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grew up in the general vicinity of Reno, Nevada.

One year, a distant cousin of mine got married in the Biggest Little City in the World. During the reception, my stepfather was feeling generous, handed me a bucket filled with 400 nickels and told me to have fun. I was barely gambling age, so it was my first time getting a free beer while sitting around, pulling a lever, and hoping the odds were in my favor.

They weren’t, but I’ll never forget the thrill of almost winning.

This week’s cover story by Seth Sommerfeld, THE GAME WITHIN THE GAMES, speaks to that thrill. But it’s not the slots or tables. There’s a new type of betting in Washington state: sports gambling. The tribal casinos still hold the cards, though, and for good reason. The stakes are high, addiction is a real issue, and by keeping the bettors within the casino walls, the endeavor remains more about entertainment, less impulsivity.

Back in Reno, as I slowly plunked nickel after nickel in some slot machine, a server asked if I wanted another beer or, perhaps, a screwdriver. I felt like a king, at least for a day. But not once did I believe I’d win a king’s wealth.

Not with my luck.

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ears before the United States entered World War I, the war came to the U.S. As conflict exploded in Europe, the German Empire commenced a widespread plan of espionage and sabotage to sway American public opinion against entering the war and to disrupt shipments of war materiel from the neutral United States to Germany’s enemies, like Britain, Canada, France and Russia.

So while America would eventually go to war “over there,” the fight over here began years earlier. And one night the sound of that explosive campaign was loudly heard across Puget Sound.

In early May 1915, German U-boats were sinking cargo ships and civilian vessels at sea. An attack that had a major impact was the sinking of

the British passenger liner, the Lusitania, off the southern coast of Ireland. Nearly 1,200 passengers and crew lost their lives, including 128 Americans. International outrage exploded.

There were even so-called “Lusitania riots” as public wrath focused on Germans abroad. In Victoria, B.C., the military was called in to quell a weekend of anti-German rioting.

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he coasts were particular targets for sabotage and spying. Busy West Coast ports from San Diego to Seattle were

tracked by agents — Americans and Germans — working under the supervision of Germany’s diplomats and military attaches.

They tracked rail shipments and freighter cargoes and schemed to plant bombs. A particular focus was war supplies being sent to pre-revolution Russia. A railcar with vehicles destined for Vladivostok was torched in Tacoma. Bombs were ordered placed on outgoing ships.

A cargo of dynamite from San Francisco also destined for Russia was moved to Seattle and placed in a scow anchored at a city buoy in the western waterway of the Duwamish River near Harbor Island. There it awaited loading onto a freighter bound for Vladivostok — 622 crates of Hercules dynamite covered by a tarp for nearly two weeks.

It was said that German agents were in Seattle and might try something. The owner of the scow said he received a threatening letter. A watchman known only as “Fat” was said to be posted near the load of dynamite to keep an eye on it.

War news filled the newspapers, including coverage of diplomatic fallout from the Lusitania tragedy and the government’s response. On May 29, Seattle was preparing for a Memorial Day celebration on Monday the 31st: A parade of Civil War veterans was planned.

But about 2 am on Sunday the 30th, an enormous explosion rocked the city, so loud it was heard and felt from Tacoma to Everett — some said even in Victoria. Plate-glass windows were shattered. Glass covered streets from Union Station to Queen Anne Hill, West Seattle to First Hill. Fire alarms blared, some phone lines went down, and shrieking people, some thrown from their beds, filled the downtown streets. Most people, including the police and fire department, had no idea what happened, or where.

Was it an earthquake? A meteorite? Had crooks blown a bank vault? One man yelled that it was a German zeppelin attack.

But the explosion was witnessed. The armored Coast Guard cutter Manning was anchored some 100 yards from the blast. Its quartermaster, Emile Moen, was standing watch on deck when he heard a small initial explosion followed by a massive one. He saw the scow “lifted on a pillar of flame a hundred feet high and burst into fragments.” The sleeping crew thought the Manning had been torpedoed.

The next day small boats were found smashed, shore-side shacks had collapsed, a flour mill and a Sears warehouse were badly damaged, and dead or stunned fish floated on the water’s surface. Watchman Fat’s fate was unknown, presumed dead.

The scow operator said it had to be sabotage. So did security officials. It was believed a time bomb had been placed aboard the scow. Investigators zeroed in on a German plot.

There were many suspects, including a German who was said to be the bombmaker and committed suicide in a Seattle hotel rather than be caught. A man named Smith in Tacoma had purchased explosives in Seattle shortly before. He denied involvement, though later admitted to authorities that he had been hired

by German agents to commit sabotage. A crackdown on German diplomats, officers and agents ensued — some were tried, convicted and sent to McNeil Island federal penitentiary on Puget Sound, though not for the Seattle blast. Years later, however, Germany paid a claim for the explosion while denying involvement.

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erman sabotage and plotting continued across North America. Just over a year later, in July 1916 in New York Harbor, German saboteurs blew up the railroad yard.

Trains were loaded with war materiel bound for Britain. The bombing did nearly a half-billion dollars in damage in today’s money. Shrapnel riddled the Statue of Liberty.

Less than a year later, the U.S. entered the war against Germany. The Espionage Act passed, which allowed the government to vigorously arrest spies and folks with anti-war politics. The German terror campaign that had tried to intimidate the U.S to stay out of the war had failed.

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TERMS OF THE TRADES HYDRAULIC Denoting, relating to or operated by a liquid moving in a confined space under pressure.

PNEUMATIC Containing or operated by air or gas under pressure.

AUTOMATION The use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process.

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BLUE-COLLAR BOOM

Technical educators in Spokane are working to entice a new generation to join vital careers in the trades

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he smell of oil and metal wafts through the air in a shop-style classroom in east Spokane as students tinker with valves and pumps in preparation for an exam. A clang rings out as a part is accidentally dropped onto the concrete floor.

Instructor John Norman periodically walks around the room to individually administer the test to students who are ready. Their task: to demonstrate the proper assembly, functioning and dismantling of a valve stack, which allows hydraulic circuit function components to be mounted in a single package.

Easy, right?

Norman has been a technical education instructor at Spokane Community College for the better part of three decades, but his time at SCC goes beyond that. Norman teaches in the same program he graduated from — hydraulic and pneumatic automation, informally known as fluid power. He’s one of two instructors in the program.

Norman has worked with up-and-coming trades workers for the last 28 years and says he has enjoyed every moment of it.

“I love what I do,” Norman says emphatically. “I do it for people trying to better their lives. I do it for people like Serenity.”

Serenity Haines is one of Norman’s current students, and she’s only a few weeks away from graduation. Haines says she’s always been interested in hands-on work, but while growing up she’d actually imagined that she’d become an engineer.

Unfortunately, life had other ideas.

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degree, while other engineering roles require a graduate degree or other additional training. As a low-income, single mother, Haines didn’t have the time or money to spend six years or more in college.

So instead, she enrolled in the hydraulic and pneumatic automation program at SCC, which promised to have her in a career in about two years’ time. Some options might be in system design, plant maintenance and troubleshooting, or installation of automated machinery.

All she had to do was put in the work — which Norman says she’s done more than her fair share of.

“I saw this program as a sort of entry into the industry where I want to get certified in the future,” Haines says.

Now, as she approaches graduation, Haines has already signed a contract with a national company. While she couldn’t disclose much about her next steps, she did say she’s excited to spend the next few years learning on the job as much as possible.

Haines’ success story isn’t an unfamiliar one for those looking to work in the trades. Mechanics, plumbers, electricians and many other technical workers often have little to no school debt, earn salaries above the national average, and are secure in their positions, Norman says.

The college even has a waiting list of employers from across the country calling to find qualified workers, he says. By April or May, all the graduating students will have already been hired, he adds.

But even with the pitch of job security and higher wages, many trades are still worried about an increasing demand for their services while the current supply of qualified workers is fast-approaching retirement.

“In another 10 years it will be a nightmare,” Norman says. “We will be having companies that are not able to perform or produce at the levels that are needed.”

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Dirty jobs. Blue-collar jobs. Trade jobs. From the ancient Mesopotamians who built rudimentary sewer systems to the current aerospace machinists crafting our path to space and beyond, these jobs are essential to the world we live in.

However, fewer young people are stepping into these hands-on roles, and the current workforce continues to age. For example, the median age for farmers and ranchers is 56, and the median age for construction and building inspectors is 53, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Comparatively, the median age for all jobs is 42, while jobs in the health care industry such as EMTs have a median age of about 31.

There are a few things that can be blamed for this downward trend, including less-than-favorable public perceptions of “dirty jobs,” the push to encourage high schoolers to attend four-year universities and the COVID-19 pandemic.

“One of the things I have been working on is redefining the word ‘blue-collar worker’ because there is a lot of baggage that comes with the term, and people tend to turn their noses down at it,” says Ashley Purdin, dean of technical education at Spokane Community College.

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Purdin thinks changing the narrative on the trades is the best way to get more people in those positions. That includes pushing back on the idea that a four-year degree is the best choice for a successful future.

“When I was growing up, we were told that we needed to get a four-year degree to be successful,” SCC student and Spokane native Jon Smilden says. “There was this sense that we needed to get away from dirty jobs.”

Smilden will graduate soon with an associate’s degree and certifications in hydraulic and pneumatic automation.

He already has two prospective jobs, and if all goes well, he’ll be working in Chicago soon after graduation.

Norman believes the reason that four-year degrees are pushed so hard is because staff working in high schools are comfortable with the path they took themselves.

“They look at the trades as these ‘dirty’ jobs,” Norman says, echoing Purdin.

If you ask Shannen Talbot, spokesperson for the Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors of America, the reason for the shortage of workers is more recent and a bit simpler.

Talbot points to work-from-home policies that have enticed workers in a post-pandemic world. While that might suffice for office workers whose entire day may be spent at a desk, trade workers just don’t have that option.

“We’re facing all the same problems that have been affecting other industries after the pandemic,” she says.

“We just don’t have the flexibility to address them in the way other industries have.”

Efforts to get more people interested in the trades have started to focus on educating the public about the variety of career paths out there.

“Many don’t even know the opportunities that are available in these industries,” Talbot says.

NEXT GENERATION

Earlier this month, hundreds of prospective students wandered around the SCC campus as they learned about the technical careers that are available to them during a “Future Sasquatch Day.” After exploring all the possibilities, the prospective students got to home in on one or two programs of interest to learn more about. According to Purdin, this included hands-on activities meant to excite the students.

Purdin says more than 500 students attended the event, which is a larger turnout than they’ve seen before.

While the trades may seem to be in dire straits, Purdin believes we’re seeing the beginning of an upward trend. Almost every program at SCC is full with enrolled students.

In the recent past, these programs usually had about six or seven students enrolled, but now, many have 20 students, plus more on the waiting list.

“Now I’m looking for funding to increase the size of them,” Purdin says.

Current student Smilden says the popularity of the full electrical maintenance and automation program made him decide to go into the hydraulic program instead,

rather than hop on the waiting list.

If Purdin is able to secure funding, she would be able to double the maximum enrollment in some of the programs at SCC and offer more choices.

“This gives our students and faculty something to look forward to,” she says. “We’re trying to make sure that these opportunities are open to everyone possible.”

Even though interest in the trades seems to be trending upward, Purdin doesn’t think that’s cause to relax anytime soon.

“I literally have people beating down my doors to try and get somebody, anybody,” she laughs. “They’ll take anybody with a heartbeat at this point.”

Norman shares a similar sentiment but thinks we need to learn to do more with fewer people involved. This means automating jobs that may have previously been done by one or more people.

This is something we’ve seen in the past decade with the introduction of things like self-checkout at grocery stores, but when it comes to technical work, he thinks automation can be done most efficiently in the manufacturing field.

“We would be able to fill this void that’s coming with all the baby boomers retiring,” he says.

Still, that wouldn’t erase the need for workers in those fields. Someone needs to operate and maintain the automated systems, and Norman says that many other jobs are just too complicated to automate. n coltonr@inlander.com

NEWS | ELECTION 2023

Lisa Brown at the Democrats’ Nov. 7 election watch party. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

Brown’s Blue Spokane Lisa Brown and her liberal allies win control of Spokane city government

BY NATE SANFORD

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adine Woodward looked nervous when she took the stage on election night. The first ballot drop showed Spokane’s mayor trailing former longtime Democratic state legislator Lisa Brown by 3.5 points.

And the conservative City Council candidates who

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aligned themselves with Woodward were even further behind their progressive opponents.

“We got this. We got this!” Woodward told the crowd.

“We knew all along this was going to be extremely tight.”

But over the next few days, as more ballots were

tallied, Brown’s lead only grew. On Monday, Woodward called Brown to concede. With only a handful of votes left to count, Brown was ahead by 4 percentage points (about 2,800 votes).

“Being able to serve the city I love as mayor has been an honor and a privilege,” Woodward said in a statement. “We embraced the opportunity in every challenge, put the community first in everything we did, and accomplished so much to advance your priorities.”

Brown — a former state Department of Commerce director, chancellor for Washington State University Spokane and state Senate majority leader — will be Spokane’s 46th mayor.

“We called for common ground and experienced leadership,” Brown said in an interview Monday. “It feels like that’s what prevailed, and I’m happy about that.”

Brown says she personally knocked on over 1,000 doors while campaigning, and her team as a whole knocked on over 18,000.

“In the end, I think that was really part of our success.” Brown says. “I think that kept my campaign evolving in terms of how we spoke about the issues in a way that resonated with people.”

BY THE NUMBERS

Three of the four progressive City Council candidates who ran as a ticket with Brown were also victorious this year.

In the race for City Council president, Council member Betsy Wilkerson beat former local business owner Kim Plese, with 53% of the vote as of Monday.

Progressive activist Paul Dillon, who until recently worked as vice president of public affairs for the local Planned Parenthood, beat Katey Treloar, a former educator, by 6.6 points in the race for south Spokane’s District 2. ...continued on page 12

NEWS | BRIEFS

The Idaho Supreme Court justices in early 2022. Kootenai County District Judge Cynthia Meyer replaces Justice John R. Stegner (second from left).

Power of Three Idaho’s Supreme Court is made up of a majority of women for the first time. Plus, Washington’s gubernatorial race sees a shakeup, while Idaho’s ban on “abortion trafficking” is put on hold.

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ast Monday, Nov. 6, Idaho Gov. Brad Little appointed Kootenai County District Judge Cynthia Meyer to the state’s highest judicial office. Meyer will be the 60th justice and fifth woman ever to serve on the fiveperson Idaho Supreme Court — and along with the two other women justices already serving, she will give the court its first female majority. She will fill the vacant spot of outgoing Justice John R. Stegner, who retired on Oct. 31. She’ll complete the rest of his term, which ends in January 2027. Meyer spent time as an adjunct instructor at North Idaho College from 2005 to 2009, and she was appointed to the First Judicial District in 2015. This is Little’s second appointment to the court since he first took office in 2018. Idaho Supreme Court justices are usually elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan, statewide elections.

However, four of the five justices on the court were first appointed by Little or former Gov. Butch Otter. Justice Robyn Brody is the only justice to have been first elected to the position, rather than appointed. (COLTON RASANEN)

FRANZ PIVOTS TO CONGRESS

Last Thursday, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer announced that he will not seek reelection. One day later, in a major state politics shakeup, Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz announced that she will put her gubernatorial ambitions aside and run to replace Kilmer in Congress.

Kilmer, a Democrat, was first elected in 2012 and represents Washington’s 6th Congressional District, which covers the Olympic Peninsula and parts of Tacoma. In a statement, Kilmer described Franz as a “bold, strategic leader” and endorsed her bid for Congress. Franz, who has served as lands commissioner since 2017, first announced her intent to run for governor earlier this year, shortly after Gov. Jay Inslee declared that he would not seek another term. She entered a crowded field alongside Democratic state Sen. Mark Mullet and Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is endorsed by Inslee.

Kilmer also endorsed Ferguson for governor. “The challenges we face extend beyond the borders of Washington, and so must our solutions,” Franz said in a video announcing her pivot to a congressional run. (NATE SANFORD)

LEGAL THERE, BUT NOT FOR THEE In Idaho, where virtually all abortion is banned, adults who help minors travel elsewhere to receive an abortion or who help them get abortion-inducing medication may be prosecuted. But last week, a federal judge put a hold on Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” ban, which makes it a felony to help a minor receive an abortion without their parents’ permission. In a ruling last week, U.S. District Magistrate Debora K. Grasham allowed most portions of a lawsuit seeking to overturn the travel ban to move forward. Filed by Legal Voice on behalf of abortion access groups, the lawsuit argues that the confusingly worded ban unconstitutionally infringes on the freedom of speech and the right to travel between states. The preliminary injunction means the ban cannot be enforced while the case makes its way through the court system. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) Get the latest on Inlander.com

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NEWS | POLITICS “BROWN’S BLUE SPOKANE,” CONTINUED...

The largest progressive victory was in northwest Spokane’s District 3, where environmental advocate Kitty Klitzke beat Earl Moore, a former respiratory therapist, by nearly 20%.

The only conservative candidate to come out on top is incumbent City Council member Michael Cathcart, who has a 12-point lead over progressive advocate and former neighborhood council chair Lindsey Shaw in the race for northeast Spokane’s District 1.

The progressive victories indicate that Spokane City Council will maintain its five-person progressive supermajority. With Brown leading the administration, the results mark the end of an era of divided city government.

ELECTION NIGHT PLAYLIST

Even before the first ballot count dropped on Nov. 7, there was a sense of optimism in the air at Riverside Place, where progressive candidates and their supporters gathered for an election night watch party.

As attendees drank wine and snacked on charcuteriefilled cones, there was excited chatter about the results coming out of Ohio, where voters had approved a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution — a major victory for Democrats and other defenders of women’s health care rights in post-Roe v.

Wade America.

Brown, Wilkerson, Shaw, Dillon and Klitzke ran as a tight progressive ticket this year. They pooled volunteer resources, teamed up for doorbelling sessions and even collaborated on an election night playlist stacked with songs by Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Elton John and other Gen X-coded classics.

As she waited for the results, Wilkerson said she was

feeling hopeful and was focused on healing the divides caused by the barrage of attack ads against her and other progressive candidates this year.

“I’ve already started those conversations with some other leaders,” Wilkerson said. “On Nov. 8, how do we start bringing our city back together? Because there’s work to do.”

Brown says she hopes to help heal some of those divides by bringing people with differing points of view on contentious issues like homelessness and public safety to the table during her transition process.

“On Nov. 8, how do we start bringing our city back together?

Because there’s work to do.”

Millions of dollars in outside spending poured into this year’s city races, and the vast majority was spent supporting conservatives and attacking progressives. It appears the influx of cash largely failed to pay off.

However, while progressives won most city races, voters also overwhelmingly supported a camping ban those progressive candidates opposed. The city-only ballot measure criminalizes camping within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds and child care facilities. The liberal candidates had argued Proposition 1 would face legal challenges and would only shuffle people experiencing homelessness to other parts of the city.

The initiative overwhelmingly passed with 75% of the vote.

Brown says she heard a lot of frustration about homeless camping from Spokane residents, and she knew from the moment the ban was proposed that it would pass.

“I sympathize with that frustration,” Brown says.

“Although I opposed the proposition, it wasn’t because I want to see people camping near parks or schools.”

The proposition faced legal challenges earlier this summer, and the advocates who challenged the ban are still awaiting a final ruling from the state Court of Appeals.

“A law is a law,” Brown says when asked what her administration will do if the legal challenges fail. “Then the question becomes, ‘How do you realistically enforce it? My goal would be to come up with ways where we can do outreach and offer places for people to be.”

MEANWHILE, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY

Woodward and the other conservative candidates held their election night watch party at Barrister Winey, just a few blocks from the Democrats. Shortly after 8 pm, Woodward and the other candidates departed to a private room to watch results come in.

The wine was flowing freely, but it wasn’t enough to stop the mood from turning sour as the first batch of ballots dropped.

“Measure 1 is getting destroyed,” someone groaned, referring to the county ballot measure that would have raised the sales tax by 0.2% to fund a new jail and other public safety measures.

Liberals called the proposal a blank check that lacked clarity on how money would be spent. Voters seemed to agree: The measure failed, with only 33% voting in support.

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once worked as a campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and did consulting work for a number of conservative candidates this year, took to the stage to calm people’s nerves and remind the crowd that there were still tens of thousands of ballots left to count.

Someone in the back of the audience — who seemed like they’d had too much wine — interrupted Strode’s speech and started yelling about how “maybe we should go back to in-person voting.”

Back at the Democrats’ party, the mood was celebratory.

“We have some big challenges ahead of us, but I believe we can take them on together,” Brown told the cheering crowd.

CITY COUNCIL SHUFFLE

Wilkerson’s victory in the City Council president’s race means she’ll have to give up her current seat representing District 2.

Council members will have to appoint a resident of that district to serve the two years left in her term.

It’ll be the latest reshuffle in a confusing game of musical City Council chairs. Earlier this year, Council member Lori Kinnear took over as interim City Council president after Breean Beggs left early for a judicial appointment. Kinnear also represented District 2 and is at the end of her two-term limit. After she took over as president, the council appointed longtime community advocate Ryan Oelrich to temporarily fill her District 2 seat.

Both Wilkerson and Dillon will take office immediately after results are certified on Nov. 28 to fill the seats that Kinnear and Oelrich have held temporarily. Other newly elected candidates will take office in early January.

When asked if he plans to apply for Wilkerson’s soon-to-beempty District 2 seat, Oelrich said he was “focused on finishing strong” and planning to talk with his husband and make a decision over Thanksgiving break. n nates@inlander.com

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NEWS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

This Is Your Court System on Drugs Washington is investing $200 million to undo some damage of the war on drugs

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

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sk people who’ve gone through or worked in the criminal justice system, and they’ll tell you that the effects of the war on drugs extend far beyond the trauma of spending time behind bars or getting a criminal record.

Before someone is convicted of a crime, even an arrest can lead to life-changing setbacks, such as losing a job, a car, a driver’s license, housing or a relationship.

When multiple incidents stack up, it can weave a complicated web to untangle before someone can get back to something resembling normal after they’re released from incarceration.

Importantly, not everyone has experienced the “war” the same way: Those arrested for drug use since Presi-

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dent Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one” in 1971 have disproportionately been poorer and people of color.

Now, Washington state is trying to address some of those disproportionate wrongs by investing $200 million to combat the lingering effects, from helping people vacate criminal convictions to giving them financial assistance to increase their access to economic opportunities and housing.

The Legislature allocated the money in 2022, and the state Department of Commerce spent more than a year working with people with “lived experience” in the criminal justice system to draft the “Community Reinvestment Plan,” which was released late last month.

While the majority of the $200 million has yet to be doled out — with the plan seeking to create services to help people buy homes, start businesses, launch careers and more over the next two years — the first $18 million has been allocated to groups to help with legal representation and reentry from incarceration.

Several Spokane organizations are among the first recipients, including Fulcrum Institute dispute resolution clinic; the Freedom Project, which provides nonviolent communication and mindfulness classes at correctional facilities; House of Mercy, which offers clean and sober living; Pioneer Human Services’ Roadmap to Success program; and The Way to Justice, which provides postconviction legal assistance and more.

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ormed in 2020 by Virla Spencer and attorney Camerina Zorrozua, The Way to Justice is the largest local grantee, receiving more than $2.5

Virla Spencer in 2013, coaching recently released inmates in Spokane.

In 2020, she co-founded The Way to Justice. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO million to continue and expand its legal work with clients around the state. The two women formed the organization shortly after their previous employer, the Center for Justice, closed its doors.

“It was right in the midst of the racial justice movement that followed George Floyd and those other unnecessary police murders,” Zorrozua says. “It was absolutely the wrong time to close down civil legal aid for the communities that we serve.”

In part, they credit their successful application to their recent work helping clients impacted by the Washington Supreme Court’s Blake decision, which overturned the state’s drug possession law as unconstitutional in 2021.

That opened the door for clinics to help people clear con-

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victions from their records and remove court-imposed fees.

The nonprofit aims to address all of the needs of people who walk through its doors on Boone Avenue. Rather than simply screen to see if someone has a criminal record that can be cleared, staff members ask about everything that person might need, Spencer explains. Do they need a license? Do they need food? Do they need a job? Do they have a place to live?

If The Way to Justice can’t help someone directly, they connect that person with another community partner via a “warm handoff.”

“For us, it is about serving the people who are most vulnerable, serving the people who are often forgotten about, who are not accepted into society,” Spencer says. “We meet them right where they are.”

The state funding will enable The Way to Justice to hire two more attorneys to take on cases around the state, with the largest focus on Spokane, King, Pierce, Snohomish, Yakima and Clark counties. Those are the priority areas identified in the Community Reinvestment Plan, but services will also be provided in other counties.

Spencer says their unique holistic approach is proving successful. For example, she mentions a client who contacted them before he was set to finish a two-decade stint in prison. He was 17 when he went in, so when Spencer asked what help he needed, she realized that he may not even know what to ask for because he was just a kid when he was incarcerated. The Way to Justice first gave him basic necessities like a toothbrush and clothes.

“The following day, he came back, and I was able to get him lined up with a job. After that, he ended up getting permanent housing. He’s been out for a year now — it’s been very successful,” Spencer says. “But I think about, like, what would have happened to that man if he had nobody to welcome him back into society?” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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Choose a chain and make the committment to permanent jewelry.

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How trendy ‘permanent’ jewelry became so popular and where to find it locally

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tyle and beauty trends come in a range of commitment levels.

Hair sparkles and eyelash extensions are pretty impermanent, while body piercings are a medium commitment (even if you remove an eyebrow ring, the puncture holes may never disappear), and permanent makeup — much like a tattoo — is basically a trust fall with your future self.

Though the very term “permanent jewelry” might send shivers up commitment-phobic spines, it’s not quite as forever-ever as its name implies. If a piece of permanent jewelry ever needs to be removed for medical or safety reasons, it’s easy to break the chain (to Fleetwood Mac’s horror!) using household scissors, wire cutters or even nail clippers.

The now-trending ritual of permanent jewelry starts with choosing a custom-fit length of metal chain to become a bracelet, anklet, necklace or ring. Bracelets tend to be the most popular. Some folks opt for add-ons like a charm or pendant. Selecting the style and color of chain and jewelry components is the longest part of the process.

After measuring and holding the chain in place, a permanent jeweler will use a small arc welder to join the ends of the chain and secure the finished piece without a clasp. The welding portion typically takes two to five minutes and emits a quick-yet-harmless spark. The skin itself is not impacted as with a piercing or tattoo.

The concept of claspless jewelry started in 2017 when Catbird, a boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,

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introduced something called the Forever BraceletTM, a welded bracelet meant to be worn all the time. Coining the phrase “Get Zapped,” Catbird sparked a jewelry trend that has since swept the country inch by golden inch, finally reaching the Inland Northwest in 2022, when Simple Wildflower in downtown Spokane became the city’s first brick-and-mortar business to offer the service.

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imple Wildflower owner Jessica Yefremov spent a year secretly researching and practicing on family members before she brought permanent jewelry to her boutique. “There wasn’t a lot of training available, so I had to train myself. My boyfriend is a welder, so he knew exactly what I needed,” she says.

While she appreciated practical details like not having to use her long fingernails to fiddle with a bracelet clasp or to be bothered by an adjustable connector chain dangling from her small wrists, Yefremov was mainly drawn to permanent jewelry for its sentimentality and social bonding aspect. She saw it as a way of “making memories” for her customers and “giving them that unique experience.”

“I’m very sentimental, so I love sentimental pieces,” Yefremov says.

Many customers mark birthdays and even difficult life events with “PJ,” as it’s sometimes abbreviated. Best friends or relatives buy matching jewelry. Because of this friendship bracelet factor, Yefremov doesn’t price her chain by the inch like some sellers do.

“We have a flat rate [per piece],” she explains, “because if you have friends come in, and one’s jewelry is a little bit bigger and one’s smaller, it’s just a little bit uncomfortable.”

Since launching the service in August 2022, Yefremov has tallied over 2,000 permanent jewelry appointments, not including walk-ins or pop-up events. “It feels awesome.

It doesn’t feel like work,” she says. “I’ve made a lot of great connections.” (She means that metaphorically, BTW.) Speaking of pop-up events, while a handful of local boutiques, salons, fine jewelry stores and tattoo studios currently offer the service, or plan to (Mom’s Tattoo & Body Piercing is rolling out the service on Nov. 25), the vast majority of permanent jewelers in Eastern Washington and North Idaho areas currently offer the service only during pop-up events. They travel with chains, a folding table and an arc welder to work private PJ parties and public events.

Kyah Card of Moorea’s Everlasting Jewelry is one of those pop-up permanent jewelers (though she also keeps a space for zappin’ at Patti’s Hair Studio in North Spokane). Card became intrigued by the trend when her Texan aunt visited Spokane and sought a permanent jeweler for a bracelet.

“I feel like it’s very inclusive for people,” Card says.

“My aunt has larger wrists. I’m able to size it to the person to get it how they want it.” Plus, she adds, “It’s pretty!”

Since starting out four months ago, Card has worked a Barbie-themed party, a team-building corporate event and a bridal shower. As a testament to how quickly the trend has mushroomed in the past few years, Card (unlike Yefremov when she began researching the trend two years ago) easily found a weeklong online instruction course. For the $3,000 tuition fee, she also got starter equipment and materials.

What was once a niche thing is now an industry. Does its rapid growth come with heightened risk of exploitative practices like multilevel marketing (MLM) schemes or high pressure on consumers to buy more? (Those pricey Pandora charm bracelets come to mind.)

Cassey Hill, a sales and service specialist at Spokane’s Jewelry Design Center, has been zapping for about a year but thinks permanent jewelry’s price point (roughly $65-$150 per piece) means “most people are one-and-done.” Other vendors say it can be addictive, but it’s still rare to see wrists stacked with upwards of six bracelets.

Of course, there are some risks with permanent jewelry. For liability reasons, Jewelry Design Center won’t weld permanent necklaces (due to an asphyxiation risk) and requires parental permission for those under 18. Hill also points out that a person might be allergic to certain metals and not know it until they experience a reaction. Permanent jewelry has an environmental impact, too: Those metals have to be mined.

But as far as consumer style trends go, this wave seems less of a nefarious scam and more of a fun, sparkly form of connection — a social ritual, which we humans crave. Science tells us that human beings are subconsciously attracted to shiny metal accessories because their dancing reflections of light reminds us of water, something we also crave, and require. So what if the source of that lovely shimmer isn’t totally “permanent?” For a few months or years, it can still brighten our often difficult days. n

While it’s meant to stay on forever, there are ways to break the chain.

PERMANENT JEWELRY TIPS

Buying a permanent bracelet? Choose the wrist opposite of your watchwearing wrist. Though a bracelet shouldn’t feel tight, if it hangs very loose it’s more likely to snag on doorknobs or corners. Super delicate chains are also more likely to snap.

If you know you have sensitive skin, go for the highest karat of gold filling possible. Some permanent jewelers even offer platinum chains. Be sure your permanent jeweler knows the source and true quality of their materials.

To clean permanent jewelry, use Dawn dish soap and a washcloth or old toothbrush to get into the grooves, then wipe it with an eyeglass cleaning cloth. For silver bracelets, you can even slip on a latex glove and carefully clean with brush-and-rinse silver polish.

Excessive contact with hand sanitizer, lotion, hairspray, natural hot spring water, or even certain chlorinated pools and hot tubs can alter your jewelry’s color.

Make sure to ask about reattachment policies! Many permanent jewelers have a courtesy repair for the first break or a small fee to reattach thereafter.

Walk-ins are usually fine, but if you have a large group (lookin’ at you, bridal showers and bachelorette parties) definitely make an appointment.

Is a piece of clasped jewelry at a boutique or jewelry store calling your name? If a shop offers permanent jewelry service, in most cases they can modify the piece to… make things permanent. (ELISSA BALL)

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When the weather outside is frightful, bike!

LET’S (LE)GO! Just in time for the holidays, River Park Square last week celebrated the grand opening of its new LEGO STORE. With street level access from Main Avenue (near the North Face and Apple), the store offers building kits, loose bricks, merch and more. LEGO “brick specialists” are on hand to help shoppers whether they’re looking for an elusive piece to finish a custom build, come to create original minifigs from a bulk table or pick up a new boxed building kit, including many that can’t be found anywhere else. The new location will also host in-store events like building challenges and other activities.

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THE WINTER OF MY DISCONTENT How to survive Spokane’s coldest, darkest months

BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS

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very year, the same dread. The sun will go down before I get off work. The temperature will barely break freezing for weeks on end. The dormant season has begun.

Last year, for the first time in my 15 years living in the Inland Northwest, I made the decision to not let it get to me. I wouldn’t let meaningless things like the tilt of the Earth and eternal change of the seasons affect my behavior. No, I would carry on.

So I put studded tires on my bicycle.

Why did I wait so long? For starters, I’m the type of person who doesn’t want to change clothes simply to commute to work or go to the grocery store. No Lycra, no clipless pedals, no cycling arm warmers. I do, however, wear a helmet. That’s about as particular as I get because the bike works for me, not the other way around. Putting special tires on seemed to defeat the purpose of my go-anywhere, anytime bike.

And it wasn’t like I didn’t already ride most of the year — unlike what some haters and naysayers claim is impossible in this wintry place. Most years, I can ride in every month but January, when instead I walk to work and enjoy the silence.

So, about a year ago, I put on the studs. My first ride was frightful. The compacted snow left behind by all those cars was the worst. The studs got no bite, and I fishtailed around, waiting to be tossed into the berm and covered up, only to be discovered in the spring along with all the dog poop people think miraculously disappears when their pups go in snow.

But I made it, and kept going. When I hit ice, it was a miracle. I could hear my little steel studs chewing away and it was like the normal times, before the sun absconded to the southern hemisphere, leaving us Donner Partiers behind. I pedaled all the way down the South Hill, and got on the Centennial Trail. I turned west, untouched frozen splendor lay before me,

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and blazed a trail through newly fallen snow. The soft crunch of packing snow was all I heard. I felt like an astronaut, or some sort of Arctic navigator, heading to parts unknown by way of my own wits (and an industrially produced bike from Taiwan).

That joy stuck with me all winter. I avoided the worst of winter depression by embracing winter and engaging with the cold on my terms. I kept riding the Centennial Trail and commuting to our Kendall Yards office. I even braved the Fish Lake Trail, but turned back early when I hit footsteps locked in their frozen molds — perhaps the worst riding surface I’ve ever encountered.

On my favorite winter rides, I’d be quietly zipping through the sleeping forests of Riverside State Park, Ben Burr Trail and more. I’d tell myself I was taking a bath, or shinrin-yoku. This practice of “forest bathing” began in Japan, but has taken root all over the world.

It’s simple. Basically, get out into the woods for a while and move around.

Some studies have shown that it decreases stress and blood pressure, makes your heart healthier, and lowers cortisol levels, and even boosts your mood. It might have something to do with just being somewhere peaceful while your body is moving, or it could have something to do with the chemicals emitted from trees — phytoncides — and how they might enhance our immune systems.

I don’t know. But I think it works. Plus, I like to tell people I’ve taken a bath in the snow while riding a bike. Which makes me smile, and that’s all I’m looking for sometimes during these Spokane winters.

Last week, I was again on the Centennial Trail. The pavement was dry, and I’d planned to turn back at Seven Mile. Instead, I kept going all the way to Long Lake before turning back. I made it home, tired and sweaty, after that three-hour bath. I couldn’t have been happier. n

ARTFUL ADDITION Next time you stop into an art exhibition at Terrain Gallery, check out the newly utilized portion of its space called the TERRAIN GALLERY ANNEX. The new retail area is located in the same space as Terrain Gallery, which it previously shared with the Center for Children’s Book Arts, which closed in early 2023. Now, the space will contain art from 30-plus local artists year-round for your browsing and purchasing pleasure. As of now, participating artists include watercolorist and poet Janelle Cordero, abstract painter Todd Mires, author and book artist Kathyrn Smith, and many more.

The Gallery Annex is open during Terrain’s regular gallery hours, Thursday through Saturday from 4 to 7 pm. Visit terrainspokane. com for more information. (MADISON PEARSON) THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online on Nov. 17.

DOLLY PARTON, ROCKSTAR. The Queen of Country felt mildly guilty about being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so she decided to craft a 30-track rock record featuring everyone from Joan Jett and Elton John to Sting and Debbie Harry.

LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ, WELCOME 2 COLLEGROVE. The rap superstars team up once again for a second album that combines their distinctive flows into a seamless sonic stew.

DANNY BROWN, QUARANTA. The aggressive and abrasive MC returns with more atypical tunes to throw listeners off-kilter and make sure their hip-hop diet isn’t only tunes that go down smoothly. (SETH SOMMERFELD)

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t’s not even 8 a.m. on a fall Sunday morning when I throw on a Denver Broncos T-shirt and saunter to my car to drive, bleary-eyed, out to Airway Heights. I park at my destination, slowly shuffle into the building, grab one of the many free cups of Mountain Dew I will consume over the course of the day, spend a few minutes making selections at a kiosk and finally slump into a comfy chair in front of an array of screens. About half of the dozen lounge seats beside me are already filled with guys in lovingly worn-down gear boasting logos of their favorite teams. Over the chirping, electronic cacophony of spinning digital wheels, I look over and attempt to organize the slips of paper from the kiosk, ones that cost me over $100.

It’s all a lot for a night owl to take in so early on a weekend, but these sights and sounds will be my home this day. The sugary green liquid is coursing through my system. Kickoff is imminent.

In The Dark Knight, Michael Caine’s Alfred remarks that “some men just want to watch the world burn” to explain the sadistic nature of the Joker. Me? I’m much more of a masochist than a sadist.

On this day, as it turned out, I just want to watch my money burn… while also watching a game or two.

I’ve come out to the tribal casinos to gamble for the day, but I won’t be playing the video slots, checking my poker hold cards, rolling the craps dice, watching the spinning roulette ball or asking the dealer to hit my blackjack hand.

Thankfully for me (and less so for my wallet), sports betting is legal in Washington state.

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ambling on sports has been around as long as games have been played — from little bets on the games between buddies when their rival teams play to NCAA Tournament bracket pools to actual large-scale criminal betting using bookies.

While it’s no surprise that Nevada was the first U.S. state to legalize sports gambling in 1931 — though the first sportsbook in a casino didn’t arrive until 1975 at the Stardust — just how long the Silver State was the only spot for legal sports bets is a bit of a shocker. (Side note: Betting on horse racing doesn’t fall under the purview of sports gambling because it uses

a “parimutuel system” — where the winners are paid from the actual pool of bets — hence why that’s long been legal in many spots, including Spokane’s Playfair Race Course, which held races from 1901 to 2000.)

The 1961 Federal Wire Act explicitly prohibited interstate sports gambling, essentially making the issue of sports betting a state-by-state issue rather than the federal government’s purview. A mainstream awareness of sports gambling picked up steam in the 1970s when oddsmaker Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder joined CBS’s pregame show The NFL Today (even though he couldn’t explicitly talk about point spreads, per NFL mandate). There has been a long history of pointshaving scandals (where players got paid to intentionally play poorly so that certain bets would win) and throwing games (see: the 1919 Black Sox scandal). In 1989 Pete Rose, the Cincinnati Reds star and all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball, who was banned from the sport and its hall of fame for betting on games while he was managing the Reds. Then in 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which essentially banned sports gambling in every state but Nevada.

Everything began to change in May 2018 when the Supreme Court heard the case of Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association and struck down PASPA, declaring that it violated the 10th Amendment’s anti-commandeering rule, and therefore the legality of sports gambling should be decided by individual states. Delaware became the second state to accept sports wagering that June. By the end of 2018, Arkansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia had also joined the sports gambling fray.

Currently, 38 states have legalized sports gambling in some form, including all Western states except Idaho, Utah and California.

Washington state decided to take the gamble, so to speak, and legalize sports betting in 2020 with House Bill 2638, which passed both the state House and Senate with significant bipartisan support (83-14 in the House, 34-15 in the Senate).

The bill, co-sponsored by Spokane’s Rep. Marcus Riccelli, legalized sports betting, but only within the structure of tribal gaming. An individual can go to a tribal casino and place bets at one of their sportsbooks (there are only 14 statewide), but the state prohibited expanding sports gambling beyond those parameters. (Earlier this year, a lawsuit by Maverick Gaming claimed that HB 2638 set up a “discriminatory tribal gaming monopoly.” It was dismissed by a U.S. District Court judge.) ...continued on next page

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“We looked at the gaming situation in the United States, just looking at providing adults with an opportunity to gamble responsibly,” says Riccelli. “I was equally thoughtful about keeping expanded gambling out of neighborhoods and away from minors, and those who wish to avoid it. So I think the kind of compromise was that our tribal partners have proven that they can offer responsible gaming options for adults, and they can do so now with the sports wagering.”

As the chair of the state House Health Care and Wellness Committee, Riccelli said he was cautious to make sure a sports betting bill didn’t open up opportunities for youth gambling or being so accessible that people who might have addiction issues could place bets whenever they wanted to from home. That’s why sports betting has to be done on tribal casino grounds and isn’t available to do from anywhere in the state via popular gambling apps like DraftKings and FanDuel, which are banned here but have become business partners with pro sports leagues.

“We intended from the start to keep it limited and responsible — I don’t really want to see gaming in grocery lines or during church services,” says Riccelli. “So if someone wants to gamble, they should make a conscious decision and drive somewhere to responsibly game. It shouldn’t be at your fingertips 24/7.”

The quirk about the legislation that probably irks local fans the most? Betting on Washington’s collegiate squads is prohibited. That means no bets on that national-title-contending University of Washington football team or the hometown Gonzaga hoops teams. It’s an aspect of the law that Riccelli suggests might be tweaked down the road. Nevada once banned betting on its collegiate teams, as well, but then realized those bets would still happen illegally. Better to allow bets so casinos could track any suspicious money that could imply point shaving.

But for now, Washingtonian alumni and fans? You’re outta luck.

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s the morning NFL games kick off, I’m lounging in my chair at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s Turf Club Sportsbook. Opened in December 2021, the casino’s sports gaming hub was the first spot in the Inland Northwest to legally take sports wagers.

Sports wagering at Northern Quest, and at the nearby Spokane Tribe Casino, are done via two methods. The first is betting at the counter with the help of one of the attendants. The books print out papers showing the spreads, money lines and over/unders for the day’s games, then bettors can check what they want to wager on, approach the counter and lay down money on those games, receiving a betting slip detailing their wager.

“The No. 1 thing is go talk to your attendants,” says Kevin Zenishek, Northern Quest’s executive director of casino operations.

“Go ask them, ‘How can I wager on this game? What are the different methods?’ Because they know. That’s the best advice. I think a lot of people are intimidated to kind of approach the counter and just ask that question, but that’s what they’re there for.”

For those looking for a quicker, less personal but more detailed option, there are also digital kiosks that have all of the book’s potential bets in their system. Bettors can sort through tabs to find the bets they want, click their selections, insert cash and get their betting slips that way.

The Turf Club is a rather small space, with a dozen lounge chairs pointed at a screen displaying five games at once. To my right is the actual sports betting counter, with more screens behind the counter. (With nine NFL games happening simultaneously this morning, some neck craning is required to see everything.) With the Seahawks’ kickoff still hours away, it’s honestly a relatively chill vibe, mostly guys in their 50s and 60s who keep to themselves with the occasional character hollering and mansplaining about the ease of kicking indoor field goals or some other nonsense. Somewhat counterintuitively, the best

SPORTS BETTING 101

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he terminology and math involved in sports gambling can be very confusing to the uninitiated. Here are some brief explanations of key things to know.

MONEY LINE

Betting on the money line (m/l) simply means you are betting on one team to beat the other team. When it’s a very balanced matchup, you can get something close to even odds betting the money line. However when one team is a heavy favorite, betting on the presumed winner will only net marginal money, while betting on the underdog could multiply your cash if they pull off the upset.

ODDS

Sports betting odds are presented based on theoretical $100 bets, where betting on the underdog (presented as + odds) will net you more money than you bet, while placing money on the favorite (depicted as - odds) will net you less than what you bet.

For example, in last year’s Super Bowl, the Eagles were -130 favorites over the Chiefs (+110). If you’d correctly bet $100 on the Chiefs, you’d win $110. If you’d bet $100 on the Eagles and they had won, you’d have won $76.92. (On a $5 bet that would’ve been $5.50 and $3.85 wins, respectively).

POINT SPREAD

Often simply called the spread, it’s a number set by the sports book in order to give bettors nearly even odds on any game.

For example, Duke basketball is most likely going to easily beat, let’s say Idaho, so they might be 25.5-point favorites (presented as -25.5) to win the game. If you bet on Duke and they win the game by 26+ points, you’d win. But if you bet on the spread and Duke won by 20, you’d lose.

OVER/UNDER

A bet on the whether total number of points by both teams in a game will end up being over or under a set line. For example, the Seahawks’ opener versus the Rams this year had an over/under of 46.5 points.

The Seahawks lost 30-13 — 43 total points — which means the under hit.

PARLAY

A parlay is when you combine multiple bets in order to increase your odds, but the risk is that every bet you add has to win. You can often combine different types of bets, so a money line bet and a parlay bet could be on the same ticket (as long as they’re not m/l and spread of the same game). For example, one could bet on the Golden State Warriors money line combined with the Seahawks point spread and the over/under of a St. Mary’s basketball game. If they all hit, you’ll have an exponentially higher payout, but if the Warriors and St. Mary’s both turn out to be winning bets but the Seahawks don’t cover the spread, the whole ticket loses.

PUSH

This is when a bet neither wins nor loses, so you just get your money back by cashing a ticket. For example, I bet $20 on the Eagles -7 and they won by 7. I didn’t win. I didn’t lose. I just got my cash returned to me. (You’ll notice most lines are set at 0.5 increments to avoid pushes.)

PROP BET

Bets on things other than the spread, money line or over/under. Often these bets focus on singular player performances — like if LeBron James will score a certain number of points, if Geno Smith will rush for a touchdown, or which player will score the first touchdown. They can also get crazy, like betting on the color of Gatorade dumped on a coach after winning the Super Bowl. Prop bets often have higher odds because they’re more random and harder to predict.

FUTURE BETS

Bets placed not on games but on distant events. For example, betting on a certain team to win next year’s World Series would be one kind of future bet, betting the over/under for the Mariners’ total wins next season would be another, and betting Julio Rodriguez to win the AL MVP would be a third type.

— SETH SOMMERFELD

sports betting viewing area at Northern Quest may be at the EPIC Sports Bar, due to its massive screen and food options.

For the casinos themselves, sports betting is mainly about bringing different demographics to their properties. The typical slot-playing crowds tend to skew older and more female. The thought is that once players are in the building, they’re likely to also spend money on food, drinks and other gambling options.

“We hoped that that 20-to-40 male demographic [would come],” says Chris Pendell, Northern Quest’s director of table games.

“That’s absolutely what it did. I saw people who had never been here before, and we’ve been here for 20plus years. So it was cool to see that experience off the first time.”

“The volume is as we anticipated,” adds Zenishek. “It’s significantly different from slots. It’s a very, very small percentage of the slot revenue, I mean, the smallest percentage you can imagine. But again, it was an avenue to provide a kind of legal and honest gaming.”

app betting. In order to use it, customers must actually be on the tribal casino property (with a phone location check) and deposit money into their account by handing cash directly to the attendant — so no adding funds digitally via your bank or a credit card — limiting options for potentially problematic impulsive betting. (While there’s no app betting at Spokane Tribe, players can “bet ahead” via the Caesars Sportsbook app, which gives them a code they can enter into the on-site kiosks to quickly get their bets in once on the property.)

From the comfort of my chair, the app opened up a world of live gambling — betting on different adjusted lines and odds based on how the game is playing out. I managed to rack up a few wins by betting lines that changed because the Eagles and Falcons got off to slow starts (shifting the Eagles line from -7 to -2.5 and the Falcons from -1.5 favorites to +7.5 point underdogs). Neither team covered their original lines, but both covered their adjusted live lines.

“I saw people who had never been here before, and we’ve been here for 20-plus years.”

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’m not a newbie to the world of sports gambling when I enter the premises this Sunday. I routinely head to Airway Heights on Wednesday nights to lay down bets for the week during football season (with occasional NCAA basketball and NBA bets tossed into the mix). Living on a journalist’s salary, I tend to keep most wagers small — usually $5 or $10 bets. Prior to this day, I tallied my bets to date in 2023 — 143 bets resulting in a net loss of $125. While losing isn’t great, that’s a perfectly acceptable number to me because of the entertainment value sports gambling can provide. Much like playing fantasy football or filling out an NCAA Tourney bracket, having money on the game adds to the intrigue. Games I couldn’t care less about suddenly have meaning if a random team’s win nets me $10. That added financial interest is at the core of sports betting’s appeal.

“It’s fun. It creates a new energy around games that you just didn’t have before. It’s not like just rooting for your team. It’s even different than fantasy football, where you’re trying to move for different players and different teams. You have a different stake,” Zenishek says. “If your affordable level is $1 per bet, that’s fine. If it’s $100 per bet, that’s fine, too. But it gives you a different interest in the game.”

For today’s adventure, I’ve upped my normal betting limit but still want to keep my risk under $200. (I end up betting $170 total.) My main morning bets include spread bets on the Eagles (-7) and the Texans (-3), neither of which turn out to be winners.

I throw a few bucks on awful Jets quarterback Zach Wilson to throw an interception (-145) as something negative but fun to root for, but alas, he’s safe with the ball this week. I also put money on an absurd parlay for kicks, one where all seven teams have to cover the point spreads, but if they all hit I’d win $712 on a $10 bet.

(Spoiler: I lose, obviously, as the vast majority of parlays always do.)

One bet I really wanted to make was on Saints’ quarterback/ tight end Taysom Hill to score a rushing touchdown, but unfortunately Northern Quest doesn’t offer that bet. (And, of course, Hill goes on to rush for two touchdowns.)

Which leads us to how these odds get set in the first place.

Because setting lines for everything in-house would take a full team of experts, Northern Quest and Spokane Tribe both have contracts with firms that specialize in setting lines. Northern Quest uses International Game Technologies. Spokane Tribe uses Caesars Sportsbook. As a result, lines and odds will sometimes differ from casino to casino. (Often it’s a slight difference in odds and a 0.5 point difference in the spread.) Spokane Tribe currently has an advantage as they offer many more prop bets and things like adjustable lines thanks to Caesars’ beefed up book. (I could’ve bet on Hill to rush for a touchdown if I started my morning there.)

And while we can’t access app gambling from anywhere in Washington state, Northern Quest now offers a very limited version of online gambling via its Turf Club Sportsbook app.

The endeavor, which launched in October, allows geo-fenced

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head to Spokane Tribe Casino for the afternoon slate of games. The casino’s sportsbook layout is less secluded than the Turf Club, but makes up for it by having a better screen layout and a more open feel. (The Seahawks playing as part of the afternoon slate helps boost the energy).

When chatting with Spokane Tribe Casino’s director of marketing, Christopher Marzotto, it becomes clear the tribe wants the sportsbook to be a lively hub on their property. The sportsbook has hosted meet-and-greets with everyone from WSU coaches to Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, plus there’s a weekly partnership with 1510 KGA’s Jim Moosejaw Miller sports radio show. There are quarterly drawings during Thursday Night Football games and weekly last-chance drawings, where costly losing bets can be thrown into a drawing for a redemptive cash prize.

As I grab a so-so lunchtime hot dog from Caesars Sportsbook Grill & Bar and fixate on the long wall of screens, my bets take a turn for the worse. My biggest bets of the day are on the Chiefs going up against my favorite team, the Denver Broncos (who sucked every time I’d watched them this year, hence my bet that they’ll lose badly). But with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes under the weather, the Broncos pull off the upset and deliver a blow to my chances of coming out of the day winning money. (Doubling down on the Chiefs via a live bet when they initially fell behind didn’t help.) I make another bad bet when I place money on the Bucks NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo to grab over 9.5 rebounds and score over 29.5 points, only for him to get 11 rebounds… and 26 points. (The books know how to set these lines to make money, folks.)

I’m sort of spiraling at that point. A day of fun sports has turned sour. I want to keep betting to make up for my losses, but I know that’s a fool’s errand. It’s pretty undeniable that the rush of sports betting can be addicting, but thankfully there are safeguards in place.

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ports is a part of our society, it’s something we love.

And for most people, sports betting can be fun,” says Maureen Greeley, executive director of the Olympiabased Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling. “But there is an element of risk involved. And for some people, it can become problematic.”

Like other vices that can provide thrilling serotonin highs, sport gambling can lead to self-destructive and addictive habits.

Organizations like Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling exist to help folks sort through those struggles. The nonprofit runs a 24/7 helpline for those dealing with problem gambling issues, offers a ton of useful information on its website, can provide referrals to counselors and treatment centers, trains industry people to identify problem gambling, and provides funding for those who need to enter treatment programs. ...continued on next page

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The people who seek help for sports betting tend to differ from those needing help with other gambling issues — it’s a younger, more male demographic (typically 18 to 25 years old).

Sports gambling issues can often pop up as part of “co-occurring disorders.” In other words, people who also have alcohol and substance abuse issues or a family history of addiction are more at risk for adding problematic sports gambling to the mix.

Greeley notes that while the introduction of legalized sports gambling hasn’t resulted in a major spike in helpline calls, “only about 10% of the people who need help actually make that call,” and there are certain spike times — like around the Super Bowl and NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament — when there is a noticeable uptick in calls and visits to Evergreen’s website. The lack of online sports wagering certainly factors into problems not seeming to arise too much apart from the big events.

“Sports betting online is not available in our state, but that sort of access to continuous in-play betting is much more likely to create behavioral patterns that can become disruptive and can lead to a gambling disorder,” Greeley says. “Anything that gives a person a break between one bet and their next bet is a good thing in terms of stopping that kind of behavior pattern that becomes continuous. Once you’re at the casino, you can bet as much as you want, as often as you want, as frequently as you want. But yes, you do have to get there.

You’re not sitting at home in your pajamas with your mobile phone accessing 12 bets within the first quarter of a game. That’s not going to happen in Washington.”

The main tip Greeley offers to prevent sports betting from turning into a problem is to contextualize thinking about placing bets as a casual, fun diversion rather than an avenue for financial windfall.

“Look at it as part of your entertainment budget,” says Greeley. “You know how much you’re willing to spend on going out to dinner in a month or how much you’re willing to spend to go to a concert or a movie. Gambling should be looked at the same way.

Gambling is not a way to make money, and if that’s your attitude going into it, you’ve got a problem from the very beginning.

“We usually get into sports because it’s social — it’s a fun thing that we can share with our friends. Sports betting should be that

way, too,” she continues. “Yeah, go and enjoy an afternoon sports betting with your friends watching the games and having fun.

But if it starts to become something that you were going to do for an hour or two, and suddenly you find that time has slipped away and you’ve been there five, six, seven hours, that could be a sign that there is a problem. When it goes beyond that, if you’re missing work, if you’re missing family events, if you’re lying about how much you’re gambling, if you’re going beyond your budget… then there is definitely a problem at that point.”

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ejected after a long day of losing, I trek back home during halftime of the Sunday Night Football game. The Bears were getting absolutely walloped by the Chargers (24-7), making my last spread bet of the day (Bears +9.5) essentially null and void. While betting can certainly make games more thrilling, it’s not exactly fun when you have a day of primarily taking Ls. And yet… I still turned on the blowout game when I got back to my abode.

Did I care who won the game? Nope. Was it good football?

Also nope. But did I still have money on Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent to either throw for a touchdown (-234) or run one in (+625)? Yeeeeeep.

And therein lies the admittedly slightly twisted appeal of sports gambling — it can make even the most lopsided contest something you suddenly have a fierce interest in. So with two minutes and 12 seconds left in a game, the Bears trailing 30-7, there I was impulsively jumping to my feet and fist pumping in celebration as Bagent quarterback-sneaked his way into the endzone for a meaningless garbage time touchdown. It may have elicited nonplussed reactions from fans and the announcers, but for me it was a nice little $30-plus win on a $5 bet to slightly salvage a day of bad bets. It’s moments like that that will keep Washingtonian sports gamblers trekking out to the casinos for years to come.

Even the losers get lucky sometimes. n

“We usually get into sports because… it’s a fun thing that we can share with our friends. Sports betting should be that way, too.”

If you or someone you love has a problem with gambling, call the Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling’s 24/7 helpline at 1-800-547-6133, or visit evergreencpg.org.

SETH’S BETS 10/29/23 FROM KIOSKS

Texans -3 @ Panthers (-120) - $5 - LOSS Eagles -7 (-110) - $20 - PUSH Jets QB Zach Wilson: Over 0.5 Interceptions (-145) - $5 - LOSS 8 Team ML Parlay: Falcons, Texans, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs (+809) - $10 - LOSS Chiefs -7 @ Broncos (-105) - $25 - LOSS Warriors ML (-210) - $10 - WIN: +$4.75 Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo: Over 29.5 Points & Over 9.5 Rebounds (+200 - Odds Boost) - $5 - LOSS Bears +9.5 vs Chargers (-110) - $20 - LOSS First Chargers Drive Ends in a Field Goal Attempt (+410) - $10 - LOSS Bears QB Tyson Bagent to Score a TD (+625) - $5 - WIN: +$31.25 Bears QB Tyson Bagent Total Passing TDs: Over 0.5 (-254) - $20 - LOSS Bars @ Chargers: Over 46 Points (-110) $10 - LOSS Bears @ Rams Will There Be OT: No (-6004) - $5 - WIN: 10¢

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SC Freiburg @ Bayer Leverkusen - Draw (+425) - $2.50 - LOSS 8 Team Parlay: Falcons -2.5, Texans -3, Cowboys -7, Dolphins ML, Eagles -7, Ravens ML, KC -7, Bears +9.5 - (+7124) - $5 - LOSS LIVE Falcons +7.5 @ Titans (-125) - $5 WIN: +$4 LIVE Eagles -2.5 @ Commanders (-130) $5 - WIN: +$3.85 Sounders -0.5 vs FC Dallas - $2.50 - WIN: +$1.79 Total Wagered: $170 Total Net: -$76.76

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ocated across from the Historic Davenport Hotel, THUNDER PIE PIZZA (816 W. Sprague Ave., thunderpiepizza.com) is one of the newest additions to downtown Spokane’s vibrant food scene. Its artisanal pizzas come with traditional toppings like pepperoni and mushrooms, but also cater to more refined palettes with toppings like pear and blue cheese.

“Thunder Pie is the perfect stop when you’re taking a break from shopping or socializing before seeing an event. Come in, get warmed by our authentic wood-fired pizza oven, share a pie, and check out our surprisingly extensive cocktail and liquor selection,” says Danny Steward, the restaurant’s general manager. “This is our very first holiday season, so we’re excited for people to come down and spend it with us.”

Barely a block away is THE GILDED UNICORN (110 S. Monroe St., gildedunicorn.com), which serves up whimsy and magic in the form of reimagined American dishes. Instead of conventional deviled eggs, Gilded Unicorn’s are topped with maple chili and applewoodsmoked bacon. The nachos feature salmon marinated in shoyu sauce with sesame-cashew cheese and pickled ginger. The brick oven chili offers a “Frito pie” option that adds corn chips, cheddar, ranch crème, jalapeño and onions. And the mac ’n’ cheese is baked with fresh mozzarella, basil pesto and tomatoes. It’s a great way to re-experience your favorite comfort foods.

If you’re having a hard time making up your mind, head to OFF THE WALL (121 N. Wall St., otwspokane.com). Served from an indoor food truck, there are three menus: the Mexican-inspired El Medano, which includes tacos, burritos and nachos; the Midwestthemed Chi-Dog, which has smash burgers, hot dogs and fries; and the lighter Fork & Bowl, which has a variety of soups and salads. For the night owls, there’s a Late-Night menu that offers some of all three. Plus, there are plenty of cocktails and shots to wash it all down. 

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chic. Not only can you shop a wide selection of hand-picked resale clothing, you can also sell or trade gently used items, too.

New to the downtown boutique scene this year is REBEL HART (525 W. Sprague Ave., rebelhartco.com). “Our range includes everything from small to 3X, making us one of the very few places where people of all sizes can shop,” says Kodie Hartin, founder

GARLAND RESALE timeless finds. You can dress yourself or a giftee from head to toe with just the right outfit and accessories. There are also health and beauty items like handmade balms and body oils.

Whereas Garland Resale is local throughand-through, BUFFALO EXCHANGE (407 W. Main Ave., buffaloexchange.com) is a nationwide fashion chain that still gives off the indie vibes of its small-scale Southwest roots. Close to 50 years ago, it tapped into the “slow” and ethical secondhand fashion movement that’s now become a priority for those who want to limit their environmental impact without sacrificing

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he basement of the Papillon building was cluttered with pipes and a cracked, uneven floor.

For over 100 years, the thick stone walls blocked all outside light, and ancient wood beams held up a low ceiling. But even in the dark, the right eye could catch a glint of beauty.

“Somebody put a lot of craftsmanship into creating these beautiful arches down here,” says longtime Spokane restaurateur Juli Norris, pointing at the carefully constructed brick archways inlaid into a dividing stone wall.

“For a long time, it was just storage. It wasn’t really anything,” she says. “I love the opportunity to really let this part shine because it hasn’t been seen for so long. I don’t even know if it’s ever really been highlighted.”

Norris has transformed the century-old cellar into Lorén, a chic, upscale French bistro that might as well be tucked in a cave outside Nantes. It’s a swanky underground joint illuminated by low candles and a soft lavender glow. The elevated restaurant with a limited members-only social club, completed by a hidden room for private events, is a new concept from Norris, who also owns Kasa Restaurant and Taphouse on the first floor of the same building, just north of Riverfront Park. Norris shows her range as a chef and entrepreneur by reinvigo-

rating a forgotten space and casting a new vision for what a speakeasy-inspired dining experience can be.

Lorén can be hard to find even with the location pinned on Google Maps. Go down the back stairs and along a basement corridor until you see the minimalist logo of a woman on the wall. Then, step out of the brightly lit hallway and through a heavy velvet curtain into a modern, sleek, dimly lit dining room. Gold-crusted geodes cascade down the dark gray stone walls. The backlit bar features a gray marble slab bartop, veined with deep violet ripples. Feather-like lavender plumes give a subtle feminine flair. You’ve found a hidden gem, though it’s a far cry from the orange leather and cigar smoke that Norris says make some modern speakeasies feel like an old boys’ club.

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oth Norris and her executive chef, Tyler Gardner, are classically trained French chefs. As fun as Kasa is — and don’t get her wrong, Norris loves the family-focused, casual fun and games there — Lorén captures some of her deepest passions.

“We get to have a lot of fun and work with pretty expensive ingredients to try to create something that is memorable and unique,” she says. “That really lets our

guests understand how important Lorén is to us. We want you to feel like you’ve just kind of walked into a really interesting bistro or high-end restaurant somewhere in Europe.”

Premières, otherwise known as appetizers, include fried calamari ($17) and housemade fougasse ($12), a garlic- and herb-infused, strangely shaped bread from the Provence region served with honey brie butter and confit garlic. There’s also flamenkuche ($14), a pizza-esque flatbread from the Alsace region topped with prosciutto and sherrypoached pear. The burrata salad ($17) features grapefruit, roasted fennel and small-batch olive oil. Fresh scallops at market price are served over rich Parmesan risotto.

But Norris’ favorite plate is the grilled filet mignon (also market price) with a classic bordelaise, a sauce named for the Bordeaux region of France and reduced from the dry red wines produced there.

“It’s very high-end cuts of beef,” she says. “And then we make our own pasta in house — we cut it into that pappardelle shape, we stuffed it full of Gorgonzola steak butter, and we wrap it around in a rosette [shape] and put it on top of the steak. So when you go to cut into the steak, that delicious butter just rolls out.” ...continued on next page

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Just as important as the food is the wine. Norris and her team tasted plenty of Old World wines, but they also sampled the best that Walla Walla could offer. They ended up with a wine menu that offers both imported French wines and local Washington wines, three of which are made by Townshend Cellars for Lorén alone — the Premier Rouge red, Deuxième Rouge red, and Très Belle Lorén sparkling white.

But in case you prefer cocktails to wine, Norris also partnered with Dry Fly Distilling to create a Lorén-specific gin.

“A lot of gins are very juniper forward,” Norris says. “We still have juniper in there, but we added things to replace that, like fresh apple — because we’re in Washington and Green Bluff is here — and lavender and orange and lemon peel and a little black tea. Not only does it make spectacular cocktails, but it’s also good for sipping. Most people don’t sip gin, but you can sip our gin.”

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he surprises keep on coming. Behind the host stand is a dark, inconspicuous paneled wall. But if you know where to pull, it opens into a second, secret dining room fit for an intimate special event. A long table runs the length of the room, which looks like it’s been carved out of stone. A flat-screen TV hangs at one end, while bottles of Lorén wines line the other.

It’s named the Sophia Room, and anyone can rent it for bachelorette parties, birthday parties, anniversaries or business meetings. But it’s also a perk for the 25 lucky people or corporations who have memberships to Lorén’s new social club. Members get four complimentary bookings of the Sophia Room each year, and a special password that opens the room to their guests. They’ll also receive perks while dining in and early ticket access to special events like pairing dinners. Plus, Norris will throw a membersonly party twice a year, with food and drink and DJs. “They just get to have a fun night and rub shoulders and meet each other,” she says. “That’s what it’s all about. It’s about community, and strengthening relationships within the community.”

Norris’ father was an entrepreneur as well. He passed his inexhaustible creativity and drive to his daughter. Wherever she is, or whatever she’s doing, Norris wants to create something new out of the old.

“I love the innovation,” she says. “As an entrepreneur and as a restaurateur, for me it is trying to create something that is original, that’s needed, and that brings the community together.

There’s always a lot of risk involved, and that’s just a part of being an entrepreneur. But it gets in your blood. I’m happiest when I’m creating.”

She motions to the masonry she admires in the aged walls of her new restaurant.

“An artist definitely put that little arch in there. It’s important for Spokane to see neat little places like that, and for them to be something instead of, you know, just a storage room.” n Lorén • 908 N. Howard St. • Open Tue-Sat 4-10 pm • lorenbistro.com • 509-315-8902

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Full Hearts, Full Bellies Where to go this Thanksgiving to find a free, delicious meal

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CELEBRATING 30 WONDERFUL YEARS

Because a full plate doesn’t need to be hard to find. and some 99217 areas. Participants will also be signed up for other fun “Project in a Bag” drop-offs throughout the year. Register at ifyoucouldsavejustone.org.

Spokane Valley Assembly Church A meal box delivery for Spokane Valley families from Valley Assembly Church. Email cameronmc@valleyassembly.org for more information.

Flanigan Foundation Those who participate in Second Harvest’s Bite2Go program can request a Thanksgiving meal box for a special family meal. For more information, email keaton.foundation@ gmail.com.

pokane County leads the state in “very low food security,” according to the latest food security survey from Washington State University and University of Washington. Close to 45% of sampled households were eating less because of financial stress in January 2023.

Since then, pandemic-induced emergency benefits to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, ended, but grocery prices have continued to go up. The survey found that food insecure households considered groceries the most difficult bill to afford. For over half the state, a full Thanksgiving table seems less and less possible.

Food pantries, social clubs and churches around Spokane are stepping in to fill plates and hearts this holiday season. Some offer free meals to take home, others provide both a meal and a family to eat with. See the list below for places and dates to find free Thanksgiving meal baskets, prepared food to take home, or sit down meals.

For those interested in volunteering, contact individual organizations for details.

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NOV. 21 Southside Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., 11:30 am-2 pm, 509-535-0803 Shalom Ministries at New Community Church, 518 W. Third Ave., 1 pm, shalommeal.org Shadle Park Presbyterian, 5508 N. Alberta St., 5:30 pm, 509-327-5522

KREM Cares Tom’s Turkey Drive Distribution locations and times for this annual event vary, and some sign-ups are already full. Registration is required; visit krem.com for more information.

Calvary Spokane Registration is required to get a Thanksgiving basket delivered to your home that’s filled with available ingredients to prepare your own meal. Request a basket that feeds up to 12 people at calvaryspokane.com/thanksgiving.

If You Could Save Just One Receive a “Harvest in a Bag” meal curated by a Sodexo chef dropped off at your door. Capacity is limited (registration is required) and only open to ZIP codes 99207, 99202, 99201

Women and Children’s Free Restaurant, 1408 N. Washington St. On Nov. 21, pick up a fully prepared, familystyle meal between 11 am and 1 pm. Readymade dishes include turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, pie and more. An adult female must be present. No registration is necessary; visit facebook.com/WCFRSpokane for more information.

Fresh Soul, 3029 E. Fifth Ave On Thanksgiving morning, the first 100 people to visit Fresh Soul receive a free meal and cash gift, and no registration is necessary.

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Next Goal Wins is an own goal.

Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins is a well-intentioned but empty comedy in futile search of a win

BY CHASE HUTCHINSON

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here are few modern filmmakers whose career has taken as many unexpected turns as Taika Waititi. To be clear, this isn’t completely a criticism — Waititi had a good run of movies that each felt fresh and fun. Most will likely be familiar with his breakthrough film, 2013’s wonderful vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows, which he created alongside collaborator Jemaine Clement, though he’s also made other winning works in 2007’s Eagle vs. Shark, 2010’s Boy, and 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Even when part of the Marvel machine in 2017 with Thor: Ragnarok, his silly yet often sweet humor managed to shine through. For a while there, any film Waititi was part of was worth seeking out for him alone.

Such history is important to establish before tackling the fascinatingly flat experience of Next Goal Wins, as it speaks to the reasons why, even among other lackluster work, it still feels like a disappointment. A retelling of real-life events already brought to the screen in the 2014 documentary of the same name (which is of infinitely greater value than this fictionalized version), it focuses on the American Samoa national football (soccer) team. After losing 31-0 to Australia in 2001, the worst loss in international football history, the team’s haunted by the defeat for years and need a way to bounce back from rock bottom.

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er, a Dutch-American coach going through a rough patch one moment, he deadnames Jaiyah as motivation. This before being told he must now work with said team. cruel act is then brushed over through a forced reconciliThis all sounds like your typical underdog sports ation that she must initiate. While there is a discussion story, with Rongen’s alcoholism becoming the most incesto be had about whether this is an accurate depiction of sant comedic and narrative trope, though the strangest how normalized transphobia is in the world and whether thing is how little Waititi seems interested in the actual Waititi’s heart is in the right place in trying to establish players. Ever since the film premiered at this year’s Tothis, the trouble is that Jaiyah is reduced to being a moral ronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the journey for Rongen to go on about acceptance rather weakest movies shown, the thing that has grown the most than a more multifaceted character in her own right. frustrating is how we don’t get to know much about any When Next Goal Wins coasts to a conclusion without of the characters. The sports film lives or dies on creating all the pieces properly established, it nearly collapses an entertaining ensemble of distinct personalities before our eyes. It isn’t like the that then must come together to achieve a common Next Goal Wins abysmal lows of Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit goal. In Next Goal Wins, there is little to no characor Thor: Love and Thunder, though Rated PG-13 terization given to most of the players. Instead — only because this movie is too Directed by Taika Waititi and this becomes the film’s greatest problem — they Starring Michael Fassbender, bland to be that bad. Even as there largely all feel like an extension of Waititi rather might be the occasional chuckle or Oscar Kightley, Kaimana than real people with their own voice. cheer-worthy moment, none of it The sole possible exception to this is the feels earned when we haven’t come talented Jaiyah, played by the spectacular first-time actor to know nearly any of the characters before then. It’s the Kaimana, whose identity is fa’afafine, which is a third type of film that could be used to write off the filmmaker, gender with specific cultural grounding in American but there is still too much promise Waititi is carrying with Samoa. Jaiyah could become the first openly transgender him to wish for that to happen. The greatest victory that footballer to compete in a World Cup, which is a story could come from Next Goal Wins would be the chance for worth making an entire film about that didn’t filter it a course correction, as Waititi himself is now the underthrough Rongen’s bigotry and ignorance as this does. In dog in need of redemption. n

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ince the post-WWII period, pop culture has previously unmentioned — a boy band called moved in 20-year waves. The 1970s saw nosBroZone, but they broke up long ago. However, talgia for the 1950s, which gave us American now they must come together to rescue one of Graffiti, Happy Days and Grease. In the ’90s, folks their own, Floyd (Troye Sivan), who has been kidwere nostalgic for the ’70s — hello, That ’70s Show. napped by evil pop music sibling duo Velvet (Amy (Absolutely no one was nostalgic for the Great DeSchumer) and Veneer (Andrew Rannells), who pression 1930s in the 1950s, or ever.) But nostalgia are stealing Floyd’s singing mojo to fuel their own seems to be slowing down lately: 1990s nostalgia success. Velvet and Veneer are not trolls; I dunno only hit in the late 2010s, and then only very miniwhat the hell they are, but they look like creepily mally, like how the sitcom Friends — not a remake caricatured homo sapiens whose dark magic is but just streaming reruns, basically — boomed taking place in a nightmarish parody of Las Vegas again when the series landed on Netflix. (which is, inherently, redundant).

This leads us to these damn CGI-animated The road trip that Branch and Poppy go on Trolls movies, which are part of the slow ’90s to rescue Floyd is more welcomingly trippy than nostalgia, I guess. Like a recursive pop-culture intypical kids’ movies. There’s a bit where ’70s-ish ception: The original Troll dolls, those horrid little disco music ignites a detour into a psychedelic aniwastes of carbon-intensive plastic with the shocks mation style, distinct from the modern, pleasantly of neon hair, were a thing in the ’70s and then — as blobby CGI that characterizes most of the movie. dictated by the aforementioned nostalgia rules — There’s a stop at an abandoned troll theme park they reappeared in the ’90s. that is visually grim but also forcefully cheery as Too young for Troll dolls in the 1970s and too Poppy rather bizarrely meets a long-lost sibling of old for their nostalgic reappearance two decades her own, Viva (Camila Cabello). It’s a plot sidelater, I am pop-culturally incapable of mustering track that feels shoehorned in so that Poppy has any interest in them. something to do besides support Branch. Maybe And yet, I didn’t hate this the latest entry in the best weird thing is the strange living RV that their cinematic franchise, Trolls Band Together. It’s the gang uses on their journey: It’s like a giant not quite up to the level of the second entry in the worm (on a troll scale) that looks like a Studio series, 2020’s Trolls World Tour, but it’s slightly better Ghibli escapee. than the original 2016 Trolls.

I admit that I have been defeated Does it even matter what by this odd franchise. Its dedicated Trolls Band Together is going on in these movies nonstop weirdness is admirable. It’s Rated PG at this point? Little kiddies disappointing that there’s no song Directed by Walt Dohrn and Tim Heitz will be drawn in by the Starring Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, anywhere near as good as the incredgentle chaos of its nonstop ibly catchy and danceable “Can’t Amy Schumer candy-colored assault, and as Stop the Feeling” from the first that’s deployed here, it’s fine.

Trolls movie, but it makes up for it The Trolls franchise is genuinely good-natured, by depicting a world in which curious beings of sweet without being sappy, and it’s hard to dislike. all provenance — trolls, ogreish Bergen and many With the series’ initial antagonists, the trollothers — have learned to live together in harmony eating Bergens no longer a threat after being tamed while respecting one another’s differences. In a by the irrepressible cheeriness of Poppy the troll world in which brand names are increasingly forc(Anna Kendrick), new conflict is needed in Band ibly yoked to “entertainment” for the benefit of Together. It comes in sibling drama, as troll Branch corporate profits more than audience enjoyment, (Justin Timberlake) reconnects with his previously these silly Trolls movies have managed to, at the unmentioned brothers. They were once — also very least, not be actively off-putting about it. n

ALSO OPENING THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES

This prequel to the blockbuster Hunger Games franchise serves as an origin story for Katniss Everdeen’s eventual main antagonist, the tyrannical President Coriolanus Snow. Ballad follows a teenage Snow (Tom Blyth) as he forms a consequential mentor bond with a tribute (Rachel Zegler) during the 10th Hunger Games.

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Thanksgiving Throwdowns are always a festive local music scene gathering. SPENCER NEWMAN PHOTO

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THANKFUL AS CLUCK With the annual Thanksgiving Throwdown around the corner, we asked local artists on the bill to share their musical gratitude

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traditional Thanksgiving meal is a feast for the stomach.

Thanksgiving Throwdown is a feast for the ears.

Organized by Spokane pop punk band Free the Jester, the concert is in its ninth year of being a big, loud, welcoming communal gathering for emerging artists and veteran Spokane rockers alike. Typically occurring at the Knitting Factory, this year’s lineup heads to the Big Dipper on Wednesday, Nov. 22.

Ahead of the show, we asked the bands and artists on the lineup what they’re musically thankful for this year. Here’s what they served up.

CAMERON MOORE (FREE THE JESTER / CAMERXN / THANKSGIVING THROWDOWN ORGANIZER)

I’m very musically thankful for a lot of things. Obviously, my brothers in my band — Free the Jester has been around for almost 10 years. I’ve been producing Thanksgiving Throwdown for the last nine years. It’s been really cool to start this tradition. I’m just really thankful that we have the opportunity to build something in this town that people look forward to every year. I’m also thankful for all of the fans in this town that have stuck by our side for

almost a decade and have literally grown with us.

It’s the first year that we’re not doing it at the Knitting Factory so it’s a little more stripped and back to the basics. We’re at the Big Dipper, which is one of my favorite clubs, and I love that Ryan Levy of Monumental is now running it. I’m so thankful for him. He’s one of the biggest supporters and saviors of this scene.

If it wasn’t for Ryan, we wouldn’t have much of a scene.

And I’m thankful that we’re able to put on this show every year with our friends. I take pride in the lineups [that are] always built up of people that we are personally friends with. There are other people on the bill like Jimmy Nuge, who is playing an acoustic set, [and] who I’ve looked up to since before I even played music. Then I have my brother Kaleb J on the bill and Tre3zy. It’s hard to start playing shows in this town as a new band, so we just took it upon ourselves to start this new thing, start a new scene and bring people together. It turns into one big family where we just keep bringing in new people. For example, Not For Nothing started like six months ago, and it’s been great to see those guys grow. We’ve been trying to get The Pink Socks on the show for the last three years. I’m just thankful for this big family that has just grown immensely over the past 10 years.

NOT FOR NOTHING (COLLECTIVELY)

We decided as a group that we’re thankful to Cameron from Free The Jester and Not.GreenDay for giving us the opportunity to play our first show back in April. We’re so grateful that he’s been giving us a call every time after that and extending more opportunities to us since then.

ALEX SHANNON (THE PINK SOCKS)

I’m thankful that music gives me an outlet. It gives me a chance to express myself and connect with the community. There’s nothing like a crowd of people all jumping up and down, screaming the lyrics to an amazing song.

JARED CEREGHINO (THE PINK SOCKS)

I’m really grateful for growing up on pop-punk music. Blink-182 and Fenix TX; also Pennywise.

KALEB J

I’m thankful for local and live music as a whole. Especially within our scene and community. I grew up in our local live scene. I was born and raised in Spokane. So to be able to grow up watching so many different live acts and breakthrough acts from the Pacific Northwest as a kid — The Failsafe Project, The Nixon Rodeo, Myles Kennedy — and then be able to take part in something like that in this community is the most special thing to me. Then also the opportunity to still get to play these venues with some of these larger acts out of Spokane.

I’m also thankful for The Inlander, actually. I go out every Thursday, and I grab the newest copy. You guys do such a great job of keeping people informed. We constantly talk about the direct correlation between keeping our scene alive and having something like The Inlander to continually push local and live music.

JT STENBECK (THE PINK SOCKS)

I’m thankful for my family, Linzy, Grayson, and Hensley. I’m also thankful for my two cats, Mamba and Alley Oop, and my dogs, Dakota and Doyle (RIP Doyle). They are my inspiration for writing music.

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NATHAN CHARTREY

I’m thankful for the music scene here in Spokane and the opportunity it’s given me to meet cool people and to play around here for as long as I have. Free the Jester, Sovereign Citizen and Nixon Rodeo. All of those guys.

ERIC ACEBO

I would definitely say I’m thankful for the artists who came before me and have inspired me: Atmosphere, Murs, ¡Mayday!. Those are some of the top people that I like a lot and have definitely influenced my music. Also my family, they influence what I write more than anything. I have a whole song called “Letters to Bruno,” and Bruno is my son. I talk a lot more about what I’m going through in life than just random things in my music, so I feel like they weigh what I’m writing about at the time.

I’m always thankful to Free the Jester and Cameron for always thinking about me and putting me on these things. I really love the culture they bring with the show.

LANE FLYNN (FREE THE JESTER / FLYNN)

I’m thankful for the rise of Ryan Levy. He’s been so instrumental in the scene and in helping me plan out some big things I have in the works for next year.

JEREMY FAGAN (THE PINK SOCKS)

I’d say what I’m most thankful for this season is that no one, as of yet, is forcing me to listen to Mariah Carey... so still... she sleeps... but ever vigilant… n Thanksgiving Throwdown: Free The Jester, The Pink Socks, Not For Nothing, Flynn, Camerxn, Willie Woo Styx, Nuge, Kaleb J, Chartrey, Tr3ezy, Eric Acebo • Wed, Nov. 22 at 5:30 pm • $10 • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington St. • thebigdipperspokane.com

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esilience is a virtue. And no matter how many times life tries to knock down Freddie Gibbs, he keeps on getting back up to go another round. The Indiana-born MC has been expelled from college, discharged from the Army (for marijuana), extradited for international crimes (and acquitted), shot at while performing, jumped by mobs, and more, but he’s still kickin’ and putting out new music.

Whether on 2020’s Best Rap Album Grammy nominee Alfredo or (most recently) 2022’s Soul Sold Separately, Gibbs approaches his tracks with a technically precise flow, unflinching lyrical honesty (that isn’t afraid to be self-critical) and dark tones that are unconcerned with mass pop-rap appeal — all of which make him one of the more compelling voices in the modern hip-hop game.

— SETH SOMMERFELD Freddie Gibbs • Fri, Nov. 17 at 8 pm • $32 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague Ave. • sp.knittingfactory.com

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ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Lauren Wanamaker BOLO’S BAR & GRILL, Inland Empire Blues Society Monthly Boogie CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, Thursday Night Jam CHECKERBOARD TAPROOM, Weathered Shepherds THE DISTRICT BAR, Terrapin Flyer J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Kate Skinner J MCCRACKEN’S PUB AND BBQ, Gil Rivas NEATO BURRITO, Bright Ideas, Estimate & OG Neeks, Wanderers, Freetime Synthetic, Ocean Jams J QQ SUSHI & KITCHEN, Just Plain Darin RED ROOM LOUNGE, Hip-Hop Night RIVERSIDE PLACE, Kompany ZOLA, The Night Mayors

Friday, 11/17

AK ASIAN RESTAURANT, Nate Ostrander ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Jason Evans J THE BIG DIPPER, Hostages, Dirtnap, Warcrime, Cyclone CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, The Longnecks CHINOOK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Wiebe Jammin’ J THE GRAIN SHED, Haywire

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f you’re looking for a midpoint between the atmospheric sound of Midwest emo and the energetic melodicism of pop punk, Real Friends can scratch that proverbial itch. The Illinois quintet blends power chord hooky-ness with often dour contemplative lyricism that’s certain to hit the sweet spot for many angsty teens (and grown-up formerly angsty teens).

The group’s latest album, There’s Nothing Worse Than Too Late, sports a propulsive energy that’s guaranteed to get the pit spinning at the Knitting Factory. To take a page out of another emo band’s book, tell all your (real) friends… to come to the show.

— SETH SOMMERFELD Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, One Step Closer, Arm’s Length • Mon, Nov. 20 at 7 pm • $25 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague Ave. • sp.knittingfactory.com

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Brent Edstrom Trio J J KNITTING FACTORY, Freddie Gibbs LORD STANLEY’S, Third Frequency Fridays PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Mike & Shanna Thompson RED ROOM LOUNGE, Live DJs THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Just Plain Darin J SPOKANE ARENA, Lauren Daigle, Josh Garrels SPOKANE VALLEY EAGLES, Stagecoach West ZOLA, Star Court

Saturday, 11/18

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Sean Kavanaugh J BERSERK, Itchy Kitty, Help, Gaytheist J J THE BIG DIPPER, Belt of Vapor, Gotu Gotu, Inside Slurs, Pit CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, The Shuffle Dogs CHINOOK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Wiebe Jammin’ J CREATE ARTS CENTER, Popeye Rose Social Club THE DISTRICT BAR, Shadow Fashion, Night Rivals J FINNBOY’S RECORDS & BOOKS, Pat Parks

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Kate Skinner Jazz Trio KOOTENAI RIVER BREWING CO., Son of Brad PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Pamela Benton RED ROOM LOUNGE, Live DJs J REVIVAL TEA COMPANY, Revival Live: Logan McDonald J SIRINYA’S THAI RESTAURANT, Gil Rivas J SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Vanilla Ice, Tone Loc, Young MC, Color Me Badd, Rod Base, ZOLA, Snacks at Midnight, The Salvation Army

Sunday, 11/19

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Dr. Paul Grove HOGFISH, Open Mic J KNITTING FACTORY, Blue October J NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, The Tenors

Monday, 11/20

J EICHARDT’S PUB, Monday Night Blues Jam with John Firshi J J KNITTING FACTORY, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, One Step Closer, Arm’s Length RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic Night

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Tuesday, 11/21 J KNITTING FACTORY, Jeremy Zucker LITZ’S PUB & EATERY, Shuffle Dawgs ZOLA, Lucas Brown & Friends

Wednesday, 11/22 J J THE BIG DIPPER, Thanksgiving Throwdown: Free The Jester, The Pink Socks, Not For Nothing, Flynn, Camerxn, Willie Woo Styx, Nuge, Kaleb J, Chartrey, Tr3ezy, Eric Acebo THE DRAFT ZONE, The Draft Zone Open Mic J KNITTING FACTORY, Slaughter to Prevail PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bob Beadling RED ROOM LOUNGE, The Roomates J TIMBERS ROADHOUSE, Cary Beare Presents J TWO SHOE BBQ, Karaoke Joe J ZEEKS PIZZA, Carli Osika ZOLA, Brittany’s House

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BING CROSBY THEATER, One Night of Tina, Nov. 24.

J J SPOKANE ARENA, Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, Nov. 24, 7 pm.

J KNITTING FACTORY, Dirty Honey, Nov. 24, 7:30 pm.

REVIVAL TEA COMPANY, Jason Garrett Evans, Nov. 25, 7-9 pm.

J PANIDA THEATER, Shook Twins, Karli Fairbanks, Nov. 25, 7:30 pm.

THE DISTRICT BAR, KosMos the Afronaut, Nov. 25, 9 pm.

J THE BIG DIPPER, Dying Wish, Boundaries, Foreign Hands, Roman Candle, Nov. 26, 6:30 pm.

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THE DISTRICT BAR, Portland Cello Project, Dec. 7, 8 pm.

J KNITTING FACTORY, Highly Suspect, Carr, Dec. 7, 8 pm.

J THE FOX THEATER, Tower of Power: Holidays & Hits Tour, Dec. 8, 7:30 pm.

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Looking for a new way to experience the beloved Nutcracker ballet this holiday season? For one night this holiday (pre) season, the nationally touring Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet returns to Spokane, featuring 75 talented dancers from around the world, united by art, to tell the magical tale of Clara’s dreamland journey with the Nutcracker Prince. Dancers in the show hail from Japan, Tatarstan, Ukraine, Turkey and beyond, their elegant movements amplified by elaborate set pieces and large-scale puppetry. The show blends elements of traditional ballet with modern circus arts, and adds some new, reimagined scenes to Clara’s timeless journey. These new chapters, along with familiar audience favorites, come to life in spectacular form through extravagant sets, costumes, choreography and world-class dance.

— CHEY SCOTT Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet • Tue, Nov. 21 at 7 pm • $32-$102 • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • firstinterstatecenter.org

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COMMUNITY CULTURE SHARING

November is a month of reflection. Leaves are falling, making way for new growth come spring and, in America, we spend time thinking about what we are thankful for. For Indigenous people, November marks the beginning of a celebration of their beautiful and diverse cultures with Native American Heritage Month. This exhibition at the Chase Gallery, We Are Water, We Are Land, aims to provide glimpses into the lives of five local Indigiqueer artists: 2s Canoe, Alexis Tonasket, Evan Benally Atwood, Lacey Bacon Abrahamson and exhibition curator Roin Morigeau. Each artist’s work tells a story of identity and culture through their varied art and storytelling mediums.

— MADISON PEARSON

Join the celebration of Native American Heritage Month at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel’s annual Winter Blessing. This community event promises an afternoon filled with traditional storytelling, vibrant dance performances, and complimentary fry bread and huckleberry jam. The family-friendly festivities also include a performance of According to Coyote, an engaging and locally produced show that incorporates a blend of music, dance and theater to explore the legendary hero of American Indian mythology. Doors open at 1:30 pm, and all ages are welcome to attend. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this ceremony to honor the richness and vitality of the region’s Native American culture.

— AMELIA TRONCONE

We Are Water, We Are Land • Through Nov. 22, Mon-Fri from 8 am-5 pm • Free • Chase Gallery • 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • spokanearts.org

Winter Blessing • Sun, Nov. 19 at 2 pm • Free • Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd. • cdacasino.com

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MUSIC STRING IN THE SEASON

Do you know who was born on Dec. 25? Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de SaintGeorges for one. Born in 1745 on a French Caribbean island to an enslaved Senegalese mother and a wealthy French plantation owner, Bologne became one of the most accomplished violinists, conductors, composers and fencers of his time. By age 17, he was an officer of the king’s guard and given the title “Chevalier de Saint-Georges.” Rumor has it that Marie Antoinette once agreed to be his accompanist. History says he single-handedly fought off five anti-abolitionists before a performance. Come celebrate Bologne and other renowned French composers Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel with the Spokane String Quartet during their upcoming Vive la France! concert at the Bing Crosby Theater. It’s the perfect way to start this holiday — and birthday — season.

— ELIZA BILLINGHAM Spokane String Quartet: Vive la France! • Sun, Nov. 19 at 3 pm • $20-$25; free for students • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • spokanestringquartet.org

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With inflation woes hitting small, local businesses hard, it’s imperative to spend your dollars locally when you can this holiday shopping season. By banding together, dozens of Spokane-area retailers hope to encourage this support. The fourth annual Resale Trail event (disclaimer: the Inlander is a media sponsor) features 15 vintage, secondhand and consignment shops across town. Grab a passport at a participating location, shop and get a stamp. For every five visits, enter the prize drawing — just make sure to drop off your passport by Nov. 26. Also happening simultaneously and separately is the Page 42 Bookstore-led Spokane Small Business Bingo. Through Nov. 30, simply stop by a shop (no purchase necessary), get a stamp and, once you have a full bingo row (or more), enter the prize drawing at a participating business of your choice. The list of shops for each of these initiatives is long, so visit the links below for details.

— CHEY SCOTT The Resale Trail • Through Nov. 26 • garlandresale.com Spokane Small Business Bingo • Through Nov. 30 • page42bookstore.com/small-business-bingo

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GREAT CITY EMPLOYEES: STREET DEPT. Cheers to the two city workers on the hot patch truck!! I have lived and paid taxes in Spokane for 32 years. Yesterday I asked a favor of two city street crew; they were friendly and accommodating. So cheers to the street crew hot patch dudes.

CONGRATULATIONS, OHIO In Ohio, women win!! Myth and Superstition loses.

SMOOTH RIDE THANK YOU to the great team who is trying to make Sprague look better! Painting the graffiti under the train overpass off Argonne. Makes my commute more confident and enjoyable!!!!

I SAW YOU PROVE IT You know where I am. Mr. B GROCERY OUTLET ON SPRAGUE I (unbeknownst to me) accidentally dinged your car with my door on my way into the store. You came in to speak with me. I was already a bit rattled due to family stress, and we had a brief discussion. You came back to reiterate that mistakes happen and to have a good night. That really meant so much. I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

CHEERS THERE’S GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE So I was diagnosed with cancer in July. I lost my hair, and it cost me my self-esteem. I couldn't get a free wig because they don't do that for men. Well, I had a GoFundMe, and I was truly shocked by the generosity of the people around me. I saw a jeer about someone getting upset about another person buying them dinner or something.

You know, sometimes this world is a dark, evil place. It's full of pain and misery, which is why it's so important to cherish the good we see in it. Be grateful for the small acts of kindness, and the large ones. I don't know if I'm going to be here in the next five years, but you can bet I'm going to do what I can to pay forward the love I was shown.

I am so grateful to my community, friends and family. Remember you matter. You are loved and you are not alone.

NADINE KNOWS HER CONSTITUENTS I said to wifey that I think Nadine is pulling a Shea-Trump move. She said, "No, I think she's too afraid of her voters and will play this out just to keep them from knocking on her door." I think Wifey's correct.

MAKE A FREE LEFT Kudos to the driver of the Lexus four-door dark colored sedan who actually made a free left at the red light on Garland Avenue to Ash Street on Nov.1 at 4:20 pm! Wow! You and I are one of the few who know you can make a free left on a red light from a two-way street to a one-way! Drivers — you can actually ease the flow of traffic if you do this unless there is a sign that says “No turn on red.”

(The other intersection people have no clue is Francis Avenue, heading west, turning left onto Ash.) MORE THAN A HEALING FLIGHT I was one of the Veterans selected to go on the Honor Flight a few weeks ago. I was extremely impressed with the coordination of the project. We are talking about literally a "whirlwind" (39 hours) trip to Washington, D.C., and back. I want to give a special thanks to all of the individuals who made my trip and 100 other Veterans the opportunity to experience this. While for most, touching the Vietnam memorial is special. For others like me, touching it was a healing experience I will never ever forget. I also want to thanks the folks who met us at both airports and gave us a warm welcome. I wish I could have experienced this decades ago. Because of the Honor Flight, I actually feel like I have finally come home. Thank you.

JEERS SKI SWAP I hope somebody that actually has some pull reads this. I love the ski swap,

and love the Ski Patrol, and always attend the annual ski swap for great deals and to get stoked for winter. This year I bought my girlfriend a great pair of brand new unused skis at a great discount, but for the life of me I cannot get all the sticky glue off of them.

The tape that you are using to secure the price tags needs to be changed. The sticky residue left behind after taking it off is near

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look like an ass. Cheers to the barista who treated him so kindly as he made fun of her; she had a lot more self-control than I would have had.

WAY TO GO SPOKANE! As progresive policies destroy cities and states across America, we managed to elect a progressive mayor to compliment our

Sometimes this world is a dark, evil place. ...

Be grateful for the small acts of kindness...

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impossible to get rid of. Any leftover sticky residue will collect dirt and make a great pair of skis look like they have been sitting in the garage so long that they should have been sold at a ski swap in the Mojave Desert. Please find a different way to attach the price tags! Peace and pray for snow!!!

CHARGER WITH AN ATTITUDE To the driver of a gunmetal grey Dodge Charger from the Y to approximately to Target that cut off multiple people just to flip off others...: We see you. We also recognize your need to disregard safety and your fellow drivers...

It was hilarious to see a Jeep also begin to tailgate you for your disrespect and almost accident because you needed to get away.

Maybe don't flip people off if you cannot potentially live with the consequences of your actions? Aggressive people are known to be violent and match energy when you decide your opinion is worth more than the 30 other people you almost caused an accident with to avoid someone telling you how they felt. Seriously, if you would have parked, someone may have keyed your car for being so rude and inconsiderate of others. Karma. Hope the display and lack of awareness is worth it, because you are the problem — not whatever you were angry about. We have your plate. Best change it.

SEMPER STULTUS Jeers to the Spokane Library for "honoring" an underserved population (America's veterans) by closing for two days straight for Veterans' Day. You couldn't choose just one? Thank you for your (non) service.

TREES GET SHORT END OF STICK Jeers to Spokane's urban forestry initiative! An increased canopy goal as outlined by the PLANT ordinance is an honorable thing.

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.”

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However, that starts by protecting the city's extant old growth. On my street alone in the past year, five mature trees have been removed without thought or consequence.

No amount of saplings can make up for the benefits those trees provided. Why has Spokane not put protection in place, especially in areas targeted for high density housing growth!?

RE: RADIO DJS First world problems, huh?

FYI, you could just change the channel on the radio.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY I would like to say a jeers to law enforcement in this city. Not all. But a good portion. I have not received a ticket in almost 20 years, never had anything serious on my record, and an officer in Rockford pulls me over for speeding. I never speed. I was barely speeding. He said he was gonna give me a warning, but I got a $114 ticket! ... I was on my way to pick up my daughter from a very traumatic experience, had my brand new baby in the car, and this guy has the audacity to write me a ticket. I HAD SO MUCH ON MY MIND! I see people actually driving like assholes. Example: I had someone pass me on a double line in the same spot I was pulled over, and it was almost a head-on collision. As there was traffic oncoming, three cars would have been involved. Tell me, where were you then, officer?! Thank you for your service?!

No. Actually you provided me with nothing but a shittier day! THANKS CAN YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? To the impatient elderly gentleman in line barking at the Garland Rocket Bakery barista. I applaud you for being one of the rudest humans I have seen in public in the past three years. Maybe having a mask on made you brave enough to harass the young barista, thinking no one would know who you are.

You were so irritated and asked the barista if she spoke English because she asked you what your drink was... Ring a bell? By the way, no one could understand what you were saying. Maybe think to yourself when in public next time and treat people with kindness because you sure made yourself

SPOKANE VOTERS Congrats, Spokane! Now we're all but guarenteed to end up looking like Seattle and Portland! I don't want to read nor hear any complaints about Lisa Brown moving forward. You voted for her, and now you'll get what you richly deserve.

Enjoy the next four years of your miserable lives.

TO AMELIA TRONCONE Your article about your experiences as a California transplant living in Washington kinda irritated me.

People like you who moved here over the last four years have completely ruined the peaceful and mellow paced daily lives of us Spokanites. Laugh all you want when us locals tell you to go back to California, it just validates how pompous and selfentitled you all truly are. You’re not a Washingtonian, and you never will be.

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BENEFIT GIVE BACK THURSDAYS Every Thursday in November, Numerica donates $1 per pint and Brick West donates 10% of beer sales to help Wishing Star grant wishes for children ages 3-21 who are terminal or battling a life-threatening illness. Nov. 16, 4-8 pm. Free. Brick West Brewing Co., 1318 W. First Ave. brickwestbrewingco.com SPOKEN RIVER This event celebrates stories of the river and its parallels to the flow of our own lives. Learn more about the Spokane River through different perspectives and be inspired by a vision for a resilient river in the future.

Nov. 16, 5:30-8 pm. $65-$75. Montvale Event Center, 1017 W. First Ave. spokaneriverkeeper.org SALVATION ARMY CELEBRATE THE SEASON An evening of holiday music, awards, prizes and auctions to benefit the Salvation Army Spokane. Nov. 17, 5:30 pm. Free. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. salarmy.us/CTS2023 SPOKANE HUMANE SOCIETY’S FURR BALL The annual fundraiser gala features silent and live auctions, dinner, dancing and adoptable pets. Ages 21+.

Nov. 18, 5 pm. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokanehumanesociety.org/furrball

COMEDY RYAN HAMILTON Hamilton is best known for his appearances on various late-night TV shows and his recent Netflix comedy special, Happy Face.

Nov. 16, 7:30 pm. $35-$45. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (509-227-7638) CHELCIE LYNN Lynn is a YouTuber, actress and stand-up comedian who began her career on the video sharing platform Vine. Nov. 17, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Nov. 18, 7 & 9:45 pm. $39-$49.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com SAY WHAT! An improvisational journey for which BDT players turn audience suggestions into unexpected new ideas. Fridays at 7:30 pm through Nov. 24. $9. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.org SAFARI The Blue Door Theatre’s version of Whose Line, a fast-paced short-form improv show. Nov. 18, 7:30-8:45 pm. $9.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.org (509-747-7045) LUCAS ZELNICK Zelnick is a New York City-based comedian who gained populairty on TikTok. Nov. 19, 7 pm. $20-$28. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com

COMMUNITY HELIX RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY Celebrate Helix’s 20th anniversary with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a fundraiser benefitting 2nd Harvest. Nov. 16, 4-6 pm. Free. Helix Wines, 824 W. Sprague. helixwines.com MINECRAFT: THE EXHIBITION The world of Minecraft is explored in this wide-ranging exhibition. Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm through Dec. 31. $15-$20.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org RESALE TRAIL Travel around to the 15 local resale shops participating in the event and collect stamps to win prizes.

Grab a passport at any location to get a stamp when you visit. Through Nov. 26.

Spokane. garlandresale.com THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE This monthly event includes live music, gallery cruising, gallery talks, lectures, artist workshops and demonstrations, periodic exhibition openings and special Campbell House programing. Third Thursday of every month from 5-8 pm. $7.50-$10.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org CUSTER’S CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW This annual show features over 250 Northwest artisans displaying and selling their wares. Nov. 17-19; Fri from 9 am-8 pm, Sat from 9 am-6 pm, Sun from 10 am-4 pm. $8$10. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. custershows.com CREATE A FAIRY TALE GINGERBREAD HOUSE Learn to build your own gingerbread house inspired by Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Ages 8–14. Registration is required. Nov. 17, 1-2:30 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 22 N. Herald Rd. scld.org (509-893-8400) SPARKS WEEKEND A three-day entrepreneurial event where developers, engineers, designers and marketing professionals work together to launch a startup throughout the weekend. Nov. 17, 5-10 pm, Nov. 18, 7 am-10 pm and Nov. 19, 7 am-8 pm. $75. Catalyst Building, 601 E. Riverside Ave. sparksweekend.com (509-863-3155) TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE Transgender individuals who have lost their lives to anti-trans violence are honored in a grief ceremony, followed by story sharing on a variety of topics from transgender community members. Nov. 18, 2-4 pm. Free. Central Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org (509-444-5336) CASCADE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY CRAFT & VENDOR FAIR This event features handmade craft artisans selling various goods. Nov. 18, 9 am-4 pm and Nov. 19, 11 am-3 pm. Free. Cascade Mobile Home Community, 2311 W. 16th Ave. (509-953-9029) EMERGE HOLIDAY MARKET A vendor market featuring artwork, beauty supplies, home goods, jewelry, pottery and more. Nov. 18, 11 am-6 pm. Free.

Emerge, 119 N. Second. emergecda.com HEALING AFTER SUICIDE LOSS: SELFCARE IN GRIEF This event features a variety of self-care activities, suicide loss resources, comfort dog teams, a catered dinner, guest speaker Shane Brickner and a candle-lighting ceremony. Nov. 18, 3-7:30 pm. Free. Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Rd. hopehavenspokane.com JACK FROST FEST A community gathering focused on music, food, drinks, activities for all ages and getting excited about the upcoming winter season.

Nov. 18, 11:30 am-7 pm. Free. Sandpoint. mattoxfarm.com (352-601-6196) LIBERTY LAKE WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR Various holiday light displays throughout the park. Nov. 18-Jan. 1, lit daily. Free. Orchard Park, 20298 E. Indiana Ave. winterglowspectacular.com NINE MILE ARTISAN MARKET A vendor market featuring 30+ booths of locally handmade goods. Nov. 18, 9 am-2 pm. $1. Nine Mile Falls Elementary, 10102 W. Charles. nmfe.9mile.org SANTA’S ARRIVAL & TREE LIGHTING Santa arrives at River Park Square and lights to 50-foot tree. Nov. 18, 5 pm.

Free. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. riverparksquare.com SHOP & AWE Enjoy food, drinks and music while browsing Boulevard’s vintage selection. Nov. 18, 5-9 pm. Free.

Boulevard Mercantile, 1012 N. Washington St. facebook.com/BoulevardMercantile (509-327-7547) SIP & SHOP MARKET An afternoon of holiday shopping with local vendors showcasing their unique products. Nov. 18, 2-5 pm. Free. Helix Wines, 824 W. Sprague. helixwines.com WINTER WONDERLAND MARKET A crew of rotating vendors sell gifts, crafts, food and more. Seasonal movie screenings are also shown in the venue.

Nov. 18-Dec. 23, Sat from 10 am-2 pm.

Free. The Wonder Building, 835 N. Post. wondermarketspokane.com SHARING THE DHARMA DAY An opportunity for newcomers to explore the Buddha’s teachings and share in community fellowship. Nov. 19, 10 am-3:30 pm. Free. Sravasti Abbey, 692 Country Lane Rd., Newport. sravastiabbey.org WINTER BLESSING An afternoon of traditional storytelling and dance with complimentary fry bread and huckleberry jam. Nov. 19, 2-4 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com (208-769-2464) GENEALOGY DROP-IN SESSIONS Get help researching the story of your family. Visit the library to learn about our genealogy resources and work with experienced genealogy enthusiasts to learn how to fill out your family tree.

Nov. 21, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 22 N. Herald Rd. scld.org MANY SPIRITS COMMUNITY A space for two-spirit and Indigiqueer people to spend time together. Tea, hot chocolate and some art supplies provided. Feel free to bring creative projects. 4-7 pm.

Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. spectrumcenterspokane.org JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE CRUISES A 40-minute holiday cruise across Lake Coeur d’Alene to view holiday light displays and visit Santa Claus and his elves. Nov. 23-Jan. 2; daily at 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 pm. $12.50-$ 27.50. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdacruises.com ELF ON A SHELF Elf on a Shelf characters are hidden around downtown Coeur d’Alene. Find one of the dozen elves and win a prize from Santa. See website for a list of participating locations. Nov. 24-Dec. 17. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene. cdadowntown.com FESTIVAL OF FAIR TRADE This international fair trade marketplace features handmade gifts from around the world, artwork, accessories, apparel and more.

Proceeds support communities in Nepal, Chile and Guatemala. Nov. 24-25, 10 am-5:30 pm and Nov. 26, 12-4 pm.

Free. Kizuri, 35 W. Main. shopkizuri.com LIGHTING CEREMONY CRUISE Take a 90-minute cruise across Lake Coeur d’Alene to watch the lake light up with holiday lights and displays. Nov. 24, 5 & 5:30 pm. $31.75-$42.75. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdacruises.com (208-765-4000) LIGHTING CEREMONY PARADE This parade follows Sherman Avenue and features marching bands, dancing, music and festive floats. Nov. 24, 5-7:30 pm. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. cdadowntown.com

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Cannabis won at the ballot box once again, with more opportunities coming in the next election cycle

BY WILL MAUPIN

O Ohio voters made the state the 24th to legalize recreational cannabis.

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n Election Night, voters in Ohio moved to make their state the 24th in the nation to legalize recreational cannabis.

As of Sunday, with over 99 percent of votes counted, the initiative passed with a hair under 57 percent of the vote — more than 1 percentage point above the results in Washington when I-502 legalized cannabis here in 2012.

While the number of states that have legalized cannabis is still a tick below half, more than half of Americans now live in states where cannabis has been legalized.

Ohio’s new laws will allow for the possession of up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis by adults over 21 years of age, and Ohioans will also be allowed to grow up to six plants.

For comparison, Washington allows only 1 ounce of possession and does not allow for homegrown production.

The Ohio law goes into effect on Dec. 7, one month after Election Day. The state’s legal market is set to open in 2024. ...continued on page 44

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While the margin of victory was overwhelming, and support for legalization around the country is at an all-time high, members of the Republican-dominated state government, including Gov. Mike DeWine, have already come out in favor of making changes to the new law.

In 2020, South Dakota voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing cannabis. Just three months later, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem successfully led a charge to overturn that amendment.

Looking ahead to 2024, which doubles as a busier federal election year, cannabis

could make even more of a splash at the ballot box.

Initiatives to legalize recreational cannabis have been submitted for approval to appear on the ballot in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota. Initiatives that would legalize medical marijuana have been submitted in Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota and, notably, Idaho.

Idaho has some of the strictest cannabis laws in the nation.

In 2015, then-Gov. Butch Otter vetoed a bill that would have allowed THC oil for treatment of severe epilepsy. It wasn’t until

2021 that the state approved its first cannabinoid treatment for epilepsy, Epidiolex, containing no more than 0.1 percent THC. That same year, the Idaho Senate passed an amendment that would have enshrined cannabis prohibition in the Idaho Constitution, though it later died in the House.

Activists in Idaho attempted to get a similar initiative on the 2022 ballot, but ultimately suspended their campaign due to the coronavirus pandemic. To make the 2024 ballot, nearly 63,000 signatures need to be collected by May 1, with additional geographic requirements to be met as well. n

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FILM DIRTY DANCING IN CONCERT A screening of Dirty Dancing with a live band and singers performing the film’s soundtrack.

Nov. 16, 7:30 pm. $45-$95. The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org (509-624-1200) ENCANTO A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers. Nov. 16, 7-9 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org JAWAN A high-octane action thriller which outlines the emotional journey of a man who is set to rectify wrongs in society. Nov. 16, 7-9 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS The Two Towers follows the continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to destroy the One Ring. Nov. 16, 3:30 pm and Nov. 17, 1:30 & 7:30 pm. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com THIRD THURSDAY MATINEE: PINA German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch died unexpectedly during this documentary project, but director Wim Wenders continued the film as a tribute.

Nov. 16, 1-3 pm. $7. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) PLAYTIME Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, is thrust into the baffling modern city of Paris. Nov. 22, 7-9 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) PRISCILLA When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments. Nov. 24, 7-9 pm, Nov. 25-26, 4-6 & 7-9 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org

FOOD & DRINK BEVERLY’S SIGNATURE CULINARY CLASS: DATE NIGHT DELIGHTS Under the guidance of an expert chef, learn the art of crafting traditional sushi rolls. Nov. 16, 6-8 pm. $150. Beverly’s, 115 S. Second St. beverlyscda.com (208-292-5678) BRING YOUR OWN VINYL NIGHT Bring your own vinyl to spin while sipping on craft cocktails and listening to music.

Thursdays from 3-10 pm. The Boneyard - Side Hustle Syrups, 17905 E. Appleway Ave. sidehustlesyrups.com S’MORES BY THE SHORES Make s’mores while gathered around one of the resort’s firepits. Daily from 3-9 pm through Dec. 30. $75. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com FROM SOIL TO SIP VEGETARIAN WINE DINNER The evening’s menu features eight courses that celebrate the vibrant flavors of seasonal produce expertly paired with wines. Nov. 17, 6-9 pm. $100.

Beverly’s, 115 S. Second St. beverlyscda. com (208-292-5678) MARYHILL WINERY TASTING Maryhill Winery Owners Craig and Vicki Leuthold discuss the history of the winery and how they craft over 40 different wine varieties. Nov. 17, 7-9 pm. $30-$35. Lake City Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr. northidahowinesociety.org (208-667-4628) 18 ON THE 18TH Bistango celebrates its 18th anniversary with music, prizes, drink and food specials and craft cocktails. Nov. 18, 3 pm-midnight. Free. Bistango Martini

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Lounge, 108 N. Post. bistangolounge.com BRAGGOTFEST 2023 Ten participating breweries showcase their braggots, an ancient beverage of Celtic and Nordic peoples using honey and grain. Nov. 18, 1-10 pm. $20. Bellwether Brewing Co., 2019 N. Monroe. bellwetherbrewing.net HOLIDAY WINE BARREL TASTING Sample and compare the 2023 Nouveau with older vintages from China Bend’s oak barrels. Nov. 18, 12-5 pm. Free. China Bend Winery, 3751 Vineyard Way, Kettle Falls. chinabend.com (509-732-6123) WINE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Sip and shop your way through local boutiques, home decor shops, bakeries, ice cream shops and more. Downtown shops have unique offerings including live music, complimentary gift wrapping and prize drawings all day long. Nov. 18, 1-6 pm. $20.

Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. cdadowntown.com (208-415-0116)

MUSIC OPERA WORKSHOP: MASQUERADES AND MAYHEM Opera Workshop presents scenes from La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossin, Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss and L’Elisir d’Amore by Gaetano Donizetti. Nov. 16, 7:30-9 pm. Free. Bryan Hall Theatre, 605 Veterans Way, Pullman. wsu.edu (509-335-7696) SPOKANE SYMPHONY: HANDEL’S MESSIAH This annual symphony tradition features a performance of Handel’s Messiah, including the Hallelujah chorus.

Nov. 16-17 at 7:30 pm and Nov. 18, 3 pm. $13.50-$23. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org FRANCISCO TORRES, BRENT JENSEN AND BILL ANSCHELL JAZZ WORKSHOP Trombonist Francisco Torres, saxophonist Brent Jensen and pianist Bill Anschel perform with the SFCC Big Band. Nov. 17, 7 pm. $20. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Whistalks Way. sfccjazz. com (509-533-3500) MUSIC TOWN FINDS IT’S VOICE The Spirit of Spokane Chorus, Amplify Quartet and the Sweet Adelines 2023 Region 13 Quartet perform new work by LouAnn Hommel. Nov. 18, 2-4 pm. $15. Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Rd. spiritofspokanechorus.org MEL DALTON: ADVENTUROUS AMERICANA American roots music performed

by Mel Dalton. Proceeds benefit the Harrington Opera House Society. Nov. 19, 2-3:30 pm. By donation. Harrington Opera House, 19 S. Third St. (509-253-4719) SPOKANE STRING QUARTET: VIVE LA FRANCE! The Spokane String Quartet performs music by a French-Creole composer Joseph Bologne and turn-of the20th-century French composers Gabriel Faure and Maurice Ravel. Nov. 19, 3-5 pm. $20-$25. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com CLARION HOLIDAY CONCERT: THIS IS WHAT CHRISTMAS SOUNDS LIKE A brass choir performing original music and quirky arrangements in a variety of styles by William Berry. Nov. 20, 7-9 pm and Nov. 21, 7-9 pm. $20-$30. St. Aloysius Church, 330 E. Boone Ave. ksps.org MEINE FREUDE (MY JOY) The Eastern Washington University Orchestra and Symphonic Choir perform works by Bach, Vivaldi and Corelli, with a premiere of a new arrangement of the motet BWV 227 Jesu, meine Freude. Nov. 20-21, 7:309 pm. Free. Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave. spokanecathedral.com (509-358-4290)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS CONQUEST OF THE CAGE MMA Local top fighters compete against one another in the ring. Nov. 18, 7 pm. $69-$149.

Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. WENATCHEE WILD Promotions include Coeur d’Alene Casino Native American Appreciation Night. Nov. 18, 6:05 pm. $13-$32. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanechiefs.com (509-279-7000) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. KAMLOOPS BLAZERS Promotions include Sturm Heating Clothing Drive Night. Nov. 19, 5:05 pm. $13-$32. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanechiefs.com PRACTICAL CENTERING YOGA Experience yoga and pilates movements through these weekly exercise sessions led by instructor Larkin Barnett. Every Wed from 1:30-2:30 pm. $18-$20. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. VANCOUVER GIANTS Promotions include TicketsWest Player Magnet Giveaway. $13-$32. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanechiefs.com (509-279-7000) STATE LAND FREE DAYS Visitors can enjoy a state park for free on select days each year. Visitors are not required to display the Discover Pass for day-use visits.

Nov. 24. Free. parks.wa.gov

THEATER & DANCE JULIUS CAESAR Concerned that Julius Caesar poses a threat to democracy, revolutionaries make the decision to murder him. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm, Thu at 5 pm. thru Nov. 18. $10. Eastern Washington University, 526 Fifth St. ewu.edu/ theatre (509-259-2241) LES MISÉRABLES Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Les Misérables tells the story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion and sacrifice. Tue-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat also at 2 pm, Sun at 1 pm and 6:30 pm thru Nov. 19. $50-$110. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. broadwayspokane.com (509-279-7000) SPRING AWAKENING This coming-ofage rock musical follows a group of teenagers as they navigate their way to adulthood. Nov. 16-19; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $15-$18. Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/mwpac (509-313-4776) A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts. FriSat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 3 pm thru Nov. 19. $18-$20. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cytnorthidaho.org (208-667-1865) KING ARTHUR’S QUEST The culminating performance of a one-week workshop hosted by Missoula Children’s Theatre. Nov. 18, 1 & 4 pm. $5-$20. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. artinsandpoint. org (208-263-9191) MET LIVE IN HD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOM X A new staging that imagines Malcolm X as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. Nov. 18, 9:55 am. $15-$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127)

NUTCRACKER! MAGICAL CHRISTMAS BALLET Experience a performance of the Nutcracker ballet by the international cast and Ukrainian principal artists. Nov. 21, 7 pm. $30-$102. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. firstinterstatecenter.org (509-279-7000)

VISUAL ARTS ORNAMENT & SMALL WORK SHOW This annual holiday show features over 30 participating artists showcasing ornaments and small works. Mon-Fri from 10 am-5 pm, Sat from 10 am-4 pm through Dec. 23. Free. Spokane Art School, 503 E. Second Ave. spokaneartschool.net 27TH ANNUAL SMALL WORKS INVITATIONAL A small works show and sale that features works by over 100 artists, small enough to give as gifts this holiday season. Thu-Sun from 11 am-6 pm through Dec. 24. Free. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com (208-765-6006) COASTERS This annual sale benefits Embrace Washington by selling artistdesigned coasters for $10 each. Wed-Fri from 11 am-5 pm through Nov. 30. $10.

Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams St. tracksidestudio.net (509-863-9904) EVERYTHING FIBER Featured artists work with fiber in their own unique way.

Participating artists include Maggie Anderson, Elyse Horchstadt, Pierr Morgan, Nan Drye, Linda Malcomb, Pauline Ehly, Diane Rowen Garmire and Kay West. Daily from 11 am-7 pm through Nov. 25. Free.

Liberty Building, 203 N. Washington St. potteryplaceplus.com (509-768-1268) EWU FACULTY ART EXHIBITION The exhibition includes a diverse array of artistic styles in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, video, digital art and more. Mon-Fri from 9 am-6 pm through Jan. 18. Free. EWU Gallery of Art, 140 Art Building. ewu.edu/cahss ILLUMINATING A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT Local artist Hannah Charlton guides participants in the creation of their own bookmark inspired by medieval designs. Nov. 16, 5:45-7:45 pm. $25-$30.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org JUNE T. SANDERS This exhibition features works by local artist June T. Sanders and collaborations with Abigail Hansel.

Daily from 10 am-6 pm through Nov. 27.

Free. Entropy, 101 N. Stevens St. explodingstars.com ENCHANTED FOREST Works depicting fairies, magical beings and nature

by Kim Long, Diane Rowen Garmire and Michele Mokrey. Wed-Sat from 11 am-5 pm through Nov. 25. Free. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague Ave. manicmoonandmore.com LADD BJORNEBY & JAKOB CHESTER Ladd Bjorneby paints in oils and acrylics, Jakob Chester showcases pencil drawings. Thu-Sat from 11 am-4 pm through Nov. 30. Free. Avenue West Gallery, 907 W. Boone Ave. avenuewestgallery.com LYNN HANLEY: RHYTHMIC ABSTRACTS Hanley’s colorful, semi-abstract oil paintings aim to evoke the rhythm of music.

Tue-Fri from 10 am-6 pm, Sat from 10 am-4 pm through Dec. 23. Free. William Grant Gallery & Framing, 1188 W. Summit Pkwy. williamgrantgf.com NANCY ROTHWELL: FREEDOM AND JOY IN THE PALOUSE This exhibit showcases how the artist’s work has shifted after moving from western Washington

to eastern Washington. Mon-Sat from 10 am-6 pm through Jan. 31. Free. The Center, 104 S. Main. whitcolib.org PALOUSE WATERCOLOR ANNUAL SHOW An exhibit of watercolor work by members of the Palouse Watercolor Socius. Thu-Sun from 10 am-6 pm through Nov. 26. Free. Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way. artisanbarn.org (509-229-3414) SQUEAK MEISEL: RETURN TO EARTH Meisel is the chair of the department of fine arts at WSU. This exhibition features drawings and mixed media works. By appointment through Nov. 25. Free. KolvaSullivan Gallery, 115 S. Adams St. kolvasullivangallery.com (509-458-5517) WE ARE WATER, WE ARE LAND This exhibition features the visual storytelling of local and regional IndigiQueers, as well as those who stand in solidarity with them. Mon-Fri from 8 am-5 pm through Nov. 22. Free. Chase Gallery, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokanearts.org BOOK ARTS: HARDCOVER BOOK Learn how to make a hardcover book by hand.

Instructed by Mel Hewitt. Nov. 18, 9 am. $80. Spokane Print & Publishing Center, 1921 N. Ash St. spokaneprint.org

WORDS ERIN PRINGLE: UNEXPECTED WEATHER EVENTS Pringle signs copies of her new short story collection, Unexpected Weather Events and reads excerpts with Sharma Shields. Nov. 16, 6:30 pm. Free.

Wishing Tree Books, 1410 E. 11th Ave. wishingtreebookstore.com FRIENDS OF THE LIBERTY LAKE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOOK SALE The book sale features used adult and children’s books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks and puzzles. Proceeds support the Liberty Lake Municipal Library. Nov. 17, 12-6 pm and Nov. 18, 9 am-3 pm. Free. Liberty Lake Library, 23123 E. Mission Ave. libertylakefriends.org (509-232-2510) STORYTIME AT THE CARROUSEL This early literacy activity is designed to spark and engage the young imagination with stories, songs and preschool activities. $1 carrousel rides are offered to those who attend. Recommended for ages 2-5. Third Friday of each month at 11 am through Dec. 15. Free. Looff Carrousel, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.com TESSA FLOREANO: ITALIANS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Author Tessa Floreano discusses her latest novel, Italians in the Pacific Northwest about how Italians settled and later thrived in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Nov. 18, 7 pm.

Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (509-838-0206) SILENT WRITING PARTY Local novelist Sharma Shields hosts this quiet, creative space meant to inspire writers in celebration of NaNoWriMo. Nov. 18, 10 am-1 pm.

Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (509-444-5331) SPOKANE CORRESPONDENCE CLUB Spend an evening writing letters and making mail art. Paper, envelopes and art supplies are provided, but feel free to bring supplies for yourself or to share with others. Nov. 18, 5-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. facebook. com/correspondenceclub NANOWRIMO WRITE-INS These NaNoWriMo events include writing sprints, prompts and more in order to help you reach your daily and monthly writing goals. Nov. 5-26, Sun from 12:304:30 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org n

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Starting November 1ST, play your favorite video gaming machines with your Coeur Rewards card to earn entries.

Receive one entry for every 250 points earned.

See the Coeur Rewards booth, CDA Casino app or cdacasino.com for promotional rules.

40 Winners of $2,000 Cash!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH | 7 PM | $20,000 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 RD | 7 PM | $20,000 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH | 7 PM | $40,000 Our CEO is giving away $2,000 Cash to 40 lucky winners this November at Coeur d’Alene Casino!

We’ll draw 10 contestants on Thursday, November 16TH and another 10 contestants on Thursday, November 23RD. If any of the contestants drawn are not present, the prize will be stashed and added to the November 30TH giveaway—where at least 20 winners will be drawn. All prizes are

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guaranteed to go on or before November 30TH. Must be present to win.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 TH | 2 PM FREE EVENT | LOCATED UPSTAIRS

Starting November 1 , play your favorite video gaming machines with ST

Join us for an afternoon of traditional storytelling and dance exhibition. Complete with complimentary fry bread and huckleberry jam. Visit cdacasino.com for more information and the full lineup of events for Native American Heritage Month.

your Coeur Rewards card to earn entries. Receive one entry for every 250 points earned.

See the Coeur Rewards booth, CDA Casino app or cdacasino.com for promotional rules.

All ages welcome.

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