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Spelling aside, it marked the first time the new nation would celebrate the most grateful of holidays.

Over the years, the dates varied, until Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation placing it on the last Thursday of November, where it stood until 1939.

That year, the last Thursday of November turned out to be the last day of the month. It was the Great Depression, and Franklin Roosevelt was “concerned that the shortened Christmas shopping season might dampen the economic recovery,” according to the Center for Legislative Archives, so he issued yet another presidential proclamation moving Thanksgiving to the second to last Thursday of November.

In 1941, Congress got involved and placed the holiday on the fourth Thursday, which would take into account those years when November has five Thursdays. Which brings us to this year, which indeed has five Thursdays.

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resident Joe Biden’s $65 billion infrastructure bill contains $8 billion for regional hubs to develop ways to produce and distribute hydrogen fuel. One is planned for the Pacific Northwest and should help haulers and truck manufacturers in Renton and Portland in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Specifically, long-distance haulers need a network of hydrogen fueling stations (like today’s truck stops), along with affordable trucks and fuel. Hub researchers’ added challenge is that 95% of the hydrogen used in commercial vehicles

comes from high-temperature, steamed methane where CO2 is released.

Green hydrogen, absent of CO2, uses lots of electricity to break water into hydrogen and oxygen (electrolysis), but it is expensive. In 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) calculated that green hydrogen production costs are more than three

times higher than manufacturing methane-derived hydrogen.

A Northwest hub makes sense. Our state has an abundance of low-cost hydropower generated primarily by dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers. Surplus electricity from renewable sources could be directed to electrolysis plants.

For example, Douglas County PUD is constructing a pilot electrolysis plant near East Wenatchee that will use surplus power from Wells Dam north of Chelan on the Columbia River. Washington’s Legislature provided a grant for the project.

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ccording to 2021 Environmental Protection Agency data, transportation was responsible for 30 percent of greenhouse gases in our country, of which 80% comes from cars and trucks. Nearly a quarter of the CO2 emitted in the transportation sector comes from medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Replacing diesel engines in long-haul trucks (Class 8) is expensive and a mammoth task. The Bureau of Transportation estimates there are roughly 4.5 million big rigs operating in the United States. They are the trucks and trailers we commonly see on our highways carrying cargo hundreds of miles and needing short refueling times — 15 minutes compared to an hour.

Hydrogen and battery-powered trucks are expensive to buy even with Washington state’s commercial vehicle tax credit covering up to $100,000 of the incremental cost for new alternative fuel vehicles.

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Nikola Motors, a U.S. maker of hydrogen trucks, claims its vehicles can get 12 to 15 miles per gallon, well above the average 6.4 mpg for a diesel truck.

According to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) last December, the purchase price of a Class 8 hydrogen truck was $359,500, compared to $474,900 for a batteryoperated rig, and $143,500 for a diesel truck. The added research should benefit truck manufacturers as well. PACCAR’s Renton plant assembles Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, and Portland’s Daimler factory makes Freightliners.

Nikola Motors, a U.S. maker of hydrogen trucks, claims its vehicles can get 12 to 15 miles per gallon, well above the average 6.4 mpg for a diesel truck. Two years ago, Nikola Motors, based in Phoenix, announced that it had launched a roadmap for 700 fueling stations across our country.

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uropean Union leaders are already investing heavily in hydrogen fuel research, believing it is a key to eliminating CO2 discharges from vehicles. For example, one new technology is called pyrolysis. Hopefully, it will allow Europeans to pipe hydrogen in much the same way as natural gas now travels long distances across land and under water. Hydrogen created by pyrolysis is an adaptation of an industrial process developed over the years. It was designed to remove CO2 from the process creating charred wood and organic matter.

Developing hydrogen into a commercially viable fuel takes money — lots of it. Europeans are banking on hydrogen fuel technologies to lead the way to substantial greenhouse gas reductions, and a big chunk of the European Union’s 11 billion euro ($13.3 billion) climate initiative centers on hydrogen.

Hopefully, now that hydrogen technology is growing in acceptance, there will be greater attention to accelerating research and development, scaling up production, and finding ways to reduce costs.

That’s welcome news. n Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist.

He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

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With improvements in the courts underway, Spokane County may plan for robust language access after advocates push for changes

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alk into the Spokane County Courthouse with only limited English proficiency and, if you’re lucky, you might spot the dark green sign that tells you where to find interpreter services. It’s up on the third floor, down a long hallway, technically in another building — the annex.

Of course, the sign would only help you start looking for the right office if you speak English, Spanish or Russian. And, before spotting it, you’d have to go through security, where all the directions are written in English, except for a single pictogram that makes it clear that guns aren’t allowed.

The good news is, courthouse wayfinding and access to translators could soon get easier for people who primarily speak other languages because representatives from municipal, district and superior courts have been working together over the past few months to improve language access in their buildings on the Spokane County campus.

That’s thanks largely in part to advocacy work by Mujeres in Action (MiA), a nonprofit that works with domestic violence and sexual assault survivors who primarily speak Spanish. For the better part of two years, the organization’s dedicated staffers have been asking Spokane County leaders to implement a language access plan that’s required by law. They’ve met with elected officials, court administrators and judges, and joined with

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BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL dozens of other nonprofits to highlight issues with the current systems and to offer solutions.

One of the first major victories came earlier this year, when protection order forms were offered in other languages for the first time in Spokane. That makes it easier for victims requesting a restraining order involving domestic violence, stalking or other types of abuse to understand the questions they’re being asked, although the forms ultimately still need to be translated into English before they’re officially filed.

More recent progress started after Judge Jenny Zappone — a former deputy prosecutor who was elected to the Spokane County District Court bench last fall — took on the task of forming a language access committee this summer. The group has grown to include representatives from all three courts, which have started updating signage and providing materials for staff to ensure they’re ready to help when someone needs an interpreter.

“Prior to becoming a judge, MiA had done a presentation on victims of crime and how they feel going to the courthouse. Not only do they need to feel seen and heard in the courtroom, it needs to start at the front doors of the building,” Zappone says. “When I became a judge, it gave me a bigger platform to look at this.”

Now, in addition to continuing improvements in the courts, the advocates are focused on pushing Spokane

County as a whole to implement a language access plan.

They say it’s just as important for someone to be able to access an interpreter when they go to pay their property taxes, update their vehicle registration or access other county services.

After testifying to the county commissioners in other languages during public comment in May and June — highlighting the fact that about 40,000 county residents speak another language at home — it seems like the need really started to click for the elected officials, says Jesus Torres, MiA’s political advocate and organizer.

“It just kind of brought more attention to it, and I think it made a big difference,” he adds.

Indeed, at the same time Spokane was approving its own language access program in October, the five Spokane County commissioners started talking about what it might look like to provide better access throughout their government agency.

COURT ACCESS

The first focus for MiA has been improving access within the courts, where their clients might seek protection orders or other justice options. More than a year after the nonprofit started asking for better signs and training for staff, the language access committee launched by Zappone kicked that work into high gear. ...continued on page 10

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By the end of this year, the goal is to have signs up welcoming people into the court buildings in multiple languages and letting them know where to ask for an interpreter. Security lines will also feature pictograms that make it clear what to do.

Zappone says she wanted to tackle the low-hanging fruit as soon as possible, understanding that if something doesn’t work exactly right at first, it can be improved later.

“Our goal was to get something out there to make these baby steps, because if you want to think too big and make it perfect, it’s never going to happen,” Zappone says. “My goal was not to have meetings just to have meetings. It was to get some tangible product out there.”

One of the most important things to come out of the committee is the communication between municipal, district and superior courts, enabling them to make changes that have been talked about for years.

“Everybody wants to make language access and access to justice a priority. It’s just difficult when there’s so many issues affecting our court system,” Zappone says.

“We’ve taken free resources and modified them, for little or no cost to the taxpayers. There are so many easy ways to fix things … it just requires work and thought and someone doing it.”

Zappone has also worked with District Court staff to create informational binders for community-facing employees. They include “I speak…” cards, which repeat the same phrase in dozens of languages, enabling someone to point at their language so the staff member knows what translation they need. They also include directions for calling an interpreter service — typically LanguageLine — and directions to fill out a report so each office knows what case the line was called for.

Superior Court will use the same materials, which are being tweaked to include that court’s specific procedures.

The plan is to get those to customer service staff this month.

That’s important because advocates from MiA have been told repeatedly that translation is readily available, but that’s not what happened when they tested the theory this spring. Speaking only in Spanish, MiA’s Executive Director Hanncel Sanchez went to the interpreter’s office, where staff scrambled, unsure of what to do, before call-

ing another county employee who spoke Spanish, says Ana Trusty, the nonprofit’s communications director.

“They told her they couldn’t call an interpreter because it was a conflict of interest — there’s no reason for that — so then they found somebody that spoke Spanish, and one of the first questions he asked was ‘How did you get into this country? What’s your legal status?’” Trusty says. “She said, ‘I don’t know why you’re asking me that,’ and he said, ‘Oh, because it matters how the process will go, you need a lawyer.’”

That’s not true, and it’s illegal to ask someone’s legal status in the courthouse, which is supposed to be a safe zone from immigration enforcement, Trusty says.

On other occasions, their clients were told to come back with someone who speaks English, Trusty says, noting that it’s problematic to have a domestic violence victim’s words translated by their abuser or one of their children, and the courts are legally obligated to provide an interpreter.

MiA brought those concerns to Superior Court Administrator Ashley Callan, who acknowledges that staff need more comprehensive training to use the resources available and prevent insensitive interactions.

“They pointed out to us that while we had a plan, we hadn’t trained our staff as well as we should have,” Callan says. “We need to do a better job at training our staff on other aspects of dealing with people — cultural sensitivity training, trauma-informed training, all of those important aspects of being here to serve.”

Callan works with a group of court administrators around the state and hopes they’ll create a statewide web-based training that can be repeated as necessary to refresh employees on what to do.

“The Spokane community is becoming more and more diverse each year, and we are behind,” Callan says.

“We need to improve.”

She hopes that once the courts have adopted their wayfinding signs and other tools, other county offices will soon follow.

THE COUNTY PLAN

After hearing from advocates this spring, the county commissioners tasked Jeffrey McMorris, their community

engagement and public policy adviser, with figuring out the language access needs in various departments.

In October, McMorris briefed them, noting that offices run by other elected officials (such as the auditor, clerk or treasurer) have their own needs. He also described some affordable options the county could put in place, such as digital directory kiosks and a translation tool that can write closed captions in other languages for the commission meetings.

McMorris says he asked county employees who speak other languages to provide feedback on the tool’s captions, and while it was able to get major ideas across, it wasn’t very accurate for specific translation. There are other options, however.

“I think there’s definite interest in what AI and other technology could do,” McMorris says.

In coming weeks, the commission may formally create a language access committee to work on a countywide plan.

“We need to make sure we’re talking to the frontline employees who actually do the work, and not having management make a decision based on a perceived need,” McMorris says.

For example, some offices might need video interpretation rather than a phone line, so staff can display documents or show something to the interpreter, McMorris says.

Commissioner Chris Jordan is helping push for that work.

“MiA’s done a great job raising awareness about this issue,” Jordan says. “I would always like to be moving faster, but it’s important we bring this committee together to vet these ideas.”

Until they see that happen, MiA and a coalition of 24 nonprofits will continue their email campaign calling for an official county language access plan. That signup can be found on their website en.miaspokane.org.

“It’s exciting to see the small changes, and that we’re actually affecting the system in some sort of way, even if it’s frustrating,” Trusty says. “Washington state does not have an official language, and federally the U.S. does not have an official language either. We are a multi-language country. So why not start thinking of everybody?” n

NEWS | POLITICS

Why Woodward Lost Local political watchers float seven theories about why Nadine Woodward didn’t win a second term as Spokane’s mayor

BY NATE SANFORD

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t wasn’t because she didn’t have enough money. During her run for reelection this year, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward broke the all-time record for direct contributions in a Spokane mayoral race. Conservative political action committees also spent a whopping $767,547 in support of Woodward — more than five times what liberal groups spent supporting her opponent and the ultimate victor, Lisa Brown.

But the money didn’t work. Between direct contributions and outside spending, the total cost per vote for

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Woodward ended up being $40, compared with $18 for Brown. Brown won by 4%.

So what happened? Why did Woodward lose?

It’s impossible to know the mind of every voter, but here are a few theories about why Woodward’s reelection bid failed.

1 SPOKANE DOESN’T LIKE INCUMBENT MAYORS

Woodward launched her reelection bid with a major disadvantage: She was already mayor. Over the past five

decades, Spokane has only reelected one mayor: David Condon in 2015.

“Spokane voters tend to sour on mayors after four years, no matter how successful they are,” says Logan Camporeale, a local historian who closely watches local elections.

Blaine Garvin, a political science professor at Gonzaga, adds that while incumbency is generally considered an advantage in congressional races, it can be a disadvantage for mayors, who are “more visibly responsible in the eyes of voters for what happens.”

Spokane’s almost-50-year streak of one-term mayors is a little unusual compared to other cities, Garvin says, but not unprecedented.

TAPPED INTO 2 WOODWARD PERCEPTIONS OF CHAOS DOWNTOWN, AGAIN

When the Inlander published a list of reasons why Ben Stuckart lost the mayoral race in 2019, reason No. 3 was that Woodward had “tapped into perceptions about chaos downtown.” ...continued on page 12

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Changes at the Top

Spokane’s police chief resigns after elections.

Plus, Pac-12 leadership is still up in the air, and Spokane’s health district will get a new boss.

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ast Wednesday, just two days after Mayor Nadine Woodward conceded to Lisa Brown in the Spokane mayoral race, Police Chief Craig Meidl said he will resign at the end of the year. Meidl joined the department in 1994 and was appointed chief in 2016 by Mayor David Condon after Frank Straub was pushed out amid allegations of sexual harassment and creating a hostile workplace. In 2011, Meidl was one of about 50 officers who stood in federal court and saluted Karl Thompson, the former Spokane police officer convicted of on-duty civil rights violations in the 2006 death of Otto Zehm, as he was led away. Meidl apologized for the salute before becoming chief.

In his resignation letter, Meidl wrote that it has been an “incredible blessing and honor” to work at the Spokane Police Department, thanked Woodward for her support and wished Brown success. In a statement, Brown thanked Meidl for his service and said she plans to meet with Meidl and assistant Chief Justin Lundgren in coming days to hear their perspectives on the challenges facing Spokane. Meidl’s last day will be Dec. 31. (NATE SANFORD)

PAC-12 PANDEMONIUM

Early last week, Whitman County District Court Judge Gary Libey granted Washington State University and Oregon State University sole control of the Pac-12 board of directors. However, the very next day lawyers representing the University of Washington filed an emergency motion to the Washington State Supreme Court to prevent the decision from becoming final. All 10 outgoing schools, represented by UW’s lawyers, believe they have the right to any revenue earned by the conference during the 2023-24 school year — even though the only two schools that will still be playing in the conference next year are WSU and OSU. On Thursday, the state’s highest court issued a temporary stay of Libey’s decision, leaving the college football conference’s leadership in limbo for now. The parties have the opportunity to file briefs by Nov. 28 and replies by Dec. 8. (COLTON RASANEN)

NEW HEALTH LEADER

Spokane Regional Health District is set to get a new leader next month after the health board decided to hire Alicia Thompson as the district’s new administrative officer. Thompson went to Lewis and Clark High School, served in the Air National Guard, and earned a master’s of social work from Eastern Washington University. For several years she worked in various roles at the health district, including as a community health epidemiologist, before leaving to work in health department leadership in Cowlitz County and Great Falls, Montana. She earned a doctorate in public health policy and management in 2019 and became a health director in Arizona. She’s set to start on Dec. 11, and will serve as the supervisor to the county health officer and will guide the district’s staff. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) Get the latest on Inlander.com

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She did the same thing this year — and it might have hurt her.

“I think that was the main strategic error,” Garvin says. “It’s hard to know how she could have avoided that, but I think it did do damage.”

Woodward’s campaign rhetoric frequently touched on public safety, drug use and homelessness. But slogans like “Make crime illegal again” are hard to sell when you’ve been the one in charge for four years.

“It seems like she’s running against an incumbent,” Garvin says.

Woodward blamed Spokane’s problems with drugs and crime on the City Council and “reckless” state policy.

But Paul Dillon, who won south Spokane’s District 2 City Council seat, says he talked to a lot of voters who were tired of the finger-pointing.

“I’ve never seen an incumbent run that way,” Dillon says. “I think it left a really confused and muddled message.”

TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS — 3 SHEBUT PROMISED IT GOT DRAMATICALLY WORSE

Woodward’s messaging problem also applies to homelessness. The issue was a key part of her 2019 campaign pitch, but during her four-year term, Spokane’s annual point-in-time count shows the city’s homeless population increased by 50%.

Dillon acknowledges that liberal-led cities across the West Coast also saw a dramatic increase in homelessness during the same time period, and that the issue is shaped by a variety of factors. But he argues that Woodward’s lack of progress was still a major factor on voters’ minds.

Cornell Clayton, a political science professor at

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Outgoing Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward after results showed her behind on Election Day. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO Washington State University, agrees: “To make that the centerpiece of her campaign, again, I think it really raises the question: ‘Well, why hasn’t this been dealt with? Why is it getting worse rather than better?’”

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THE PANDEMIC WAS GENUINELY TOUGH

After the first ballot drop showed her trailing on election night, Woodward took to the stage to thank her supporters — and reflect on the challenges of her first term.

“A global health pandemic… a summer of protests, our first riot. ‘Defund the police.’ Unprecedented workforce shortages. A housing crisis. Camp Hope.”

Woodward enumerated that same list of challenges in almost all of her campaign interviews and speeches this year. Camporeale says it may have sounded like excusemaking for voters, but at the same time, he says it would

be unfair to suggest that COVID wasn’t a unique challenge that previous mayors didn’t have to deal with.

5 MATT SHEA

Getting national media coverage because you prayed on stage with a former state representative who was accused of domestic terrorism and religious extremism is generally considered a very bad campaign strategy.

Controversy over Woodward’s August appearance with Matt Shea dragged on for months, even as Woodward claimed that she didn’t know he would be at the prayer event and didn’t agree with his politics. Dillon says he thinks Shea’s political toxicity pushed away a lot of moderate voters.

Garvin and Clayton are less sure if the incident ended up having a major impact.

“I thought it would, but I’m thinking maybe it didn’t,” Garvin says. “But it was embarrassing, let’s just say it didn’t do her any good.”

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Conservative political action committees spent $401,547 on a barrage of attack ads against Brown, while liberal groups spent $122,647 attacking Woodward. Brown says she was prepared for an onslaught of attacks, and that much of the messaging was recycled from her run for Congress in 2018.

Garvin questions the effectiveness of attack ads. He says most voters are used to it and simply tune it out.

Clayton thinks attack ads can be effective, but only in certain contexts — like when you’re a challenger taking on an incumbent.

He thinks the attack ads’ heavy focus on crime and homelessness may have ultimately backfired.

7 BROWN IS A SAVVY POLITICIAN

Brown, who served nearly 20 years in the state Legislature, has decades of experience running for office. Outside of her run for mayor in 2019, Woodward has none.

Clayton describes Brown as a “very effective political organizer,” noting her success at mobilizing volunteers during her run for Congress.

Clayton also thinks that — despite having policy positions that are mostly similar to Stuckart — Brown was able to more effectively position herself as a pragmatic moderate. He says she also spoke to the business community “in a way that doesn’t frighten them the same way someone like Ben Stuckart did.

“When you have a challenger like that,” Clayton adds, “and then you have an incumbent who is running this counterintuitive campaign complaining about the state of affairs in the city, I think that’s a recipe for an upset.” n

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VISUAL ARTS

A Lifetime of

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Jundt Art Museum showcases Spokane couple Carolyn and Les Stephens’ remarkable collection spanning the past five decades

BY AMELIA TRONCONE

L Highlights from the Stephens Collection, now on display at Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum: (top) Roger Shimomura’s “Samurai & Blonde,” 1994; (left) Arman Pierre Fernandez’s “Hydra,” 1979 and (below) Ralph Goings’ “Sauces,” 1993.

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es and Carolyn Stephens never intended to become art collectors.

The longtime Spokane residents first began acquiring art in the 1970s as a way to decorate their home. Fifty years later, the endeavor has resulted in a collection of over 100 pieces and their very own exhibition at Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum, on display through the start of 2024.

The couple met while attending Whitman College in Walla Walla and bought their first piece in 1972, a year after graduating.

From then, Carolyn Stephens says, their collection gradually grew.

“In the first decade of this 50 years of collecting art, we didn’t think in terms of, ‘Oh let’s buy a dozen,’” Carolyn Stephens says.

“It was, ‘Can we afford one or two pieces?’”

The Stephenses have long been active in Eastern Washington’s art community. Carolyn, an artist herself, began teaching art history at Spokane Falls Community College in 1980.

She and her husband were able to gain exposure to many American artists and expand their collection by engaging with local art lectures, presentations and exhibitions.

Additionally, Carolyn’s time as an instructor gave them an opportunity to explore some of the most prominent art capitals in the world, including New York City, London and Paris. During these travels, they learned about contemporary art and how to identify high-quality works.

The Stephenses procured most of their collection directly from artists, as well as through the secondary art market. Les attributes their ability to collect a diverse array of pieces to the secondary market, where artworks are resold by collectors rather than the artists themselves.

“We would see more and more pieces that were attractive — pieces that we’ve seen in museums and galleries around the country — and they became available at a price that we could afford,” he says.

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bout half of the couple’s collection is on display for the Jundt’s fall 2023 exhibit, “Five Critical Decades of Art: The Stephens Collection.” Until Jan. 6, the gallery is filled with an array of styles, mediums and trends from contemporary art history.

A unique feature of the exhibition, according to Les, is the range of ages among the artworks. The collection spans from the 1940s to the 2010s, with the oldest piece dating to 1948.

“It’s not very often that you see a contemporary survey,” Les says. “You go to New York, you’ll find some rooms going in chronological periods, but I think that was kind of the fun of [this exhibition] is that it’s over 50 years of work.”

Curation of the Stephens Collection exhibition has been in the works for three years, says Karen Kaiser, the Jundt’s curator of education. She says this is the first time in over a decade that the Jundt has hosted an exhibition based on a privately owned collection.

“It’s nice to have something available to the students where they can see what’s actually made by contemporary artists,” Kaiser says.

The exhibition showcases a mix of popular art forms from different periods, including pop art, photorealism, folk art, environmental art, abstraction and figurative art. Prints make up the majority of the collection, but it also has wood sculptures, ceramics, paintings, photography and drawings.

One piece on display is photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s “Patti Smith,” a black-and-white portrait of the punk rock artist taken in 1985.

There are also nontraditional artworks, such as a video recording of “Keyboard Cat” by Spokane artist Charlie Schmidt, which gained viral popularity on the internet in 2007. Also on display is a 1985 Keith Haring shower curtain adorned with the artist’s iconic dancing figures.

Les says the exhibition is eclectic in nature because it contains artwork from both regional artists and those well-known outside the Inland Northwest.

“I think there’s that richness of getting to know some of the artists, but also just the interconnection between the art,” he says.

Carolyn says they care about supporting the new generation of local artists and hope the community finds various ways to engage with their collection.

“Just [knowing] that you got their brains to think, their eyes to look at things and maybe have a back and forth conversation” is enough, she says.

Robin Dare, the Jundt’s preparator and a personal friend of the Stephenses, agrees that the exhibit provides a strong overview of regional artists. Dare was in charge of arranging and displaying the pieces in the gallery and says he worked in collaboration with the couple and museum curator Paul Manoguerra to decide which pieces would be in the exhibition.

Dare hopes the showcase is fun for the public and leaves visitors with a sense of curiosity.

“Strong social themes — social commentary — are part of this collection in a lot of ways,” Dare says. “There’s some very powerful things you investigate.”

The Jundt Art Museum’s affiliation with Gonzaga University was an important consideration for the Stephenses because, Carolyn says, their collection was always designed to be an active contribution to teaching institutions. She says that while the show reflects the couple’s tastes, they hope students and faculty can engage with the artworks as educational tools.

The couple doesn’t plan to buy much more art. In fact, their goal is to donate and rehome their collection with educational institutions.

“It makes a difference to me that if we have accumulated this vast array of works,” Carolyn says, “why wouldn’t you want it to go to institutions that have active campuses and residencies that get people to come here and see all this?” n Five Critical Decades of Art: The Stephens Collection • Through Jan. 6, 2024; open Mon-Sat from 10 am-4 pm • Free • Jundt Art Museum • 200 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzaga.edu/jundt • 509-313-6843

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CULTURE | THE APPLE CUP

Apples to… Rutabagas?

WSU’s Cam Ward and UW’s Michael Penix Jr. add up to one of the best Apple Cup QB matchups ever.

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In the grand scheme, some things matter more than others.

The Evergreen State’s annual battle between Dawgs and Cats is one of those things

BY TONY C. DUARTE

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et’s start with the big picture shall we? Approximately 14 billion years ago — give or take a few million years — the known universe began and there were no college athletics conferences. For that matter, there were no colleges nor humans to attend them or compete in sporting events to eventually be manipulated by other humans. It was a simple time, with a significant lack of humans available to create unnecessary stress.

A mere 10 billion or so years later, the solar system formed around the centerpiece known as the sun (a giant mass of incandescent gas… if you know your They Might Be Giants songbook). Fast forward to whenever those troublemaking humans showed up on one of the planets they arrogantly called Earth and which some of them still maintain is flat instead of spherical. About 5 billion years from now, the sun will begin its inevitable expansion and engulf and destroy the Earth. At that time, any remaining humans will care even less than ESPN does now about the sacred traditions of West Coast-based conference affiliations. In that big picture, none of this matters, nor will it ever matter.

But for the time being, it does matter to some humans and, as we have discovered, some of those humans are decidedly greedier than others and in a position to exercise that greed. These humans go by several monikers:

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media executives, school presidents, athletic directors, rancid polecats. No matter the moniker or its accuracy, they are essentially after one thing: to create something that financially benefits them. If an existing condition — let’s say, a conference created by schools a long time ago to compete against each other in athletics — does not suitably make them more wealthy than they already are, then… begone with that conference! (That line reads best in a proper English accent.)

And so it shall be that this year’s various versions of the Apple Cup — football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball, etc. — will all be the last of their Pac-12 kind due to the departure in pursuit of greener pastures of a school allegedly called the University of Washington, along with nine other Benedict Arnold schools of highly dubious or outright ill repute. It sounds like there will be a football Apple Cup for the next five seasons, which is better than no Apple Cup for sure. But the teams will not be conference rivals in the same way as now, when the stakes can be high as they are this year with a Cougar bowl game on the line and the Huskies perfect season hanging in the balance.

Still, games are not all about winning. They’re about competition and emotion, in some cases entirely capable of pulling you, kicking and screaming, between extraordinary plays, efforts, or conversely, inexplicable errors.

Competition + emotion = Apple Cup. If you are fortunate enough to be a Coug, for the football version of the Apple Cup, who can forget the unadulterated joy those fateful days in 1982, when the Cougs played in Pullman for the first time in 28 years and knocked the overconfident 5th-ranked Huskies out of an expected Rose Bowl berth? How about 1988, when snow arrived at a timely moment and Shawn Landrum famously blocked a punt to help get the 32-31 victory in Pullman? In 1992, a real dump of snow arrived; Drew Bledsoe, CJ Davis and others took full advantage of a discombobulated Husky team for a 42-23 win in Pullman.

Then there was 1997, when Ryan Leaf led the Cougs to their Rose Bowl-clinching 41-35 victory in Seattle — their first trip to the Rose Bowl in 67 years.

So, yes, we all recall the plays, the scores from whatever year has affected us most — maybe quicker than the names of our children — because Competition + Emotion = Apple Cup. So you see, in the big picture nothing really matters.

But despite the efforts of meddling humans, the Apple Cup will always matter. n WSU alum Tony C. Duarte has covered the Cougs for decades as a former Inlander staff writer and for the late, great fan site CougZone.

THE LAST CHAPTER Maybe there will be a sequel to this ancient saga of the struggle for the soul of the Pacific Northwest, but for now just savor its final act

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or some people, Thanksgiving weekend means leftover turkey sandwiches and Black Friday deals. But around the Evergreen State it’s really all about the Apple Cup — Cougars vs. Huskies for a year’s worth of bragging rights. It can split families, with some Huskies and some Cougars sharing the same living room; fathers and sons have been known to suit up for the opposite sides; and old high school teammates from around the state get to line up against each other one last time. All those hostilities get renewed again on Saturday in Seattle.

That it’s the last Apple Cup with the teams playing in the same conference adds even more pathos, as the schemings behind NCAA football blew up the Pac-12 just before the season started. The Huskies are moving on to a fancy conference out in the Midwest, dumping the Cougs in the process.

Ouch.

But no matter how much either side loves to hate the other one, you know we’re going to all miss each other. Think of all the memories: The first Apple Cup in 1900 was a dud — a 5-5 tie in Seattle. Late in World War II, the cross-state rivals saw a cease-fire in 1944, but they played twice in 1945. Of course there was no game at all during the COVID year of 2020. And in 2021 both teams were flying a little blind, as both coaches — Jimmy Lake and Nick Rolovich — were fired before the game. Between 1950 and 1980, the Cougs played their Apple Cup home games at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane; they’d won only once, so Coach Jim Walden moved the rivalry home games back to Pullman.

The Huskies have had some pretty good win streaks, with an overall record of 76 wins against 35 losses and six ties. Part of that comes from UW Coach Gilmour Dobie (1908-17), who refused to play on the road (of his 58 wins, 48 were at home). The Huskies also have had two eight-win streaks, from 1959-66 and from 1974-81; they’ve won eight of nine leading up to Saturday, with the exception being WSU’s 40-13 beatdown of the Dawgs in Seattle in 2021. The Cougs won four of five from 2004-08.

Speaking of that 2008 season, it was the low point, as the Cougs were 1-10, while the Huskies were winless (and wound up the season 0-12). The Cougs won in OT. The state of Washington is known for some uncanny quarterback play, with the Apple Cup as proof. Former Cougar QBs include Mark Rypien, Jack Thompson, Drew Bledsoe and Ryan Leaf; Warren Moon, Jake Locker, Brock Huard and Sonny Sixkiller have worn the purple and gold.

This year’s no different, with one hot and one superhot quarterback on display. The Cougs’ Cameron Ward (3,415 passing yards, 30 total TDs) features the whole package, with great passing touch and the ability to take off and run when necessary. Meanwhile, the Huskies have their firstever serious Heisman Trophy candidate since Spokane’s Steve Emtman in Michael Penix Jr. (3,695 yards passing, 33 TDs), who leads one of the all-time great Pac-12 offenses.

Two great quarterbacks, what looks like the last-ever playing of this sacred game as members of the same conference and all that pent-up anger around the Cougs feeling left behind. Not enough drama for you?

How about this: With an upset win, the Cougs can both qualify for a bowl game and wreck the Huskies’ perfect season and, potentially, their shot at the College Football Playoff.

And for the departing Dawgs, that would be a big ouch.

— TED S. McGREGOR JR. The Apple Cup kicks off at 1 pm on Sat, Nov. 25, at Husky Stadium. It airs on FOX.

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CULTURE | DIGEST

COUGS VS. EVERYBODY

THE BUZZ BIN

The WSU football team (and community) close their final Pac-12 homestand in style

BY SETH SOMMERFELD

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t’s always hard to say goodbye… especially when you’re not the one making the decision to leave.

But last Friday night under the lights at Martin Stadium in Pullman, the Washington State Cougars said a farewell of sorts as they played their final home game in the Pac-12.

Well, at least in the Pac-12 as we’ve long known it. The conference essentially began to unravel right before the start of the season, with every Pac-12 university except WSU and Oregon State recruited to join another football power conference next year.

While WSU and OSU still hold the Pac-12 rights (now colloquially known as the Pac-2), the conference won’t be the same even if the two schools try to rebuild it by scooping up lower division Western football teams.

Against that depressing backdrop, WSU hosted its Senior Night game against Colorado. At the start of the season, this felt potentially like a big deal matchup.

Colorado was the national darling of the first three weeks of college football thanks to braggadocious NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders leading his team to a 3-0 start. Meanwhile, the Cougs were using the idea of being unwanted conference outcasts as motivation.

“Cougs vs. Everybody” became a rallying cry as WSU started the season 4-0 (including ranked wins over Wisconsin and Oregon State). But both the Cougars’ and the Buffaloes’ seasons fell apart in Pac-12 play, making the special Friday night tilt a meaningless matchup between two four-win teams.

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ith winter beginning to set in and temperatures barely above freezing and their squad nursing a six-game losing streak, WSU fans had every reason to be disheartened. The black of the night almost felt like the cosmos dressing for the Cougars’ funeral.

But those are expectations based on most fanbases.

Cougar fans are a different breed. Even before the Pac-12 shunning, they were used to being treated like second-class citizens. They know it’s a tough place to recruit. They’re used to the jokes about Pullman being a backwater town. They’re acutely aware that there’s a whole phrase dedicated to the amazing ways WSU blows meaningful games — to “Coug It.” (It has its own Wikipedia page.) WSU fans know they’re the unloved crimson-haired stepchild of the FBS football world.

You can’t kill a Coug fan, they’re already dead inside. But they still have their souls.

And at least last Friday night, that fandom was rewarded. Those who braved the cold to cheer on their guys in Martin Stadium got to see the Cougars blow out the Buffaloes. Quarterback Cameron Ward led the rout with four touchdowns. It became such a beating that things got comical, like when Brennan Jackson picked up and returned a second fumble for a touchdown to make the score 55-7 (meaning one of WSU’s defenders had scored more than the Colorado offense).

The fans in the stands were invested in all of it.

It was a matter of pride.

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Cougs don’t go down quietly. For all the hype about SEC football atmospheres, this trivial night in Pullman had more fan-generated juice than my visit to Athens earlier this season to see No. 1 Georgia. I think it’s because of the lack of entitlement. Even the notion of a WSU fan possibly feeling entitled is laughable with all they’ve endured.

So even though the game was essentially meaningless, even if the hype was nonexistent compared to where it was early in the year, even though the result of the game hadn’t been in doubt for hours, as soon as the whistle blew the fans stormed the field. Well perhaps stormed is a strong characterization. While fans rushing the field is usually reserved for a massive upset, a fierce rivalry win or an incredibly tense win, the reaction after WSU finished off Colorado 56-14 felt unlike anything I’ve seen before.

As the diminished student section poured over the railing, it wasn’t amped up college kid adrenaline or anything of that sort. It felt more like a celebration of community. On the other side of the field, the nonstudent section casually took the field by walking down the stairs. As the hordes stood there in celebration, they weren’t under the allusion that this game had any real ramifications.

They went on the field to just have a nice moment with their team.

Their team that emanates from a city few could find on a map. Their team that nobody in the power conference wants. Their team that’s a victim of college football’s tradition-crushing greed. Their team that never quit on a season that they had every right to give up on. Their team that they’ll stick with whether they’re playing in the Pac-12 or the Pac-2. No one can take the Washington State football team from them. The Cougars are and will always be their team.

Pullman vs. Everybody. n

Celebration was the vibe in Pullman last Friday night.

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CULTURE | THEATER

How to use portrayal of Holmes are of a detective that devotees will recognize.

“A lot of this is all of the worst aspects of Holmes amplified. His penchant for rudeness and being blunt? That’s turned up tenfold. And you get glimpses of the Holmes that everybody knows when he breaks people down,” he says.

But a holiday show wouldn’t be a holiday show without some redemptive magic, which is why Holmes also has “similar stuff going on” to the arc we traditionally associate with Scrooge. Likewise, Holmes’ more well-adjusted sidekick, Dr. Watson (Jeff Bryan), draws some inspiration from Charles Dickens’ holiday tale.

“In much the same way that Holmes sort of channels Scrooge, his relationship with Watson in this play is very much a Scrooge-and-Bob-Cratchit kind of relationship,” Sciarrio says.

Other characters from the literary source material also make cameos. A Christmas Carol’s Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge’s housekeeper, and Old Joe, the marketplace fence, have varying roles here, as do Inspector Lestrade and Irene Adler from the Holmes lore. They’re portrayed by the Elementary, my dear Ebenezer. RYAN WASSON PHOTO ILLUSTRATION ensemble cast, which includes Bryan as well as Rushele Herrmann, Tamara Schupman and Austin Strope.

When it comes to sets, Will Ledbetter, a guest designer from Eastern Washington University, has embraced the playwright’s suggestion that A Sherlock Carol be “presented in a theatrical way,” in Sciarrio’s words, rather than “attempting to recreate reality.”

“Will came in with some wonderful ideas. Just as a f’rinstance, the proscenium of the stage is framed with two very large meerschaum pipes that are also lampposts.

So you’ve got the stereotypical Holmes pipe, but it also serves as a lamp. It’s blending theater and the reality of the story,” he says.

“Toward that end, all of the scene changes happen out in front of God and under mysterious circumstances. The game everybody. In fact, the ensemble is narratis suddenly afoot. ing as they’re moving the furniture into the Playing Holmes is Dallan Starks, who’s next scene — basically, setting it up verbally previously appeared in Civic productions as they’re doing it physically.” of The 39 Steps and The Curious Incident of the However, that overt theatricality doesn’t Dog in the Night-Time. mean that there won’t be some surprises.

“Sherlock Holmes is a character I’ve “It’s a murder mystery, after all,” says wanted to delve into for a very long time.

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I’ve been watching Sherlock Holmes movies And because of that, he gets to anand reading Sherlock Holmes stories since I nounce, “The game is afoot,” right? was about 10 years old,” he says.

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And I get none of them. But All the good Holmes then there are all these [indirect] phrases are there.”

Sherlock Holmes references to different “And dare I say,” Sciarrio laughs, “an characters and things. And I get it, but other adult Dr. Timothy Cratchit actually — twice people are like, ‘I don’t know what you’re — gets to say, ‘God bless us, every one!’” n talking about.’”

Even though this incarnation of Holmes A Sherlock Carol • Nov. 24-Dec. 17; isn’t plucked straight out of an Arthur Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • Conan Doyle story, Starks says that both $38 • Spokane Civic Theatre • Shanahan’s characterization and his own spokanecivictheatre.com

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f the title of A Sherlock Carol seems at once familiar yet uncanny, that might be intentional. The play by Mark Shanahan takes two of the most popular characters of Victorian fiction, Sherlock Holmes and Ebenezer Scrooge, and creates a Christmas mash-up that riffs on both of their literary origins. Following its well-received offBroadway premiere in 2021, the seasonally themed murder mystery is already making its regional debut on the Spokane Civic Theatre’s main stage this week.

“It’s a perfect blending of two icons, Holmes and Scrooge,” says director Jerry Sciarrio. “If you’re at all familiar with the Holmes stories, it’s set after the incident with Holmes and [his archnemesis] Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. So, Moriarty is dead — to begin with. And Holmes is going through a major change in his life.”

The rudderless Holmes, robbed of his chief adversary, has lost his Christmas spirit as a result. But then he’s presented with an irresistible case by a grown-up Tiny Tim (played by Mathias Oliver), who now goes

by Dr. Tim Cratchit. Scrooge (Gary Pierce), his best friend and benefactor, has died

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Counting Down the Holidays D

oesn’t it often seem like all of a sudden, the holiday season is upon us? And then as soon as it is, it’s gone in a blink?

Between all the gift shopping, gift wrapping, decorating, baking, cooking, parties, time with family, friends and coworkers, plus everything else, it can be natural to think there’s simply no time to squeeze everything in. Not only that, but figuring out what to do in the moment when the urge strikes or you have guests to entertain can be draining, especially when trying to please everyone or overcome decision fatigue.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. For this year’s annual Holiday Guide issue, we made the activity planning easy. From the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 24) all the way through New Year’s Day, we’ve suggested one event for each and every day. While you can follow our advice down to the last detail, we’ve also made sure to mention when a certain activity or event can be enjoyed another time, too. Consider it the ultimate advent calendar for the Inland Northwest, from touring the region’s many holiday lights displays or even breaking away from the nonstop Christmas entertainment for a few hours.

For even more holiday season activities, make sure to also check out the extensive event calendar that follows our festive countdown to 2024, and head to Inlander.com/events for the latest updates and additions.

From all of us to all of you, Happy Holidays!

— CHEY SCOTT Inlander Arts & Culture Editor COVER ART BY SHELBY CRISWELL

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Soaring in a Winter Wonderland Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland kicks off a festive season in Airway Heights

BY SETH SOMMERFELD

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hile the flashing lights and vibrant colors of the video slot machines at Northern Quest Resort & Casino might be the closest approximation to Christmas lights you can find around these parts from February through October, the tribal casino really goes all out when it’s actually time for wintery festiveness. In 2021, the Airway Heights getaway started its annual Questmas Village — a free, family-friendly attraction that features an array of large-scale holiday decorations (ideal for photo-ops) and an ice skating rink. And while the Questmas Village will again be around for over a month (read more on page 41), the holiday season really kicks off at Northern Quest with two performances of Cirque Musica’s Holiday Wonderland show.

“This show is nothing but holiday spirit, so it just really was a great match,” says Matt Gibson, Northern Quest’s director of vibe.

Cirque Musica is a nationally touring organization that combines live music and visual spectacles from circus artists across the entertainment spectrum.

“It’s full of jugglers and aerialists and acrobats and performers and music and just these things humans really shouldn’t be able to do physically. And you see them doing it on stage live and in person, and it just kind of takes your breath away. There are going to be a lot of things here at the Pend Oreille Pavilion. We’re not quite sure our venue is big enough to house it all,” Gibson says with a laugh.

“But we’re gonna do our best to make it a magnificent production that is all things holiday-oriented with that Cirque feel,” he continues. “What these performers are capable of is nothing short of miraculous.”

The 90-minute spectacular is a seasonal feast for the eyes with lavish costuming and set design bringing patrons into the winter wonderland. Gibson is specifically fond of a moment when a musician in a flowing gown gets aerial as snow falls and background musicians sing a seasonal song.

“It kind of chokes you up a little bit,” he says.

So if you’re looking for a moving visual treat that’s sweet as hot cocoa stirred with a candy cane, Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland might be the sugary start to the season you need. n Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 at 7:30 pm, $39-$69, Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, northernquest.com

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November 24-30 Nov. 24

COEUR D’ALENE LIGHTING CEREMONY PARADE

With the depressing darkness of daylight savings time weighing on us, we really need some light to get the holiday season started. Thankfully, Coeur d’Alene takes the blackness out of Black Friday with its traditional Lighting Ceremony Parade. Festive floats, music, dancing and plenty of twinkling lights will illuminate this year’s parade theme, “A Coeur d’Alene Holiday Vacation.” The parade ends at the Coeur d’Alene Resort lawn, where there will be caroling, fireworks and the flipping of the switch on Christmas lights that will brighten downtown Coeur d’Alene for the next month and change. (SS) 5-7:30 pm, free, Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. between Eighth St. & Government Way, cdadowntown.com

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RIVERFRONT MARKET

While downtown Spokane is treated to many iterations of the Riverfront Market throughout the year, this last one before the holiday gift-giving season is ideal for anyone shopping for presents. Coinciding with Small Business Saturday, dozens of local businesses and artisans will be peddling their wares to help you find that perfect something for that special someone. You can make a day of it with the music and food offerings, then round out the festivities that evening with the Numerica Tree Lighting Celebration to fully embrace the glowing spirit of the season at Riverfront Park. (SS) 11 am-7 pm, free, Spokane Pavilion, 574 N. Howard St., my.spokanecity.org

Nov. 26

A SHERLOCK CAROL

In the age of big-screen superheroes crossing multiverses on the regular, why not mash up some classic literary characters for a seasonal theatrical treat?

In Spokane Civic Theatre’s A Sherlock Carol, the world’s greatest detective Sherlock Holmes is hired by a grown-up Tiny Tim to investigate the unusual death of one Ebenezer Scrooge. Holmes’ skills are put to the test when he’s visited by those darn ghosts of Christmases past, present and future. Don’t worry though, this murder mystery is a comedic one that the whole family can enjoy. And don’t feel foiled if you can’t make this specific matinee, the show has plenty of runs through Dec. 17. (And, read more about it in this week’s Culture section on page 20.) (SS) Nov. 24-Dec. 17, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm, $15-$38, Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St., spokanecivictheatre.com

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With all due respect to the parents out there, I really don’t care about seeing photos of your kids awkwardly squirming on Santa’s lap. Now photos of folks’ pets with jolly ol’ St. Nick? Inject those straight into my eyeballs. A dog or cat stuffed into an ugly Christmas sweater or adorned with fuzzy reindeer antlers and then plopped into the arms of that rotund red gentlemen are a holiday gift that keeps on giving. With its towering 50-foot tree as a backdrop, River Park Square’s Santa has become the region's go-to photographic Christmas destination and on Nov. 27 and Dec. 4, he's blocking out time specifically for pet pics. Reserve a spot online now (and then send all the cuddly portraits to our Arts & Culture editor, Chey). (SS)

While there’s nothing inherently festive about them, it’s clear from anecdotal recounting that marathoning The Lord of the Rings movies has become a holiday tradition in many households (often in the lazy post-tryptophan days following Thanksgiving). The Garland Theater has picked up on this fact and has been screening the extended editions of the LotR movies throughout November.

Things warm up with the Best Picture-winning The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. It’s a legendary conclusion that’s even more epic with the extended runtime of four hours and 10 minutes.

(Better stock up on popcorn, candy and adult beverages from Bon Bon to fuel your journey with Frodo, Sam, Aragorn and co.) (SS)

In a world overrun with Christmas entertainment options, it’s kinda weird that there’s basically only one universally agreed upon Christmas ballet, right? Then again, as soon as the Spokane Symphony starts playing Tchaikovsky’s timeless score for The Nutcracker, everyone totally gets it. A sugarplum treat for audiences of all ages, the symphony once again teams up with the Californiabased State Street Ballet — which also invites more than 70 local dancers to join in the production — to bring to life the fantastical fantasies of children battling a mouse king and being transported to a holiday dreamland of sweets. (SS)

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Dec. 2

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s the snow begins to fall and the crisp winter air envelopes the region, the Wonder Building in Spokane’s core joins the holiday festivities by getting decked out with Christmas trees and festive decor, and resurrecting its annual Winter Wonderland Market.

Shoppers can expect to find 30 to 35 vendors in the building each Saturday, including those that attend every market, plus others that appear on specific dates.

“The intention is to highlight local creators and give the people of Spokane the opportunity to find unique gifts in addition to supporting our local community here,” says Danielle Chapman, general manager of the Wonder Building.

A variety of items are available at the market, including candles from Ember and Pine Co., jewelry from Junenox Designs, tea from Wicked Roots, art and dinnerware from Bones & Bouquets, and handmade dog treats from Fetch Barkery.

Additionally, kids can enjoy free hot chocolate, and Chapman says holiday movies are screening in the building’s east hall.

She adds that the market will be visited by some elves on Dec. 9 for a collaboration with Wishing Star Foundation, and for which there will also be fresh-cut Christmas trees available to purchase. Additionally, the Wonder Building’s eateries — Uno Mas Tacos, Victory Burger, Koselig Kitchen and Victory Bar & Coffee — are open during each market day.

“You can get coffee and shop, then you can hang out, and then you can get lunch, and then if you wanted you can get drinks,” Chapman says.

“There’s just so much to do in the building.”

On Dec. 1, Victory Bar & Coffee begins serving holiday drinks like mulled wine, eggnog and holiday cocktails.

“All the vendors are local, and it’s a really great time to come and pick out something that’s not bought at a mall,” Chapman says. “Who doesn’t enjoy a handmade gift?” n Nov. 25-Dec. 23, Saturdays from 10 am-2 pm, free, The Wonder Building, 835 N. Post St., wondermarketspokane.com

December 1-7 Dec. 1

KIDZ BOP: NEVER STOP LIVE TOUR

Looking for a family-friendly concert to attend during the holidays? Then make sure to grab tickets for the KIDZ BOP Never Stop tour. KIDZ BOP releases kid-friendly covers of charting songs, all of which are sung and performed by kids. This tour’s setlist includes music from the recently released KIDZ BOP 2023, which includes covers of hits like Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” and Harry Styles’ “Late Night Talking.” In addition to an array of new songs, choreography and special effects, attendees can look forward to the return of the Daddy Dance Off where dads take the stage with their favorite dance moves. (SSa) 7 pm, $29.50-$79.50, First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., firstinterstatecenter.org

Dec. 3

JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE CRUISE

Join Santa and his elves for a magical adventure on Lake Coeur d’Alene.

This annual, 40-minute cruise takes guests around the lake to view a myriad of festive holiday displays, made up of over 1.5 million glimmering lights. Attendees check in at The Resort Plaza Shops, where boarding commences 30 minutes before the boat departs. On board, grab a hot cocoa or holiday-themed cocktail to warm up before stepping out to view the glistening waters and lakeside scenery of Coeur d’Alene. Make sure to greet Santa Claus before he returns to the North Pole to finish preparing for a magical holiday season. (SSa) Now through Jan. 2, cruises depart daily, every hour from 4:30 pm-7:30 pm, $12.50-$27.50, The Resort Plaza Shops, 210 E. Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene, cdacruises.com

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CHRISTMAS TREE ELEGANCE

Each year, the Spokane Symphony Associates puts on their popular raffle fundraiser by showcasing an array of elaborately adorned Christmas trees and a myriad of prizes. With the trees posted up at River Park Square and the Historic Davenport Hotel, you can buy tickets for a chance to win one during a holiday shopping spree or a fun outing in downtown Spokane.

Proceeds from the 13-day event support the Spokane Symphony orchestra.

Raffle tickets are $1 each and can be purchased on site when River Park Square and the Historic Davenport Hotel are open. Whether you want to try your luck or just admire the beautiful trees, Christmas Tree Elegance is a time-honored holiday tradition. (SSa) Nov. 28-Dec. 10, Historic Davenport Hotel (10 am-9 pm) and River Park Square (10 am-8 pm), spokanesymphonyassoc.org

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Travel to Alabama in the 1930s via Best of Broadway’s production of Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee’s masterwork depicts the story of Atticus Finch defending Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of rape, as seen through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch. To Kill a Mockingbird is a powerful coming-ofage story, touching on racism and unjust systems in our society while emphasizing the importance of compassion and courage. Directed

by Bartlett Sher and starring Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, and Melanie Moore as Scout Finch, the production tells a humorous yet heartfelt story that has stood the test of time for decades. (SSa)

Cups don’t have to be simple and boring; they can be used as a medium for unique designs and a vessel for creativity. Trackside’s annual Cup of Joy exhibition showcases a myriad of one-of-a-kind ceramic cups and mugs, all available for purchase. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the event, and Trackside is displaying 150 cups by a variety of invited artists from the region and across the country. Each ceramic piece features various techniques, forms, colors and treatments, with some serving as functional sculptures and artwork that diversify this humble household item. (SSa)

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Dec. 7

HOLIDAY JAZZ CHOIRS CONCERT

Join the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Choirs for its annual holiday concert, for which traditional holiday songs are performed with hundreds of local high school musicians, ensembles from other universities and various faculty guests. The public event is free, with opportunities to donate to the Lionel Hampton School of Music’s student scholarship fund to continue providing students in the region with opportunities to develop their musical skills and knowledge at the university. Come listen to the melodic performances of your favorite holiday songs and support the region’s budding musicians at this year’s festive concert. (SSa) 7:30 pm, free, Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, University of Idaho Campus, Moscow, uidaho.edu/class/music

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Dec. 9

A Thing for Bing It’s not Christmas in Spokane without lots and lots of Bing Crosby holiday nostalgia

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pokane is known for many things. The beautiful lilacs that bloom in springtime, the world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament and, of course, our connection to multimedia renaissance man Bing Crosby.

Crosby lived in Spokane from around 1906 until 1925, when he left in search of his big break in Hollywood with pal Al Rinker.

The Bing Crosby Advocates, some of Bing’s biggest and most enduring fans, are back with their annual showcase of Bing’s best holiday films for the 17th year.

On the slate this year is Birth of the Blues, with the daylong event bookended by screenings of the holiday classic White Christmas.

“This festival began in 2006 with the renaming of the theater now known as the Bing Crosby Theater,” says Brad Rovanpera, secretary of the Bing Crosby Advo-

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cates. “Bing’s widow, Kathryn, came up to be there for the show, and the rest is history.”

The festival’s showings of White Christmas are now a tradition attended by many Spokanites, but this year’s event features some extra-special content presented by president of Bing Crosby Enterprises and curator of Crosby’s paper and media artifacts, Robert Bader.

“The Crosby archives have over 4,000 master recordings and hundreds of hours of archival film footage from Bing’s personal collection,” Rovanpera says. “Imagine all of the photos and videos you’ve ever taken in your life.

That’s what this archive is.”

Bader’s presentation is at 6 pm between performances by Gonzaga’s a capella group The Big Bing Theory, the Zonky Jazz Band and the final screening of White Christmas. The presentation focuses

on footage showing Crosby’s ties to Spokane, including a commercial filmed for Washington state tourism, a 1940 promotional video for Gonzaga University, as well as footage from a 1968 documentary filmed locally about Crosby’s visit to Spokane with his family.

“It shows Bing walking through his former boyhood home on Sharp, which is now the Bing Crosby House Museum,” Rovanpera says. “That’s what I’m most excited for. To see the Bing that we salute and idolize in that special house in Spokane.” n Dec. 9 from 10 am-10 pm, $22; ages 17 and under free, Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave., bingcrosbyadvocates.org

December 8-14 Dec. 8

TOWER OF POWER: HOLIDAY & HITS TOUR

Since 1968, Tower of Power has dominated the world of R&B and funk music.

The band, with hits like “You’re Still A Young Man” and “What Is Hip?”, is set to fill the beautiful Fox Theater with their classic soul sound this season. This show is a bit different than TOP's typical fare, however. In addition to original songs, the group is performing classic holiday hits to get attendees in the spirit of the season. Each member of Tower of Power brings something special to the sonic landscape of every show. Whether it’s a smooth saxophone solo by Tom E. Politzer or a stunning vocal riff by Emilio Castillo, the amount of talent packed into TOP is palpable. (MP) 7:30 pm, $40-$249, The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave., foxtheaterspokane.org

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WASHINGTON-IDAHO SYMPHONY MESSIAH

It’s been 281 years since George Frideric Handel’s Messiah was first performed in Dublin. Since then, it’s been performed probably hundreds of thousands of times around the world. Now, in 2023, the oratorio is being performed at Pullman High School by the accomplished Washington-Idaho Symphony. The orchestration contains 53 movements and takes about two hours to play in full. The Palouse Choral Society joins in to perform the intricate vocal parts while the symphony takes on all the backing instruments.

Handel’s Messiah is a must-see, must-hear for any music lover who wants to get into the holiday spirit. (MP)

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Dec. 9 at 7:30 pm and Dec. 10 at 4 pm, $8-$20, Pullman High School, 510 NW Greyhound Way, wa-idsymphony.org

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Driving can be a real hassle in the winter months. If you still want to take in the beauty of Spokane’s bustling downtown core, consider hopping into a horse-drawn carriage for a scenic tour. Each winter, Wheatland Bank teams up with the Downtown Spokane Partnership to bring free carriage rides to all ages. There’s something magical about riding in a horse-drawn carriage while passing snow-capped trees as familiar holiday melodies flow through the crisp air. It makes Spokane feel like a big city. Riverfront Park is suddenly Central Park, and nothing matters but the hot cocoa in your hands and the holiday spirit in your heart. (MP) Now through Dec. 24, Sat-Sun from noon-5 pm, free, Downtown Spokane, downtownspokane.org

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Dec. 13

A DRAG QUEEN CHRISTMAS

If you’re down to hoot and holler for the holidays, start your engines and prepare for a night of stunning beauty, hijinx and phenomenal performances.

A Drag Queen Christmas features 11 RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni like Heidi N Closet, Sasha Colby and Brooke Lynn Hytes plus an extra special guest appearance by singer and choreographer Todrick Hall. See fan favorites like Crystal Methyd and Jimbo the Drag Clown lip sync to remixed holiday songs, try to keep up with Alyssa Edwards’ fast-paced dance routines and be prepared for plenty of surprises as these queens work the stage as you’ve never seen them before. (MP) 8 pm, $41-$270, The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave., foxtheaterspokane.org

Dec. 14

NIKKI GLASER

Comedian Nikki Glaser is a lesson in pushing boundaries. She doesn’t sit back and stay comfortable, no. She’s loud, proud and not afraid to take over the comedy world. Not only has Glaser hosted her own TV show and podcast, but she’s competed on The Masked Singer and Dancing with the Stars. Talk about multifaceted. To top it all off, she’s a nationally touring stand-up comedian.

Oh and she’s not even 40! Glaser’s humor is frank, authentic and honest, making her show relatable to almost anyone who walks through the doors.

Though her tour’s name is “The Good Girl Tour,” don’t expect anything too tame out of Glaser — she’s set to surprise you at every turn. (MP)

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Manito Magic

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Manito Park’s annual holiday lights display marks its fourth year outdoors spread across the historic Spokane park’s picturesque grounds

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ooking on the bright side, the pandemic-forced change to Manito Park’s annual holiday lights display back in 2020 has proved to be a lasting success.

For the couple decades prior, the twinkling lights had always illuminated the pleasantly steamy confines of the park’s Gaiser Conservatory. Over the years, that weeklong showcase gained immense popularity, however, and getting inside often meant waiting in line outside, in the freezing cold, sometimes for an hour or more.

But when COVID-19 forced us apart socially and physically, the Friends of Manito stepped in to bring some much-needed holiday cheer in a format that was safe for all.

“We brought it outdoors because of COVID, obviously, and took it from a small light show inside the conservatory and found a way to brighten the community and keep up with a tradition,” says Kelly Brown, president of The Friends of Manito.

“To our surprise, 66,000 people came through —

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granted there was nothing else open or available to do during that time — and in 2021 it was an equally large turnout,” she adds.

This year marks the fourth outdoor edition of the Manito Park Holiday Lights, which continues to evolve to fit the needs of the community, the neighborhood, and park staff and volunteers.

“We offered a couple walk-through days in 2021, and those were so popular that we offered more in 2022.

Then fast-forward to this year, and we will only offer two drive-through nights and the rest is just walk-through,” Brown says. “We just found that it’s a completely different experience if you’re in your car versus walking. It’s kind of a magical, small-town feel when you’re walking.”

This year’s holiday lights display runs for 10 days (Dec. 9-19), with the two drive-through-only nights set to kick things off on Dec. 9 and 10. Brown says the nonprofit Friends intend to keep a few car-only nights (which she says have become much less-popular than during that first

COVID year event) to ensure families with small children and those with mobility issues are able to enjoy the event.

On nights when cars are not allowed, bundled-up groups can meander through the park at their leisure before making a stop at the Providence Warming Tent, set up between the park’s rose and perennial gardens.

Live music is scheduled, and warm beverages and some snacks can be purchased. No-Li Brewhouse is also setting up a photobooth and offering a perk for guests who also head to its taproom. Simply show No-Li staff your photo from the event to get (while supplies last) a limited edition holiday pint glass with a Manito-themed design.

Brown says plans are also in the works for a very special holiday guest (hint: his belly has been compared to a bowl full of jelly) to visit on Dec. 15. n Dec. 9-19 from 6:30-9:30 pm, free (donations accepted), Manito Park, 1702 S. Grand Blvd., thefriendsofmanito.org

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NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS

Theater arts powerhouse Laura Little has had a big impact on both the regional and national theater scene. Her credits include producing All Is Calm for PBS, a true holiday tale set on the battlefields of World War I, as well as the long-running Traditions of Christmas revue-style show in Coeur d’Alene for about a decade. She’s also co-producer of Broadway’s Come From Away, as well as Peter and the Starcatcher. While she’s no longer based here in the Inland Northwest, Little still has one foot planted in the Lake City as co-producer of this year’s holiday show at the Kroc Center, Need a Little Christmas. Similar to Traditions’ format, this family-friendly showcase includes Rockettes-style kicklines, a USO tribute, Dickensian carolers and much, much more. This fresh update to the local holiday tradition includes multiple performances across three weeks of December. (CS) Dec. 8-10, 15-17 and 21-22, times vary, $24-$37, The Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd., Coeur d’Alene, needalittlechristmas.com

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Dec. 17

SPOKANE SYMPHONY POPS 3: BING CROSBY CHRISTMAS

It wouldn’t be Christmas around these parts without Bing Crosby. While the requisite holiday classic “White Christmas” is played everywhere on repeat, locals are in for a special treat when heading to the Spokane Symphony’s annual holiday concert featuring Seattle-based singer and musician Jake Bergevin performing Bing’s beloved hits. The event also features special guest Howard Crosby, Bing’s nephew, who’ll lead a Bing-themed sing-a-long as part of the Symphony’s Pops 3 program, under the direction of its former Resident Conductor Morihiko Nakahara. (CS)

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While a lot of window shopping these days takes place virtually — via the window of a computer screen — the magic of elaborate holiday-themed displays still incites a sense of childlike wonder in many. It’s a yearning for this nostalgic feeling that helped revive the historic holiday window displays of Spokane’s former Crescent Department Store. After the vintage props languished in dusty storage rooms for decades, they were rediscovered several years ago by staff of Downtown Spokane Partnership. In 2018, the restored retro displays reemerged in the Main Avenue-facing windows of the Davenport Grand Hotel, bringing an infusion of holiday charm to the city’s core. With Nutcracker ballet dancers, cozy forest denizens, Santa’s workshop helpers and other characters returning to the windows once again, make a little detour to see them next time you’re in the area. (CS)

Dec. 21

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE

Holiday entertainment doesn’t always have to mean The Nutcracker or A Christmas Carol. Consider, then, the dazzling spectacle of Cirque Dreams Holidaze, a performance that’s filled with snowflakes, candy canes and reindeer, but also traditional and modern circus arts from acrobatics and juggling to gravity-defying aerials and gymnastics. Remixed and reimagined holiday songs like “Carol of the Bells” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” provide the audio backdrop to this elite show produced by the same people who put on the widely recognized Cirque du Soleil series. (CS)

Nov. 25-Jan. 1, Fri-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun-Thu 3-8 pm, free, Davenport Grand Hotel, viewable at 333 W. Main Ave., downtownspokane.org

Dec. 20

CAMPBELL HOUSE HOLIDAYS

Get a taste of what the holidays looked, sounded and felt like during Spokane’s early days at the turn of the 20th century by taking a trip back in time at the MAC’s historic Campbell House. Undergoing a magical transformation each year, the stately mansion-turned-museum is all decked out with fresh greenery, an elegant Christmas tree and other period-appropriate holiday decor.

During this four-day, open house-style event, visitors can explore the home at their own pace, partake in a scavenger hunt challenge, enjoy live piano music and interact with living history actors portraying Campbell family members and staff (tickets can be purchased in advance by phone or in person). Count down the final days before Christmas with this cherished local tradition. (CS)

Dec. 20 and Dec. 21 at 7:30 pm, $51-$101, all ages, First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., firstinterstatecenter.org

Dec. 20-23 from noon-4 pm, $17-$22 (members and kids under 5 free), all ages, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave., northwestmuseum.org

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Cozy up around an outdoor firepit at the Coeur d’Alene Resort to enjoy gooey s’mores, warm beverages and holiday memory making

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ooking for s’more holiday fun? Join The Coeur d’Alene Resort for a festive evening and memorable outdoor experience along the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene. Guests are invited to engage in the nostalgia of making s’mores with pre-made ingredient kits, all while escaping the winter cold by cozying up to a crackling wood-burning pit.

“It’s a fun way to reconnect with family while getting outdoors and enjoying a sweet treat,” says Amy VanSickle, the resort’s director of marketing.

Nestled on the resort’s Whispers lounge terrace, VanSickle says the S’mores by the Shores series provides spectacular views of the nearby marina and the resort’s annual holiday lights display for perfect fireside ambiance. The seasonal event is a convenient, familyfriendly activity for everyone, she adds.

For an extra dash of warmth, guests can complement their s’mores experience with a seasonal cocktail carafe or warm beverages. An array of hot chocolate flavors are offered, such as caramel, mint, huckleberry

Experience a retro holiday extravaganza as The Million Dollar Quartet takes the stage at Spokane’s First Interstate Theater for the Arts, offering a journey through rock ’n’ roll history and sounds of the season. Featuring Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, this seasonal musical transports audiences to the group’s iconic recording session at Sun Records in December 1956. Embark on a journey through Christmases past, present and future, all while grooving to timeless holiday classics such as “Run Rudolph Run,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” (AT) 3 pm and 8 pm, $54-$92, First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., broadwayspokane.com

and coconut. Those seeking some adult beverages can choose from four boozy hot chocolates, as well as five “adult warmers.” Options include varieties with Skrewball whiskey and RumChata, along with additional choices like Mexican coffee, spiked apple cider and Irish coffee.

Fire pit access operates on a first-come, first-serve basis with open seating available from 10 am to 3 pm, during which individual s’mores kits are available for $10. Reservations are required to enjoy S’mores by the Shores from 3 to 9 pm. Securing a spot grants a 50-minute time slot for up to six guests and includes individual s’more kits and one seasonal cocktail carafe ($75).

Guests of all ages are welcome to share the joy of the campfire and the spirit of the season, immersed in a special holiday experience and surrounded by warmth, joy and shared moments. n Now through Dec. 30, daily 10 am-9 pm, prices vary, Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second St., cdaresort.com

Dec. 24

LIBERTY LAKE WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR

Enjoy some local holiday magic on Christmas Eve (or any other day of the week) with Liberty Lake’s Winter Glow Spectacular. As one of the largest Christmas light displays in Eastern Washington, this annual walk-through and drive-thru light show features dazzling illuminated snowmen, trees, pathways, winter characters, circus animals and animated figures. Adding to the wonder, part of this year’s seasonal spectacle includes impressive 12-foot-tall candles. All are welcome to stroll or drive through the illuminated displays that capture the festive mood and create a wonderland-like environment in Liberty Lake’s Orchard Park. (AT) Now through Jan. 1, open daily, free, Orchard Park, 20298 E. Indiana Ave., Liberty Lake, winterglowspectacular.com

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Dec. 25

PALISADES PARK LOOP TRAIL HIKE

Lace up your boots for a wintry hike amid the natural beauty of the Rimrock Conservation Area along the Palisades Park Loop Trail. Just a 15-minute drive from downtown Spokane, this trail is a great way to get a little bit of nature on Christmas Day without venturing too far from the city. The 3-mile loop is considered an easy and gentle trail, making it the perfect trail for both seasoned hikers and those looking for a family-friendly outing, before or after exchanging gifts. Make sure to bring your camera for the picturesque views of Spokane, Mount Spokane and the bluffs above the city. (AT) Rimrock Conservation Area, trailhead at West Greenwood Road and South Rimrock Drive, free, wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/palisades-park

Dec. 26

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Dec. 27

BINGO AFTER DARK

Prepare your bingo cards for the grand finale of Off the Wall’s weekly Wednesday night Bingo After Dark series.

This after-hours twist on the classic game promises an electrifying atmosphere, complete with enticing drink specials and a delicious late-night menu. Unleash your competitive side for a shot at different prizes, because what is winning without an added bonus? Entry for each round is free, so grab your friends for a night filled with bingo, drinks, friendly competition and entertainment.

Don’t miss the last chance in 2023 to experience and partake in Bingo After Dark! (AT)

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Christmas may be over, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to savor the holiday season one more day by heading to Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s walkthrough Questmas Tour. From the Windfall store to the River Tower, the resort comes alive with festive decorations, creating a winter wonderland. Guests are invited to explore larger-than-life holiday characters, hit an outdoor skating rink and discover seasonal decorations sprinkled throughout the resort. Complimentary hot chocolate and cider are served, adding warmth to the winter stroll. The tour (also open to private groups of 60 or fewer during nonpublic hours) offers an intimate and festive experience. Keep the holiday cheer alive and create lasting memories in this captivating yuletide setting. (AT)

Get your Minecraft on before it’s too late by visiting the pixelated setting of “Minecraft: The Exhibition,” on display until the end of the year at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Block-by-block, this immersive touring exhibit, on its last stop before permanent retirement, brings the virtual landscapes of Minecraft to life and takes visitors on a journey through the game’s creative realm. From in-game scenes, patterns and colors to 15 large-scale game characters, guests can discover the artistry behind the iconic game, which has captivated tens of millions around the world. This exhibition celebrates the creativity born within the digital landscapes of Minecraft, while also exploring its global cultural impact. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a curious onlooker, don’t miss the chance to delve into the game’s captivating world. (AT)

Dec. 1 through Feb. 18, Mon-Thu from 4-9 pm and Fri-Sun from 12-9 pm, free, Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, northernquest.com

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Dec. 31

New Year Cheer Where to get glitzy and glammy while saying goodbye to 2023

BY COLTON RASANEN

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hile many Spokanites may spend their New Year’s Eve on the couch watching Fergie interview freezing New Yorkers before the ceremonial crystal ball drop, others will be out celebrating the coming of a new year.

Fans of classical music may find themselves at the Fox Theater as the Spokane Symphony plays Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony. This grand piece of work is dedicated to freedom, joy and unity. The iconic symphony’s last movement, Ode to Joy, is co-performed by the Spokane Symphony Chorale.

Spokane Symphony Music Director James Lowe conducts the orchestra, and Meg Stohlmann directs the chorale.

“The last movement is what most people get excited about,” Stohlmann says. “All the previous movements are instrumental, so ending with the chorus singing kind of ends the show with a bang.”

Spokane has been listening to Beethoven every New Year’s Eve since the symphony began performing it in 2008.

“Even if you’re not a classical music listener, I guarantee there will be something interesting for you,” Stohlman says.

Those looking to celebrate in style may also find themselves at the Historic Davenport Hotel to “Party Like It’s 1924.”

Here, partygoers can get a feel for what Spokane may have looked like 100 years ago.

Between bootleggers, burlesque dancers and vaudevillian acts, it’s sure to be a night that rivals history’s most hopping speakeasies at the height of the 1920s.

Music from Sacha’s Supper Club Orchestra is the backdrop for the evening. Delight in Prohibition-era cocktails (don’t worry, it’s legal now) and a three-course meal as you revel in the nostalgia from the past century.

Don’t forget to wear proper attire, too. The dress code is “The Time Traveller’s Wardrobe,” which means satin and silk gowns flowing to the floor, bobbed wigs and feather headpieces along with beads and jewels galore. Or, for the more masculine presenting folks, tuxedos, top hats, bow ties and mustaches will be the bee’s knees. n

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Spokane Symphony New Year’s Eve: Beethoven’s Ninth: Dec. 31 at 7:30 pm, $40-$84, The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave., spokanesymphony.org Party Like It’s 1924: Dec. 31 from 8 pm-2 am, $75-$295, Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St., davenporthotelcollection.com

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DIRECT FROM SWEDEN: THE MUSIC OF ABBA

Mamma Mia! The illustrious sounds of ’70s Swedish Europop band ABBA will soon make their way to the Inland Northwest. “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” a night of dancing and singing as Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA hits Northern Quest’s Pend Oreille Pavilion stage this December. Whether you’re a “Dancing Queen” or a “Super Trouper,” there will be a place for you among the crowd. And don’t worry, the show doesn’t even cost that much “Money, Money, Money.” So set your “Angeleyes” on the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, and “Take a Chance on [ABBA’s music]” this winter. (CR) 7:30 pm, $39-$69, Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, northernquest.com

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For more than three decades now, Tim Meadows has been making us laugh.

From his nine-year career on Saturday Night Live! in the ’90s to appearances in cult classics like Mean Girls (where he played the principal, and will again in the film’s upcoming 2024 remake), Meadows’ humor knows no bounds.

At the end of December, Meadows graces Spokane with his presence at the Spokane Comedy Club, making his appearance just a few days before 2024.

And what better way to ring in the new year than filling the night with chuckles, chortles and just a few cackles for good measure. (CR)

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If you’re one of the many Americans who plan to make New Year’s resolutions to be healthier, this may be the best day to start. On the first day of the year, all Washington state parks are open to everyone for free without a Discover Pass. Whether you plan to hike along parts of the 40-mile Centennial Trail through Riverside State Park or head up to Mount Spokane (the largest state park in Washington) it’s sure to be a sweaty day of fun. Just make sure you bundle up — 2023’s Jan. 1 temperatures barely breached freezing, and hypothermia is definitely not as exciting as it may seem. (CR)

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ometimes you just can’t escape a craving for the most important meal of the day. (That’s breakfast, for the record.)

In downtown Spokane, not only can you sate that very specific craving, you also have several ways to do it. If crisscross golden batter is your thing, PEOPLE’S WAFFLE (15 S. Howard) gives you a choice between sweet and savory with multiple options in each category. The Nutty or Nice has toppings like cinnamon brown sugar, cream cheese frosting and candied pecans, whereas the Waffles and Gravy swaps out the classic biscuits for their signature recipe. Want to combine breakfast with lunch? Try the Wafflewich instead. And here’s the surprise: It’s a 100% gluten-free kitchen, so everyone can enjoy the fluffy goodness.

Or you can go to HOUSE OF BRUNCH (818 W. Riverside), where there’s a casual vibe and the kind of upscale dishes that can only come from the inspired fusion of two meals. Plus the menu is rich in gluten-free and vegan options.

“We’re located right next to the mall, so you can grab brunch anytime while you’re out shopping,” says owner–manager Jackson Connery. “As the weather turns colder, we’re switching to our winter menu, which will give us the opportunity to play around with a whole new set of ingredients. So if you haven’t been in before, you’re in for a treat. And if you have been in before, there will be plenty of new dishes to try.”

Then again, maybe you’re in the mood for a classic American pancake. Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1953, the ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE (245 W. Main) is committed to doing justice to this round, fluffy staple of domestic breakfast cuisine. Their batters and sauces are made fresh in-house every day with top-quality ingredients. Even their corned beef hash is painstakingly slow-roasted for eight hours before it’s mixed with onions and potatoes. For the Francophiles, they also do crepes. 

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ne of the surest signs that the holidays have come to downtown is the NUMERICA TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION in Riverfront Park.

This annual tradition is hugely popular with families and visitors — not least because the event keeps growing year after year! This year, it takes place on November 25, and along with the live entertainment that begins at 4 pm, you can also enjoy food trucks, family-friendly activities and complimentary hot chocolate courtesy of Starbucks. Before and after the official tree lighting at 6 pm, the nearby Numerica Skate Ribbon will be open for ice skating, too. On the same day, from 11 am to 7 pm, you can get into the spirit of Small Business Saturday by shopping at the RIVERFRONT HOLIDAY MARKET at the Pavilion. Local crafters and artisans will be there with a diverse range of handmade and one-of-akind goods that make great holiday gifts. 

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RY FLY DISTILLING (1021 W. Riverside) takes pride in its farm-to-bottle ethos. Their grain, for example, comes from family farms within a 30-mile radius. And that local focus has paid off. The distillery’s whiskey, vodka and gin have gone on to win numerous awards. Which is why a bottle — or, heck, a gift pack — of their specialty releases is well suited to any connoisseur of spirits.

Why not stop in and check out the happy hour specials to see which one might make the best present? Dry Fly’s huge mezzanine is also a perfect spot for holiday parties.

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Speaking of perfect holiday event spaces, HELIX WINES (824 W. Sprague) has recently augmented its tasting room for just that reason. “It’s a nice expansion where we’re going to be doing some more local events and featuring live music,’ says Denise Hendricks, a tasting room associate at Helix and their special events coordinator.

And if you find yourself slightly daunted by the variety and the characteristics that make an excellent wine, fear not.

“We have a gift guide with many different options, and we’re happy to help put together custom packages built around your requests. We can even ship to certain addresses if your recipient isn’t local,” she says. To bring some extra effervescence to your New Year’s celebration, Helix has also introduced new sparkling wines.

If you like the idea of sampling a huge variety of regional craft beers but hate the idea of a pub crawl, save yourself all that walking and take up a seat at HERITAGE BAR AND KITCHEN (122 S. Monroe). They have tap brews from YaYa, Lumberbeard, Humble Abode, Bellwether, Uprise, Iron Goat, One Tree Cider and many other mainstays of the local brewing scene. And they’re just $5 during the daily happy hour (3–6pm). 

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Completed passports will automatically be entered into the grand prize drawing on December 20. Kids aged 4-15 can also show off their artistic skills as part of the KIDS HOLIDAY COLORING CONTEST. Grab the official coloring sheet at one of the Holiday Hunt locations and submit it to the River Park Square concierge to potentially win cool prizes. You might even get bonus points when the artwork shows added creativity! 

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But what if you’re still not sure what kind of gift you’re looking for? That’s when you head to WONDERS OF THE WORLD in the Flour Mill. This eclectic curio shoppe has a little bit of everything, including exotic wall art, handmade jewelry, curated artifacts and sculpture. While you’re there, you can say hello to Annie, a 50,000-year-old cave bear skeleton, or Sherman, the life-sized replica of a T. rex skull. The sister shop across the hall also has a large selection of incense and aromatherapy products as well as beads for crafters.

Over at ENTROPY on the street level of the Parkade, the inventory is more geared toward the lover of music, comics and vintage finds. “We’ve got an incredible number of records to choose from, and they really do span the genres — from rock and pop to jazz, blues, hip-hop and country,” says manager Garrett Zanol. “We also have lots of pop culture smaller items. And don’t forget our art gallery upstairs.”

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“Our Downtown Ambassadors love to spread holiday cheer,” says Elisabeth Hooker, marketing and programming director for the Downtown Spokane Partnership. “There’s even a chance that they’ll get into the spirit of the season by gifting you some coupons or a parking-related bonus.”

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Spokane Lilac Festival Holiday Bruncheon Hosted by the Spokane Lilac Festival Association, this bruncheon features a breakfast catered by The Davenport Hotel, a fashion show by Audrey’s Boutique, a photo booth and a no-host bar. Registration deadline is Dec. 3. Sun, Dec. 9 from 10 am-noon, $65, Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St., spokanelilacfestival.org/ holiday-bruncheon

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PALOUSE TURKEY LEG Walk, jog or run to help raise money for the Palouse Library. Nov. 23, 8 am. By donation. Palouse Library, 120 E. Main. whitcolib.org THANKSGIVING DAY DOG WALK Bring your well-behaved dog for a two-mile, scenic dog walk. Proceeds benefit SpokAnimal. Nov. 23, 9 am-noon. $10. High Bridge Park, Riverside Ave. and A St. spokanimal.org (509-534-8133) HOLIDAY FOOD FUNDRAISER Bring non-perishable food donations to participating businesses. In addition to food donations, 10% of the proceeds from Brick West’s Out Cold IPA, wherever it’s sold, go to Northwest Harvest. Nov. 17-Jan. 19, daily. khq.com/giving (509-279-2982) FESTIVAL OF TREES GALA This gala benefits Kootenai Health Foundation and features a three-course meal, decorated Christmas tree displays, a silent auction, a live tree sale and live music. Nov. 25, 5 pm-midnight. $250. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. kh.org/festival WINTER WANDERLUST GALA This event includes live music, a local artist exhibit

by Kathrine Mandley, cheese and dessert tables, drink tickets and chef demos. Proceeds benefit the Lands Council. Dec. 1, 5-8 pm. $125. Bowery, 230 W. Riverside Ave. wanderlustdelicato.com CHRISTMAS TREE ELEGANCE HOLIDAY LUNCHEONS This annual fundraiser benefits the Spokane Symphony. In addition to brunch, Symphony musicians play holiday favorites. Dec. 6-7, 11 am-2 pm. $55. Historic Davnport Hotel, 10 S. Post. spokanesymphonyassoc.org

PROJECT ID 8TH ANNUAL WINTER ELEGANCE This evening features a dinner, live and silent auction, a raffle and more to benefit Project id. Dec. 8, 5-9 pm. $100. Historic Flight Foundation, 5829 E. Rutter Ave. projectidspokane.org

COMEDY

HANS KIM Hans Kim is a regular on Kill Tony and has opened up for Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe. Nov. 24, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Nov. 25, 7 & 9:45 pm. $25-$25.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com SAY WHAT! An improvisational journey through creativity where the BDT players turn audience suggestions into unexpected new ideas. Nov. 24 at 7:30 pm. $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. 25, 7:30-8:45 pm. $9.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.org (509-747-7045) MICHAEL GLATZMAIER & AHREN BELISLE Glatzmaier is an improv comedy musician. Belisle was a finalist on America’s Got Talent. Nov. 26, 7 pm. $16-$20. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com HA!!MARK The Blue Door Players improvise a holiday movie full of twists, turns and romance. Dec. 1, 8 and 15 at 7:30 pm. $9. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedootheatre.org YANNIS PAPPAS Pappas is a regular on The Tim Dillon Show, 2 Bears 1 Cave and

Nikki Glaser returns to the Inland Northwest for a show at the new Spokane Live! venue inside the Spokane Tribe Casino. hosts his own podcast. Dec. 1, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Dec. 2, 7 & 9:45 pm. $25-$33.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com CHRISTOPHER TITUS Titus has six comedy specials and a show on Fox called Titus. Dec. 7, 7:30 pm, Dec. 8, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Dec. 9, 7 & 9:45 pm. $25-$40.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY JOKE JOKE JOKE: SAM MILLER A show combining stand-up comedy, live sketches and oth-

er bits. November guests are Sam Miller, Imani Denae, and Jared Lyons-Wolf. Dec. 7, 7-9 pm. $15. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com POPOVICH COMEDY PET THEATER A family-oriented blend of the unique comedy and circus skills of Gregory Popovich and the talents of his furry co-stars. Dec. 8, 7-9:45 pm. $20-42. The Bing, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com NIKKI GLASER Glaser is an American stand-up comedian, actress, podcaster, radio and TV host. Dec. 14, 8 pm. $48-

$170. Spokane Tribe Casino, 14300 W SR Highway 2. spokanetribecasino.com BRYAN CALLEN Callen is a comedy vet and original cast member of MADtv. Dec. 15, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Dec. 16, 7 & 9:45 pm. $28-$50. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com MICHAEL LOFTUS Loftus is known for his involvement in The George Lopez Show and Kevin Can’t Wait. Dec. 21, 7:30 pm, Dec. 22-23, 7 pm & 9:45 pm.$ 15-$30 Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Spraque. spokanecomedyclub.com

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COMMUNITY

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 LIBERTY LAKE WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR Various holiday light displays are viewable throughout the park.

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Orchard Park, 20298 E. Indiana. winterglowspectacular.com MINECRAFT: THE EXHIBITION The world of Minecraft is explored in this wide-ranging exhibition, designed for players and non-players of all ages.

Through Dec. 31, Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm. $15-$20. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) THE 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 between Nov. 11-26. garlandresale.com SPOKANE SMALL BUSINESS BINGO Travel to various small businesses

in Spokane to get your bingo card stamped and be entered to win prizes.

Through Nov. 30. page42bookstore. com/small-business-bingo ELF ON A SHELF Elf on a Shelf characters are hidden around downtown Coeur d’Alene. Find one of them and win a prize from Santa. See website for a list of participating locations. Nov. 24Dec. 17. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. 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-$42. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdacruises.com LIGHTING CEREMONY PARADE This parade down Sherman Avenue features marching bands, dancing, music and festive floats. Nov. 24, 5-7:30 pm. Free.

Downtown Coeur d’Alene. cdadowntown.com (208-415-0116) CRESCENT HOLIDAY WINDOWS Five window bays on the south side of the Grand display scenes featuring refurbished figurines rescued from the basement of the former Crescent Department store. Display unveiling on Sat, Nov. 25 at 4:30 pm. Regular display hours through Jan. 1; Fri-Sat from 12-10 pm and Sun-Thu from 3-8 pm. Free.

Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. davenporthotelcollection.com MAC HOLIDAY KICK-OFF Get into the holiday spirit at the MAC’s 4th annual kick-off with festive lights, carolers, the Campbell House all decked out in holiday decor, plus sugar cookies from Hulda the cook. The MAC store is open for holiday shopping and a hot drink.

Nov. 25, 4-6 pm. Free. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org NATIVITY COLLECTION DISPLAY Over 1,000 Nativity scenes from all over the world in varied art mediums and forms.

Nov. 25-Dec. 10; Sun-Fri from 9 am-4 pm, Sat from 10 am-7:30 pm. Free. St. Mary Presentation Catholic Church, 509 E. Sixth St. stmarypresentationcc.org NUMERICA LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT Walk through the park and see dozens of trees lit up with holiday lights. Nov. 25-Jan. 1. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. riverfrontspokane.org RIVERFRONT MARKET Shop a diverse range of unique goods from local artisans and businesses. Nov. 25, 12-7 pm.

Free. Pavilion at Riverfront, 574 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS POP-UP Have a tintype photo of yourself taken

by Alderleaf Artworks. Appointment required. Nov. 25, 1-6 pm. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com WHEATLAND BANK HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDES An eight-minute loop through the scenic Riverfront Park and downtown Spokane. Nov. 24-Dec. 24, Sat-Sun from noon-5 pm. Free. Down-

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Northwest Winterfest illuminates the Spokane County fairgrounds’ indoor expo halls. town Spokane. downtownspokane.org WINTER WONDERLAND MARKET A rotation of local vendors sell gifts, crafts, food and more. Seasonal movie screenings are also streamed. Nov. 18Dec. 23, Sat from 10 am-2 pm. Wonder Building, 835 N. Post. wondermarketspokane.com HOLIDAY ARTISAN MARKET An indoor holiday marketplace with unique gifts from local small busniesses. Nov. 26, 11 am-2 pm. Free. The Lotus Spokane, 3026 E. Fifth Ave. thelotusspokane.com KIDS HOLIDAY HUNT Look for hidden characters with secret words in 25 downtown businesses and organizations to win prizes. Nov. 27-Dec. 20; daily from 10 am-8 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane. downtownspokane.org PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA You and

your furry friend are invited to take photos with Santa. Nov. 27, 4-7 pm and Dec. 4, 4-7 pm. $20-$50. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. riverparksquare.com CHRISTMAS TREE ELEGANCE The annual raffle of custom-decorated trees supports the Spokane Symphony, through the Spokane Symphony Associates, and includes trees on display at River Park Square. Nov. 28-Dec. 10, 10 am-9 pm. Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanesymphonyassoc.org DECK THE FALLS FESTIVAL A twoday festival featuring a light parade, a craft faire, concerts and more. Dec. 1-2; Fri from 2-5 pm, Sat from 10 am-3 pm.

Free. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St. cuttertheatre.com (509-446-4108) JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM This walk-

through Christmas pageant features a over 100 actors from eight denominations and many live animals. Dec. 1-3; Fri from 6-8 pm, Sat-Sun from 4-7 pm.

Free. South Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, 5607 S. Freya St. journeyspokane.com (509-448-6425) NORTHWEST WINTERFEST A holiday lantern display and cultural celebration featuring holiday lantern displays and experiences in holiday cultures of the world. Dec. 1-31; Thu-Fri 5-8 pm, Sat 4-8 pm and Sun 3-6 pm. $10-$40. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. northwestwinterfest.com QUESTMAS VILLAGE A family-friendly winter experience with displays, an ice rink, photo backdrops and more. Dec. 1-Feb. 18; Mon-Thu 4-9 pm and Fri-Sun 12-9 pm. Free. Northern Quest, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com

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Enjoy some ice-cold seasonal brews at No-Li during its annual Frost Fest on Dec. 16.

1912 CENTER WINTER MARKET A market featuring food, locally made goods, crafts and more. Dec. 2, 9 am-1 pm. Free. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow. 1912center.org HOLIDAY ON THE AVE This celebration features ice carving, live caroling, pop-up shops, photos with Santa, flash sales, discounts and more. Dec. 2, 10 am. Free. Sprague Union District. spragueuniondistrict.com CHRISTMAS FAIRE & CITY SIDEWALKS CELEBRATION A citywide celebration featuring arts, artisans, dancing and singing. Local businesses open their doors and the farmers market hosts local artisans with gifts and stocking stuffers. Dec. 2, 10 am-3 pm.

Free. Chewelah. chewelah.org DECK THE FALLS CRAFT FAIRE & CONCERT Artisans and makers set up to sell holiday-themed gifts. The event also includes a Santa’s workshop, giveaways and treats. Dec. 2, 10 am. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St. cuttertheatre.com HOLIDAY STORYTIME Celebrate the season with stories and songs. Dec. 2, 10:30-11 am. Free. Airway Heights Library, 1213 S. Lundstrom St. scld.org FESTIVE FAMILY HOLIDAY FUN Celebrate the holiday season with cookies, holiday arts, hot cocoa, and a “Selfie With Santa” photo op. The historic home is decorated for the season and is celebrating its 125th anniversary this

year. Hour-long sessions available at 11 am, 12:30 pm and 2 pm. Dec. 2, 11 am-3 pm. $10. Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh Ave. spokanerec.org HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR A variety of local vendors sell handmade crafts and art. A portion of proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, which helps to fund important library programs and services. Dec. 2, 10 am-5 pm. Free.

Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA ARTS AND CRAFT FAIR Cheney High School’s annual holiday craft fair features home and holiday decor, jewelry, gourmet food, candles, metal and more from 190 vendors. Dec. 2, 10 am-4 pm.

Free. Cheney High School, 460 N. 6th St. facebook.com/holidayextravaganzaatcheneyhighschool HYGGE HOLIDAY MARKET This holiday-themed market features jewelry, vintage goods, ornaments, art and more. Dec. 2, 2-6 pm. Free. Bellwether Brewing Co., 2019 N. Monroe St. bellwetherbrewing.net GINGERBREAD HOUSE BUILDING Kids are invited to decorate a gingerbread house in the greenhouse. Dec. 2, 2-3 pm. $30. Ritters Garden & Gift, 10120 N. Division St. 4ritter.com PICTURES WITH KRAMPUS Adults, kids and pets welcome. Dec. 2-13, Fri from 11 am-6 pm. Free. Petunia & Loo-

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Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org REIMAGINE CHRISTMAS WINTER FESTIVAL This festival features a community-wide decoration challenge, a visit with reindeer, a parade and more. Dec. 9, 12-5 pm. Free. Medical Lake. medicallake.org TASTE OF GINGERBREAD Decorate a pre-constructed gingerbread mansion complete with all the candy, hot cocoa, Santa photo ops and more. Dec. 9, 1-4 pm. $27. The ISAAC Foundation, 606 W. Sharp. theisaacfoundation.configio.com AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTOS: HOLIDAY CRINGE EDITION Bring your holiday sweaters and best “worst” outfits for funny family photos. Registration required for each group. Dec. 12, 3:30-5:30 pm and Dec. 13, 5-7 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 22 N. Herald Rd. scld.org ELVES WORKSHOP This all-inclusive workshop invites kids and their families to participate in winter-themed crafts to give as gifts. Dec. 16, 12-4 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (509-279-0299) PARADE OF LIGHTS A holiday parade promoting suicide prevention and mental health awareness. Dec. 16, 4:30 pm. Free.

Horizon Middle School, 3915 S. Pines Rd. paradeoflights.net/home CAMPBELL HOUSE HOLIDAYS Explore the historic Campbell House at your own pace, enjoy the Christmas tree, decorations, a scavenger hunt, and an activity on the sun porch. Interact with living history characters, including beloved cook Hulda Olson, and other members of the household. Dec. 20-23, 12-4 pm. Museum admission +$2. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) NEW YEAR’S EVE (THE GRAND’S VERSION) Celebrate the New Year by dancing to Taylor Swift and toasting with champagne at midnight. Dec. 31, 9 pm-2 am. $75-$150. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. davenporthotelcollection.com PARTY LIKE IT’S 1924 This party tells the story of 100 years of Spokane’s forbidden city of bootleggers, rum runners, burlesque dancers, vaudevillian acts and speakeasies from the Golden Age and heart of the 1920’s. Celebrate with the Sacha’s Supper Club Orchestra, Woodside Swing and a three-course plated menu. Dec. 31, 8 pm-2 am. $75-$300.

Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. davenporthotelcollection.com SINGLES NEW YEARS EVE PARTY This event aims to introduce single people to

others with icebreaker games, a DJ, light bites, karaoke and more. Geared toward singles in their late 20s to late 50s. Dec. 31, 8 pm-1 am. $99. Max at Mirabeau, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. thattherapistheather.com

FILM

LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING The final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth.

Hobbits Frodo and Sam reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the One Ring. Nov. 27-29, 6 pm. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL This film festival celebrates human-powered, backcountry-inspired stories rooted in wild snowscapes. Fundraising from the film festival go to IPAC and the Lands Council. Nov. 30, 6-9 pm. $12. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. spokanemountaineers.org MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL Celebrate the 48.5-year anniversary of the movie with a quote-ing version made especially for the event. Dec. 3-4, 7-9 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org BING CROSBY HOLIDAY FILM FESTIVAL Screenings of popular Bing Crosby holiday films including White Christmas, and Birth of the Blues. Also features live entertainment from local bands as well as personal home movies and photos from Crosby’s private collection. Dec. 9, 10 am10 pm. $22. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale with Kermit as Bob Cratchit and others weaving through the story. Dec. 21, 6-7:30 pm. Included with admission.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org

FOOD & DRINK

S’MORES BY THE SHORES Make s’mores while gathered around one of the resort’s firepits. Nov. 11-Dec. 30, daily from 3-9 pm. $75. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com (208-292-5678) KITCHEN COOKING CLASS: RAVIOLI Commellini Estate’s executive chef teaches students how to make ravioli in this hands-on cooking class with a family-style meal. Nov. 29-30, 6:30-9:30 pm. $85. Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commelliniestate.com WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS Beverly’s resident sommelier Justine Recor offers

complimentary tastings of wine from around the globe as well as knowledge and conversations about their origins.

Wednesdays from 4-9 pm. Free. Beverly’s, 115 S. Second. beverlyscda.org BEVERLY’S SIGNATURE CULINARY CLASS: WELLINGTON WORKSHOP Learn how to make beef Wellington, from selecting the finest cuts of beef to creating flaky pastry. Nov. 30, 6-8 pm. $80.

Beverly’s, 115 S. Second St. beverlyscda. com (208-292-5678) BROWNE FAMILY SPIRITS DINNER A six-course meal accompanied by spirits from Browne Family Vineyards and info from distillery representatives. Dec. 1, 6-9 pm. $125. Beverly’s, 115 S. Second. beverlyscda.com (208-292-5678) WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS DINNER A light dinner of soup, salad and bread with a program to follow that includes a speaker and crafts. RSVP online. Dec. 4, 6 pm. $7.

New Horizons Church, 3122 W. Lincoln Rd. nhccspokane.com HOLIDAY BRUNCHEON A brunch hosted by the Spokane Lilac Festival Association featuring crafts, a fashion show, a photobooth and more. Donations to Toys for Toys suggested. Dec. 9, 10 am-noon. $40-$50. Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanelilacfestival.org BEVERLY’S YULETIDE PATISSERIE: FRENCH PASTRY CLASS Learn how to mak the French Yule Log and the Bûche de Noël. Dec. 16, 1-3 pm. $60. Beverly’s, 115 S. Second St. beverlyscda.com NO-LI FROST FEST Dress in your best holiday attire and try a handful of small batch beers. Dec. 16, 12-3 pm. Free admission. No-Li Brewhouse, 1003 E. Trent Ave. nolibrewhouse.com BRUNCH WITH SANTA ON THE RIVER A festive brunch featuring hot cocoa and a meet-and-greet with Santa. Dec. 17, 9 am-1:30 pm. $15-$25. Ruby River Hotel, 700 N. Division St. rubyhospitality.com LUMBERBEARD WINTER MARKET Grab a beer and peruse through a market of local artisans. Dec. 17, 12-3 pm. Free admission. Lumberbeard Brewing, 25 E. Third Ave. lumberbeardbrewing.com COOKIES AND COCOA BOMBS CLASS Toni Flavor, pastry chef at Bowery, teaches participants how to make holiday cookies and hot chocolate bombs.

Dec. 19, 1 pm. $65. Wanderlust Delicato, 421 W. Main Ave. wanderlustdelicato.com YULE LOG COOKING CLASS Toni Flavor, pastry chef at Bowery, teaches how to make the iconic holiday dessert. Dec. 23, 1 pm. $75. Wanderlust Delicato, 421 W. Main Ave. wanderlustdelicato.com

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ADRIANO FERRARO: A JAZZY CROONER CHRISTMAS The Singing Server, Andriano Ferraro, performs holiday music in a jazzy style. Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, 7-8:15 pm. $22. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com 3CS COEUR D’ALEERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT The Coeur d’Aleers present their annual choral Christmas concert featuring holiday music. Proceeds benefit Kootenai County cancer charities.

Nov. 28, 2-3:30 pm and Dec. 1, 7-8:30 pm. Free. Trinity Lutheran Church, 812 N. Fifth St. 3cscda.com (253-686-7367) GONZAGA JAZZ CHRISTMAS CONCERT This performance features the Gonzaga Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and Jazz Choir performing the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas and Duke Ellington’s arrangement of “Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.” Nov. 30, 7:30-8:45 pm. Free. Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/music CDA SYMPHONY: HOLIDAY MAGIC The Coeur d’Alene Symphony performs classic holiday tunes with Chorale Coeur d’Alene. Dec. 2, 7:30 pm. $15$35. Schuler Performing Arts Center, 880 W. Garden Ave. cdasymphony.org SPOKANE JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH SACHA BOUTROS The Spokane Jazz Orchestra performs the Christmas Music of Nancy Wilson with guest vocalist Sacha Boutros. Dec. 2, 7:30-9:30 pm. $27-$37. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com SING ALONG WITH JUST PLAIN DARIN Sing along with local singer-songwriter Just Plain Darin to the best songs of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. No singing experience required. Dec. 5, 7-8 pm.

Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. scld.org LIGHT: CAROLS & CANDLES This concert features the Coeur d’Alene Chorale performing holiday selections. Dec. 7, 7 pm and Dec. 8, 7 pm. $20-$25. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2511 S. Pines Rd. choralecda.com (509-926-7966) NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS A Radio City Music Hall-style show that includes choreographed tap numbers by a kick line, Santa’s workshop, international Christmas customs and more.

Dec. 8-22; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 3 pm. Fri, Dec. 22 show at 2 pm and 6 pm. $24-$37. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. needalittlechristmas.com THE GOTHARD SISTERS CELTIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT The three sisters present a festive evening weaving together Christmas carols, Celtic tunes and songs, Irish dancing and more. Dec. 9, 7:30-9:30 pm. $30. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak St. mattoxfarm.com HANDEL’S MESSIAH SING-A-LONG A performance by community members and First Pres choir members. Reservations required for audience and choir members. See website for more. Dec. 9, 3 pm. By donation. First Presbyterian Church of Spokane, 318 S. Cedar St. spokanefpc.org/messiah MESSIAH The Washington-Idaho symphony, in collaboration with the Palouse Choral Society, performs George Handel’s Messiah. Dec. 9, 7:30 pm and Dec. 10, 4 pm. $8-$20. Pullman High School, 510 NW Greyhound Way. wa-idsymphony.org (509-332-1551) A BIG BAND CHRISTMAS This musical

performance features classic holiday songs performed by a 17-piece orchestra. Dec. 15-17; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, SatSun at 2 pm. $25-$44. University High, 12320 E. 32nd. svsummertheatre.com SPOKANE SYMPHONY POPS 3: A BING CROSBY CHRISTMAS The symphony and Jake Bergevin perform holiday music by Bing Crosby. Bing’s nephew Howard Crosby joins to share memories and lead a sing-a-long. Dec. 16, 7:30 pm and Dec. 17, 3 pm. $47-$100.

The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org (509-624-1200) CANDLELIGHT: HOLIDAY SPECIAL A string quartet performs holiday music selections surrounded by candles. Dec. 20-21, 6:30 & 9:30 pm. $31-$57. Riverside Place, 1108 W. Riverside Ave. feverup.com (509-747-1200) MASTERCLASS BIG BAND: OPEN THE DOOR TO ’24 Live Music and dancing with the MasterClass singers and Jim Swoboda. Dec. 31, 9 pm-12:30 am. $50$100. Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave. masterclassbb.com SPOKANE SYMPHONY NEW YEAR’S EVE: BEETHOVEN’S 9TH Ring in the New Year with Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony performed by the Spokane Symphony Orchestra and Chorale. Dec. 31, 7:30 pm. $40-$84.

The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org (509-624-1200)

OUTDOORS

RUN RUN RUDOLPH 5K Begins at Schmuck Park and loops around MacDonald Park. Check-in begins at 9:15 am. Dec. 2, 9:15 am. $25. Colfax, Wash. raceentry.com THE SANTA RUN A 3- or 5-mile race around Coeur d’Alene looking for Santa an dodging the Grinch. Dec. 9, 9 am. $35-$40. Coeur d’Alene. nsplit.com SKI WITH SANTA DAY Ski runs and ride the chairlifts with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Collect candy and join them in the lodge for more holiday activities.

Dec. 23, 1-3 pm, Dec. 24, 12-5 pm. Schweitzer, 10000 Schweiter Mountain Rd., schweitzer.com SNOWSHOE MOONLIGHT TOUR Explore the meadows and woods around Mount Spokane guided by an experienced instructor. Ages 16+. Dec. 24, 6-9:30 pm. $41. Yoke’s Fresh Market, 14202 N. Market St. spokanerec.org

THEATER & DANCE

ELF: THE MUSICAL Once an orphan raised by elves in the North Pole, Buddy travels to New York city. There, he seeks to discover his true identity and save Christmas. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $12-$16. Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. spokanechildrenstheatre.org A SHERLOCK CAROL Tiny Tim asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the peculiar death of Ebenezer Scrooge, the Great Detective must get to the bottom of the crime. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $15-$38. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com TRAVOLTA CHRISTMAS SHOW The grand finale of the Travolta Christmas show featuring the Travolta sisters and Molly Allen performing live music and more. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; Thu-Sat at

7:30 pm, Sun at 5 pm. $35. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdachristmas.com BLIPPI: THE WONDERFUL WORLD TOUR Dance, sing and learn with Blippi and special guest Meekah as they discover what makes different cities unique and special. Nov. 25, 1 pm. $30$95. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. firstinterstatecenter.org (509-279-7000) CIRQUE MUSICA: HOLIDAY WONDERLAND This holiday-themed performance features acrobats, aerialists and holiday music. Nov. 28-29, 7:30 pm. $39-$69. Northern Quest. 100 N. Hayford. northernquest.com A CHRISTMAS CAROL Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Nov. 30-Dec. 9; Thu-Sat from 7-9 pm. (Sat, Dec. 9 performance from 2-4 pm only.) $12. Ferris High School, 3020 E. 37th. ferristheatrearts.com SPOKANE SYMPHONY: THE NUTCRACKER BALLET Along with the State Street Ballet and over 70 local dancers, the Spokane Symphony performs Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.

Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 7:30 pm and Dec. 3, 3 pm. $29-$109. The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.org DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW Trina, the innkeeper of the Snowflake Inn, is frantically trying to prepare for the holidays while dealing with challenging guests and employees who leave comedic chaos in their wake. Dec. 1, 2,8 and 9 at 7 pm, Dec. 3 and 10 at 3 pm.

Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union. pendoreilleplayers.com IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Based on the 1946 film, this musical follows George Bailey’s life from his childhood dreams to his midlife disappointments and beyond. Dec. 8-17; Thu-Sat at 7 pm, SatSun at 2 pm. TAC at the Lake, 22910 E. Appleway. tacatthelake.com SPOKANE FOLKLORE SOCIETY’S CHRISTMAS DANCE Penn Fix teaches easy-to-learn community dances like contras, squares and circle dances. The event also includes live music, a potluck and an ornament exchange. Dec. 9, 7 pm. $7-$10. East Spokane Grange, 1621 N. Park. spokanefolklore.org A DRAG QUEEN CHRISTMAS Hosted

by Miz Cracker, the tour includes performances by Alyssa Edwards, Crystal Methyd, Jimbo The Drag Clown and more. Dec. 13, 8 pm. $40.50-$268.50.

The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE This holiday show showcases the magic of the season with a Broadway-style production infused with contemporary circus arts. Dec. 20-21, 7:30 pm. $51-$101. First Interstate Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls. firstinterstatecenter.org MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley come together to celebrate the holidays. Dec. 23, 3 & 8 pm. $54-$92. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls. broadwayspokane.com

VISUAL ARTS

ORNAMENT & SMALL WORK SHOW This show features over 30 participating artists showcasing ornaments and

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Preschoolers and their families can enjoy a live Blippi spectacular on Nov. 25. small works. Nov. 10-Dec. 23; Mon-Fri from 10 am-5 pm, sat from 10 am-4 pm. 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. Through Dec. 24, Thu-Sun from 11 am-6 pm. Thurs.-11 am-6 pm through Dec. 24. Free. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com 10TH ANNUAL CUP OF JOY A holiday exhibit of over 150 ceramic cups made by local, regional and national artists.

Dec. 2-Jan. 6, Wed-Fri from 11 am-5 pm. Opening reception Fri, Dec. 2 from 5-8 pm. Free. Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams St. tracksidestudio.net HOLIDAY ARTIST STUDIO TOUR This tour showcases the studios and work of local artists working in various mediums. Dec. 2. $15-$20. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org HANDMADE HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS Celebrate the holidays by making ornaments with provided supplies. Dec. 6, 3:30-4:30 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest St. scld.org THE FRONT PORCH ROCKERS: ART, WINE & TREATS An auditory and visual experience featuring a mix of music in a variety of genres performed by the Front Porch Rockers. Also includes an art showcase plus wine and treats.

Purchase tickets in advance by Dec. 1 at the gallery. Dec. 9-10, 3-5:30 pm. $10-$15. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague. newmoonartgallery.com BRRRZAAR Over 70 local makers sell their art, crafts and various wares. The event also features live music and family-friendly activities. Dec. 16, 10 am-8 pm. Free admission. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. terrainspokane.com

WORDS

DROP IN & WRITE Aspiring writers are invited to be a part of a supportive writers’ community. Bring works in progress to share, get inspired with creative prompts and spend some focused time writing. Thursdays from

5:30-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org LORA SENF: THE NIGHTHOUSE KEEPER Local author Lora Senf celebrates the release of her new middlegrade horror novel. Nov. 25, 11 am-3 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana Ave. lorasenf.com CAMPFIRE STORIES: TALES FROM OUR PUBLIC LANDS Various local storytellers tell short tales about the public lands. Nov. 28, 7-9 pm. Free. Wildland Cooperative, 8022 E. Green Bluff Rd. landscouncil.com (509-998-9967) THE BARDO BOOK RELEASE Celebrate the release of Joseph Edwin Haeger’s new novella, BARDO. Readers include Haeger, Ben Cartwright, Tim Greenup, and Scott Eubanks. Nov. 29, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Hat Trick Brewing, 1913 W. Maxwell Ave. hattrickbrewingspokane.com (509-991-9780) 3 MINUTE MIC A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes’ worth of content. Open to all ages. First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com HOLIDAY STORYTIME Celebrate the season with stories and songs. Dec. 2, 10:30-11 am. Free. Airway Heights Library, 1213 S. Lundstrom St. scld.org HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEECH Esther Basch shares her first-hand account of surviving in Auschwitz. Dec. 3, 7-9 pm. $25-$180. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokanecenter.com (509-990-7878) SPEED DATE A FEW BOOKS Find your next great reads, speed-dating style.

Come prepared to talk about one book you loved and one you didn’t. Dec. 5, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. scld.org (893-8320) BOOK CLUB WITH A BEVERAGE Read the month’s book and then discuss it with others. Dec. 10, 1-3 pm. $18-$20.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org POETRY AFTER DARK EWU MFA students lead discussions about craft and form in poetry. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 7-8 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (509-279-0299) n

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CJ Callahan (left) and Frank Jones are grateful for each other. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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rank Jones and CJ Callahan compare notes. Jones reads off a color-coded Excel spreadsheet, while Callahan crosses out names in his notebook.

“I’m gonna go pick up stuff from him today,” Jones says. “Three nice bottles of wine and a $100 gift card.”

Tucked in a back booth of the Elk Public House, the two men are tracking donations pouring in for a fundraiser benefiting Jones and his family. In September, Jones’ son, Derrick, suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Even with insurance, the family was told expenses could range from $100,000 to $3 million.

Jones is a longtime sales rep for Charlie’s Produce, handling 135 accounts across the region. He’s known for going above and beyond for each of his clients. Now, leaders of Spokane’s restaurant scene are going above and beyond for him.

Jones plays a major role in getting food on your plate at many of the restaurants in and around Spokane. If you’ve dined out in the past 16 years, chances are you can thank him for the veggies, fruits, spices and garnishes — anything that made the food taste good and look pretty. “‘I can’t help you’ [is] not in Frank’s vocabulary,” says Callahan, who met Jones when he started as a chef at Hogwash Whiskey Den. “He didn’t screw up your invoice. He didn’t bruise the basil. None of it’s his fault.

But he’ll do anything to fix it.”

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n Sept. 5, a very bad thing happened. Derrick was alone upstairs in his new house. No one quite knows how, but Derrick fell headfirst out of the second-story window onto his driveway, lying there for hours until a passer-by found him. In the hospital, doctors found a tumor in Derrick’s brain. He’d been complaining of headaches; doctors suspect the tumor trig-

In the midst of a family emergency, Spokane restaurants come together to show their love for Frank Jones BY ELIZA BILLINGHAM

gered a seizure causing him to lose control and fall.

“He had his 24th birthday in Sacred Heart,” Jones says.

When Callahan found out what happened, he immediately wanted to help. He imagined hosting a dinner where everything was donated, so that every dollar earned could go directly to the family’s GoFundMe. Lauren Blumenthal had only met Jones once. But when Callahan told her he was looking for a space to hold the fundraiser, she immediately suggested her restaurant Sorella in Kendall Yards.

“In my opinion, it was the very least I could do,” Blumenthal says. “I didn’t just get into the restaurant industry to have a restaurant. I did this to do whatever I could to contribute to the community… especially someone who is as well respected and loved in our food and beverage industry as Frank is.”

Suddenly, Callahan had a restaurant. Next, he needed a meal.

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hen Austin Conklin started running Inland Pacific Kitchen, he was barely 23. He was talented, but the learning curve was steep.

“There was a lot of stuff that I just didn’t know, in terms of ordering and cooking and menu planning,” Conklin says. “But Frank was our produce rep, and he was so understanding. Like, I would mess up an order, or I forgot something, and he’d always just go out of his way to help me out.”

Callahan told Conklin about the fundraiser, and Conklin immediately offered to cook. With ingredients donated

by US Foods, Harbor Foodservice and Charlie’s Produce, Conklin planned a menu of Italian comfort foods.

Callahan continued to ask everyone he could think

of if they wanted to donate for the meal or the silent auction. So far, he’s gathered gift cards, Zags and Mariners tickets, casino packages, and VIP concert passes — more than $20,000 in total.

It’s personal, too. A bartender from Whistle Punk donated two pairs of Yeezys from his sneaker collection, and another at Volstead Act offered up his lucrative set of Blanton’s Bourbon bottles. Countless people in the region have been touched by Jones’ generosity.

Months ago, chef Kadra Evans was in her car in a parking lot placing an order for her restaurant Little Noodle when she was hit by another driver. While in the hospital, she got a call saying her order was a few items short, and her food wouldn’t be delivered.

“When Frank heard that, he went and actually picked up my order from the competitors and put it in my restaurant,” Evans says. “He makes you feel like you’re the only account he has. It just speaks wonders about his character.”

The fundraiser is now bigger than Callahan imagined. On Dec. 3, Sorella is hosting two meals for 60 people each with tickets at $75 each. For those unable to attend, the Jones’ GoFundMe is still live.

“I sit up late at night and think about how I can’t believe this is happening,” Jones says. “First of all, I can’t believe we’re in this shitty situation. But then the people that have rallied around us — I’m blessed. I’m blessed to be on this earth with these people.” n Derrick’s TBI Recovery Feast • Sun, Dec. 3 from 12-3 pm and 4-7 pm • $75 • Sorella • 1122 W. Summit Pkwy. • sorellaspokane.com Derrick’s GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/ derricks-traumatic-brain-injury-recovery

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REVIEW

HOLLOW VICTORY Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a disappointingly drab biopic about the legendary conqueror

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n recent interviews, director Ridley Scott has scoffed at the idea of historical accuracy in his biopic about French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte, which might lead potential viewers to expect a more experimental take on Napoleon’s life and career. Instead, Scott’s Napoleon is straightforward and often dry — like a series of title cards in search of a movie. As Napoleon, Joaquin Phoenix is mumbly and petulant, which fits with his established screen persona but doesn’t offer a compelling take on a historical figure who’s already been so extensively depicted and analyzed.

Scott seems to be torn between making an intimate character study and an epic war movie, and the scale of the battle scenes dwarfs the interpersonal drama. Napoleon begins during the French Revolution of 1789 and covers nearly 30 subsequent years, although the characters’ ages barely seem to change. Napoleon is a young rising star in the French military at the beginning of the movie, making his name via innovative strategy in a battle between the French and British at Toulon.

From that first battle, Scott demonstrates his command of massive action sequences, and all of the combat scenes are impressively staged, especially a midfilm confrontation between the French army and the combined Russian and Austrian forces at Austerlitz. There, Napoleon has his soldiers fire their cannons at the ice-covered

BY JOSH BELL ponds onto which he’s driven the opposition, leaving the enemy soldiers to drown in the freezing water. Scott conveys the visceral horrors of the fighting and bloodshed while also demonstrating Napoleon’s tactical genius, as he calmly directs his troops with just a small gesture.

As he leads the charge at Toulon, though, Napoleon is visibly nervous, and one of the problems with the movie is that the character’s journey from that initial fear and uncertainty to the confidence and ruthlessness that allowed him to conquer vast swaths of the world is never clear.

The movie presents a dizzying array of datelines and official designations, but the statistics pass by without much meaning, just like the years passing in Napoleon’s life. His various allies and advisers may get their names and ranks flashed onscreen, but they’re essentially interchangeable, just tools to facilitate Napoleon’s rise to power, without any distinctive character traits.

Napoleon himself is only slightly more distinctive, and while Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa — who previously worked together on the more effective true-life drama All the Money in the World — attempt to ground the story in Napoleon’s relationship with his wife, Josephine (Vanessa Kirby), she’s even more inscrutable. The scenes

between Napoleon and Josephine offer opportunities for greater psychological complexity as well as some sly satire, but any comedy seems unintentional, as Napoleon blusters in frustration over his wife’s affairs and the disrespect he receives from other world leaders.

Following a series of military victories, Napoleon seizes political power in France, eventually declaring himself emperor. Scott and Scarpa offer no indication of Napoleon’s policies or governing style, or why the people of France embraced him so fervently before later rejecting him. Occasionally showing him as petty or buffoonish doesn’t qualify as deep insight or political analysis.

What’s left is pure spectacle, and on that level Napoleon consistently delivers, although the battles start to look the same over the course of more than two and a half hours. The closing title card featuring statistics about how many French soldiers died under Napoleon’s command is the only indirect critique of the toll Napoleon’s ambitions took on the country. Instead of using his artistic license to create a bold new take on a familiar figure, Scott merely offers a series of inert, disconnected tableaus. n

Napoleon comes up a bit... short.

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Is it alright to wish for slightly more Disney animated magic?

The pleasant but forgettable Wish is Disney’s animated celebration of itself

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onceived as a tribute to 100 years of Disney animation, Wish could be regarded as the cinematic equivalent of a decent cover band that requires only half the audience’s attention. Bands like that are enjoyable, often filled with skilled musicians expertly recreating great songs. But they can never be as captivating as the real thing.

While there are some forced references to specific previous Disney animated movies, Wish doesn’t actually feature any existing Disney characters or storylines.

Instead, it’s set in a new but familiar-looking medieval-style kingdom called Rosas, an apparent island paradise ruled by the benevolent sorcerer-king Magnifico (Chris Pine). The storybook opening explains that Magnifico has devoted his life to safeguarding people’s deepest wishes and that he built Rosas as a haven for residents to express those wishes and even possibly have them come true.

It turns out that this isn’t as magnanimous as it sounds, though, because what Magnifico actually does is magically extract each person’s most heartfelt desire into a sort of glowing ball, which he keeps locked up in a tower, while the people forget about their greatest hopes and dreams, living lives theoretically free of disappointment. That provides an effective pivot for Magnifico

from hero to villain, as his secrets are overshadows the sweet but slightly dull discovered by would-be apprentice Asha Asha, who’s kind-hearted but not particu(Ariana DeBose). Teenage Asha quickly larly interesting. goes from true believer to adversary when DeBose is a better singer than Pine, Magnifico explains that even though he has though, and she shines in Asha’s musithe power to grant wishes, he intends only cal numbers. The songs by Julia Michaels to hoard them away, aside from a select few and Benjamin Rice are pleasant but not that he deems harmless enough to unleash. outstanding, with no likely breakouts to That’s a roundabout way for Wish add to the Disney canon. That’s the overall to arrive at its central message about the result of this safe, comforting effort from value of hope, and the themes directors Chris Buck and Fawn often come off as secondary to the Veerasunthorn, who are also WISH various Disney riffs. The character credited as co-writers along Rated PG development is minor, and Asha’s with Jennifer Lee and Allison Directed by Chris Buck journey isn’t nearly as emotionally and Fawn Veerasunthorn Moore. Buck and Lee (who is engaging as the protagonists’ arcs Starring Ariana DeBose, now Disney Animation’s chief in recent Disney animated hits like creative officer) co-directed Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk Frozen or Encanto. After becoming both Frozen movies, and Wish disillusioned with Magnifico, Asha aims for the big feelings of makes her own wish upon a star, and that those massive hits without reaching the star comes down from the sky, following same heights. her around and spreading its own chaotic In another tribute to Disney’s past, the brand of magic. animation is a mix of traditional handMagnifico feels threatened by the presdrawn work and modern CGI, but the ence of magic he doesn’t control, which combination just ends up in a bland middle leads him down a dark path into full-on ground. Like everything in Wish, it’s easy to villainy. Pine embraces the descent into watch and often entertaining, but it doesn’t evil, twisting Magnifico’s smarmy vanleave a lasting impression. The closing credity into something more malevolent, a its feature sparkly depictions of characters dark variation on his performance as the from every Disney animated movie to date, conceited prince in Into the Woods. He’s such serving as a reminder that there are plenty a charismatic bad guy that he sometimes of better options to watch. n

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HOLIDAY ROCK

HAPPIEST SEASON Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Al Pitrelli strives to make spirits brighter with each concert

BY AZARIA PODPLESKY

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ome people start to decorate for the winter holidays as soon as they’ve finished handing out Halloween candy. Others wait until the last leftover from Thanksgiving dinner has been put into the fridge. And if you follow the same calendar as most big-box stores, the holiday lights come out right after you take firstday-of-school pictures.

For guitarist Al Pitrelli and the rest of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, there’s no singlar most wonderful time — instead the holiday spirit lasts year-round.

The rock orchestra, formed by Paul O’Neill in 1996, has become known for criss-crossing the country in the fall and winter with its extravagant, live Christmas rock shows, which include pyrotechnics, lasers, light shows and extensive string sections. Those unfamiliar with Trans-Siberian Orchestra shouldn’t expect lightweight “Jingle Bells” sing-a-longs — the band leans heavily on progressive metal electric guitar wizardry and lots of propulsive drumming to invigorate both holiday classics and winterthemed originals. In other words, yes, you may find yourself headbanging to “Carol of the Bells” at a TSO show. And save for a week or two of rest in January, Pitrelli says that he, the TSO’s management team, and the family of the late O’Neill start planning the next tour almost as soon as the prior year’s outings conclude.

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TSO shreds its way to Spokane Arena on Black Friday with its latest touring production, “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: The Best of TSO and More.”

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rowing up in a nonmusical family, Pitrelli often felt like the odd one out.

“My parents could barely play the radio,” he jokes.

Still, there was always music in the house, as Pitrelli and his family listened to Motown, Frank Sinatra, big bands of the ’40s and anything that played on the car radio. But it was while watching the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show that Pitrelli, then only 2 years old, realized he wanted to do more than just listen to music.

“I don’t really have any recollection of the thing, but my mom will tell you the story, just being transfixed to the TV and grabbing my granddaddy’s beater guitar that was in the corner by the fireplace and (trying) to make believe like I was a Beatle… I don’t know what it was, but boy, did they wake up a sleeping dragon.”

Fast forward to 1995 when O’Neill asked Pitrelli — who had by then played with the likes of Alice Cooper, Dee Snider and Asia — if he would help with a new project. Pitrelli remembers his reaction like it was yesterday.

“I walked in the studio, and he put the faders up on what was to become ‘Christmas Eve

(Sarajevo 12/24).’ The last thing I was expecting him to play for me was a Christmas song,” Pirelli says. “He goes, ‘It’s more of a soundtrack depicting the events that took place on Christmas Eve during the war in Sarajevo.’ Now you got my attention.”

The song went on to be featured on Savatage’s Dead Winter Dead, a rock opera set during the Bosnian War. Shortly after its release, “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” began to sneak up the charts and started its reign as a holiday staple.

“When talk radio is playing your song or sports radio stops and plays your song, you know you’re onto something really important,” Pitrelli said. “That was the lightning strike.”

O’Neill decided to expand upon the story told in “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” and asked Pitrelli if he wanted to help. In the winter of 1996, O’Neill, Pitrelli, Bob Kinkel and Jon Oliva began writing in O’Neill’s apartment, throwing riffs and musical segments around, trying to fit the story O’Neill had in his head.

“He knew exactly what he needed, where he was going to place it, how he was going to bring these characters to life,” Pitrelli said. “And it worked, to say the least.”

Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s debut album, Christmas Eve and Other Stories, would go on to sell more than 3 million copies in the U.S. alone.

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OF ALL The group crafted a hit Christmas trilogy with the follow-ups The Christmas Attic and The Lost Christmas Eve, before most recently releasing Letters from the Labyrinth in 2015.

On its current tour, TSO is highlighting The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, a 1999 made-for-television film that featured songs like “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24),” “Christmas Canon” and “This Christmas Day.” “Those songs are going to be played because they’re telling the tale,” Pitrelli says. “Then you got songs that you know that if we don’t play, we’ll get beat up. Those fall under the heading of the ‘Best of’ because people just love those songs…

Then we get to dig through the rest of the catalog and say ‘Hey, we’ve never played this song. We haven’t done this song in 20 years. Or let’s do a cool arrangement.’ It really is a fun process. It just takes a long time to fill in all the blanks.”

After nearly 30 years with TSO, Pitrelli says it’s more fun to perform now than it was in the band’s early days because he’s gotten to grow older with the show. He recognizes fans who come year after year, whom he lovingly calls “repeat offenders,” and is excited when they bring their children and grandchildren to concerts.

“I remember recording these songs, helping Paul arrange these songs, writing some of these songs with Paul. And knowing people still enjoy that? Yeah, I’ll never get tired of it. I’ll never get

bored,” Pitrelli says. “I’m happy to say that too because again, hitting the other side of 60 now, part of it’s also, ‘Dude, you’re still doing this at this age at the top of the food chain and people love it. They love something that I was there when it was created. That’s what makes it so special every day.”

Though TSO is at the top of the Christmas music food chain, Pitrelli said the band will never rest on its laurels and go through the motions on stage. Instead, he said he feels a deep sense of responsibility to make each concert better than the last.

“What would break my heart is talking to one of those folks who come back year after year and them saying ‘You know, last year was better.’” Pitrelli says. “That will never happen on my watch… I always compare it to whoever won the Super Bowl last year. ‘Congratulations. What an accomplishment.’ Once you hit the practice field again, you’ve got to rebuild from the ground up. There’s no guarantee you’re gonna do that again next year. And that’s how we approach the same thing: back to the nuts and bolts of it. Let’s rebuild it and see what we can make better.” n Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve • Fri, Nov. 24 at 7 pm • $39-$110 • All ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon Ave. • spokanearena.com

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dmittedly, the aggressive male energy prevents many folks from diving into the sonic world of metalcore. It’s understandable if dudes growl yelling at you over extremely heavy music is uncomfortable or triggering. But here’s an alternative: What if it’s a woman bellowing at you instead? Metalcore has a myriad of great groups with female vocalists, and Portland’s Dying Wish is one of the better ones. Led by Emma Boster’s vocal cord-fraying belting, the band thrashes with a brutal resolve but also isn’t afraid to shift into songs that combine the heaviness with a little bit of graceful delicateness (see: the recent single “Paved in Sorrow”). Expect an array of pummeling noise and plenty of tracks from the new album Symptoms of Survival when Dying Wish gets rowdy at the Big Dipper.

— SETH SOMMERFELD Dying Wish, Boundaries, Foreign Hands, Roman Candle • Sun, Nov. 26 at 6:30 pm • $25 • All ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington St. • thebigdipperspokane.com

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espite both being Bay Area boys, Anthony Battaglia and Harrison Hays actually didn’t meet until they attended Boise State University. But the Gem State isn’t exactly the ideal spot for a couple of weed-loving dubstep heads, so they returned to the Bay and started Smoakland. The duo’s self-described “old school dubstep” (oh god, we’re ancient enough for dubstep to be categorized as old school) leans heavily into drum and bass influences, phased out electronics, and beat dropping, seemingly scientifically engineered to be enjoyed by EDM stoners. The group has thrown down banging opening sets at Red Rocks, so the tight confines of the District Bar has the potential to be popping on this cold Wednesday night if people toke up and turn out.

— SETH SOMMERFELD

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Friday, 11/24

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Christy Lee BING CROSBY THEATER, One Night of Tina CHINOOK LONGE (CDA CASINO), Just Plain Darin J THE GRAIN SHED, Haywire J KNITTING FACTORY, Dirty Honey NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Dangerous Type PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, BTP RED ROOM LOUNGE, Live DJs J J SPOKANE ARENA, Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Saturday, 11/25

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, KOSH J THE BIG DIPPER, No Soap Radio, Zoramena, The Maple Bars J CAFE COCO, B CHINOOK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Just Plain Darin THE DISTRICT BAR, KosMos the Afronaut NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Dangerous Type PANIDA THEATER, Shook Twins, Karli Fairbanks PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Zach Simms RED ROOM LOUNGE, Live DJs

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J J THE BIG DIPPER, Dying Wish, Boundaries, Foreign Hands, Roman Candle HOGFISH, Open Mic

Monday, 11/27

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KIMBROUGH MUSIC BUILDING, Guitar Studio Concert RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic Night

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J SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Quiet Riot, Great White, Slaughter, Autograph, Dec. 16, 8 pm.

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ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, DJ Priestess, Dec. 17, 6-8 pm.

J KNITTING FACTORY, Sammy Eubanks’ Blue Christmas with Justyn Priest, Dec. 17, 6 pm.

J J REVIVAL TEA COMPANY, Blake Braley, Dec. 23, 7-9 pm.

J NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA, Dec. 29, 7:30 pm.

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J REVIVAL TEA COMPANY, Truehoods, Dec. 30, 7-9 pm.

J KNITTING FACTORY, MasterClass Big Band: Open the Door to ‘24, Dec. 31, 9 pm-12:30 am.

J THE BIG DIPPER, Tomb Ripper, Xingaia, Bonemass, Torn Open, Jan. 13, 7:30 pm.

J KNITTING FACTORY, Dirtwire, Jan. 13, 8 pm.

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SPOKANE ARENA, Parker McCollum, Larry Fleet, King Calaway, Jan. 18, 7:30-9:30 pm.

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J SPOKANE ARENA, Bryan Adams, Dave Stewart’s Eurythmics Songbook, Jan. 21, 7:30 pm.

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FILM WILD WINTER ADVENTURES

Join the Spokane Mountaineers at the Garland Theater for a showing of the Backcountry Film Festival. Presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, the touring festival showcases 10 films telling the stories of people in the snowsports community and their adventures in the backcountry. One film documents the importance of whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and another follows two skiers trekking along the Redline Traverse — the longest ski tour in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Funds from the screening support the Lands Council, an environmental nonprofit dedicated to preserving forests, water and wildlife in the region, and the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center, which works to increase avalanche awareness and advisories for the public.

— SUMMER SANDSTROM Backcountry Film Festival • Thu, Nov. 30 from 6-9 pm • $12 • Garland Theater • 924 W. Garland Ave. • spokanemountaineers.org

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COMMUNITY GLOBAL GOODS

WORDS DEWEY BELONG TOGETHER?

This holiday season, you can shop globally and locally with a trip to Kizuri’s annual Festival of Fair Trade, now in its 38th year. Handcrafted items showcased during the three-day event at the downtown Spokane shop are sourced from around the globe from such countries as Guatemala, Nepal, Chile and beyond. Co-hosted by Ganesh Himal Trading, the marketplace directly supports artisans producing these one-of-a-kind handcrafted goods by paying them fair wages and distributing their beautiful wares for our enjoyment.

While there’s a whole range of items to be found, popular gift options include handmade jewelry, clothing, handbags, knitwear, scarves and more. This year’s festival also coincides with Kizuri’s recent 15th anniversary, no minor feat for a small local business.

— CHEY SCOTT

As a bookworm, there’s absolutely nothing worse than getting 100 pages into a book and realizing you hate it. All of that time wasted on a mediocre romance or some subpar fantastical quest when you could’ve been reading something incredible? Ugh! Never fear, the library has your back. Select Spokane County Library District branches are hosting speed-dating events but for books! The idea is each participant comes prepared to talk about one book they absolutely loved and one not liked at all. Along with other readers, pitch your favorite and least favorite books, and decide which you might want to pick up and which you’ll be avoiding. Registration is required to attend. Visit scld.org for more information.

— MADISON PEARSON

Festival of Fair Trade • Fri, Nov. 24 and Sat, Nov. 25 from 10 am5:30 pm; Sun, Nov. 26 from noon-4 pm • Free admission • Kizuri • 35 W. Main Ave. • shopkizuri.com

Speed Date a Few Books • Tue, Nov. 28 from 4-5 pm • Moran Prairie Library • 6004 S. Regal St. • scld.org

WORDS UN-FAIRYTALE ENDING

Stephanie Land ends her memoir Maid riding off into the sunset — after spending years cleaning other people’s houses, the single mother is accepted to college. But as she quickly found out in real life, getting a degree while battling for child custody and SNAP benefits isn’t romantic. In her second memoir, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger and Higher Education, Land moves readers through the next chapter of her life, specifically her senior year of college. She’s hungry, pregnant and trying to become a writer, a.k.a. pursuing a career that most people tell her is impossible, not to mention selfish. Spoiler alert: Land becomes a writer, and an NYT bestseller to boot.

Northwest Passages hosts Land in conversation with Spokesman-Review reporter Emma Epperly to discuss which class gets to create art, go to college, and decide how to be a parent.

—ELIZA BILLINGHAM Northwest Passages Presents: Stephanie Land • Wed, Nov. 29 at 7 pm • $7-$32 • Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center • 211 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzaga.edu/mwpac

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ARTS OLD TIMEY PORTRAITS

You know how old photos — we’re talking 100 years or more — have a magical, luminous quality to them, where the subjects almost seem to softly glow even in such stark black-and-white contrast? While this can be mimicked via modern, digital means, there are skilled artisans out there who still make photos the old-fashioned way. One of them is Coeur d’Alene-based Alderleaf Artworks, which hosts semi-regular pop-up photography sessions in the region. Their next session happens this weekend at the Art Spirit Gallery.

While advance appointments are required, anyone can sign up to sit for a traditional tintype portrait, choosing whether to wear a stone-cold serious face or a smile. The resulting physical photograph has amazing gifting potential for a loved one.

— CHEY SCOTT Tintype Photography Pop-up • Sat, Nov. 25 from 1-6 pm • The Art Spirit Gallery • 415 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene • theartspiritgallery.com • Call 970-390-0374 to book

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obscurity the way fate intended; it would’ve happened a long time ago if not for your ability to parlay your modest local fame and lack of morals into political lackey-hood.

ONE STAR OK, we’ve reached the point where I have no choice but to see every movie Chase Hutchinson and Josh Bell hate. I have never lived anywhere with such a terribly boorish pair of reviewers (and I have lived everywhere). It’s basically Frasier and Niles getting to do reviews. I know that sounds awful and it is, but, hear me out: Just flip every review, and you’ll be just fine. Or not. Maybe the Inlander hires some reviewers that aren’t primed to hate joy?

I SAW YOU DRAWING AT BERSERK You: tall, slender, with long two-tone hair and outrageous fashion. You were drawing at a booth with your friends, and such a beautiful expression on your face as you focused on your art. Me: crop top, JNCO jeans and a Tasmanian Devil tattoo on my neck, with an Abraham Lincoln beard and a fine fedora.

I’m a gentleman, let me be yours?

PROVE IT If you don’t know by now, then I guess you never will. I wonder why?

RE: PROVE IT What are your initials?

Because I do not think that you are the person that I seek.

CLOSE ENCOUNTER, BUT TOO SHY! Opening Night Les Mis row N. You seat 29, me seat 30. Your first words to me were “I get to sit next to you.” Me, too shy to tell you how much that meant to me. Let’s chat sometime soon. I’ll make some excuse for not even asking your name. You can just be yourself. I thought you were wonderful.

CHEERS DON’T LET THE DOOR... Dear Nadine. I’m glad to see you got at least 1/10th of your comeuppance. If you would’ve won, you might have been able to keep riding the GOP gravy train. I’m guessing that Cathy and her campaign managers are taking a little more time getting back to you these days. Pathetic. Enjoy slipping into

RE: MAKING A FREE LEFT I must’ve been taught wrong in Drivers Ed, or been told wrong by family because I learned something new today. I had to double-check my sanity and found I was indeed wrong.

Thank you, kind Inlander for pointing out the error of my ways. I have been learned.

I HOPE YOU SEE THIS BOOBEAR I love you with all me heart, boobear. Thank you for loving me through so much, especially understanding my self-sabotaging ways.

You’ve always been my cheerleader, and I love you even more for that. I love you with all my heart Alicebamboosly! You and Ry are what keep me motivated in life.

PING PONG CHAMP Such wasted potential!...

Trump could be the best ping pong player of all time, Olympic level even with his volleys in the court system daily reported on and witnessed of gag order, no gag, appeal, shot down appeal, fits of rage. But no, he had to go and waste his “skills” on litigation for his mountainous criminal charges. Poor Guy! Someone should tell his fans who keep donating their dollars to his billionaire-ness that he’s not making them famous, just fleeced. Put your paddle down, Donald. We humans are living in the era of “choose your own reality, call it truth,” but hey, at least in that arena Trump is the absolute king of the hill! Eat a cheeseburger, yell, repeat!

WOMAN WHO LIKES MY PARENTS’ HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS Cheers to the woman who drives down Bowdish to work every morning. She took the time out of her busy day to knock on my parents’ door and compliment their Halloween decorations. I just wanted to apologize if my dad seemed grumpy. He was expecting me, his daughter, to be coming by that day, and he was confused as to who was at the door. My parents have not stopped talking

about how much it meant to them that you stopped by. Thank you again for your kindness to my parents.

TEACHERS A special shout-out cheers to the teachers at TSHS. The work you do with your students is life changing. You are making a difference each and every time you show up. Things don’t go the right way

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country today and the three major networks are profound examples. How dare they abuse their viewers. There MUST be another way for the networks to make more money for their stockholders. We, the viewers expect to be entertained and informed, not made frustrated and angry. I have written to NBC to let them know how many of their viewers feel about these infuriating issues.

If enough subscribers, like thousands or better millions write complaints to “them” I’m sure changes would me made. Realistically and humoursly I know this will never happen but at least I got out my frustration.

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The excrement tsunami is coming.

I suggest you all buy waders...

every time for most people working with adolescents, remember to breathe, you got this! Teachers everywhere are incredible!

We need you, the students need you. Thank you for being you!

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.

JEERS PUFFY PIECE ON POLICE CHIEF Jeers to the journalist on a local TV “news” program who presented viewers with her puff interview with the resigning Spokane police chief without daring to give us the necessary context to the story: That is, how the recently defeated mayor had protected the chief from criticism by progressive citizens. (Not “left-leaning,” that’s a loaded term and you must know that.) The elephant in the room was that Spokane

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voters repudiated the outgoing Chief by electing not just a progressive mayor but a City Council president who was viciously attacked by right-wingers. (Sorry Ozzie, but just stay in Wyoming where you can enjoy the snow and silence.) Oh, and another point not pointed out by this shallow, biased story is that voters rejected building more jail cells in Spokane as the wrong way to reduce crime. This story is just one more

example of the superficial and sycophantic “coverage” viewers have come to expect from local television reporters.

TSUNAMI The recent elections’ liberal tsunami was a shocking disaster. Does no one here see what’s happening in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle? Well soon you will. Law enforcement will be curtailed. Drug-soaked zombies and criminals will roam unchecked along filthy streets. Under liberal leadership, the above named cities have been reduced to outdoor sewers and open air drug markets. And you just voted in the same problems. The excrement tsunami is coming. I suggest you all buy waders or tall rubber boots. Please keep it within your city limits. Take a long look; your police chief just quit rather than put up with what’s coming. And I thank God I live outside the city and will now shop, eat and seek my entertainment in Coeur d’Alene. Pray for a recall, it’s your only hope.

DISRUPTIVE TV COMMERCIALS Last Friday night I wanted to watch Dateline on NBC. As advertised, more info regarding evidence collected in the insidious Murdock murders.

Because of the interruption by commercials I found it difficult to keep track of the storyline. I then decided to write down the actual times that the commercials were on.

Example: the show ran from 9:29 pm to 9:38 pm, the next commercial was 9:38 pm to 9:48 pm, and so on. To me “this” was not a Dateline episode, it was a means of holding me captive for their sponsors. I thought of taping Dateline to watch at another time and skim through the colmmercials, but wouldn’t that defeat the purpose? I want to sit comfortably with a drink on Friday night watching Dateline without frustration.

Greed is a word that permeates through our

RE: GLASS IS CLASSY Heaven forbid you feel a lack of class while you slurp your forest devastating beverage. Your breath probably reeks and your mug doesn’t remind anybody of porcelain. If you don’t feel classy, maybe consider your decisions in life and stop blaming other people.

CONCERT PARENTS Jeers to the parents who brought their five+ kids to a rock concert at the knitting factory at 10pm at night this weekend. Let’s pretend the 2 and 4 year old really wanted to be there because they loved the bass guitar. None of the kids had ear buds/ear protection at all.

And you were sitting your kid up against the speakers in the front. The 15 people concerned giving you looks and offering their earbuds to you were not doing it because they were Karens and you were interrupting their concert experience. It was because the toddler had been bawling and crying for half the concert and holding his ears. When we left at 11:30, you were standing in line at the merch counter and the toddler was still crying. It’s so selfish, everyone surrounding us also felt bad for the kids on the floor. Be better. n

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BENEFIT HOLIDAY FOOD FUNDRAISER Bring non-perishable food donations to participating businesses. In addition to food donations, 10% of the proceeds from Brick West’s Out Cold IPA, wherever it is sold, will go to Northwest Harvest. See website for full details. Nov. 17-Jan. 19, daily. Free. khq.com/giving GIVE BACK THURSDAYS Every Thursday in November (except on Thanksgiving), Numerica will donate $1 per pint sold and Brick West will donate 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. 30, 4-8 pm. Free. Brick West Brewing Co., 1318 W. First. brickwestbrewingco.com WINTER WANDERLUST GALA This event includes live music, local artist exhibit by Kathrine Mandley, cheese and dessert tables, drink tickets and chef demos. Proceeds from the event benefit the Lands Council. Dec. 1, 5-8 pm. $125.

Bowery, 230 W. Riverside Ave. boweryspokane.com (509-842-4103)

COMEDY HANS KIM Hans Kim is a regular on Kill Tony and has opened up for Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe. Nov. 24, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Nov. 25, 7 & 9:45 pm. $25-$25.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com SAY WHAT! Say What is an improvisational journey through creativity where the BDT players turn audience suggestions into unexpected new ideas. 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 with some twists and turns.

Nov. 25, 7:30 pm. $9. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.org MICHAEL GLATZMAIER & AHREN BLISLE Glatzmaier is an improv comedy musician. Belisle was a finalist on America’s Got Talent. Nov. 26, 7 pm. $16-$20.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com

COMMUNITY JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE CRUISE 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 (208-765-4000) MINECRAFT: THE EXHIBITION The world of Minecraft is explored in this wide-ranging exhibition, designed for players and non-players of all ages. Sept.

16-Dec. 31, Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm. $15-$20. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) THE 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 SPOKANE SMALL BUSINESS BINGO Travel to various small businesses in Spokane to get your bingo card stamped and be entered to win prizes. Through Nov. 30. page42bookstore.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 Ave. 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-$42. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdacruises.com CRESCENT HOLIDAY WINDOWS Five window bays on the south side of the Grand display scenes featuring refurbished figurines rescued from the basement of the former Crescent Department Store. Display unveiling on Sat, Nov. 25 at 4:30 pm. Regular display hours through Jan. 1; Fri-Sat from 12-10 pm and SunThu from 3-8 pm. Free. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. davenporthotelcollection.com (800-918-9344) MAC HOLIDAY KICK-OFF CELEBRATION Get into the holiday spirit at the MAC’s 4th annual kick-off with festive lights, carolers, the Campbell House all decked out in holiday decor, plus sugar cookies from Hulda the cook. Nov. 25, 4-6 pm. Free. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) NUMERICA LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT Walk through the park and see dozens of trees lit up with holiday lights. Nov. 25-Jan. 1.

Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org (509-625-6600) RIVERFRONT MARKET A market featuring goods from a wide array of local

artisans. Nov. 25, 12-7 pm. Free. Pavilion at Riverfront, 574 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org (509-625-6000) SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AT AUNTIE’S Various events, activities and promotions. Nov. 25. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS POP-UP Have a tintype photo of yourself taken by Alderleaf Artworks. Appointment required.

Nov. 25, 1-6 pm. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com WHEATLAND BANK HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDES Enjoy an eight-minute loop through the scenic Riverfront Park and downtown Spokane. Nov. 24-Dec. 24, Sat-Sun from noon-5 pm. 12-5 pm through Dec. 24. Free. Downtown Spokane. downtownspokane.org WINTER WONDERLAND MARKET A cast of rotating vendors sell gifts, crafts, food and more. Seasonal movie screenings will be streamed on screens across the venue. Sat from 10 am-2 pm through Dec. 23. Free. The Wonder Building, 835 N. Post St. wondermarketspokane.com HOLIDAY ARTISAN MARKET An indoor holiday marketplace with unique gifts from local small busniesses. Nov. 26, 11 am-2 pm. Free. The Lotus Spokane, 3026 E. Fifth Ave. thelotusspokane.com PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA You and your furry friend are invited to take photos with Santa. Nov. 27, 4-7 pm. $20-$50.

River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. riverparksquare.com (509-624-3945) CHRISTMAS TREE ELEGANCE The annual raffle of custom-decorated trees supports the Spokane Symphony, through the Spokane Symphony Associates, and includes trees on display at River Park Square. Nov. 28-Dec. 10, daily 10 am-9 pm. Free. Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanesymphonyassoc.org GENEALOGY DROP-IN SESSIONS Get help researching the story of your family. Learn about our genealogy resources and work with experienced genealogy enthusiasts to learn how to fill out your family tree. Nov. 28, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free.

Spokane Valley Library, 22 N. Herald Rd. scld.org (509-893-8400) GROSSOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF THE REALLY GROSS Explore the gross science of snot, boogers and farts with some hands-on activities. Ages 10–13.

Nov. 28, 4-5 pm. Free. Cheney Library, 610 First St. scld.org (509-893-8280) MANY SPIRITS COMMUNITY A space for two-spirit and indigiqueer people to spend time together. Tea, hot chocolate

and some art supplies are provided. Feel free to bring creative projects. 4-7 pm.

Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. spectrumcenterspokane.org NORTHWEST WINTERFEST A holiday lantern display and cultural celebration featuring dozens of lighted holiday lantern displays and immersive experiences in holiday cultures of the world. Dec. 1-31; Thu-Fri from 5-8 pm, Sat from 4-8 pm and Sun from 3-6 pm. 3$10-$40. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. northwestwinterfest.com

FILM 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. 24-26, 7-9 pm, Nov. 25-26 also 4-6 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING The final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth.

Hobbits Frodo and Sam reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the One Ring. Nov. 27-29, 6 pm. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com BRAZIL A daydreaming everyman finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. Nov. 28, 7-9:30 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSE: A showing of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey as part of the Science on Screen series.

Nov. 30, 7-10 pm. $8. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL This film festival celebrates human-powered, backcountry-inspired stories rooted in wild snowscapes, stewardship and stoke.

Fundraising from the film festival will go towards IPAC and the Lands Council. Nov. 30, 6-9 pm. $12. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. spokanemountaineers.org

FOOD & DRINK 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 (208-292-5678) TACO TUESDAYS AT BULL HEAD SALOON Two dollar tacos being served all day along with drink specials. Ages 21+

with ID. Tues., 12-8:30 pm. $2. The Bull Head, 10211 S. Electric Ave. bullheadsaloon.com (509-838-9717) KITCHEN COOKING CLASS: RAVIOLI Commellini Estate’s Executive Chef, Frank teaches students how to make ravioli in this hands-on cooking class. The class culminates in a meal served family style. Nov. 29-30, 6:30-9:30 pm. $85.

Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commelliniestate.com (509-466-0667) BEVERLY’S SIGNATURE CULINARY CLASS: WELLINGTON WORKSHOP Learn how to make beef Wellington from selecting the finest cuts of beef to creating flaky pastry. Nov. 30, 6-8 pm. $80.

Beverly’s, 115 S. Second. beverlyscda.com

MUSIC ADRIANO FERRARO : A JAZZY CROONER CHRISTMAS The Singing Server, Andriano Ferraro performs holiday music in a jazzy style. Nov. 25, 7-8:15 pm and Dec. 1, 7-8:15 pm. $22. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE CONCERT A program of rare compositions from a diverse group of composers from 17th-century Europe. Nov. 27, 7:30 pm. University of Idaho Haddock Performance Hall, 709 Deakin Ave. uidaho.edu 3CS COEUR D’ALEERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT The Coeur d’Aleers present their annual choral concert featuring holiday music. Proceeds from the will offering benefit Kootenai County cancer charities. Nov. 28, 2-3:30 pm and Dec. 1, 7-8:30 pm. Free. Trinity Lutheran Church, 812 N. Fifth St. 3cscda.com AN EVENING OF PASSION, NO REGRETS IN THE MORNING The Portland Opera Young Artists perform a musical journey from Puccini to Porter and celebrate the best of opera and musical theater. Nov. 28, 7:30-9 pm. Free. Pullman High School, 510 NW Greyhound Way. music.wsu.edu (509-335-7696) UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO GUITAR ENSEMBLE Students from the guitar program at U of I perform selections for guitar. Nov. 28, 7:30 pm. University of Idaho Haddock Performance Hall, 709 Deakin Ave. uidaho.edu GONZAGA ANNUAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS CONCERT:This performance features the Gonzaga Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and Jazz Choir performing the music from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and Duke Ellington’s arrangement of “Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.” Nov. 30, 7:30-8:45 pm. Free. Myrtle Woldson Per-

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EVENTS | CALENDAR forming Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/music (509-313-2787) AN EVENING OF BLUEGRASS Bluegrass music performed by Nick Dumas, Chris Luquette and Andrew Knapp. Dec. 1, 7 pm. $20. The Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William. thejacklincenter.org

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ELF: THE MUSICAL Once an orphan raised by elves in the North Pole, Buddy travels to New York city. There, he seeks to discover his true identity and save Christmas. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $12-$16. Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. spokanechildrenstheatre.org A SHERLOCK CAROL When a grown-up Tiny Tim asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the peculiar death of Ebenezer Scrooge, the Great Detective must use his tools of deduction to get to the bottom of the crime. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; ThuSat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $15-$38.

Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com TRAVOLTA CHRISTMAS SHOW The grand finale of the Travolta Christmas show featuring the Travolta sisters and Molly Allen performing live music and more. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 5 pm. $35. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdachristmas.com BLIPPI: THE WONDERFUL WORLD TOUR Dance, sing and learn with Blippi and special guest Meekah as they discover what makes different cities unique and special. Nov. 25, 1 pm. $30-$95. First

Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls. firstinterstatecenter.org CIRQUE MUSICA: HOLIDAY WONDERLAND This holiday-themed performance features acrobats, aerialists and holiday music. Nov. 28-29, 7:30 pm. $39-$69.

Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com A CHRISTMAS CAROL Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Nov. 30Dec. 9; Thu-Sat from 7-9 pm. $12. Ferris High School, 3020 E. 37th Ave. ferristheatrearts.com (509-354-6000) SPOKANE SYMPHONY: THE NUTCRACKER BALLET Along with the State Street Ballet and over 70 local dancers, the Spokane Symphony performs Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Nov. 30, 7:30 pm, Dec. 1, 2 pm, Dec. 2, 7:30 pm and Dec. 3, 3 pm. $29-$109. The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.org WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME This play highlights the good and the bad in regard to the U.S. Constitution and explores the effectiveness of the document. Nov. 30-Dec. 3; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. The Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho.edu/class/theatre

VISUAL ARTS 2023 ANNUAL ORNAMENT AND SMALL WORK SHOW This annual holiday show features over 30 participating artists showcasing ornaments and small works.

Nov. 10-Dec. 23; Mon-Fri from 10 am-5 pm, Sat from 10 am-4 pm. Free. Spokane Art School, 503 E. Second Ave., Ste. B. spokaneartschool.net (509-325-1500) 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. Nov. 4-Dec. 24, Thu-Sun from 11 am-6 pm. Free. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com COASTERS This annual sale benefits Embrace Washington by selling artist-designed coasters for $10 each. Nov. 3-30, Wed-Fri from 11 am-5 pm. $10. Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams. tracksidestudio.net KIM LONG, DIANE ROWEN, MICHELE MOKREY: 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 STEPH SAMMONS Sammons’ art depicts mythical creatures, people and animals in a defined, bold style. Daily from 11 am-7 pm through Nov. 30, 11 am-7 pm.

Free. Pottery Place Plus, 203 N. Washington St. potteryplaceplus.com ROBERT LLOYD: TRUTH, JUSTICE AND LOVE This exhibit features the photography and digital images of Robert Lloyd.

Gallery viewing by appointment through

the month of November. Free. Hamilton Studio, 1427 W. Dean Ave. hamiltonstudio.com (509-327-09501) LENORA J. LOPEZ SCHINDLER: THE DOMICILE OF THE TREES A collection of paintings by Lenora J. Lopez Schindler, produced while in a residency at The Hive, inspired by the landscape of Eastern Washington. Fri-Sat from 12-8 pm through Nov. 25. Free. Saranac Art Projects, 25 W. Main Ave. sapgallery.com SLIGHTLY WEST OF SPOKANE ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR This event is a self-guided tour of six artist’s studios in Cheney and Medical Lake. The event also features a silent auction with work from participating artists to benefit the Grey fire victims. Nov. 25, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Cheney Library, 610 First St. slightlywestofspokane.com (509-863-4093) HOLIDAY ARTISTS SHOP Diverse regional artists present their work for sale.

Nov. 30-Dec.3; Thu-Sat from 10 am-5:30 pm, Sun from 10 am-3 pm. Free. Create Arts Center, 900 Fourth. createarts.org

WORDS LORA SENF: THE NIGHTHOUSE KEEPER Local author Lora Senf celebrates the release of her middle-grade horror novel, The Nighthouse Keeper. Nov. 25, 11 am-3 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana Ave. lorasenf.com (509-922-4104) NANOWRIMO WRITE-INS These NaNoWriMo events include writing sprints, prompts and more in order to help you reach your daily and monthly writing goals. Sun from 12:30-4:30 pm through Nov. 26. Free. Coeur d’Alene

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Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315) CAMPFIRE STORIES: TALES FROM OUR PUBLIC LANDS Various local storytellers tell short tales about the public lands.

Nov. 28, 7-9 pm. Free. Wildland Cooperative, 8022 E. Green Bluff Rd. landscouncil.com (509-998-9967) SPEED DATE A FEW BOOKS Find your next great reads, speed-dating style.

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hanksgiving very well may be over by the time you find yourself reading this paper, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to move on from being grateful.

Personally, I’m thankful all year round when it comes to certain products available on the market.

That’s because even though I’ve been writing about cannabis in this section every week since 2019, my tolerance is pretty low — I often buy prerolls for the value, only to cut them open and smoke the flower bit by bit over the course of a week or two. For me, a little goes a long way, and I’ve spent a lot of time looking for products that fit my style.

In the spirit of the season, here are three products that my low tolerance is thankful for.

DEWEY CARIBBEAN CHOCOLATE

Earlier this year I walked into the Vault and asked for

a product with really low THC content. After turning down a few items that hovered around the low-20% range, I settled on a gram of flower that clocked in at a hair over 17%. Pullman-based grower Dewey Cannabis Co.’s indica-dominant strain of Caribbean Chocolate has become my go-to flower. Plus it’s tasty, which is a nice perk when you’re only smoking a tiny amount.

CEDAR CREEK SIMPLE SYRUP

Edibles tend to be easier on me than traditional flower, but they can still get out of hand — “when the edible hits” has become a meme for good reason. That’s why I like products that can be easily broken down into small doses.

Cedar Creek’s 20-milliliter bottle of infused simple syrup packs a 100-milligram punch, but it’s not meant to be thrown back like a shooter.

I’ve had my bottle since April when I bought it for a story about infused mocktails. Putting one drop into a can of sparkling water, or getting creative and making something fancy, and then slowly sipping it down produces a calm, easy buzz.

ZENTOPIA SPARKLING WATER

The science on whether CBD enhances or diminishes the effects of THC is mixed, with some studies suggesting it does one thing while others suggest the opposite.

Personally though, and this may just be placebo at play, I feel that it helps take the anxious edge off of an aggressive high. Which is why I try to keep a can of Zentopia’s 50-milligram CBD sparkling water in my fridge, and it’s easy to keep them stocked as they’re available at grocery stores. No need for an extra trip to a dispensary. n

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