a live painting event. What could be more magical than watching artists conjure a landscape from random shapes of color? At this popular one-day event, artists Kyle Paliotto, Joe Kronenberg, Abigail Gutting, Terry Lee and C. Michael Dudash, and more, will perform their artistic alchemy. Coeur d’Alene Galleries, free, 1-5 pm; visit cdagalleries.com (CAS) n

For more than 130 years, our region has relied on Providence not only for world-class medical care, but to answer the call for help from our less fortunate neighbors.

Learn how you can help: providence.org/GivingEWa or 509-474-4917 Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center | Providence Holy Family Hospital | Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute | Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital

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THEATER

Next generation: (left to right) Angela Hagans, Sandi Wasteney and Shannon Deonier will steer LLCT into the future. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Liberty Lake Community Theatre is celebrating a decade in existence — and several volunteer-driven milestones along the way

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ust over 10 years ago, Jennifer Bergman moved to Liberty Lake. At the time she was married to her high school sweetheart, mother to a 1-year-old daughter and pregnant with her second and preparing to settle into suburban life.

She was new to the area, though, and settling came slowly. As the months passed and her husband spent longer hours on the job, Bergman, a work-from-home graphic designer, found herself increasingly “bored and kind of lonely.” Eventually her thoughts drifted back to the school drama program where she and her husband first met. She began longing for the excitement, creativity and socialization it offered.

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BY E.J. IANNELLI So she called the city’s information line and asked about theater groups in town. They said none existed, but they took down her email address, her phone number, checked her availability to meet on a certain date and said they’d be in touch.

“And then,” she says, “an article came out” in the Liberty Lake Splash. “All of a sudden I had 200 emails and people were calling my phone from numbers I didn’t know, so I wasn’t answering it. I realized that the city had called the Splash and said that I was starting a community theater, and to email me and call me if interested.”

The date she’d given was advertised as the date for the group’s inaugural meeting.

“I’m sure I could have backed out: ‘Oh, wait, that’s not what I meant.’ But I had so many emails from people saying, ‘This is cool! It’d be great for our community.’ At that point I had to make a decision and say, ‘You know what, it sounds like people really want it. Why not?’”

Four people attended the first meeting, she recalls.

“After having so many emails, I was surprised to have only that many people show up. But the people that showed up were our first board members.”

The Splash digital archives, incidentally, offer a slightly different origin story. The first full article on the group dates from March 20, 2008. It reports “about a dozen residents” at the previous week’s informational

meeting and quotes Bergman — still surnamed Ophardt back then — as the self-identified driving force behind the nascent theater group, albeit with the caveat that she “insists her role is to solely start the group.”

At any rate, by mid-May Bergman had publicly warmed to the idea of spearheading an amateur theater group, formally identified as Liberty Lake Community Theatre (LLCT). She published an appeal for participation in the Splash and highlighted its possibilities: “plays, musicals, storytelling, concerts, pageants, physical theatre (dance, mime and puppetry), improvisational comedy and more,” along with ambitious plans for a dedicated “theatre structure.”

And by April of the following year, after practicing in the basement of nearby Palenque Mexican Restaurant, LLCT had staged its first production, a zany short comedy called Hood, of Sherwood, featuring an all-ages cast of 12. “The costumes and makeup were great. And the performances were fantastic to boot,” read the enthusiastic review in the Splash.

“We performed at Guardian Angel [Homes] in the barn, and it was a little tiny place, but, man, we packed that barn,” laughs Bergman. “All the parents were so excited.”

Later they moved to the old library in the Liberty Square Office Building, rehearsing and staging what Bergman describes as “no-name plays — something that didn’t have large royalties, or so that we could do them and they wouldn’t be compared to other theaters, because we obviously were new and could not compete.” LLCT was a grassroots effort with a shoestring budget, in other words, and its participants — everyone from actors to set designers to board members — proudly embraced those aspects as the measure of a true community theater.

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t’s now 10 years on and somewhere in the ballpark of 80 productions later and those qualities have continued to sustain LLCT through thick and thin.

“We’ve still, from day one, never paid anyone for directing or anything like that. We don’t have a staff. We’re all volunteers,” she says. Yet that hasn’t stopped the organization from becoming a fixture of family entertainment in Liberty Lake and hitting major growth milestones, such as establishing a separate teen board of directors or moving into a new, larger space at 22910 E. Appleway Avenue.

“Getting our space where we are right now on Appleway [Avenue] was probably one of the biggest things that allowed us so much growth. Before, when we were in the Liberty Square Building, we didn’t have a backstage. We didn’t have our own restrooms. We didn’t have a concession stand. The new space allows us to put on more events for children,” she says, highlighting LLCT’s popular “Play in a Day” workshop where participants create a 15-minute play in just one afternoon.

The nonprofit group is growing in other ways, too. Bergman felt comfortable enough to step down from her longtime role as board president in late July; Sandi Wasteney was newly elected to fill the position. And the days of schedules with “no-name” productions are moving further into the past as the group’s mainstage productions inch ever closer to Broadway. Last season saw You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and the junior version of Elf the Musical, while the current season brings full versions of James and the Giant Peach (Oct. 11-27) and A Charlie Brown Christmas (Nov. 29-Dec. 15).

For Bergman, however, the size of LLCT’s venue, its shows or even the donations it attracts from around the community should never eclipse its founding mission to be a creative outlet for everyone, not just the gifted or the expert.

“We wanted a theater where no experience was needed,” she says, noting that LLCT continues to make it a priority to entertain all comers, involving and even training them in whatever way they can. But she and her fellow volunteers are also under no illusions that the ability to carry out that mission rests entirely with the people willing to make that happen.

“If a community wants a theater,” says Bergman, “there has to be community involvement.” n

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THEATER Oct. 11-21

CLOSING IT UP

Molly Allen, one-third of KZZU’s Dave, Ken and Molly in the Morning and Stage Left Theater’s resident playwright, is back with another original play to follow 2016’s On Shaky Ground. Directed by Heather McHenry-Kroetch, Allen’s new comedy centers on squabbling adult siblings who return home after the death of a parent. As neighbors and other family members join the fray, unsettling, even shocking long-held secrets come to light in amusing ways. Stage Left, $20, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (E.J. IANNELLI)

Oct. 21

STAGE TO SCREEN: ROMEO AND JULIET

If your only cinematic exposure to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is through Baz Luhrmann’s flashy stylization from two decades ago, it might be worth checking out this stage-to-screen showing hosted by Friends of the Bing. Filmed at last year’s Stratford Festival, this critically acclaimed Scott Wentworth-directed production is clearly set in an era of lace ruffs, captains and candelabras, but it’s also got fluid action and dynamic staging that gives it a contemporary freshness. Antoine Yared and Sara Farb play the star-crossed lovers. Bing Crosby Theater, $4-$10, 2 pm (EI)

Oct. 12-28

DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Nov. 2-30

It ain’t ogre till it’s ogre! Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Good People, Ripcord) wrote the entertaining script for this musical that combines and adapts the 2001 computer-animated film along with the original book on which the film was based.

Augmented by songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie), the stage version broadly follows the plot of its cinematic counterpart: Shrek and Donkey embark on a fairytale-style quest to rescue Princess Fiona and save the ogre’s swamp from Lord Farquaad’s designs — with a few lessons about love and life along the way. Christian Youth Theater performs. Bing Crosby Theater, $12-16, Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 3 pm (EI)

Ever dreamed of staging your very own musical? Well, now you have the chance. Sort of. During its Friday night Musical shows throughout the month of November, the Blue Door Theatre players will create a live, improvised song-and-dance show on the spot based on your suggestions from the audience. As the free-spirited troupe invents and performs the story on the fly, they’ll also have to make up accompanying songs whenever the music starts playing. The show is G-rated, so feel free to bring the kids along. The Blue Door Theatre, $7, Fri at 8 pm (EI)

SHREK THE MUSICAL

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A musical based on the fictionalized autobiographical recollections of brother-and-sister duo Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen captures their experiences of growing up in a household of 12 children. If that weren’t colorful enough, the Gilbreths’ parents were leading experts in the budding field of time-and-motion studies and industrial efficiency.

As Gilbreth Sr. declares through song, “What works in the factory works in the home.” Or maybe domestic life plays by its own rules instead? Lake City Playhouse, $20-$23, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EI)

Nov. 2-11

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CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Nominated for nine Tony Awards and still distinguished as one of Broadway’s longest running productions, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is a tale as old as time — and universally beloved by young and old alike. The musical adaptation features the songs from the popular and celebrated 1991 animated film as well as original music written exclusively for the stage. This Spokane Children’s Theatre production is directed by Tanya Brownlee and stars Shaylyn Goard as Belle and Michael Barfield as the beast. Spokane Children’s Theatre, $10-$14, Fri at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm (EI)

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TWO WITCHES, NO WAITING

Keep your Halloween vibe going well into November with Ignite! Community Theatre’s production of Two Witches, No Waiting, an eerie comedy by Pat Cook. It’s about two eccentric sisters, Arlene and Elzbeth, whom their housekeeper assumes to be witches. And then that housekeeper suddenly goes missing. Meanwhile, Arlene’s son is trying to get her to sell her home to his future father-in-law, yet he seems to have developed a crush on the sisters’ secretive new housekeeper. Tension is heightened by owls, mystery rooms, potion books and other spooky accoutrements. Ignite Community Theatre, $12-$15, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 3 pm (EI)

And this is where the . fairies live

Nov. 15-18

FINDING NEVERLAND

The INB Performing Arts Center’s first event after its grand remodel is Finding Neverland, the award-winning musical that tells the story behind the story of Peter Pan. It recounts how J.M. Barrie, beset by domestic and artistic unhappiness, was inspired by the imaginary adventures of four young boys. Thus was born the now-famous tale of a magical land where children never grow up. The show’s songwriters are Gary Barlow, who once led U.K. superstars Take That, as well as veteran film and pop composer Eliot Kennedy. INB Performing Arts Center, $50-$98, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 pm, Sun at 1 pm and 6:30 pm (EI)

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Nov. 23-Dec. 23,

ELF THE MUSICAL

This year, make the leap from cranberry sauce to full-blown Christmas spirit in less than 24 hours. The day after Thanksgiving, the Civic is launching the regional premiere of Elf the Musical, which takes cues from the much-adored holiday film starring Will Ferrell as bumbling Buddy the elf. Papa Elf doesn’t make an appearance in this all-ages Broadway version, and the story places a bit more emphasis on disbelief in Santa Claus. But fans of the film will still find plenty of the humorous, heartwarming moments that make them want to sing loud for all to hear. Spokane Civic Theatre, $15-$32, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EI)

ENJOY FALL ON THE PALOUSE

Nov. 29-Dec. 15

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

If the commercialization of Christmas — good grief! — is starting to get you down, this holiday production about rediscovering the true meaning of the holiday season might be the shot in the arm that you need. Adapted from Charles M. Schulz’s animated classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas follows its titular lead and the rest of the idiosyncratic Peanuts gang as they attempt to stage a school Christmas pageant and rescue a sad little fir tree. Keith Hopkins directs. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, $14, Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Sat at 2 pm (EI)

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Nov. 30-Dec. 9

A MIDWINTER NIGHT’S DREAM

What, ho! Be this some heretofore undiscover’d companion to A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Not quite, Bard aficionados. Adapted by director Stephen John, this University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts production is a fun, holiday-inspired twist on Shakespeare’s timeless and magical comedy about the bumpy course of true love. Suitable for all ages, A Midwinter Night’s Dream features four interconnected tales that involve fairies, gods, royalty and well-meaning amateur actors trying to steer their fates — or getting tangled in the fates of others. The Hartung Theater (Idaho), $10-$15, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (EI) n

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The Vytal Movement Dance Company is helping lead a dance resurgence in the Inland Northwest. IRA GARDNER PHOTO

CULTURE MAKING A MOVEMENT Spokane hasn’t had much of a professional dance scene for decades, but a new modern dance group is trying to change that

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BY CHEY SCOTT

or nearly two-and-a-half decades, Spokane was without a professional dance company.

This lasting void finally began to fill back up, however, in 2016 with the founding of Vytal Movement Dance Company by dance instructor, choreographer and Cheney native Vincas Greene.

“Just looking at the arts scene in Spokane, it’s ready,” Greene notes.

Ballet Company of Spokane, the city’s last professional dance troupe, disbanded in 1993. Before that, Spokane Ballet existed through the 1980s. And while many other local dance groups have come and gone, some remaining active, the detail here that matters is the word “professional,” meaning the dancers are paid for their time spent training, rehearsing and performing.

Still in its early stages — Vytal Movement is almost ready to apply for federal nonprofit status — Greene’s dancers aren’t yet paid, but that’s the goal.

“As we start to develop funds for the dancers, then they can start to give more of their time, so we can do things like go into schools and the studios and volunteer our time there,” he says.

“As it is, all of these dancers are dancing and they have jobs. It’s not at this point supportive of them.”

Despite this, Vytal Movement’s adult dancers, who studied a variety of dance styles throughout childhood and are now in their 20s and early 30s, practice and perform on a volunteer basis because it’s their passion.

Beyond being able to pay his dancers, Greene’s big vision is that the modern dance company can help dance rise to the same level of support and talent as seen in the Inland Northwest across other art forms: visual, literary, culinary and musical. That includes keeping talent here as dancers age out of the area’s youthfocused dance studios, and attracting it from outside of the region.

“I want Vytal Movement to be Spokane’s dance company. I want the city and the people in the city to feel an ownership of the company and of the people who are dancing there,” Greene says. “And I’m hoping it will eventually lead to a broader network of dancers coming in [from] outside the area and enriching our culture.”

Since its founding a little more than two years ago, Vytal Movement has performed publicly many times.

For the company’s most recent concert, Confluence, held at the Bing Crosby Theater this past spring, Greene’s choreography was inspired by the movement, history and culture of the Spokane River. Vytal Movement’s eight principal dancers (as of this writing

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the company was holding auditions) have also collaborated with other artists and groups in the area, performing inside art galleries, at festivals like Terrain, and for other events and venues.

The company is still working out the details for its upcoming performance season, but Greene says plans include a tribute to the late modern-dance pioneer Merce Cunningham, in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Later this fall, Vytal Movement hopes to also debut (pending editing timelines) an interactive, virtual reality project made with Spokane filmmaker Juan Mas. Greene is overflowing with other ideas for future performances and collaborations in nontraditional settings, like dancing in Riverfront Park and at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture and sending his dancers to local schools to perform and talk to students.

In addition to heading up the company, Greene teaches modern dance at two local studios, Company Ballet School and Professional Ballet School, and at Eastern Washington University, where he developed the school’s dance minor program that became available this year. Greene himself has been dancing and teaching dance since his college days in the early 1980s.

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ytal Movement is visibly leading the charge for a professional dance resurgence in Spokane, but it’s not the only member of a small but dedicated group championing the

cause.

At Gonzaga University, Suzanne Ostersmith has headed the school’s dance program since 2000, establishing a dance minor in 2005. A new dance major degree option will also soon be available to students, she says.

Ostersmith is excited to see the passion coming from Greene and his dancers and the interest in dance they’re helping spread.

“I love when I talk to Vincas about his company. We want to see that thrive, but his hunger is to see multiple companies here,” Ostersmith says. “It’s not about one company changing [Spokane], but [also] others saying ‘Ooh, what if I were to do that?’ and then collaborating together and having multiple groups performing. I would really love to see that.”

She also sees a big boost coming to the region’s dance community with the completion next year of Gonzaga’s new Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center. The 750-seat venue will allow Gonzaga’s dance students to perform more often and also to host professional dancers from outside of the area for workshops and public concerts.

“I think it will be huge for our area because we do have so many strong studios that are training amazing dancers, but in order to see professional dance you have to go to Seattle and elsewhere,” Ostersmith says. “I’ve found that to be a real challenge as a director of the dance program.”

Longtime Spokane dance instructor and studio owner Jonna Maule also hopes the momentum coming from Vytal Movement and the growth of collegiate level dance instruction will help keep talented dancers in the area — dancers like her Company Ballet School’s teenage prodigy Clara Vazanko, who placed first at a prestigious competition held this year in Seattle, the Youth America Grand Prix.

“There are a lot of high-quality ballet schools in Spokane that put out a lot of talented dancers and they definitely have to go away” to pursue professional opportunities, Maule says.

Of course she’d also like to see professional ballet make a return to Spokane.

“Perhaps Vincas is leading the way for more companies to start up and make their way to Spokane, so I applaud him,” Maule says. “The fact [Vytal Movement has] lasted as long as they have in Spokane is quite phenomenal.”

As important as their focus on making Spokane an attractive place for professional dancers to live and work, Greene and his counterparts also want to see the region foster a deeper sense of appreciation for the art of dance.

“People I talk to are excited about the vision. They believe this should exist in Spokane,” Greene says. “They’re ready to see it grow because there has been a void for so long for professional dance.” n

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COEUR D’ALENE SYMPHONY: NINETEENTH CENTURY GRANDEUR The Coeur d’Alene Symphony kicks off its 40th season with an ambitious program that includes Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia, Glazunov’s Violin Concerto and Brahms Symphony No. 1. And while listening to the expert musicians tackle such a diverse evening of classical sounds is enough of a draw, these shows also mark the debut of a new CdA Symphony artistic director and conductor in Czech native Jan Pellant, who was selected after a yearlong search last season. Kroc Center, $10-$20, Oct. 5 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 6 at 2 pm (DAN NAILEN)

Oct. 6 & 7

SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS: THE RED VIOLIN

The 1998 film The Red Violin weaves in and out of the past and present over the course of three centuries, detailing the precarious, unexpected journey of a priceless Stradivarius. It’s a fictionalized take on a true story, and the titular instrument is now owned by violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn, who will be using it to perform pieces from its namesake Oscar-winning score (by composer John Corigliano) with the Spokane Symphony. If you’ve never seen the movie — or if you want to remind yourself of its lush beauty — you can catch it at the Garland Theater this weekend: It screens Friday, Sept. 21, at 7 pm and Saturday, Sept. 22, at 2 pm. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $17-$60, Oct. 6 at 8 pm and Oct. 7 at 3 pm (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

Oct. 6-Jan. 27, 2019

THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND THE GREAT WAR

As we near the centenary of WWI — Armistice Day was on Nov. 11, 1918 — the MAC is commemorating the Inland Northwesterners who served in WWI in a new exhibit featuring memorabilia from its collection, like letters from the frontlines, trench warfare items, uniforms and much more. The items displayed focused on the impact WWI had on the Inland Northwest and vice versa. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, $5-$10, Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm (BC)

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Oct. 18

HENRY ROLLINS TRAVEL SLIDESHOW Whether as lead singer of punk legends Black Flag or his own metal-tinged Rollins Band, or as a popular spoken-word artist and lecturer, Henry Rollins has been around. And then some. The muscular loudmouth and keen observer has taken photos throughout his global travels, and his latest tour features him showing off some of his work and telling the stories behind the pictures shot throughout the Middle East, Antarctica, South America, Africa and Asia. Bing Crosby Theater, $26.50-$31.50, 8 pm (DN)

Oct. 18-21

DISNEY ON ICE

If you think Disney characters are entertaining on screens, just wait till you see them in real life, on skates! Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, Elsa, Anna and many more Disney favorites will be taking the rink in Dare to Dream, an ice-show spectacular. Moana, the Polynesian princess from the 2016 film, is making her ice debut. The show follows the popular heroines as they demonstrate bravery, courage and charm in the face of conflict. Spokane Arena, $16-$66, show times vary (BC)

Oct. 19 & 20

ONE HEART NATIVE ARTS & FILM FESTIVAL

In its third year, the One Heart Native Arts and Film Festival is turning its focus on Native American women, putting their music, film and visual art in the spotlight.

It starts Oct. 19 with a performance by folk icon Buffy Sainte-Marie (pictured), who made her name in the ’60s and ’70s with fiercely political songs like “Universal Soldier” and “It’s My Way” and who won an Oscar for co-writing the “Up Where We Belong” from 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman. Sainte-Marie’s Cree ancestry, as well as her activism, has always been an integral part of her work. On Oct. 20, catch a screening of the 2014 feature Drunktown’s Finest, with director Sydney Freeland in attendance, as well as a series of Native-produced short films and a youth arts workshop hosted by painter J. NiCole Hatfield. Bing Crosby Theater, $10-$45, Oct. 19 at 7 pm and Oct. 20 opens 10:30 am (NW)

Oct. 25

HALLOWEEN 40TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING John Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece Halloween changed horror forever. The lean, violent thriller about masked madman Michael Myers knocking off teenagers in a sleepy Illinois suburb was a critical and commercial smash, one of the most profitable indies ever made, and it helped usher in (for better or worse) the slasher boom of the ’80s. With its atmospheric cinematography and anxiety-producing musical score (composed by Carpenter himself), this watershed film is best enjoyed in a dark theater with an enraptured audience.

It turns 40 this year, and yet it hasn’t aged. Kenworthy Performing Arts Center, $3, 8 pm. (NW)

Oct. 26

TOM PAPA

It takes a special kind of comedian to end up working with both the freakishly bizarre Rob Zombie and the utterly mainstream Jerry Seinfeld, and Tom Papa is just that. With more than two decades under his belt, Papa is a true comedians’ comedian, tapped to write jokes for others when he’s not doing his own act as a regular on Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien’s talk shows. He helped write and voice characters in both Zombie’s animated The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and Seinfeld’s Bee Movie, and most recently he became head writer on Live From Here, the syndicated radio show formerly known as Prairie Home Companion. On stage with a mic in his hand is still where he’s most comfortable, though, and you’ll see why when he hits Spokane. Bing Crosby Theater, $24.50, 8 pm. (DN)

Oct. 26-27

DAVE ATTELL

This guy is a comedy pro, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a better stand-up gig coming to Spokane before the end of the year than a Dave Attell show. He’s probably best known for the four-season run of Insomniac with Dave Attell, a Comedy Central show that combined aspects of a travel show with drunken members of the general public, with Attell as overseer and instigator. He came to prominence in New York’s comedy scene alongside the likes of Dave Chappelle, and a spot on David Letterman’s show helped him land a writing gig on Saturday Night Live in the mid-’90s. More recently he hosted Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground on Comedy Central, helping introduce the likes of Ali Wong and Nikki Glaser. He’s performing four shows in two nights when he comes to Spokane. Spokane Comedy Club, $25-$35, 7:30 pm and 10 pm. (DN)

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Back in 2011 you couldn’t find a hotter TV commodity than Whitney Cummings, who managed to create two separate sitcoms that were both picked up by major networks. Two Broke Girls ran for six seasons. Whitney, which she also starred in, lasted just two, and the critics were, as they say, unkind.

It would be impossible to capture the salty comedic edge Cummings brings to her stand-up in any network show — her mind is definitely more inclined toward cable’s openness — and she’s a natural on stage, slaying live audiences with an approach that inspired Variety and Entertainment Weekly to both tab her as a “comedian to watch” almost immediately after she got her start. Spokane Comedy Club, various times, $20-$35 (DN)

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Nov. 9

EPICUREAN DELIGHT

Gormands and philanthropists alike, listen up! Fine dining and charity collide in an indulgent, heartwarming celebration of food and drink at Epicurean Delight.

Throw on your old prom garb and taste food from 30 local restaurants as well as libations from regional wineries, breweries and cider makers. All proceeds from this year’s event will go towards the Inland Northwest Blood Center. Spokane Convention Center, $200, 6 pm (BC)

Nov. 10-11

SPOKANE FALL FOLK FESTIVAL

Created to showcase the diversity of the greater Spokane community through traditional art and performance, the 23rd annual Fall Folk Festival is set to feature up to 100 separate performing groups.

Entertainment on eight stages represents traditional music and art from Celtic, African, Asian, Middle Eastern and many more cultural groups. Vendors are also on site selling traditional crafts and baked goods. This year’s festival features popular local folk groups as well as “hidden gems” that you may not be familiar with. Visit spokanefolkfestival.org. Spokane Community College, free, Nov. 10 from 11 am-10 pm; Nov. 11 from 11 am-5 pm (BC)

Nov. 11

THE BEST OF SECOND CITY If you’re not familiar with Second City, it’s basically a superstar factory.

If comedy clubs were universities, Second City would be the Ivy League.

Names like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and so many more comedy greats found success after sharing the stage at the improv and sketch comedy theater in Chicago. Second City’s national tour is now passing through Spokane, where current performers will showcase the best songs and sketches from the theater’s history. The show will also feature their wildly popular improvisation. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $30-$40, 7:30 pm (BC)

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Nov. 11 & 14

DIE HARD: 30TH ANNIVERSARY

It’s a question that rears its head every yuletide: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Regardless of your stance in that timeless debate (Bruce Willis himself says it isn’t, but we’re all wrong every once in awhile), one thing really can’t be argued: Die Hard is one of the greatest action films, holidays be damned. John McTiernan’s 1988 blockbuster, which pits one-man army John McClane against German hostage-taker Hans Gruber (RIP Alan Rickman), is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and it’ll be returning to Regal Cinemas for a limited run. Even if you’ve seen it a million times on cable, it was always meant to be watched on a screen as high as the Nakatomi Plaza.

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Karli and Caleb Ingersoll in the future home of the Lucky You Lounge. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

CHANGING THE SCENE Amidst a growing local music community, the owners of the Bartlett prepare to open their second venue — the Lucky You Lounge

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ive years ago, Caleb and Karli Ingersoll were desperately trying to put the finishing touches on the Bartlett, their cozy all-ages music venue that sits at the edge of downtown Spokane.

It wasn’t the easiest of openings: There were problems with construction and building codes and shows that had to be canceled or rescheduled. But the Bartlett was finally up and running in December 2013, and everyone from Future Islands to the English Beat have since graced its stage.

Now the Ingersolls are preparing to open their second, larger music venue, called the Lucky You Lounge, which will take over the rectangular, red-and-white building on the outskirts of Browne’s Addition that has previously housed a drive-in burger joint, a seafood restaurant, a Mexican restaurant and, perhaps most prominently, the Sunset Junction dive bar.

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BY NATHAN WEINBENDER Opening venue No. 2 has brought about its own set of challenges. The infrastructure of the building is secure, the Ingersolls say, but now they’re dealing with what can best be described as “the grossness of the past” — correcting unusual remodeling choices and ripping out moldy walls. But the Ingersolls feel like they actually know what they’re doing this time around.

“Our main focus is to be the west side of downtown’s nightlife spot,” Caleb Ingersoll says. “That’s what our hope is. No matter what you do, when you come here, you’re going to have a good time. That’s the goal.”

Lucky You won’t merely be a facsimile of the Bartlett, however. For one thing, it’ll be a 21-plus establishment.

For another, it will be open every day, even when there isn’t a show going on, with a full restaurant that will eventually offer a menu of vegetarian and vegan-friendly pub grub.

The Ingersolls signed the lease in April, and they’re hoping to be open by — at the very latest — early 2019.

(They now know not to announce a concrete opening date until they know they can hit it.) Right now, at the beginning of September, everything is still in various stages of construction, and a thin layer of dust covers everything.

A large stage has been built in the corner of the building’s main floor. A spacious bar takes up the middle of the room. Booths will soon be installed along the walls, and there will eventually be patio seating during the warmer months. The first floor is expected to reach a capacity of 350 or so, more than twice the size of the Bartlett.

In terms of design, the Ingersolls say they’ll likely keep the building’s ’70s-chic vibe, which extends to the basement, with its wood paneling and dark tile. The Ingersolls have heard stories about the basement housing

a makeshift gambling parlor at some point, but it’s otherwise been sitting unused for well over a decade.

It has a small stage and a bar, and it will probably have a capacity of 100. They can see it serving as a space for open mics, comedy or DJ showcases or artists who would typically draw a Bartlett-sized crowd. It will likely be open Thursdays through Saturdays and won’t have cover charges.

The Ingersolls admit now that they were initially reluctant to occupy the 10,000-square-foot building, which has become somewhat infamous for its ever-shuffling business models. But local business owner and real estate developer Dan Spalding, who currently leases out the Bartlett building to the Ingersolls, convinced them it would be a perfect location for a multipurpose venue.

“We had to morph our business plan a little bit,” Caleb Ingersoll says. “We were thinking more of a traditional 500-cap room that’s just open for shows. We weren’t planning on doing a whole restaurant, but it just made sense with the space.”

“It’s been cool working on a space where everyone already knows what it is,” Karli Ingersoll says. “Before, with the Bartlett, it hadn’t been anything so no one knew where it was. If you say Sunset Junction by Rosauers in Browne’s, people say, ‘Oh yeah, I drive by that every day.’”

Our main focus is to be the west side of downtown's nightlife spot. That's what our hope is. That's the goal.

There has always been one drawback in regards to the size of the Bartlett: It’s too small for a lot of touring bands that can normally play for audiences of a few hundred people. The Lucky You will hopefully bridge that gap and inspire more bands to make stopovers in Spokane.

It’s also an ideal spot for local artists who can already comfortably sell out the Bartlett — including folk singer-songwriter Marshall McLean and Super Sparkle, the pop-soul band that includes Karli Ingersoll — to further expand their audience.

“For the scene to continue to grow, musicians have to have all sorts of platforms and ways to connect with their audience,” Karli Ingersoll says. “And perception is reality, so if you’re playing on a bigger stage and filling a bigger room, people see you as more important.”

“I think both venues will help each other,” Caleb Ingersoll says. “It’ll [bring] more bands to town.”

And in the five years since the Bartlett first opened its doors, the Ingersolls agree that Spokane’s music scene has morphed into something much bigger, more inclusive and legitimate.

“When we opened the Bartlett, the A-Club was doing some shows very infrequently. Mootsy’s was still kind of doing shows.

Red Room had done a few things. But that was it,” Karli Ingersoll says. “There were hardly any active local bands.”

“It had a very DIY feel,” Caleb Ingersoll says.

That’s changed: The Bartlett, in fact, booked more than 100 local acts last year.

“There’s tons more activity, more shows happening, more touring bands want to stop here,” Karli Ingersoll says. “It feels more grown up.” n

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Sept. 21-Feb. 3

NASHVILLE SESSIONS SERIES

Calling all country fans. The Coeur d’Alene Casino has begun a new concert series they’re calling the Nashville Sessions, which shines a spotlight on up-and-comers in the genre. Maybe one day you’ll be able to say you saw a future superstar before they were a household name. Catch Tony Jackson (above), a former Marine turned musician, perform on Sept. 21; tickets are $10. The rest of the concerts are free, and all of the artists have multiple dates scheduled: The Sessions continue next week with Todd O’Neill (Sept. 28-30), followed by Scott Stevens (Oct. 5-7) and Kalie Shorr (Oct. 19-21). Coeur d’Alene Casino, dates and times at cdacasino.com (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

A few years back as I watched Steve Earle and his stellar band deliver an excellent show, I promised myself I’d never miss another one of his concerts if I could help it. I’ve seen him several times since, and it’s never been less than excellent, with Earle blending rock, country and folk in songs addressing everything from lost love to class warfare.

His latest album is called So You Wannabe an Outlaw, and if there’s any songwriter who could explain just what an outlaw is in 2018, Earle is the guy. Bing Crosby Theater, $48-$60, 8 pm (DAN NAILEN)

DESCENDENTS

There’s old school, and then there’s really old school. The Descendents got their start in the late ’70s L.A. South Bay punk scene alongside long-gone peers like Black Flag and Minutemen.

While there have been pauses through the years — most notably when singer Milo Aukerman went off to college, inspiring the band’s aptly named 1982 classic album Milo Goes to College — Descendents have remained a relatively steady presence, delivering songs full of humor, angst and alienation while perfecting the pop-punk hybrid that bands like Green Day and blink-182 rode to far greater fame and fortune. That’s a damn shame. Knitting Factory, $26, 8 pm (DN)

Oct. 12

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS

With a name that channels the shiny allure of the future, it seems appropriate that We Were Promised Jetpacks is a quartet of Scottish dudes that started playing when they were idealistic, forward-looking teenagers. They’ve obviously matured since, not just personally but musically: Their late 2000s output leaned heavily on anthemic shout-alongs reminiscent of the Killers, which developed into thudding, atmospheric indie rock akin to their fellow countrymen Frightened Rabbit.

With their brand new album The More I Sleep, the Less I Dream, WWPJ are moving in the direction of knottier, dynamic-shifting post-rock — blast off.

The Bartlett, $17, 8 pm (NW)

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KEB’ MO’

Maryland-bred brothers T.J. and John Osborne have taken Nashville by storm the last couple years, racking up a series of hits combining country twang with an unmistakably rocking crunch.

T.J. is the voice and John is the lead guitarist and together they’ve won the last two Academy of Country Music Vocal Duo of the Year Awards, as well as the Video of the Year trophy for “It Ain’t My Fault,” the stomping throwdown that closes their 2016 debut Pawn Shop. They released their sophomore album this year and Port Saint Joe picks up where their winning first album left off.

Don’t expect these guys to fit in the Knit much longer. Knitting Factory, $35, 8 pm (DN)

Keb’ Mo’ has earned a well-deserved seat at the table of country-blues greats. The four-time Grammy Award winner has earned 11 nominations in total and has been a staple in the genre since 1994 with the release of his first self-titled album. In the years since, Mo’ has put out 14 albums, each showcasing his unique style, which dances the line between classic and contemporary blues. The most recent release, TajMo, is an 11-track collaboration with Taj Mahal, a prominent figure in the acoustic blues scene. Bing Crosby Theater, $56-$80, 7:30 pm (BROOKE CARLSON)

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Nov. 10

ABBA: THE CONCERT

When they broke up in the early ’80s, ABBA left behind a slew of international hits. “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Waterloo,” “S.O.S.” — their discography contains one pop gem after another. Since the Swedish superstars have yet to reunite for a tour (though they’re reportedly sending holograms of themselves out on the road with new music next year), several glittery tribute shows have filled the void, and ABBA: The Concert is one of them. They’ll be performing all those timeless ABBA classics with the Spokane Symphony — “Fernando,” in particular, is going to sound great — but consider trading in your formal attire for a sequined jumpsuit. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $39-$86, 8 pm (NW)

Talk about a snapshot of an era. One could argue that there is no more ’80s band than Air Supply, the Australian duo who scored massive hits with songs like “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” “All Out of Love” and “The One That You Love.”

Are you sensing a theme? The ballad-heavy albums created by Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock spawned eight Top 10 hits over just a couple years, and their songs have become go-to additions to any movie soundtrack needing an instant dose of romance/pop cheese. No less than 54 movies have gone to the Air Supply well for their soundtracks. Northern Quest Resort & Casino, $49-$79, 7:30 pm (DN)

Nov. 16

COCO MONTOYA

Like many a musician before him, Coco Montoya’s path in life was largely determined by seeing the right concert at the right time. For him, it was seeing Albert King open a show headlined by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969, a gig that opened his eyes and ears to the powerful blues music that inspired him to pick up a guitar (after a few years drumming in Albert Collins’ band) and land a gig with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, filling a spot once held by the likes of Eric Clapton and the Stones’ Mick Taylor. Montoya eventually went solo, forming his own backing band and becoming a fiery and passionate frontman. You can see that for yourself when he swings through Spokane. Chateau Rive at the Flour Mill, $25, 8 pm (DN)

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PEDRO THE LION

Pedro the Lion was never your typical Christian rock band. Frontman David Bazan’s songs were more studied and inward-facing, a far cry from the grandiosity of most faith-based arena fillers, and his lyrics weren’t purely celebratory, grappling with the complexities and occasional contradictions of modern-day religion.

More than a decade ago, Bazan (right) ostensibly ended the project, performing under his own name on albums that felt angrier and more bitter. But he recently reinstated the Pedro the Lion moniker and is back on the road performing the old stuff with a full band, just in time for the 20-year anniversary of PtL’s debut album It’s Hard to Find a Friend. The Bartlett, $20, 8 pm (NW)

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LIL YACHTY

Rapper Lil Yachty has described his own style as bubblegum trap, a self-applied subgenre that suggests the grittiness of underground hip-hop married with the glossiness of mainstream pop. It turns out to be only halfway accurate: His sophomore full-length Lil Boat 2 has some catchy beats on it, but it’s mostly concerned with hazy production and atmospheric synth sounds, and when he isn’t boasting about his own hastily acquired wealth, he manages to get unabashedly sentimental in places. He’s only 21, but Yachty has already racked up collabs with the likes of Migos, Cardi B and Macklemore, and he was featured prominently on DRAM’s Top 10 hit “Broccoli.” Knitting Factory, $26.50, 8 pm (NW)

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MUSIC Dec. 2

METALLICA

The thrash-metal pioneers return to Spokane Arena for the first time since 2004 still riding high on the success of their 2016 album Hardwired… To Self Destruct, a double album that served as an emphatic return to the band’s hard-rock roots. Arguably the biggest metal band ever, the quartet of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo still packs stadiums worldwide, so the opportunity to see them in a 10,000-seat arena should be a treat as they deliver songs from their 1983 debut Kill ’Em All up through the new tunes. Comedian Jim Breuer will serve as the night’s emcee and opening act. You’ll have to find your tix on the secondary market to be part of the party, though, as this show is sold out. Spokane Arena, sold out, 7:30 pm (DN)

TOMMY EMMANUEL & JERRY DOUGLAS

ALLEN STONE

For fans of incredible guitar playing, there’s nowhere else you need to be on this night than the Bing for a meeting of two legends. Aussie six-string ace Tommy Emmanuel (above) is widely acknowledged as one of the best acoustic guitarists on the planet, thanks to his fingerstyle picking inspired by his childhood hero Chet Atkins and put to great use by Emmanuel, who covers a wide range of music styles. Joining him for this show is dobro master Jerry Douglas, a 14-time Grammy winner who’s worked with virtually everyone in Nashville, and toured extensively as both a solo act and as part of Alison Krauss’ band Union Station. Put those together and expect the kind of musical fireworks to make a cold December night really cook. Bing Crosby Theater, $35-$50, 8 pm (DN)

Embracing old-school R&B and retro rock ’n’ roll, Chewelah’s own Allen Stone began his career a few years ago as a so-called “hippie with soul,” possessing one of those gritty, impossible-to-ignore voices that recall artists several decades his senior. Stone’s most recent singles — the sultry “Brown Eyed Lover” and funky, upbeat “Warriors” — lean toward slick pop sounds that are more Maroon 5 than the Jackson 5, but he’ll never shake those shades of blue-eyed soul, which creep into his music no matter how hard he tries. And regardless of his next stylistic direction, Spokane will always really dig him. Knitting Factory, $22.50, 8 pm (NW) n

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9/20-22 Nate Bargatze, Spokane Comedy Club 9/21 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 9/22 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 9/23 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 9/23 Dustin Nickerson, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

9/20-26 Keeping History Alive, Museum of North Idaho 9/20 Thursday Night Live!, The MAC 9/20 J Lilac City Live, Downtown Spokane Library 9/21 International Day of Peace, Human Rights Education Institute 9/21 Park (ing) It On Sherman, Downtown CdA 9/22 Invention Connection, Spark Central 9/22 J Hobbit Day Celebration, Airway Heights, Argonne and Medical Lake libraries 9/22 Flamenco Dancing!, Downtown Spokane Library 9/22 The Afro-Latino Connection in the Costa Chica Region of Mexico, Shadle Library 9/23 Garden Tours, Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens

FESTIVAL

9/21-23 J Southeast Spokane County Fair, Rockford 9/21-23 J Valleyfest, CenterPlace Event Center 9/22-23 Beck’s Harvest House Fall Festival, Green Bluff 9/22 J German-American Society’s Oktoberfest, Deutsches Haus

FILM

9/20-23 Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Panida Theater 9/20 J Yellow Submarine Sing-Along, The Kenworthy 9/21-22 J The Red Violin, Garland Theater 9/25 J Bollywood Film Festival, The Kenworthy 9/26 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Kenworthy 9/26 Bad Reputation, Panida Theater

MUSIC

9/20 Cabernet Cabaret, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center 9/21 J Kinski, Peru Resh, Fun Ladies, The Bartlett 9/21 For the Fallen Dreams, Obey the Brave, American Me, I Am, Of Virtue, Ghost Heart, The Pin! 9/21 Tony Jackson, Coeur d’Alene Casino 9/21 Blues & Brews with Randy McAllister, Panida 9/21 & 23 J The Marriage of Figaro, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 9/22 J Rascal Flatts, Trent Harmon, Northern Quest 9/22 Dirtbag Dan, Knothead, The Have-Nots, M-Dub, Brotha Nature, The Pin! 9/22 Retirement, Pop Goddess Athena, Moonchyld,

Spokane String Quartet 3 P.M. SUNDAY, OCT. 14, 2018 Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

J Inlander recommends this event The Observatory 9/22 Washington Idaho Symphony: Made in America, Pullman High School 9/23 Inland Northwest Country Music Association Awards Show, Kroc Center 9/24 J Carbon Leaf 25th Anniversary Tour, Bartlett 9/25 Northwest of Nashville feat. Bitter Oak, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, Emilie Miller, The Bartlett 9/25 J Global Neighborhood Presents: Gregory Alan Isakov with Shook Twins, Bing Crosby Theater 9/25-26 Spokane Symphony Chamber Soiree: Fall, Davenport Hotel 9/26 J Jeff Tweedy, James Elkington, Bing Crosby Theater 9/26 J David Bromberg Quintet, The Fox 9/26 Calvin Johnson, Sunbathe, The Bartlett

THEATER

9/20-23 A Chorus Line, Lake City Playhouse 9/20-24 Auditions: Merry Men, SFCC Spartan Theatre 9/20-23 J Mary Poppins, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/20-23 J A Kind of Alaska, University of Idaho 9/20-22 The 39 Steps, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 9/21-23 Bug, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/21-23 Good Neighbors, Pend Oreille Playhouse 9/21-23 Harvey, Ignite! Community Theatre 9/21-23 J 1984, Stage Left Theater 9/24 NT Live: Julie, The Kenworthy

VISUAL ARTS

9/20-26 J Path to Tolerance: The Photography of Robert Lloyd, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 9/20-26 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 9/20-26 J Ben Frank Moss, Bryan Oliver Gallery 9/20-26 J Whipping It Up: A Collaborative Alchemy, Prichard Art Gallery 9/20-26 J Memento: Selected Works from the

Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 9/20-26 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition Self•ish: Doug Gast, Joe Hedges, and Io Palmer, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 9/20-26 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC 9/20-26 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 9/20-26 Shannon Troxler, Reid Schoonover, Chris Bivins, Laura Nuchols, Art Spirit Gallery 9/20-26 Tilt: Chris Kelsey, North Idaho College 9/20-23 J Edward S. Curtis: The Grand Idea, The MAC 9/20-26 J Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC 9/21 Through the Eye of the Beholder, New Moon Art Gallery 9/22-23 Creator in Residence: Derrick Freeland, North Spokane Library 9/22 Untitled[spokane], Richmond Gallery 9/22 Miniatures by the Lake, Coeur d’Alene Galleries 9/25-26 From the Landscape, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery

WORDS

9/20 Cultural Appreciation vs. Appropriation, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 9/20 J Miller Cane: A True and Exact History, Washington Cracker Co. Building 9/20 Pivot Story Slam: Lesson Learned, Spark Central 9/22 J Marie Lu, Downtown Spokane Library 9/24 Eli Saslow, Spokesman-Review Month, Downtown Spokane Library 9/25 J Art Spiegelman: “What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?”, Gonzaga Hemmingson Center 9/26 Think & Drink: The Speed of Deceit – The New Era of Online Lies and Misinformation, Magic Lantern Theatre

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9/28 Random Fandom Trivia Nights: The 80’s, Spokane Valley Library 9/28-30 Spokane Oktoberfest, CenterPlace 9/28-10/1 J Raven Festival, Kendall Yards 9/29 J Spokane Arts Awards, Montvale Event Center 9/29 J Art on the Ave, East Sprague Business District 9/30 Garden Tours, Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens 9/30 Fall Historic Homes Tour, Spokane (Corbin Park)

SEPTEMBER

FILM

27-OCT. 3 BENEFIT

9/27 No Water No Beer, Overbluff Cellars 9/27 Kenworthy Gala feat. Portland Cello Project, The Kenworthy 9/28 J Spoken River, Mukogawa Institute 9/28 Empty Bowls, St. John’s Cathedral 9/28 Signature Chefs Auction, Centennial Hotel 9/29 Turkeys & More: A Showcase of Talent, Kroc Center

COMEDY

9/27-29 John Roy, Spokane Comedy Club 9/28 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 9/28 J Julia Sweeney: Older and Wider Comedy Tour, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 9/28 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 9/29 Mary Mack, Tim Harmston and Sammy Eubanks, Bridge Press Cellars 9/29 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 9/30 The Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

9/27-29 Greek Dinner Festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

9/27 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Kenworthy 9/29-10/3 J Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow, Regal Cinemas 9/29-30 Manhattan Short Film Fest, Garland Theater 9/30-10/3 J Studio Ghibli Fest: My Neighbor Totoro, Regal Cinemas 10/1 Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, The Kenworthy 10/2 Palouse French Film Festival, The Kenworthy

MUSIC

9/27 J War, Coeur d’Alene Casino 9/27 J Lecrae and Andy Mineo, with Wordsplayed, Nobigdyl., Whatuprg, Knitting Factory 9/27 As the Crow Flies, Goners UK, The Pin! 9/27 The National Parks, The Bartlett 9/28 Guest Artist Concert: Jeff Coffin, EWU 9/28 Moscow Synth Fest, Prichard Art Gallery 9/28 Faculty Artist Series: PENTECOST: New Electronic Music, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU) 9/28 J Chanti Darling, Soul Man Black, The Bartlett 9/28 Light in Mirrors, Ten-Speed Pile-Up, The Emilys, The Big Dipper 9/28 Lloyd & Saviour, Itchy Kitty, Less Thans, Baby Bar 9/29 Sadie Sicilia in Concert, Panida Theater 9/29 Fox Family Series: Recycled Percussion, The Fox 9/29 Spokane Jazz Orchestra feat. Jeff Coffin, Bing Crosby Theater 9/29 J Journey, Def Leppard, Gorge Amphitheater

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9/29-30 J Modest Music Fest feat. Lil B, Doug Martsch, Chanti Darling, Bart Budwig, Wimps, Roselit Bone, Moscow 9/30 J George Winston, Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox 9/30 Virtuoso Baroque: Vivaldi & Bach Concertos, St. John’s Cathedral 9/30 Simon & Garfunkel Story, Bing Crosby Theater 10/1 J Steve Earle & The Dukes, Bing Crosby Theater 10/2 J We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Bartlett 10/3 Firebug, Bar Talk, Perfect Destruction, The Pin! 10/3 Guerilla Toss, Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Bartlett 10/3 Indian Goat, Wayward West, Fat Lady, Observatory 10/3 Mini Blinds, Balonely, Fun Ladies, Baby Bar

THEATER

9/27-30 J Bug, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/27-30 J Mary Poppins, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/27 Magic Men Live, Bing Crosby Theater 9/28-30 Love Letters, StageWest Community Theatre 9/28-30 Good Neighbors, Pend Oreille Playhouse

VISUAL ARTS

9/27-10/3 J Whipping It Up: A Collaborative Alchemy, Prichard Art Gallery 9/27-10/3 J Ben Frank Moss: The Whitworth Collection, Bryan Oliver Gallery 9/27-10/3 From the Landscape, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 9/27-28 3 Strong: Ceramics by Sarah Magar, Mardis Nenno & Boni Parker, Trackside Studio 9/27-10/3 J Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 9/27-30 Oil Paintings by Gloria Teats, Dahmen Barn 9/27-10/3 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition Self•ish: Doug Gast, Joe Hedges, and Io Palmer, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 9/27-10/3 Wild and Scenic Rivers: 50 Years, 1912 Center

9/27-10/3 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 9/27-10/3 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC 9/27-10/3 Tilt: Chris Kelsey, North Idaho College 9/27-10/3 Shannon Troxler, Reid Schoonover, Chris Bivins, Laura Nuchols, Art Spirit Gallery 9/27-10/3 Just Beyond: A Plein Air Journey, Columbia Bank Community Plaza 9/27-10/3 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 5, 2019) 9/27-10/3 J Path to Tolerance: The Photography of Robert Lloyd, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 9/27-10/3 J Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC (through Jan. 20, 2019) 9/27-29 When Stuff Shows Up / Paranoia, Saranac Art Projects (last week) 9/27-28 Dan McCann: Avoid the Struggle (A Book of Fear), Spokane Art School (last week) 10/3 J Creator in Residence: Timothy Ely, North Spokane Library

WORDS

9/27 Inland Northwest Milestones, CdA Public Library 9/27 J Spokane Is Reading: Amy Stewart, Spokane Valley Event Center & Bing Crosby Theater 10/1-3 Women in Publishing Workshop, WSU Pullman 10/1 Teen Writing Workshop: Writing Action Scenes, Spark Central 10/1 Cusco: To Live History, South Hill Library 10/1 Spokane Poetry Slam, The Bartlett 10/1 J GU Story Slam: Touch and Go, Jepson Center 10/2 Poetry Reading: Rachel Morgan, WSU 10/3 Bette Lynch Husted: All Coyote’s Children, BookPeople of Moscow

OCTOBER

4-10 BENEFIT

10/4 Starry Night, Mukogawa Institute 10/6 Hoedown for HOPE, Spokane Convention Center 10/6 J Beyond Pink Designer Bra Fashion Show & Fundraiser, Davenport Grand Hotel 10/7 J Spokane Preservation Advocates: Garmo House Happy Hour, South Hill

COMEDY

10/4 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 10/4-6 Jeff Dye, Spokane Comedy Club 10/4 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 10/5 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 10/5 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/5 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 10/6 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 10/6 Improvised Comedy for Teens, Blue Door Theatre 10/6 Preacher Lawson, Bridge Press Cellars 10/6 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/7 J Bro Dads, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

10/5-7 Jurassic Quest, Spokane Convention Center 10/5-7 Custer’s Fall Antique & Collectors Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 10/6-7 Inland Empire Coin & Stamp Show, CenterPlace 10/6 Spokane Archaeology Day, The MAC 10/6 Mayan Weaving and Culture, Indian Trail Library 10/10 23rd Mayor’s Awards in the Arts, Hagadone Event Center

FILM

10/7-9 Bullitt 50th Anniversary, Regal Cinemas

J Inlander recommends this event 10/9 Palouse French Film Festival, The Kenworthy 10/10 UI Confucius Institute: Chinese Movie Night, The Kenworthy

MUSIC

10/4 J Descendents, A Wilhelm Scream, Audio Karate, Knitting Factory 10/4 J Kikagaku Moyo, The Bartlett 10/5-6 Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Nineteenth Century Grandeur, Kroc Center 10/5 Black Tiger Sex Machine, Knitting Factory 10/5 Wild Rivers, The Bartlett 10/5 Hawthorne Roots, John’s Alley 10/6-7 J Spokane Symphony Classics: The Red Violin, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/6 KPBX Kids’ Concert: The Willows, River Park Square 10/6 Raga Tharanga, Unity Spiritual Center 10/6 For the Future: ZagFam Weekend Concert Choir, St. Aloysius Church 10/6 J Clutch, Sevendust, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, Knitting Factory 10/6 J Les Femmes Will Rock III, The Jackson St. 10/7 Shinedown, Godsmack, Asking Alexandria, Spokane Arena 10/7 Greyhounds, The Bartlett 10/9 Aaron Lewis, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 10/10 The Next Big Thing with Carly Pearce, Maddie & Tae, Tyler Rich, Travis Denning, Ryan Sims, Knitting Factory 10/10 ManifestiV, Moonchlyd, Rosegarden Funeral Party, The Observatory 10/10 Choir Boy, Newman, S1ugs, Baby Bar

THEATER

10/4-7 Bug, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/4-7 J Mary Poppins, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/5-6 Every Little Crook & Nanny, Circle Moon Theater

Longmire series author Craig Johnson is here for a reading of his new book, Depth of Winter, on Oct. 10.

10/5-7 Love Letters, StageWest Community Theatre 10/6-8 MET Live in HD: Aida, The Kenworthy 10/9 J Of Mice & Men, Lewis and Clark High School

VISUAL ARTS

10/4-6 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition Self•ish: Doug Gast, Joe Hedges, and Io Palmer, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 10/4-10 All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 10/4-6 J Whipping It Up: A Collaborative Alchemy, Prichard Art Gallery 10/4-5 J Terrain, Jensen-Byrd Building 10/4-10 Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 10/4-10 From the Landscape, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 10/5 J First Friday, Spokane 10/5-6 Reflection / Refraction, Saranac Art Projects 10/5 Menagerie, Richmond Gallery 10/5 Blessing the Children, St. David’s Episcopal Church 10/5 J Creature Feature, Resurrection Records

10/6 Worldwide Photowalk on Garland, Garland District 10/6-10 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, The MAC 10/6 J Spokane Zine Fest, The Bartlett 10/10 Creator in Residence: Timothy Ely, North Spokane Library

WORDS

10/4 J Elliot Reed: A Key to Treehouse Living, Auntie’s 10/6 J TEDxSpokane, Bing Crosby Theater 10/6 Terry Brooks: Street Freaks, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/8 Witness for Peace: Jennifer Avila, Human Rights Education Institute 10/8 J Laura Read: Dresses from the Old Country, The Bartlett 10/9 Think & Drink: Breaking News – The State of American Journalism, Magic Lantern Theatre 10/10 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 10/10 J Longmire Author Craig Johnson, Bing Crosby Theater

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BENEFIT

10/11 Master Gardener Fall Banquet, WSU-Spokane County Master Gardener Program 10/13 J Into Africa Auction & Dinner, Mirabeau Park Hotel 10/13 J 10th Annual Junk2Funk, Coeur d’Alene Eagles

COMEDY

10/11-13 Kristin Key, Spokane Comedy Club 10/12 J Penn & Teller, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 10/12 EE’s Fall Comedy Show, EWU Cheney 10/12 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/13 Open Auditions, Blue Door Theatre 10/13 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/14 Drink N Debate, Spokane Comedy Club 10/15 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz 10/17 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

10/11-17 Keeping History Alive, Museum of North Idaho 10/11 After-Hours Open House with Unstrung, Argonne Library 10/12-13 Creepy Hallow, Northwest Renaissance Festival (Nine Mile Falls) 10/13 J Fall Fest, Downtown Spokane 10/13-14 Beck’s Harvest House Fall Festival, Green Bluff 10/14 Model Train Show, Spokane Fair & Expo Center 10/14 CDA Arts & Culture Alliance Member Reception, Greenbriar Inn

10/11 REI & Teton Gravity Research: FAR OUT, Bing Crosby Theater 10/12 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Kroc Center 10/14-17 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Regal Cinemas (Northtown and Riverstone) 10/16 Palouse French Film Festival, The Kenworthy 10/17 J Inlander Suds & Cinema: Pulp Fiction, Bing Crosby Theater

MUSIC

10/11 Josh Fields, The Pin! 10/11 Cognizant, Rottenness, Xingaia, IBS, The Pin! 10/11 For Peace Band, River City Roots, The Big Dipper 10/11 Carnage the Executioner with Sammy Warm Hands, NKNGS, Brotha Nature & CCB Krew, Red Room Lounge 10/12 Faculty Artist Series: Memories in Song, Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU) 10/11-13 Dawna Stafford, Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar 10/12 Fat Lady, Dash, Red Room Lounge 10/12 Campfire Series ft. The Ghoul & Guests, The Pin! 10/12 Roosevelt Dime with BareGrass, Panida Theater 10/13 J Speakeasy Electro Swing with Good Co, Hot Club of Spokane & Rouge LaRue, The Big Dipper 10/13 Hatebreed, Miss May I, Knitting Factory 10/13 Pigs On The Wing: Finding the Dark Side of the Moon, Bing Crosby Theater 10/13 ElectroAcoustic Mini Festival, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU) 10/13 Spokane Symphony Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/14 J Spokane String Quartet, The Fox 10/14 J Keb’ Mo’, Bing Crosby Theater 10/14 As We Are, Deathwish, The Pin! 10/15 The Hispanic Guitar: The Guitar and its Spanish and Latin Roots, South Hill Library 10/15 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra, The Fox

10/16 Mariachi Music with Mariachi Las Aguilas, Downtown Spokane Library 10/17 Brothers Osborne, The Wild Feathers, Knitting Factory 10/11-14 J Bug, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/11-14 Closing it Up, Stage Left Theater 10/11-13 James and the Giant Peach, Liberty Lake Community Theatre 10/11 J Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of A Well-Dressed Black AIDS Activist, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 10/11-14 J Mary Poppins, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/12-14 Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/12-14 The Spitfire Grill, Whitworth University 10/12-14 Gaslight, Pullman Civic Theatre 10/12-13 Every Little Crook & Nanny, Circle Moon Theater 10/12-14 The Open Hand, The Forge Theater, U of I 10/12-13 Love Letters, StageWest Community Theatre 10/15 Royal Shakespeare Company: The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Kenworthy

10/11-17 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC (through Dec.) 10/11-17 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 10/11-17 Tilt: Chris Kelsey, North Idaho College 10/11-17 Caren Furbeyre: Brushstrokes, Dodson’s 10/11-17 Featured Works from Summer and Fall Firings, Trackside Studio (through Nov. 16) 10/11-17 J Path to Tolerance: The Photography of Robert Lloyd, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 10/11-17 Larry Ellingson: Aesthetic Contraption, Spokane Art School (through Oct. 26) 10/11-17 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of World War I, MAC 10/11-17 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC 10/11-17 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, The MAC 10/12 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 10/12-17 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 10/12-13 J Vecinos Show, Emerge (through Nov. 3) 10/12 J Survive Series Art Show, West Central Episcopal Mission 10/16-17 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU (through Dec. 22) 10/17 J Creator in Residence: Timothy Ely, North Spokane Library

VISUAL ARTS

WORDS

THEATER

11-17 The Golden Ages of Transportation, Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery 10/11-17 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 10/11-17 J Ben Frank Moss: The Whitworth Collection, Bryan Oliver Gallery (through Nov. 2) 10/11-17 From the Landscape, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 10/11-17 J Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 10/11-17 Wild and Scenic Rivers: 50 Years, 1912 Center 10/11-13 Reflection / Refraction, Saranac Art Projects 10/11-17 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

10/11 J ABC Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 10/11 Poetry Reading: Carly Joy Miller and Keegan Lester, Whitworth Cowles Auditorium 10/12 J Ransom Riggs: A Map of Days, Downtown Spokane Library

Friday, October 19 5-9PM • $20 Montvale Event Center • 1017 W. 1st Ave., Spokane, WA 99201 • (509) 844-5672 The Monster Drawing Rally is a drawing event and fundraiser featuring more than 45 artists. The event consists of three 1-hour rounds that each feature 15 artists drawing simultaneously. As each round is completed, the drawings will be immediately hung up and made available for a fixed price of $50.

There will be live music, food catered by Adam Hegsted, chef Dan Gonzalez and La Catering and a no-host bar.

Ticket holders receive one free drink ticket.

To register, visit: spokaneartschool.net The proceeds from the MDR will go to support children’s drawing and painting programs at the Spokane Art School.

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OCTOBER

10/20-22 MET Live in HD: Samson et Dalila, Kenworthy

18-24

VISUAL ARTS

COMEDY

10/18 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 10/18-20 J Harland Williams, Spokane Comedy Club 10/18 Lilac City Live, Downtown Spokane Library 10/18 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 10/19 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 10/19 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/20 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/21 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 10/22 J Dry Bar Comedy Live, Spokane Comedy Club 10/24 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

10/23 Palouse French Film Festival, The Kenworthy

COMMUNITY

MUSIC

10/18-24 Keeping History Alive, Museum of North Idaho 10/18 Thursday Night Live!, The MA 10/19-20 Halloween Festival, Roosevelt Inn 10/19 J Nerd Night: Harry Potter Trivia, Mobius Science Center 10/20 J Lake City Comicon, Kootenai County Fairgrounds 10/20-21 Fall Festival, Beck’s Harvest House 10/24 Unity Day, Human Rights Education Institute

FILM

10/18 Rent Sing-Along, The Kenworthy 10/18 Yūgen, Garland Theater 10/19-20 J One Heart Native Arts & Film Festival, Bing Crosby Theater 10/21-23 Twilight 10th Anniversary, AMC River Park Square 20 10/21 Stage to Screen: Romeo & Juliet, Bing Crosby Theater

Test your knowledge of all things Harry Potter at a special trivia with Mobius Science Center on Oct. 19.

10/18 Tech N9ne with Futuristic, Dizzy Wright, Krizz Kaliko, Knitting Factory 10/18 Bryan John Appleby, Tomten, The Bartlett 10/19 Faculty Artist Series: Brad Ard Opus 62, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU) 10/19 J Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bing Crosby Theater 10/19 Too Broke to Rock feat. Adelitas Way, Royal Bliss, The Black Moods, Tetrarch, Knitting Factory 10/20-21 Spokane Symphony Classics: The Heroic, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/20 The Moscow Mules, Dahmen Barn 10/20 Washington Idaho Symphony: Romantic Favorites, Pullman High School 10/20 Historic Hillyard Blues Festival, Hillyard Library Sports Bar & Barbershop 10/20 Rocktoberfest with GS3, The Big Dipper 10/21 HIKES, Ruler, The Bartlett 10/22 Nick Normal, Gardener, Baby Bar 10/22-23 J Idaho Bach Festival, University of Idaho 10/23 London Handel Players, University of Idaho

10/24 Captured! By Robots, The Drip, Xingaia, Askevault, The Big Dipper 10/24 Satsang, Tim & Chitty, Jus Wright, Red Room

THEATER

10/18-21 Closing it Up, Stage Left Theater 10/18-20 James and the Giant Peach, Liberty Lake Community Theatre 10/18-21 The Open Hand, The Forge Theater 10/18-21 J Gruesome Playground Injuries, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre 10/19-21 J The Crucible, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/19-21 42nd Street, Kroc Center 10/19-21 Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/19-20 The Last Five Years, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre 10/19-21 The Spitfire Grill, Whitworth University 10/19-20 Gaslight, Pullman Civic Theatre 10/19-21 J Cheaper by the Dozen, Lake City Playhouse 10/19-21 The Night of January 16th, Ignite! Theatre 10/19 J Do Spirits Return?, Riverside Place

10/18-24 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 10/18-24 J Path to Tolerance: The Photography of Robert Lloyd, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 10/18-24 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 10/18-24 J Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU (through June 2019) 10/18-19 From the Landscape, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 10/18-24 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC 10/18-24 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, The MAC 10/18 J Lecture: Art Chantry, University of Idaho 10/18 Henry Rollins: Travel Slideshow, Bing Crosby Theater 10/19 J Monster Drawing Rally, Montvale Event Center 10/19-21 J Washington State Quilters 40th Annual Quilt Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 10/24 Creator in Residence: Timothy Ely, North Spokane Library

WORDS

10/18 Washington at War: The Evergreen State in WWI, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/18 Visiting Writers Series: Sierra Golden, Gonzaga University Jepson Center 10/18 J Pivot Mainstage: Monster, Washington Cracker Co. Building 10/20-21 J Spokane Writers Conference, North Spokane Library 10/20 J Literary Spelling Bee, Downtown Spokane Library 10/20 Ben Goldfarb: Eager, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/23 J The Great American Read: Finale Watch Party, Downtown Spokane Library 10/24 Poet Janine Oshiro, Whitworth University 10/24 Claire Rudolph Murphy, Auntie’s Bookstore

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FILM

10/25 J Halloween (1978), The Kenworthy 10/27 Rocky Horror Picture Show, Garland Theater 10/30 Palouse French Film Festival, The Kenworthy

OCTOBER

MUSIC

25-31 COMEDY

10/25 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 10/25 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 10/25 Rocky Dale Davis, Spokane Comedy Club 10/26 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 10/26 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 10/26-27 J Dave Attell, Spokane Comedy Club 10/26 J Tom Papa, Bing Crosby Theater 10/26 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/27 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 10/27 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/28 The Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club 10/28 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 10/29 Women’s Improv Jam, Blue Door Theatre 10/30 Adult Improv Classes, Blue Door Theatre 10/31 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

10/25-31 J Bigfoot Haunt: Spooks Real & Imagined, Spokane Falls Community College 10/25-31 Keeping History Alive, Museum of North Idaho 10/26 Drop In & RPG, Spark Central 10/26-27 WSU Autumn Arts & Craft Fair, Beasley Coliseum 10/26 Random Fandom Trivia Night: Stephen King, Spokane Valley Library 10/27 Spark-O-Ween, Spark Central

10/25 Demun Jones, Charlie Farley, Luke Yates, Big Kountry, The Pin! 10/25 John Anderson, Nashville North 10/25 Ratt, Coeur d’Alene Casino 10/25 J Idaho Bach Festival, University of Idaho 10/25 J Puddles Pity Party, Bing Crosby Theater 10/25 Faculty Artist Series: Pipes and Brass, Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU) 10/26 Jacob Westfall, Maryhill Winery Spokane 10/26 Cris Lucas, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/26 Halloween Cover Show, Checkerboard Bar 10/26 SOB x RBE, Quando Rondo, Knitting Factory 10/26 Craig Campbell with Everette, Luke Jaxon, Nashville North 10/26-28 Seaforth, Nighthawk Lounge (CdA Casino) 10/27 J Spokane Symphony Special: Haunted Hallows, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/27 WSU Choral Festival/Marching Band Festival, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU) 10/27 Steinway Stars, Eastern Washington University 10/27 J Halloween Weekend Cover Show, Baby Bar 10/27 Jona Gallegos, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/27 Sovereign Citizen and the Non Prophets, The Jackson St. 10/27 J Chateau Guitar Festival with Jennifer Batten, Chateau Rive 10/27 FY5, Kevin Brown, The Bartlett 10/30 Vocal Vices: A Halloween Hootenanny, The Bartlett 10/27 Hip-Hop Halloween with Kung Fu Vinyl and Speaker Minds, Red Room Lounge 10/27 Donnie Emerson, Maryhill Winery 10/28 Mayday!, 1TON, D.U.IVan, The Pin!

10/28 Howard King, Maryhill Winery Spokane 10/29 Ingested, Enterprise Earth, Body Snatcher, Aethere, The Pin! 10/30 EmiSunshine and The Rain, Chateau Rive 10/31 Trivium, Avatar, Light the Torch, Knitting Factory

THEATER

10/25-27 James and the Giant Peach, Liberty Lake Community Theatre 10/25-28 Cheaper by the Dozen, Lake City Playhouse 10/25-28 42nd Street, Kroc Center 10/26-28 Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/26-28 J Playwright’s Playground, Stage Left Theater 10/27 MET Live in HD: La Fanciulla del West, The Kenworthy 10/28 J NT Live: Frankenstein, The Kenworthy

VISUAL ARTS

10/25-31 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 10/25-31 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 10/25-31 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 10/25-31 Tilt: Chris Kelsey, North Idaho College 10/25-26 J Path to Tolerance: The Photography of Robert Lloyd, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 10/25-31 Caren Furbeyre: Brushstrokes, Dodson’s Jewelers 10/25-31 Featured Works from Summer and Fall Firings, Trackside Studio 10/25-31 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum.

10/25-31 The Golden Ages of Transportation, Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery 10/25-31 From the Collection: European Prints from the Age of Auguste Rodin, Jundt Art Museum 10/25-31 Trimpin: Ambiente432, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

10/25-31 J Ben Frank Moss: The Whitworth Collection, Bryan Oliver Gallery 10/25-31 J 3 Emerging, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 10/25-31 Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 10/25-31 Wild and Scenic Rivers: 50 Years, 1912 Center 10/25-27 Reflection / Refraction, Saranac Art Projects 10/25-31 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 10/25-31 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC 10/25-27 J Vecinos Show, Emerge 10/25-31 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/25-26 Larry Ellingson: Aesthetic Contraption, Spokane Art School 10/25-31 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of World War I, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/25-31 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC 10/25-31 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/25 J Ric Gendron Painting Class, New Moon Art Gallery

WORDS

10/25 Poetry Open Mic, Monarch Mountain Coffee 10/26 J Bedtime Stories Spokane, Spokane Club 10/26 EWU Visiting Writer Series: Mary Norris, Spark Central 10/27 The Extraterrestrial Book, North Spokane Library 10/28 J Seven Prayers to Cathy McMorris Rodgers, The Bartlett 10/29 J The Ethics of Eating Meat on a Small Planet, South Hill Library 10/30 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 10/31 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

Discover the history, cultures and art of the Inland Northwest and the world.

2018-2019 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art

JURIED SHOW

Modern Masters: Group f/64

Thursday, October 18 – Sunday, November 11, 2018

Helen South Alexander Gallery 2316 W. 1st Avenue Spokane, WA 99201 Tuesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Immersion – Gay Witherspoon (First Prize Award 2017 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show)

Opening Reception and Awards Program Thursday, October 18, 5–8 p.m.

Jurist: Nationally and Internationally Known Watercolor Artist Birgit O’Connor www.spokanewatercolorsociety.com

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Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

RYAN! Feddersen: Phantom Lands The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of World War I

FREE

Admission

www.northwestmuseum.org

NOVEMBER

1-7

BENEFIT

11/1 J Emerge’s Day of the Dead Fiesta, Emerge 11/3 Spokane Valley Heritage Museum Gala, Spokane Valley Eagles Lodge 11/4 Spokane Historic Preservation Awards, Montvale Event Center

COMEDY

11/2 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/2 Musical, Blue Door Theatre 11/2 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 11/3 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 11/3 Improvised Comedy for Teens, Blue Door Theatre 11/3 Vicki Barbolak, Bridge Press Cellars 11/3 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/4 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 11/5 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 11/6 Adult Improv Classes, Blue Door Theatre

COMMUNITY

11/2-3 Jubilee International Fair Trade Marketplace, First Presbyterian Church 11/2 Dia de Muertos Celebration, The Lotus Spokane 11/3 1912 Center Winter Market, 1912 Center 11/3 J Scandinavian Bazaar, Central Lutheran Church

MUSIC

11/1 Eli Young Band, Knitting Factory 11/2 WSU Dad’s Weekend feat. Andy Grammer, Beasley Coliseum 11/2 Molly Burch, Jesse Woods, The Bartlett 11/2 Dancing Plague, Soul Man Black, The Observatory

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11/2 Vocal Extravaganza, Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU) 11/2 Halloween Bash with Polyrhythmics, The Hive 11/3 Chase Rice, Knitting Factory 11/3 Mars, Freight Train, Jason Blood, Kris White and more, Omega Event Center 11/3 Spirit Award, Von the Baptist, Indian Goat, Bartlett 11/3 The Purrs, Telepathic Station Nine, Observatory 11/3-4 J Spokane Symphony Classics: Sibelius and Brahms, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/3-7 Adam Miller: Folk Music of the WWI Era, Spokane County Libraries (locations vary) 11/4 J Come to the Woods: Pacific Northwest Beauty, St. John’s Cathedral 11/6 Celtic Thunder X, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 11/7 Jazz Festival, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU) 11/7 Jeffrey Foucault with Dusty Heart, Dahmen Barn

THEATER

11/1-4 Cheaper by the Dozen, Lake City Playhouse 11/1-4 J Mother Courage and Her Children, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre 11/1-7 Newsies, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 11/2-4 Guys on Ice, Sixth Street Theater 11/2-4 Crumpled Classics, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/2-4 Moscow Community Theatre: The Foreigner, The Kenworthy 11/2-4 Life Is a Dream, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/2-3 Shrek The Musical, Bing Crosby Theater 11/6 MET Live: La Fanciulla del West, Kenworthy

VISUAL ARTS

11/1-2 Tilt: Chris Kelsey, North Idaho College 11/1-7 J Eagle Made: Student and Alumni Bazaar, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 11/1-7 Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 11/1-2 Ben Frank Moss: The Whitworth Collection, Bryan Oliver Gallery (last week) 11/1-7 3 Emerging, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery

The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo perform with the Spokane Symphony Nov. 3-4.

11/1-3 J Vecinos Show, Emerge (last week) 11/1-7 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU (through Dec. 22) 11/1-7 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC (through Dec. 31) 11/1-7 All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 11/1-7 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU (through Dec. 22) 11/1-7 Spokane Watercolor Society Show, The MAC 11/1-7 The Inland Northwest & the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of WWI, The MAC 11/1-7 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC 11/1-7 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, TheMAC 11/2 J First Friday, Spokane 11/2 J Menagerie, Richmond Gallery 11/6 Creator in Residence: Sondra Barrington, North Spokane Library 11/7 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: David Eckard, Spokane

WORDS

11/1 Keltenbräu: Power Drinking in Iron Age Europe, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/1 J Jack Nisbet: The Dreamer and the Doctor, Auntie’s 11/4 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 11/4 Imagining Lasting Peace: British Literature, War Memorials & Armistice Day, Cheney Library 11/5 J Nicholas Kristof, Gonzaga Hemmingson Center 11/5 Spokane Poetry Slam, The Bartlett 11/6 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 11/6 Fall Flannery Lecture, Gonzaga University 11/7 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/7 Inland Northwest Milestones, Coeur d’Alene Public Library 11/7 J Everybody Reads: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich, Dahmen Barn 11/7 J Everybody Reads: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich, 1912 Center

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11/13 International Film Series, The Kenworthy 11/14 UI Confucius Institute: Chinese Movie Night, The Kenworthy

NOVEMBER

8-14 COMEDY

11/8 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/8-10 J Whitney Cummings, Spokane Comedy Club 11/8 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 11/9 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/9 Musical, Blue Door Theatre 11/10 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/11 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 11/14 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club 11/14 J The Best of Second City, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

COMMUNITY

11/8 Game Night, Spokane Valley Library 11/8 Library Anniversary Celebration, Deer Park Library 11/9 J Epicurean Delight, Spokane Convention Center 11/9 Drop In & RPG, Spark Central 11/10 Winter Market, 1912 Center 11/10 Drop In & Read, Spark Central 11/10-11 J Spokane Fall Folk Festival, Spokane Community College 11/12 Spokane Valley Toastmasters 11/12 Monday Night Dance, Corbin Senior Center 11/14 Creative Studio for Variously-Abled Adults, Spark Central

FILM

11/11-14 J Die Hard: 30th Anniversary, Regal Cinemas

MUSIC

11/8-10 Adam Miller: Folk Music of the WWI Era, Spokane County Libraries (locations vary) 11/8 Kip Moore with Jordan Davis and Jillian Jacqueline, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/9 Caamp, The Bartlett 11/9 Kyle Richard, Maryhill Winery 11/9-10 Chorale CdA: Made in the USA, Trinity Lutheran 11/9 Orchestra Festival, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU Pullman) 11/9 The Nutcracker with Eugene Ballet, Beasley Coliseum 11/9 Opera Pastiche, Eastern Washington University 11/10 J Spokane Symphony Pops: ABBA the Concert, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/10 Kari Marguerite, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/11 Spokane Youth Symphony: Myths & Legends, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/11 J Spokane String Quartet + Gonzaga Chamber Chorus, St. John’s Cathedral 11/11 J The Devil Makes Three, Erika Wennerstrom, Knitting Factory 11/11 Misty Mountain Pony Club, Maryhill Winery 11/11 Jeffrey Foucault, Dusty Heart, The Bartlett 11/12 Raven, Extinction A.D., Mobile Death Camp, The Pin! 11/13 American Brass Quintet, University of Idaho Administration Building 11/13 Composers Forum, Eastern Washington University 11/14 William Clark Green, Nashville North

THEATER

11/8-11 J Mother Courage and Her Children, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre

11/8-11 J Merry Men, Spokane Falls Community College 11/8-11 Newsies, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 11/9-11 Working, A Musical, Eastern Washington University 11/9-11 J Constellations, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/9-11 Guys on Ice, Sixth Street Theater 11/9-11 Crumpled Classics, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/9-11 Two Witches, No Waiting, Ignite! Community Theatre 11/9-11 CYT North Idaho: My Son Pinocchio, Jr., Kroc Center 11/9-11 Moscow Community Theatre: The Foreigner, The Kenworthy 11/9-11 Life Is a Dream, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/9-11 CYT Spokane: Shrek The Musical, Bing Crosby Theater 11/10-12 MET Live in HD: Marnie, The Kenworthy

VISUAL ARTS

11/8-14 The Golden Ages of Transportation, Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery 11/8-14 J 3 Emerging, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/8-14 Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 11/8-14 Talking Pictures, Evans Bros Coffee Roasters 11/8 J Visiting Artist Lecture Series: David Eckard, Spokane 11/8-14 From the Collection: European Prints from the Age of Auguste Rodin, Jundt Art Museum 11/8-14 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/8-14 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 11/8-14 Trimpin: Ambiente432, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/8-14 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 11/8-14 Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/8-14 J Eagle Made: Student and Alumni Bazaar,

EWU Gallery of Art 11/8-14 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/8-14 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/8-14 Featured Works from Summer and Fall Firings, Trackside Studio 11/8-11 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/8-14 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of World War I, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/8-14 J Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/8-14 Modern Masters: Group f/64, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/9 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 11/9-14 J Ornaments and Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 11/13-14 Whitworth Faculty Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery 11/13 Creator in Residence: Sondra Barrington, North Spokane Library 11/14 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central

WORDS

11/8 J Everybody Reads: Idaho, Colfax Library 11/8 Gonzaga Visiting Writers Series: Elena Passarello, Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center 11/8 J Everybody Reads: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich, Neill Public Library, Pullman 11/13 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 11/14 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/14 Washington at War: The Evergreen State in WWI, Spokane Valley Library

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Jubal Flagg brings the laughs to the Spokane Comedy Club on Nov. 21.

NOVEMBER

11/21 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club 11/21 J Jubal Flagg, Spokane Comedy Club

15-21

COMMUNITY

COMEDY

11/15 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/15 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 11/16 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/16 Musical, Blue Door Theatre 11/17 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/18 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 11/19 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 11/19 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar & Lounge 11/19 Monday Night Comedy, Etsi Bravo

11/15 J Thursday Night Live!, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/16 The Trail Running Film Fest Tour, Garland Theater 11/16-18 Custer’s Christmas Arts & Crafts Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 11/17 KYRS Annual Silent Auction Gala, Hamilton Studio

MUSIC

11/15 EWU Wind Ensemble, Eastern Washington University, Music Building Recital Hall 11/15 Opera Workshop, Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU) 11/15 J Ryan Bingham, Bing Crosby Theater 11/15 Air Supply, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 11/16-17 J The M Show: Music, Mayhem & Mystery, Location TBA

11/16 Within Sight, Separating the Seas, The Pin! 11/16 Runaway Symphony, Heartwood Center 11/16 Underoath, Dance Gavin Dance, The Plot in You, Knitting Factory 11/16 Coco Montoya, Chateau Rive 11/16 Into the Drift, The Jackson St. 11/16 Daniel Hall, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/16-18 Stevie Monce, Nighthawk Lounge (CdA Casino) 11/17 Chorale CdA: Made in the USA, First Presbyterian Church Spokane 11/17 J Black Violin: Classical Boom Tour, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/17 J Steven Wilson, Bing Crosby Theater 11/17 Jessica Haffner, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/17 The Garden, LE1F, Machine Girl, The Bartlett 11/18 J Pedro the Lion, Chris Staples, The Bartlett 11/18 Howard King, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/20 EWU Orchestra & Choir Concert, Eastern Washington University, Music Bldg. Recital Hall 11/20 SoMo, Knitting Factory

THEATER

11/15-18 Constellations, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/15-17 Working, A Musical, Eastern Washington University 11/15-18 Merry Men, Spokane Falls Community College Spartan Theatre 11/15-18 J Finding Neverland, INB Performing Arts Center 11/16-18 Guys on Ice, Sixth Street Theater 11/16-18 J Daisy, Stage Left Theater 11/16-18 J Two Witches, No Waiting, Ignite!

Community Theatre 11/16-18 CYT North Idaho: My Son Pinocchio, Jr., Kroc Center 11/20 A Magical Cirque Christmas, INB Performing Arts Center

VISUAL ARTS

11/15-21 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 11/15-21 3 Emerging, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/15-21 Whitworth Faculty Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery 11/15-21 Ornaments and Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 11/15-21 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC 11/15-21 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 11/15-21 J Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 11/15-17 Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 11/15-21 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/15-21 J Eagle Made: Student and Alumni Bazaar, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 11/15-21 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/15-16 Featured Works from Summer and Fall Firings, Trackside Studio 11/15-21 J The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of WWI, The MAC 11/15-21 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/15-21 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/20 Creator in Residence: Sondra Barrington, North Spokane Library

WORDS

11/15 Washington at War: The Evergreen State in WWI, North Spokane Library 11/16 J Dr. Temple Grandin, Schuler Performing Arts Center, North Idaho College 11/20 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 11/21 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

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11/27 An Evening with Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Bing Crosby Theater 11/28 Whitechapel, Chelsea Grin, Oceano, Slaughter to Prevail, The Pin! 11/28 Eugene Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Panida Theater 11/28 EWU Symphonic Band, Eastern Washington University

NOVEMBER

22-28

THEATER

11/22-25 Constellations, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/23-25 J Elf The Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/23-25 Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf, Spokane Children’s Theatre 11/23-25 J Daisy, Stage Left Theater 11/23-25 J Annie, Lake City Playhouse 11/23-25 J Two Witches, No Waiting, Ignite!

Community Theatre 11/25 J Stage to Screen: King Lear, Bing Crosby Theater 11/26 J NT Live: King Lear, The Kenworthy 11/27-28 It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Best Western Coeur d’Alene

COMEDY

11/22 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/22 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 11/23 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/23-24 J Jubal Flagg, Spokane Comedy Club 11/23 Musical, Blue Door Theatre 11/24 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 11/24 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/25 The Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club 11/25 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 11/26 Women’s Improv Jam, Blue Door Theatre 11/26 Monday Night Comedy, Etsi Bravo 11/28 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

11/23 Drop In & RPG, Spark Central 11/27-28 J Christmas Tree Elegance, Davenport Hotel 11/27-28 The Price is Right Live, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

MUSIC

11/23 J Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Spokane Arena 11/25 Gil Rivas, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/24 Donnie Emerson, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/24 J Lil Yachty, Bhad Bhabie, Knitting Factory 11/27 EWU Jazz Forum, The Bartlett

See the National Theatre’s performance of King Lear on screen at the Bing (Nov. 25) and Kenworthy (Nov. 26).

VISUAL ARTS

11/22-28 Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum.

11/22-28 Whitworth Faculty Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery 11/22-28 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 11/22-28 From the Collection: European Prints from the Age of Auguste Rodin, Jundt Art Museum 11/22-28 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC 11/22-28 Trimpin: Ambiente432, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/22-28 J Eagle Made: Student and Alumni Bazaar, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 11/22-28 J Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

11/22-28 Crow’s Shadow: Institute of the Arts at 25, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/22-28 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/22-28 The Golden Ages of Transportation, Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery 11/22-28 3 Emerging, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/22-28 Talking Pictures, Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters 11/22-28 J Ornaments and Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 11/22-28 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of WWI, The MAC 11/22-28 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, The MAC 11/22-28 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, The MAC

DISCOVER local creators & CREATE something new

11/23-28 20th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery 11/24 J Neighborhood Paintout, Coeur d’Alene Galleries 11/27 Creator in Residence: Sondra Barrington, North Spokane Library 11/28 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central

WORDS

11/22 Poetry Open Mic, Monarch Mountain Coffee 11/27 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 11/27 J Power 2 the Poetry Open Mic: Native American Heritage Month, Downtown Spokane Library 11/28 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

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Learn more at www.scld.org/engage. www.scld.org

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J Inlander recommends this event Theater, University of Idaho 11/30-12/2 The Gift of the Magi, The Forge Theater 12/4-5 It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Best Western Coeur d’Alene 12/5 Festival of Shorts, Whitworth University

COMEDY

VISUAL ARTS

NOVEMBER

11/29 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/29-12/1 J Dan Cummins, Spokane Comedy Club 11/29 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 11/30 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/30 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 11/30 Musical, Blue Door Theatre 12/1 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 12/1 Improvised Comedy for Teens, Blue Door Theatre 12/1 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/2 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler 12/2 J Stand Up For Pits feat. Rebecca Corry, Spokane Comedy Club 12/3 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 12/5 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

11/29-12/5 J Christmas Tree Elegance, Davenport Hotel 11/30 J Random Fandom Trivia Night: Dungeons & Dragons, Spokane Valley Library 12/1 Winter Market, 1912 Center 12/1 Airway Heights Winter Festival, Airway Heights 12/2 Boundless Winter Showcase, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre

MUSIC

11/29-12/2 J Spokane Symphony Presents: The Nutcracker, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/29 J GU Jazz Christmas Concert, Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center 11/29 EWU Jazz Concert, Eastern Washington University

Foghat rocks it at Northern Quest Resort & Casino on Dec. 2.

11/29 Casey Donahew, Knitting Factory 11/29 Dirtwire, The Bartlett 11/30 Scott Nordahl, Maryhill Winery Spokane 11/30-12/1 J Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Holiday Joy from Scandinavia, Kroc Center 11/30 EWU Choral, Central Lutheran Church 11/30-12/1 Tuck Foster and the Tumbling Dice, Max at Mirabeau 11/30-12/2 Zach Logan, Nighthawk Lounge (CdA Casino) 12/1 Maxie Ray Mills, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/1 Holiday Concert, Kimbrough Music Building (WSU) 12/1 Casting Crowns, Hannah Kerr, INB Performing Arts Center 12/1 Winter Country Fest ft. Jason Michael Carroll, Pin! 12/1 The Widdler, Pushloop, Red Room Lounge 12/2 J Foghat, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 12/2 J Metallica, Spokane Arena

12/2 Warren Frysinger, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/3 Tommy Emmanuel with Jerry Douglas, Bing Crosby Theater 12/3 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/4 J The Kingston Trio, Bing Crosby Theater

THEATER

11/29-12/2 J Elf The Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/29-12/2 Constellations, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/29-12/1 J A Charlie Brown Christmas, Liberty Lake Community Theatre 11/29-12/2 J Annie, Lake City Playhouse 11/30-12/2 Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf, Spokane Children’s Theatre 11/30-12/2 J Daisy, Stage Left Theater 11/30-12/1 Christmas Town, Circle Moon Theater 11/30-12/2 A Midwinter Night’s Dream, Hartung

11/29-12/5 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 11/29-12/5 Whitworth Faculty Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery 11/29-12/5 J Ornaments and Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 11/29-12/5 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, The MAC 11/29-12/5 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 11/29-12/5 20th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery 11/29-12/5 J Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/29-30 J Eagle Made: Student and Alumni Bazaar, EWU Downtown Student Gallery 11/29-12/5 Kate Gilmore: In Your Way, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 11/29-30 3 Emerging, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery 11/29-12/5 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of WWI, The MAC 11/29-12/5 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/29-12/5 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, The MAC

WORDS

11/29 Inland Northwest Milestones, CdA Public Library 11/29 Imagining Lasting Peace: British Literature, War Memorials & Armistice Day, Spokane Valley Library 12/2 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge

JORGE LUIS UZCÁTEGUI, Conductor RODNEY GUSTAFSON, Artistic Director STATE STREET BALLET E.T.A. Hoffman’s story of Clara and the Nutcracker prince is brought to life by the Santa Barbarabased State Street Ballet and more than 75 local dancers. Tchaikovsky’s believed score is performed live by the Spokane Symphony. A magical tradition you won’t want to miss.

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12/6-9 A Midwinter Night’s Dream, Hartung Theater, University of Idaho 12/7 Christmas at Sixth Street, Sixth Street Theater 12/7-9 A Christmas Carol, Pend Oreille Playhouse 12/7-9 The Gift of the Magi, The Forge Theater 12/7-9 J Traditions of Christmas, Kroc Center 12/7-9 A Christmas Carol, Revisited, Pend Oreille Playhouse 12/10 NT Live: The Madness of George III, The Kenworthy 12/11-12 It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Best Western Coeur d’Alene 12/12 J Waitress, INB Performing Arts Center

DECEMBER

6-12 COMEDY

12/6 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 12/6-8 Bert Kreischer, Spokane Comedy Club 12/6 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 12/7 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 12/7 ReMixMas Carol, Blue Door Theatre 12/7 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 12/8 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/9 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 12/12 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

VISUAL ARTS

COMMUNITY

12/6-9 Christmas Tree Elegance, Davenport Hotel 12/7 J Millwood Tree Lighting & Gingerbread Build, Downtown Millwood 12/7-12 Creator in Residence: Catee Ng, North Spokane Library 12/8 Sip and Sample, Petunias Marketplace 12/8 Winter Market, 1912 Center 12/8 Drop In & Read, Spark Central 12/9 J So You Think You Can Dance Live!, INB Performing Arts Center 12/10 Human Rights Day, Human Rights Education Institute 12/10 Basic Cupcake Decorating, North Spokane Library 12/12 Creative Studio for Variously-Abled Adults, Spark Central

So You Think You Can Dance Live! brings the moves back to Spokane on Dec. 9.

MUSIC

12/6 J NW BachFest Winter Classics: Piano Quartet, Hagadone Event Center 12/7-9 Chorale CdA: Christmas by Candlelight, Trinity Lutheran Church 12/7-8 J Candlelight Christmas Concert: Child of Mercy, St. Aloysius Church 12/7-9 Derek Jones, Nighthawk Lounge (CdA Casino) 12/8 J A Winter Baroque Celebration with the Spokane Symphony, Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ 12/8 Washington Idaho Symphony: Handel’s Messiah, Pullman High School 12/8 Starlite Motel, Maryhill Winery

12/9 Nicholas Schauer, Maryhill Winery 12/9 Piano Sunday feat. Bob Beadling, Pend d’Oreille Winery 12/9 NW BachFest Winter Classics: Piano Quartet, Barrister Winery 12/9 A Winter Baroque Celebration with the Spokane Symphony, Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene 12/11 J Allen Stone, Nick Waterhouse, Knitting Factory

THEATER

12/6 J Elf The Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/6 Festival of Shorts, Whitworth University 12/6 J Annie, Lake City Playhouse

12/6-12 Whitworth Faculty Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery 12/6-12 Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum 12/6-12 As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/6-12 J 20th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery 12/6-12 Ornaments and Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 12/6-12 Talking Pictures, Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters 12/6-12 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 12/6-12 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of WWI, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/6-12 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/6-12 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/6 First Thursday, Moscow 12/7 J First Friday, Spokane 12/7-12 J Cup of Joy, Trackside Studio 12/7 J First Friday: Kaitlin Nuetzmann, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/8 Watercolor Drop-In Class, Redbrick Art Studio

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DECEMBER

13-31 COMEDY

12/13-27 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 12/13-27 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 12/14-28 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 12/14-28 J ReMixMas Carol, Blue Door Theatre 12/15-29 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/16-30 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 12/17 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 12/17 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar and Lounge 12/19-26 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club 12/28 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 12/29 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 12/30 The Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club 12/30 Chad Daniels, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

12/13 Game Night, Spokane Valley Library 12/13 J Lilac City Live, Downtown Spokane Library 12/14-28 Creator in Residence: Catee Ng, North Spokane Library 12/14, 12/28 Drop In & RPG, Spark Central 12/17 Creating Cake Embellishments: Fondant & Chocolate, North Spokane Library 12/20 Thursday Night Live!, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/21 J Random Fandom Trivia Night: Holiday Movies, Spokane Valley Library

FILM

12/19 UI Confucius Institute: Chinese Movie Night, The Kenworthy

J Inlander recommends this event 12/20 J Inlander Suds & Cinema: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Garland Theater 12/22 J Rocky Horror Picture Show, Garland Theater

MUSIC

12/14 Nick Grow, Maryhill Winery 12/14 J Myles Kennedy & Co.: The Year of the Tiger, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/15 Spokane Jazz Orchestra feat. Jace Fogelman, Bing Crosby Theater 12/15 Daniel Hall, Maryhill Winery 12/16 J Handel’s Messiah, St. John’s Cathedral 12/16 Mary Chavez, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/16 Nothing More, Knitting Factory 12/21 Kyle Richard, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/22 The Ronaldos, Maryhill Winery 12/22-23 J Spokane Symphony Holiday Pops, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/23 Lyle Morse, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/28 Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, Knitting Factory 12/28 Gil Rivas, Maryhill Winery Spokane 12/29 Dave McRae, Maryhill Winery 12/31 J Spokane Symphony Special: Beethoven’s Ninth on NYE, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

12/18-19 It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Best Western Coeur d’Alene

THEATER

VISUAL ARTS

12/13-16 Long Christmas Ride Home, Stage Left Theater 12/13-16 J Waitress, INB Performing Arts Center 12/14-16 It’s a Wonderful Life, Pullman Civic Theatre 12/14-16 A Christmas Pudding, Ignite! Community Theatre 12/14-23 J Traditions of Christmas, Kroc Center 12/14-16 A Christmas Carol, Revisited, Pend Oreille Playhouse 12/15-17 MET Live in HD: La Traviata, The Kenworthy

Dream big with Waitress, in Spokane Dec. 12-16 for the 2018-19 Best of Broadway season.

12/13-31 J Rodin: Truth Form Life, Jundt Art Museum.

12/13-31 Whitworth Faculty Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery 12/13-31 From the Collection: European Prints from the Age of Auguste Rodin, Jundt Art Museum 12/13-30 J As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/13-31 20th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery

12/13-28 Cup of Joy, Trackside Studio 12/13-21 Ornaments and Small Works Show, Spokane Art School 12/13-31 Talking Pictures, Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters 12/13-28 J All Media Juried Exhibition, Chase Gallery 12/13-30 The Inland Northwest and the Great War: A Centennial Commemoration of World War I, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/13-30 Ryan! Feddersen: Phantom Lands, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/13-30 J Modern Masters: Group f/64, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/14 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene

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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

thebartlettspokane.com beasley.wsu.edu bigdipperevents.com bingcrosbytheater.com bluedoortheatre.com bookpeopleofmoscow.com

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CenterPlace Event Center 688-0300 Chase Gallery/Spokane Arts spokanearts.org Chateau Rive chateaurive.com Christian Youth Theater - North Idaho cytnorthidaho.org Christian Youth Theater - Spokane cytspokane.com Circle Moon Theatre northwoodsperformingarts.com Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance artsandculturecda.org Coeur d’Alene Casino cdacasino.com Coeur d’Alene Symphony cdasymphony.org Custer Enterprises custershows.com

D Dahmen Barn

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E Eastern Washington University ewu.edu Emerge emergecda.com Everybody Reads everybody-reads.org

F First Friday Spokane

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Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center thejacklincenter.org Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU museum.wsu.edu Jundt Art Museum gonzaga.edu/jundt

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Kenworthy Performing Arts Center Knitting Factory Kolva-Sullivan Gallery Kroc Center

kenworthy.org sp.knittingfactory.com 458-5517 kroccda.org

L Lake City Playhouse

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Magic Lantern Theater magiclanternonmain.com Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox foxtheaterspokane.org Mobius Science Center mobiusspokane.org

N Neato Burrito 847-1234 New Moon Art Gallery manicmoonandmore.com North Idaho College nic.edu Northern Quest Resort & Casino northernquest.com Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture northwestmuseum.org

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G Garland Theater Gonzaga University

The Devil Makes Three take the Knitting Factory’s stage on Nov. 11.

Old Orchard Theater garlandtheater.com gonzaga.edu

H Holy Names Music Center hnmc.org Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church holytrinityspokane.org Humanities Washington humanities.org

oldorchardtheatre.com

P Panida Theater Pend Oreille Arts Council Pend Oreille Playhouse The Pin! Prichard Art Gallery

panida.org artinsandpoint.org pendoreilleplayhouse.org thepinevents.com 208-885-3586

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 Theater spokanechildrenstheatre.org Spokane Civic Theater 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 Fall 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

T Terrain terrainspokane.com Trackside Studio Ceramic Gallery tracksidestudio.net

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Ignite Community Theatre INB Performing Arts Center

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R Regional Theatre of the Palouse rtoptheatre.org Richmond Art Collective richmondartcollective.org

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uidaho.edu/calendar

Washington Idaho Symphony washingtonidahosymphony.org Washington State University wsu.edu/life/events Whitworth University whitworth.edu/calendar

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Becky Wortman discovered her talent for sculpting buttercream frosting in pastry school.

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CARVED FROM CREAM Spokane chef Becky Wortman creates lifelike, edible sculptures from an unusual ingredient: buttercream frosting

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ichelangelo carved the Pietá from marble. Chef Becky Wortman used butter.

Specifically, the Spokane-area chef and edible sculpture artist used a hunk of dense buttercream frosting to recreate one of the Renaissance icon’s most famous works, depicting the crucified body of Jesus draped across Mary’s lap.

Though the two media starkly contrast, it’s hard to spot differences between Michelangelo’s stone and Wortman’s sugar. The cascading folds of Mary’s robes ripple just as gracefully, like liquid silk, in both depictions.

“I’ve always wanted to go to Italy, so I thought ‘I’ll just make it myself,’ and it came out really beautiful,” Wortman recalls of her petite Pietá, carved at a chocolate show in Chicago several years ago.

“I like the Greek and Byzantine and Roman sculptures, so when people saw it, they thought ‘Is that cake?’ but no, it’s solid frosting,” the chef continues. “I thought, ‘You know, there’s something to this,’ if you mix frosting a different way and with different recipes it [holds] up to temperature and you can carve it.”

Wortman’s other buttercream recreations of classical sculptures are equally stunning replicas. She’s been inspired to sculpt versions of many other stone statues erected in historic cemeteries and buildings around the world. Her favorite subjects to carve are people, especially faces, and animals.

Buttercream frosting is traditionally made from four main ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, milk and flavoring. For obvious reasons, Wortman doesn’t want to

share exactly how she makes her special sculptable frosting, but says temperature maintenance is key to keeping the medium in a workable consistency. When carving finer details, for example, the chef chills her sculptures to keep the frosting from becoming too soft.

And though her sculptures by all appearances seem too magnificent to eat, many of Wortman’s creations are indeed made for consumption, serving as event centerpieces that guests can dip various treats into. And when certain steps are taken, she says other pieces not intended for eating can be displayed for up to two years before the frosting goes bad.

Since her own fateful creation of the Pietá, Wortman’s profile as a food artist — using arguably one of the most ...continued on next page

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Chef Wortman recently practiced her technique by making this buttercream bust.

“CARVED FROM CREAM,” CONTINUED... unique single ingredients — has skyrocketed, taking her around the country to industry shows, competitions, high-end private events and even Food Network appearances, including on the popular show Halloween Wars.

Due to the delicate nature of her work, Wortman always sculpts on site, occasionally offering people the chance to see her art in progress.

Her most elaborate piece to date is a 250-pound solid buttercream sculpture of a lion and a winged angel, based on a monument she’d seen in a British cemetery, created for the Tulsa Interstate Fair, one of the biggest fairs in the U.S. “That was in a huge refrigerator, and I was eight hours a day sculpting in front of people. I wanted to get it done fast, but they were paying me to do it and said, ‘You need to slow down because you have a week,’” she recalls.

Preferring to work at a faster pace and finish most projects in a day or two, that project challenged Wortman’s patience, as well as her dislike of being in the spotlight.

“I don’t want the attention,” she says, explaining that when she doesn’t have to sculpt in front of an audience, once finished she likes to take off her chef coat and sneak in to see people’s reaction to her work.

“The smiles on their faces are just priceless to me. That’s why I do it. That’s the fun part.”

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lthough you’d never guess it by looking even at Wortman’s earliest buttercream sculptures, the chef hasn’t had any formal training — or even a self-taught background

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— in sculpting techniques. She discovered her own remarkable talent almost by accident while taking classes in Spokane Community College’s professional baking program.

Enrolling to take advantage of her soonto-expire GI Bill benefits, Wortman found she didn’t enjoy commercial baking’s repetitive nature while learning industry standards for breads and cakes.

“I hated the fondant stuff, and so I started to experiment with frosting and what I could do,” she recalls. “I’ve never sculpted before this — not ever. I’ve done paintings here and there, but never have I sculpted before, so I started playing with frostings.”

Students in the program were required to attend a cake-decorating competition in Seattle, which is when everything changed for Wortman.

“I really didn’t want to make cake,” she says.

“My instructor put a brick of frosting in front of me and said ‘Go to work.’ That’s kind of where it blew up.”

Since graduating from SCC’s baking program in 2013, Wortman has also been recognized with many accolades; being named one of the top 10 cake artists in North America by Dessert Professional magazine and being asked to join a team for the World Food Championships.

After this whirlwind of success, however, Wortman decided to take a step back about a year and a half ago. She was traveling regularly to create buttercream sculptures for clients around the U.S. and still has two young daughters at home. At that time, her husband was also

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working semi-remotely.

“Going from two years of school to that, I was busy, busy, busy. It was like, you got a job but you didn’t know you were getting a job,” she says of the demand for her work and its irregular scheduling.

In the time since, Wortman’s personal interests have also expanded to include competitive powerlifting. She has big dreams to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

“I’m eating my frosting, right?” she says, smiling.

“I was like, ‘I gotta change something up here.’ I’m 38 now. I started to lose weight and become more fit while still doing the sculpting. And when I sculpt, I learn about the body and muscles and tissue and bones, and when you’re [weight training] you learn about that as well, so it’s helped the sculpting.”

Though her priorities have shifted since that first fateful venture into the world of edible sculptures, Wortman still accepts occasional commissions and continues honing her techniques at home. She bakes and decorates wedding cakes on the side, too.

Going forward, Wortman hopes to do more sculpting in the Inland Northwest as most of her clients are based on the East Coast.

“I hope the Davenport calls me someday. I don’t even know if they know about me,” she says. “I would like to do more higher-end stuff locally.” n Follow chef Becky Wortman at creamjewel.com.

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To-Go Box Local chef featured on Food Network, making the most of your tomato harvest and other regional food and drink news ONE TREE CIDER HOUSE TURNS ONE

The downtown tasting room for the local craft cider favorite One Tree Hard Cider recently celebrated its first anniversary by making some updates to its space and food menu. Physical updates to the tasting room include more seating in the form of two-person tables, fresh paint and new artwork. Visitors to One Tree Cider House, which serves 20 ciders on tap, including regional guest taps, can now order a new house pizza, topped with spicy tomato sauce, feta, arugula, pepperoni and a honey drizzle. Also new is a housemade hummus topped with tomato pesto and paired with naan and beet chips.

We’ve also been told that One Tree soon will roll out a customizable sangria option, for which customers can choose a cider and fruit to combine. The cider house is open Monday through Thursday from 4-10 pm, Friday through Saturday from noon-midnight and Sunday from noon-7 pm. (CHEY SCOTT)

One Tree Cider House recently celebrated one year downtown, rolling out some new menu and decor changes.

FLEUR DE SEL CHEF COMPETES ON FOOD NETWORK SHOW

James Beard Award-nominated local chef Laurent Zirotti recently represented France and the Inland Northwest on an episode of Guy Fieri’s Guy’s Grocery Games. Zirotti faced off against three other chefs, representing Mexico, Italy and Korea, respectively. The show’s premise pits four chefs against each other for a grand prize of $20,000, with one chef eliminated per round. For the first round, chefs were challenged to cook a childhood favorite for the judges, but incorporating Fieri’s own childhood fave of hash browns. French-born Zirotti recreated his mother’s

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was eliminated. Guy’s Grocery Games airs Wednesdays on the Food Network. Zirotti’s featured episode, “Global Grocery Games,” can be streamed online at watch.foodnetwork.com/show/gk/guysgrocery-games. (MICHAELA MULLIGAN)

PICK THOSE GREEN TOMATOES NOW!

While there isn’t a sure sign of frost in the forecast just yet, the fall harvest season is fast coming to a close (Sept. 15 is the average first frost date for our region, though it hasn’t happened yet). If you’re a home gardner like me, pay attention to helpful tips being shared on the Master Gardeners of Spokane County’s Facebook page, including insight on getting the most out of this year’s tomato plants. The Master Gardeners suggest cutting back on watering this time of year, and picking off the tiniest tomatoes, as well as blossoms, on each plant since there’s not enough time for those to mature and ripen before the frost. Pick mature but still green tomatoes and bring them inside to ripen. This lets the plant focus its energy on maturing any remaining fruit before the first frost. For more tips on tomatoes and more, follow the Master Gardeners at facebook.com/mastergardenersofspokane. (CS)

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Righteous Anger

Michael Moore’s films might make for good political theater, but in Fahrenheit 11/9, he tells us a lot of what we already knew.

time, and he’s never able to bring them together cogently, instead constantly jumping back and forth among disparate threads. As a result, Fahrenheit is an unfocused mess of a movie, which is especially disappointing during the stretches when it seems like it could offer a unique perspective and do more than affirm the political views of its audience.

Those stretches, not surprisingly, all have to do with the Flint water crisis, which is obviously a very personal Moore’s steady stream of vitriol becomes exhausting issue for Moore. The only instances of Moore’s familiar over the course of more than two hours as he eventupolitical stunts target Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, whom ally succumbs to the very problem he highlights in the Moore holds personally accountable for the crisis. Moore mainstream Democratic Party, a sort of weary defeatism shows up at the governor’s office with handcuffs, attemptthat despairs at the prospect of lasting positive ing to perform a citizen’s arrest (he’s change. told that the governor is not in), and FAHRENHEIT 11/9 Although the movie begins by documentlater he douses the front lawn of Rated R ing the election of Donald Trump in 2016, it the governor’s mansion with water Directed by Michael Moore balloons to encompass a range of recent issues, from Flint after no one answers the including ineffectual Democratic leadership, intercom at the front gate. Like all insurgent left-wing political candidates, media bias, school of Moore’s bits of self-aggrandizing political theater, these shootings and gun control, teachers’ strikes, the potenstunts don’t actually accomplish anything, but they distill tial rise of fascism, the water crisis in Moore’s Michigan Moore’s point of view into a set piece that’s entertaining hometown of Flint, and even the false warnings of a misand easily understood, which is often the best way for sile attack in Hawaii earlier this year. him to get his point across.

Moore is self-aware enough to include himself among One advantage that Moore has over the dozens of the liberal figures potentially to blame for Trump’s progressive documentarians who’ve sprung up since he rise (showing footage of his friendly interactions with released Roger & Me in 1989 is that he’s a genuine enterTrump and others who would eventually become part of tainer, and he knows how to make his audience laugh Trump’s inner circle), and he doesn’t pull any punches and how to hold them in suspense, wrapping his meswhen dealing with politicians who are supposedly on his sages up in movies that are more than just filmed lectures. side but have, in his eyes, let down the people they’re He loses that thread far too easily here, just throwing meant to represent. together news clips and interviews in an undiluted stream That makes for an unwieldy number of targets for of fury that too frequently resembles a social media echo Moore to take on, even with the movie’s bloated running chamber. n

Michael Moore spews unfocused rage in his latest documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9

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t this point, nobody goes into a Michael Moore movie not knowing what to expect. The activist filmmaker has been making progressive documentaries for nearly 30 years, and his audience is eager to hear his perspective on whatever is happening in the country or the world at any given time. There is quite a lot happening in the country and the world at the moment, and so Moore’s latest info-dump of a film, Fahrenheit 11/9, could have just been titled What’s on Michael Moore’s Mind Lately.

In a culture where people are constantly bombarded by news and opinions on social media, Fahrenheit comes off as especially redundant. Anybody following Moore online over the last couple of years could probably have compiled most of this movie themselves. As a sort of greatest-hits compilation of progressive outrage, though, Fahrenheit has a certain blunt effectiveness. And as a rallying cry for those on Moore’s side, it should serve nearly as well as the Donald Trump rallies do for those on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

Moore’s last theatrical feature film, 2015’s Where to Invade Next, was surprisingly optimistic, as Moore toured various foreign countries highlighting policies and programs that he hoped would be adopted in the United States. There’s very little hope in Fahrenheit, though, and

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In this dark satire, a rebellious teen and her friends find themselves the targets of hysterical, vengeance-seeking townspeople in a once-sleepy hamlet called Salem. Get it? (NW) Rated R

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Michael Moore’s newest bit of agitprop takes swipes at the current administration, gun control, media bias, the Flint water crisis and more. It’s got plenty of righteous anger and a few good stretches, but it’s as wildly unfocused as the current news cycle. (JB) Rated R

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Based on John Bellairs’ classic children’s book, a family-friendly fantasy

Marvel’s third feature this year is the least essential of the bunch, but it’s still a breezy, mostly fun adventure.

This time out, microscopic superhero Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) ventures into a so-called “quantum zone,” teaming up with scientist Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) to rescue her long-lost mother. (JB) Rated PG-13

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about an orphaned boy and his warlock uncle trying to stop an evil sorcerer. Weirdly enough, it’s from Hostel director Eli Roth. (NW) Rated PG

LIFE ITSELF

As he does on his show This Is Us, director Dan Fogelman explores emotional connections over multiple generations, here with a failed novelist, his therapist, his estranged wife and the daughter he’s never met.

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A sure-to-be adorable documentary that follows a litter of labrador puppies through their training to become seeing-eye dogs. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

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Emily Mortimer is a widow who opens a bookstore in a 1950s British town,

much to the dismay of the conservative populace. No one’s motivation seems to make much sense in this quaint but toothless period drama. At the Magic Lantern. (IH) Rated PG

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Winnie the Pooh tracks down his former owner, now an adult played by Ewan McGregor, to help him search for his missing friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Though it devolves into mayhem, much of it floats along on gentle whimsy. (NW) Rated PG

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Based on the bestsellers by Kevin Kwan, an economics professor discovers her boyfriend is actually from one of Singapore’s richest families. It hits all the traditional rom-com beats, but it’s enlivened by a winning cast and a distinct cultural identity. (JB) Rated PG-13

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The directorial debut of comedian Bo Burnham is an empathetic comingof-age story about a teenage social outcast and how she navigates adolescence in a hyper-connected world. A pure slice of life, featuring a knockout central performance by Elsie Fisher. At the Magic Lantern. (SS) Rated R

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The long-awaited sequel to the 2004 Pixar hit is pretty fun, but it’s hardly in the upper tier of the studio’s work.

Explosive action ensues as the superhero family is called out of retirement, fighting a mind-bending supervillain who’s targeting their colleagues. (JB) Rated PG

THE MEG

When a submersible filled with scientists is menaced by a megalodon, former Navy diver Jason Statham goes tooth to tooth with the same beast that cost him his career years ago. Could’ve been worse, but it’s no Jaws, either.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — FALLOUT

Who would have thought a ’90s film inspired by a ’60s TV show would still be cranking out solid sequels? As convoluted as the plot of this sixth installment may be, the action sequences are as jawdropping as ever. (JB) Rated PG-13

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The worst of the Conjuring films, an origin story about that pallid-faced mother superior that likes to pop out of dark corners. Lots of cheap boos that don’t add up to much. (NW) Rated R

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Those bipedal extraterrestrial trophy hunters are back, and this time they’re genetically upgraded and squaring off against a squad of reformed soldiers.

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Overzealous suburban mom Anna Kendrick gets into Nancy Drew mode when her wealthy, glamorous friend (Blake Lively) suddenly vanishes. A twisty,

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Three decades into his career, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, now on a solo tour, says he has more energy than ever.

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ne-hundred-and-twenty-seven.

That’s how many songs appear on the 10 official, full-length Wilco albums released over the past 23 years.

Jeff Tweedy wrote or co-wrote almost every one of them. And those 127 songs are just part of the veteran singer-songwriter’s songbook, which also includes his contributions to legendary alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, collaborations with Billy Bragg and Mavis Staples, recordings with side projects like Golden Smog, Loose Fur and Tweedy (his band with his son Spencer), and countless B-sides, rarities, sound experiments, songs for film and beyond.

When Tweedy rolls into Spokane Wednesday for a solo show at the

Bing, he won’t have all those songs at his fingertips. But he’ll have a whole bunch of them available in his mental Rolodex.

“I can pretty much grab a guitar and go,” Tweedy says in a telephone interview from his longtime hometown of Chicago. “As far as my side of it goes, there’s a pretty massive repertoire available to me at almost all times. I can play almost anything from the catalog without a lot of preparation.”

The tour that will bring Tweedy to town comes between last year’s release of his first solo album Together at Last, which featured acoustic versions of songs from across his career, and the upcoming publication of his memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording ...continued on next page

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MUSIC | AMERICANA “DREAMS OUTLIVED,” CONTINUED... with Wilco, Etc., due out in November. When he picked up the phone to chat with the Inlander, Tweedy was busy recording tracks for the audiobook version. Below is that conversation, edited for length and clarity.

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JEFF TWEEDY: Like a lot of things I make, I don’t start out with a real clear idea of what I want it to be. I’m just kind of interested in coming up with a process that I can trust to make something that I’ll be happy with. And I am happy with the way it turned out.

Would you consider writing another book?

Perhaps a work of fiction?

I enjoyed it, so yeah. I don’t know about fiction, but maybe a guide to show business or something, I don’t know.

It’s interesting to hear you say that, because I have often wondered if other musicians ever ask your advice about running the business side of Wilco, given the band’s longevity and the fact that you all started your own record label (dBpm), your own music festival (Solid Sound) and so on.

Occasionally! I like hanging out with younger bands. I reach out to bands all the time that come through Chicago to come by and have lunch at the studio, and sometimes I end up fostering relationships where I get to work with them. I don’t go into it like, “I’m going to be your mentor,” but I certainly don’t mind sharing whatever insights or knowledge I might have. The business is a lot different then when I started. I’ve seen a lot of changes. And there’s tons of things for me to learn from being around younger bands, too, because they’re growing up in a totally different landscape.

Do you ever look at a younger band and think, “I want this thing that they have”?

I feel more like, “Oh, there’s this thing that we all have and it’s still there” — a lifer thing of just not knowing what else to do with yourself and trying to get better at presenting this thing you have to the world. I feel that in most of the younger bands, and that’s exciting to be around.

But it’s exciting to be around Mavis Staples, too.

Getting back to the book: Did working on it give you any perspective on your career or your art that you didn’t already have?

I think that the process of taking stock and reflecting gives you a moment to kind of take a breath and go, “Well, if that hadn’t happened, I guess things would look a lot different.” Nostalgia is not something I’m naturally prone to. I’m not a particularly sentimental guy, certainly about my own career. I’m much happier being engaged in making something in the moment. That’s where I feel like most artists I know are happiest, when they’re disappearing into some project they’re working on. But yeah, it’s a pretty crazy long story for a guy that’s only 50. I’ve been making records for a long time, you know?

Something that’s hard to express is that I outlived my dreams long ago. My dream was to have a punk-rock band traveling around in a van and putting records out on (the label) SST. I never made records for SST, but something similar.

Once that was achieved, everything else has been kind of like, “Well, OK, I guess this could happen.” It’s like being forced to self-direct or generate your own narrative. “Maybe we should see if we can get better at playing big festival stages!”

But those were never things that I envisioned or aspired to. It was a series of challenges more than dream affirmations.

With that said, where would you describe your current place on the arc of an artist’s career?

I guess the thing I’m happiest about is I feel like I’m still getting better and I’m still really energized and eager to get better. Maybe more than ever, really. Because with age comes a bit more gratitude and appreciation for it.

I have this studio I can come to every day and make something, and I find that extremely liberating and gratifying to go home at the end of the day and know that something’s there that I just started. So I feel like I have more energy than ever for it. I still feel like I’m on the hunt for knowledge and I’m still deeply engaged in finding inspiration in other people’s work. I think there’s way worse ways it could’ve turned out. n Jeff Tweedy with James Elkington • Wed, Sept.

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Harvesting Inspiration From a studio on his Colorado farm, Gregory Alan Isakov creates contemplative folk about the American heartland

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n the summertime, Gregory Alan Isakov works the soil on his 3-acre farm in Boulder County, Colorado, and sells produce at farmers markets in the area. In the quiet of the evening, he works by the glow of VU meters and tape machine in his studio, a converted barn on the property where he captures the sound of his music reverberating in the dust-covered rafters.

Isakov is a singer-songwriter known for such bare, intimate tunes as “Big Black Car” and “The Stable Song.” He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, but raised in Philadelphia, and started touring as a musician at 16 years old. His songwriting has always been rooted in a sense of place: It’s contemplative music from the American heartland recalling frosty mornings in the Rocky Mountains, fog-shrouded prairies and still fields of corn under a hot blue sky.

“I think that, as a writer, the landscape fits in there for sure, whether I mean it to or not,” he says. “Maybe the clouds are a character. Maybe the wind is a character. It’s personifying the natural world.”

Isakov’s upcoming album is titled Evening Machines, and its second single, “Caves,” is an example of Isakov’s everyday life influencing his songwriting. Last summer, his friend Ron Scott visited the farm. He’s a man of few words, yet he has a knack for inspiring Isakov.

“I just made a study out of cool shit Ron says, following him and writing stuff down,” Isakov says. “He wakes me up one morning and says, ‘Hey Greg, I just saw an eagle in the field. I think I like birds now. I think I’m into birds.’ I’m like, ‘That’s awesome, Ron.’ I’ve never written like that, by compiling conversations. I didn’t think it would turn into anything.”

But the brief exchange ended up inspiring one of the verses in “Caves.” Isakov sings: “Now I think I like birds / See them fly from St. Paul / And I go running when the night aches / I hear her every time she calls.”

Like any good poet, Isakov strives to convey

strong feelings and imagery with as few words as possible, letting the listener fill in the gaps with their own imagination. But he finds that a lot of poems “don’t sing well.” For example, he was writing a poem inspired by his travels in West Texas and came up with the line, “You saw her bathing in the creek / And you’re jealous of the water that’s touching her skin.”

“I remember having that feeling before, and thinking how ridiculous it was to be jealous of water,” he says. “It’s a very masculine line, I think.”

It was an interesting morsel of thought, but it was clunky to sing. He edited the phrase down to, “You saw her bathing in the creek / Now you’re jealous of the water.” Suddenly, he had a potent turn of phrase that spoke to an unfortunately common form of toxic maleness; the lyrics appear in “Chemicals,” the first single from Evening Machines.

The album is full of eerie background embellishments — the hum of an old Wurlitzer organ, ghostly lap-steel and mournful musical saw. That, too, is a product of the studio space itself, where Isakov leaves everything mic’d up and ready to record in case inspiration strikes. As a multiinstrumentalist, he plays many of the instruments heard on Evening Machines, but a large cast of characters dropped by the barn to add unique flourishes, as well.

Isakov says it was both a solitary and communal experience — an experience not unlike bringing vegetables to market. Indeed, his working lives as a farmer and a musician are complementary. One feeds the other.

“It’s always been good for me to go to work and reflect on a piece of writing,” he says. “It’s nice to step away from it.” n Gregory Alan Isakov with the Shook Twins • Tue, Sept. 25 at 8 pm • $27.50 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

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FUNK WAR

War began as a project for former Animals frontman Eric Burdon, a pioneer of the British Invasion who wanted to form a group that celebrated racial and political harmony amidst the tumult of the early ’70s. Burdon was at the helm when the band scored a hit with the quirky story-song “Spill the Wine,” but he left shortly thereafter, and the rest of the group, session musicians that had honed their skills in Long Beach, developed in a much funkier direction.

They’re best known for hits like “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” and “Low Rider,” and founding member Lonnie Jordan is still rocking out with War, bringing retro energy to the stage.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER War • Thu, Sept. 27 at 7 pm • $25-$40 • All ages • Coeur d’Alene Casino • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd. • cdacasino.com • (800) 523-2464

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Thursday, 09/20

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Dan Conrad J THE BARTLETT, Lost Dog Street Band, Matt Mitchell BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Christy Lee J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke THE CORK & TAP, Truck Mills CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave THE JACKSON ST., Zaq Flanary and the Songsmith Series J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin THE MASON JAR, The Double Downs J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny J NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE, Starlite Motel RED ROOM LOUNGE, I Want Bngrz J J RICK SINGER PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, Choro Das 3 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Ruthie Henrickson ZOLA, Blake Braley

Friday, 09/21

219 LOUNGE, Maya Goldblum, Bum Jungle 1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience J J THE BARTLETT, Kinski, Peru Resh, Fun Ladies BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, The Caretakers

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ROOTS ROCK CARBON LEAF It’s been 25 years since Carbon Leaf got together playing college parties in Virginia, and they’ve been touring nonstop since. They’re one of those acts that’s celebrated in jam band circles because they have a deep well of material, they encourage the recording and distribution of their live shows and they mix up their setlists so that you never know what you’re going to get. Oh, and they jam, too, melding rock, blues and Celtic influences. In celebrating their 25-year milestone, the quintet has released a new collection of songs called The Gathering: Volume 1, the latest on their own Constant Ivy label.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Carbon Leaf 25th Anniversary Tour • Mon, Sept. 24 at 8 pm • $25 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174 BOLO’S, Rewind BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Darrell and Meredith Brann THE BUZZ PIZZERIA, BAR AND LOUNGE, Valerie Stichweh & Ben Rose J COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Tony Jackson CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave FARMHOUSE KITCHEN AND SILO BAR, Tom D’Orazi and Friends HOGFISH, The Lucitones, The Dead Channels, Wasted Breath J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Nick Grow IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, BareGrass IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), JamShack THE JACKSON ST., Lust Punch, Children of Atom, Wes Speight and the Apollo Proxy, Sweet Rebel D JOHN’S ALLEY, The Bedspins

LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow LIBERTY LAKE WINE CELLARS, Mark Ward MARYHILL WINERY, Spare Parts Duo MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Harold’s IGA J MOON TIME, Just Plain Darin MOONDOLLARS BISTRO, The Double Downs MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Echo Elysium NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom O’SHAYS IRISH PUB, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots PANIDA THEATER, Blues & Brews with Randy McAllister PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Kerry Leigh J THE PIN!, For the Fallen Dreams, Obey the Brave, American Me, I Am, Of Virtue, Ghost Heart POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, The Moves Collective THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos

J THE ROADHOUSE, David Ellefson’s Basstory SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Kori Ailene SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Ruthie Henrickson SPOKANE VALLEY EAGLES, Honky Tonk a’ Go-Go THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ WesOne & DJ Big Mike UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Bill Bozly ZOLA, Royale

Saturday, 09/22

BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Jan Harrison BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DIPPER, Jungle Party feat.

Glocks & Techs, Nosol, Radikill, Steklaurant, Tripplish J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Jazz Palouse CHECKERBOARD BAR, FAUS, IBS, The Festering, Florida Man COLBERT TRADING CO., Upriver Drive

J CRUISERS, Dimestore Cowboys, Helldorado, Jimmy Nuge, Kozmik StormZz & more EICHARDT’S, Bright Moments Jazz GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Into the Drift THE GRAIN SHED, Feed The Soul Songwriter Series HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City & DJ P-Funk IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, David Walsh IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), JamShack THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, DJ Miles LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Adam Straubinger LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Kori Ailene MARYHILL WINERY, The Ronaldos MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Steve Rush, Kevin Dorin & Chris Paradise MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Pat Coast NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom

J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Rascal Flatts, Trent Harmon J THE OBSERVATORY, Retirement, Pop Goddess Athena, Moonchyld J THE PIN!, Dirtbag Dan, Knothead, The Have-Nots, M-Dub, Brotha Nature J J RESURRECTION RECORDS, Resurrection Records Anniversary Party with BaLonely, Meat Sweats & Maidenhair THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Just Plain Darin J THE SHOP, Haley and the Hitchhikers SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Ruthie Henrickson TOP FROG BREWERY, Truck Mills ZOLA, Royale

Sunday, 09/23

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Steve Starkey Band THE BLIND BUCK, Show Tune SingAlong CRAVE, DJ Dave J J DI LUNA’S CAFE, Edison

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GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J HARVEST HOUSE, Just Plain Darin HOGFISH, JERK!, Skunktopus, Ghostdivorce IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Tommy G LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Daniel Hall O’DOHERTY’S, Live Irish Music J ONE WORLD CAFE, The Moves Collective PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Annie Welle ZOLA, The Donnie Emerson Band

Monday, 09/24

J J THE BARTLETT, Carbon Leaf (see facing page) THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Open Mic Night CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills J ONE WORLD CAFE, Mossy Raven J THE PIN!, War of Ages, Capsize, Ghost Key, Incoming Days, A Day on Earth RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 09/25

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of Nashville feat. Bitter Oak, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, Emilie Miller

J J BING CROSBY THEATER, Gregory Alan Isakov (see page 89), The Shook Twins BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CHECKERBOARD BAR, The Focke Wolves CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Devon Wade RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LOST BOYS’ GARAGE, Jazz Wednesdays LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MILLWOOD BREWING CO., Kori Ailene THE OBSERVATORY, Armed for Apocalypse, Carved in Bone J THE PIN!, Elektro Grave RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROADHOUSE, Open Mic Night with Vern Vogal SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke ZOLA, CRUXIE

Wednesday, 09/26

Coming Up ...

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills J J THE BARTLETT, Calvin Johnson, Sunbathe J J BING CROSBY THEATER, Jeff Tweedy (see page 87), James Elkington CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam Night Hosted by The Jam Band J J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, David Bromberg Quintet GENO’S, Open Mic with Host Travis Goulding HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz & Whiskey Wednesdays IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Just Plain Darin

J J COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, War (see facing page), Sep. 27 J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Journey, Def Leppard, Sep. 29 J THE PIN!, D-Easy, Raya Improper & Friends, Sep. 29 MOSCOW, Modest Music Fest feat. Lil B, Doug Martsch, Chanti Darling, Bart Budwig, Wimps, Sep. 29-30 J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, George Winston, Sep. 30 J BING CROSBY THEATER, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Oct. 1 J THE BARTLETT, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Oct. 2 J TERRAIN, Logan Richardson Quartet, Oct. 3

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MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 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 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR • 4720 Ferrel, CdA • 208-274-0486 HOUSE OF SOUL • 120 N. Wall • 217-1961 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 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 • 381-5481 OMEGA EVENT CENTER • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. 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 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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Josephine Keefe and Danny Anderson star in the Spokane Civic Theatre’s production of Bug, opening this weekend.

ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

THEATER OBSESSIVE VIEWING

The Spokane Civic Theatre’s studio theater is an ideal spot for audiences to witness the paranoia and psychological breakdowns in playwright Tracy Letts’ Bug. The confined space that provides the set for the Oklahoma City hotel room where the vast majority of the play takes place means that audiences will surely share the dread experienced by Agnes and Peter, two lost souls trying to escape troubled pasts. Hers involves an abusive ex, his the experience of warfare; the hidden bug infestation in their temporary digs drive the characters to extremes. It’s a startling play, one definitely rated R, and the Civic’s production offers a great opportunity to see the brilliant Letts’ work come to vivid life.

— DAN NAILEN Bug • Sept. 21-Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $27 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

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FESTIVAL CHEERS TO FALL

You’ll be hard pressed to sample all 150 beers being poured at the ninth annual Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival, a celebration of Washington’s ever-growing craft brewing industry. A total of 40 breweries from the Spokane area and beyond are bringing a lineup of both seasonal and anytime brews for your tasting pleasure.

Admission includes a commemorative tasting glass and six 5 oz. tasting tokens; after you run out, get more for $2 each or three for $5. While the fest’s Friday night run is only open to beer lovers of legal drinking age, Saturday’s hours are open to all ages (admission is free to anyone under 21) and includes a kids’ play area. The fest includes live music both days, along with local food trucks when you get hungry. Preview the complete tap list online.

— CHEY SCOTT Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival • Fri, Sept. 21 from 4-9 pm (21+) and Sat, Sept. 22 from noon-7 pm (all ages) • $20/advance; $25/door • Avista Stadium • 602 N. Havana • washingtonbeer.com

WORDS CYBER SEQUEL

Young adult fiction lovers unite at a reading with New York Times best-selling author Marie Lu, who comes to Spokane to celebrate the release of her latest book, Wildcard. In this the sequel to Lu’s action-packed novel Warcross, readers return to the series’ futuristic cyberpunk setting, where, in the last book, protagonist Emika Chen barely made it out alive of a virtual reality competition called the Warcross Championship. Co-hosting the reading is local writer Kris Dinnison, author of the YA novel You and Me and Him. Dinnison will chat with Lu about the new book and possibly Lu’s other works in her Legend and Young Elites trilogies. To get a seat at the event, make sure to preorder a copy of Wildcard from Auntie’s Bookstore.

— MICHAELA MULLIGAN Marie Lu: Wildcard • Sat, Sept. 22 at 7 pm • $19 (book purchase is ticket to event) • Spokane Public Library, downtown branch • 906 W. Main • auntiesbooks.com • 838-0206

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BENEFIT

WORDS FAKE NEWS

Conspiracy theories have been around forever. Have we actually set foot on the moon, or was that famous tape filmed in a Hollywood studio? Could lizard people be running the world? Is the U.S. government hiding aliens somewhere in rural Utah? In the age of social media sharing, these obscure accusations — along with plenty other less-outrageous claims — have become easier to spread than ever. An upcoming talk as part of Humanities Washington’s Think & Drink series explores how conspiracy theories and lies have become a deeply rooted problem in our online lives. Professors from Washington State and Whitworth universities discuss these modern information wars, how misinformation can be used to harm and also what average citizens can do about it.

— BROOKE CARLSON Think & Drink: The Speed of Deceit: The New Era of Online Lies and Misinformation • Wed, Sept. 26 at 7 pm • Free; registration required • Magic Lantern Theater • 25 W. Main • humanities.org

WORDS CITIZEN CANE

Last week, the Inlander began printing a serialized version of Miller Cane, the latest novel from Spokane author Samuel Ligon (Among the Dead and Dreaming). Half a chapter in and it’s already an absorbing piece of American gothic, the story of a con man who travels the country profiting off the survivors of mass shootings. (See page 23 to read this week’s latest installment.)

If you’re hanging on the edge of your seat to see what’s in store for Cane, you can get a sneak peek when Ligon and an impressive roster of other local writers — Anthony Flinn, Melissa Huggins, Leyna Krow, Kate Lebo, Chelsea Martin, Laura Read and Shawn Vestal — read upcoming passages from the book. It’s free to get in, there will be wine and beer on hand, and there’s also going to be a free cereal bar. (Get it? Because the novel is serialized?)

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Miller Cane Book Launch with Sam Ligon and guests • Thu, Sept. 20; doors at 7; reading at 8 pm • Free • All ages • Washington Cracker Co. Building • 304 W. Pacific • millercane.inlander.com

ART IN BLOOM The 5th annual event benefits the Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens and the D.C. Corbin House, and features juried art by local artists alongside locally-designed floral arrangements for auction. Sept. 21-22 from noon-6 pm. $12. Corbin Art Center, 507 W. 7th. heritagegardens.org BRINGING IN THE HARVEST This family-friendly harvest party with the Spokane Edible Tree Project features live music, local food, libations, outdoor games, a silent auction, and more. Sep. 22, 2-6 pm. $35. Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 15319 E. 8th Ave. spokaneedibletreeproject.org FAILSAFE FOR LIFE FUNDRAISER DANCE PARTY Entry fees directly support the local nonprofit with the goal of ending suicide in the Spokane community. Sept. 22, 9-10:30 am. $10.

Jazzercise Spokane, 9321 N. Division. bit.ly/2NnEtDb (363-0800) HIPPIES FOR HOUNDS PUB CRAWL A 70s-themed pub crawl to benefit SpokAnimal (no animals allowed; ages 21+ only) with a costume contest, raffle prizes and more. Starts at the HUB and heads to bars along North Monroe.

Sept. 22, 3-11 pm. $25. The Hub Tavern, 2926 N. Monroe St. bit.ly/2QfBSbY RIVER CITY YOUTH OPS GARDEN PARTY & AUCTION Craft cocktails, fresh food and an auction to support River City Youth Ops. The fundraiser helps create opportunities for youth enrichment through community engagement, job training and education. Sept.

22, 5-8 pm. $50. West Central Episcopal Mission, 1832 W. Dean. (703-7433) TOUCH-A-TRUCK An event that offers children of all ages a hands-on opportunity to get behind the wheel of their favorite big rigs. Other activities include balloon animals, face painting, food vendors and community information booths. Proceeds support the Junior League of Spokane’s mission to improving child literacy. Sept. 22, 9 am-2 pm. $5/person; $20/family. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. tinyurl.com/tat2018 GOLF FOR PINK Support Kootenai Health Breast Cancer Services at the award-winning Circling Raven. Fees include 18 holes, cart with GPS, practice facility use, a tee prize and dinner. Sept.

23, 11 am. $125/person; $500/team. Circling Raven Golf Course, 27068 S. Hwy. 95. cdacasino.com HOPE IS GOLDEN LUNCHEON Attendees will be asked to support the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest’s educating, supporting, serving and advocating for families of children with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer and professionals who care for them. Sept. 25, 11:30 am-1 pm. Free. Centennial Hotel, 303 W. North River Dr. acco.org KENWORTHY GALA A fundraiser to support the venue’s general operating fund. Doors open at 7 pm, with entertainment at 8. Social hour includes a no-host bar and raffle, followed by a show starring Portland Cello Project featuring Tyrone Hendrix (Prince, Stevie Wonder) on drums, and Farnell Newton (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton) on trumpet. Sep. 27, 7-10 pm. $25.

The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org/calendar/gala NO WATER NO BEER An evening of

food, beer, silent/live auctions and more to support training scholarships for water operators and to contribute to the global efforts of Water for People.

Sep. 27, 6-9 pm. $35-$45. Overbluff Cellars, 304 W. Pacific. bit.ly/2nNv7RE

COMEDY

NATE BARGATZE Nate’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his six appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon six times, following four appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Sept. 20-21 at 8 pm; Sept. 22 at 7 and 9:30 pm. $15-$28.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com NO CLUE! Audience suggestions start a night of mayhem for a group of quirky characters trapped at an inn with someone who has a grudge to settle. Fridays at 8 pm, Sept. 21-Oct. 26. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) DUSTIN NICKERSON A Seattle native now suffering in Southern California, Dustin is a two time finalist of San Diego’s Funniest Person and the winner of the San Diego Clean Comedy Competition. Sep. 23, 8 pm. $8-$14.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998) JULIA SWEENEY COMEDY WORKSHOP The Spokane native comedian, writer, actor, author, director and “Saturday Night Live” veteran hosts a free workshop for Spokane-area high school and college students at her alma mater ahead of her upcoming Spokane performance (Sept. 28 at 8 pm.) Sept. 25, 3-4 pm. Gonzaga Prep, 1224 E. Euclid Ave. (483-8511) SAMUEL J. COMROE The L.A. native performs at over 100 clubs and colleges annually. He made his TV debut on TBS’ Conan and has appeared on BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood with Kevin Hart. Sep. 25, 7:30 pm. $16-$22.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998)

COMMUNITY

LILAC CITY LIVE The “late night” talk show featuring local talent at the Downtown Library. September’s show features Terrain’s Ginger Ewing and Luke Baumgarten, Power 2 the Poetry and local band Lavoy. Sep. 20, 7-9 pm.

Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org SCG URBAN GARDEN TOUR A tour of the Grant Park Community Garden, refreshments, and a special class on seed saving. Show your support of the garden after recent vandalism. Sep. 20, 5-6 pm. Free. Grant Park, 1015 S. Arthur St. spokanegardens.org THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE! The museum hosts a monthly, rotating mix of programs including music, happy hour, gallery talks, films, courses, lectures and more. Third Thursday, from 6-9 pm. $5. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE Join the HREI to participate in a bike Ride for Peace through downtown Coeur d’Alene. Sept. 21. Free. Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr. hrei.org MASTER GARDENERS PLANT CLINIC The Master Gardeners can help with a variety of issues, including plant selection, installation, maintenance, plant

problem diagnosis and treatment, environmentally sound gardening practices and more. Sep. 21, 1-5 pm. Free. Cheney Library, 610 First St. scld.org (477-2181) PARK(ING) IT ON SHERMAN A free block party, with parking spaces temporarily turned into public spaces as part of global park(ing) day. Event highlights include live music, food trucks, beer garden, artisan vendors and more. Sep. 21, 4-9 pm. Free. Downtown CdA. bit.ly/2MpIr8A BREAK THE SILENCE Join the Region 1 Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) at their 10th annual 5K walk to end suicide and raise awareness. The walk is held in remembrance of those lost to suicide and an effort to raise awareness to prevent suicide. Sep. 22, 10 am. $25. Riverstone Park, 1800 Tilford Ln. spanidaho.org COEUR D’ALENE WARRIOR CHALLENGE Watch Idaho Army National Guardsmen compete, and participate in family-friendly activities such as paintball, archery tag, and an obstacle course. Military vehicles/equipment are on display; local soldiers greet the public and explain their duties. Sep. 22, 9 am-5 pm. Free. McEuen Park, 420 E. Front Ave. facebook.com/RSPACO/ FLAMENCO DANCING! Ballet Arts Academy’s Flamenco/Spanish Classical program introduces classically trained dancers to Spanish folk dance, Flamenco, and classical Spanish dancing. Event celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.

Sep. 22, 3-4 pm. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. (444-5300) HOBBIT DAY CELEBRATION Celebrate and enjoy a second breakfast and kidfriendly activities inspired by Middle Earth in honor of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins’ birthdays. Sept. 22, 10-11:30 am.

Free. Argonne, Medical Lake and Airway Heights library branches. scld.org LLCT BARBECUE BASH Meet the community theater’s new board, hear the rest of the shows coming in the 2018-19 season and enjoy complimentary barbecue food. Sep. 22, 2 pm. Free. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. libertylaketheatre.com SPOKANE HEART & STROKE WALK Join the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association for a noncompetitive 5K celebrating health and wellness, and funding the fight against heart disease and stroke. Sept. 22, 9-11:30 am. WSU Spokane, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. SpokaneHeartWalk.org HERITAGE GARDENS TOUR The gardens have been restored to look as they did when the Turners entertained guests more than a century ago. Sundays from 11 am-noon through Sept. 30.

Free. Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh. heritagegardens.org FALL GARDEN CLEANUP Master Gardener Marilyn Lloyd shares the importance of fall cleanup in the garden, along with easy steps to get it all done.

Sep. 26, 1-2 pm. Free. Medical Lake Library, 3212 Herb St. scld.org (893-8330)

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SOUTHEAST SPOKANE COUNTY FAIR The community fair offers exhibits, live animals, entertainment, rides, games, vendors, a parade, fun run, helicopter rides, soapbox derby and food. Sept. 21, noon-9 pm; Sept. 22, 9 am-9 pm and Sept. 23, 11 am-6 pm. Free. Rockford, Wash. sespokanecountyfair.com

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plaza I noticed a weirdo abusing his dog. I told him loudly, stop it! Of course he shouted, “he’s my dog, mind your own business.” Then I responded, “it is my business when I see an animal being abused.”

No need saying what the weirdo then said. My whole objective for posting this is to say thanks for your sweet words and your support, young good looking guy, you with a helmet on, riding your bike walking next to an older lady with a walker.

You posess intelligence, fearlessness and humanity and I’m so happy I met you and spoke to you, if for only seconds. When you told me you had my back, I believed you.

MORE THAN FAIR! You: Dark skinned beauty in camo pants and Harley shirt enjoying a King Corn Dog w/ ketchup and mustard just the way I like it! Me: Blue jeans and blue button down shirt, could not keep my eyes off you. We locked eyes for a moment. Wanna meet for food or drink?

UGM CRISIS SHELTER STAFF You provided me and my daughter with care, compassion and dignity. I was at my lowest low and your patience and love really helped me make it through. The love, the prayers and the kindness was unexpected and much appreciated. Keep doing what you are doing and thank you for keeping me and my daughter safe.

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ROSE GARDEN ROMANCE I saw you on Saturday the 15th at Manito Park. You were wearing a Lisa Brown T-shirt and talking about the history of the garden. I can’t resist a fellow history and political nerd. Maybe we can walk the gardens together sometime soon? I was in the Blondie T-shirt and only had eyes for you.

CHEERS TO DRIVERS WHO SEE BICYCLES To the car drivers in this area who see us bicycle riders AND give us room, thank you. It’s most of you! WELL DONE! And jeers to the jerks who “just don’t get it.”

NICEST GUY EVER Walking downtown 9/11/18, across from the bus

RE: LOCAL CHURCH KICKS OUT DISABLED VETERAN Cheers to both of you who submitted last week.

You bravely stood up to a local religious hierarchy which booted a seasoned combat-traumatized veteran — a true patriot who was merely looking for acceptance, friendship and healing. This “church” had no right to turn you away from the supposed love and nurturing that a great man, who supposedly existed two millennia ago, wanted the world to embrace. These so-called “Christians” have succeeded in bastardizing and, in some cases, criminalizing the very words they consider sacred. The problem is that, now, with so much right-wing strength and control in governmental realms, these “churches” think they have

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the right to pick and choose the members of their flocks. They gain even more power from the very fact that they do not have to pay taxes.

I left religion years ago because I’m sickened by all the snobbery, the “holier-than-thou” personas, the

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That is what hurts me the worse.

Please, if anyone finds two dog tags, chained together both females, it

I can’t resist a fellow history and political nerd. Maybe we can walk the gardens together sometime soon?

gross twofacedness and, especially, the massive hypocrisy. To heal, I suggest becoming a volunteer at the VA or the Spokane Veterans’ Home and spend time talking and sharing experiences with those who would never judge you... Or exile you. <3 With you I have found ultimate safety, happiness, comfort and acceptance. There is nothing better than true love.

PLUM DELICIOUS Thanks again to the sweet woman at the East Side library who gave me the bag of plums. I was only there for some DVDs, but got a lovely dessert as well. We need more neighbors like you.

TO THE INLANDER WOMAN ON THE PHONE Cheers, Inlander: I just tried for half an hour to search archives for a particular column, Rob Brezney Horoscope, that I religiously read in the Inlander through the 90’s and still follow. I could not find a way to get to archives of this column on line through the Inlander website.

I finally phoned and talked to a

1. Visit Inlander.com/isawyou by 3 pm Monday. 2. Pick a category (I Saw You, You Saw Me, Cheers or Jeers). 3.

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

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delightful gal who couldn’t find the way to the archived column either.

After a fun conversation she’s off to find the column, and I’m suggesting better online archives for those of us who want to find obscure articles.

DOWNTOWN LES SCHWAB I recently brought my truck in with a nail in the tire that needed to be patched.

When I came back for the truck, the lady at the counter told me there was no charge — just remember them when it came time to replace the tires. Believe me, this little act of kindness will definitely be remembered and I will be more than happy to give this store my business. Thank you!

JEERS WANT MY DOG TAGS BACK Last Wednesday you all broke into my car and stole from me. I take some responsibility in the loss of my property because I should never leave anything in my car, but I forgot something that is very precious to me. Please, whoever stole my dog tags that I have had since I served in the Navy some 40 years ago and my daughter’s dog tag who served 20 years ago also in the Navy, that are connected to the same chain, leave the tags somewhere where someone will turn them in. It would

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POLITICAL DUMBASSES Jeers to the those of the political far left and the far right. This is how places like Iraq and Syria came to be. First the formation of tribes that refuse to cooperate and compromise.

Then blame and insults. Eventually car bombs and civil war. The idiot liberals and moronic conservatives are both destroying our country.

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EVENTS | CALENDAR VALLEYFEST The annual community celebration brings the region together with family entertainment, the “Hearts of Gold” parade, pancake breakfast, car show, duathlon, family bike ride, responsible dog days and more. Sept. 2123; Fri 6-9 pm, Sat 6:30 am-9 pm Sun 8 am-4 pm. Free. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. valleyfest.org (922-3299) BECK’S HARVEST HOUSE FALL FESTIVAL Enjoy fall activities with the family, including pumpkin donuts, apples, a farm “funland,” live music, pumpkin patch, crafts, apple cider and more.

Sept. 22-Oct. 28, Sat-Sun from 10 am-4 pm. Free admission. Harvest House, 9919 E. Greenbluff Rd. (238-6970) GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY’S OKTOBERFEST The annual celebration features beer, wine, bratwurst, schnitzel and live music. Sept. 22, 4 pm. $10 admission; food for purchase. Deutsches Haus, 25 W. Third Ave. germanamericansociety-spokane.org NORTHWEST CIRCLE PAGAN FESTIVAL A campout with workshops on tarot, dream interpretations, pagan ministries, metaphysical readings, psychics, dancing and more. Sept. 22 from 8 am-5 pm and Sept. 23 from 9 am-3 pm. $10-$30. Located at 6325 Hwy. 291 in Nine Mile Falls. bit.ly/2N3Jgt8

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YELLOW SUBMARINE SING-ALONG Sing along with John, Paul, George and Ringo as the four heroes journey across seven seas to free Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and restore music, color, and love to the world. Sep. 20, 7 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) THE RED VIOLIN The fascinating story in which a perfect, red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through several owners and countries over three centuries, eventually ending up at an auction. Sept. 21 at 7 pm and Sept. 22 at 2 pm. Elizabeth Pitcairn, the owner of the actual violin depicted in the film, performs music with the Spokane Symphony Oct. 6-7. $8. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. bit.ly/2CTFkqe BOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL Join the Kenworthy and WSU for a night of Bollywood film and filmmaking. Tuesdays in September at 7 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org BAD REPUTATION A wild ride with Joan Jett and her close friends, who share what it was really like during the

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burgeoning ’70s punk scene. Sept. 26, 7:30 pm. $10. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org

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FRIDAY NIGHT FLIGHTS Familyfriendly trivia from Bent Trivia with local food trucks and beer flights from a local brewery. Fridays from 5-8 pm through Sept. 28. Free. Riverfront Park (Sky Ribbon Cafe), 705 N. Howard. bit. ly/2PRalxi (625-6600) INLAND NW CRAFT BEER FEST The 9th annual craft beer festival hosts 40 breweries and 150+ craft beers, along with food trucks, live music and family activities (Sat only). Sept. 21-22 from noon-7 pm. $20/$25. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. washingtonbeer.com SEPTEMBER WINE DINNER New executive chef Tom Nichols creates a four course meal in the event center kitchen; each course is paired with wines. 21+ Sept. 21, 6-8 pm. $60.39. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. (558-2100) WINE TASTING Taste the wines of Foxy Roxy Winery. Includes cheese and crackers. Sep. 21, 3-6:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com JORDANIAN NIGHT Inland Curry’s International Dinner Series, featuring guest cooks from Spokane’s refugee and immigrant communitie. To reserve seats, email inlandcurry@gmail.com.

Sept. 22, 6-8 pm. $25. Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. inlandcurry.com POP UP PIG ROAST The celebration of harvest season features a pig roast (vegetarian options available) prepared

by Chef Adam Hegsted with support from Lucid Roots, MAK Bread, Bean & Pie, and others Funds support the INW Food Network. At the Hayden Farmers Market grounds. Sept. 22, 4:30-7:30 pm. $35. inwfoodnetwork.org WINE TASTING Taste the wines of Walla Walla’s Trust Cellars. Includes cheese and crackers. Sept. 22. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com CIDER & SAVASANA A 60-minute, all-levels guided yoga class in Twilight Cider Works’ repurposed greenhouse on Green Bluff. 21+; pre-registration required. Sept. 25, 6-7:30 pm. $20.

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Sept. 20, 7:30-9:30 pm. $30. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. cdasummertheatre.com THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Inland Northwest Opera presents Mozart’s most popular opera, sung in Italian with English supertitles. North Idaho native and rising star soprano Madison Leonard portrays Susanna with other key roles performed by nationally recognized opera stars. Sept. 21 at 7:30 pm and Sept. 23 at 2 pm. $17-$80. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com WASHINGTON IDAHO SYMPHONY: MADE IN AMERICA The evening’s program features works by Yasinitsky, Barber, Gershwin, Copland and Bernstein.

Sep. 22, 7:30 pm. $15-$25. Pullman High School, 510 NW Greyhound Way. wa-idsymphony.org INLAND NORTHWEST COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS SHOW: An event to recognize regional country music artists in a variety of categories.

Sep. 23, 6 pm. $10/$20. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY CHAMBER SOIREE: FALL Spend an elegant, intimate evening at the Historic Davenport Hotel hearing a mix of baroque, classical and contemporary music. Sept.

25-26 at 7:30 pm. $22-$62. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. spokanesymphony.org

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FREE STATE PARK DAYS All Washington State Parks are open for use without needing to show a Discover Pass; includes access locally to Riverside, Mt. Spokane and Palouse Falls state parks.

Sept. 22, Nov. 11 and Nov. 23. parks. state.wa.us WANDER WILD SERIES: OUTDOOR RECREATION & EVENTS A series offering hikes and outings to appreciate natural areas and restoration projects.

Sept. 22 and Sept. 29, from 9 am-noon.

See link for details. Free. Register at landscouncil.org ROUTE OF THE HIAWATHA FAMILY FUN DAY Celebrate the close of another season on the Trail with free swag for kids, games and discounted shuttle tickets. Sept. 23. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker. skilookout.com

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I’m a 22-year-old guy, but I look 14. Boomer co-workers often use me as an example of a bad millennial, attacking me for Dread Smartphone Overuse (conveniently forgetting that our work requires phone use for comms). Older co-workers often launch into unsolicited 40-minute lectures on the “college path” I should take. (Already graduated, thanks!) How can I gracefully deal with this demeaning treatment? —Irritated

AMY ALKON

It’s no surprise some of your older co-workers smear you as a “bad millennial.” You’re younger and cheaper to keep around, and the hair on your head isn’t there thanks to a Groupon for Dr. Hair Plugs.

So, yes, some of them probably do want to stick it to you. But for a little perspective on their annoying college-splainings — these unsolicited lectures on the value of the higher education you’ve already gotten — consider my critical take on what’s come to be called “mansplaining.” Merriam-Webster defines this as a man’s explaining “something to a woman in a condescending way that assumes she has no knowledge about the topic.”

As I see it, there’s a problem with this interpretation, and it’s the rather victimthinky assumption that a man’s tone and line of blather are driven by his having little respect for a woman simply because she’s a woman. Sure, that could be the case.

However, I’m with my evolutionary psychologist friend Diana Fleischman (@sentientist), who tweeted: “There’s already a word for mansplaining. It’s called being patronizing.

And I’m as good at it as any man.”

And let’s get real: Say some dude in a bar starts instructifying me (somewhat in error!) on evolutionary psychology research — work by a researcher I know and whose papers I have been reading for going on 20 years. Chances are, Mr. Bar Dude does not have psychic powers and isn’t thinking, “Ha, you big redheaded moron...I read one news story, and I already know way more than you!” He’s probably just trying to sound knowledgeable and interesting to a chick in a bar.

Well, the same probably goes for your colleagues launching into these higher-edsplainings. This doesn’t mean you have to go all ear slave for them. Put your hand up — the international sign for “would you kindly shut your big trap for a second?” — and say, “Thanks...appreciate your wanting to help.” Next, add some polite form of “Been there!

Graduated that!”

You might also give some consideration to your look. I’m not saying you should wear a monocle and carry a cane, but maybe grow a little facial hair and dress and accessorize like an adult. (Yes, this means avoiding T-shirts and Spider-Man backpacks and anything else that makes you look like a 14-year-old with a beard.)

Finally, there’s a little secret to getting treated as somebody’s equal, and it’s acting the part. If some graying co-worker makes age-related cracks about your tech usage, don’t go all woundypants. Laugh and tease ‘em right back — telling them they should cut the hints and just ask you directly when they want your tech-savvy millennial help with texting nudies from their side-entry bathtub.

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I’m a bisexual 29-year-old woman. I just started dating an awesome guy and ultimately see myself in a long-term hetero relationship. However, though I’ve only dated a girl once, I am extremely aroused by women, and now I’m struggling to get turned on with my new partner.

—Blahs There’s an elephant in the room, but unfortunately, it isn’t the kind you can climb on and ride off to the nearest girlbar.

Sexual orientation, as explained by Kinsey Institute research fellow Justin Lehmiller in “Tell Me What You Want,” is “the degree to which we are biologically predisposed to desiring men, women, both, or neither.” There’s another factor in play — “sexual flexibility” — which Lehmiller describes as “a willingness to deviate not only from our sexual orientation but also from what our culture and society have told us we should want when it comes to sex.”

You may see yourself in that classic hetero relationship out of a ‘50s magazine ad — mommy, daddy, picket fence-ie, and the rest. Unfortunately, wanting to be turned on by somebody isn’t enough to make it happen. Remove the labels from the equation — lesbian, bi, hetero — and figure out the physical characteristics that need to be present for you to be attracted to another person. Maybe it’s just this dude who doesn’t work for you — or maybe no dude would do it for you. Be honest with yourself about that -- even if it would muck up your current relationship plan. For a relationship to be viable, the thing you say to your boyfriend in bed should not be: “Hey, honey...know what would really turn me on? If you left the room and sent Felicia in here in your place.” n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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HOT TOPIC The mainstreaming of CBDs

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s cannabidiol (CBD) continues to become more common and profitable — estimated to become a $1 billion industry by 2020 — companies and medical professionals are seeking ways to implement and introduce the multipurpose product.

COCA-COLA LOOKS TO ADD CBD BEVERAGE

According to Bloomberg, the beverage juggernaut CocaCola is looking to add CBD-infused drinks to its product line. The company is in talks to begin a partnership with Aurora Cannabis, a Canadian cannabis producer that is seen as a major player on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Coca-Cola spokesman Kent Landers says in a statement to Bloomberg News, “We are closely watching the growth of nonpsychoactive CBD as an ingredient in functional wellness beverages around the world.”

The move would fit into the company’s efforts in the wellness-beverage game after the drop off with

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Vitaminwater and would certainly signal a new level of mainstreaming, should Coca-Cola move into the CBD business.

LEGAL MURKINESS

Many misconstrue the Food and Drug Administration ruling on a CBD prescription drug as proof positive that CBD is legal in all 50 states. While the compound itself is approved, some of the ways that the compound is derived are not.

A product made from hemp should have no problem passing all states’ tests for admittance considering that THC levels in the plants are usually around .3 percent.

However, CBD derived from cannabis plants usually are dealing with upwards of 30 percent THC, which would be considered illegal in nonlegalized states.

Ohio, which recently passed medicinal laws for cannabis, is in a legal mess over whether or not to allow cannabis-derived CBD as it struggles to set up dispensaries in the state. On top of that, the Pharmacy Board of Ohio is now stating that CBD products in general are

illegal if they are not being sold in a licensed dispensary.

The state is now demanding that CBD oils go through the same testing and compliance protocols that products containing THC face. Closer to home, Idaho remains one of the states where cannabis-derived CBD oil is considered illegal.

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Consumers with inflammation and chronic pain have found relief in CBDs, but more and more studies are also showing that the oil also can help those dealing with stress and anxiety.

Considering the drug’s ability to positively impact the neural pathways of the body and reduce inflammation, those dealing with oxidative stress could see impactful benefits with application or ingestion for stress, studies show. Some suggest a morning regimen could improve function throughout the work day, and a nightly regimen could impact the quality of sleep you’re having if you’re dealing with sleeping disorders or are a known light sleeper. n

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THE 39 STEPS A fast-paced whodunit with 150+ zany characters played by a cast of four. Sept. 20-22 at 7:30 pm. $15. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N. Grand Ave. rtoptheatre.org A CHORUS LINE A concept musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition. Through Sept. 23; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. (208-673-7529) A KIND OF ALASKA Inspired by Dr. Oliver Sack’s accounts of patients awakening from decades-long comas, “Alaska” follows Deborah as she wakes up from a 29-year sleep. Through Sept.

23; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $5-$15. University of Idaho, 709 S. Deakin St. uidaho.edu/class/theatre MARY POPPINS A stage adaptation of one of the most popular Disney movies of all time. Through Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $32-$30. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com 1984 Based on the iconic novel by George Orwell is the story of Winston Smith, a cog in the giant machine state of Oceania. Through Sept. 23; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org (838-9727) BUG Set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, Bug centers on the meeting between a divorced waitress with a fondness for cocaine and isolation, and a soft-spoken Gulf War drifter. Sept.

21-Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) GOOD NEIGHBORS The new, fulllength comedy takes a close look at relationships: family, friends, and neighbors. Sept. 21-22 and 28-29 at 7 pm, Sept. 23 and 30 at 3 pm. $7-$12. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave. pendoreilleplayers.org (447-0706) HARVEY Elwood P. Dowd and his sister Veta Louise Simmons couldn’t be more different. Through Sept. 23; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$15. Ignite!

Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org

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THROUGH THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER An artist reception presenting the works of mixed-media painter and art teacher Katie Frey, alongside work by photographer Pete Canfield. Sept. 21, 5-9 pm. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague. newmoonartgallery.com KATIE CREYTS: EVERLAND An exhibition of recent works in etched glass and graphite on paper by the Spokane artist. Sept. 27-Oct. 25; artist lecture Sept. 26 at noon (Art Building, rm.

116); opening reception to follow. Gallery hours Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm. Free.

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MILLER CANE: A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY Author Samuel Ligon, joined by special guests, reads from his new book, “Miller Cane: A True and Exact History,” a serialized novel published weekly in the Inlander (beginning Sept. 13). Doors open at 7 pm with

wine and beer available for purchase.

Sep. 20, 7:30-9 pm. Free. Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific. millercane.inlander.com/events PIVOT STORY SLAM: LESSON LEARNED The live, local storytelling series invites anyone to an open mic story slam with the theme “Lesson Learned.” Sep. 20, 7:30 pm. Free.

Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org MARIE LU: WILDCARD The New York Times bestselling YA author is on tour in support of her new novel, “Wildcard,” the highly anticipated sequel to “Warcross.” Tickets required by purchasing the book from Auntie’s. Sep. 22, 7 pm. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org NORTHWEST PASSAGES BOOK CLUB: ELI SASLOW Pulitzer Prizewinning Portland author Eli Saslow.

Saslow, author of “Rising Out of Hatred,” is in conversation with author Edward Humes, another Pulitzer Prize winner. Sept. 24, 7 pm. $5; $40/VIP. Spokesman-Review, 999 W. Riverside Ave. spokesman.com ART SPIEGELMAN: “WHAT THE %@&*! HAPPENED TO COMICS?” An evening with the Pulitzer Prizewinning graphic novelist and comic literacy advocate. Best known for his Holocaust narrative “Maus,” Spiegelman is a pioneer in bringing “comics out of the toy closet and onto the literature shelves.” Sept. 25, 7-8:30 pm.

Free. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet. (313-6942) POETRY OPEN MIC: HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Power to the Poetry, Spokane’s movement promoting freedom of expression for underrepresented demographics, hosts an open mic celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

Fifteen slots are available, sign up to read is first come, first served from 5:30-5:50 pm. Sep. 25, 6-7:30 pm.

Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org THINK & DRINK: THE SPEED OF DECEIT – THE NEW ERA OF ONLINE LIES AND MISINFORMATION A conversation with experts at the front lines of the information wars: WSU political science professors Cornell Clayton and Travis Ridout, and Whitworth University professor Erica Salkin. Sep. 26, 7 pm. Free, registration requested. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. humanities.org USA V. OSHO: LECTURE BY PHILIP NIREN TOELKES FROM NETFLIX’S “WILD WILD COUNTRY” Philip Niren Toelkes (a key figure in the Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country”), the attorney for Osho (better known as Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh) from 1981 to 1991, talks about his efforts to defend Osho and the city of Rajneeshpuram against international intrigue and U.S. government efforts to prosecute him. Sept. 26, 6:30-8 pm. Free. U of Idaho Admin Building, 851 Campus Dr. bit.ly/2phI5YK (888-884-3246) SPOKANE IS READING: AMY STEWART This year’s author is best-selling writer Amy Stewart, who discusses “Girl With a Gun,” the Kopp sisters, and the investigative skills that go into her writing. Sept. 27; 7 pm at the Spokane Public Library’s downtown branch (906 W. Main) and 1 pm at the Spokane Valley Event Center (10514 E. Sprague). spokaneisreading.org n

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Willkommen Sie!

All are welcome at the annual German celebration known as Oktoberfest

P

ay no attention to the weather. If it’s almost October, it’s oompah time at COEUR D’ALENE OKTOBERFEST, Sept. 2122 throughout downtown Coeur d’Alene.

Getting your ticket is as easy as going online to coeurdaleneoktoberfest. com or calling 208-415-0116, ages 21+ only (children and designated drivers accompanying valid ticket holder will be admitted free). Your $25 ticket entitles you to a commemorative pint glass and eight 4-ounce tastings or approximately two full beers. Additional tastings can be purchased for $4 a pint or $1 for 4-ounces.

What’s beer without food? At the Bier Schmecken Halle — schmecken meaning taste — inside the Resort Plaza Shops, purchase traditional Deutsche cuisine: bratwurst (sausage) with all the fixings, kartoffelsalat (potato salad) and apfelstrudel (apple pastry). Did you dress up in your lederhosen or dirndl?

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free), and remember to say danke (thank you)!

This popular event features three biergartens plus nine tasting sites throughout downtown Coeur d’Alene, each serving a different beverage and all within easy walking distance: TAPHOUSE UNCHAINED, ALL THINGS IRISH, ANGEL GALLERY, CHRISTMAS AT THE LAKE, COEUR D’ALENE FRESH, T-BLUE BOUTIQUE, WOOPS! BAKESHOP, THE NYC PIANO BAR and FINE BREWED. Sample from more than 30 varieties of local and regional beers and ciders, like Soktoberfest from Sockeye, Georgetown’s Porter and Schilling’s Cider Lumberjack.

In addition to beverages and food (for purchase), Coeur d’Alene Oktoberfest features live entertainment throughout the weekend, starting Friday evening at the Prostgarten (Second Street and Sherman Avenue), a fun-filled outdoor tent whose name — prost — is the German word

for “cheers!” The music begins at 4 pm with the Buckley Storms Band, followed by original and classic blues and rock from the Bobby Patterson Band from 6-9 pm.

On Saturday, check out the Ryan Larsen Band from noon-3 pm, Pastiche from 3:30-5:30 pm and Somebody’s Hero 6-9 pm at Prostgarten. The Festzelt, or festival tent, is on the Coeur d’Alene Resort lawn and features live music, as well: the Hankers from 12:30-3:30 pm, Take 2 from 4-5:30 pm and Hot Club of Spokane closing out the evening from 6-9 pm.

Oktoberfest happens to correspond to another great event racing through downtown on Sept.

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Tony Jackson has a huge following on social media (like 45 million views!), and his name is sure to start climbing the charts now that his first album just dropped. Jackson is performing in the Camas Room as part of the Country Up Close Concert Series. Tickets $10; Coeur d’Alene Casino; 7 pm.

Coeur d’Fondo SEPTEMBER 22

Ready for a party on wheels? That’s what a Gran Fondo is. The concept began in Italy and is now taking Coeur d’Alene by storm, offering fun on bikes for families to the more serious century crowd.

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St. Joe River Cruise SEPTEMBER 23

The fall colors are just starting to show and there’s no better way to enjoy them than a full day spent cruising the full length of Lake Coeur d’Alene to the St. Joe River. Watch for birds and wildlife while also learning about North Idaho history and enjoying a buffet lunch. $56.75 adults; children 12 and under free; 11:30 am-5:30 pm. Purchase tickets at cdaresort/com/ discover/cruises/tickets.

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