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he Davenport, Expo ’74, Gonzaga basketball and the University District are among Spokane’s successful transformations and examples often used to illustrate the region’s passion and tenacity. Terrain, the local arts organization now in its 11th year, should also be included on this distinguished list.

With more than 250 artists, poets, filmmakers and musicians exhibiting and performing more than 500 works, Terrain 2018 will be the biggest ever. Held on Oct. 4-5 in the Jensen-Byrd Building, organizers expect more than 10,000 visitors.

“It’s the biggest art event in the Inland Northwest, and maybe even the entire Northwest,” claims Luke Baumgarten, co-founder.

Baumgarten and his wife Ginger Ewing cofounded Terrain in 2008 along with three other friends. “We started Terrain as a communitybuilding exercise we believed would be a onetime-only event,” Ewing recalls. “The idea was in response to a belief held by young people that if you want to be successful and have fun, get out of Spokane.”

The founders were 20-somethings at the time, living in Spokane and surrounded by incredible talent. They watched, however, as great artists or bands would outgrow Spokane and leave.

“There wasn’t enough venue infrastructure,” says Ewing. “Spokane was siloed in terms of genre, emerging vs. established artists, and in terms of the definition of art.”

The idea behind Terrain was “simply to get all these silos together in one place for one evening as a first step to keeping artists and creatives in Spokane,” she continues.

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he first Terrain was held in the Vault, featuring 30 artists and attracting about 1,500 attendees. “Within a few hours into the first event, we knew we had tapped into something special,” says Baumgarten. “Spokane was hungry for this kind of thing.”

What Luke and Ginger, as they’re known around town, thought they were doing for their generation, and for the arts establishment, was appealing to all ages and demographics.

“By years three and four, grandparents were showing up and bringing toddlers,” Ewing adds.

Terrain moved to First Avenue for years two through six, then to the Washington Cracker Building for years seven through nine and to the Jensen-Byrd Building last year.

“The Jensen-Byrd Building is night and day from inside to outside,” says Baumgarten. “You walk into a boarded up building. Inside there’s 30,000 square feet of art on every wall stacked on top of each other. It’s an incredibly dense menagerie with immersive art projects and entire rooms dedicated to site-specific installations.”

Terrain embraces a broad definition of art including music, performance, dance, theater and

literature, and it represents a mix of emerging and established talent.

This year, 457 artists submitted 2,038 pieces for consideration.

Up until last year, Terrain was a Fridaynight-only event. Thursday night was added to offer a sneak peak and to shorten lines on Friday. From inception, Terrain did not want an entry fee to deter visitors — so Friday night remains free, while Thursday night is $25. About 75 percent of the exhibited art will be offered for sale.

In addition to its flagship event, Terrain is also the organizer of Bazaar — a market of sorts for emerging artists. It’s held the Saturday before Hoopfest.

Other progressive, local organizations are increasingly coordinating their events with Terrain, and this year the Mayor’s Office asked Terrain to be a founding partner in a project called “Foreground” — a weeklong ideas festival designed to connect art and culture with tech and innovation.

The Triangle Venture Expo, showcasing many of Spokane’s most compelling emerging companies and startups, will be holding its third annual event on Thursday, concluding with a reception at Terrain. Code in the Dark, a competition and massive party, at which top programmers compete to build a website under pressure, occurs Friday evening at the Fox. TEDxSpokane, bringing people together from the Inland Northwest to share ideas and generate new meaning and actions, takes place at the Bing on Saturday.

The audacious vision is to leverage Terrain and these sister events into Spokane’s version of Austin’s South by Southwest Conference and Festival. This is just the kind of pivot Spokane needs to secure its entrepreneurial future.

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lthough it may not be intuitive, Terrain’s work nurtures and attracts other entrepreneurs, startups and emerging businesses.

“Studies prove [that] art and cultural hubs spawn innovation communities,” says Ewing.

Baumgarten adds: “Places like Austin, the Bay Area and Seattle were art centers first. Then tech followed. Grunge happened, and Seattle suddenly became the place where young people went. A strong and vibrant art culture is a major criteria for where people choose to live.”

While Terrain’s initial objective was to keep emerging artists and other creatives in Spokane, the unintended consequence is that Terrain has also contributed to a culture and economy that is attractive to emerging entrepreneurs. They no longer have to look to Seattle or elsewhere. n

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In Spokane, meanwhile, much of the year was dominated by an independent investigation into how Mayor David Condon handled allegations of SEXUAL HARASSMENT against his former police chief.

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Spokane, thankfully, isn’t a dangerous city for people. But it’s long been a dangerous city for people’s stuff. We took a dive into the many problems that gave Washington state one of the worst PROPERTY CRIME rates in the nation. In particular, we pointed out that Washington was one of the only states that didn’t supervise property-crime felons after they left prison.

Two years later and the Legislature still hasn’t made any meaningful progress to fixing the problem.

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COMMENT | POLITICS

Fearing Those Who Would Speak Paranoid politics has a long, sordid history before Brett Kavanaugh

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illiam L. Shirer covered the first six years of Adolf Hitler’s regime as a radio correspondent for CBS. During that time, he kept a detailed

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diary in which he recorded his impressions of the rise of the Third Reich. His entry of Sept. 4, 1934, coming about a month after Hitler assumed power, revealed that journalists like himself saw the Nazis for the goons they were.

Referring to then-Nazi foreign press chief Putzi Hanfstängl as “an immense, high-strung, incoherent clown who does not often fail to remind us that he is part American and graduated from Harvard,” Shirer recounted Hanfstängl’s remarks to the press in Nuremberg: “‘Report on affairs in Germany without attempting to interpret them. … History alone can evaluate the events now taking place under Hitler.’” In other words, stop with all the fake news.

Shirer’s work showed that far from a goose-stepping monolith, the Third Reich was a collection of brutish amateurs intermingled with fools and career bureaucratic grifters, most of whom hated one another and worked to undermine their rivals. Fear was the coin of the realm, both within and without the government, and self-interest and self-protection provided its connective tissue.

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A similar type of government is apparent in the sketch of another iconic journalist, Bob Woodward, whose recent book Fear: Trump in the White House shows in vivid detail the dysfunction of the Trump government.

The opening quote by the president himself: “Real power is — I don’t even want to use the word — fear.” True to form, that fear is shot through Woodward’s narrative, as Reince Priebus is thrown under the bus and “Jarvanka” (Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump) come under fire for presuming too much power. Through it all, Stephen Bannon — the fear-monger extraordinaire — bellows at everyone from Paul Manafort to Chris Christie.

The players in Woodward’s telling are ever-scrambling to shore up their own positions, terrified first that they won’t win, then terrified that the man they elected will upend their seizure of power.

Related to the Trumpian freak show, the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh present a Gordian Knot of fear. On the surface, the mortal dread of gray-faced Republican senators whose partisan hatred far outweighs any sense of obligation to the country at large. Watching the quivering jowls of Lindsey Graham or the petulant basset-hound disgust of Chuck Grassley is a lesson in the body language of a diseased political philosophy that, by aping the sexual power dynamics of 17th-century Massachusetts, has perhaps finally gone a step too far in its naked commitment to white male supremacy.

Then there’s the clear panic on the face of Kavanaugh, whose responses to allegations of sexual assault looked torn from a psycho-sociological treatise on “how guilty people act when they don’t think they should have to suffer any consequences for their actions.” Alternately crying and lashing out, red-faced and sweaty, his performance, too, has captured the bewildered rage of men like Trump, Graham and Grassley that anyone might dare not buy their fear-based claim to authority.

Finally, there is the fear at the core of the issue, which is the profound trauma borne by women like Christine Blasey Ford — compounded by the centuries-long assumption of doubt in cases of rape or sexual attack, geared to preserve the status and privilege of those who perpetrate assaults against them.

Fear is intended to keep those who experience assaults quiet and it denigrates their accusations. Fear separates them from full participation in the rights afforded them as citizens. The operators behind this repressive system are the ranters and self-dealers, the free-press-haters and egomaniacs who fear each other first but, above all, the people who aren’t afraid of them. n Zach Hagadone is a former co-publisher/owner of the Sandpoint Reader, former editor of Boise Weekly and current grad student at Washington State University.

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But if the repair costs more than 20 to 30 percent of the vehicle's worth, it may be time to look at other options, Jones says.

To prepare for that eventual new (or newto-you) car, Appleton suggests test driving an auto loan. Put aside money for a few months to see how it works with your budget. Once you're ready to buy, you can steer that savings into the down payment.

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The Counties Left Behind Washington state’s economy is booming — except for the counties north of Spokane

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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o U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the crazy-low national unemployment rate of 3.9 percent is proof that Republican policies — tax cuts, decreased regulations — are working.

“I believe the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the driver of our booming economy,” she says.

Meanwhile, to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Washington state’s crazy-low unemployment rate — with August’s 4.5 percent representing the state’s “lowest unemployment rate in over four decades” — is evidence that his policies of “supporting a strong workforce” are working.

But both politicians have to contend with the fact that the economic recovery hasn’t been a clear triumph for everyone. The three counties north of Spokane still have the worst unemployment rates in the state.

Pend Oreille County’s unemployment rate is stuck at 6.2 percent. In Stevens County — where McMorris Rodgers partially grew up — it’s 6.1 percent. And in sparsely populated Ferry County, the unemployment rate is still sky-high at 9.3 percent.

Lisa Brown, McMorris Rodgers’ congressional opponent, says she noticed the disparity during early town halls in northeast Washington. Income was lower, and poverty — particularly poverty among children — was a lot higher.

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“A lot of jobs were lost during the recession,” Brown says. “There wasn’t the feeling around the table that there had really been a recovery that maybe the rest of the country is experiencing.”

Yet the struggles of northeast Washington aren’t something recent: For much of the last few decades, they’ve been suffering through double-digit unemployment. Even as Spokane County was flourishing in the first half of the 1990s, the neighboring counties to the north were suffering unemployment rates twice as high.

“These three counties up here have [mostly] been economically 37th, 38th, 39th in the rankings of the 39 counties in the state,” says Barry Lamont, interim director of the Tri-County Economic Development District in Colville.

As they compete for rural votes in the 5th Congressional District, Brown and McMorris Rodgers have had to reckon with a riddle that’s confounded the region for decades: How can we bring the economic boom to northeastern Washington?

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There was a time, says Brian Dansel, a former state senator and a former Ferry County commissioner, that the broader northeast Washington region was ...continued on next page

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“THE COUNTIES LEFT BEHIND,” CONTINUED... booming. “There’s been more gold taken out of that area than the California and Alaska gold rushes combined,” says Dansel.

The region has always been dependent on mining and timber, he explains. But four decades ago, those weren’t bad businesses to be in.

“Back in the ’80s, we had about 4 percent unemployment in Ferry County,” says Dansel.

The thriving mining sector meant that you could make pretty good wages even without a college degree, Dansel says. And all the logging meant that there were enough jobs for nearly everybody.

But then came a barrage of blows to the northeast Washington economy: New regulations complicated mining and logging efforts.

Cheap subsidized lumber from Canada flooded the American markets, making it challenging for Washington state to compete. And a flurry of environmental lawsuits — including over protecting the spotted owl — effectively shut off logging access to federal lands.

“My friends in school, their dads lost their jobs,” Dansel says.

In 1992, George H.W. Bush gave a speech at Colville-based Vaagen Brothers Lumber, arguing that the pendulum had swung too far in favor of environmentalism.

“When hundreds of mills have been shut down, thousands of timber workers thrown out of work, and revenues for schools and other local services have been slashed, the balance has been lost,” Bush said.

And when communities are small, the closure of a big plant is particularly brutal. The Alcoa Magnesium Plant closed in 2001. It couldn’t compete with China. The Vaagen Brothers Lumber shuttered a sawmill in Usk, Washington, in 2015; the recession and wildfires made it impossible to keep open. The Kinross Buckhorn gold mine closed in 2017; it basically ran out of gold.

McMorris Rodgers points to actions she’s taken to ameliorate some of the impacts — like ensuring timber-dependent counties continue to get federal aid through the Secure Rural Schools act — but she recognizes the problems in northeast Washington are far deeper.

“There is not the infrastructure necessary to

attract large-scale manufacturing industrial businesses,” McMorris Rodgers says.

LOGGING ON TO BROADBAND

In the meantime, the economy in the Puget Sound region has continued to boom, driven by technology giants like Microsoft and Amazon.

But northeast Washington didn’t benefit from any of that. It couldn’t. The counties just weren’t wired that way — literally.

Lamont, the interim director of the Tri-County Economic Development District, notes that Ferry and much of of Pend Oreille County are so rural they’re technically considered “frontier” counties, with 10 or fewer people per square mile.

“You have no airports that can be accessed

by UPS or FedEx, even their smaller planes. You have one north-south highway system. You have one east-west highway. You have one rail line,” Lamont says. “There is not the infrastructure necessary to attract large-scale manufacturing industrial businesses.”

And it lacks one crucial thing in particular: broadband internet. Most of the connectivity outside the U.S. Route 395 corridor are strictly satellite uplinks.

“If you’re a business person who needs highspeed broadband, satellite doesn’t do it for you,” Lamont says. “You’re dead in the water.”

Bigger businesses don’t just need broadband, he says, they need redundancies built in so if one line goes, they’re they’re still able to operate.

At a town hall with the Spokane Tribe up in Wellpinit, Brown heard that the lack of reliable connectivity was impacting the education system, too.

“The kids go home and they can’t do their homework,” Brown says. “They can’t do their homework because there is no high-speed internet.”

The remoteness of northeast Washington communities makes extending broadband both more expensive and less profitable.

“The private sector is not incentivized to do it, because that’s not where the profits are,” Brown says.

The broadband problem is something the

state, local and federal governments have spent years trying to fix.

While in the state Legislature, Brown says, she pushed for a bill allowing public utility districts to sell broadband in rural areas to businesses. McMorris Rodgers notes that the federal budget she voted for this year includes an additional $625 million more for rural broadband expansion.

McMorris Rodgers repeatedly points to the Republican-led tax cut as the gas that has fueled the current roaring economy.

But Brown sees a missed opportunity.

LETTERS “It just doesn’t have a lot Send comments to to offer rural communities like editor@inlander.com. northeast Washington,” Brown says.

Brown argues that instead of simply handing bigger tax breaks to already-thriving corporations, much of that revenue could have gone to a major rural infrastructure investments — the sort that not only added better broadband, but repaired Washington’s roads and bridges.

And while McMorris Rodgers defends her tax-cut vote, she agrees that more infrastructure funding is needed.

“We need to move a major infrastructure package for Eastern Washington,” McMorris Rodgers says. “I’m committed to making sure that happens.”

REUNION

REGROWING TIMBER

There’s one industry, at least, where there’s a lot of good news.

“For decades we were struggling with litigation and burdensome regulations that were making it difficult to do anything on the Colville Forest,” McMorris Rodgers says.

But in the last decade, the thinking has shifted to become less adversarial and more cooperative.

“They have a skilled labor shortage.

What happens on the Colville National Forest drives the economy.”

With the Mill Creek A-Z Stewardship Project, championed by McMorris Rodgers, Vaagen Brothers Lumber is allowed to selectively log areas of the Colville National Forest, and, in exchange, they use some of those profits to conduct environmental remediation work — improving fish habitats, rehabilitating streams and thinning out areas at risk of wildfire. It’s a double-win for employment in the region: Some locals are hired to cut down trees, while others are hired to restore the environment.

Combine these efforts with cross-laminated timber — a recent innovation that allows thinner trees to be built into bigger buildings — and there’s a lot of good news for the timber industry. In Kettle Falls, McMorris Rodgers says, Boise Cascade has so many jobs they can’t hire people fast enough.

“They have a skilled labor shortage,” McMorris Rodgers says. “What happens on the Colville National Forest drives the economy.”

Brown is enthusiastic about the collaborations around the forests as well. And she sees other possibilities for public lands, not just for sustainable logging but for recreation — for hiking, fishing and camping.

That’s not to say that there aren’t tensions between business and the environmental interests elsewhere: The potential PacWest Silicon smelter plant south of Newport promises 150 permanent jobs — but also sparked opposition from the Kalispel Tribe and litigation from an environmental group.

For years, McMorris Rodgers, like most Republicans, has won the vast majority of votes in rural regions — and she points to her legislative record as one reason why. But Brown continues to argue that McMorris Rodgers’ voting record, such as her vote to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, has put rural and low-income regions in peril.

“I believe that after 14 years,” Brown says, “I think she’s taken them for granted.” n

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NEWS | BRIEFS

Selective Quoting McMorris Rodgers relies on a doctored Inlander article in a new ad

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recent TV ad for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers showed what appears to be an Inlander article as evidence against her opponent Lisa Brown — without acknowledging that the image had been DIGITALLY EDITED to remove criticism that the congresswoman’s attack was, to some degree, “unfair.”

Ironically, the ad is titled “True.”

McMorris Rodgers previously argued in an ad that, as a state lawmaker, Brown voted to hike tuition by 80 percent on Washington state students. In the “True” ad, she said that claim was now supported by KREM and Inlander fact-checkers.

“Lisa Brown says she didn’t vote to increase tuition,” the announcer in the McMorris Rodgers ad says. “News reports say she did.”

One clip in the ad pans over what appears to be the Inlander article, “Yes, Lisa Brown’s recession-era budgets led to major college tuition increases.”

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Pearl Jam is funding efforts to address homelessness in Washington state. DANNY CLINCH PHOTO But the article shown to viewers in the ad had been manipulated to remove criticism of the previous ad and a paragraph noting that “the ad’s suggestion that there was one specific bill that Brown voted for that explicitly mandated that tuition would increase 81 percent isn’t correct. During the recession, there were a lot of reasons why tuition skyrocketed at both private and public colleges across the nation.”

The Associated Press called McMorris Rodgers’ claim inaccurate, noting there was no explicit vote for a tuition hike. The Inlander article, however, focused on the larger issue, noting that the budget cuts made by the state Legislature during the recession, as well as Brown’s votes to allow state college boards to hike tuition at faster rates, did lead to steep tuition increases. But we also noted that Brown unsuccessfully called for eliminating certain tax loopholes to reduce higher ed cuts.

Also, it’s worth pointing out that the higher ed cuts could have been even deeper if it hadn’t been for the

federal stimulus package — a measure McMorris Rodgers voted against. (DANIEL WALTERS)

BETTER MEN

The issue of youth homelessness is growing in Washington, and nonprofits, businesses and community leaders are aligning in an effort to end it. Now, you can add PEARL JAM to that list.

On Friday, Pearl Jam announced a significant donation to the cause. They awarded a total of $600,000 to two groups dedicated to ending youth homelessness: A Way Home Washington and All Home.

That money came from the Home Shows Fund, money the band made during a series of August events, including two shows at Safeco Field.

“This is the first major donation to come out of the Home Shows Fund,” says Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. “We’re ready to continue our work with All Home and A Way Home Washington to help make sure every young person in our community has a home.”

During the Friday event, A Way Home Washington — a statewide movement to end youth homelessness — announced that Spokane was one of four “Anchor Communities.” That means Spokane County will receive training and coaching on how to create a plan to combat youth homelessness. The plan is to end youth homelessness in those communities by 2022 and expand the initiative to 12-15 communities.

Of the money donated

by Pearl Jam to end homelessness statewide, $100,000 was dedicated specifically to the Anchor Communities initiative.

Jim Theofelis, executive director of A Way Home Washington, says he hopes the state can serve as a nationwide model for ending youth homelessness.

“With this united effort, Washington sends a clear message that our intention is to prevent and end youth and adult homelessness, not just manage it,” he says.

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EVICTED SENIORS Dozens of senior citizens who thought they’d spend the rest of their days at the Academy, an independent-living community near Gonzaga University, were told last week that they have to move out

by Nov. 15. That’s because STELLAR SENIOR LIVING, a company based in Salt Lake City that’s buying the property from Merrill Gardens, plans to renovate the units into what will likely be marketrate apartments. “Being evicted at this stage of my life doesn’t sit well,” says Pat Buckmaster, a four-year resident who noted the $500 credit the company is giving to residents doesn’t come close to covering moving costs. “Last time I packed, I figured I was gonna be in the box when they took me out of the building.”

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SUPPORTING SURVIVORS After a week of news that caused many survivors of SEXUAL ASSAULT, violence and harassment to relive painful memories associated with their own experiences, Lutheran Community Services Northwest is planning a gathering for survivors to get together and talk about how best to support each other. The gathering was planned after calls to the LCS sexual assault crisis line spiked following a news cycle that included details of Bill Cosby being sentenced to prison for one of dozens of purported sexual assaults and a very public Senate hearing regarding allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The gathering is scheduled to take place from 5:15-6:45 pm Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Lutheran’s offices at 210 W. Sprague. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

THE DEBATE DEBATE Retired Marine Dave Lucas (above) has thrown down the gauntlet to his opponent, Washington state Rep. TIMM ORMSBY: Let’s debate. Name the place and the time and a fair moderator and he’s down for that. But despite his persistence over the last few weeks, Lucas has been unsuccessful at convincing Ormsby to go toe-to-toe with him. In fact, in all his time in office, Ormsby acknowledges, he has never actually done a traditional one-on-one debate with any of his opponents. He says he’s done public forum-style town halls with opponents, but not necessarily a traditional debate. While Ormsby says he’s theoretically open to a debate with a fair moderator, as long as it fits into his busy schedule, none of Lucas’ offers so far have been deemed acceptable. (DANIEL WALTERS)

FOLLOW-UP QUESTION Toward the end of last month’s debate between Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (above) and her opponent, Lisa Brown, an audience member asked McMorris Rodgers why she signed a petition in favor of 2015’s Proposition 1.

In October of 2014, the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance officially banning Spokane city officials from asking people about IMMIGRATION STATUS. Proposition 1 attempted to undo the policy by voter initiative. While she dodged the question in the debate, the Inlander pressed McMorris Rodgers on the issue: She argued that prohibiting city officials from asking about immigration status could constrain partnerships with federal immigration officials — and could even lead Spokane toward becoming a “sanctuary city.”

It’s an assessment that divides her from her former deputy chief of staff, Spokane Mayor David Condon. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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here are hundreds of pages detailing The Prison Rape Elimination Act requires local detention facilities allegations of sexual assault and harassto investigate all accusations of sexual assault. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO ment inside the Spokane County Jail.

The investigatory records lay out accusations details a female inmate’s accusations that a male involving both inmates and staff. inmate exposed himself to her and masturbated But we can’t see them. Neither can you. into a rubber glove.

Spokane County has categorically denied the “I couldn’t deal with it. It makes me embarInlander’s request for investigations related to the rassed. I’m sorry,” she told the investigator. federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) datThe man, whose name is redacted, denied ing back to 2010, citing a section of state law that the allegations when questioned. requires jail operators to keep records of inmates Two facilities in King County have not yet confidential. released PREA investigations, though records ofAn appeal of Spokane County’s denial was ficers for the South Correctional Entity Regional also swatted down by Steve Kinn, the county’s Jail in Des Moines and the King County Correcpublic records officer. In his denial, Kinn cites a tional Facility say the records are releasable after statute outside the Public Records Act that says name redactions. “the records of a person confined in jail shall be Additionally, the Spokane County Sheriff’s held in confidence.”

Office recently released an investigation into one Kinn explains that records held “in conof the county’s corrections officers, who was fidence” are different from exemptions to the accused of having sex with a female inmate. The public records law, and cannot be released even names in those reports were also redacted. with redactions.

Spokane County Sheriff But Spokane County’s interOzzie Knezovich has previpretation of the law conflicts with LETTERS ously said the investigation was at least three other counties in Send comments to tainted from the get-go because Washington state and even with editor@inlander.com. the jail, which is overseen by the one of its own offices. That interCounty Commission, did not pretation hinders the public’s abilimmediately forward the case to detectives and ity to evaluate the quality of the investigations. instead investigated one of their own.

The officer has not been charged with a incoln County has released five invescrime. tigations related to sexual assault and Despite the fact that other counties are releasharassment in its jail dating back to 2015. ing investigatory records, Kinn says he stands by Pend Oreille County has released one investigahis position. tion from 2013. Both counties released these Nancy Krier, Washington state’s assistant documents with the names of inmates and staff attorney general for open government, says it’s members redacted. not unusual for agencies to come to opposing In Lincoln County, for example, a female interpretations of open records laws and exempinmate accused a jail officer of propositioning tions, especially when those laws have not been her to flash her breasts in exchange for tobacco, fine-tuned by judges. according to investigatory records. The inmate “Neither one is necessarily wrong,” she says. also told a Lincoln County investigator that the “The code lacks precision.” jail officer grabbed her butt and kissed her in Krier and Kinn point to a case from Okanoa location hidden from security cameras. The gan County, which was decided the state Court woman said she told her cell mate at the time, of Appeals in April. who shared a similar experience with the same The appeals court ruled that state law officer. protects audio recordings of inmates’ phone calls “She said that neither of them wanted him to from being released to the public. Judge George get into trouble,” the investigator writes in a reFearing writes that the law requires agencies keep port. “She said she recalled that the two of them confidential all “records prepared as a result of said that he probably does it to all of the women.” the inmate being in jail.” n The report released by Pend Oreille County

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NEWS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

‘Demeaning Treatment’ Former therapists treating imprisoned sex offenders say hostile work conditions are hurting the people they’re supposed to help

BY MITCH RYALS

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former therapist treating sex offenders at the Airway Heights Corrections Center says her superiors created a toxic work environment, berated her, barred her from talking with colleagues and, at least in one instance, falsified records in an effort to keep one particular offender behind bars.

Antonia Tombari has lodged a complaint with the state Department of Health and, last month, filed a $1.5 million legal claim against the Department of Corrections accusing her former bosses of creating a hostile workplace that harmed the treatment of the very people the therapists are tasked with helping. Her claim names Renee Schuiteman, the program’s manager at Airway Heights Corrections Center, and Kris Smith, her direct supervisor. Both declined to comment for this article.

Other former therapists in Airway Heights and internal DOC records paint a picture of a dysfunctional workplace plagued by hostility and fears of retaliation for not falling in line with the program’s managers.

“I encountered significant problems within management,” says Troy Bruner, a psychologist and former employee who has also filed a claim against the DOC. “Any employee who voiced opinions independent of two members of the management team was viewed as a threat. That person was then targeted with demeaning treatment and false allegation until they quit.”

Therapist turnover has been a significant problem, records indicate. Since 2011, 29 people have resigned from the state program at Airway Heights Corrections Center, and 23 resigned from the program at Monroe Correctional Complex.

Additionally, in her complaint to the Department of Health, Tombari, a therapist licensed through the state, accuses Kris Smith, her former boss, of falsifying the treatment record for one of her former clients, Nathan Smith (no relation), in what Tombari says is an effort to keep him incarcerated.

Tombari, who resigned from DOC in March of this year, says that shortly before her last day, she noticed an entry in Nathan Smith’s treatment record saying he was being suspended from the program for “inappropriate behavior,” according to internal emails.

“He wasn’t supposed to be terminated at all,” she says, adding that being suspended from treatment for bad behavior would hurt his chances of release.

Tombari fired off emails to Kris Smith and other DOC employees asking for an explanation.

A secretary responded: “Kris told me to put him on stop out and that he will be terminated due to behavioral issues…Kris?? Please advise.”

DOC spokesman Jeremy Barclay declined to answer specific questions about Schuiteman and Kris Smith, citing open state investigations against the two. Schuiteman is under internal investigation by the DOC while the Department of Health is investigating Kris Smith.

Cathi Harris, the director of the state’s sex offender treatment program, also declined a request for an interview.

Emails show that Tombari continued to ask whether the false information would be removed from Nathan Smith’s record. In an email on March 15, the acting

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mit rape and arson. I am where I deserve to be. I don’t think I’m entitled to be released. All I want is a fair shot.”

What Nathan Smith has done, and fully admits to, is heinous. The worst stomach-turning details of his crimes will not be printed here, but in January 2009, the Army veteran kidnapped, tortured and raped a prostitute in Tacoma. He shocked her with a cattle prod and, afterward, showed her graphic images of his time in combat: dead bodies, exploded bodies, a face blown off by a bomb.

He paid her $500 and said he would kill her if she went to the cops.

Two nights later, he kidnapped another woman working as a prostitute, intending to repeat his crimes. She escaped from his home.

Smith then set fire to evidence in his upstairs bedroom and stuck a shotgun under his chin. But he decided against ending his life. He fled Washington state and was eventually arrested by police in Texas, where he was raised. He would later plead guilty to rape, attempted rape and arson and was sentenced to a minimum of 11 years in prison.

Nathan Smith began treatment in 2017, shortly before Tombari started working as a therapist in May of that year. He says that the treatment program has helped him identify and understand the underlying behavior and mindset that led to his offenses and has given him tools to overcome them in the future.

“Those assignments forced me to get down to the granular level of what I was telling myself that allowed me to think these things were OK,” he says. “Understanding that and understanding how to take apart distortions in my thinking — that’s a big part of the therapy.”

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Antonia Tombari says a hostile work environment caused her to have panic attacks and to lose sleep. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO program manager, Brent Borg, who is filling in while Schuiteman is under investigation, confirms that the entry has been deleted.

In November, Nathan Smith is scheduled to appear before the Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board, a panel of four people appointed by the governor who decide whether offenders are fit to be released into the community. A major consideration in the decision to release offenders is their level of success in treatment.

Tombari, for her part, has recommended that Nathan Smith be released, and will testify in front of the board, if permitted. She says he has gone beyond the required assignments and is a shining example of the program’s positive results.

“He really is an example of someone who has been rehabilitated, someone who isn’t going to harm someone else,” she says. “I would bet my life on it.”

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athan Smith, 39, says he’s speaking with the Inlander not to bolster his shot at freedom, but to call attention to concerns with the treatment program. He says he will accept whatever fate the board decides and questions whether he ever deserves to draw a breath of free air. He believes forgiveness is not his to ask for.

“It’s important for me to make clear that I’m guilty of the crimes I’m in here for,” he says in a phone interview from the Airway Heights Corrections Center. “I did com-

oon after she started as a therapist, Tombari took over an outgoing therapist’s caseload, which included running group therapy sessions for about 12 men.

Shortly after, Tombari says she identified two men in the group who were scheduled to successfully complete the program, but who she recommended for removal.

One man blamed his 6-year-old victim for “initiating it,” and the other showed hostility toward women. Such behavior degrades treatment for the rest of the group, Tombari says.

She recommended they be civilly committed to the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island, where sex offenders can be held indefinitely if they pose a risk to public safety.

Tombari says she refused a direction from Kris Smith to not document her recommendation in her clinical notes, a violation of clinical ethics and best practice, therapists say, as well as DOC’s internal policy. From then on, she says, it was like she had a target on her back.

Tombari says Schuiteman and Kris Smith interrogated her about her personal life — asking about her kids’ nanny and whether she socialized with former DOC employees outside of work — but refused to tell her why.

The questioning pushed her to the point that she started trembling and crying, she writes in her complaint to the DOC. She says they also directed her not to socialize with certain current and former employees under thinly veiled threats that she would be fired.

“I would leave being extremely confused, and was told I couldn’t tell anybody about it or I would lose my job,” she says.

In January 2018, Tombari filed an internal complaint accusing Schuiteman and Kris Smith of psychological and verbal abuse.

In an email on Feb. 8, 2018, Cathi Harris, the director of the sex offender treatment program, writes to another DOC employee of her concern for the program under Schuiteman’s watch.

“There has been one other complaint against the manager during my tenure, and I understand others prior to my coming to DOC,” writes Harris, who was hired in 2016. “We also have a very high turnover rate, and I’m hearing that staff are afraid of the manager and she routinely threatens staff with write-ups in their files as well as losing their jobs.”

That second complaint came in 2017 from Troy Bruner, who worked in a managerial position as a psychologist in the program.

Bruner alleges that Schuiteman would fail to notify him of meetings or would only notify him shortly before they began, hindering his ability to do his job. He also alleges that she falsely accused him of “problematic behaviors” without disclosing the source of her information.

“Her accusations against me have been so contrary to my behavior that I have concluded that she makes up stories and attributes them to anonymous employees,” he writes in his complaint.

“Further, I believe she has created a culture of fear and inhibition among some of the employees.”

Two weeks before he filed his complaint, DOC opened an investigation into Bruner. Bruner, who is an aspiring comedian, was accused of making inappropriate, adult jokes. Bruner resigned in September 2017 before Harris, the program director, could make any final determination on the allegations against him.

Today, Bruner, the former chair of the city of Spokane’s Ethics Commission, a panel of seven people charged with assessing ethics complaints against city employees, defends himself.

He writes in an email that the investigation is another example of the retaliatory environment where employees who speak out against management are targeted.

“Although my story pales in comparison, I too was targeted,” he writes. “I eventually resigned because I realized that the problems there were bigger than me or anything I could do about it.” n

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Putting a Price on Carbon Washington voters will make big decisions on four major initiatives in 2018, including whether to be first in the country to put a fee on carbon

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ome November, Washington voters will be asked to consider four major initiatives, including whether to assess a fee on large greenhouse gas emitters, whether local government should be allowed to tax things like soda, whether the state should raise the age to buy semi-automatic rifles and increase safety requirements for gun owners, and whether use of deadly force and training requirements for law enforcement should be changed.

In what could shape up to be the most expensive initiative battle in state history, voters will decide whether to pass a first-in-the-nation fee on carbon pollution.

Over the first five years, the fee, starting in 2020 at $15 per metric ton of carbon pollution, is expected to collect about $2.3 billion, according to an estimate by the state Office of Financial Management. The fee would continue to go up by $2 per metric ton each year, plus inflation, until the state reaches its 2035 greenhouse gas reduction goal, set by previous legislation. At that point, the fee would only increase by inflation each year.

Opponents tried to get the measure labelled a tax, but proponents say it was specifically set up under the state’s rules as a fee, which, unlike a tax that could be allocated to anything in the state budget, requires the money raised go toward fixing related issues.

The money would be set aside in specific accounts to pay for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, invest in natural resources to make the state more resilient to the effects of climate change and provide assistance to communities, both helping low-income households with energy-related upgrades and transitioning workers away from fossil fuel jobs.

The funds would be managed by a 15-member board that would include the commissioner of public lands, the heads of multiple state departments, including Ecology and Commerce and at-large seats appointed by the governor, which would include at least one tribal representative and one representative of vulnerable populations.

Proponents, such as Kurtis Robinson, in his ninth season as a wildland firefighter and president of the Spokane Chapter of the NAACP, say the proposed investments into things like forest management are essential in a changing world.

“Wildfires have been growing much more expansive and dynamic, and the real issue has been not only the changing biosphere, but it’s predominantly been the encroachment,” Robinson says. “We have not been letting fire be the resource it is for nature. Now we’ve got to figure out how to utilize it to do what it’s supposed to do anyway, in a way that’s sustainable, maintainable, and also safe for our people and the environment.”

Opponents, including the Washington Farm Bureau, the Associa-

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tion of Washington Business and Western States Petroleum Association, argue the fee is unfair, will hurt businesses and will be passed on to individuals via higher prices at the gas station and on their home heating bills. The increased cost to households is estimated between $10 and $20 a month, depending on how much of the fee is passed on to consumers.

“They’ve exempted the largest polluters, then they leave the cost to Washington families and businesses,” says Dana Bieber, spokeswoman for the No On 1631 campaign. “This is a regressive tax. It impacts those who can afford the least to pay more.”

Robinson acknowledges the concern that the fee could be felt most by low-income households and communities of color, but says those same communities are already the hardest hit by the effects of pollution, wildfires and climate change.

“The fact is,” Robinson says, “we’re already paying the price.”

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he measure is largely aimed at fossil fuels, including petroleum produced and used in the state, as well as electricity produced here and sold elsewhere, with several exemptions.

Aircraft and marine fuels are exempt, and so are “Energy Intensive Trade Exposed” uses, such as aluminum smelting.

Notably, coal power plants scheduled to close by 2025 are exempt, including the only one in the state, TransAlta’s Centralia Coal Plant, and the first two units of Colstrip Power Plant in Montana, which Puget Sound Energy is required to close by 2025.

Most oil, on the other hand, is not exempt, and major oil companies have donated millions to defeat the measure, according to campaign filings with the Public Disclosure Commission. The No On 1631 campaign had raised roughly $21.3 million as of this week, including donations from Phillips 66 ($7.2 million), BP/BP America ($6.4 million) and Andeavor (formerly Tesoro, $4.4 million).

Meanwhile, supporters of the initiative have raised more than $7 million through the group Clean Air Clean Energy WA, with the largest donations coming from the Nature Conservancy ($1 million), League of Conservation Voters ($500,000) and a total split of $2.9 million from businesses and $4.1 million from individuals.

When asked if the oil companies backing the measure might support a different carbon fee if there weren’t as many exemptions, Bieber says the coalition came together for one purpose: to defeat 1631.

“We can all agree to have a carbon tax mechanism that’s effective and fair, first you can’t exempt the largest polluters in the state, second you can’t push the costs to consumers and businesses,” Bieber says. “Three, there has to be assurance of carbon reduction, and four, the board should be accountable to voters, and 1631 fails on all of those tasks.”

But the huge amount of money oil companies are spending to defeat the measure should make people question their real motives, says Nick Abraham, a spokesman for Yes On 1631.

“The same companies that have been fighting us on putting these standards in place, and putting all these protections in place, are now saying, ‘Well, we don’t think it’s strong enough,’” Abraham says. “That’s just sort of on its face ridiculous.”

Abraham notes the measure does provide for set reductions in pollution based on goals set by the Legislature in 2008. Also, the board will be regularly audited, Abraham says, and importantly, unlike the Legislature, won’t be influenced by oil lobbyists.

“1631 is designed to follow those exact requirements for how much we want to reduce pollution. This just creates a plan for how to get there,” Abraham says.

But Bieber questions whether the reductions are goals more than requirements, and whether the board will have enough oversight to prevent its members from funneling money to projects in their own communities.

“They’ve written it so cleverly: If they are not successful at reaching their goals, they actually get more money,” Bieber says. “By 2035, if they havent reached their goals, then the tax continues to increase.” n

INITIATIVE 1639

Concerning “Firearms” This initiative would raise the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic rifle to 21, from 18, to match the current minimum age to buy a handgun. For “semi-automatic assault rifles,” the measure would also implement a 10-day waiting period for purchases and require purchasers to show they’ve completed a safety training course. It also would allow the department of licensing to implement a $25 fee on gun purchases and require safe gun storage by making it a felony to leave a gun where someone prohibited from owning one could access it.

INITIATIVE 1634

Concerning “Taxation of Certain Items Intended for Human Consumption” Despite the wordy name, the measure is fairly straightforward: It would prevent local taxes or fees on groceries, most of which are already exempt from tax under state law. Those that aren’t, namely soft drinks, would also be exempt if the measure passes.

Existing local grocery taxes, such as Seattle’s tax on sugary beverages, would remain in place if in effect by January 2018, but they couldn’t go up or be expanded if the measure passes. The measure would not prevent the state’s ability to tax groceries in the future.

Major beverage companies are behind the initiative, with Yes! To Affordable Groceries raising $13 million, its three largest donors being Coca-Cola ($6.2 million), PepsiCo ($4.7 million) and Keurig Dr. Pepper/Dr. Pepper Snapple Group ($1.9 million).

INITIATIVE 940

Concerning “Law Enforcement” This measure deals with the use of deadly force by police and would require de-escalation and mental health training, as well as change the liability for officers who use deadly force. It took an unusual route to the ballot, after lawmakers passed legislation with the same language, then another bill that would have immediately amended that language. The state Supreme Court weighed in to say that move wasn’t one of the three allowable options for lawmakers to take with an initiative and ruled the original language should go on the ballot, without the alternative that included compromise language from HB 3003. Those who’ve worked on the initiative expect nearly immediate moves to amend the measure if it passes.

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Lizzie is stuck in jail after shooting her estranged husband, Connor Callahan, who sustained only minimal injuries.

Connor had long been out of the picture, but it was recently learned that their 8-year-old daughter, Carleen, will inherit the massive Callahan family fortune that Connor believes is rightfully his. While she’s in jail, Lizzie has asked Miller to take care of Carleen, and he’s heading to Washington state now to pick her up. Miller’s not sure how long he’ll need to keep Carleen safe and he hopes Lizzie’s lawyer, Campbell, can help.

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e made it to Moab before stopping to sleep, was on the road again by seven with a thermos of coffee and a box of doughnuts, two apple fritters, an old fashioned, two maple bars, and four turnovers, mumbleberry and cherry. Not as good as cigarettes maybe, but something to serve as a reward for each hundred miles driven.

“Take it to court,” he told Lizzie after Connor came back a few weeks ago. “Make the custody clear. No way is a judge giving him anything.”

Miller was still in Cumberland then, tiptoeing around Heffner. He’d been trying to brush the man off for days, saying he was booked, but Heffner kept popping up at the Marriott, collaring Miller at vigils.

“Get the custody straightened out,” he told Lizzie.

“Connor’s been a deadbeat even if he is rich. And get a restraining order.”

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“Oh, please,” Lizzie said. “How many of your shooters had restraining orders against them?”

Two that he knew of — Daniel Phillips in Delaware (fourteen dead), and Nathan Cole in New Mexico (seven).

“Nobody knows what Connor’s capable of,” Lizzie said, “though we certainly know what he’s incapable of.

Carleen hardly even remembers him, doesn’t miss him at all. She never even knew him, so it’s not like she’s been deprived of anything, except something that would’ve been bad for her. I mean, you’ve been more of a father to her than he ever was.”

As if Miller didn’t know that.

Now, as he drove toward the kid, he needed a plan, some way to structure their time together. But for how long?

Two days? A week? Six months?

According to the radio, the entire West was on fire, most of it anyway, a hell of a lot of it, and just south of Provo, he finally smelled the smoke. He kept driving, pulled over in Twin Falls for a nap. The smoke was thicker in Idaho, the sun’s light dull and diffuse, colorless it seemed, his eyes itching and burning from the fires reported in B.C. and Montana, the North Cascades and eastern Oregon, even out on the Peninsula. He’d never heard of fire on the Peninsula — a small one maybe, but not burning for days like this. He woke midafternoon and got back on the road, grinding out the miles. Campbell called and said Carleen wouldn’t be ready till noon tomorrow because she and Cara were camping. Lizzie was doing alright, he said, all things considered. They’d know more next week.

“But how does it look,” Miller said, “based on what you know so far?”

“Hard to tell,” Campbell said. “There’s a lot to learn.”

“How about initial impressions,” Miller said.

“It’s odd for me to talk with you about this,” Campbell said. “I know you paid me — ” “We’re practically family,” Miller said.

“And she said to tell you everything.”

Miller waited. Was the man really going to give him nothing?

“According to Lizzie,” Campbell said, “Connor didn’t have a weapon. Not that she could see anyway.”

“But he probably lunged at her,” Miller said.

“Maybe,” Campbell said. “He definitely scared her. But it happened out front, and there was a witness across the street.”

“Friedlander,” Miller said. “An incorrigible drunk. The man’s completely unreliable.”

“But the thing is,” Campbell said, “just real broadly here, regarding the law: if you’re not facing deadly force, you can’t respond with deadly force.”

“Is Connor dead?” Miller said.

“No.” “Hurt bad?” Miller said.

“I think you know what I’m talking about,” Campbell said.

It didn’t seem like Lizzie’s force had been at all deadly if Connor wasn’t even hurt bad.

“I’m just saying,” Campbell said, “broadly, in this kind of situation with deadly force, you’re probably going to face some serious charges.”

“But specifically,” Miller said, “regarding her case, once all the circumstances become clear — ” “Right,” Campbell said. “There will be a lot of factors. The prosecutor will be talking with Mr. Callahan.

I’ll be shocked if we don’t see a restraining order in a few days.”

“Against who?”

“Ms. James.”

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MILLER CANE: A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY  Chapter 1, Part 5 continued...

“She did shoot him, Mr. Cane.”

“But he deserved it,” Miller said. “What about her? Getting a restraining order against him?”

What about everybody getting a restraining order against everybody else?

“We’re talking about that,” Campbell said.

“We’re just going to have to be patient and see what comes out at the indictment. We’ll know more then. Sound good?”

of which he’d delivered before he got on the road. He’d been waiting for George to dump him from the Hero Villain project for over a year now, or to ask for some money back, but here in Ellensburg, Miller wondered if this project might be just what he needed to create structure for his time with Carleen. He wrote George to tell him he was ready to start work on the book, but only if he could pick the Heroes and Villains.

It was midnight in Texas, where the publisher was based, but George wrote back right away. “We want you to follow your passion here,” he said, “within reason, of course. We want you to bring these stories to life for the kids,” he said, “almost like fiction.”

Miller poured a finger of whiskey, drank it at the table.

Was it really this easy to jump back into regular life?

Not that he was jumping into anything.

Whatever he was doing, he certainly wouldn’t be staying. This was just a side gig, a job for him and Carleen to do to give their lives structure, while he pretended to be a parent. He started a list of Heroes and Villains, figures he might be interested in — Elizabeth Custer, John Brown, Sacagawea, MLK, the lobotomized Kennedy sister, Frank Lloyd Wright, Muddy Waters, Eleanor Roosevelt’s lover(s), platonic or not.

At Christmas, Miller had given Carleen the Little House books. Maybe they’d head to Laura’s farm in Missouri.

He pulled out the atlas to help shape his list. Narcissa Whitman would be perfect, so close to home. They could visit the Whitman Mission in Walla Walla, maybe hit the Pendleton Roundup if the timing was right. What was more American than a rodeo?

Maybe they’d make some stops along the Oregon Trail, find out whatever there was to see there, if anything remained. He could read her Uncle Jim’s diary from 1862, make Uncle Jim a Hero Villain.

Carleen would help with the list. She’d love it. They both would. He added Buffalo Bill, Black Elk, Margaret Sanger — they’d never let him write that one — Frank Sinatra’s mother. Why not? Charles Manson. No, too scary. But he was going to follow his passion, just like George requested. And Carleen’s.

They’d separate the Heroes from the Villains.

One job could rest while another began.

He’d be a good surrogate parent, too, even if he didn’t know what he was doing. What mattered was that he loved her, always had and always would. Lizzie knew that. So did Carleen.

Connor probably too, not that Miller cared what Connor knew. Miller often wondered if Carleen might be his. Not that it mattered much. Not that it mattered at all.

He’d be her father whether there was blood or not. n

A few years ago, he’d lived in one place, Spokane, a regular person with a regular job...

No, Miller thought, it did not sound good.

He hung up feeling like he’d learned nothing — and that the nothing he’d learned was all bad.

The smoke was a blanket over Baker City.

He stopped for dinner, then drove on, through the Blue Mountains, to the Tri Cities, over through Yakima and up, before finally stopping in Ellensburg for the night. A few years ago, he’d lived in one place, Spokane, a regular person with a regular job, and a side job too — contributing to a line of history textbooks. His specialty had been set-aside sections, writing that went into a little more depth than the broad, boring sweep of the bulk of each book. Nine hundred words on the Whiskey Rebellion.

Seventeen hundred on Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery.

Six hundred words on Frederick Douglass.

George Sampson, his editor, had recently reminded Miller — again — that he owed such material for an 11th grade text. Miller’s contribution was to be brief biographies of notable Americans to be included in set-aside sections woven throughout the book, each of which would be titled “Famous American’s Name: Hero or Villain?” Miller thought the idea sounded okay in principle. But it would become idiotic in practice — because, while the feature would pretend to deal in ambiguity, the publisher would be afraid to challenge too many students or parents or school boards or mayors or other Americans.

The publisher would want to reinforce whatever mythology the current moment called for in the most school districts or states, depending on who was buying. Not that it had ever been any different, probably, but Miller was done with history, with teaching. He’d signed the contract five years ago, as part of a three book deal, two

MILLER CANE CONTINUES IN NEXT WEEK’S INLANDER

BOXING

NEVER BEEN KNOCKED DOWN Chauncy Welliver was once ranked among the best heavyweight boxers in the world. Now, at 35 and 100 pounds overweight, he’s coming back to the ring

BY MITCH RYALS

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hauncy Welliver is walking his fat ass up these stairs again. He doesn’t want to be here, in the hot, sticky stairwell of the Paulsen Center in downtown Spokane. He’d rather be sitting at home with his 4-year-old daughter, or at his boxing gym shaping young minds and muscles, or anywhere that’s not here.

Chauncy, 35 years old and about 100 pounds overweight, is huffing up 15 flights because on Oct. 13, he’s getting back in the ring. His opponent?

“King” Afa Tatupu, who briefly held the New Zealand heavyweight championship belt, before getting knocked out in his last four fights.

On the stairs, Chauncy is falling behind his training partner, a local bodybuilder named Theresa Stone, who he met when she came to work out at his gym, BoxFit. They run stairs together nearly every day. They motivate each other.

“He makes me come,” Stone says.

“Whoa whoa whoa, finish that sentence,” Chauncy says. “C-o-m-e.”

“Don’t be dirty,” she says. “He likes to embarrass me.”

Chauncy is gregarious with a quick smile, a natural ham. Videos of his fights show him chopping it up with anyone in earshot — his opponent, the ref, people sitting ringside.

His rough and rounded edges were shaped by his mama’s love, a childhood growing up in Spokane’s notoriously gritty neighborhood. The Hillyard Hammer, as he’s known, is the youngest in a family full of fighters, though his father never wanted him to box. Rick Welliver Sr. refused to train Chauncy, so he more or less taught himself.

During his 73-fight pro career, Chauncy won the youth World Boxing Council title. He’s still never been knocked down, and in 2012 was ranked ...continued on next page

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CULTURE | BOXING “NEVER BEEN KNOCKED DOWN,” CONTINUED... the fifth best heavyweight boxer in the world — one fight away from a shot at the heavyweight title. Since then, he’s lost seven of his last 10 fights.

While he’s stopped on the stairs, he recounts how he recently got an award from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for socking a drunk guy who’s accused of hitting a woman. The two were part of a group who Welliver drove around town on the Spokane Party Bus, which he owns with his wife, Sarah.

He also talks about sparring with Mike Tyson, meeting Floyd Mayweather and traveling the world as a fighter. (In China he’s known as the Panda.) He explains why he has a tattoo on his shin of a rooster hanging from a gallows (he says his manhood hangs below his knee), and he razzes Stone some more.

“She’s actually Kim Jong Un’s cousin,” he says. Stone is Korean. She laughs, shakes her head, rolls her eyes.

His shirt now drenched in sweat, Welliver says the upcoming fight gives him motivation to exercise. Plus, he’s always wanted a homecoming bout.

And for a guy whose identity is so knotted around a sport where there’s always another fight, and always more money, Chauncy couldn’t say no.

But some around him are concerned. They see the effect boxing has had on fighters in the family and throughout the sport. They wonder how many more.

How much will he give? How much of him will the sweet science take?

“You leave a little piece of yourself inside that ring every time,” says Rick Welliver, his brother, whose pro career ended in 2004. “All these people who slap him on the back, they have no idea what he’s left in that ring.”

THE HILLYARD HAMMER

Chauncy Welliver was about 12 years old and doing belly flops off the high dive at the Hillyard pool when another kid started picking on him, his brother Dewey Welliver recalls. The kid was older, maybe 15 or 16, and started calling Chauncy fat, pushing him around. He challenged Chauncy to a fight.

Instead Chauncy and Dewey piled into their mom’s car, and Vivian Welliver started to drive away when the teenager shouted at the Wellivers: “If he comes back here tomorrow, we’re gonna beat his ass,” Chauncy recalls.

Vivian stopped the car and told Chauncy to get out.

“You’re gonna fight him,” she said.

She gave him her wedding ring: “Punch him right in the face.” He was scared shitless.

A mob of kids gathered at a nearby park where Chauncy squared off with the older kid.

“I’m holding my hands up like what I think a boxer is supposed to do,” he describes now. “And then I hit him. Boom!”

The older kid got in a good shot and bloodied Chauncy’s nose. It stained his new, white Gonzaga shirt.

Chauncy says he didn’t win the fight, but it was a defining moment. The name “Hillyard Hammer” wouldn’t come till years later, but that fight sparked the flame.

“He proved to everybody around that he was tough,” Dewey says. “I think he showed himself that he was tough. He never really knew what he was.”

At home that night, Chauncy remembers his mother scrubbing the blood out of his white shirt. The next day, she made him go back to the pool with the shirt on, and told him to walk right through the group of kids to send a message.

Vivian, as she tells the story now, is conflicted. She believes Chauncy needed to stand up for himself, but she questions her decision to let her sons get in the ring.

“Dewey has Parkinson’s now,” she says. “I’m not saying it’s all from fighting, but…”

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ABOVE: With his trainer, Joe Hipp; BELOW: Welliver won two titles in China.

“I’m holding my hands up like what I think a boxer is supposed to do. And then I hit him. Boom!”

As a kid, the Hillyard Hammer wanted to be a sports writer. He watched wrestling on TV and stood in the background as his father trained his older brothers.

“He wanted Dewey and Rick to box, but not me,” Chauncy says. “There’s a part of me that’s like ‘f--- you.’ I was supposed to be a fat little brother.”

Rick Welliver is the oldest of the three who boxed professionally. He was admittedly the worst, but arguably the most exciting. He punched hard but didn’t have much of a defense. The papers named him the Pitbull.

“I used to knock guys dead,” he says.

Dewey Welliver, just 10 months older than Chauncy, was a textbook fighter — smooth, lightning fast, head like a rock.

At 17, he traveled to Mexico to start his pro career (fighters can’t turn pro in the U.S. until 18). Chauncy says he helped organize the fight, unbeknownst to their parents.

Dewey started boxing at a young age, and has racked up more than 100 amateur wins. He’s a five-time national amateur champion and a one-time international champ.

As a teenager, Dewey bought a house outright on the west side and fell in the lifestyle that beckons many young boxers with cash in their pockets.

“Fast cars, fast women and slow horses,” as Dewey describes it.

Now at 36, his speech is noticeably slurred, and he confirms that he has the early stages of Parkinson’s disease.

Chauncy has avoided the pitfalls that gripped his brother, but “he’s been a sparring partner for Mike Tyson, for Wladimir Klitschko, for a lot of the top guys,” Dewey says. “He gets hit by some of the big, huge, hard hitters, and he’s able to take it. He’s gotta have some kind of damage inside his head somewhere.”

Personally, Rick says he too feels the effects of a boxing career including problems with his memory.

Studies have linked chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to boxing, as “boxer brain” and “punch drunk syndrome” have been long been a part of the sport’s history. Some have called for a ban on boxing altogether.

Like Chauncy, Rick runs a local gym, Spokane Boxing. Those who know the two brothers say that Chauncy opening a competing gym was the start of the bad blood between the two. They rarely talk and have opposing coaching philosophies.

Rick, more of an in-your-face drill sergeant, wants nothing to do with the professional boxing world and believes his job is to protect the kids he trains. Turning them pro before they’re ready, if they ever are, can be dangerous, he says.

“All these kids think being a pro fighter is cool and sexy, and my brother perpetuates that, but it’s not. It’s gross,” Rick says. “At that point, it’s a business, and you’re a prostitute for pain. The pureness of the sport is totally gone.”

Chauncy believes fighters should compete against the best and get paid to do it. Pro fighters jump through more medical protocols than amateurs, he says.

“Rick doesn’t like to put his guys in tough fights because they get exposed,” Chauncy says. “You should fight the best. I have confidence in my coaching ability, and I’ve never gotten anybody hurt.”

Rick says he will not attend Chauncy’s fight later this month but wishes his brother well. “It’s an unforgiving sport, and I just don’t want to see my brother take any more punishment.”

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Lemyn, his 4-year-old, climbs on his 6-foot-2“I had never been hurt up to that point, inch frame. From her seat on his shoulders, she nothin’ bad at least,” he says. “But he hurt me, playfully bats at his head while he talks. and I don’t like saying that.”

Chauncy has had to train differently for this He would go on to lose six of his next eight fight. He’s always had fast hands and quick feet, fights through 2016. Today, he knows his shot at especially for a heavythe title, fleeting though it was, is weight. But his reflexes all but completely gone. So why THE FIGHT have slowed considerkeep going? Why take more hits?

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Chauncy says. “This is gonna be a fight.”

“That’s the lure of boxing,” Rick says. “You Chauncy swings his daughter off his shoulcan poke a vein, you can smoke it, you can snort ders. He shows a text conversation on his phone it. But there’s nothing as high as hearing the roar with a Russian promoter offering him $25,000 to of the crowd.” fight. He would take it, he says, but it’s scheduled Chauncy’s wife, Sarah, who is an event for the same night as his event in Coeur d’Alene. coordinator for the Coeur d’Alene Casino and is Plus, he’s got at least three or four fights lined promoting the fight, is cautiously supportive of up in the next several months. Because there’s her husband’s comeback. always one more. n “His life ahead is very promising, and I don’t

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n celebration of Spokane Arts Month, which runs through October, the citywide celebration of arts that typically takes place for First Friday gets a major boost, offering some of the year’s highlights in arts events, with most showcases running throughout the first weekend or all month. Some of these favorite events listed below include Terrain’s 11th one-night juried arts showcase (technically two nights, counting Thursday’s preview night), the annual Archie Bray Resident Show at Kolva-Sullivan Gallery and Spokane Arts’ all-media juried show at the Chase Gallery. The following listings were compiled from information provided by Spokane Arts, local artists and venues. Most receptions occur on Friday, Oct. 5, from 5-8 pm, unless otherwise noted. More on Spokane Arts Month can be found at spokanearts.org/artsmonth. (CHEY SCOTT) AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE, 402 W. Main 3 Minute Mic, guest hosted by Katy Shedlock. Oct. 5 at 8 pm.

J AVENUE WEST, 907 W. Boone The gallery celebrates its 15th anniversary and hosts a reception for featured artists Marsha Marcuson and Kathryn Alexander.

BARILI CELLARS, 608 W. Second Nature photography by Kathryn Alexander. Reception Oct. 5 from 4-9 pm.

BARRISTER WINERY, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. A showcase of work by members of the Spokane Camera Club.

Reception Oct. 5 from 5-10 pm.

J THE BARTLETT, 228 W. Sprague Artwork by Emma Noyes, a member of the Sinixt (Lakes) Band of the Colville Confederated Tribe, based on the tribe’s origin stories. Noyes’ art is on display through October. Also at the Bartlett: The Spokane Zine Fest celebrates small-press books, zines, comics, drawings, prints and other handmade paper goods, on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 11 am-5 pm.

BERSERK, 125 S. Stevens Color photography by local photographer Nick Spanjer.

BLUE DOOR THEATRE, 815 W. Garland No Clue is an all-improvised murder mystery show. Oct. 5 at 8 pm ($5).

J CHASE GALLERY, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

The All Media Juried Exhibit 2018 features work by 36 regional artists, in an exhibition guest curated by Mason Miles.

COMMUNITY BUILDING, 35 W. Main Fall-themed oil paintings by Conrad Bagley.

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J COMMUNITY PINT, 120 E. Sprague Space-inspired paintings and other pieces by Audreana Camm. Reception Oct. 5 from 6-10 pm.

CORE PILATES & WELLNESS, 1230 W. Summit Pkwy.

Paintings by local artist Robin Pickering.

CRAFTSMAN CELLARS, 1194 W. Summit Pkwy.

Sumi ink on paper by Keiko Von Holt and mixed media paintings

by Mary Ahmed.

J DODSON’S JEWELERS, 516 W. Riverside Brushstrokes features gouache on paper by Spokane-born artist Caren Furbeyre. Reception Oct. 5 from 10 am-6 pm and Oct. 6 from 10 am-5 pm; show continues through Nov. 2.

J EWU DOWNTOWN STUDENT GALLERY, 402 Second St., Cheney Path to Tolerance features photography by Robert Lloyd.

Reception Oct. 5 from 3-6 pm.

FIRST AVENUE COFFEE, 1011 W. First Photography by Scott Allan.

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, 502 E. Boone The Gonzaga Jazz Program presents a short program with the Jazz Workshop Combos and Gonzaga Jazz Ensemble in celebration of ZagFam Weekend.

Oct. 5 at 8 pm (free) in Music Annex Room 4.

HILLS’ RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE, 401 W. Main Music by a live jazz trio: Brent Edstrom, Eugene Jablonsky and Dan Keberle. Oct. 5 from 6-9 pm.

IRON GOAT BREWING CO., 1302 W. Second Oil paintings on wood panels by artist and composer Rick Garcia. Art on display through October.

A piece from Brushstrokes by Caren Furbeyre at Dodson’s Jewelers.

J JENSEN-BYRD BUILDING, 131 E. Main Terrain 11 features art by more than 200 local artists, along with live music, literature and more.

Preview night ($25) Oct. 4 from 6-10 pm; main event (free) Oct. 5 from 5 pm-midnight.

J KOLVA-SULLIVAN GALLERY, 115 S. Adams St. The annual Archie Bray Resident Show features functional and sculptural ceramics and mixed media by long-time and summer residents of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana.

Reception Oct. 5 from 5-9 pm; on display through Oct. 26.

MARMOT ART SPACE, 1202 W. Summit Pkwy.

Art by John Morey Maurice.

MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, 1303 W. Summit Pkwy.

Encaustic paintings by Rachel Nelson.

NEW MOON ART GALLERY, 1326 E. Sprague Ethically sourced wood sculptures by Antonio Fletcher.

Reception Oct. 5 from 5-9 pm.

POTTERY PLACE PLUS, 203 N. Washington Batiks by October guest artist Toni Spencer. Reception Oct. 5 from 5-9 pm. On display through Oct. 28; open daily.

RESURRECTION RECORDS, 1927 W. Northwest Blvd.

Creature Feature features art inspired by Universal Studios’ five famous monsters, with a portion of proceeds supporting the cancer fund of Blaise Barshaw.

Reception Oct. 5 from 6-9 pm.

J RICHMOND ART COLLECTIVE, 228 W. Sprague Menagerie features art by Brian Deemy, CarliAnn Forthun Bruner, Grace June, Hanna Koeske, Ira Gardner, Julie Gautier-Downes and Reinaldo Gil Zambrano.

RIVER CITY BREWING, 121 S. Cedar October’s all-ages garage party includes music Bossame, food from Skewers Food Truck and live art by Amber Hoit. Oct. 5 from 4-10 pm.

J SARANAC ART PROJECTS, 25 W. Main Dioramas of Disaster by Julie Gautier-Downes explores narratives of domestic violence, trauma and fragility of relationships. Also includes new art by Wendy Franklund Miller and Bradd Skubinna. Through Oct. 29; open Thursday 2-6 pm, Friday-Saturday 12-8 pm.

SPOKANE ART SCHOOL, 811 W. Garland Aesthetic Contraption by Larry Ellingson.

ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH, 330 E. Boone For the Future, a ZagFam Weekend Concert Choir performance is presented by 66 musicians and includes a commissioned premiere by Timothy Takach.

Oct. 6 at 7:30 pm. Free; donations accepted.

ST. DAVID’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 7315 N. Wall Blessing the Children features art by local and national artists responding to mistreatment of children around the world.

Reception Oct. 5 from 5-7 pm.

STEAM PLANT SQUARE, 159 S. Lincoln Abstractions 2018 by Neicy Frey is on display at French Toast & Paper Nerd Stationary.

J TERRAIN GALLERY, 304 W. Pacific Land/Escape features Spokane River-inspired art by Mariah Boyle, Karen Mobley, John deRoulet, Roin Morigeau and Ellen Picken.

V DU V WINES, 12 S. Scott St. Mixed media paintings by Craig Hunt and music by Crushpad.

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From appetizers to entrees and drinks to dessert, a single dish is featured from each of six regional restaurants, along with stunning cocktails from a few more. We also recommend some of the best local restaurant Instagrams to follow now, so you’ll never miss out on other pleasing plates on the next season’s menu and beyond.

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Inland Pacific Kitchen 304 W. Pacific Ave. Executive Chef Jeremy L. Hansen Instagram: @inland_pacific_kitchen ABOUT THE CHEF: Jeremy Hansen and his wife, Kate, opened their first of several Spokane restaurants back in 2008; Santé Restaurant and Charcuterie celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. In the time since, the Hansens have also opened the Butcher Bar inside Santé, Common Crumb Artisan Bakery and Biscuit Wizard in Saranac Commons, Hogwash Whiskey Den and the experimental, upscale small-plates restaurant Inland Pacific Kitchen. Hansen was a 2015 semifinalist for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef Northwest, among other accolades. In January of this year, the chef and a team of local cooks traveled to Puerto Rico to cook for citizens displaced by Hurricane Maria, a trip that inspired the founding of “culinary first responder” nonprofit, 509 Cooks.

When it comes to crafting menus for Inland Pacific Kitchen, which serves rotating, oftenthemed and seasonal menus, Hansen finds inspiration everywhere.

“Whether it’s random or themed [menus], there are a few things I think about. Balance is number one — balance in textures and flavors are my key things. Everything has to make sense. At the end of the day, I think about all of those things when I’m putting a dish together, but every dish is sparked through some kind of inspiration from anything, really.”

FEATURED DISH: Pancetta in fig broth, $15 (available through October) The pancetta is served atop a bed of purple fingerling potatoes and baby carrots, which raise the spiral of fatty pork above a pool of rich fig consommé. The pancetta is topped with a dollop of bacon fig jam seasoned with black garlic, and small wedges of bright yellow-and-green striped tiger figs. The dish is garnished with green okra sprouts, ice plant leaves and droplets of fig puree.

HOW IT’S MADE: “We make pancetta at [Santé] all the time, and we always try and find different ways to utilize it. This one, I took it a step further and braised it in a coconut oil. So I have this salty kind of coconut thing, and I need to bring in something sweet and something crispy and something fresh.”

The restaurant happened to have some figs on hand, Hansen says.

“We thought, ‘Let’s do a consommé with a sweet, seasoned broth.’ When we cook this pancetta [in the broth], it brings the seasoning out of the pancetta and seasons the broth… the salt comes off and it’s perfectly balanced.”

CHEF’S THOUGHTS: “It’s almost like a sweet and sourish and salty [flavor]… And then you

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OUR THOUGHTS: When eating this dish, my guest and I recalled something we’d heard chef David Chang say on 2012’s The Mind of a Chef to the effect of a great dish should always remind you of something special; another meal or moment in time. This dish is reminiscent of a cozy, late Sunday breakfast at home of waffles, bacon and maple syrup, and that perfect experience of dipping a slice of greasy bacon in sweet syrup.

The salty, savory pork pancetta — which falls apart and almost melts in your mouth — paired with the warm, sweet and also slightly salty fig broth, is nostalgic of a comfortable morning meal with loved ones, yet is simultaneously steps far above that in balance of flavor and texture.

You’ll want to savor each and every last drop of fig broth after the pancetta quickly disappears.

Thankfully our server brought over a spoon, as I was tempted to put the bowl to my mouth to slurp up every last drop.

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Pastry Passion Luna Restaurant & Catering 5620 S. Perry St. Pastry Chef Taylor Siok Instagram: @lunaspokane ABOUT THE CHEF: Originally from Spokane, 25-year-old Taylor Siok studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York after high school. He went on to work at Apple Pie Bakery and later got a job at restaurant Daniel, where he worked his way through the stations. With little room left for promotion at his age, Siok learned about an opportunity to help open Jeremy Hansen’s Common Crumb bakery and decided to come back to Spokane. He’s been the pastry chef at Luna for about four years now, where he takes his experience in classic French cuisine, as well as mentorship from influential chefs he’s worked with, to find inspiration for his desserts.

“I’ve kind of come to love taking really traditional desserts and making them a little bit more modern and fun,” Siok says. “They’re classics for a reason, I mean they’re great, but why not put your own spin on them?”

FEATURED DISH: Passion fruit baked Alaska ($9); layers of almond biscuit, passion fruit curd, vanilla gelato and hand-piped meringue are finished with a 151-proof rum flambé HOW IT’S MADE: Traditionally, Siok says, a baked Alaska might be served in more of a roulade, but as served at Luna now, the dish is displayed in a long, thin rectangle with crisp, cleanly sliced edges, served atop spoon swipes of passion fruit.

First, the almond biscuit — “it’s dense, kind of close to brownie territory” — is placed in a sheet tray and frozen, then a layer of passion fruit is added and frozen, and then the gelato goes on top and the whole tray is frozen again. Each day, Siok and Luna staffers hand-pipe meringue, made when possible with eggs from Luna’s chickens, atop the portions that will be plated up and served throughout the day.

CHEF’S THOUGHTS: While he’s tried out other flavors before, passion fruit could have staying power: the flavor combination will remain on the dessert menu at least through fall. “Passion fruit is one of my favorite flavors,” Siok says. “Our gelato is really, really rich and that vanilla with some acute acid is super satisfying.”

His inspiration came at least in part from a visit to a now-closed restaurant in New York called DBGB that was under the same company as restaurant Daniel.

“I had more than one really incredible meal there… They had a baked Alaska on their menu but you had to ask for it,” Siok says. “It’s such a nice show when they come out, when they brûlée it in front of you, and it was really kind

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OUR THOUGHTS: Before you dig in, your server lights a tiny carafe of 151 rum on fire, pouring blue flames over the meringue tableside.

As the small amount of alcohol burns off, it adds more brûléed effect to the light torchwork that’s already caramelized some of the sugars before the dish hits your table.

Maybe it’s some primal instinct in all of us, but the fire took what is already a pretty plate and made it mesmerizing: My guest and I couldn’t take our eyes off the flickering blue light (even as he was also presented with another scrumptious staple on the menu: the coconut cake).

In every bite, there’s a subtle softness from the almond biscuit, and tart passion fruit curd that cuts through both the sweet, creamy vanilla gelato and the airy meringue, with great balance between the contrasting flavors. That first bite eaten just after the flames go out also treats your mouth to a contrast of temperatures, with the slightly warmed meringue and cold gelato playing on your tongue. The finish is the slightest taste of rum, which complements all of the elements.

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CHEF’S THOUGHTS: Fechser considers his current grilled salmon dish “fresh, and it’s got lots of intense flavor and different textures.” Indeed, all the plating at Hay J’s emphasizes his love of fresh, simple dishes delivering perhaps surprisingly complex flavors. Between the fennel slaw, the truffle risotto and perfectly cooked king salmon, Biltoft adds, the diner “gets a little of every flavor in every bite.”

Hay J’s Bistro 21706 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake Chef Patrick Fechser Instagram: @hay_js_bistro ABOUT THE CHEF: Patrick Fechser got his start in the restaurant life as a 15-year-old dishwasher at Percy’s Café Americana in Spokane Valley, a family spot where his mom Rhonda Entner also worked. After moving into the kitchen and learning the ins and outs of restaurant cooking, Fechser’s curiosity and creativity took over until he and Entner together opened Hay J’s Bistro in 2006.

Learning new tricks of the trade from “books, and almost everybody I’ve ever worked with,” Fechser calls the philosophy behind the dishes filling his menu “simple, but with perfect execution.” Fechser’s love of Italian food comes through in dishes like his housemade pappardelle a la Bolognese and shellfish pappardelle, but you’ll also find some Asian influences as well as the seafood staples so prevalent on Northwest menus. “I love simple, traditional-style dishes,” Fechser says, “maybe with minor twists.”

FEATURED DISH: Grilled salmon ($28); grilled salmon with truffle crème risotto and fennel slaw

HOW IT’S MADE: Fechser and one of his fellow Hay J’s chefs, Sean Biltoft, came up with the current version of the grilled salmon entrée a few months ago. It’s basically a requirement for a Northwest restaurant to offer salmon, and Hay J’s has done so since it opened — but they wanted to find a unique way to showcase the fish and the rich, creamy risotto with something fresh and acidic.

Enter the fennel slaw, its fennel fronds seasoned with preserved lemon, basil oil, capers and shallots. Because fennel is a root vegetable, Biltoft says, it’s easier to offer it fresh for long stretches, even as their sourcing for the king salmon moves from the Columbia River to Alaska to, currently, New Zealand.

OUR THOUGHTS: My first-ever visit to Hay J’s Bistro was full of the unexpected, starting with the location just off a Liberty Lake roundabout in a building that’s also home to a Conoco station on the opposite end, as well as Piccolo Artisan Pizza Kitchen run by the Hay J’s team, and wine and meat outlet Butcher Block co-owned by Fechser, Entner and Eddy Rogers. Once inside, though, the outside world disappears into a stylish dining room dotted with works by abstract artist Edward Gilmore.

My entrée likewise offered pleasant surprises. The grill marks on the bright reddish-pink salmon and green of the fennel slaw and decorative ring of basil oil on the plate made the dish immediately pleasing to the eye.

The fish was perfectly cooked — simple and perfectly executed as Fechser demands — and the risotto was rich without being too heavy. The bright flavor of the fennel slaw proved a perfect compliment, its notes of sour lemon and addition of salty capers helping pull the entire plate together, and deliciously so. I wouldn’t hesitate to order it again.

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CHEF’S THOUGHTS: “I just wanted to have something that was beautiful that tasted good. I mean, people immediately get it and then they just take the fork and smash it and mix everything together. It’s definitely a ‘wow’ presentation,” Schwenk says.

Not only is the dish visually stunning, it’s pretty popular, too. He adds that anywhere from 25 to 40 ahi poke tuna dishes are ordered each night.

ABOUT THE CHEF: Tyler Schwenk began his culinary career at age 14, starting at the Coeur d’Alene Resort and working his way up to kitchen supervisor by the time he was 18. When the opportunity came to travel the world as a sous chef on a luxury yacht, Schwenk hopped on board and received training from a Le Cordon Bleutrained chef. After a whirlwind experience at sea, he returned to Coeur d’Alene and eventually became executive chef of Beverly’s. In 2015, Schwenk was encouraged to apply at the newly bought Kalispel Golf Course and has been at 1898 Public House ever since. His speciality is taking classic dishes and giving them a new twist with Asian fusions and local ingredients. A personal favorite of the chef is charcuterie, a love that comes from his grandfather who was a butcher in Portland for 50 years.

FEATURED DISH: Ahi Poke Tuna ($18); avocado, cucumber, wasabi aioli, soy glaze, crunchy garlic, ginger HOW IT’S MADE: It all begins with a PVC pipe. “I wanted to make it visually appealing by stacking it in a tower in a mold,” Schwenk says. “What we do is we take avocado and put that in the bottom and we take the diced tuna and layer that with diced cucumber and then

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more tuna and then we put it in a PVC pipe mold and then when the order comes in we put it on the plate and unmold it so it is a tower.”

Another unique aspect of the dish is a cloud of wasabi on the side, made of heavy cream and wasabi paste put into a foamer. More hints of heat are present in a wasabi aioli, along with a soy glaze for dipping.

Crunchy dehydrated garlic and a spicy Thai vinaigrette,

OUR THOUGHTS: You’ll have hard time digging your fork in and mixing together this carefully plated dish.

Once you do, the spiciness of the wasabi mixes in with the melt-in-your-mouth ahi tuna and cool cucumber.

Other elements of contrast are present in the softness of the avocado and tuna combined with the crunch of dehydrated garlic. The wasabi cloud tastes like whipped cream with a bite to it. Sit next to the floor-to-ceiling windows in 1898 Public House’s dining room overlooking the golf course for good lighting to snap the ultimate food Instagram pic before diving in.

CHEF’S LOCAL DINING RECOMMENDATIONS: Syringa Sushi (1401 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene; see page 12), Capone’s Pub & Grill (751 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene), Midtown Bluebird (816 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene) — MICHAELA MULLIGAN

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Vegan Visuals Syringa Sushi 1401 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene Executive Chef Viljo Basso Instagram: @syringasushi ABOUT THE CHEF: “After growing up in restaurants and doing just about every type of eatery, my personal specialty would have to be Asian food, in particular Japanese. I am going on 28 years of cooking Japanese food now and I think that influence shows itself in all the food that I make. I love that you can get complex flavors out of very simple ingredients: soy, mirin, ginger, onion, garlic, and a simple dashi can make so many things.”

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FEATURED DISH: Vegan tomato poke (by request only), $10 HOW IT’S MADE: Avocado is sliced thin and arranged into a ring, into which is placed a salad of mixed greens topped by tomatoes, onion, garlic, ginger, green onion, wakame (seaweed), takuan (pickled daikon radish), salt and pepper, soy and housemade togarashi spice. It’s garnished with chive oil and micro greens.

CHEF’S THOUGHTS: “Over the past several years we have noticed more vegetarian requests and have been playing around with different versions of our menu items,” Basso says. Although not on the menu, this is Basso’s go-to dish for people requesting vegetarian or vegan items.

“Where we live, we are blessed that we have farmers bringing in fresh organic vegetables, which we get to play with. The tomatoes give it a sweet and acidic flavor. You get the creaminess from the avocado and the brightness from the onions, a little earthy from the garlic and ‘umami’ from the soy marinade that everything is mixed with. To top it off, the chive oil gives it a nice touch of green, earthy onion flavor. When we are plating, we always take into consideration the visual elements of the items of the dish we are trying to create.”

OUR THOUGHTS: There’s something about the contrast of reds, golds and green that’s really appealing, reminding me of both summer and the transition to fall. The dish looks small — a tidy stack of vegetables — yet is surprisingly filling as you unpack it from the ring of avocado. The avocado and tomato, when eaten together, mimic some of the mouthfeel of eating poke, yet lacking significant protein, this doesn’t feel like a substitute and really stands alone as a tasty dish. The dressing, including the togarashi, pulls it all together and gives just enough heat to cut the avocado and balance the tomatoes which, as an added bonus, vary in variety from acidic to sweet to mild.

CHEF’S LOCAL DINING RECOMMENDATIONS: Franklin’s Hoagies (501 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene) and Honey Eatery (317 E. Sherman Ave., CdA), 315 Martinis & Tapas (315 E. Wallace Ave., CdA), Porch Public House (1658 E. Miles Ave., Hayden), Ruins (825 N. Monroe) and Gordy’s Sichuan Cafe (501 E. 30th Ave.) — CARRIE SCOZZARO

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Asian Inspiration Umi Kitchen & Sushi Bar 1309 W. Summit Pkwy.

Bar Manager Colleen Early Instagram: @umispokane

it and gives it a freshness. … People think tequila and summer, but going with the [reposado] tequila that’s been barrel-aged balances it out a little bit, and the wood notes bring it into fall. Then you’ve got the orange juice, so you’ve got the citrus, and the way orange juice is sweet plays into this drink. So it really balances. You’ve got the vinegar, the juice and the tequila that’s been rested. It’s an easy drinking cocktail that has enough complexity to make it interesting.”

In terms of dishes that will pair well with the drink: “I think this would be great with sushi — sashimi, nigiri, the raw fish. This would be really nice and light next to them.”

ABOUT THE BARTENDER: “I’ve done a lot of basic bartending, and have loved getting to know regular clients and building a neighborhood crowd. I got an opportunity to work at Clover under Paul Harrington’s bar program there. … That afforded me the chance to learn classic cocktails, pre-Prohibition styles and proper techniques. I was with Clover for about five years and loved that experience so much. I got a really good bar education there. It was really fun to come [to Umi] and use my experience making quality cocktails, and using Asian inspiration in some of our signatures.”

FEATURED DRINK: Fujian ($9); barrel-aged reposado tequila, fresh-squeezed orange juice and a lychee berry shrub, shaken and poured over shaved black tea ice HOW IT’S MADE: The drink starts with reposado tequila — that’s tequila that has been barrel-aged — and fresh-squeezed orange juice. A shrub made of lychee berries, a tropical fruit that’s especially common in Chinese cuisine, is added, and the mixture is shaken with ice cubes. It’s then poured into a glass full of frozen black tea that’s put through a Hatsuyuki hand-cranked shaved ice machine, creating a sort of alcoholic Sno-cone. The

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drink is served with a straw and garnished with an edible flower. The frozen ice slowly melts as you drink it, infusing itself into the cocktail.

BARTENDER’S THOUGHTS: “Well, the shrub is interesting, because it’s equal parts sugar and vinegar, and I think the vinegar has a palate-cleansing quality to

OUR THOUGHTS: Because of the tequila, your mind might jump right to “margarita” when you first start sipping the Fujian. But the flavors are a lot more playful and unpredictable than that. It has a citrusy sweetness to it, but the subtle sourness of the lychee shrub (which actually tastes pretty good on its own) cuts through the more saccharine notes that OJ can sometimes have. As Early describes, the shaved ice presentation might make you think the Fujian is a bright, summer cocktail, but the dark, woody undertones of the reposado tequila round out the flavor profile. And yes, it’s very easy to drink.

RECOMMENDED LOCAL DRINK SPOTS: The Tiny Tiki (307 W. Second), Ruins (825 N. Monroe), Bon Bon (926 W. Garland) — NATHAN WEINBENDER

Pretty Pictures Inlander picks for local restaurants you need to follow on Instagram (and eat at, too)

In the present social media age, it’s never been easier for a restaurant owner or chef to share their beautiful and flavorful culinary creations with locals and the world. For palate-whetting inspiration on your next stop for drinks and/or dinner, consider the eight regional eateries listed below, along with all the other restaurants featured in this year’s Dining Out guide. (CHEY SCOTT)

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bistrolatah Blackened pork tenderloin, spiced jasmine rice, garlic green beans, roasted poblano and corn relish, killer chimichurri.

filet mignon with arugula artichoke pesto, mashed potatoes, smoked gorgonzola rosemary butter, balsamic reduction, garlic sauteed seasonal vegetables and fresh microgreens.

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fruit from the #moscowfarmersmarket topped with garden mint, local Woodland’s honey, and paired with rich vanilla bean pastry cream in a handmade tart shell.

Columbia River king salmon, wrapped in Jamon iberico de bellota, poached in olive oil, baby carrots, scarlet turnips, mussels, pork-mussel broth, fennel and sorrel.

plums, baby beets, heirloom tomato, herbs, flowers.

with Israeli couscous salad with roasted corn and tomatoes tossed in a lime vinaigrette.

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Stunning Sips Six cocktails that taste as good as they’ll look on your Instagram feed MEZCAL BLOOD & SAND $11 Mizuna, 214 N. Howard St., Spokane (no Instagram account) What’s in it: Xicaru mezcal, Luxardo cherry liqueur, blood orange juice, sweet vermouth, garnished with three Luxardo maraschino cherries What it looks like: You saw the name, right? Pinkish red and served straight up in a chilled martini glass.

What it tastes like: This is a bold drink that somehow manages to blend the sweetness of the blood orange juice with a sour cherry liqueur and smoky mescal to delicious effect. While you might think the flavors would clash, they instead work in perfect harmony.

Drink it with: The Mezcal Blood & Sand can certainly stand on its own either before or after dinner, but the citrus and mezcal (like tequila, made from agave plants, but definitely not the same thing) are fine matches for seafood and fish dotting the Mizuna menu, from the seared sea scallops ($34) to the sesame-crusted, seared ahi salad ($18.75 or $11.75). One of my favorite treats in Spokane is Mizuna’s house smoked trout bruschetta ($15.50) and sharing an order over one of these drinks makes for a delicious night out. (DAN NAILEN) 18 DINING OUT OCTOBER 4, 2018

SPOKANE 75 $10 Wild Sage Bistro, 916 W. Second Ave., Spokane Instagram: @wildsagebistro What’s in it: House-infused rosemary gin, fresh grapefruit and lemon, sparkling wine, crème de violette What it looks like: A celebration in a glass, thanks in no small part to the champagne flute and the presence of the effervescent sparkling wine. The citrus juices blend into a pleasing yellow, while the crème de violette seemingly sinks to the bottom of the glass, creating a subtle purple-ish base layer.

What it tastes like: It’s surprisingly complex considering its relatively simple makeup. The sparkling wine floats on top of the other ingredients and its sweetness is the first note to register. The gin and citrus are a natural blend and certainly dominate the proceedings until the crème de violette arrives with the last couple sips.

Drink it with: Given that gin is the star of the Spokane 75, with solid assists from the bright sparkling wine and citrus, you’ll want to lean on seafood options for the best results. Wild Sage Bistro has some excellent options, including the Northwest seafood louie ($29), loaded with poached shrimp, Dungeness crab and smoked salmon along with the crunchy romaine lettuce. The fresh Alaskan halibut ($34) is another good bet (isn’t it always?), its pesto and white balsamic reduction intermingling nicely with the flavors in the Spokane 75. (DAN NAILEN)

BLOODY MARY $6, WITH SHRIMP $1 Cricket’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 424 E. Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene Instagram: @cricketscda What’s in it: House-made mary mix, salt (rim), garnish: celery, cocktail onion, pickled bean, lemon, lime, choice of vodka, shrimp (optional) What it looks like: Like a tall glass of tomato juice dressed in its Sunday going-to-town hat, which is appropriate because on Sundays, this beverage is only $4.

What it tastes like: Spicy, zesty and bright, just the way a bloody mary should taste, yet with the added bonus of plenty to nibble on as you drink it, or — we’ve seen it done — after you’ve let the pickled and preserved items pickle a little more in the bottom of your glass.

Drink it with: Tomato products and seafood are a natural pairing so try the pan-fried oysters ($15) or fish tacos ($11). Knowing that the tomato cuts the heaviness of some dishes, it’s a good balance to the rich “big kid” mac n’ cheese with prime rib, bacon and Gorgonzola gratinée ($19). (CARRIE SCOZZARO) WATER LILY $10 Clover, 913 E. Sharp Ave., Spokane Instagram: @cloverspokane What’s in it: Gin, crème de violette, triple sec, lemon juice

What it looks like: This beautiful lavender-hued drink looks like something out of a fairy tale story, like if Alice in Wonderland’s cast of characters gathered for cocktail hour instead of a tea party. The distinct purple color comes from crème de violette, a sweet, floral liqueur flavored from violets. Shaken with equal parts gin, lemon juice and triple sec, the normally deep purple liqueur is diluted into a soft, opaque tone.

What it tastes like: This delightful blend of botanical, citrus and sweet floral notes is, as expected, simultaneously tart, sweet and crisp without being overbearing. If you like other classic gin-based cocktails with a citrusy tang — like the Aviation (nearly identical in its ingredients list, but here swapping triple sec for maraschino liqueur) or the Corpse Reviver No. 2 — the Water Lily is definitely another to add to your list.

Drink it with: The Water Lily’s sweet and tart palette pairs well with many different dishes, but we think especially so as both a complement and contrast to seafood and fresh greens.

Sip it alongside a first course of Dungeness crab, arugula and artichoke dip ($14), the shrimp and polenta ($14) or the Clover house salad ($9), a blend of mixed greens with pecorino romano cheese, spiced candied pecans and a citrus vinaigrette.

(CHEY SCOTT)

OLD FASHIONED $12 Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy., Spokane Instagram: @thewanderingtable What’s in it: Four Roses bourbon, maraschino cherry and blood orange liqueurs, bruleed orange What it looks like: What you might expect. A warm, light amber drink with a skewer of candied orange and dark maraschino cherry served over a gentleman’s cube in (what else?) an old fashioned glass.

What it tastes like: Not all old fashioneds are treated equally, of course, and Wandering Table’s is on the sweeter side of things, but not cloyingly so. And it goes down easier R E S TAU R A N T the longer you sip it. The orFINDER ange slice — which is toasted Looking for a new place to with a brulee torch before eat? Search the region’s it’s served to you — has a most comprehensive bar browned, candied texture, and restaurant guide at and though it might seem like Inlander.com/places. just a garnish, it adds a welcome acidic bite to the drink.

Drop that maraschino cherry (which is marinated in-house) into the glass, too, for another pop of flavor.

Drink it with: Wandering Table’s manager Nicole Seaman says the old fashioned pairs well with the popcorn cauliflower ($11), which offers a nice, spicy contrast to the sweetness of the cocktail. The duck carnitas ($16), with the tang of watermelon kimchi and pickled onion, are also a match made in heaven.

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Honey Eatery & Social Club, 317 E. Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene Instagram: @honeyeatery What’s in it: Gin, lemon, honey, egg white, orange bitters and soda, garnished with Bordeaux-soaked cherries What it looks like: Matching the restaurant’s theme, this shaken drink is a light honey color, topped with a head of frothy egg white.

What it tastes like: If you’re someone who normally shies away from gin, consider this a good introduction back into that flavor profile. The sometimes polarizing liquor is beautifully paired with just enough sweetness from the honey and a slight citrus bite from the lemon to make for a perfect light and refreshing drink, with no pine tree aftertaste to be found.

Drink it with: This light, citrusy drink can pair well with many of the sweet and spicy items on the menu, from the crispy fried garbanzo beans, tossed in sweet and spicy seasonings and topped with honey ($4) to the cedar roasted steelhead, brined in honey-soy and served with apple slaw, curry aioli and potato cake ($14). (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) n

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Visit a Soup for the Soul restaurant this month and help bring art therapy to local hospital patients: • Backyard Bar 1811 W Broadway Ave, Spokane

• Morty’s Tap & Grille*

• The Barrel Steak & Seafood House*

• Prohibition Gastropub 1914 N Monroe St, Spokane

6404 N Wall St, Spokane

• Fieldhouse Pizza & Pub (2 locations)* 4423 W Wellesley Ave, Spokane & 1235 North Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake

• The High Nooner (4 locations)

Downtown, Court House, Northside & Spokane Valley

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• The Café at Providence Sacred Heart

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• Remedy Kitchen + Tavern 3809 S Grand Blvd, Spokane

• Screaming Yak* 118 W Francis Ave, Spokane

• Take 5/Café Fresca

• Selkirk Pizza & Tap House*

• Little Garden Café

• Something Else Deli

Providence Holy Family Hospital

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• MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub 2910 E 57th Ave, Spokane - South Hill

• MAX at Mirabeau

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152 S Sherman St, Spokane

• Steelhead Bar & Grille*

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• St. Luke’s – Waterfall Café

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1100 N Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley

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ARBOR CREST WINERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

THE BLACK DIAMOND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

CASPER FRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

THE CHALET RESTAURANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CLOVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

COCHINITO TAQUERIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO: - CHINOOK: STEAK, PASTA & SPIRITS - RED TAIL BAR & GRILL - SWEETGRASS CAFE - TWISTED EARTH GRILL - HIGH MOUNTAIN BUFFET - NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE - HUCKLEBERRY DELI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17

DAS STEIN HAUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

DE LEON’S TACO & BAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DIDIER’S YOGURT & MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

DRAPER VALLEY FARMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DURKIN’S LIQUOR BAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

FARMHOUSE KITCHEN & SILO BAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 FERRARO’S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

FERY’S CATERING & TAKE OUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

FIVE GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

GILDED UNICORN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

HERITAGE BAR & KITCHEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

INCREDIBURGER & EGGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

KABOB HOUSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

LAGUNA CAFE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

LOGAN TAVERN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

LOST BOYS GARAGE BAR & GRILL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

LUIGI’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MADELEINE’S CAFE & PATISSERIE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MARYHILL WINERY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MAX AT MIRABEAU RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MOVIEandDINNER - NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO �������28

NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

THE OBSERVATORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

PARK LODGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 REMEDY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SOUTH HILL GRILL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

SWEETO BURRITO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

THE SWINGING DOORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

VINE & OLIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

THE WANDERING TABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

THE YARDS BRUNCHEON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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CULTURE | DIGEST

Rocktober Goes to 11!

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BY BILL FROST

fter Zeptember comes Rocktober — not, repeat, not, Trucktober or any other “-tober” extrapolation. Those are consumer mind-control operations perpetuated by the Deep State, aka the alien lizard people who run the planet. If you listened to my short-wave radio show you’d know this already.

The rock ’n’ roll TV series has been attempted often, but few crack the two-season mark. Which makes sense, because rock that goes on and on just devolves into “progressive” or “jam” subgenres (both also evil creations of the lizard people), and no one needs that.

Rock ’n’ roll series to stream in honor of Rocktober: Metalocalypse (Seasons 1-4 on Amazon and iTunes) One of the rare exceptions to the two-season rule, Metalocalypse chronicled the exploits of death metal superstars Dethklok. The band members may be morons, but they rule the world and throw down insanely brutal grooves that concert attendees only occasionally survive. The heaviest show ever.

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THE HUMAN BACONATOR Comedian Jim Gaffigan is coming to town, and if you have any questions about how popular his everyman-who-loves-to-eat persona is, please note that he’s headlining the Spokane Arena, just like Metallica and Carrie Underwood.

Wow. Tickets for the April 28, 2019, show go on sale Friday and range from $36-$60, available via TicketsWest outlets and at the arena box office. (DAN NAILEN)

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The number of screens at the new Movie and Dinner, the restaurant/ lounge/theater adjacent to Northern Quest Resort & Casino opening Friday.

Visit movieanddinner.com for all the deets on the spot promising a new experience for Spokane movie lovers.

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (Seasons 1-2 on Hulu) Denis Leary’s 2015-16 comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is the Spinal Tap-esque tale of the Heathens, a notoriously volatile ’90s rock band who released their debut album and broke up on the same day. Twenty-odd years later, they reform with the help of Leary’s young rocker daughter (Elizabeth Gillies); egomaniacal hilarity ensues.

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Oct. 5. To wit: ATMOSPHERE, Mi Vida Loca. The Minneapolis hiphop crew’s lyricist Slug gets political on the new set.

CAT POWER, Wanderer. The singer-songwriter’s first album since an ugly split from Matador Records.

ERIC CHURCH, Desperate Man. A country dude willing to stand up to the NRA? Probably worth a listen.

PHOSPHORESCENT, C’est La Vie. Five years between Phosphorescent albums is way too long.

STEVE PERRY, Traces. The former Journey man is back for the first time in, like, decades.

TWENTY ONE PILOTS, Trench. The duo’s first album in three years will undoubtedly lead to them headlining most of 2019’s summer festivals. (DAN NAILEN)

Vinyl (Season 1 on HBO Go and Amazon) One-season wonder Vinyl presented a skewed dramatization of New York’s ’70s rock scene that didn’t quite nail the take — even with Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter and Mick Jagger producing, it wasn’t excessive enough. It’s still a fun ride, with faux New York Dolls and Velvet Underground stand-ins and glimpses of the Boogie Nights greatness that could have been.

Flight of the Conchords (Seasons 1-2 on HBO Go and Amazon) After 22 perfect episodes between 2007 and 2009, New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie quit their very-loosely-autobiographical HBO series Flight of the Conchords because writing music and comedy was too much work — what do you people expect of a musical comedy duo? Kanye could only dream of creating a jam like “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros.”

Yacht Rock (Season 1 on YouTube) In the mid-2000s, hipsters and music snobs alike were held rapt by Yacht Rock, a 12-episode mockumentary tribute to ’70s/’80s SoCal soft rock. Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins, Toto, the Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, the Eagles and even Van Halen are recreated (intentionally terribly); despite the grainy 2005 resolution, Yacht Rock is still vitally important. Just ask Weezer. n

WAKEY WAKEY… We can all be anxious and confused again, because the freakishly hilarious and mind-bending web series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is coming back! And this time, it’s said to be coming to TV. The show posted a 30-second video on YouTube titled “Wakey Wakey…” filled with neverseen-before clips. If you aren’t familiar, previous episodes have focused on themes such as time, creativity and love — always with a disturbing twist. Think of Sesame Street, but on really bad drugs. (QUINN WELSCH)

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CULTURE | SKATING

Concrete Evidence

FROM LEFT: Nathan “Ope” Baker and Jason “Jay” Olsen; Jay carving the bowl.

Revamped Coeur d’Alene skatepark highlights collaboration and community

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

T

he sign on the construction fence promises “Good Times Coming Soon” and sure, if your idea of a good time involves a little face-to-face with the asphalt on occasion, you’re in the right place. Yet for many involved in Coeur d’Alene’s newly revamped skatepark and BMX freestyle spot, it’s way more than a place to gather, grind some rails and have a few laughs.

When it opens Oct. 6, the wedge-shaped span of concrete along Northwest Boulevard and Garden Avenue will fill a widening niche; more than 11 million people skateboard worldwide.

And call it a global seal of approval: skateboarding makes its debut at the 2020 summer Olympics.

The park, which spans 17,000 square feet, also represents an innovative and evolving collaboration between the city and a loose coalition of local skateboarders, including the North Idaho Skate Park Association (NISPA, formerly CdaSk8Park), which was heavily involved in planning the new park. It’s a significant upgrade from the prior park, actually a mashup of ramps and other features cobbled together since 1995 and replaced or added to in dribs and drabs, including by the city.

In 2017, as the Four Corners area was developed — across from Memorial Park, it includes Memorial Field, the carousel, pickleball courts, a playground and pavilion — the skatepark was demolished with plans for a from-scratch facility.

“When we first started our group — me and Ope [Nathan Baker] and some other guys — we were the go-to,” says NISPA member Jason “Jay” Olsen, who was stoked to work with the city’s Parks and Rec Department. After gathering input from skaters, NISPA created a short list of contractors, including Grindline, whose legacy includes Spokane’s first skatepark in 1997 (later dubbed “Under the Freeway” and torn down in 2015).

The city went with Evergreen which, like Grindline, comprises people who skate first, pour concrete later. “They offered more for the same price and unique features that fit the budget,” says Olsen.

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The “flow bowl,” for example, is like an underground pool with a topside ledge and interior moguls or “pump bumps” embedded in the bowl. The plaza-like design allows multiple traffic patterns simultaneously, combining concrete ramps, rails, etc., of varying degrees of difficulty, with green space and other areas for people to watch.

“We give [skaters] what they’re attracted to naturally,” says Baker, a local business owner and father of two who, like many in NISPA, has raised a generation of skaters. “I’m working on my granddaughter,” he says, smiling.

Olsen, who figures he’s been boarding since he was 10 — he’s now 45 and a father of four — also sees opportunities in the new skatepark. The “skatepark effect,” he says, is a lesson in community, where like-minded people can gather, share information, learn about the sport and each other. NISPA will continue advocating for the sport through workshops and events, including the park’s opening, which features gear giveaways, live music, local and regional boarders and a special appearance by Mike “Mike V” Vallely, a multifaceted pro skateboarder, wrestler, stuntman, actor and the latest lead singer of punk band Black Flag.

There’s another benefit to skateboarding, says Olsen. “It creates a huge amount of resilience,” he says, describing the patience, tenacity and endurance it takes to defy gravity on a flexing surface 7-10 inches wide and less than a half-inch thick. You learn from failure, says Olsen, who says he applied those lessons to his own career as a designer.

For Parks and Rec’s trails coordinator Monte McCully, the park is one more way to enjoy Coeur d’Alene. “The whole thing — not just the skatepark, but the whole park — is meant to be beautiful.” n Coeur d’Alene Skatepark Opening • Sat, Oct. 6, 10 am-dusk • Free • 480 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene

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CDA ARTIST & SKATEBOARDER COMBINES PASSIONS Ryan Allen remembers asking his father for a longboard and what he got was a lesson in building one. The task suited young Allen, who uses the boards — mostly birch — as a canvas for his pyrographic illustrations. Burned into the surface of the deck with a tool similar to a soldering iron, Allen then tints the image with oil or acrylic paint. Although he does custom orders, his favorite themes are inspired by the outdoors and animals — an owl taking a fish, a Tolkienesque tree, a rising trout.

“I think most of it is a reflection of what I see in nature,” says Allen, an avid fisherman who keeps two fly rods and waders in his rig at all times.

Allen built and embellished boards through college, launching NoHo Board Company upon returning home to Coeur d’Alene, featuring his custom boards ($200-600), as well as original artwork and brand swag.

When he’s not skating or fishing, he’s working on his next art piece like the new work showing at Whistle Punk Brewing in Spokane Oct. 12-26. Visit nohoboardco.com to see his work.

— CARRIE SCOZZARO

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uring the 2018-19 Spokane Symphony season, five candidates to take over for Eckart Preu as music director will lead shows at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. As they do, we’ll be asking them a few questions to get to know them a little better.

We start with Morihiko Nakahara, the symphony’s current resident conductor, who will take the baton for this weekend’s program, “The Red Violin.”

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INLANDER: MOZART OR MAHLER? MORIHIKO NAKAHARA: Great question, and a nearly impossible one to answer since they are two of my favorite composers. If I had to choose one, though, I would go with Mozart. It was his music (Piano Concerto No. 22) that first opened my eyes (ears) to classical music. Also, the art of interpreting and performing Mozart’s music well is a lifelong process for any musician.

WHICH ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENT HAS THE MOST SEX APPEAL? This might sound like some kind of a sick joke, but viola. It’s my wife’s primary instrument, and that’s how we met nine years ago.

YOU’RE HOLDING A PRICELESS, IRREPLACEABLE STRADIVARIUS AND SURROUNDED BY HUNGRY LIONS. YOU: a) Play a selection by, say, Brahms or Sibelius, using mellifluous music to soothe the savage beasts. b) Play a selection by Schoenberg, using atonality to drive them away. c) Use the violin’s bow to deliver a series of ninja-like knockout moves that stun the lions long enough for you to escape. d) Stand very still and hope they’re just curious violin aficionados in very authentic lion suits. e) Other: ______________________ B, and if that doesn’t scare them away, I’ll try C.

First Friday, October 5 Morihiko Nakahara will wield the baton this weekend.

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ment, since I absolutely love what I do and I feel I can still get much better at it, but I’ve had secret ambitions to either open a shochu izakaya (Japanese style pub specializing in cuisine and shochu from my hometown of Kagoshima), or work as a MLB (major league baseball) scout in Japan.

YOUR GUILTIEST PLEASURE? I don’t consider myself a serious gamer, but if I don’t exercise some discipline I can easily stay up all night playing The Witcher 3, or better yet, my all time favorite Japanese game Nobunaga no Yabou (Nobunaga’s Ambition). Since I can’t afford to lose too many hours to these games during the season, I usually end up watching Japanese TV online to decompress after rehearsals.

YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH ON WHY EVERYONE SHOULD COME SEE “THE RED VIOLIN” CONCERT: If you have never been to one of our concerts at the Fox or to any orchestra concert, this weekend’s program is a perfect gateway concert. Experiencing the dramatic and Romantic sweep of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth live is so vivid in comparison to recordings. Tan Dun’s music shows the fun and unexpected side of classical music, and Elizabeth Pitcairn’s virtuosity with the incredible intrigue of her violin is a must hear/see. n

IF YOU WEREN’T INVOLVED IN MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY, YOU’D BE DOING: I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life at the mo-

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BEER

Staying on Top of Taps A peek at the latest craft beer happenings in North Idaho, from Sandpoint to Moscow and the Silver Valley

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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t seems like every other week there’s mention of a new brewery in North Idaho, which has consistently been home to clusters of brewing operations in and around four main areas: Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, the Silver Valley and Moscow.

The region is fast catching up to its beer-loving neighbors in Eastern Washington.

Sandpoint, for example, officially added one new brewery recently, and has another in the works. Located in a turn-of-the-century blacksmith’s building, UTARA BREWING (214 Pine St.) pairs Indian cuisine with beer in an industrial-yet-welcoming space.

“We’ve branded ourselves as a British pub because ale and curry is a common pairing found anywhere in England or their colonies,” says David Kosiba, formerly Laughing Dog’s brewmeister.

He and partner Christina Stechner, who interned at the famed Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, India, have recently released four beers: Two Mouths Pale Ale, Maiden Rock IPA, Pine Street Porter and an amber called Painted Pachyderm California Common.

Those four will soon be joined by a double IPA. By then, the kitchen should be complete, allowing a slow roll-out of appetizers in October, like papadums, crisp wafers made from nutty chickpea flour, and thick-cut fries, eventually working into a full menu.

Also in Sandpoint, MATCHWOOD BREWING (513 Oak St.) plans to open this fall; its owners are currently aiming for the end of October. Founded by husbandand-wife team of Kennden Culp and Andrea Marcoccio, Matchwood plans to feature lo-

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cally sourced menu items served alongside English and American IPAs, a kids’ play area and a community room for large gatherings.

Located in Athol, and roughly halfway between Sandpoint and Coeur d’Alene, BENT TREE BREWING is also expecting to open this fall, offering appointment-only tastings and growler fills.

“We are looking into various community events where we can offer our beers to the public and are also exploring ideas like a weekly growler club,” says Janet Pegg, who started the brewery with husband Steve Pegg.

In addition to brewing traditional American styles and a few experimental recipes, they’ll be specializing in barley wines and high-alcohol beers, as well as offering home-brewing classes.

Heading south on Highway 95, make a stop at KILTED GROWLER TAP HOUSE (8160 N. Cornerstone Dr., Hayden) for fills of local and regional beers and ciders, including brews from MickDuff’s and One Tree Cider House, as well as a modest wine list. Lively and festive, this Scots-themed joint regularly features live music, bingo night, sports specials and the like.

David Kosiba (left) celebrates after Utara Brewing’s opening day.

Hayden is also the future home of TRAILS END BREWING, which is slated to open in 2019. Owners Kirk Chaffin and Jeanine Raymond plan to offer wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza and an assortment of beers in their dog-friendly, 15-barrel brewery.

If you drive by PARAGON BREWING (5785 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene), take note of recent progress on the forthcoming brewery operation adjacent to the pub, which opened in 2014 with a British-inspired menu and serving other regional brewery’s offerings.

“Construction is halfway completed,” say owners Chris and Kerry Kieres. “We are hoping to be in production by the end of the year.”

Elsewhere in Coeur d’Alene, SLATE CREEK (1710 N. Fourth St.) has released its first beer brewed under new ownership. The 6 Weight IPA is a traditional American IPA coming in at 6.3 percent alcohol-by-volume.

North Idaho’s brewing progress doesn’t stop in Coeur d’Alene. Head further south on Saturday, Oct. 13 to the Latah County Fairgrounds in Moscow to enjoy BREWERS FEST, a dual fundraiser for the annual county fair and United Way, featuring local faves like Moscow Brewing Company. Also just west of Coeur d’Alene, in Post Falls, is a planned new location for the FILLING STATION ON 5TH (current location at 501 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene), slated to open later this fall.

East of there in the Silver Valley’s historic town of Wallace, CITY LIMITS PUB & GRILL is also hosting Oktoberfest on Oct. 13, featuring its own NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAIN BREWERY (108 Nine Mile Rd., Wallace). Have a beer or a bite, then stick around town, where local blues favorite Sammy Eubanks rocks the Eagles Club for only $10. n

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by Storm A new Spokane Valley bar offers a vibrant, fresh energy

BY ALLA DROKINA

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orm Thomson’s boat is called the Normally Shipfaced, so when it came to naming his and wife Carrie Thomson’s new bar in Spokane Valley, Stormin’ Norman’s Shipfaced Saloon was a no-brainer.

Replete with sea animals painted on the ceiling, oars arrayed around a boat-shaped bar and red lip-shaped urinals from Europe, the new joint gives off cheeky, nautical and fun vibes. The building itself is hard to miss even as traffic zips by on Trent; it’s painted a bright red color and bears the bar’s name across an awning in huge white letters.

“The boat’s Shipfaced, we might as well make our bar Shipfaced,” chuckles Norm.

Stormin’ Norman’s is family-friendly during the day, opening at 8 am daily to serve breakfast and mimosas, with 10 house blends, like the Mermaid Mimosa ($13), a concoction of Midori, pineapple, Blue Curacao, Prosecco and pineapple garnish.

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The breakfast menu consists of traditional morning staples, like egg sandwiches ($10), omelettes ($10), biscuits and gravy ($8) and sides, yet Norm raves about what he calls his “World Famous Fireball French Toast” ($13). Yes, that’s French toast fried with Fireball liquor to give it a kick.

“Even people in Ireland know about it,” Norm says of the fiery meal. “Because when I was in Ireland, I told them about it myself,” he jokes.

The lunch and dinner menu offers pub fare like burgers ($9-$11), fish and chips ($14) and pizza ($9-$15), among other dishes. The restaurant’s fettuccine alfredo ($10.50) and meaty spaghetti ($12) were inspired by cuisine the couple enjoyed during travels in Spain. Happy hour runs daily from 3-7 pm.

Activities offered at Stormin’ Norman’s reflect the Thomsons’ fun-loving nature. On Friday and Saturday nights, people can sing their lungs out at karaoke. Carrie

says a live DJ gets people dancing, and they’ll often open the patio door so there’s more room for everyone.

For cerebral partiers, Wednesday night offers pub trivia. For the brave of heart is a challenge called the “101 Shots Club,” as advertised on a neon sign above the bar. Contestants can sign up anytime, but the current challenge ends on Feb. 7. The bar caps the number of shots from the list at five per day; anyone who can check off the entire list of 101 shots each season is considered a winner, eligible for a range of prizes. Shots on the list include “Buffalo Sweat,” Tabasco and 151-proof rum, and “The Three Wisemen”: Jim, Jack and Jose.

With 20 television screens inside for sports viewing, plenty of parking for bikers, and more than 16 beer taps, Stormin’ Norman’s caters to a wide demographic.

A stage in the bar’s parking lot hosts its summer concert series of once-monthly shows from May to October. The owners aim to bring in older, well-known rock bands to keep drawing a crown. Steppenwolf played on Sept. 15.

The Thomsons, who themselves met at a bar in Spokane 25 years ago, finished renovating the bar in 85 days, only keeping the dance floor from what used to be known as the Valley Bar. The grand opening in early August drew nearly 400 people, so when asked about their goals for the bar, the couple sound confident.

“We want to iron out all the kinks that naturally come when you first open a business and just keep doing what we’re doing. I’m pretty happy with the way things are going,” says Carrie.

Norm chimes in: “We want it fun, and we want it happy.” n Stormin’ Norman’s Shipfaced Saloon • 12303 E. Trent • Open Sun-Wed, 8 am-midnight, Thu-Sat 8 am-2 am • 862-4852 • storminnormansshipfacedsaloon.com

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Burn Fast, Burn Bright Ethan Hawke’s musical biopic Blaze is an impressionistic tribute to a great lost talent

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was unfamiliar with country singer-songwriter Blaze Foley going into the film of his life, and I came away with respect for a craft I hadn’t known existed. Simply titled Blaze, it’s the fourth feature directed by Ethan Hawke, whose visual style and sense of storytelling channel the same hushed, quietly proficient tone that he brings to so many of his acting roles.

Hawke has recently gravitated toward portraits of artists and their processes: He profiled pianist Seymour Bernstein in a 2014 documentary and played troubled trumpeter Chet Baker in the unconventional biography Born to Be Blue (2016). At its core, Blaze follows the musical biopic formula: We meet the artist before they’re a star and we see them rise to fame (or, in this case, a modest level of recognition), but something happens that impedes their trajectory, and they either recover or everything ends in tragedy.

But watching Blaze, we get the sense that Hawke has studied that biopic blueprint and was determined to upend its conventions. Blaze hits a lot of the traditional biopic notes, but not necessarily in the manner or order we’ve come to anticipate. It’s far more impressionistic in approach, but we still get a clear sense of who Foley was, as an artist and as a man.

The film also has an advantage in that its subject is someone most people, even country music diehards, haven’t heard of. Foley’s story is new to us, though its details are not entirely anomalous. His career was brief

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but turbulent. He became totally consumed by booze and up being Foley’s last. Hawke’s camera floats around the drugs, which destroyed his marriage. He was poised for tavern, giving us glimpses into the mundane lives — the fame that never materialized. And he died in 1989 when bartenders, the waitresses, the dishwashers, the patrons — he was only 39, killed in the kind of drunken dispute that that just happened to intersect with Foley’s that evening. had become nightly occurrences for him.

What first seems like a showy stylistic device ends up Foley left behind a small body of work that was regrounding the film in a prosaic naturalism, reminding us vered by his contemporaries (Merle Haggard, John Prine that Foley’s life didn’t have the grand sweep of an epic; it and Lyle Lovett have covered him) but remains mostly was grubby and ordinary, and it ended in mid-verse. unknown to mainstream audiences. The movie funcFoley is played by Ben Dickey, an Arkansas-based tions, then, as both a primer and tribute to Foley’s work, folk musician who’s acting for the first time. It’s a rethough this is hardly a saintly portrayal. In fact, Foley is markable performance, not least because it’s from a newoften both the hero and the villain of his comer, but also because Dickey inhabits that own story, a man whose personal demons life so completely, making Foley a bear of a BLAZE assured that the stardom he reportedly man who’s both cuddly and volatile. And Rated R craved would always hover just beyond Alia Shawkat, who so rarely gets the chance Directed by Ethan Hawke his grasp.

Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, to do dramatic work, is very good as Foley’s Blaze is structured as a series of wife Sybil Rosen. She isn’t resigned to playCharlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton memories that come flooding back all ing the doting but miserable spouse role we at once, with two of Foley’s friends — harmonica player see in so many biopics about troubled male artists. (The Zee (Josh Hamilton) and songwriter Townes Van Zandt real Rosen co-wrote the script with Hawke.)

(Charlie Sexton, an uncanny lookalike) — traipsing It’s a relief, too, that Hawke allows Foley’s music to through anecdotes about Foley as a radio DJ (played by do most of the legwork, often letting his great songs play an off-screen Hawke) regales them with questions. These through from beginning to end. These long-forgotten recollections aren’t always in order and not always in elegies about the loneliness of the open road and the focus, but isn’t that how it is when we think back on a challenges of addiction are still potent and beautiful, and late friend’s legacy? as we get lost in them, we realize we’re watching a film In one of its nicest touches, the film keeps returning about the world of country music that plays out like a to a single night, a sleepy barroom gig that would end country song itself. n

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Late country musician Blaze Foley gets an unconventional biopic, a portrait of a great artist who lived fast and died young. Directed by Ethan Hawke and anchored by a terrific debut performance from Ben Dickey. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

I AM NOT A WITCH

A little girl in an African village is accused of practicing witchcraft in this strange, satirical and visually beguiling fable that mixes flights of fancy with very serious subject matter. At the Magic Lantern. (IH) Not Rated

SHINE

Set in Spanish Harlem, two Puerto Rican brothers — one clinging to the neighborhood’s culture, the other

gentrifying it — must prevent their family’s dance studio from closing.

(NW) Rated R

A STAR IS BORN

The fourth version of the classic ragsto-riches story sees Lady Gaga as a struggling cabaret singer and Bradley Cooper (who also wrote and directed) as the grizzled country star who wants to take her to the top. (NW) Rated R

VENOM

The latest Marvel property to get the big-screen treatment is that black, teeth-gnashing symbiote from the Spider-Man universe, which uses a disgraced journalist as a host body.

Odds are good you won’t understand a word Tom Hardy says. (NW) Rated PG-13

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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

CRAZY RICH ASIANS

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

EIGHTH GRADE

The directorial debut of comedian Bo Burnham is an empathetic comingof-age story about a teenage social

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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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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

HELL FEST

An attractive cast, a deranged killer and a traveling horror-themed amusement park give this flick a decent set-up, but it fails to conjure anything scary. Not even diehard slasher fans will find much to love. (DN) Rated R ...continued on next page

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Based on John Bellairs’ beloved book, a fantasy about an orphaned boy and his warlock uncle trying to stop an evil sorcerer’s doomsday clock. An odd duck of a children’s film, too goofy in some places and too scary in others. (NW) Rated PG

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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

JULIET, NAKED

An unfulfilled woman begins a correspondence with the reclusive singersongwriter her boyfriend is obsessed with. Adapted from a Nick Hornby novel. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

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From the creator of This Is Us, a smug, tone-deaf fable about boring people connected by fate over several generations. If aliens made a movie about human behavior, it’d look like this. (NW) Rated R

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A mystery told entirely through FaceTime calls and text conversations, as a concerned father (John Cho) tries to track down his missing teenage daughter using her laptop and social media accounts. More than just a clever conceit. (MJ) Rated PG-13

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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, kinky, stylish mystery anchored by two terrific performances. (NW) Rated R

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Based on the wild true story of a Detroit teenager who became the FBI’s youngest-ever informant, and later a cocaine kingpin. Well-acted, but dramatically and morally muddled. (NW) Rated R

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After her husband receives a Nobel Prize for literature, a doting housewife (Glenn Close) comes to terms with the significant contributions she has made to his work. An involving character study that unfolds like a mystery. (NW) Rated R n

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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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NIGHT SCHOOL

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Kevin Hart as a high school dropout getting his GED meets a ragtag night school crew and a teacher (Tiffany Haddish, the best thing here) who see through his boastful exterior. Can’t decide between slapstick farce or a PSA about learning disabilities. (DN) 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

PICK OF THE LITTER

Aka Awwww: The Movie, a documentary that follows a litter of Labrador puppies as they train to become seeing-eye dogs. Slight but undeniably sweet. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

THE PREDATOR

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

Shane Black’s attempt to refresh the action franchise mostly stumbles, save for a few memorable supporting characters. (JB) Rated R

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From director Jeremy Saulnier (the great Green Room), a real slow-burner in which a naturalist (Jeffrey Wright) is summoned to an Alaskan village where wolves have been killing children. Things get way weirder from there.

Save for one stunning, stomach-churning action-set piece, its disparate plot threads never come together. (NW) Not Rated

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I Am Not a Witch is strange, challenging, and ultimately beautiful

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ny cohesive film has a certain rhythm to They spend their free evenings either raucously it, and in the particular case of I Am Not a consuming the gin she brings back as rewards for Witch, the rhythm is weighty, tangible and her miraculous deeds, or trading bottles of it for multisensory. flashy wigs.

This internationally produced drama, the Yes, Shula seems used by just about everyone feature debut of writer-director Rungano Nyoni, who comes across her. Young actress Maggie opens with a lengthy shot onboard an African Mulubwa gives a performance that is largely tour bus set to Vivaldi’s “Winter,” and only gets nonverbal, but she is nonetheless a revelation. more stylistically striking and Shula is helplessly passive, jerked structurally unconventional from this way and that by the adult I AM NOT A WITCH forces that determine her fate. there. Soon, frames are freezing Not Rated without warning, and crowds When prompted, she usually Directed by Rungano Nyoni are exploding into cheers before foregoes the chance to speak out, Starring Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. being suddenly silenced. Such but her quietness is not aggraPhiri, Nancy Murilo startling moments are punctuated vating. Rather, Shula seems to by scenes wherein the camera understand a grave truth — that seems to be actively trying to hide its own exisher interjections could not possibly redirect the tence, sometimes lingering on one subject for an course of her unfortunate existence. And so, she uncomfortably long time. mostly watches, her piercing gaze conveying a For these reasons and more, I Am Not a Witch hefty emotional range. In many ways, this is a is a tough film to pin down. It tells a story about story told entirely through the reflections in this social oppression and the illusion of freedom, layyoung girl’s eyes. ing out a thinly veiled, deeply biting commentary Though Shula’s life is a mostly tragic affair, on a set of issues that are relevant all around the I Am Not a Witch is not a wholly morose viewing world. But the story is told through a very speexperience. The film tends to find humor in the cific lens: that of Shula, a quiet young Zambian small things: in the ridiculousness of the accusagirl unfairly accused of witchcraft. Nyoni appartion that Shula has poisoned a town’s water ently drew inspiration for the film from real-life source, the bumbling inability of Mr. Banda accusations of witchcraft in Zambia, but most of to bathe himself, and even the darkly amusing the details seem drawn in for thematic and stynecessity that the witches carry their unwieldy listic effect. For example, the witches are leashed spools with them wherever they go, lest their ties by billowy pink ribbons attached to great spools, be broken, turning them into goats. contrasting in stunning fashion with Zambia’s These scattered instances of comedy are not dry, desert-y expanse. enough to make I Am Not a Witch a fun watch.

After the accusations are leveled against The film’s offbeat sensibilities are bound to turn Shula, she is sent by the selfish municipal leader off some viewers, but it was quite obviously Mr. Banda to live with a local band of witches, never meant for mainstream audiences. It’s who are forced into a leashed, slave-like existence unusual for a multitude of reasons, bound for the for fear that they would take flight and wreak fringes of filmic appreciation just as the witches havoc if allowed to roam free. Banda quickly of its plot are forced onto the fringes of their takes to exploiting Shula’s apparent mystical society — a fittingly unusual film about unusual gifts for his own political and financial gain. At people. Those open to an experience that can be night, she is cast back to live with her own kind, jarring and blunt will find in this film an organic, and her companions don’t treat her much better. unignorable beauty. n

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An archival photo of the Makers, retro garage-rock practitioners who got their start right here in Spokane.

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“We’ve Always Been Trouble” An oral history of the Makers, 25 years after their debut LP Howl

BY CHRIS COYLE

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ot too long ago a patron of the bar I tend asked me, “What’s the best thing to come out of Spokane?” Without any hesitation — and not realizing he was setting up a joke — I remarked, “the Makers.”

I ruined his joke, but he was happy about it.

For the record, the punchline to his question was “Interstate 90,” which actually pulled a legitimate “ha” out of me. (“That’s funny, man!”) However, instead of basking in the glory that comes with a charming one-liner earning

a laugh, the man was far more excited to start a conversation about his hometown’s legendary and remarkably brash rock ’n’ roll band.

The Makers’ ferocious incarnation of primitive punk may have very well put Spokane on the map for garage rock enthusiasts in the early ’90s. While the grunge infestation was nearing its climax west of the Cascades, the always dressed-to-kill Makers were on the eastern side of Washington state wailing away, celebrating the menac-

ing elements of punk rock to both friends and enemies.

The band’s immaculate channeling of sinister, no frills R&B regularly incited both rambunctious dancing and drunken fights at shows.

This year the band’s action-packed debut LP Howl turned 25 years old. To commemorate the monumental release, several people connected to the Makers’ early days have offered up their perspectives on the band, the album and the legacy left behind. ...continued on next page

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LEFT: The Makers perform at nYne Bar & Bistro during Volume 2013. RIGHT: 1993’s Howl and 1994’s The Devil’s Nine Questions.

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Michael Maker — vocals Donny Maker — bass Tim Maker — guitars (1991-1996) Jamie Maker — guitars (1996-present) Dave Crider — Estrus Records Art Chantry — graphic designer Jon Salvo — producer and engineer on Howl

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y 1992, Bellingham’s Estrus Records, operated by Mono Men singer/guitarist Dave Crider and his wife Bekki, had established a healthy catalog of garage, punk, trashy R&B and raw surf from bands like the Mummies, the Fall-Outs and (obviously) the Mono Men. The label also hosted an infamous, semiannual gathering dubbed “Garage Shock,” essentially serving as a weekend-long bender for bands from all over the world to exchange their loud nonsense with one another. The Cynics, Guitar Wolf, Dead Moon and Cheater Slicks are a handful of the Shock alumni.

DAVE CRIDER: A cassette was dropped into my guitar case at some point at a [Mono Men] show, and it was by a band called the Heymakers. There was no contact information on it or anything. So I listened to it, I really liked it, I said, “This is great,” but I had no way of reaching these people. This was pre-internet, so you couldn’t hop on your computer and search “the Heymakers” [laughs]. So, [I thought] maybe our paths will cross at some point. I believe it was at least a year, maybe longer, that [the Mono Men] were recording down at Egg [Studios] and somehow [the Heymakers] got brought up.

Scott McCaughey [of the Young Fresh Fellows] was there and said, “Oh, I know those guys!”

McCaughey would subsequently inform Crider the Spokanebased Heymakers had not only ditched the “Hey” from their name but also had actually been playing for quite some time — touring, in fact, in their 1965 Pontiac Bonneville hearse.

What both Crider and McCaughey recognized was that there was a distinct element of danger that came with the Makers and their music. While the widely accepted recipe of rehashing influences of the 1960s seemingly worked for revival acts like the Fuzztones, nostalgia alone could not wisp the Makers away from their dark surroundings. The distaste for the social limitations in a blue-collar city like Spokane was too real and too substantial to be ignored.

MICHAEL MAKER: We were people who were enamored with the past. That’s a dangerous thing because anything in other times seems better than what’s in front of you. We spent all of the ’80s and ’90s just trying to be in the ’60s. That makes what’s in front of you really pale in comparison. [The ’60s era] was such a vibrant and

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colorful time and it just can’t be matched.

JAMIE MAKER: The downtown [Spokane] clubs were full of cover bands — bands that were playing Top 40 whether it was actually pop or metal or whatever. It was just radio bands. There weren’t really any places for original bands to play.

DONNY MAKER: We wanted to be the fancy guys who were tough, like a gang almost. We had to fight. We had to fight hard because everyone was stuck in their ways in Spokane. When we played, people were kinda happy but also kinda scared.

TIM MAKER: We were listening to a lot of Animals, British Invasion blues stuff, and getting into a lot of the more obscure ’60s stuff like the Back from the Grave and Pebbles comps. There was a weird shop here, it was half porn shop, half record store called Bobo’s. [There would] always be something good playing when we’d go in there. Everything was really cheap so we spent a lot of time there getting records. … Everything you need in one place! But we were too young to go into the porn section at that point [laughs].

Equally as fascinated by the obscurities of the 1960s and punk ethos of the ’70s and ’80s was iconic Pacific Northwest graphic designer Art Chantry. A combo like the Makers represented a perfect match for Chantry. The Seattleite’s works have traditionally emphasized suggestive and vexing visual expressions caged by bold colors.

ART CHANTRY: [In the 1960s], so many bands released so many records during so short a period of time that nobody has ever managed to do a full accounting.

Even now, more and more lost singles are emerging in attics and thrift stores. The majority of these bands were literally practicing in their parents’ garage and playing local dances at the high school. They would manage to scrape up enough money to release a single… and that was that.

Most of them never got sold and [were] tossed out over time. That scratchy little 45 you found in a thrift store for 10 cents may be be the only surviving copy of that band’s single. And you know what? A huge number of those crummy little records we really good; wonderful bursts of pure punk mayhem. … They are truly amazing pieces of creative American culture. … The Makers’ entire effort is built around that music source. They avidly collected that stuff and listened and learned.

These guys were the savviest purveyors of mid-’60s teen-beat and garage-rock I had met. They were familiar with every single recording by every single band [and] were incredibly knowledgeable about American trash

culture. In fact, their appearance reminded me of ? and the Mysterians.

The recording session for Howl was done at Jellotree Studios, engineered by Jon Salvo. For the band, laying down tracks in the converted warehouse studio with a friend was an ideal setting for the type of noise that was to be tracked.

JON SALVO: I mic’ed the PA with an old Shure Vocal Master. … Since they all had vintage guitars and vintage amplifiers, I made sure that I used all vintage microphones. … It was a 16-track recording, but I don’t think we used all of the tracks.

MICHAEL MAKER: I wanted to sound like demo recording of a garage band. Not even an official release by an unknown garage band of the ’60s. I wanted to sound like their reel-to-reel demo before they went in and recorded their horrible, produced version that was to be released on a horrible, independent label for no one to ever hear [laughs]. I think it was impossible for anyone to understand that. All you could sometimes say was, “Just make us sound shitty.”

TIM MAKER: [Howl] was recorded in two or three days. … [The studio] was in a warehouse so there was a lot of natural reverb on there. On some songs Michael [sang] in the hallway to keep our PA from feeding back.

JON SALVO: There’s a shaker sound on the record.

It was actually a whiskey bottle full of popcorn. That was just this thing that they had with them.

Howl’s artwork, done by Chantry, yielded a high-contrast, black and red photo of the band underneath the album’s title. Using only black, red and yellow, the retro blend looks like an early Dave Clark Five album but with unavoidable peril.

ART CHANTRY: Howl in particular established the blueprint of my work for Estrus. Between the look and style of three specific bands on the label [like] the Mono Men, the Makers and Man or Astro-Man?, I built the retro-inspired look and postmodernist style of the that underground world. Granted, I didn’t do it all by myself; every project was a direct collaboration with Dave Crider and the band’s personalities themselves. Everything about a cultural scene is about community. That was something people like the Makers instinctively understood. Maybe it was because they grew up in a community like Spokane, where neighbors still worked together to accomplish important things.

Howl was also special because it was the crossover place between garage rock, grunge and beat culture. n For an extended oral history, visit Inlander.com.

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aryland-based Clutch has had a lot of labels thrown their way, from stoner-rock to psych-blues to hardcore — none of which would indicate a willingness to travel to Nashville to record because they loved the sound of country star Chris Stapleton’s records. Turns out it was a wise decision, because the band’s new Book of Bad Decisions, their 12th full-length, is a majestic slab of straightforward guitar rock that sounds amazing thanks to their work with Stapleton vet Vance Powell, who’s also recorded with White Stripes and Arctic Monkeys. Fifteen songs deep, and full of Neil Fallon’s majestic vocals, the new set will surely be the basis for a memorable Clutch live show.

— DAN NAILEN Clutch with Sevendust, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown • Sat, Oct. 6 at 7:30 pm • $32.50 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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

Thursday, 10/4

J J THE BARTLETT, Kikagaku Moyo, Weeed BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Assuming We Survive, Rivals, Riot Child, Elephant Gun Riot BOOMERS, Randy Campbell J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CORBY’S BAR, Steve Fleming THE CORK & TAP, Truck Mills CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave THE JACKSON ST., Songsmith Series J J JENSEN-BYRD BUILDING, Terrain Preview Night feat. Hoshin, Porter Ray, SassyBlack, Super Sparkle JOHN’S ALLEY, Hillstomp J J KNITTING FACTORY, Descendents, A Wilhelm Scream, Audio Karate J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny J THE PIN!, Revocation, Exhumed, Rivers of Nihil, Yautja RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Debrah Stark SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam J STEAM PLANT, Sharon Daggett THREE PEAKS KITCHEN + BAR, Dawna Stafford ZOLA, Blake Braley

Friday, 10/5

219 LOUNGE, The Hottman Sisters, Ruby Force, Kevin Dorin ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, KOSH BARRISTER WINERY, The Cronkites

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FOLK-POP WILD RIVERS

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ild Rivers’ name is nothing if not apropos.

The Toronto quartet’s music inspires, as is so often the case with evocative slices of Americana, images of rolling hills and verdant forests, of traipses through open wheat fields, of leaving town with all the windows down and the radio blasting. The glistening folk-pop of their most recent EP Eighty-Eight is tightly-crafted and controlled, with the back-and-forth vocals of songwriters Devan Glover and Khalid Yassein recalling everything from Fleetwood Mac to those James Taylor-Carly Simon duets. On top of that, it’s a perfect soundtrack for the newfound crispness of fall.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Wild Rivers with the Talbott Brothers • Fri, Oct. 5 at 8 pm • $10 advance, $12 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane. com • 747-2174 J J THE BARTLETT, Wild Rivers (see above), The Talbott Brothers BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, Bobby Patterson Band BOLO’S, My Own Worst Enemy BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BOOMERS, The Cruizers THE BULL HEAD, Children of Atom, Rusted Hand, Jacob Vanknowe Band THE BUZZ PIZZERIA, BAR AND LOUNGE, Dawna Stafford J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, B-Sharp CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Bob Beadling CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRUISERS, Washed in Black, Stargazer, RagBone, Undercard CURLEY’S, Dangerous Type DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave DOWNDRAFT BREWING, Ron Greene EICHARDT’S, Ron Kieper Jazz FARMHOUSE KITCHEN, Tom D’Orazi

FREDNECK’S, Just Plain Darin HILLS’ RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, Jazz Trio: Brent Edstrom, Eugene Jablonsky, Dan Keberle HOGFISH, The Otters IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Ben Olson & Cadie Archer J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Jessica Haffner IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Gigawatt THE JACKSON ST., Quaggadog, Nogunaso, Sciandra’s Game J J JENSEN-BYRD BUILDING, Terrain feat. WL, Chris Molitor, Laminates, Brook Gannon Trio, dee-em, The Emilys JOHN’S ALLEY, Hawthorne Roots J KNITTING FACTORY, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Dayseeker, Savage Hands, Moretta LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Kari Marguerite

LIBERTY LAKE WINE CELLARS, Scott & Kevin THE LIVING ROOM VINTAGE, Electronic Evenings w/Josh Gabriel, Dancing Mandy & Sub Teal MARYHILL WINERY, Larry Hirshberg MAX AT MIRABEAU, Kosta la Vista MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade MOOSE LOUNGE, Rewind MULLIGAN’S, Josh Field NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Scott Stevens; Smash Hit Carniva THE OBSERVATORY, Ranges, Man Mountain OUTLAW BBQ & CATERING MARKET, Songsmith Series feat. Clint Darnell PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Son of Brad PEND OREILLE PLAYHOUSE, Open Mic J THE PIN!, Palisades, Dayseeker, Savage Hands

RENEGADE BY MONTESCARLATTO, Nick Grow RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RIPPLES RIVERSIDE GRILL, Dragonfly SPOKANE VALLEY EAGLES, Honky Tonk a’ Go-Go THREE PEAKS KITCHEN + BAR, Dawna Stafford ZOLA, Loose Gazoonz

Saturday, 10/6

219 LOUNGE, Innasci ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Grand Avenue; KOSH BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Jimi Finn J THE BARTLETT, The Steel Wheels BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, Bobby Patterson Band THE BOARS NEST, David Reed BOLO’S, My Own Worst Enemy BOOMERS, The Cruizers CEDAR STREET BISTRO, Larry Mooney

J COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS, Just Plain Darin CURLEY’S, Dangerous Type DAN & JO’S BAR & GRILL, Usual Suspects GARAGELAND, Emo 2000: Round 4 THE GRAIN SHED, Feed the Soul Songwriter Series J HARVEST HOUSE, Nick Grow HOGFISH, Free the Jester, Undercard, Unconfined, InComing Days, Cigarette Machine HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB, Jan Harrison IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Justin Lantrip J IRON GOAT BREWING, Carey Brazil IRON HORSE (CDA), Gigawatt J THE JACKSON ST., Les Femmes Will Rock III feat. Heroes for Ghosts, Rachelle DeBelle & The Jamfest Miracles, Angela Marie Project, The Shrike THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, Clutch (see facing page), Sevendust, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Patrice Webb LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Mary Chavez

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MANITO TAP HOUSE, Chris Casserino MARYHILL WINERY, Into the Drift MAX AT MIRABEAU, Kosta la Vista MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Josh Field MOOSE LOUNGE, Rewind MULLIGAN’S, Kyle Swaffard NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Scott Stevens; Smash Hit Carnival PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Maya & Arthur Goldblum J THE PIN!, Catalyst, Die and Rise, Dysfunktynal Kaos POST FALLS BREWING, Son of Brad RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RIPPLES RIVERSIDE GRILL, Dragonfly THE ROXIE, Haley and the HitchHikers THREE PEAKS KITCHEN + BAR, Dawna Stafford THE VIKING, The Hottman Sisters WESTWOOD BREWING CO., Eric Neuhausser ZOLA, Loose Gazoonz

Sunday, 10/7

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Pamela Benton J THE BARTLETT, Greyhounds BLIND BUCK, Show Tune Sing-Along CRAVE, DJ Dave DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church Jam GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J HARVEST HOUSE, Just Plain Darin LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Nick Grow NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Scott Stevens

O’DOHERTY’S, Live Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Peter Lucht J SPOKANE ARENA, Shinedown, Godsmack, Asking Alexandria ZOLA, Lazy Love

RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S, Pat Coast THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Monday, 10/8

Wednesday, 10/10

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Open Mic CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills J THE PIN!, The Hottman Sisters, Ruby Force, Quaggadog, David Simmons RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 10/9

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, John Firshi J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of New Orleans feat. Hot Club of Spokane, Abbey Crawford, Jace Fogleman BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Another Lost Year, Sunflower Dead, The Jam Band, My Own Affliction, In Coming Days GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tues.

J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Aaron Lewis NORTHERN RAIL PUB, Nate Mays & Frankie Ghee THE OBSERVATORY, Musician’s Open Mic

BABY BAR, Choir Boy, Newman, S1ugs J J THE BIG DIPPER, Michale Graves, Argyle Goolsby & Nim Vind BLACK DIAMOND, Songsmith Series CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam Night GENO’S, Open Mic HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz & Whiskey HUMBLE BURGER, Avi Buffalo, Haunted Summer, Hallowed Oak THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J KNITTING FACTORY, Carly Pearce, Maddie & Tae, Tyler Rich, Travis Denning, Ryan Sims LOST BOYS’ GARAGE, Jazz Weds.

LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 THE OBSERVATORY, ManifestiV, Moonchlyd, Rosegarden Funeral Party OMEGA EVENT CENTER, Mizere, L-Mo 415, Fallen Fable J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), Just Plain Darin RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke J TWO SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSE, Matt Mitchell ZOLA, Cruxie

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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 • 381-5489 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 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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Terrain 11, on Thursday and Friday, is on a lot of locals’ to-do lists this weekend.

HECTOR AIZON PHOTO

ART SPO-CANVAS

If Spokane art lovers were only allowed to circle a single annual event on their calendars, the odds are good they’d pick Terrain. The once-a-year arts event, having just crossed the threshold of its first decade, is still going strong in terms of attendance and submissions, and this year’s event will feature 500 individual pieces from local artists. Beyond the visual art, you can also check out Literature Park, which will host readings by local authors and poets, and a diverse roster of live music — Friday night’s lineup includes Laminates, dee-em, Chris Molitor and Brotha Nature. Thousands of people typically show up to Terrain, so be sure to get there early to avoid the lines. Or attend the ticketed preview night ($25) on Oct. 4, which gets you advance access to all the art and lets you avoid the massive crowds.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Terrain 11 • Thu, Oct. 4, 6-11 pm, $25 • Fri, Oct. 5, 5 pmmidnight, free • All ages • Jensen-Byrd Building • 131 E. Main • terrainspokane.com

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MUSIC DO THE WAVE

COMEDY BOYS NIGHT OUT

Raga Tharanga: Melodious Waves • Sat, Oct. 6 at 6 pm • Free • All ages • Unity Spiritual Center • 2900 S. Bernard St. • 467-5558

Bro Dads with Harry J. Riley and Phillip Kopczynski • Sun, Oct. 7 at 7:30 pm • $8/$14 • 21+ • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

And now for something completely different from the typical weekend in our music community. The South Asia Cultural Association of Spokane is presenting a free night of Indian classical music, featuring five musicians of incredible skill playing a few instruments you probably won’t see utilized by your average bar band.

Raga Tharanga: Melodious Waves is the name of the show, and it features performers on sitar, violin, veena, table and mridangam.

There will be a light vegetarian dinner available for purchase before the show. While it’s free, you’ll need to RSVP due to limited seating by emailing sacaspokane@gmail.com.

— DAN NAILEN

Let’s start with the fact that Harry J. Riley (left) and Phillip Kopczynski (right) are two of the funniest members of Spokane’s comedy community, so seeing them together is always a treat. Then throw in that they’re designing this weekend’s show, Bro Dads, about their trials, tribulations and totally dumb decisions as parents as they deliver jokes “being totally honest about how easy it is to hate and love being a parent at the same time.” They’ll be filming the show to submit to Dry Bar Comedy in hopes of landing a spot on the streaming comedy site, so laugh loud and often, Spokane.

— DAN NAILEN

Wednesday, Oct. 17th 10am- 4pm at the SCC Lair Bldg.

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WORDS ZINE SCENE

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) selfpublished mini magazines with limited print runs. The Zine Fest is organized and was founded by Spokane writers Chelsea Martin and Ian Amberson. The event was made possible in part from a SAGA grant from Spokane Arts. Get all the details at spokanezinefest.com.

— CHEY SCOTT

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Spokane Zine Fest • Sat, Oct. 6 from 11 am-5 pm • Free • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • spokanezinefest.com

THURS Sept. 6: Falcons at Eagles - 4th St. Sept. 10th: Sept. 17th: Sept. 24th: Oct. 1st: Oct. 8th: Oct. 15th:

Jets at Lions, Rams at Raiders - 4th St. Seahawks at Bears - 4th St. Steelers at Buccaneers - 4th St. Chiefs at Broncos - 4th St. Redskins at Saints - 4th St. 49ers at Packers - 4th St.

THURS Oct. 18: Broncos at Cardinals - Post Falls

WORDS IDEAS WORTH SPREADING

Inspirational lectures come alive at TEDxSpokane as it returns for its seventh year. TEDxSpokane is an independently organized event that brings the global phenomenon of TED Talks to the Inland Northwest. Head down to the Bing Crosby Theater for a day filled of inspiring, thought-provoking lectures and performances from speakers including 2018 National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning and spoken word performer Bethany Montgomery, a member of Power 2 the Poetry. The day is broken up into three sessions, 90 minutes each, all touching on the theme of this year’s event: “Beyond Ourselves.” See the full schedule online.

— MICHAELA MULLIGAN TEDxSpokane • Sat, Oct. 6 from 9 am-3:30 pm • $34 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • tedxspokane.com

Oct. 22nd: Oct. 29th: Nov. 5th: Nov. 12th:

Giants at Falcons - 4th St. Patriots at Bills - 4th St. Titans at Cowboys - 4th St. Giants at 49ers - 4th St.

THURS Nov. 15: Packers At Seahawks - 4th St. Nov. 19th: Nov. 26th: Dec. 3rd: Dec. 10th: Dec. 17th: Dec. 24th: Jan. 5: Jan 12: Jan. 20:

Chiefs at Rams - 4th St. Titans at Texans - 4th St. Redskins at Eagles - 4th St. Vikings at Seahawks - 4th St. Saints at Panthers - 4th St. Broncos at Raiders - 4th St. Playoff Wild Card - 4th St. Divisional Playoff - 4th St. AFC/NFC Championship - 4th St.

Feb. 3: SUPERBOWL - 4th St. OCTOBER 4, 2018 INLANDER 51

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I SAW YOU GOTHY BEAUTY @ STARBUCKS I saw you in a red car at the drive-thru. You had dark hair that looked very vampire-esque (to me). Me: head to toe black clothing, bangs, w/leg tat walking away. I couldn’t help but keep turning back to get another look at you — you’re gore-geous! Let’s have some dark brew together: poetcrzy@gmail. com.

BORRACHO NASCAR MAN You approached me at Borracho’s where I sat alone, waiting for my dad to join me as we both had meetings downtown. I have brown hair, green eyes, and was wearing a yellow sweater. You were wearing a white shirt, had tattoos on at least one arm and a beard. You asked if I was into Nascar, as I sat awkwardly staring at the television, which happened to be on the Nascar channel.

(Is there a channel for that?) We had a moment of witty-ish banter. Anyway you introduced yourself, which is so rare in this day of online dating. I was impressed. My dad arrived before I could talk to you more. I saw you again as we were leaving the bar. If you are single, I would love to meet up sometime. Even just to be friends. Your name started with a J. If you remember or even see this you can email me at borrachonascar38@gmail.com.

TATTOOED LADY AT MAPLE MCDS You’re always busy, so I have no time to make small talk with you. You used to have blue-ish hair, but you’ve dyed it darker, recently. If you’re interested, I’m the guy with the most interesting tattoo on his left forearm.

BALLOON RALLY BABE It’s a long shot that you’ll read this but, I saw you at the Balloon Rally morning lift off in Prosser, Washington. You were wearing a gray sweater and carrying a large quantity of cinnamon rolls. I have never seen a smile so beautiful or enchanting. You made everyone I was with happier and more at ease.

Thank you for helping our morning run smoothly. Maybe I will see you there next year? I was in a lighter gray sweater, stationed by the purple green and yellow balloon.

FALL SHOPPING FUN I saw you at the Shadle Wal-Mart last Thursday. You were equally excited about the caramel apple oatmeal pies and getting new shoes. That’s the kind of life I want to live forever. Your friends seemed tired but you were really kind nonetheless. See you next shopping trip?

YOUR BOYFRIEND’S A LUCKY GUY...

To the tall blonde “straight” gal at nYne last Saturday, I wanted to thank you again for the Stella and the kiss.

I was in party mode and ran off and I wish I had talked to you longer. I owe you a beer. Love, CH.

CHEERS ANONYMOUS BURGERSNOB I’m a burger snob. I’ve searched the Inland Northwest for over 30 years trying to find that perfect blend and balance of veg, bread and meat... not to mention a properly cooked one. I never did like all the fancy types though. Sure they can be creative but the stan-

dard lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, and mayo are by far superior to any other combination. A small brewery in Montana held the title of “Best Burger” in my mind for quite some time now. Spokane has come close a

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wheelchairs, the elderly and the blind, people with children and strollers and those with walkers be expected to do? As people with common sense are apparently already an endangered species, you are not even bothering

You were equally excited about the caramel apple oatmeal pies and getting new shoes. That’s the kind of life I want to live forever.

few times but not close enough, until 7 pm Wednesday, September 26th. It was a long day for me that evening and decided to hit JJ’s for a burger and a beer on a solo eating adventure.

I’ve been to this establishment before a few times, always a delicious meal was served with good service and a great atmosphere. That evening I decided to get the Signature Burger...

BEST BURGER I HAVE EVERY HAD, JJ’S NOW HOLDS THE TITLE!!! Thanks to the crew at JJ’s for making such a delicious feast for me that night. ‘ll be back for sure so keep up the great work!

REGISTERED VOTERS Cheers to registered voters — Not in that category? Register by mail or on-line at WEIAPPLETS.SOS.WA.GOV/MYVOTE

by Oct. 8, Saturday. Or register in person by Oct, 29 at Fire Stations or Public Libraries. Just do it, your vote counts.

THANKS TO MARY Thanks to the remarkable cast and crew of Mary Poppins. It was a delightful couple of hours and a nice break from my TV

SOUND OFF 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.”

Show Your ID at the Gate and Receive 2 For 1 Tickets to the 2018 Spokane Renaissance Faire

news. If you have only seen the movie I suggest you and yours see the play.

You may even be able to spell out the the SUPERCALIFRA... song, although the dancing is a bit tricky.

JEERS MONROE STREET REDESIGN Looks good but it sucks to try to drive thru.

What a total waste of taxpayer’s money. I’ll be driving up Wall from now on, and that will cause people on Wall to complain about traffic flow. Instead of street traffic flow reductions, how about getting traffic cops out, you never see cops pulling over speeders anymore.

COURTESY IS DEAD? While the idea of easily accessible bicycles and scooters seems like a great idea, the mentality of the users needs a bit of re-programming. Since these Lime toys have recently descended on the Spokane scene a not-so-funny thing has been happening: They are being left anywhere the rider feels like dropping them. This includes corners/ crosswalks, blocking entrances and stairs to apartment buildings and businesses and even just right there in the middle of a sidewalk! What are these inconsiderate users thinking people in

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to think about others, either? So you may have to park your toy a few feet away from your intended destination and walk a little. Come on, folks, be a little more thoughtful, please, when using these convenience devices. Also: bicycle locking racks are NOT for these Lime scooters and bicycles, as they are already self-locking. Thanks to those users who are already being mindful, and thanks in advance to those of you who become so. n

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SCOTT REED CONSERVATION LECTURE AND DINNER The Idaho Conservation League sponsors the 3rd annual conservation lecture and dinner in honor of the late Scott Reed, one of our founders. Oct. 4, 6-9 pm. $60.

Hayden Lake Country Club, 2362 E. Bozanta Dr. (208-265-9565) STARRY NIGHT A benefit for the Holy Names Music Center, featuring food and drink, live music, auctions and a sip-and-paint session with Spokane artist Stan Miller. Oct. 4, 6:30 pm. $50.

Mukogawa Institute, 4000 W. Randolph Rd. hnmc.org (509-328-2971) WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY EVENT The third annual community event, featuring the Jonah Project, trivia, $3 pints, prizes, local art, a silent auction and more. Oct. 5, 6-9 pm. Free. Bellwether Brewing Co., 2019 N. Monroe. bit.ly/2xGC78i (483-3030) BEYOND PINK The 9th annual designer bra and fashion show begins with a silent auction, complimentary wine, hors-d’oeuvres and is followed by a live auction and the fashion show. Proceeds support breast cancer screening for women in the community. Oct. 6, 5:30-10 pm. $75. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. beyondpink.net (863-7776) HOEDOWN FOR HOPE American Ninja Warrior Nolan Gardner is deaf, yet he competed while wearing a device called a cochlear implant, allowing him to hear the cheering crowd. Hear his inspirational story at the 7th annual benefit for the Spokane HOPE School, also featuring dinner, auctions, raffles, live music and dancing. Oct. 6, 5-10 pm. $65. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokanehope.org (863-7097) WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S Be part of the world’s largest event to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease. Participants honor their loved ones and those in the community impacted by Alzheimer’s during a Promise Garden Ceremony, followed by a 3-mile walk. Oct. 6, 8:30-11 am.

Riverfront Park, 705 N. Howard St. act. alz.org HIGH DRIVE HAPPY HOUR AT THE GARMO HOUSE The 13,000 squarefoot Mid-Century Modern home was built in 1969 to be a one-of-a-kind structure in Spokane. Come see it in person during an event with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Oct. 7, 5-8 pm. $75; pre-registration required. spokanepreservation.org THE EXTRA MILE Girls on the Run of Spokane County’s annual fundraiser, featuring raffle drawings, food and opportunities to learn about GOTR’s mission from our participants. Support ensures the nonprofit can continue to serve more girls, schools, and communities. Oct. 11, 5:30-7 pm. $15. Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens St. bit.ly/2ClRMyR (920-474-6875) MASTER GARDENER FALL BANQUET The annual fundraiser benefits the WSU Master Gardener Program. This year’s banquet includes a silent auction, a “dessert dash,” no-host bar and catered dinner, and a meet-and-greet with NYT Bestselling author and keynote speaker, Andrea Wulf. Oct. 11, 4-8 pm. $45. WSU-Spokane County Master Gardener Program, 222 N. Havana St. mgfsc.org (477-2181)

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2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. (244-3279) GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) JEFF DYE Jeff stars in NBC’s new eclectic comedy adventure series “Better Late Than Never,” which follows the travel of Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw and George Foreman. Oct. 4-6 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 6 at 10 pm. $16-$26. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) THE PUNDERGROUND 2ND ANNIVERSARY! Come celebrate with plenty of puns, new swag and prizes.

Oct. 4, 7-9:30 pm. Free. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main. bit.ly/2ORSvJB LATE LAUGHS An improv show featuring a mix of experiments with duos, teams, sketches and special guests. On the first and last Friday of the month at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.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 from Sept. 21Oct. 26. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com AFTER DARK A mature-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Saturday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’S PREACHER LAWSON Live show by the winner of Florida’s 2015 Funniest Comedian, the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition and more. Oct. 6, 6-10 pm. $25. Bridge Press Cellars, 39 W. Pacific Ave. bridgepresscellars.com SAFARI A fast-paced improvised show relying on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Saturdays at 8 pm. $7.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) BRO DADS A show featuring comedians Harry J Riley and Phillip Kopczynski, being totally honest about how easy it is to hate and love being a parent at the same time. Oct. 7, 7:30 pm. $8-$14. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm. Free. The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com COMEDY NIGHT Markmorriscomedy. com hosts feature comedian Spenser O’Neill with headliner Susan Jones and special guest host Ronni Taylor. Oct. 11, 7-8:30 pm. $10. Brothers Bar, 111 W. Shaffer Ave. (509-258-8875) KRISTIN KEY Kristin was a favorite on NBC’s Last Comic Standing season 4.

Oct. 11-13 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 13 at 10 pm. $8-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998)

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SCARYWOOD HAUNTS Silverwood transforms into a spooky, haunted experience through October, featuring zombie infestations, cursed tombs, a demented fun house and more. Through Oct. 27; Thu 7-11 pm; Fri-Sat 7 pm-midnight. $26$45. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95. scarywoodhaunt.com WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS YWCA Spokane’s 36th annual Women of Achievement Impact Luncheon is designed to express gratitude for the outstanding contributions of our 2018 local honorees, provide inspiration to the attendees, and raise awareness of domestic abuse in our community. Oct. 4, 11:30 am. $125. Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. ywcaspokane.org CODE IN THE DARK A coding competition and party based on a popular European event. Under pressure, programmers compete to build a website given only a screenshot and limited time. Oct. 5, 6 pm-midnight. Free. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. codeinthedarkspokane.com CUSTER’S FALL ANTIQUE & COLLECTORS SHOW The large indoor sale hosts 200+ dealers of vintage and antique items, including kitchenware, furniture, rustic/primitive items, jewelry and more.

Oct. 5 from 4-9 pm; Oct. 6 from 10 am-6 pm and Oct. 7 from 10 am-4 pm. $6/ weekend admission. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. custershows.com (509-477-1766) JURASSIC QUEST Walk through the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic periods and

experience what it was like to be among dinosaurs. Oct. 5 from 3-8 pm, Oct. 6-7 from 9 am-8 pm. $18-$34. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. jurassicquest.com QUILT SHOW See all the locally-made quilts entered into the inaugural event, offering cash prizes for top winners.

Tour the train museum, get a ride on the 2-foot gauge train and more. Oct. 5-7 from 11 am-4 pm. $6. Inland Northwest Rail Museum, 23700 Sprinkle Rd, Reardan. inlandnwrailmuseum.com SPOKANE VALLEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds support various library programs and services. Oct. 5 from 3-5 pm (presale; $10 admission) and Oct. 6 from 9 am-3 pm. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scldfriends.org UNIFY COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR A fair offering food, prizes, flu shots, sports physicals ($10), dental screenings for kids, immunizations and more. Oct. 5, 2:30-6:30 pm. Free. Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St. (483-3427) INLAND EMPIRE COIN & STAMP SHOW The show hosts more than two dozen vendors showcasing U.S. and world coins, tokens, stamps, and more. Includes hourly door prizes and a drawing on Sunday. Free appraisals. Oct. 6 from 10 am-5 pm and Oct. 7 from 10 am-4 pm. $2/adults, free/ages 12 and under are free. CenterPlace Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. (595-0435) SPOKANE ARCHAEOLOGY DAY Travel back in time with family-friendly activities that celebrate Inland Northwest archaeology, historic preservation, and Columbia Plateau cultural heritage. Ex-

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Oct. 6, 10 am-3 pm. Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. ewu.edu/archaeologyday ST. CHARLES OKTOBERFEST A festival offering baked goods, food, handmade crafts, gifts, a beer garden, raggles, carnival games and more. Oct. 6, 9 am-6 pm.

Free. St. Charles Parish, 4515 N. Alberta. stcharlesspokane.com (509-327-9573) VANDAL OVERNIGHT GAMES The Pitman Center at UI is converted to almost 100,000 square feet of gaming space divided into 25 different areas including a mobile escape room, video game tournaments, costume contest, board game tournaments, karaoke and virtual reality.

Oct. 6, 10-midnight. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu H2OMG! MAKING SENSE OF WATER SCARCITY IN AN INSECURE WORLD In this talk led by economist and former Gates Foundation policy maker Rachel Cardone, participants learn about water scarcity and its effects both globally and at local levels here in Washington state.

Oct. 8, 6:30 pm. Free. Rockwood Retirement Community, 221 E. Rockwood Blvd. humanities.org (838-3200) SCHOOL SAFETY: SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SAFER FUTURE The Gonzaga Schools of Education and Law presents this free, community-wide forum, which aims to identify the many ways we all may contribute to creating safe learning environments for our children. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Oct. 8, 4:30-7:30 pm. Gonzaga Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/ schoolsafetyforum (313-6942)

23RD MAYOR’S AWARDS IN THE ARTS Presented by the CDA Arts Commission and the City of Coeur d’Alene to recognize and encourage excellence in the arts throughout the city. Includes a social hour with appetizers, a no-host bar and live music. Oct. 10, 6 pm. Free. Hagadone Event Center, 900 S. Floating Green Dr. artsandculturecda.org (888-999-7998)

FILM

BULLITT 50TH ANNIVERSARY Steve McQueen stars as Lt. Frank Bullitt in the role that made him a superstar as the hard-bitten police detective assigned to protect the star witness in a Congressional investigation. Oct. 7 and 9 at 2 and 7 pm. At Regal Northtown and Riverstone. $13. fathomevents.com PALOUSE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Presented by WSU, UI and the Kenworthy.

Tuesdays in October at 7 pm. Films presented in French with English subtitles. $5-$10. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) UI CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE: CHINESE MOVIE NIGHT Each film screened for the monthly series is preceded by a brief introduction. Oct. 10, 7 pm, Nov. 14, 7 pm and Dec. 19, 7 pm. Free and open to the public. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org REI & TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: FAR OUT A one-night premiere of the new ski and snowboard film, with prize giveaways. Oct. 11, 7:30-9:30 pm. $7-$12.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com

FOOD

DAMILANO WINES DINNER A special wine dinner with Damilano wines of Barolo, Italy. Chef Jeremy Hansen has designed a six-course menu to complement the complex wines of the region. Oct. 4, 6 pm. $110. Santé Restaurant & Charcuterie, 404 W. Main. (315-4613) RCB GARAGE PARTY Go all out at the first costume party of the season, with prizes, live music from Bossame, food from Skewers Food Truck, and live art from Amber Hoit. Oct. 5, 4-10 pm. Free.

River City Brewing, 121 S. Cedar St. rivercityred.blogspot.com (263-7983) WINE TASTING Meet artist Amanda Caldwell and taste October selections from Vino’s Wine of the Month Club. Oct. 5, 3-7:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington. vinowine.com A BITE OF THE ORIENT The church’s fall bazaar includes a sale of Asian cuisine, including curry rice, tempura, baked goods, Filipino food, yakisoba, kalua pork, teriyaki chicken wings and more. $5/entree. Oct. 6, 11 am-3 pm. Highland Park United Methodist Church, 611 S. Garfield St. (535-2687) WINE TASTING Sample everyday French wines; includes cheese and crackers. Oct. 6, 2-4:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com BOTTOMLESS MIMOSA BRUNCH A Sunday brunch buffet with bottomless mimosas from the mimosa bar. Sundays at 9 and 10:30 am from Oct. 7-Nov. 11. $20. Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens St. nectartastingroom.com

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I’m a 30-something woman questioning the long-term viability of my relationship. I work for a nonprofit in a community with a high level of volunteerism. My boyfriend is a therapist, so I think he wants to help others. He’s kind and thoughtful toward me and his friends. However, he does no volunteer work or charitable giving. He’ll sometimes offer a lower rate for people who can’t afford therapy, but he’ll qualify it by saying he needs to get people talking about him to generate more business. I’m put off that his ego AMY ALKON and career advancement are motivating the only signs of charity I see from him. —Disturbed Altruist As you see it, he’s got a charity deficit on his human report card, and you’d like to fix that.

Boyfriend: “It’s date night. What are we doing, sexy?”

You: “I thought we’d go spear trash in the park.”

You, as a person who values charitableness, seem to have a pretty uncharitable view of your boyfriend. You see him as stingy, cash-grubbing, and egocentric simply because his job is a for-profit thing and making money and getting noticed are important to him. The reality is, therapist burnout is a serious concern, because it’s emotionally draining to be a big ear for other people’s anguish all day long. Meanwhile, sure, you work at a nonprofit, but — just guessing here — you probably spend your days cradling a phone receiver, not dying orphans from the developing world.

It’s also important to rethink the notion that those who do volunteer work are giving selflessly — getting nothing in return. In fact, if you’re sacrificing for somebody related to you, it benefits your genetic line — possibly helping at least some of the genes you share totter off into the next generation. If the person you’re helping is unrelated, you’ll likely get reputational props from others witnessing your generosity.

And research by psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky and her colleagues finds that there seems to be considerable feel-good in doing good. Participants in her research who did five acts of kindness in a day (like you surely would while, say, volunteering at a soup kitchen) experienced a big bump in their own happiness.

It’s reasonable to want a good, kind, generous partner — but maybe you already have one. Maybe the actual problem here is that you have a rigid idea of what generosity looks like. Be open to understanding where your boyfriend’s coming from, which starts with asking him about his values (and sharing yours) instead of guessing and convicting him in absentia.

Also, just because he doesn’t take the initiative on volunteer work doesn’t mean he’s opposed to it. Maybe invite him to join you. He might go just to be with you or to please you. But it’s possible he’ll find it rewarding and want to go back. If, on the other hand, he’s all “Screw poor people!” well, maybe you two don’t belong together.

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I’m a 34-year-old woman, and I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years. I’ve noticed a weird pattern. Guys looking for a fling get MORE interested instead of less when I tell them I’m in a relationship. I don’t understand. Even if I were willing to step out on my boyfriend (which I’m not), why would any guy want a cheater?

—Committed You’re saying: “I have a boyfriend. Get lost.” They’re hearing: “Cool! I can get sex without the crying, the tampon runs, and the map on the nightstand for the precise placement of each of the 300 throw pillows.”

Evolutionary researchers Susan M. Hughes and Marissa Harrison found that women in committed relationships (compared with men) were more likely to reveal their relationship status to a potential hookup partner. They speculate that it “may appeal to a man’s evolved psychological preference for short-term mating, which increases his chance of reproduction without commitment.”

Of course, men these days aren’t consciously looking for “reproduction” with their hookup, but birth control is “evolutionarily novel.” In other words, the psychological operating system that’s driving all of us today is, shall we say, old-school. It evolved to solve ancestral mating and survival problems, so it’s sometimes a bit mismatched with the world we live in today. For example, our genes operate on the principle that having sex -- whether it’s relationship sex or hit-it-and-quit-it sex -- leads to reproduction, not really nice dividends for stockholders of condom companies.

Again, a guy in hookup mode isn’t reflecting on these psychological underpinnings. As he sees it, he gets all of the sexytime fun but nobody hands him the usual bill...which is to say there are jobs women give their lover — “Get naked!” — and jobs they give their boyfriend: “Get into this ‘Proud Cat Daddy’ T-shirt!” n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR COCHINITO + NINKASI BEER DINNER A six-course dinner by chef Travis Dickinson; each course features a pairing from Ninkasi. Oct. 8, 6 pm. $60. Cochinito Taqueria, 10 N. Post. facebook. com/cochinitotaqueria (474-9618) HALLOWEEN BAKING CLASS Join Eva Roberts of Just American Desserts to make five Halloween/fall-themed desserts. Oct. 9, 6-8 pm. $40. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. (558-2100)

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COEUR D’ALENE SYMPHONY: NINETEENTH CENTURY GRANDEUR The season opener’s program features the Glazunov Violin Concerto, featuring soloist Felicity James. Oct. 5 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 6 at 2 pm. $10-$20. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasymphony.org (208-667-1865) ZAGFAM WEEKEND JAZZ SAMPLER CONCERT The Gonzaga Jazz Program presents a short program with the Jazz Workshop Combos and the Gonzaga Jazz Ensemble. Oct. 5, 8 pm. Free. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone. gonzaga. edu/music (313-6737) FOR THE FUTURE: ZAGFAM WEEKEND CONCERT CHOIR Presented by 66 Gonzaga singers, piano, saxophone, fiddle, cello, and percussion. Oct. 6, 7:30 pm. Free, donations accepted. St. Aloysius Church, 330 E. Boone. gonzaga.edu/music JOHN NILSEN ON PIANO A concert by the award-winning Oregon pianist and internationally known recording artist, known for combining elements of folk, classical and jazz. Oct. 6, 7-8:30 pm. By donation. Harrington Opera House, 19 S. Third St. bit.ly/2IvrCsG (253-4719) KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT: THE WILLOWS The Willows, a dynamic Inland Northwest acoustic quartet, offer their spirited tribute to legendary folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary. Oct. 6, 1 pm.

Free. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. (624-3945) RAGA THARANGA: MELODIOUS WAVES Performances feature a traditional Indian classical setting. An Indian vegetarian dinner is available for purchase at 5 pm. Oct. 6, 6-9 pm. Free; RSVP requested. Unity Spiritual Center, 2900 S. Bernard St. unityspokane.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS: THE RED VIOLIN Celebrated violin virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn, owner of the legendary 1720 “Red Mendelssohn” Stradivarius, or Red Violin, performs a work from the film, “The Red Violin.” Includes a pre-concert talk one hour before each performance; free to ticketholders. Oct. 6 at 8 pm and Oct. 7 at 3 pm. $27-$60. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com EXPLORE MUSIC WEEK A week of music demonstrations, free introductory lessons, activities and more. Oct. 8-12 from 3-5 pm. Free. Holy Names Music Center, 3910 W. Custer Dr. (326-9516)

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BUG Bug centers on the meeting between a divorced waitress with a fondness for cocaine and isolation, and a soft-spoken Gulf War drifter. Through Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com MARY POPPINS One of the most popu-

lar Disney movies of all tim comes to life on stage. Through Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $32-$30; Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL Each hourlong performance features a new lineup of original 10 minute plays written, directed, and performed by GU students.

Oct. 5-6 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 7 at 2 pm. $10.

Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone Ave. bit.ly/2Ooa1Is EVERY LITTLE CROOK & NANNY A mystery comedy play with dinner theater options. Oct. 5-20; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm (dinner at 6:30 pm). $10-$25. Circle Moon Theater, 3642 N. State Route 211. northwoodsperformingarts.com LOVE LETTERS A.R. Gurney’s touching romance comes alive. Through Oct. 13; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. Dinner theater show Oct. 13 at 6 pm ($30). $5-$12. StageWest Community Theatre, 639 Elm, Cheney. (951-5818) OF MICE & MEN A staged reading to support Tiger Drama’s Family Scholarship fund. Oct. 9, 7 pm. Free; $10 suggested donation. Lewis and Clark High School, 521 W. Fourth. tigerdrama.com CLOSING IT UP The world premier of a new play written by local playwright Molly Allen. Oct. 11-21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. spokanestageleft.org JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale of a boy, his insect friends and their journey across the ocean on a giant piece of fruit. Oct. 11-27; Thu-Sat at 7 pm; Sat at 2 pm. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway. libertylaketheatre.com MARCHING IN GUCCI: MEMOIRS OF A WELL-DRESSED BLACK AIDS ACTIVIST Set in NYC during the height of the AIDS Crisis, this multimedia oral history explores the paradoxical and precarious relationship between fighting AIDS while engaging in self-harming behaviors. Oct. 11, 4:30-6:30 pm. Free. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum.wsu.edu

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TERRAIN The 11th annual, one-night, juried multimedia art and music event celebrates young and emerging artists in the Spokane area. Oct. 4 (preview night; $25) 6-10 pm and Oct. 5 (free) 5 pm-midnight. Jensen-Byrd Building, 131 E. Main. terrainspokane.com THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND THE GREAT WAR This exhibit features artifacts and photographs from the MAC’s collection as well as special programs to mark the centennial of The Armistice.

Oct. 6-Jan. 27; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm; third Thu until 8 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org MODERN MASTERS: GROUP F/64 Nearly 50 works from five of Group f/64’s members, some of the most influential artists of the 20th century: Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston and Edward Weston. Oct. 6-Feb. 3; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm; until 8 pm third Thu. $5-$10.

The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org SPOKANE ZINE FEST An event celebrating zines, small press books, comics, drawings, prints, cards, and other small handmade paper goods. Oct. 6, 11 am-5 pm. Free. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague. spokanezinefest.com

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ELLIOT REED: A KEY TO TREEHOUSE LIVING The Spokane-based author talks about his new book “A Key to Treehouse Living,” the adventure of William Tyce, a boy without parents who grows up near a river in the rural Midwest. Oct. 4, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com BOOK LAUNCH MASQUERADE PARTY: THE SHAPE OF RAIN Author Michael B. Koep welcomes guests to a Venetian-style Masquerade cocktail party with live music, a reading/signing, passed hor d’oevres, beer and wine. Oct. 6, 6-9 pm. $25. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. (856-489-8654) EWU VISITING WRITERS SERIES: STEVE ALMOND Hear from the author of 10 books, including the New York Times bestsellers “Candyfreak” and “Against Football.” His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times Magazine and elsewhere. Oct. 6, 7:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org TEDXSPOKANE The local TED event explores how we cultivate skills and mindsets to see beyond the limits of our own egos and aspirations. Oct. 6, 9 am-4 pm. $42.12. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. tedxspokane.com TERRY BROOKS: STREET FREAKS: The Pacific Northwest-based author has thrilled readers for decades with his powers of imagination and storytelling.

He is the author of more than 30 books, most of which have been NYT bestsellers. Oct. 6, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com LAURA READ BOOK LAUNCH A book launch celebration for former Spokane Poet Laureate Laura Read’s new poetry collection “Dresses from the Old Country,” featuring performances by Ruthie Henrickson, Ellen Welcker, Kat Smith and Maya Zeller. Oct. 8, 7 pm.

Free. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. thebartlettspokane.com THINK & DRINK: BREAKING NEWS – THE STATE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM Join Humanities Washington to examine the state of the news with local experts. Oct. 9, 7 pm. Free, RSVP requested. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. humanites.org AUTHOR CRAIG JOHNSON The Northwest Passages Book Club welcomes bestselling author Craig Johnson to discuss his new book “Depth of Winter.”

Oct. 10, 7 pm. $5; $45/VIP. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) ABC CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ: The ABC Correspondent delivers the Idaho Humanities Council’s 15th Annual North Idaho Distinguished Humanities Lecture. Oct. 11, 7 pm. $65-$130. The CdA Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com RANSOM RIGGS: A MAP OF DAYS The author of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” whose work has sold millions of copies, comes to Spokane to read from and sign copies of his next novel in the series, “A Map of Days.”

Pre-order a copy of the book ($23) from Auntie’s Bookstore, which serves as a ticket to the event. Oct. 12, 7 pm. $23. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. bit.ly/2NIuwzj n

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ising up like a beacon from the downtown area, TUBBS HILL is more than 120 acres of pathways for all levels of hikers and accessible from several entry points along McEuen Park and off of 10th Street. A popular local favorite any time of the year, Tubbs Hill appeals to birdwatchers, dog walkers (dogs must be on leashes) and nature lovers alike. For a printable brochure, visit cdaid.org.

Heading out of town and with equally majestic views is the MINERAL RIDGE TRAIL overlooking Wolf Lodge and Beauty Bay both. A favorite of eagle watchers in the late fall and early spring, the trail is easily accessed from Exit 22 off Interstate 90 and offers paved parking and modest facilities for day use.

For panoramic views of the Coeur d’Alene basin and distant prairie, you can’t beat CANFIELD MOUNTAIN’s trail system. Tucked into a north Coeur d’Alene neighborhood off 22nd Street and Shadduck Lane, the trail system offers 24 acres of intermediate-to-

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