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oung adults are generally advised by their parents and teachers to pursue traditional career paths in various professions or trades. Schools provide the essential skills in reading, writing and math, while teachers and parents provide guidance with regard to job opportunities. The intent is to obtain the necessary education to pursue a specific field, get hired and attain success.

This template works well for many and is ideal for those who have a reasonably clear idea of what they want to do and are passionate about it. It does not work well, however, for those who are unsure about their career aspirations, don’t want to settle on one path or tend to think out-ofthe box.

Josh Neblett, my co-founder at etailz, was a student of mine at Gonzaga in a class titled “Creating New Ventures.” The class exposed him, for the first time, to entrepreneurship and the key elements of starting and growing a company. Up until then, he was planning on joining his father after graduation as financial consultant. He was so taken by the allure of being an entrepreneur that he instead leapt at the chance to take an idea I had presented to class and form a company.

He’s never looked back.

I’ve often wondered what Josh’s career would have been like had he not taken my class. I also feel regret for other would-be entrepreneurs that were never exposed to the world of startups and did not realize that taking an idea, starting a company, forming a team and growing a business was well within their reach.

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ost universities and colleges now offer programs in entrepreneurship.

Yet I think college is too late. First, it excludes the young people who chose not to pursue education after high school. Secondly, the prospect of grooming innovators during their formative middle school and high school years is missed.

I regularly coach my students to start a company, or join a startup — if they are unclear about what they want to do when the “grow up.”

My advice is generally not embraced by parents.

Startups are viewed as risky, with little to no chance of meaningful success. Josh’s parents, for example, only endorsed his decision to start etailz if he agreed to simultaneously purse his MBA. I believe starting or joining a new company is precisely what those who are not pursuing a standard career trajectory should do after college (or high school). My rationale includes: BROAD EXPOSURE. Because employees of successful startups are required to be a “jack of all trades,” new ventures provide exposure to all functional areas — marketing, sales, development, operations, accounting, etc.

IMMEDIATE EXPERIENCE. Employees

of early stage companies are afforded more responsibility and far greater authority to make decisions than counterparts in more mature businesses.

RAPID ASCENSION. As an early employee of a new venture, the potential for multiple promotions as the company grows is significant.

JOB SATISFACTION. Working in a startup can be very fulfilling as the fruits of one’s labor are quickly measurable. This is particularly true for those who are self-motivated, can succeed despite vague job descriptions, are able to juggle multiple tasks and are team players.

BUILD EQUITY. Early employees of startups have the opportunity to generate meaningful capital if the businesses is sold or goes public.

MINIMAL DOWNSIDE. Individuals fresh out of high school or college typically don’t have families to support and mortgages to pay — and if the venture is a failure they have plenty of time to pursue something new. And there is no stigma associated with entrepreneurial failure.

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onger term, entrepreneurs are afforded more flexible work schedules in terms of work hours and vacation time. In addition, they are only beholden to themselves — not to a specific industry, employer or company. This sense of freedom is the ultimate luxury.

Accordingly, I advocate for dedicated high school curriculums on the topic of entrepreneurship. The first objective is to introduce the notion of starting and running a company vs. going to work for someone else — and the lifestyle pros and cons of each. This alone, I suspect, would inspire many young people to consider becoming an entrepreneur and adds credibility to this career alternative.

The second objective is to teach the specific skills required to vet a new product or service, evaluate a market, establish profitable pricing, hiring and managing teams, raising capital, establishing budgets and monitoring performance.

Keep in mind entrepreneurial dreams come in many different flavors. Some aspire to form the next FAANG company, others desire to establish a clothing brand, socially responsible not-for-profit, a juice bar, etc. Neither objective is better than the other. They are equally fulfilling and valuable to the economy.

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COMMENT | POLITICS

What’s in a Name?

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The intersection of identity, baby names and the outrage machine

BY ZACH HAGADONE

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ometimes it’s nice to take a break from raging against the various global calamities we face and aim the outrage machine at a random individual. In the waning days of November it was Traci Redford, of El Paso, Texas, who was openly mocked by a couple of Southwest Airlines ticketing agents at John Wayne International for naming her daughter Abcde.

Pronounced “ab-city,” the 5-year-old girl was alternately pitied for her “stupid” name and being born at

all to such a mother. (The outrage machine didn’t exert much force against the father, who was jokingly referred to by many as “Lmnop.”) Making matters worse, Redford had the nerve to be offended and demanded an apology, which the airline promptly proffered.

No matter, the consensus was outrage that anyone who would name their kid Abcde felt the right to be outraged. First, what did she think was going to happen with such a ludicrous name; and, second, of course she was outraged because everybody is outraged at everything these days and that’s outrageous.

The story was perfect stimulus for the American

amygdala, which lights up like a California wildfire whenever someone performs some low-stakes stupidity that allows us to freight their foible with whatever cultural, social or political beef we’re ravenous to dine on.

I’ll admit, my first reaction to this story was out of all proportion to the significance of the event. I was enraged at every aspect of the thing, and happily so.

Then I remembered a Boise Weekly editor’s note I wrote in January 2015 referring to my then-newborn daughter, who my wife and I named Eleanor. No other such missive generated as much reader feedback. I received emails and handwritten letters thanking me for bestowing on my children — John and Eleanor — “normal” names. Shot through these grateful effusions was relief that I was upholding tradition. These were good AngloSaxon names uninfected by postmodern narcissism, multiculturalism or any other squishiness that might suggest I thought society should confront my children’s uniqueness from the moment of introduction.

I was taken aback. My kids were recruited to serve in some epic cultural struggle to beat back a tide of silly names that represented silly people with silly ideas.

Names project social and economic class, ethnicity, regional identity and cultural power. According to research published 10 years ago in the Journal of Managerial Psychology, so-called “common” names were unsurprisingly more liked and thus more likely to be hired, and the study recommended that managers avoid this bias by leaving names off resumes during screening. Researchers went the extra step of suggesting that “when selecting, parents may want to reconsider choosing something distinctive.”

Fair enough, a common criticism of “stupid” names is that it’s impossible to imagine a President Jayden or Nevaeh — the most hated boy and girl names, respectively, according to a 2011 survey by Baby Name Wizard. Yet it certainly doesn’t take too much historical memory to recall the thinly veiled racist hay that was made of President Barack Hussein Obama’s name or the snide attempt to deflate Donald Trump’s ego by referring to him by his German ancestors’ spelling of the surname Drumpf.

Though 23 or so kids were named Abcde every year between 1990 and 2014, when Vocativ crunched the numbers, it’s still an extreme outlier. The odds of a President Jayden or Nevaeh are slightly better, but still more likely to be overtaken by a Jacob or Michael or Emma or Emily, which most consistently ranked among the Social Security Administration’s top five boy and girl names from the years 1995 to 2017.

Let’s be honest, though: It doesn’t matter except to the outrage machine, which gives us all a bad name. n Zach Hagadone is a former co-publisher/owner of the Sandpoint Reader, former editor of Boise Weekly and a current grad student at Washington State University.

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ers” and assorted right-wing zealots moving into Idaho (“A Very North Idaho Neighborhood Culture War Christmas,” 11/29/18). Think about it. They moved to Idaho: a politiLETTERS cally weak and marginal state where Send comments to they have near-zero influence on editor@inlander.com. national politics and, in the process, abandoned their posts on the front lines in states like California that have the preponderant influence on national elections and social issues… and turned formerly red-state California into deep indigo blue. Nice job, folks! Chess anyone?

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Readers respond to an Inlander article about local bars’ attempts to defuse altercations with the “Proud Boys” before they begin (11/29/2018):

DOECELYN KNEESHAW: [Proud Boys are] the new age SS. It’s not “a drinking group,” it’s a hate movement.

ELIZA PISTON: This is depressing.

I knew it was coming. Spokane is ultra-conservative. Not at all surprising. But depressing and sad. I love Neato.

Too proud of the owners.

JAMIE STORM: Proud Boys are a bunch of insecure, blithering idiots. Hats off to the Observatory management.

DENA DIXON: So what we know is in Spokane bars, MAGA hats trigger people to want to harm others.

Yikes. Get a grip bar folk.

TERRY NICHOLS: So, most reasonable Americans aren’t really proud of Trump. The only thing Trump does is piss off liberals while he is burning America to the ground with his ignorance, and that is really what silly groups like “Proud Boys” and “Patriot Prayer” celebrate, nothing more.

STEPHEN CORROW: So instead of blaming the people who want to attack the “Proud Boys” because of their opinions, we are blaming this chapter of Proud Boys, who so far, have not done anything wrong… isn’t that kind of like blaming the victim? n

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Dashed Hopes Why a MacArthur grant-funded project to reduce crowding inside the Spokane County Jail hit a dead end

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he idea, while simple, was to be transformative: A custom-developed computer algorithm would help judges decide which inmates really needed to stay inside the Spokane County Jail and which ones could be cut loose while their cases worked their way through the system.

The “risk assessment tool” — largely funded by the high-profile $1.75 million MacArthur Foundation grant that Spokane County received in 2016 — was supposed to help reduce crowding inside the county jail.

But it didn’t work as expected.

And now, following a series of setbacks, the tool has been abandoned, and officials are looking to an alternative program to replace the stalled project.

“That was the big piece of our MacArthur [funded] project,” Spokane Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno says. “We had great hopes for it.”

In early 2016, Spokane County commissioners awarded Zachary Hamilton, an associate professor of criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University, a $70,000 contract to build the assessment software from scratch.

Hamilton’s program, known as the Spokane Assessment for Evaluation of Risk (SAFER), was pitched as a way to help lower the number of inmates held in county detention facilities in concert with other grant-funded ...continued on next page

An effort to cut the inmate population at the Spokane County Jail has hit a snag.

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initiatives — such as a reminding defendants of their court dates through text messages and adding staff to the Spokane County Pre-trial Services division.

The program was also intended to reduce judges’ reliance on money bonds, which critics argue unnecessarily detain poor defendants who otherwise would show up to court and pose no risk to the community if released.

“The concept was that there were a portion of the individuals that were being detained that didn’t need to be and in order to reduce that jail population we wanted to implement a risk assessment,” Hamilton tells the Inlander.

But the tool, which was first tested at the end of 2016, was hobbled by technical difficulties and logistical headaches.

And the county jail inmate population — the majority of whom are pretrial defendants — hasn’t budged substantially, according to data provided

by John McGrath, director of Spokane County Detention Services.

“I think the perception is that there have been too many hiccups thus far,” Hamilton says. “It was just a heavier lift than Spokane was willing to bear.”

ity, drug use and mental health when assessing their risk (in addition to traditional factors such as their history of failing to appear in court) through an intake interview conducted by county pretrial services staff. SAFER was supposed to be a more accurate tool because it included more nuanced information beyond someone’s criminal history.

“I think the perception is that there have been too many hiccups thus far. It was just a heavier lift than Spokane was willing to bear.”

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ccording to Hamilton, SAFER was designed to be holistic, in that it assessed factors such as defendants’ housing stabil-

However, it ran into issues as it was tested.

There were delays getting the tool developed due to staff turnover at the firm contracted by Hamilton to help write the program, and technical issues with how risk scores displayed on monitors. Then there were problems getting the software to automatically sync with criminal history data from the state’s administrative office of the court, which increased the workload on staff at the county pretrial services office, who had to manually search state databases.

Cheryl Tofsrud, manager of Spokane County Pre-trial Services, says that syncing SAFER to state-level data was crucial for the tool to be logistically feasible. Without quick access, her staff

had to look up defendants’ criminal histories manually, adding labor to a process that already required a lengthy interview. And while her department received grant funding for six new positions to help run SAFER (along with other new services), the workload was unrealistic for the five they ended up hiring, she says.

“What was thought to be something of a time saver for staff [actually] wasn’t,” Tofsrud says. “That just didn’t play out.”

To compensate, Hamilton developed a simpler version of the tool known as SAFER Lite while technical issues and access to the state data was addressed. The new version was first tested in March and was used and tinkered with for the next few months.

But then, another snag: In late May, there was turnover in the county pretrial services department among the employees hired to run the new program. That prompted Tofsrud to suspend usage of the algorithm. “That was the decision that needed to be made because we did not have the staff to adopt any risk assessment tool at that point,” she says.

“They took the tool offline. We were kind of radio silent at that point,” Hamilton says. “I think the story is we couldn’t get it done because of the slow gears of government.”

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t that point, stakeholders were eager to ditch the SAFER project and pursue a more conventional, pre-made risk assessment designed by the Arnold Foundation known as the Public Safety Assessment (PSA). This tool — which the foundation has made available to interested jurisdictions free of charge — requires no interview and looks at fewer factors, such as the defendant’s’ criminal history, their age and history of failing to appear in court.

“We decided that it would benefit all of us to move forward with a risk tool that we could quickly and effectively implement,” says Maggie Yates, Spokane County’s law and justice administrator.

“We didn’t abandon SAFER lightly,” Judge Moreno says. “We held on until we realized we weren’t doing a service to the community and we just needed to move on.”

Breean Beggs, a Spokane City Council member and criminal justice reform advocate, argues that, in hindsight, the county shouldn’t have invested as much time and energy in a LETTERS single project. “I think the Send comments to expectations were too high editor@inlander.com. [among] people that, somehow, with a very precise scientific tool, we’d be able to reduce the jail population,” he says.

According to Yates, roughly $600,000 in grant funds was spent on adding staff at the county’s pretrial services division to both implement SAFER and other new services. Another $150,000 was budgeted for developing and implementing SAFER, though not all of that has been spent, Yates says.

Yates adds that the county plans to implement the new tool within six to eight months, and that it won’t require significant additional costs since no additional staffing or development is required.

However, the PSA also comes with its critics, who argue that the tool may exacerbate racial bias since its algorithm looks at a more limited range of factors — such as criminal history — and how that may result in demographics already disproportionately represented in the justice system scoring as higher risk and, therefore, getting locked up.

Hamilton claims that the PSA won’t be as “accurate” as his tool. “I don’t know how well it will perform,” he says, adding that the county has “moved on” without him.

While acknowledging the concerns, Yates says that it’s “ambitious but realistic” that Spokane County will see substantial reductions in the jail population after the PSA is implemented along with the other reform efforts. She points to Yakima County, which successfully implemented the PSA in 2016 with the help of a Pretrial Justice Institute grant and saw reductions in racial disparities in its pretrial jail population.

“I’m hopeful that we will make a dent in our jail population in a safe and responsible manner,” Yates says. n joshk@inlander.com

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SEEDS OF CHANGE Last week, the Spokane Public Schools board unanimously passed a new SEXUAL EDUCATION curriculum for ninth graders to begin this year. But the decision won’t necessarily end the long-running controversy surrounding sexual education locally. Now, Spokane needs to get to work on updating its sex ed for middle and elementary school. And other districts around the state are just starting to think about aligning their sex ed with state standards. “I honestly think districts have been waiting to find a way through this, because it’s going to be a challenge for the vast majority of districts,” says Heather Bybee, director of K-12 curriculum for Spokane Public Schools. “I’ll be curious to see how many phone calls Spokane receives from other districts.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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LOCAL VS. STATE Al French, along with the two other members of the Spokane County Board of Commissioners, voted last week to sue the state of Washington — technically, they’d be joining a coming LAWSUIT from the Washington Association of Counties — over a law that will expand the commission to five members and have them all elected by district, rather than by the county as a whole. French, prior to the vote, said that the new law is unconstitutional and goes against the will of voters, referring to a failed 2015 ballot measure to expand the County Commission. Later, in an interview with the Inlander, French dismissed the idea that he was trying to protect his own job. This past election cycle, French lost the primary vote (which is done by district) while he easily won the general election (which is decided countywide). (JOSH KELETY)

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UNCIVIL WAR Jeremy Morris — the subject of last week’s Inlander cover story — has received international headlines for emerging victorious in his legal war against his homeowners association over his Christmas display. But less attention has been paid to the moment last year when Morris held a fake book burning, calling a Coeur d’Alene School Board trustee a “book-burner” and an anti-Christian “bigot” after the trustee made some Facebook comments in favor of removing CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS. Morris argued that removing Confederate monuments was tantamount to censoring history and was a slippery slope to removing monuments celebrating slave-owners like Washington and Jefferson. Yet historians have pointed out that many of these monuments were put up not just as a celebration of the soldiers who fought against America, but also as part of a successful campaign to rewrite history to downplay the horrors of slavery. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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two-thirds majority vote in chambers of the state Legislature. But both Strachan and Harrell say they’ve received commitments from the majority and minority caucuses in both the House and Senate that their members will approve the bill.

“We feel really good about it,” Harrell says. “We are following the will of the people.” (JOSH KELETY)

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What’s next for Initiative 940?

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fter voters approved Initiative 940 — a ballot measure that will make it easier to prosecute cops who use DEADLY FORCE — last month with 60 percent of the vote, stakeholders now want to alter the measure during the upcoming legislative session.

Prior to the initiative’s passage, state law required that prosecutors prove that officers acted with “malice” to hold them criminally liable, a standard that critics argued was impossible to meet. I-940 removed that standard.

After submitting I-940 to the Legislature, police reform activists agreed with law enforcement representatives on a bill that would alter the language of the ballot measure. Lawmakers subsequently approved both the initiative and the bill altering it at the end of the 2018 legislative session to keep the measure off the ballot. But, prompted by litigation, the state Supreme Court eventually ruled that I-940 had to go before voters.

According to proponents, the intent of the after-thefact revisions is to make the changes that stakeholders had already agreed to prior to I-940’s passage. “It’s the agreement that we already came to at the end of last legislative session,” says Monisha Harrell, a representative

The state Supreme Court ruled that I-940 had to go on November’s ballot, despite backers striking a compromise with lawmakers last session. of De-Escalate Washington (the group that pushed I-940).

Specifically, the bill would alter the new standard that cops will be held to by requiring that prosecutors discern whether a reasonable officer would’ve deemed deadly force necessary to prevent serious injury or death to police or others in the same scenario.

“We’re solidly behind it,” Steve Strachan, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, says of the changes. “It’s making the standard simpler and more understandable.”

Amending a voter-approved ballot initiative requires a

The Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to hear an Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) challenge to voter-approved statewide MEDICAID EXPANSION this January.

In November, voters approved Proposition 2 by more than 60 percent, signing off on Medicaid expansion in the state, which opted out of the expansion when the Affordable Care Act first took effect.

The measure is intended to close a health care gap for more than 60,000 low-income Idahoans who right now actually make too little money to qualify for subsidies, but too much to qualify for pre-expansion Medicaid.

Brent Regan, a Kootenai County conservative and chairman of the libertarian IFF, is plaintiff in the case against Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney. He says the measure could put Idaho at financial risk if the federal government ever decides to reduce its reimbursement levels for Medicaid and Idaho doesn’t like the changes.

“Once you’re signed up for the expansion, it’s like Hotel California, you can’t leave,” Regan says. “Unless we do what the federal government says, not only do we lose funding for the expansion but for all Medicaid funding.”

The challenge also questions the use of the phrase “take all actions necessary” in reference to implementing the measure, claiming it potentially unconstitutionally

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hands too much power to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The phrase is used in other Idaho statutes.

“Proposition 2 has some very broad and sweeping language in it,” Regan says. “It directs the executive to do certain things basically by any means necessary.” (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

READ THEIR LIPS: NEW TAXES

It’s a risky move for a political candidate to propose NEW PROPERTY TAXES the year they’re running for office. But mayoral candidate Ben Stuckart — and potential City Council president candidate Breean Beggs — have both thrown their support behind sending a property tax levy to the voters intending to pay for new police officers and to maintain the current number of firefighters in the city.

For the last few years, the increasing amount of sales tax revenue from the recovering economy has allowed the city to make modest investments into improving public safety. But in the last few months, Stuckart says, that growth has begun to flatline. Not only that, but a 2016 grant that paid for 48 new firefighters starts to run out next fall.

By putting a measure on the February special election ballot, Beggs and Stuckart argue, they’d give voters a chance to consider whether they want to pay a higher property tax rate in order to pay for the salaries of 30 firefighters and 20 additional police officers.

“I think the citizens need to have a voice,” Stuckart says. He says that because the city doesn’t have enough property crime detectives, victims sometimes don’t get called back even when they have a reasonable suspicion about who the suspect is.

Beggs says he insisted that the city also be allowed to use that money for the sort of criminal justice reform measures — like supervising criminals or providing them with services — that could reduce crime in the long run.

“It’s not enough to simply arrest people,” Beggs says.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

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Pushing out Plastic Some Washington lawmakers plan to give plastic bags the boot in favor of reusables

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s Democratic lawmakers and activists look to deliver big wins for the environment during the upcoming 2019 legislative session, one major push will be to pass a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.

“We have a growing load of plastic pollution that we’re seeing in our rivers and lakes, as well as our oceans,” explains Heather Trim, executive director for Zero Waste Washington, which works to combat climate change and pollution through legislation. “We see addressing plastic bags as a great solution.”

On top of littering land and water, the familiar thin “T-shirt”-shaped bags can also clog up recycling center equipment and city storm drains, Trim says, making them an easy target as people push to curtail plastic use.

Lawmakers haven’t yet prefiled bills detailing the bag ban, which proponents are also calling the “Reusable Bag Bill,” but the basic outline is this: Grocery and retail stores would no longer be allowed to give out plastic bags or paper bags, except for the small plastic and paper bags used for produce, meat and things like prescriptions.

Larger paper bags could be sold for 10 cents each, and stores would keep that fee to offset the costs. The fee is also the main incentive for consumers to bring their own reusable bags, though it wouldn’t be charged to low-income people buying groceries with government assistance.

The legislation is largely based on bans passed in nearly two dozen jurisdictions around the state, Trim says.

People seem to have embraced those city rules pretty well, says Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, who was on the Edmonds City Council when it became the first in the state to ban plastic bags in 2009.

“It’s definitely a pollutant that we’re seeing is present in our rivers and freshwater.”

A statewide rule could create more consistency for business owners and help address other issues with plastic, which is why Peterson plans to sponsor the bill in the House. Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, plans to introduce the Senate version. The legislative session starts Jan. 14.

“As we’ve seen with now nearly two dozen municipalities around the state implementing this, 1) I think it’s effective, 2) I think people have embraced it,” Peterson says, “and probably most importantly, 3) we see the continuing buildup of plastics in our environment as

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It’s incredibly common to find plastic grocery bags like this one littering the shore of the Spokane River, says Riverkeeper Jerry White. well as the effect of these plastics on our recycling stream and waste stream, and the costs involved. This is a great opportunity for Washington state to step up and do the right thing.”

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ut not everyone is a fan. Critics point to the fact that thin plastic bags are much less energy intensive to create and transport, and are often reused as garbage can liners. To offset the potential climate impacts of, say, growing cotton and transporting the heavier material, cotton reusable bags need to be used about 50 to 175 times to equate with a plastic bag that’s reused for garbage, according to Danish and British government studies released in 2018 and 2011 respectively.

There’s more to that picture though, Trim and Peterson argue, as the studies leave out other considerations such as the costs of pervasive plastic Riverkeeper Jerry White pollution in the environment and contamination for recyclers.

In the Inland Northwest, plastic made up a huge portion of the 15,000 pounds of riverside litter that volunteers removed from the Spokane River this year, says Spokane Riverkeeper Jerry White. While that’s certainly not all from plastic bags, it’s routine, he says, to find the bags caught in willows, brush and along the shore.

“Plastic is a massive emerging pollutant of concern,” White says. “And it’s no longer just really something we’re worried about in our oceans, it’s definitely a pollutant that we’re seeing is present in our rivers and freshwater.”

While the extent of plastic pollution in freshwater fish is far less studied than in marine life, a 2017 study by Isaac Caruso, a Spokane high school student at the time, found microplastics in 66 percent of the 33 mountain whitefish he sampled from the Spokane River.

Also, the most popular reusable bags, made from

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plastic fabric, are far less energy intensive than cotton, needing only about 15 uses to match a single-use bag.

Trim says reusable bags can often replace more than one plastic bag and last years.

“I have bags I’ve used for 30 years and I love,” Trim says. “The bags hold a lot more groceries than little plastic bags that rip.”

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otably, grocery stores are largely embracing the bans.

Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer and QFC, plans to phase out plastic bags at all of its stores by 2025, with Puget Sound stores up first. The company doesn’t yet know when the bags will be eliminated in the Inland Northwest.

The Northwest Grocery Association, which represents those stores and other large chains like Safeway, Albertson’s and Costco, supports the bag ban, says spokesperson Holly Chisa.

The Washington Food Industry Association, representing smaller grocery chains like Rosauers and Yoke’s Fresh Markets, appears likely to support the legislation, as long as it also includes a consumer education campaign, says Jan Gee, the association’s president and CEO. “Where we’ve had local bans previously, our clerks have had a lot of backlash,” Gee says. “It’s not their fault, they’re just doing their job collecting the fee and informing the public the plastic bags are banned.”

The grocers also want customers to be aware of cross-contamination risks, Gee says, making sure they wash reusable bags regularly and mark which ones they use for meat and vegetables, keeping them seperate.

“We’re very concerned about the cleanliness of the reusable bags,” Gee says. “Because the public, they’re not as aware of food-safety issues as our grocers are.”

Another major concern is that reusable bags have sometimes increased shoplifting, Gee says, as people put things in their own bags and walk out without paying.

“Seems like every time you find a solution to one problem you create another one,” she says. n samanthaw@inlander.com

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16-year-old who refuses to be sent outside of the state. An intellectually disabled 10-year-old who can’t find a home. A 9-year-old child who lived in a behavior rehabilitation facility that closed.

All of these are foster children who the state of Washington temporarily placed in hotels or offices because it couldn’t find any other place to put them, according to a new report from the Washington Family and Children’s Ombuds, which independently oversees the state’s foster care system.

From Sept. 1, 2017, until Aug. 31, 2018, nearly 200 foster children spent a total of 1,090 nights in a hotel or office, the report shows. It’s a practice that’s occurring more frequently since 2015, when there were just 120 nights that kids spent in hotels.

“Historically, it’s been a King County and Snohomish County issue,” says Patrick Dowd, director of the Washington Family and Children’s Ombuds.

But that’s changed.

While the majority of so-called “placement exceptions” occur in the west side, data from the

state Department of Children, Youth and Families shows 22 hotel stays in Eastern Washington in 2018. For comparison, there were only four in 2017 and zero the prior two years. Each hotel stay costs about $2,100 per night, as two social workers and sometimes a security guard supervise the child.

State LETTERS officials and Send comments to others involved editor@inlander.com. in foster care system say it’s representative of how overburdened the system has become, as a shortage of foster parents and available beds cannot handle the influx of children entering the system.

“We’re at a critical mass,” says Mary McGauhey, director of nonprofit Foster Parents Association of Washington State. “We need to have more foster placements and more foster homes available.”

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riven in part by the opioid crisis, children are entering the foster care system in Washington at an alarming rate. But

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This has resulted in some kids falling through the cracks.

They might be sent to a facility out of state, or they might stay in a hotel until a caregiver can be found. Sometimes it can be both.

The 16-year-old who refused to be sent out of state ended up staying more than two months in a hotel before being sent to an out-of-state group care facility anyway, according to the Washington Family and Children’s Ombuds report. At least six kids who stayed in hotels have been sent to out-of-state group care facilities. Some of the children had a history of poor behavior at other foster care placements.

“They have no other option. They’re between a rock and a hard place.”

The state Department of Children Youth and Families, in charge of the foster care system, says children are placed in hotels only when there has been an unsuccessful attempt to locate a relative, licensed foster care facility or another suitable person to take care of the child.

For most children, a hotel stay is not a long-term solution.

The Washington Family and Children’s Ombuds report says just 31 children make up 65 percent of all hotel/office stays. Still, the experience can be jarring for children.

“Some kids are relieved that they have a safe space to be,” McGauhey says. “But most of the time they’re confused and unsure of where they’re going to be. They feel like they’re left out.”

McGauhey says, ideally, there would be enough foster homes and the state would not have to place kids in hotels or ship them out of state. But that’s not the case.

“They have no other option,” she says. “They’re between a rock and a hard place.”

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or Dowd, the shortage of foster placements is “perhaps the single greatest challenge” facing the newly established Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). And the increasing hotel stays for children indicates that the problem isn’t getting any better.

“It really underscores, in my view, a gap in our placement resources,” Dowd says.

It’s not just volunteer foster parents, he says. Rather, he argues the state should recruit, train and compensate professional therapeutic foster parents. These are parents who would devote their full attention to children with high needs, but the children would be in a family-like setting. He adds that the state should invest in providing mental health services for children at an earlier age.

The DCYF is working to solve the problem of hotel stays, says spokeswoman Debra Johnson.

“There is a plan in place that will hopefully turn the tide on hotel stays in the coming year, if not sooner,” Johnson says.

In the department’s budget request for the coming state legislative session, DCYF is asking for money that would be put toward increasing rates for behavioral rehabilitation services so those facilities can have more well-trained staff and more beds.

And then DCYF wants to have therapeutic foster parents so that children step down from group care to a family setting. Johnson says DCYF wants to “change the narrative” of child welfare in the state of Washington.

But most of that work can only be done if the state Legislature invests in DCYF, she says.

As the issue of children sleeping in hotels grows in Washington, Dowd says he’s disappointed the problem hasn’t been addressed by state leaders yet. It’s been the focus of his annual report for four years, he says.

“I remember the first year I documented and reported this, I was really alarmed,” Dowd says. “I thought this would be solved.

I thought, ‘certainly the Legislature and stakeholders won’t stand for children sleeping in hotels.’” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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poiling tendencies are ripe this time of year for pet parents, too. Of course it’s imperative your kitties and doggos aren’t left without a holiday gift. Last year, for example — and this might be a bit extreme; she’s an only child cat — not only did my Dellie get a Sleepypod carrier-bed hybrid ($190), she also sort of got her own matching (and also spendy) ottoman to our midcentury-style sofa, which we’ve since affectionately and appropriately named “Dellie’s Throne.” I make sure to set it up in front of our big picture window each day with the aforementioned Sleepypod (highly recommended item for travel-frequent pets) on top so she can survey the neighborhood and talk to the birds. This year, we’re not sure how to top either of those “gifts,” but for other pet parents out there, this list is a pretty good start.

ELEVATED PET BED (A) A year-round upgrade to your pup’s snooze spot, this elevated bed from Aspen Pet products situates dogs off the floor, keeping them warmer in drafty cold weather and cooler during hot summer temps. With a durable frame and a “chew-resistant,” moisture-resistant fabric covering over the top, the bed can be used indoors and out, and is of course customized with soft bedding, blankets and other cozy things on top. Staff at Duncan’s, the Coeur d’Alene pet shop that celebrated its 35th anniversary this year, recommend and use this product for their own furry pals. The store regularly stocks the brand’s large size (32-by-43 inches) bed but can order in other smaller dimensions at customers’ requests. $72 • Duncan’s Pet Shop • 1302 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene FELTED WOOL TOYS (B) Got a dog who just won’t stop eating the stuffing from its toys or a cat who thinks everything is meant to be ingested? These all-natural, 100-percent felted wool toys from the brand Lollycadoodle are highly recommended by the Urban Canine staff, who shared with us that both cats and dogs can digest sheeps’ wool if accidentally (or intentionally) eaten. With a ton of

choices for cats and dogs both, including little mushrooms, mice, fish, manta rays and snakes, these toys are colorful and durable, even when playing tugof-war with your pup. Kitties can get an extra kick with a dousing of dried catnip. $10-$15 • The Urban Canine • 2915 E. 29th and 6320 N. Ash

VITAL ESSENTIALS FREEZE-DRIED TREATS (C) So I’m convinced these are addictive, at least for my Dellie cat, who is so hopelessly obsessed with the brand’s freeze-dried minnows (for both cats and dogs) her rabid feed-me freak outs are so frantic I can barely get the bag open fast enough during treat time. Fair warning to fellow pet owners: These tiny dead fish don’t smell great. There are plenty of equally grosssounding options for pets of different preferences; Vital Essentials’ bagged treat line includes beef tripe, chicken hearts, bully sticks, rabbit ears and turkey fries. Prairie Dog also sells other nutrient-rich, freeze-dried treats from Vital Essentials in a bulk “raw bar” that pets can’t resist — once their humans stop gagging — like duck heads, pig snouts, salmon skins and turkey necks. Nothing says merry Christmas like a dead duck head, amiright? $1-$10 • Prairie Dog Pet Mercantile • 1206 W. Summit Pkwy. and 5608 S. Regal, Suite 100 CHURU LICKABLE CAT TREATS (D) Plenty of cats love yogurt, and this is sort of like kitties’ own yogurt-on-thego treat due to both its packaging and creamy consistency. Best of all, this product first made popular in Japan is finally available in Spokane. With appetizing flavors like chicken with crab, tuna with scallop and chicken with cheese, “Churus” are designed to be slowly squeezed out of the tube while your kitty licks away. In all seriousness, this cat treat is a viral trend I first learned about on my mostly cat-filled Instagram feed. Each package comes with four individual tubes, which I usually split into two servings to avoid upset or overfeeding, keeping the leftovers in the refrigerator for a day or two. $3/package • The Yuppy Puppy • 830 W. Sprague and 9511 N. Newport Hwy. n

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PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE GIFTS

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LOCAL SPORTS FANS

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THE FAMILY BARTENDER

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Gift Guide

Gifts for

The Instagram Obsessed

By Chey Scott

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nstagram addicts usually take one of two forms. First are “Passive Instagrammers,” the type who mostly follow, like and comment on all their favorite fashion, lifestyle and food accounts’ feeds. “Instagram Influencers,” on the other hand, are these beauty, fashion and mommy bloggers, makers, artists and otherwise picture-perfect photo posters (we see you, Joanna Gaines and A Beautiful Mess sisters) who get paid to make the rest of us “normal” folk feel/look bad. Sometimes, though, you’ll encounter combinations of the two, as any “influencer” knows he/she/they should also interact with their thousands of followers just as well as their competitors and other like-minded social media superstars to keep their own profile on point. No matter the Instagram “type” on your list, the gifts here are perfectly fitting for all of the above. #handmade #shoplocal #instamood

KANI BEAUTY BLACK MAGIC CHARCOAL DETOX MASK (A) A girl’s (or guy’s) gotta have her skincare game #onpoint for all those selfies and #OOTD posts. Kani Botanicals is an all-natural, organic and vegan beauty line made right here in Spokane by founder Stephanie Guerra, and any of its products can help keep an active Instagrammer fresh-faced and glowing. Kani’s Black Magic detoxifying clay mask, made with activated charcoal, is a godsend for drawing out dirt, oil and other impurities and is gentle enough for all skin types. It comes in powdered form, keeping it fresher and active longer than a traditional wet mask. Just add water, aloe or even pineapple juice, then mix, apply, wait, rinse and voila! $28 • Buy at kanibotanicals.com or the Pop Up Shop • 159 S. Lincoln

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INLAND PACIFIC KITCHEN GIFT CARD (B) “First, we take photos” is the unofficial mantra of any food blogger. And getting a perfectly pretty #foodporn shot takes more than just a decent smartphone camera, it also requires plates both tasty and visually stunning. With the dozens of locally owned, chef-driven restaurants around the Northwest opening in recent years, options to find Instagram-perfected menus are nearly endless. (We’re talking food so pretty even a toddler could take decent phone pics with no help.) As we shared in this year’s Inlander Dining Out guide, some of the prettiest plates in town can be captured and savored at the experimental upscale eatery Inland Pacific Kitchen, inside the historic Washington Cracker Co. Building. Get your favorite foodie a gift card to experience and document this esteemed culinary establishment by calling or stopping by in person. We recommend aiming for $50-$100 to allow for variety, sharing and a few gorgeous cocktails. Any amount • Inland Pacific Kitchen • 304 W. Pacific Ave.

INSTAX SQUARE SQ6 CAMERA (C) Go totally analog (the 1990s are so hot right now with millennials; they’re even using filters to add those annoying date-stamps, a la crappy disposable cameras!) with Fuji’s Instax Square camera, which offers tons of custom-capture features to create instant photo prints. The Instax, and other similar models on the market by other brands, are essentially updated versions of now-vintage instant cameras that spit out those small square prints you’d wave around in the air to activate the ink. With this updated tech, square-shaped photos print out immediately after

hitting the shutter button, and feature a heavy white border frame and that totally desirable washed out, over-saturated color look. The Instax also has a filtered color flash, doubleexposure, macro and landscape modes and — wait for it — a selfie mirror! Avid Instagrammers who can’t bear to let a photo go unpublished and unliked can get super #meta and take digital photos of these physical printouts to share on their feeds/ stories. $130 MSRP • Order online (Best Buy, Amazon); specs at instax.com

OVERSIZED COFFEE MUG (D) Inspire your Instagrammer to show the world how #hygge they can be as they live their best #cozylife with a perfectly posed coffee-drinking still life. We all know the exact photo I’m talking about. Sometimes, it’s a breakfast-in-bed, #iwokeuplikethis setting, with intentionally rumpled crisp white bedding in the background and a nice wood tray with a half-eaten piece of avocado toast slightly blurred in the background. Then there’s the fireplace + hot cocoa and cozy socks pose: feet up on the white painted brick hearth, maybe some natural (never artificial) evergreen boughs draping down from the mantle in the photo’s edge. Also required: lots of whipped cream, marshmallows or a candy cane peeking out of that #adorbs mug. Any oversized mug will do — florals, minimalist pastels, sassy phrases and geometric patterns are all winners — but may we also suggest this pretty option from a delightfully curated (read: very Instagramworthy) local boutique? $10 • Lucky Vintage and Pretty Things • 1406 S. Inland Empire Way n

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rom spending all their free time enjoying the great outdoors, to trying to reduce harmful impacts and pollution in their day-to-day lives, tree huggers appreciate your extra effort in finding gifts that keep Mother Nature in mind. It doesn’t all have to be patchouli-scented candles and incense: There are plenty of ways to help your humble hippies enjoy the world around them while keeping water and plastic pollution to a minimum.

LIVING EARTH NATURALS BODY CARE (A) With a variety of uniquely scented body soaps and lotions, Post Falls-based Living Earth Naturals makes a variety of bathroom products that are organic, made from sustainably sourced materials and even packaged in materials meant to be biodegradable or recyclable.

From frankincense-fir and anise-orange bars of soap, to lavender-ylang ylang lotion bars, they’ve got delicious smelling products to keep your hippie smelling awesome. $7-$10 • Living Earth Naturals • Kootenai County Farmers’ Market or livingearthnaturals.com

PENDLETON THROW (B) Get a twofer in supporting local with a Pendleton Throw,

perfect for taking along on a hike or trip to the beach, or cuddling up with on the couch on a winter day. The Pacific Northwest company uses virgin wool and cotton for their products, made here in the USA. $100-$179 • Intrigue Accents for Home Living • 220 W. Third St., Moscow

HAMMOCK (C) Snag a hammock strong enough to support two that your tree hugger can use to enjoy the forest for the trees. The Rambler Double Travel Hammock by Texsport can be found locally and comes with its own carrying case. $27 • The General Store • 2424 N. Division STASHER REUSABLE BAGS (D) One of the biggest ways that we create waste on a dayto-day basis is through the use of disposable packaging, whether that’s a baggie used to buy vegetables at the grocery store or resealable bags we put our sandwiches in for lunch. Stasher’s silicone bags are plastic-free, washable and can even be used to cook if you want to try your hand at the sous-vide technique. Available in single or multipacks. $10-$60 • Stasher • stasherbag.com n

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FOREST FAERIE SPRINKLES (A) Spices and herbs add beautiful notes of flavor and color to dishes, as your expert chef knows all too well. But how often do they add edible flowers? This beautiful mix of colorful, edible petals and flowers can help your chef practice their TV-ready plating as they add it to desserts or savory dishes. Plus, at a super affordable price, there’s no reason this mix shouldn’t become a staple in every fancy kitchen. Bring out the tweezers and artistry! $6 • Wandering Lemurian Herbs at Pop Up Shop • 159 S. Lincoln SALT PLATE (B) Everyone knows salt is an essential seasoning, but not

everyone has a huge block of it that they can actually cook their food on. Highly versatile, a salt block or plate can be heated and used to cook steaks, fish, vegetables and more, or it can be frozen and used to serve tasty desserts like salted caramel apples. $50 • The Kitchen Engine • Flour Mill, 621 W. Mallon #416

DECORATIVE BOARD (C) A major step up from your everyday cutting board, your chef can use this stylish piece of wood as a beautiful plating tray for charcuterie or their most recent batch of bite-sized appetizers. $32 • Ampersand Oil & Vinegar Taphouse • 519 S. Main St., Moscow

SPICE MIXES (D) Let’s be real. While your chef likely creates their own spice mixes, it’s also nice sometimes to have a readymade mix when you’re focusing on a new task, like making the perfect meat combination for homemade pepperoni. Spice and Vine Mercantile packages their own mixes for just such occasions, and your chef can buy spices in bulk to mix their own. $3+ • Spice and Vine Mercantile • 328 N. Sullivan Rd. Suite 2, Spokane Valley n

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Gift Guide

Gifts for

Picky Eaters

with a durable, pretty bento box, typically used in Japanese cuisine and with five compartments including one for sauce. $17 (special order) • Bargreen-Ellingson • 223 W. Boone

LEARN TO COOK (C)

By Carrie Scozzaro

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icky eaters can put Meg Ryan’s character on When Harry Met Sally to shame — everything “on the side,” only raw food, nothing with any spices in it. You get the picture: They’re picky! Indulge them, help them work through their food issues and save yourself the struggle with these gift suggestions.

SEE FOOD DIFFERENTLY (A) While we can’t help with picky eaters who only consume white things — bread, pasta, potatoes — if the food-fussy on your list leans towards foods of a certain color, try tinted lenses, which

are actually designed to address mood issues. Viewing the world through orange lenses, for example, helps promote increased social confidence and joy. Or, if you’re at your wits’ end getting someone to try different foods, maybe you should get the green lenses, which engender feelings of harmony and love. $15 • glofx.com/ wholesale-color-therapy-glasses

COMPARTMENTALIZE (B) Sometimes it’s not the food itself, but rather what it touches. Make every meal special and help your eater organize his or her plate

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Not only will they feel more in control of their tummies, they might just discover a new hobby or even a future career. $25 and up • Young Chefs Academy • 293 W. Prairie Shopping Center, Hayden

COMPOSTER (D) Studies show that it takes time and repeated exposure for the food-averse eater to accept certain food textures, flavors, etc. In the meantime, you’re going to need a place to put all that excess food, like the Miracle-Gro Tumbling Composter. Like the cooking lessons, this gift might encourage your picky eater to explore a new pastime, too. $65 • Miller’s Hardware • 2908 E. 29th Ave. n

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Working Mothers

GLAM IT UP (B)

By Carrie Scozzaro

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sk a working mother what she wants for the holidays and the answer inevitably relates to time: more time with the kids, or for herself, and less time doing mundane chores. Even the occasional mom who (jokingly) would give anything for a chance at a time-travel machine.

Tea makes for a great holiday Gift or stocking stuffer!

SPA DAY (A) Pampering mom is an obvious gift choice (although how she’ll carve out an hour or two for herself is anyone’s guess). And while pedicures, massages and facials are all good options, a special lady deserves a special day, maybe even an overnighter. Sign her up for one of the Coeur d’Alene Casino’s many packages and remember to include a few bucks for a meal and a glass of bubbly. Better yet, add some money to do a little gambling and maybe Mom’ll win big enough to quit her job. $160-$285 • Coeur d’Alene Casino Spa Ssakwa’q’n • 37914 S. Nukwalqw St., Worley Something lacy, a little makeup and mood lighting will help remind Mom that she’s all woman. Then, let professional photographer Kelly Tareski do a tasteful boudoir photo session, including a free consultation, wardrobe planning and multiple backdrops to capture Mom’s dynamic personality. $300, add hair-and-makeup session for $150 • Kelly Tareski Photography • 17810 N. Bank Rd., Nine Mile Falls

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MEAL SERVICE (C) It’s not just the cooking, but also the shopping, prep work and cleanup that takes time away from working moms’ schedules. Let meal services do most of the work with healthy meals — breakfast, lunch, dinner, even dessert — delivered to your door, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Order individual meals, or subscribe to get five meals weekly. $30-$61 • Pantry Fuel, pantryfuel. com

BLISS OUT (D) Since time travel still isn’t available, how about a temporary trip to the land of bliss? Most cannabis shops are all too happy to share their expertise with newbies and some even have online ordering.

Billifer’s hard candies are a no-fuss way to shed the stress of being everyone’s go-to (and Mom knows to use responsibly, of course, ‘cuz she’s Mom). $25 • Sativa Sisters • 10525 E. Trent, Spokane Valley n

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Gifts for

Lime Scooter Gangsters

By Daniel Walters

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t’s a tough time out there for the grizzled, ruthless Lime scooter outlaws who once controlled the sidewalks of Spokane. Ever since the Lime pilot ended and the bright green scooters left Spokane, the Lime scooter gangs have had to fend for themselves, purchasing their own electric scooters on the black market, the dark web or walmart.com.

As they maintain a watch of constant vigilance, ever hopeful that someday the Lime scooters will return, here’s what to get them for Christmas.

Gear has a good selection. $40 • Mountain Gear • 2002 N. Division

BONTRAGER SOLSTICE HELMET (A)

BADASS TATTOO (D)

There’s being an outlaw, unwilling to be shackled to the laws of either man or God. But then there’s just being reckless. When one bad skid could forever put an end to their life of scooter crime, few things are more important than protecting their noggin. Swing

by Bike Hub and finally get your Lime-scooter-riding loved one a helmet. $40 • Bike Hub • 1403 W. First

From the Hell’s Angels to the Southside Serpents to the Apple Dumpling Gang, any LSC (Lime Scooter Club) worth its colors needs the ink to go with it.

No matter how many tattoos a person has, they can always get more. Spokane has plenty of tattoo shops, like Anchored Art Tattoo & Gallery, that offer Christmas gift certificates. Here are just a few amazing ideas: The QR code for their favorite Lime scooter, “SCOOT OR DIE,” a little crosswalk man for every pedestrian they’ve run over, the Lime logo on their belly button, a metal-as-all-hell full-back tattoo of a skeleton on a Lime scooter leaping over a snarling dragon. $120 to $150 per hour • Anchored Art Tattoo & Gallery • 421 W. Riverside, Suite 108 n

SMARTWOOL BALACLAVA (B) Sure, masks are great for committing crimes.

But they’re even better for speeding around on a scooter in those cold winter months. A good balaclava will protect your neck, your nose and your eyebrows on particularly frigid mornings. Mountain

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FINE LEATHER JACKET (C) While barrelling through downtown at a terrifying 15 miles an hour, the last thing you want to do is to wipe out and end up with a wicked case of road rash. So think like a biker. Give your favorite Limehead a fine leather jacket. $150-$350 • Renegade Classics • 4725 N. Market

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f one of your friends just became a new parent, be warned: This could be a defining time for your relationship. New parents don’t have time for your crap.

If you become a burden to new parents, then there’s a good chance they’ll cut you out of their life entirely.

It makes it that much more important to find a good gift for them. If not, well, you might not ever see them again.

GARLAND THEATER GIFT CARDS (A) New parents have plenty of gifts for their baby. So if you want to stand out, then do something different. Buy them gift cards to the Garland Theater.

New parents want to get out of the house. They want to go on dates and recapture that romance that maybe has eluded them since their baby was born. It’s likely they’ve been so busy that they missed the new movie that they wanted to see, and it’s only showing at the Garland. That’s why the Garland is perfect for a night out. You could even volunteer to babysit for them.

If they’re really movie buffs, you could get them each a yearlong pass for $70 each. Garland Theater • 924 W. Garland

OCTOPUS RATTLE (B) New parents might think their baby has all the toys they need. But do they have an octopus rattle? Probably not!

It’s part stuffed animal, part rattle. And it’s super cute.

Who knows, maybe it will become the baby’s favorite toy? $16 • Kizuri • 35 W. Main CHEWBEADS (C) An unfortunate reality about children is that at some point they need to teethe. With Chewbeads, they can do so in the comfort of their mother’s arms. These are necklaces that you wear around your neck and let your baby chew on. They’re totally safe for the baby to chew and they’re soft on their teeth. $30 • Mix It Up • 513 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene MUSTACHE COMB (D) Your new dad friend will feel more like a dad if he can grow a mustache. Help him! Buy him a horn mustache comb. This one is enriched with keratin to enhance the mustache. Mustaches are coming back anyway, so even if he doesn’t have one, this might encourage him in the right direction. $12 • Auntie’s • 402 W. Main n

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Gifts for

Those Easily Offended

By Wilson Criscione

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e all have someone like this in our lives. They just seem to be offended all the time. They’re hard to buy for because you’re always worried your gift will spark a rant about why your gift is offensive.

Sure, they’re usually right. But you don’t want to hear it!

These are the people who scold you for not eating locally sourced food. These are the people who demand safe spaces wherever they go. These are the people who are probably offended right now after reading the last two sentences! Here are some gifts that maybe, just maybe, they’ll be OK with.

POLITICALLY CORRECT FOOD (A) They want locally sourced food? Give it to them. Buy your easily offended friend a gift certificate to a local farm. CasaCano Farms, just a short drive from Spokane in Valleyford, sells gift certificates that can be redeemable for produce, grass-fed beef, non-GMO pork, or a membership to get a weekly box of food. This way, those who are easily offended never have to get mad when they realize their food came from a farm that treated the animals poorly or that exploited workers. There’s nothing politically incorrect about locally sourced food. Right?

CasaCano Farms • 12210 S. Madison Rd., Valleyford • casacanofarms.com

KEEPING IT COMFY (B) Sometimes, even a cold room can be downright outrageous. With a Comfort Meter, those who are easily offended can make sure the room is always perfectly comfortable. It contains both a thermometer and hygrometer to make sure the heat and humidity are balanced correctly. $33 • Atticus Coffee & Gifts • 222 N. Howard

SOY CANDLES (C) I’m sure they’re out there somewhere, but I’ve never met somebody outraged at a candle. Everyone likes candles.

They smell good, they’re calming, and of course they bring light wherever they are. In that way, they’re just like you. The candles from Valley Candles are handmade with soy and botanical oils, a couple of very inoffensive things. $9-$50 • Valley Candles • Find at Simply Northwest, 11806 E. Sprague, Spokane Valley, or at NorthTown Mall NIGHT LIGHT (D) If they’re not into candles, maybe just get them a night light. With these night lights at Kizuri, you’d be supporting a good cause, which you should definitely tell your easily offended friend. The night lights were made from recycled glass by women in Ecuador and they are fair trade products. $22 • Kizuri • 35 W. Main n

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Gifts for

Casual Tokers

By Nathan Weinbender

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ven after marijuana became legal in Washington for those 21 and older, perhaps you’ve found yourself at family functions gently trying to convince all your relatives that occasional cannabis consumption isn’t a bad thing. Maybe your mother-in-law will cop to smoking once or twice back in the ’70s, but the idea of getting into marijuana now just seems like a daunting prospect. To get them into the green spirit, here are some basic gift ideas for the hesitant or even just casual smokers in your life who aren’t totally consumed by marijuana culture. It might make those family gather-

ings a little more enjoyable. These items can be found at most, if not all, local retail pot stores.

strain and flavor imaginable — so you can just have them lying around for whenever the urge hits you. Prices vary

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DISPOSABLE VAPE PENS (B) You could also forego the mess of rolling altogether and try vaping.

The only problem with that is that it requires more paraphernalia than you’ll probably ever use on the regular. The 500 milligram Crystal Clear disposable vape pens, then, are a nice middle ground, allowing you to enjoy the benefits — in flavors like bubble gum,

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GAGA EDIBLES AND CANDIES (C) Sometimes smoking just isn’t an option, or you don’t want the high to hit you right away. Popping an edible and bingeing Broad City is the right speed.

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Gifts for

People Who Have Everything

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e’ve all had to shop for that person. You put a whole lot of time and thought into getting the perfect gift, but when they rip off the wrapping paper and see what’s inside, their previously elated face morphs into a mask of disappointment.

Bummer, they’ve already got one of these. Did you keep the receipt?

For those folks who already own every book, DVD, kitchen gadget and electronic device you can imagine, consider something experiential that will get them out of their no-doubt cluttered house.

VIRTUAL REALITY SESSIONS (A) If your own personal space has too much stuff in it, why not try a virtual one? Virtual reality went from sci-fi what-if to an honestto-god technology in recent years, but the actual cost of an Oculus

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The gift that lasts all Year! headset still makes it something of a luxury. H.I.V.E. is a relatively new Spokane business that allows folks to experience the wonders of VR, with pay-per-hour sessions during which you can play virtual reality games or simply explore hyper-realistic worlds without so much as leaving a room. Gift cards are available at hivespokane.com. $25 for an hour • H.I.V.E. • 9325 N. Division

SNOWSHOE EXCURSIONS (B) On the flip side of VR, there’s actual recreation. Since there will likely be some fresh powder on the ground come Christmastime, a snowshoe expedition makes for a great low-intensity workout, with expert guides leading the way. And it doesn’t require purchasing any equipment — shoes and poles are provided. Mt. Spokane and 49 Degrees North host expeditions throughout the winter season; consult the Outdoor Recreation section at spokanecity.org for options. $25-$50

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SPOKANE SYMPHONY SEASON TICKETS (C) It goes without saying that the person with everything is still clinging to physical media, and they’ve no doubt got thousands of CDs and records in their collection. The Spokane Symphony’s Take 5 ticket package is an awesome deal for anyone who wants to actually experience music: They can choose five concerts in the upcoming season that they’d like to see, with selections that include the music of Rachmaninoff, Billy Joel and Pink Martini. $125-$250 • spokanesymphony.org.

AUDIBLE.COM MEMBERSHIP (D) Any bibliophile will tell you that a bookshelf fills up faster than you can read everything on it. That’s why Audible and its vast online library of audiobooks is a godsend for anyone with a habit for buying every new paperback they see. You can download audiobooks right to your tablet, phone or computer, and play them while you’re out doing other things; it’s really the only way to be well-read and productive. $45 for three-month membership; $90 for six months n

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By Josh Kelety

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veryone probably knows someone who is a little hands-on, creative, and somewhat obsessively into doing things themselves or repurposing junk. There’s a term for this type of person: DIYer. They can be a little tricky to shop for in that they aren’t keen on gifts that don’t require some level of personal handiwork and self-expression or won’t help them satisfy their DIY impulses on future projects. So, generally, aim for tools, craft kits, or seemingly mundane supplies that could be turned into something useful or visually pleasing.

LEATHER STAMPING PACK (B) DIYers will thrive on diving into the intensive process of turning blank patches of leather into ornately patterned and personalized garments and accessories. While it seems like an intimidating task, with this beginner stamping kit that includes a round-hole punch, mallet, leather finish and a variety of ready-to-go projects (like a belt and a wallet), they’ll be able to craft fine leather goods from start to finish — all of which will have their own personal flair. $80 • Tandy Leather • 1702 N. Monroe

HOUSEHOLD TOOLBAG (A) Every self-described DIYer needs to have a basic toolkit — a hammer, screwdrivers, a wrench, pliers, y’know — stuffed away somewhere for both routine household maintenance and the slew of creative projects they’re bound to pursue. It’s not only for when they’re trying to fix the occasional leaky pipe, but also when they’re making Christmas ornaments out of copper wire — pliers would come in handy for that — building a backyard garden bed, or converting that rusty rake head into a wall hanger for kitchen spoons and spatulas. The DIY possibilities are endless with a tool kit (and everyone should have one anyways, for practicality’s sake). $18-$50 • The General Store • 2424 N. Division

POTTERY CLASS (C) The craft of pottery is messy, creative and both practical while simultaneously infused with the maker’s aesthetic taste. And it’s

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something that your average DIYer will love. That’s why pottery classes at the Spokane Potters’ Guild are a perfect gift for that friend or family member who yearns to create. Through eight-week courses, they’ll learn everything from wheel throwing to glazing, and students are encouraged to practice at the Guild’s facility outside of class. $135 • Spokane Potter’s Guild • 1404 N. Fiske St.

SCREEN-PRINTING KIT (D) Screen-printing was made for DIYers. Through the compact and simple system included in this starter pack — which basically consists of mesh stretched taut over a frame, ink, acetate sheets, a squeegee and, of course, an instruction manual — your friend or family member will be able to print custom designs on paper, shirts and other fabrics. Hell, they could even make a decent business out of it if they get good enough at making prints. $79 • Spokane Art Supply • 1303 N. Monroe n

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hese people can be the worst if they’re snooty about their disdain for traditional holiday presents and lecture you about the ills of modern consumer culture and materialism when you ask them what they might possibly want as a gift. But most of them are just fine and simply don’t find a whole lot of pleasure in receiving physical gifts wrapped up in brightly colored wrapping paper. (We could all learn a thing or two from them about being happy with having less stuff, anyways.)

But enriching and soul-filling experiences are fair game for these types, and we’re betting they’ll be delighted to receive prepaid tickets and gift cards to their favorite theaters, breweries and music venues.

pair of very warm socks for Christmas. $25 • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague

BARTLETT CONCERT PUNCH CARD (A) What’s a more down-to-earth and Spokane-specific experience than a few drinks and an intimate live performance by an up-and-coming artist at the Bartlett bar and music venue? With its classic yet cozy and comfortable interior design, elegant cocktails, heart-warming open mic nights and impressive roster of touring bands that cycle through, their new concert punch card that just went on sale for the holidays is bound to be a hit with any concert-goer on your list who doesn’t want yet another

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MAGIC LANTERN THEATRE VOUCHER (B) If this person is the indie-movie type who either loves slipping away for a solo-cinema experience or has that friend who they dissect artsy films after the show with, some tickets to films at the Magic Lantern Theatre are perfect for them. It’s the place to go to get all those foreign and independent films that the AMC won’t touch, so grab a gift certificate — they have a two ticket, two popcorn deal — to this local treasure. $22 • Magic Lantern Theatre • 25 W. Main Maybe they’re more of a beer snob or someone who just enjoys cozying up around a pint and some decent food in a low-key brewery atmosphere. The Iron Goat Brewery in downtown Spokane has got them covered. With its minimalist interior, solid beer variety and tasty pizza, this place is great for catching up with a friend or playing a board game over brews and food. And who is going to turn down free grub and beer? $35 • Iron Goat Brewing • 1302 W. Second n

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Little Terrors

By Tuck Clarry

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t’s difficult to decide what route to go when shopping for a highly energized, highly boisterous and highly havoc-inducing little one. Do you go full chaotic-evil and give the tyke a jar of Play-Doh or Silly Putty solely to see the life leave the eyes of the kid’s legal guardians? Or do you try to aid the futile efforts of bubble wrapping the little one to not cause harm to themselves or others? As we live in this highly tense and contentious time period, let’s try and find a way to do good rather than enable.

MOBIUS GIFT CERTIFICATE (A) It wouldn’t be a half-bad idea to constrain or at least preoccupy your little monster into some activities that are constructive. That activity could be a trip to Mobius downtown, where there are loads of discovery science projects that will not only distract them but point that exploratory process in a positive direction. A day pass is only $8 for kids and adults, and kids must be accompanied by someone older than 16 years of age. Add an extra $3 to a plan and check out their planetarium, which will give the kiddo a better understanding of scale to the cosmos. $8-11 • Mobius Science Center • 331 N. Post FORBIDDEN ISLAND BOARD GAME (B) Perhaps one of the most important lessons that these little ones need to learn is patience and cooperation.

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enough to be a major win for all parties. The game is cooperative, too, which could help everyone moving forward. $20 • Uncle’s Games • 404 W. Main

DAY AT TRIPLE PLAY (C) There are a lot of tricks you can use to beat out the onslaught of a rambunctious terror. Keeping calm surely is one of them, but so is the old razzle dazzle of tiring them out. Be the blessing of the unlucky parents by spending a day at Triple Play. The kid will be unbelievably amped and will likely be comatose by drive-time back from Hayden. Luckily, the party resort has enough indoor and outdoor activities that you can pick the best time to bring the wired youngster any time of the year. Oversaturate their excitement with bumper cars, go-karts, bowling, wall climbing and laser tag until they’re worked into submission. $37 • Triple Play Fun Park • 175 W. Orchard Ave., Hayden

SQUISHIES (D) The latest trend in toys for younger kids is that of the high-dense foam figurines called Squishies. The toy is an affordable hands-on gift for young ones, which won’t leave the mess of slimes or putties, nor the cleanup of Legos. White Elephant has a range of them that come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and would be a hit with the younger and more distractible demographic. $2-15 • White Elephant • 1730 N. Division n

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here are a lot of things going well if you’re a sports fan in the Inland Northwest. The Seahawks remain relevant and inarguably decent. The Zags remain at the top of West Coast basketball and college basketball as a whole. The Cougars had one of their best seasons in recent memory. Let’s give good tidings to those fanatics we know.

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY 1971 VINTAGE HAT (A) Help prove your Zag fan’s loyalty to the red, white and navy blue with Ebbets Field’s awesome throwback to the Bulldogs’ Big Sky days. The hat comes in traditional baseball hat sizes as well as adjustable sizes, in case you don’t want to figure out how to stealthily measure his or her dome. $49 • Ebbets.com

ROCK ’EM GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS YOUTH SOCKS (B) As a sneakerhead, let me be the first to tell you that nothing throws off a good pair of kicks like some tame or lackluster socks. If you’re helping your bullpup fulfill their basketball goals, be it on hardwood or the streets of Hoopfest, help them do so in style with these rad and loud GU socks. $18 • Zag Shop • 801 E. Desmet Ave.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS FLAG (C) It was easy to lose hope if you were a 12 looking at where the Hawks were headed after a mass exodus of their highest profile players and the end of the Legion of Boom. You heard of locker room strife, an assessment of the roster being one of — if not the — weakest in the league in terms of talent. But you never doubted (did you?). Prove that devotion with a fresh 3-foot-by-5-foot flag to hang outside or inside the cave to prove that your faith has always been unwavering. $35 • Just Sports • NorthTown Mall

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GERONIMO BY MIKE LEACH (D) What a year for the crazy pirate of the Palouse. As Leach has become the apple of the national media’s eye with his zany press conferences and post-game interviews, give your sports fan a little peek into the intellectual peculiarities that make Mike Leach a mad genius. It was recently announced by Leach that he was looking into teaching a weekly evening class at WSU that combined football strategies with the strategies of the military. His book about the Native American war hero and leader Geronimo similarly looks at how real-life strategists with real-life consequences inform the man’s tactics on the gridiron. $17 • Auntie’s Bookstore • 404 W. Main n

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Gifts for

The Family Bartender

By Derek Harrison

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f you’re left shopping for the person who prides themselves on how well they can make a mai tai or claims they have impeccable taste in beer, we’re here to help. Sure, you could just go buy an expensive bottle of merlot, but why not take it a step further? Here’s our suggestions of local gifts that can impress any picky craft-alcohol connoisseur.

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tation of the drink they just made. That’s why a ceramic tumbler from local KJ Pottery is guaranteed to make a great gift. Each piece is handmade by owner Kelsey Jo Johnson, making it different from the next. The cups hold about 10-12 ounces of liquid and will add that extra dash of craftsmanship to each mojito. Their cabinets may already be overflowing with glassware, but that shouldn’t stop you from getting them something unique to add to their collection. $20 • KJ Pottery • 3908 N. Lincoln • kjpottery.com

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HAMMERED HEROES CARD GAME (D) After they’ve spent countless hours serving everyone, give them a chance to unwind with an alcohol-themed multiplayer card game. Hammered Heroes is easy to learn and can result in hours of fun. The self-described “drinking card battle game” includes characters such as Harry Porter and quests like the Ballad of Tom Collins. As a plus, it was created by local game designers.

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Conspiracy Theorists

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t’s been years since you last saw Cousin Jed. He was living off the grid in a cabin in the mountains, but now he’s back at this year’s holiday party and, seemingly, more stable. What’s that Cousin Jed? You came back to help fight a shadow government controlled by reptile creatures? Hillary Clinton is poisoning the air with chemtrails? Climate change is a Chinese hoax? “Wow! I didn’t know that!” you exclaim, as you pour yourself another rum and eggnog, minus the eggnog. It burns down your throat as you consider what to get

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REYNOLDS WRAP ALUMINUM FOIL (D) Look. Maybe you don’t have a ton of money to spend on Cousin Jed. Or maybe you’re just really sick of his bullshit and would rather have some fun this season while also giving him a necessary and useful kitchen appliance that can double as a hat. Either way, this is an easy purchase at your local Rosauers. $10 • Rosauers n

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o you know someone who likes to spend their weekends volunteering with local organizations or who talks incessantly about how “capitalistic” Christmas is nowadays? Give them the gift that keeps on going and will make you and them feel warm and fuzzy inside too.

SPOKANE HUMANE SOCIETY Lost or neglected furry friends find shelter at the Spokane Humane Society, where the goal is to make Spokane a more humane community where animals are treated with compassion and respect. You can sponsor an animal or pick up pet supplies such as cat litter or pet food to donate to be used at the shelter. Spokane Humane Society • 6607 N. Havana • spokanehumanesociety.org • 467-5235

HUTTON SETTLEMENT Located on 319 acres, the Hutton Settlement provides a long-term alternative home for children ages 5-18 in need of a safe and healthy home. Its staff work with these kids to live an independent and fulfilled life of value and contribution. The best way to help is through donating

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WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY CENTER Opened in 1981 to serve the neighborhoods of West Central, Emerson-Garfield and Audubon/Downriver, the West Central Community Center provides child care, health care and youth recreation and development and supportive services for developmentally disabled adults. You can support the West Central Community Center while doing your holiday shopping on Amazon through AmazonSmile.

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Miller Cane has been watching over 8-year-old Carleen while her mother, Lizzie, is stuck in jail for shooting her estranged husband, Connor. Miller takes Carleen to the town of Edison, on the coast of Washington, to the house of friends Mickey and Grace. He plans to leave the girl there while he visits Lizzie in the Skagit County jail and picks up Carleen’s cat Waffles before they hit the open road to see America. Miller’s intent on keeping the girl from Connor, who recently learned that Carleen will inherit the massive family fortune that Connor believes is rightfully his.

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e should invite Mickey and Grace for breakfast,” Carleen called from her loft at the front of the moho.

It was seven in the morning.

“But let’s not wake them,” Miller called back.

“They’re farmers,” Carleen said. “They’re already awake.”

Grace was an HR director for a company in Everett and Mickey was a boss at the co-op, though everyone pretended the co-op didn’t have bosses. “They’re not farmers,” Miller said.

Carleen dropped from her loft and walked toward him. She opened the accordion door to his room. “Of course they’re farmers,” she said. “Who do you think lives on a farm?”

Miller could hear Mickey and Grace loud as hell in the garden. Maybe they were farmers.

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He drifted for another fifteen minutes, then got up and made everyone pancakes, and later, while Grace and Carleen pitted cherries at the kitchen table, he drank coffee until it was time to go. “Say hi to my mom for me,” Carleen said.

“I will,” Miller said, touching her hair.

Grace looked like she was about to cry, which was not helping anything. The crying was yesterday; they were over that now. It wasn’t as if Lizzie would be locked up forever.

“And don’t forget Waffles,” Carleen said.

“I won’t,” Miller said.

At the jail, he sat in a cinderblock cubby on his side of the glass until Lizzie appeared on her side, washed out, wrung out, her hair pulled back tight. They picked up their phones. A sign on the wall behind her said conversations would be recorded. Miller told her the heiress was fine, happy, healthy, waiting for her mom. He wasn’t sure if they were supposed to talk in code or not.

Lizzie smiled and cried and told her story, three feet away and untouchable, but Miller couldn’t tell if what she said was mostly for him or for whoever was eavesdropping on them.

Connor changed, she said, and didn’t change over the ten days he was back. He was nice at first, though she was still afraid of him. What never changed was what he wanted, and though he didn’t say what he wanted, she knew what it was — money — because that’s all he ever wanted. Carleen never saw him and wouldn’t have recognized him if she had — there were no pictures in the house, plus he looked horrible, skinny, scraggly, worn down and out. Like the junkie he was.

Miller hadn’t heard this before. Weed, sure, and psychedelics, but never heroin.

When the Mustang pulled up that first night and Connor climbed out, Lizzie felt this surge of adrenalin

— she hadn’t seen him in years — then calm as she took her father’s gun from the shoe box under her bed, a Colt .38 Super with horses on the handles. She’d never used it and never would, except to protect herself and her daughter. She only shot him when she did because he was coming at her when she wouldn’t produce Carleen.

He didn’t know Carleen wasn’t home. She had to stop him from coming in, from trying to strangle her. But that was the end, after he’d gone round the bend. He was almost sweet at first. Though stupid.

He wasn’t sure if they were supposed to talk in code or not. Lizzie smiled and cried and told her story, three feet away and untouchable...

“I just want to see the baby,” he said that first night, standing on her porch all sheepish.

The baby was eight years old.

“It hit me in Barcelona,” he said, “how I needed to make it right for you and Colleen.”

He didn’t even know that wasn’t her name anymore, hadn’t been for years.

He was so pathetic, trying to weasel his way back in. But he hadn’t always been pathetic — that’s what was horrible. There’d been a time when she loved him more than anyone. Was it possible — that he’d been lovable?

Not that she felt pity for him. Not after everything he’d done. The abandonment. The abuse.

“Did he hit you?” Miller said.

“Not before,” she said. “But the last time, he was — listen to me. He shows up after seven years and wants his baby, then a week later he says she’s not his, that he doesn’t want her. And the way he talks gets weirder and weirder and scarier. It’s in the blood or it isn’t, he says. The ...continued on next page

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bottom of it’ll be in blood, he says, coming at me. I was just — I couldn’t — ” “Of course you couldn’t,” Miller said.

Five years after his nephew and brother died, Lizzie had brought Miller back to life in Port Townsend, driving them all over the peninsula, going to karaoke at Sirens, staying up late together drinking and carrying on. She was as wild as she’d been in college, and when she returned to San Francisco and the idiot, Miller wasn’t entirely surprised. He was grateful to be back in the world was what he was, hadn’t realized how far gone he’d been.

There’d been a few months in college like that, too. But Port Townsend was something else entirely, and then she was gone. He didn’t meet Carleen until she was three and Lizzie was back in Washington. She invited him to visit Mount Vernon and it was like that month in Port Townsend again, only better. Much better. And worse. She was as hungry as he was. They’d eat and drink and stay up all night, but now there was a kid there in the morning. Miller would take her to the park while Lizzie slept, to the beach, to the pool. He was with them all summer, and when school started up again he didn’t want to go back to Spokane. She had boyfriends after that, some serious, some not. Miller never slept in her room again.

“That first night,” she said, “he handed me this calling card with three words on it under his name: Poet, Painter, Visionary. And I was like, oh, yeah, that’s Connor all right, but there was also this desperation in him, sneaking glances past me like he was looking for what he could come back for later. I called his friend Dominick the second he left. That’s when I found out he’d been cut off by his grandfather right before the old man died, and Dominick was like, ‘He’s been borrowing against that money for years. The family fortune, the inheritance, whatever. People know about it,’ and I was like, ‘But he had money. He had an allowance,’ and Dominick was like, ‘I’m telling you he borrowed a lot — for drugs, for cash, for a house in Mexico, for a llama, I’m not even kidding, and now that the fortune might not even be his, a lot of people are coming after him.’”

And Lizzie thought, Might not be his?

It definitely wasn’t his. It was all Carleen’s.

And even though Lizzie couldn’t believe the balls on this guy — to show up after all these years looking for money — it was hard not to feel a little sorry for him, so pathetic and lost, such a waste, the father of her daughter, not that he’d manipulate her ever again. But by the second visit he seemed more desperate, and then scary, pulling a screwdriver from his pocket and handling it while he demanded to see his daughter, palming that screwdriver like he was going to push it into Lizzie’s throat.

“Jesus,” Miller said.

“I know,” Lizzie said. “I was so scared.”

“Does he want custody?” Miller said.

“I thought so as first,” Lizzie said, “but then something happened with the will, I think, something he did, maybe. Carleen’s money got frozen before she even got any. Campbell’s trying to figure it out.”

The sounds of the jail leaked through the glass, the grinding, shrieking, rumbling.

“Is she really okay?” Lizzie finally said.

“She is,” Miller said.

“I can’t tell you how grateful.…”

“I know,” Miller said.

“He was shaking that day,” Lizzie said, “sort of coming out of his skin as he came at me to get Carleen. He was going to go right through me.

I’ve never been so scared in my life.”

Miller knew she knew they were being recorded. He had no idea if she was talking to him or the prosecutor. He looked at her, sort of pleading with his face for a sign. But there was no sign. The noise through the glass had him on edge. He could see how you’d lose yourself in here. It didn’t matter what was true exactly.

What mattered was that Carleen was okay and Lizzie was okay and everything was going to be fine.

“It’s okay,” he said.

“It’s not okay,” she said. “He’s gonna kill us all.”

And now she looked at him pleading. n

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THE STORY

A fraudulent historian who makes his living conning the survivors of mass shootings returns home to save the young daughter of the woman he loves, taking her with him on his roadshow across the worn-out heart of America, staying one step ahead of what’s after them.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS

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Miller Cane: A fraudulent historian, who’s lately been making his living conning and comforting the survivors of mass shootings.

ess or that her mother has shot her father. Has no idea that her father is after her, or what her father looks like. On the road with Miller Cane.

Carleen Callahan: The eight-year old doll-making daughter of Lizzie James and Connor Callahan. Has no idea she’s recently become an heir-

Lizzie James: An artisan jewelry maker, and a baker at the Mount Vernon co-op, currently in Skagit County jail for shooting her estranged

husband, Connor. Has asked Miller to hide Carleen.

Connor Callahan: Son and grandson and great grandson of money, which somehow skipped him, going to his daughter instead, who he hasn’t seen since she was a baby.

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BIG It takes many hands many months to create Traditions of Christmas, one highlight of the season in Coeur d’Alene

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f 12 days of Christmas sounds like a lot, how about two-and-a-half months? That’s how long the 73-member Traditions of Christmas cast will have been in rehearsals to learn the more than 40 songs and numerous dance numbers in this monumental production opening Friday with 14 scenes that range from a “Salute to the Military” to a live nativity.

For producer Laura Little, whose company has staged Traditions in Coeur d’Alene for the past six years, Christmas comes early — in February they send “thank yous” to prior sponsors and begin organizing the audition process, rehearsal times and places, props, costumes, and looking for new elements for the next December’s show.

“This year there is a pretty sweet banjo number that I think everyone will appreciate,” says returning cast member Gracie Dibble, who started in the kickline (think Radio City Music Hall Rockettes) six years ago. After a break to attend nursing college, she returned as one of four actresses cast as half a Christmas couple.

“We are always looking for new songs and skits,” says Little, who adapted Traditions from Christian Youth Theater (CYT) co-founder Paul Russel’s original play, which CYT performed in San Diego until recently. “Last year I commissioned someone to write an original song

for the show — all about Christmas in the Northwest.”

Another change is the elimination of barn animals in the culminating nativity scene, says Little, who also stages the production in southern Idaho.

“Last year in Nampa the donkey kicked the sled and it fell apart,” she says. “Most of our issues with the farm animals were from their dropping while on stage.”

This year the only four-footed cast member will be Brandy, a golden retriever supplied by adult chorus singer, Ed Bejarana. The rest of the cast is 26 school-aged children — audition calls go out during the school year prior to each new year’s production — and 47 adults who must demonstrate stage presence, singing and dancing during the audition.

“It was kind of intimidating,” says Jeremiah Schreindl, an engineer by day who auditioned at the encouragement of his wife, Elianne Schreindl (she is one of four actresses in the Christmas couple scenes, such as “Winter Wonderland” and the “USO Christmas”).

The audition started with singing, both alone and with two other hopefuls, following cues given by music director Beth Taylor and director Rick Taylor. Next it was off to a dance audition where Heidy Cartwright, one of three choreographers, led the would-be cast members ...continued on next page

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Kevin Walker (center) is one of four family members involved in the Traditions of Christmas show this year.

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“MAKE IT BIG,” CONTINUED... through a couples dance routine, as Little, Taylor and others entered and exited the room, nodding, appraising and ultimately deciding Schreindl was in.

And, boy, was he in: He’ll perform in the adult chorus, as Joseph (to Brenna Coppess’ Mary), as Saint Mikulás (Hungary’s version of the jolly ol’ fella) during “Christmas Around the World,” and as one of the grandmas singing “Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer.”

For that role, says a laughing Schreindl, he’ll be in a wig and pink robe, but drew the line at makeup.

Costuming is a huge part of the production, explains Little, who uses a combination of purchased items along with custom-made and donated pieces, including many of the military uniforms. Fittings take place over several days in late fall out of two two-story storage units crammed with clothes: costumes for Santas representing Ireland and Africa, for elves and toy soldiers of all sizes, kids’ footie-pajamas, fur-trimmed numbers for the kickline dancers, and singers in Charles Dickens-era attire. Then there are the accessories — hats, boots, gloves, belts — and props from giant wrapped “gifts” to stuffed animals to set pieces.

Navigating the numerous set and costume changes — 400 costumes for 73 performers — is a challenge, which

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Inman and her family have attended Traditions of Christmas since it debuted six years ago.

“It has become our own special tradition,” says Inman, who this year will have a very different view of the lively holiday musical.

First, she was a stage mom, when her youngest daughter Billie, followed by her older daughter Jasmin, were cast in the play. Then she was a stage wife when husband Bill auditioned and scored a few parts. Then, Inman took the plunge herself.

“I honestly could not imagine sitting in the audience, alone, watching my entire family performing in the production we all loved and enjoyed each Christmas.”

To her surprise and delight, Inman — who has a dance background and has done some acting — was cast in the adult chorus.

“Now we are all a part of this together and it is truly a blessing to be able to spend time with my family.” n Traditions of Christmas • Dec. 7-23; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sat and Sun at 3 pm, Thu, Dec. 20 at 7 pm • $34/$27 seniors and military/$21 children 12 and under • Kroc Center • 1765 W. Golf Course Rd., Coeur d’Alene • traditionsofchristmasnw.com • 208-763-0681

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makes returning cast members all the more vital.

“Having been in the (basically) same production multiple times and having worked backstage, knowing how to prepare your costumes is golden,” says Kevin Walker, who has been with Traditions since 2013 but hadn’t otherwise been on stage since college.

This year, Walker is the USO emcee, plays Father Christmas and is in the adult chorus. He isn’t the only Walker on the playbill, however; his daughter Jordynn started performing in Traditions at age 4. This year she’s in the kids’ group in various scenes, and will also be one of 11 adorable elves.

“I was so impressed with how well [Traditions] was put together and the overall message,” says Walker, “that I knew it was the platform I wanted to use to introduce my young daughter to theater and musicals.”

Walker’s stepson Dylon currently works the stage crew, and his wife Jen helps wherever needed, like wrangling kids during rehearsals and taking care of family stuff while he is busy with the play. His wife’s employer is also a sponsor, says Walker.

“It is a whole family affair,” says Walker.

Nearly 40 percent of the cast are returning performers, says Little, and many are longtime fans. Wendy

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5 Xmas Excursions

W THIS IS JEOPARDY! Tune in to KHQ/NBC Friday night to see one of the Inland Northwest’s own put her vast trivia knowledge to the test on “America’s Favorite Quiz Show,” Jeopardy! The episode airing Dec. 7 (check your listings for the time) features local certified public accountant and Eastern Washington University alum Staci Huffman (pictured) as one of the three contestants. (CHEY SCOTT)

ho doesn’t like Christmas? OK, let me rephrase that: Who doesn’t like Christmas as experienced with a steady, carefully — and in some states, legally — maintained buzz? Your mumbled approval is noted.

Christmas TV shows and movies are an industry unto themselves; what other holiday has so much content churned out in its name? Until the inevitable establishment of Handsome White Jesus Day under decree of President Pence (so, spring-ish), Christmas is the King of All Media.

Here are five oddities in a holly-jolly ocean of Christmas programming: HAPPY! (Season 1 on Syfy.com and Syfy app) Based on the Image comic, Happy! follows ex-copturned-alcoholic-assassin Nick Sax (Christopher Meloni) and Happy (voiced by Patton Oswalt), a blue cartoon unicorn who needs his help rescuing a little girl kidnapped by… Santa Claus. Violence, insanity and a gonzo-command performance from Meloni ensue.

CHRISTMAS EVIL (Movie on Tubi) While 1974’s Black Christmas is the original holiday horror flick, 1980’s Christmas Evil took the Kringle carnage

THE BUZZ BIN

SUMMER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER OK, not true, but Northern Quest Resort & Casino is already off and running scheduling their summer 2019 concerts. So far, metal pioneers Judas Priest, parody master “Weird Al” Yankovic, Steve Martin and Martin Short’s music/comedy revue and a show by pop-rock bands Train and Goo Goo Dolls are on the slate. Tickets for those four shows go on sale Friday, Dec. 7 at 9 am. Visit northernquest.com for more details.

(DAN NAILEN)

$10k That’s the amount of money Metallica raised through their All Within My Hands Foundation at the band’s Spokane Arena show for a donation to Second Harvest.

to a whole other cult level. A beleaguered toy factory worker (Brandon Maggart — Fiona Apple’s dad!) has a psychotic break, dons a Santa suit and starts slashing all the way. Anointed by John Waters as “the greatest Christmas movie ever,” so there.

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Dec. 7. To wit: ICE CUBE, Everythang’s Corrupt. Cube’s first album in nearly a decade should be a scorcher if single “Arrest the President” is any indication.

JOHN MELLENCAMP, Other People’s Stuff. A collection of covers recorded through the decades by Mellencamp, headlining in Spokane April 20.

VAN MORRISON, The Prophet Speaks. The suddenly prolific Morrison delivers a combo of covers and originals on his fourth album in the last two years.

VULFPECK, Hill Climber. The funky Michiganders are back with 10 tunes of tasty grooves.

MARY POPPINS RETURNS. The soundtrack your kids/future theater students will be asking for this Christmas. (DAN NAILEN)

THE HEBREW HAMMER (Movie on Amazon Prime and Tubi) The Hebrew Hammer (Adam Goldberg), who defends the local Jewish community while dressed like a Hassidic pimp, faces his nastiest villain: Damian, the evil son of Santa Claus, who’s out to destroy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, leaving only Christmas. Upon release in 2003, The Hebrew Hammer promoted holiday unity by offending Jews and Christians equally. ’R XMAS (Movie on YouTube and iTunes) Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) and Ice-T (Law & Order: SUV) have spent years on TV, but both shined in Abel Ferrara’s 2001 crime flick ’R Xmas. Matteo plays the ballsy wife of a heroin dealer held for ransom by Ice-T’s thugs; she has to make the money drop and get her kid a sold-out doll by Christmas. It’s like Jingle All the Way, with smack.

SANTA WITH MUSCLES (Movie on YouTube) While hiding out from the cops in a mall Santa suit (just go with it), a millionaire bodybuilder (Hulk Hogan) hits his head and wakes up believing he really is Claus.

Meanwhile, an evil scientist (Ed Begley Jr.) plots to shut down an orphanage in order to grab magic crystals (yep). Spoiler: Santamania saves the day. You’re intrigued, admit it. n

THAT’S SNAKE SANTA TO YOU Being a psycho fan of everything Kurt Russell — from his Disney childhood to his ’80s action heyday to his more recent grizzled old guy roles — means following him to some weird places. This Christmas, it means following him to the North Pole for his role as a sort of streetsmart Santa in Netflix original The Christmas Chronicles.

The movie is a small step above the standard Hallmarkmovie fare, despite the presence of a couple of annoying child actors. But watching Russell crack wise in a leatherand-fur Santa suit is pretty fun. And the jailhouse bluesrock production number (complete with Little Steven on guitar) as Russell sings and revisits his Elvis hip-swivels is just downright surreal. (DAN NAILEN)

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Check, Please!

To leap into a role in Waitress, actor/musician Steven Good had to find his own groove — quickly

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tepping into someone else’s shoes is never an easy task, much less so when those shoes happen to be on a moving target. And yet, around the end of October, that’s exactly what Steven Good had to do when he took over the role of Dr. Jim Pomatter from Bryan Fenkart in the nationally touring production of Waitress.

The popular musical was halfway through its run.

“This is the first time that I’ve replaced anyone,” says Good, who joined Waitress not long after wrapping up the Jimmy Buffet-inspired musical Escape to Margaritaville on Broadway. “Most of how I learned the show was from watching Bryan do it. I would watch him from the audience, I would trail him backstage.”

Shadowing might have been a relatively new experience for Good, but it’s not uncommon in the theater world, where the show must find a way to go on despite fairly constant changes in cast, crew and circumstances.

His predecessor did the very same thing.

“When Bryan was learning the part, he watched Drew [Gehling] do it, who was the original on Broadway,” he says, “and I remember him telling me how it was frustrating sometimes because they were trying to get some of the exact same [comedic] beats that Drew had

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done. But Bryan is not Drew. He’s his own actor.”

That highlights one of the trickier aspects of the theatrical shoe-filling process. It’s one thing to learn the character’s lines, choreography and blocking, even on a timeline measured in weeks, but there are some continuities that just can’t be maintained. An actor’s innate gestures and charisma — their presence, you might say — inevitably alter how we perceive their character.

It also affects how we perceive their interactions with the other characters, usually summed up as chemistry, especially when those interactions have some romantic element to them. In the case of Waitress, based on the eponymous 2007 sleeper hit film, the impulsive, morally conflicted relationship between Dr. Pomatter and lead Jenna Hunterson, played by Christine Dwyer, is central to the story. After Fenkhart’s departure, Good and Dwyer had to zero in on their own unique chemistry.

“There’s this scene where the doctor asks Jenna, ‘So what seems to be the problem?’ She says, ‘Well, I seem to be pregnant.’ And he goes, ‘Ohhhhh,’ and tries to give her a high five, which isn’t the right response. So he has to kind of throw it away and pretend like he was just trying to swat a fly,” Good says.

Christine Dwyer (center) plays Jenna, the lead in Waitress. TIM TRUMBLE PHOTO Laboring the transition from the high five to the fly swatting seemed funny in rehearsals, but when it came to the actual performance Good had to subtly change his timing. Doing it “immediately” got a much bigger laugh.

“It’s comedy. So much of what you do relies on audience response. You just have to relinquish yourself to the fact that you just don’t know what’s going to happen until you get up on stage in front of people who are seeing this for the first time.”

Along with its comedy and romance, Waitress has become an audience favorite on account of its powerful, pop-inflected music. Written by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, songs like “Bad Idea” (describing Jenna’s tryst with Dr. Pomatter) and “Opening Up” have resonated in unusually strong ways with theatergoers.

“Sara is an incredible artist who has her own specific style,” says Good, a singer-songwriter himself. “In her songwriting, she imbues the music and the lyrics with so much of her own heart and her own truth. I even find it difficult to put my finger on it, to explain why it’s so good, because it’s so complete, so whole. She was driven by the people and telling their stories.”

That completeness and those all-too-human stories, he says, are what makes Waitress itself “such a special show” with “musical theater moments” that are rich and multilayered.

“It’s cathartic but it’s so well balanced with humor.

It’s such a beautiful journey to go on, and I hope people will come take it with us. We look forward to sharing that with Spokane.” n Waitress • Dec. 12-16; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 pm, Sun at 1 pm and 6:30 pm • $50-98 • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd • inbpac.com • 279-7000

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December Delights Take a winter stroll to enjoy the sights and sounds of this month’s First Friday

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pokane’s monthly arts showcase features events, including gallery receptions, live music and a chance to meet local artists, across the downtown core and beyond. Receptions for this month’s event happen on Friday, Dec. 7, from 5-8 pm, unless otherwise noted below, where events are listed alphabetically by venue.

These listings were compiled from information provided by First Friday’s organizer, Downtown Spokane Partnership, as well as host venues and artists. Red stars denote Inlander staff picks; for additional information visit firstfridayspokane.org. (CHEY SCOTT) 1900 HOUSE & HOME, 114 W. Pacific Ave. Art by Haley Roberts, Amalia Fisch and Ginny Brennan.

AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE, 402 W. Main Graphite portraits by Lead Hound Art along with the monthly 3 Minute Mic open mic series at 8 pm, hosted by Danielle EstelleRamsay.

AVENUE WEST, 907 W. Boone Three exhibits are featured: The Night Sky by Pat Schilling, The Nature of Things by Jan Hess and Spokane River Landscapes by Gonzaga University art students.

BARILI CELLARS, 608 W. Second Photography by Jay Cousins and jewelry by Morgan Laine, from 4-9 pm.

BARRISTER WINERY, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. Watercolor paintings by Jeannine Marx Fruci, with music by the duo Sadie and Desiree from 5-10 pm.

BERSERK, 125 S. Stevens Art by Shelby Allison. Reception 3 pm to close; live music by Laminates and Pit at 9 pm.

BISTANGO, 108 N. Post Live music by Ray Vasquez.

BLOEM — CHOCOLATES, FLOWERS, PAPERIE, 808 W. Main, Suite 237 Holiday floral arrangements are displayed; also includes a wine and chocolate tasting from 6-8 pm.

CHASE GALLERY, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

The All Media Juried Exhibition, curated by Mason Miles and featuring 36 regional artists. Poetry readings at 6 and 7 pm.

J CHERRY STREET STUDIOS, 1123 S. Cherry St. The annual open house for the black-and-white film photography studio of Bill and Kathy Kostelec. Dec. 7 from 5-9 pm and Dec. 8-9 from 1-5 pm.

A set by Reid Ozaki in the fifth annual Cup of Joy at Trackside Studio.

J COMMUNITY PINT, 120 E. Sprague Made Flesh by Spokane artist Marina Gulova.

CORE PILATES & WELLNESS, 1230 W. Summit Pkwy.

Alcohol ink paintings by Frankie Benka.

COUGAR CREST ESTATE WINERY, 8 N. Post Hand-carved wood and watercolor paintings by Michael Marsh alongside photography by Ira Gardener, from 6-8 pm.

CRAFTSMAN CELLARS, 1194 W. Summit Pkwy.

Watercolor paintings by Becky Gromlich from 2-9 pm.

J DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, locations vary See the 28 painted hearts created

Look for the Give Love Heart Project pieces around downtown.

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by regional artists for the Give Love Public Art Project & Benefit, supporting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest.

FIRST AVENUE COFFEE, 1011 W. First Art by Makayla Cavanagh, Jun Oh and Brittany Decker.

J FELLOW COWORKING, 304 W. Pacific Ave. Hand-carved relief prints by Reinaldo Gil Zambrano.

HALLETTS CHOCOLATES, 1025 W. First Photography by Nick Spanjer.

HILLS’ RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE, 401 W. Main Music by the Front Porch Trio: Steve Simmons, Rick Singer, Alan Fisher.

J INDABA COFFEE ROASTERS, 518 W. Riverside Ave. Prints by local artist and Inlander designer/illustrator Jessie Hynes, with live music by Nate Ghering from 6-8 pm.

J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., 1302 W. Second A collection by artists represented at Coeur d’Alene’s Art Spirit Gallery, including Jeff Weir, Mel McCuddin, Sheila Evans and more.

J KOLVA-SULLIVAN GALLERY, 115 S. Adams St. Score: Art and Music Collide is a mixed media and audio collaboration by Larry Ellingson and Timothy Ely. LEFTBANK WINE BAR, 108 N. Washington

Paintings by Darcy Lee Saxton from 5-9 pm.

MARMOT ART SPACE, 1202 W. Summit Pkwy.

Paper Works features serigraphs, prints, giclees and original works on paper by artists from the region and beyond.

MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, 1303 W. Summit Pkwy.

Drawings and paintings by Kaitlin Nuetzmann with live music by Debrah Stark from 5:30-8:30 pm.

NEW MOON ART GALLERY, 1326 E. Sprague Music to Your Ears features mixed media sculptures by local artist Droz, alongside art by Vicky Cavin and Betty Bradley, from 5-9 pm.

J PHILANTHROPY CENTER, 1020 W. Riverside We Are Still Here is a showcase of work by regional Native American artists, which includes a live auction on Dec. 8 from 2-5 pm.

Reception Dec. 7 from 5-9 pm and Dec. 8 from 10 am-5 pm.

POTTERY PLACE PLUS, 203 N. Washington Carved wood by Joe Simonson and mixed media by Erik Sullivan from 5-9 pm.

RESURRECTION RECORDS, 1927 W. Northwest Blvd.

You Filthy Animal 2: A Home Alone Themed Art Show benefits the cancer funds of Susan Webber and Kelly Vaughn. Reception from 6-9 pm.

J RICHMOND ART COLLECTIVE, 228 W. Sprague A pop-up holiday sale featuring work by members of RAC. Also

A piece from Made Flesh by artist Marina Gulova at Community Pint. includes Cyrus Clark’s computer algorithm-inspired multimedia project #sad.

RIVER CITY BREWING, 121 S. Cedar This month’s all-ages garage party features music by Andrew Dempsen, Glen Schroeder and Luke Stuivenga, art by Caroline Bickford, food and more. Events from 4-10 pm.

RIVER PARK SQUARE, 808 W. Main Featuring Spokane Falls Community College students’ photography in the Kress Gallery (third level).

ROBERT KARL CELLARS, 115 W. Pacific Ave. Libertad by Diane Adler, with a tasting of new wine vintages.

J SARANAC ART PROJECTS, 25 W. Main The annual Small Works Sale features small and affordable pieces by Saranac members and guests. Open through Dec. 22.

SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, 117 N. Howard Art by Brian Gabbard, of the art project Draw With Colors, from 5:30-11 pm.

SPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 906 W. Main Myesha Callahan-Freet’s mixed-media portrait series You’d Look Better With a

Smile, with music by singersongwriter Kyle Richard from 6:30-8 pm.

J STAN MILLER STUDIOS, 3138 E. 17th Ave. A home studio show and open house for the internationally known watercolor and egg tempera painter. Dec. 7 from 5-9 pm, Dec. 8 from 11 am-6 pm and Dec. 9 from noon-4 pm.

STEELHEAD BAR & GRILLE, 218 N. Howard Angels for the Holidays by Ellen Blaschke.

TEMPUS CELLARS, 8 N. Post, Suite 8 Live music by Jonathan Nicholson from 6-8 pm.

J TRACKSIDE STUDIO CERAMIC ART GALLERY, 115. S Adams The fifth annual Cup of Joy holiday invitational features work by 36 U.S. artists; reception 5-9 pm.

V DU V WINES, 12 S. Scott St. Abstract oil paintings by Ricco DiStefano from 5:30-9:30 pm.

WEATHERS & ASSOCIATES, 105 S. Madison Music by fingerstyle guitarist Lane King from 5-8 pm.

WILLIAM GRANT GALLERY & FRAMING, 1188 W. Summit Pkwy.

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PAVING THE WAY COFFEE

Spokane wholesaler Cravens Coffee celebrates its 25th anniversary amidst a regional coffee culture renaissance

BY S. MICHAL BENNETT

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ocally owned coffee shops and roasters are nearly ubiquitous around the Inland Northwest. But it wasn’t always that way. The region has seen an explosion of healthy growth in the culture of coffee over the past 10 years, and it’s partly thanks to one Spokanebased coffee roaster. This year, Cravens Coffee Company celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Several major moments led to this milestone, starting in the late 1980s when the “third wave” of coffee truly gained momentum in Seattle. Starbucks was emerging as a strong retail presence, and Seattle’s Best Coffee was opening new wholesale accounts every day.

“It was really the beginning of that specialty coffee wave,” recalls Simon Thompson, owner of Cravens Coffee, who, at the time, was enjoying working in the coffee industry for Seattle’s Best.

When Seattle’s Best founder Jim Stewart decided to sell, however, Thompson decided he didn’t want to work for a large corporation. Instead, he and his wife Becky opened their own coffee roasting company in Spokane.

“We opened on April Fool’s Day, 1993, in a little 800-square-foot space on First and Cedar,” recalls Thompson. “We were roasting coffee, had an espresso bar, and sold bulk coffee. And off we went from there.”

Named after Thompson’s second last name (CravenThompson), Cravens was initially destined to be a wholesale-only company, so after three years, the couple

closed the espresso bar and pursued that vision.

“Every year, we look at opening a café, and we decide not to do it,” says Thompson. “We are wholesale, and that’s really where we strive to be excellent.”

Twenty-five years later, Cravens roasts in a 25,000-square-foot building just east of downtown Spokane and plans are to never move from that spot.

The roaster has, however, expanded over the years, with offices and warehouses in Missoula and Grand Junction, Colorado. This fall, Cravens opened a large grocery store account in Sedona, Arizona, although the company’s primary wholesale presence is in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Colorado.

Many people visit these states to enjoy outdoor recreation, which has helped increase online orders as well.

The roaster also has an office coffee program for businesses that desire to give their employees quality coffee.

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hen Cravens first arrived in Spokane, there were only two other coffee roasters in town: 4 Seasons Coffee Co. and Uccello’s Spokane Coffee, the latter of which is now closed. Thomas Hammer left 4 Seasons in 1993 and launched his own roasting/retail empire that year as well. Today, there are more than 25 regionally based coffee roasters of all sizes for imbibers to choose from. Thompson counts himself fortunate that he was there at the beginning and appreci-

ates the diversity that now exists.

“Everyone’s giving it a go,” he says. “Just look at the variety of coffee roasters in the Inland Northwest. It is the incubation of opportunity!”

Thompson says when Cravens arrived to the area, there were basically three levels of coffee: “true” specialty coffee served in cafés, bagged coffee sold in grocery stores, and the lowest quality coffee which was rolled into office coffee programs. It was also standard operating practice for roasters to offer as many coffees from as many countries as possible.

“We decided to not do any of those things,” says Thompson.

Cravens instead focused on nine countries of origin, never bought filler coffees and crafted every blend offered with beans that could also stand alone as high quality single-origin coffees.

“We have always had one level,” Thompson says. “And with only nine countries, I can visit on a regular basis and really establish relationships.”

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Sept. 10th: Sept. 17th: Sept. 24th: Oct. 1st: Oct. 8th: Oct. 15th: Owner Simon Thompson frequently visits the growers he buys beans from.

Cravens has made a business of building long-term connections with farmers, cooperatives, importers, exporters, customers and communities. Thompson recently returned from a coffee-scouting trip to Colombia, because the family they’d been working with there from the beginning has since retired from coffee farming.

Another Costa Rican cooperative they work with is set to deliver coffee to Cravens this spring for the 14th consecutive year.

“Coffee roasters are notoriously fickle,” says Thompson. “We find a coffee that we love and say we’ll buy it forever. Then next year, we find another coffee that is bright, shiny and new.”

To keep his coffees consistent and create sustainable partnerships, Thompson travels to each coffee-growing country, identifies the coffees he wants, sets a fair price and commits to buying for years to come.

“The best coffees in the world are sold before they ever leave the country where they’re grown,” he says.

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ver the past quarter century, Cravens Coffee Company has continued to build its three “C”s into a mission of “coffee quality, customer service and community rela-

tions.”

The roaster has a monthly TV spot on KHQ called “Bring the Coffee” during which Thompson and staff take coffee to a local nonprofit and highlight the work being done there. Cravens also strives to stay true to its early promise of quality and consistency with wholesale customers. And it continues to bring excellence to its pursuit of wholesale “relationship” coffee.

As he looks to the future, Thompson plans to continue focusing on coffee buying and the connections and changes surrounding that.

“We are a one-product company,” he says. “We’ve got to get the coffee right. There is always room to improve in coffee, and I’m challenged by that. After 25 years of sourcing coffee and continuing to learn and get better at it, that will keep me going for another 25 years.” n Visit cravenscoffee.com for more information.

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North Hill on Garland offers a comfortable vibe and creative takes on bar food staples

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ost wouldn’t order a Hot Pocket at a bar, no matter how inebriated they are, or willing to indulge a guilty pleasure. But you will, we think, want to order a “Hot Hill Pocket” at the newly opened North Hill on Garland.

The house specialty ($7), served with three fillings — bacon cheeseburger, pepperoni and the vegetarian/veganfriendly black bean — is one of many dishes that North Hill co-owner Matthew Stanton describes as “elevated American bar food.”

“People have nachos on their menu and you can get those anywhere, and it’s nothing standout and chef-driven, so we thought, let’s do it our way, let’s make it with

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quality ingredients and try and source local… and do stuff a little bit better than anyone else, or at least what we think is,” Stanton explains.

North Hill on Garland opened in November after construction delays pushed out a targeted September opening. Located inside and named after the former North Hill Masonic Lodge, the restaurant and bar is co-owned by Stanton and business partners Paul Cassel, Keith Riddle and Darin Talotti. Riddle and Cassel own the building and real estate group Synergy Properties, located on the floor above. Talotti co-owns Red Lion Barbecue and Whisk bar in downtown Spokane, and formerly was a partner in the Viking. Stanton, meanwhile,

is a Spokane native who now splits his time between this venture and his San Diego bar, the El Dorado Cocktail Lounge.

North Hill is not large, with capacity inside for about 50 guests, including some family seating. When warm weather returns, however, two outdoor patios, one on street level and one above on the second floor, overlooking Garland Avenue will more than double North Hill’s capacity.

When designing the menu, Stanton and the team took into consideration the restaurant’s small kitchen, which doesn’t allow them to grill burgers, hence the cheeseburger-inspired “Hill Pocket.” Filling out the rest of the menu is pizza — thick-crusted Detroit or deep-dish Chicago style are offered as options for each house pie — and flatbreads. Pizza ($14-$16) combos include spicy Hawaiian, all meat, margherita and Italian. For smallerportioned flatbreads, North Hill serves a tri-tip ($12), caprese ($11) and the herbivore ($11), an all-veggie combo.

Sandwiches are another North Hill specialty. The tri-tip dip ($12) with caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, horseradish cream and a side of au jus, is an early customer favorite. The appetizer list gives a nod to the spot’s creative bar food approach, with pigs in a blanket ($10) filled with Italian sausage, cream cheese and wrapped in pretzel dough. There’s also tri-tip and chicken nachos ($13), wings ($8) and barbecue-sauce marinated pork shanks ($12). Kids get their own options ($5-$7) of mac ‘n’ cheese, chicken nuggets and single-serve pizza. Soups, salads and a handful of desserts round out the menu.

“The sandwiches and salads go above being deepfried bar food,” Stanton says. “The idea was to keep it simple and approachable and affordable. Same with drinks.”

In the bar, North Hill’s team has developed a collection of signature craft cocktails ($7-$9) featuring freshpressed juices, infused spirits and house-made syrups and bitters. The list features classics like the old ENTRÉE Get the scoop on local fashioned and a couple food news with our weekly classics with a twist, Entrée newsletter. Sign up like the Pimm’s Cup, at Inlander.com/newsletter. featuring cucumberinfused vodka with fresh lemon and ginger. Rotating craft beer on tap and a few house wines complete the drink menu.

Stanton says North Hill has already become popular with residents of the neighborhood and Garland District business employees, who’ve been stopping in frequently for lunch and after-work drinks. n North Hill on Garland • 706 W. Garland • Open Mon-Sat 11 am-1 am, Sun 11 am-midnight • 279-2054 • facebook.com/drinkeatnorthhill

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Baked-In Support A local push for pie and other regional food news

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oeur d’Alene couple Katy and Ethan Bean recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for their growing bakeshop, Bean & Pie. They’re trying to raise $20,000 to help open a storefront next year in Coeur d’Alene, with an all-or-nothing fundraising deadline of Friday, Dec. 28. As of this writing, the campaign is more than halfway to that goal. Bean & Pie, launched in summer 2017, currently fills custom orders for its smallbatch pies made using quality local ingredients. Bean & Pie was a regular vendor at this year’s Kootenai County Farmers Market and Kendall Yards Night Market. With the planned shop, they hope to expand their offerings to not only include fruit pies, but cream and savory pies, as well as gluten-free and vegan options. Backer rewards include pies, naturally, along with swag, memberships to a slice or pie of the month club, tickets to a launch party, pie-making classes and more. Find the campaign by searching on Kickstarter for Bean & Pie, and learn more about the bakeshop at beanandpie.com.

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Bean & Pie is aiming to open a storefront bakery in Coeur d’Alene next year.

TWO SANDPOINT BREWERIES ADD FOOD MENUS

When they opened earlier this year in Sandpoint, both Matchwood Brewing and Utara Brewing were deep into menu development, with plans to bring food online by year’s end. Now available, Matchwood’s menu is a mixture of shareable appetizers, salads and handheld items like burgers and pasties, the latter of which is one of several menu items that honor the owners’ Montana roots.

Originally popularized by miners in the Cornwall region of England, and ingrained in Montana’s mining tradition, Matchwood’s pasties range from traditional — skirt steak, potato, onion, rutabaga — to unusual, like the ratatouille pasty ($10-$14). Its chicken wings feature Missoula-based Arthur Wayne’s Haba Haba “DIME” Sauce, which is a blend of jalapeno, habanero, cayenne and other spices ($10.50). At Utara, which comes from the Hindi word for “north,” the menu offers Anglo-Indian cuisine one might find in a British-style pub. Try naan bread with melted garam-masala-spiced cheese ($5.50) or potato samosas

($6), and look for more menu items, such as curry dishes, to be added in the near future. (CARRIE SCOZZARO)

RETURN OF THE MI MI

Breaking news: One of my favorite burgers in all the land is back! Last week, the Blackbird Tavern + Kitchen announced that three applewood grilled ground chuck burgers have emerged on the menu after a long burger hiatus starting when the restaurant switched its focus to Southern-style barbecue back in April. Of the three burgers now being served, my favorite, the infamous Mi Mi, has returned under a new name: the bacon burger, served with Kansas City-style candied bacon, white cheddar and arugula. A new arrival is the Broadview burger, with white cheddar, shaved jalapenos, bacon, mayo and spicy potato chips. The brisket chili burger is a beef patty topped with brisket chili, cheddar, onions and sour cream. (CHEY SCOTT)

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‘The List Is Life’ As Schindler’s List returns to theaters 25 years after its release, we reflect on the lessons it can still teach us

BY MARYANN JOHANSON

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chindler’s List is 25 years old. I had not seen the movie in two decades, and the overwhelming reaction I am left with today is a new astonishment: While in the 1990s, Steven Spielberg’s raw, brutal depiction of the unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust was harrowing, it felt like history, a nightmare safely in the distant past. Watching it again now feels like a warning.

Here are the lessons for 2018 I gleaned from my recent rewatch.

Complicity and complacency are not only the hallmarks of rising fascism, but absolutely essential to it. There are two complementary opening sequences to Schindler’s List. The first is the one in which Jews politely line up to register with the Nazis in Krakow, Poland, handing their fates over to an occupying power.

With our hindsight, we must acknowledge that compliance with totalitarianism is dangerous, not least because it signals acceptance. The other opening sequence is our introduction to Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), newly arrived in Krakow and sucking up mightily to the Nazi powers that be, hoping to do business with them. And succeeding wildly, because Nazis are always susceptible to the kind of flattery and buttering-up that Schindler offers.

Empathy can be engaged, but it takes time and proximity. I’ve never been sure whether Schindler is already plotting subversion as he is scheming to get on the sweet side of the Nazi powers: Spielberg, Neeson and screenwriter Steven Zaillian are all very coy on this point.

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I suspect that it is only very gradually that he comes to see what is really happening to actual human beings, via his relationship with his Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), who Schindler has to rescue from a train taking Krakow’s Jews to… well, we know where. But Schindler likely has only dark, vague suspicions of where his very useful, very smart employee is headed.

Things go south very quickly. And blind obedience to authority is a necessary requirement of that. The scene here of Jews sorting the luggage left behind by other Jews packed onto the death trains is like a kick in the gut. As is the scene of Jewish children happily waving goodbye to their parents as they go to what we know will be their deaths. The horror of people willingly walking into oblivion can no longer be an option.

We can no longer feign ignorance of rising totalitarianism, nor can we downplay the peril of it. We know now that the unimaginable is not only imaginable, but entirely possible.

Use whatever privilege you have to resist. Undermine from within if that’s where you are. We can debate at which point Schindler knows incontrovertibly what is happening to the Jews, but we cannot debate that once he knows, he uses his position, his power and his money to subvert it. There is a special small rebellious magic in how Schindler (and Stern) use bureaucracy to stick it to the Nazis: Schindler’s list is literally just paperwork, a memo to the Nazis about Jewish workhorses he needs to keep running his business that is, ostensibly,

supporting the Third Reich (though Schindler also eventually ensures that his factory doesn’t produce anything useful to the Nazi war effort).

Toxic masculinity is cultural poison, but it can be disrupted. The counterpoint to Schindler is Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), the Nazi camp commandant, who shoots Jews from the balcony of his on-site manor for fun. Schindler figures out how to divert his worst impulses, with the sly suggestion that the power he has been using to decide who should die at his caprice could be used to decide who lives at his “mercy.” The whitemale rage and weak, insecure manhood that was — and still is — Nazism is not impervious to manipulation that can cripple its goals.

We cannot rely on the beneficence of rich white men to save the rest of us. Of course we must celebrate Schindler’s campaign of resistance, and indeed it forces us to wonder where the likes of him are now, men using their wealth and privilege for the betterment of all. Big donors like George Soros and Bill Gates are only two dudes. And yet we must never depend on the whims of rich white men for anything. No individual should wield such power. It’s no way to run a planet.

Schindler’s List remains extremely difficult to watch: How many people will be willing to endure seeing it again on a big screen, or watching the new 25th anniversary edition BluRay to be released this month? But if there is anything heartening to be found in it today, it is the very pertinent lessons it has for us right now. n

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This documentary explores the life and career of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, using her own words. An occasionally engaging personal portrait hampered by tedious editing practices.

At the Magic Lantern. (JB)

SCHINDLER’S LIST

Steven Spielberg’s epic masterpiece, the true story of a German businessman who saved hundreds of Jewish people during the Holocaust, returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary. It remains as devastating and visually stunning as it did in 1993. (NW) Rated R

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The study of a young drug addict and how his personal demons erode his relationship with his father. Despite solid performances and good intentions, it’s little more than a clunky PSA. At the Magic Lantern. (JB) Rated R

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The band Queen and late frontman Freddie Mercury (played by Rami Malek) get the biopic treatment, and the results won’t exactly rock you. It takes a disappointingly conventional approach to a wildly unconventional figure. (JB) Rated PG-13

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FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD

The second entry in the Harry Potter prequel series does a lot of wheelspinning, a mostly incoherent and drab franchise builder in which creature wrangler Newt Scamander goes up against wizard fascism. (NW) Rated PG-13

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A documentary following climber Alex Honnold’s attempt to successfully ascend Yosemite’s El Capitan rock formation sans rope and safety harness. Not for acrophobes, especially in its stunning final minutes. (NW) Rated PG-13

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A white driver (Viggo Mortensen) ferries a black jazz pianist (Mahershala Ali) through the American South in the 1960s. Its racial politics are undoubtedly simplistic, but its central performances more than make up for it. (MJ) Rated PG-13

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melodrama that offers both the glitter of escapism and the grit of serious issues. (EB) Rated R

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Inspired by the 1977 horror classic, an American ballerina enrolls in a German dance academy overseen by witches.

Strange, unwieldy, very violent and ultimately full of itself. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

We’re pretty sure this was intended as a hip, modern update of Sherwood Forest’s most famous bandit, though it’s really one of the most generic, unnecessary blockbusters of recent years.

Taron Egerton is no Errol Flynn. (NW) Rated PG-13

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The classic Christmas tale gets a truly WTF update, which plays out like Narnia meets The Wizard of Oz meets CGI cacophony. Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman star. (NW) Rated PG

THE OLD MAN & THE GUN

Robert Redford gives his supposed swan song as an escaped con who becomes the world’s most charming bank robber. A throwback to the films of the ’70s, and based on a true story. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

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A new morgue attendant is terrorized by unseen forces, connected to the body of a woman who died during an exorcism. (NW) Rated R

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LostBoysGarage_General_120618_2H_EW.pdf In the 1950s and ’60s, the media studied opera singer Maria Callas’ personal life as closely as her talent.

Portrait of a Diva

Maria by Callas lets the legendary opera singer tell her own story

BY JOSH BELL

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nyone going into Tom Volf’s documentary Maria by Callas without a strong working knowledge of renowned opera singer Maria Callas may find themselves a bit lost.

Volf, a Callas expert who’s compiled three books on the Greek-American singer, constructs his film almost entirely from primary sources, meaning that if there’s no direct footage or text pertaining to a certain aspect of Callas’ life, then it doesn’t make it into the movie. And even when Volf has an interview or a journal excerpt of Callas describing her own first-hand experiences, it’s often incomplete or elliptical. It’s only when Callas starts talking about her separation from her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini, for example, that the movie provides any real detail about him.

For dedicated Callas fans, the movie’s rigorous adherence to the singer’s own words and performances may hold more appeal, though, even if it by necessity has to leave a lot out. Volf has opera singer Joyce DiDonato read portions of Callas’ personal journals and letters in voiceover to give the movie a bit of structure, augmenting that with rare interviews, including a recently uncovered 1970 Callas interview with David Frost.

Much of the rest of the movie features paparazzi and news footage, which is full of repetitive images of Callas in various forms of transportation — getting on and off airplanes, pulling up to events in chauffeured cars, lounging around on boats. In a few cases, Volf shows what looks like unedited clips of Callas just standing around, as if he was determined to use every available piece of film, no matter how uninteresting.

Plenty of what he shows is quite interesting, though, especially for anyone curious about the history of opera and, to a lesser extent, the history of popular music. If nothing else, Volf demonstrates just how massively famous Callas was in the 1950s and ’60s, in the era when rock

‘n’ roll was still a niche genre, and an opera diva could inspire the kind of press throngs, ticket sales and fan adulation that would later be reserved almost exclusively for pop stars. Although her musical style is very different, Callas clearly had a lot in common with later musical superstars, and it’s not hard to connect Maria by Callas with recent music documentaries like Amy and Whitney, although Callas’ story is less tragic.

Volf also devotes significant amounts of time to Callas’ performances, often showing entire songs, and even though the context is not always clear, the power of Callas’ voice comes through strongly, effectively showMARIA ing why she amassed such a fervent fan base. The credits

BY CALLAS for “sound restoration” and Rated PG “sound effects actors” call Directed by Tom Volf into question whether the visuals and the music were actually captured at the same time, but even if the pieces are put together from different elements, all of those elements are impressive, making the case for Callas as an expressive, captivating performer in addition to a singer of unparalleled talent.

It’s a talent that Callas often disavows in the movie, lamenting how both her mother and, later, her husband pressured her into a music career when she really longed for a quiet home life.

“I just live a human life,” she tells an interviewer at one point, even though everything about the way she lives seems to contradict that assertion.

Depicting Callas in her own words makes her sound narcissistic and pompous more often than it makes her sound relatable or sympathetic, especially in the lengthy, tedious segments devoted to her turbulent relationship with tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Volf clearly hangs on Callas’ every word and gesture, but moviegoers who don’t share his unquestioning adoration may not be nearly as fascinated. n

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Soul Searching Chewelah’s Allen Stone returns to the Inland Northwest with new music and his same reliable backing band

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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llen Stone is in the back of his tour bus en route to Cleveland as he recalls a surreal moment from the day prior.

He was at a music school in Detroit teaching a masterclass, which doesn’t seem like a particularly unusual gig for a nationally renowned soul musician. But there he was, a white boy from the small Eastern Washington town of Chewelah, giving these students his two cents in the birthplace of Motown and R&B. “It was a shocking experience to see my name above the word ‘masterclass,’” Stone tells the Inlander. “I still feel like such an amateur in all things beside laziness.”

That hardly seems fair, though. Stone is currently 35 shows deep into his ongoing headlining tour, which brings him back to the Inland Northwest next week. He’s had a record deal with Capitol. He’s performed on late night TV and served as a mentor on American Idol. And pretty soon he’ll be on the road again as support for ’90s alt-rock hitmakers Train and the Goo Goo Dolls.

But back to that masterclass for a minute.

“I was trying to talk through and give perception of how I got to this place,” Stone recalls. “Because it’s really super odd — the culture and vibrance around a city like Detroit versus Chewelah. And that I was giving a masterclass in Detroit was kind of absurd to me.”

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n a way, though, growing up in a small town helped point Stone in the direction of the Motown artists who inspired him. Having to drive an hour into the city meant lots of time alone in the car, and teenage Stone first heard ...continued on next page

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and fell in love with Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway and Bill Withers as they crooned from his car’s CD player.

After graduating high school, Stone moved to Spokane and then to Seattle to pursue music, and he started getting industry attention when his 2011 self-titled album became a surprise indie hit. He’s been playing with more or less the same backing band since, and seven years on, they’ve seriously found their groove.

They also get along really well, which is important when you’re locked in a bus together for weeks at a time.

“Usually at this point in the tour, you’re going on your 15thin-a-row hangover, and everybody’s starting to get on each other’s nerves,” Stone says. “The bus is just really disgusting because you’ve accumulated all this stuff you don’t need. But everybody’s been super kind and loving. I couldn’t ask for a better trip.”

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n 2014, Stone took a break from life on the road, and he and his wife moved into his family’s cabin on Waitts Lake, about 10 miles outside Chewelah. He says he initially revelled in the isolation — there weren’t many neighbors, and the internet connection was practically nonexistent — building a tiny home studio where a portion of his last record, 2015’s Radius, was written and recorded.

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“You get up and there’s just nothing to do,” Stone says.

“Sometimes that can be a good thing. Other times it can be not such a good thing. But we got a lot of work done in there.”

Since Radius, Stone has been working on a new album in L.A. and Nashville, and it’s set to drop in early 2019. He’s released a handful of singles from that record — including the sultry “Brown Eyed Lover” and the funky, upbeat “Warriors” — and you can already hear the music being pushed in a poppier, glossier direction, though Stone’s R&B roots still shine through.

So does his relatively new marriage, making this the most unabashedly romantic record he’s yet made.

“There’s more love in the songs than there’s ever been,” Stone says. “For a long while, I was really adamant about writing R&B music about romance, because I felt like the only thing R&B musicians write about is sex and romance. … This go-around, there’s a lot more of that sprinkled in, because it was such a massive part of my reality when writing the record.”

Stone also wrote most of the songs with his touring band, in an attempt to harness the energy of a typical live show. Or, as Stone explains, to capture “what my music actually sounds like.”

“Let me put it this way,” he says. “Records are like people playing NBA 2K18 at home, and a really good live band is like Lebron James actually playing basketball. … I believe that what most people get out of one of our live shows is a burst of positive energy, and a force of positivity for them to leave the show and go out in the world and exist again.”

But one question still remains: Once he’s off the road and back in Spokane, where he now lives, will he return to playing local shows, bringing his trademark masterclass to the Inland Northwest? Well, possibly. But he and his wife are expecting a baby, and that should tie him up a bit.

“I would imagine that’s gonna rock my world and my schedule,” Stone says. “I’m always stoked about supporting young, aspiring musicians and doing my best to help where I can. So you might see me popping up at Zola every once in awhile, but there’s also no way to tell.” n Allen Stone with Nick Waterhouse • Tue, Dec. 11 at 8 pm • $22.50 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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Matt Slater (left) and Himes Alexander are the Smokes, and they’re back in Spokane for the first time following a move to the Midwest.

Rock ’n’ Roll Homecoming The Smokes return to Spokane for their first hometown show since making their big move to Minneapolis

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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t was a little over a year and a half ago when guitarand-drums rock duo the Smokes left their hometown of Spokane for Minneapolis, the birthplace of Prince, Bob Dylan and the Replacements. Cousins Himes Alexander and Matt Slater have been exploring their new city’s bustling music scene, and they’ve also been busy in the recording studio, releasing a five-song EP titled Backlash in the summer.

We got Alexander and Slater on the phone a week before their gig at Baby Bar’s annual winter formal party, their first Spokane show since leaving, and they filled us in on what they’ve been up to in the last 20 months.

Answers have been edited for space.

INLANDER: What’s the music scene like in Minneapolis?

HIMES ALEXANDER: There are a lot of talented musicians that are excited to be able to play on as many stages as there are out here. It seems like a lot of them are interested in touring and collaborating with a lot of different people. It’s a very inviting kind of atmosphere. It also seems like we have gotten more people of color out to our shows than maybe would have been possible in Spokane.

That’s been kind of a refreshing part, because a lot of our music is motivated by our experiences, which are inevitably motivated by the color of our skin. So being able to

preach to the choir, as it were, is a pretty nice feeling.

MATT SLATER: There are so many good bands here that it’s definitely inspiring. I’m sure that has leaked into what we’re doing.

ALEXANDER: Yeah, this place is a pressure cooker of motivation. Shit or get off the pot.

SLATER: It’s the type of place where you’ll never be the best, and there’s kind of comfort in that.

How have the local musicians welcomed you?

ALEXANDER: People wanted to start playing shows with us within the first few months. We were welcomed with pretty open arms. That said, it takes a lot of work wherever you are to move forward as a band. Just being confronted with the reality of that made us work harder to get into the spaces where it’s a little bit harder to get into.

How often are you playing over there?

SLATER: Today is the last day of a residency we did where we played every Thursday in November at this bar called the Hexagon. But before that, probably five or six [shows] a month. … That was part of the reason for the move. It’s so easy to saturate Spokane that we ended up trying to get out of town as much as possible. But here that’s a lot more difficult to do.

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Are you planning on staying in Minneapolis?

ALEXANDER: I think we’re probably staying for a while. There’s just a lot of stuff going on out here, and it’d be fun to sneak our way into it. … We’re trying to absorb what we see and have this place influence what we’re writing a little bit.

So many great artists have come out of Minnesota.

Is there a musical electricity there because of it?

SLATER: There’s definitely palpable history. I remember people in Spokane would tell us about the punk scene in the ’90s, but it was so dead and gone that it was hard to really understand what they were talking about. But here it’s so palpable. Like, Prince’s house is a museum you can go to. You can see the direct line of the people who are from here and how they influenced musicians that are still here.

Have you been to Paisley Park yet?

SLATER: No. We’re incredibly poor. Poor and busy.

We don’t go to the Mall of America much, either.

Have you found any commonalities between the Pacific Northwest and Minnesota?

ALEXANDER: Just on the surface, St. Paul looks very much like Spokane in that it has a large Victorian area and a lot of foliage. I mean, there’s also a lot of white people out here. [laughs] When people come to see you in Spokane, will they be seeing the same Smokes as when you left? Or has anything significant changed?

SLATER: We’re far more attractive now. We’re shinier and brighter. n Winter Formal feat. Jeff Peterson, the Smokes and DJ Case • Sat, Dec. 8 at 7 pm • Free • 21+ • Baby Bar • 827 W. First • 847-1234

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own North, which hails from way out west in Seattle, is a self-described “soul punk” band, and that’s as good a label as any. The former Elkfest headliners combine retro R&B with straight-ahead rock, and their primary influences are appropriately all over the map — the Roots, James Brown, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Frontman Anthony Briscoe brings a fierce energy to the band’s live sets, guided by his reliable backing band, and you’ll be dancing yourself silly right along with him.

Down North has been playing for more than a decade without producing much recorded material, but their new EP, No Retreat, Vol. 1, illustrates how they can be funky, sultry and raw all at once.

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Down North with Kung Fu Vinyl and Icky Business • Thu, Dec. 13 at 7:30 pm • $10 • All ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8101

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f it was up to me, I’d release new music every day,” Macntaj recently told the Pacific Northwest rap blog Respect My Region. Looking at the Seattle hip-hop artist’s output suggests he probably could if he wanted to: He’s been dropping singles like breadcrumbs for the last couple years, and each one has a distinct sound and feel, as if Macntaj is checking off genres on his wishlist.

His prevailing style, though, is contemporary hip-hop with EDM and trap inflections, and he’s collaborated with popular dubstep DJ Bassnectar and Seattle rappers like Raz Simone and Nacho Picasso. If he doesn’t slow his prolific output, expect even more releases in the next year.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Macntaj with Treveesy and WranQ Ramone • Sat, Dec. 8 at 8 pm • $8 advance, $12 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174 CHECKERBOARD BAR, Idol Hands, Catalyst, Sciandra’s Game CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Charisa Bareither CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Dangerous Type DARCY’S RESTAURANT & SPIRITS, Karaoke and Dancing w/DJ Dave J DOWNTOWN SPOKANE LIBRARY, Kyle Richard FARMHOUSE KITCHEN AND SILO BAR, Tom D’Orazi and Friends FREDNECK’S, Just Plain Darin HILLS’ RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, Front Porch Trio HOGFISH, Bobby Patterson Band IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Bright Moments Jazz

THE JACKSON ST., Local Artist Jam JOHN’S ALLEY, Far Out West LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Chris Molitor MARYHILL WINERY, Debrah Stark MASSELOW’S STEAKHOUSE, Tom Pletscher MAX AT MIRABEAU, Lightning Band MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade MOOSE LOUNGE, Mojo Box MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Kicho NASHVILLE NORTH, Dance Lessons with Luke Jaxon NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Derek Jones NORTHERN ALES, Christy Lee & the Broken Rosary Whiskey Thieves NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Tom Pletscher O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots

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219 LOUNGE, Kevin Garrett & Brendan Kelty J BABY BAR, Winter Formal with Jeff Peterson, The Smokes (see page 71), DJ Case BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Jan Harrison J J THE BARTLETT, Macntaj (see above), Treveesy, Wranq Ramone J BERSERK, Silver Treason, Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love BIGFOOT PUB, Tufnel BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Slightly Committed BROOKLYN DELI & LOUNGE, Bret Allen & Aaron Goff

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J BIG BARN BREWING CO., Ty MacFarland THE BLIND BUCK, Show Tune SingAlong Sundays CRAVE, DJ Dave DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church Jam GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Nicholas Schauer NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Derek Jones O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music

J PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Bob Beadling J THE PIN, All-Ages Talent Show J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Karaoke ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 12/10

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Open Mic Night CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown REPUBLIC BREWING CO., The Black Lillies ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 12/11

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, Allen Stone (see page 69), Nick Waterhouse LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tue. LITZ’S BAR & GRILL, The ShuffleDawgs Blues Power Happy Hour THE OBSERVATORY, Musician’s Open Mic RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing

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MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR • 4720 Ferrel, CdA • 208-274-0486 HOUSE OF SOUL • 120 N. Wall • 217-1961 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 381-5489 OMEGA EVENT CENTER • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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FILM CHRISTMAS CROONER

A Spokane holiday season is not complete without watching at least one of Spokane native Bing Crosby’s films. Back for its 13th year, the Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival focuses on Bing’s contributions to the nation during WWII with classics like White Christmas along with a couple of lesser known films, Pennies from Heaven and Road to Zanzibar. Stay out of the cold weather and settle in at the Bing for an all-day movie marathon. Take a break between films and listen to a performance by Howard Crosby, the son of Bing Crosby’s brother Ted, and the Hot Club of Spokane, who play tunes from the Crosby era.

— MICHAELA MULLIGAN Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival • Sat, Dec. 8 from 11:30 am-8 pm • $10; children under 12 free • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com

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THEATER CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES

WORDS SNOWY SLUMBER

A Christmas with C.S. Lewis • Thu, Dec. 13 at 7 pm • $15-$22.50 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com

Jan Brett: The Snowy Nap • Fri, Dec. 7 at 5 pm • Free • Moscow High School Auditorium • 402 E. Fifth St., Moscow, Idaho • bookpeopleofmoscow.com • 208-822-2669

“I should say that I much approve of merry-making,” wrote C.S. Lewis, the famous British theologian and author of The Chronicles of Narnia, in an essay titled “What Christmas Means to Me.” “But what I approve of much more is everybody minding his own business.” This one-man show starring David Payne imagines Lewis being the very opposite of reticent as he plays host to a group of American writers in his home near Oxford in 1962. With the masterly rhetoric and sparkling humor for which he was renowned, Lewis relates his views on the significance of Christmas as well as his own personal path from atheism to religion.

— E.J. IANNELLI

You may remember her 1989 children’s book The Mitten from your childhood. Author and illustrator Jan Brett is heading to Moscow, Idaho, on the national book tour for her latest children’s book The Snowy Nap. The Snowy Nap centers around Hedgie, a hedgehog who doesn’t want to hibernate and tries to stay up to experience winter. Brett infuses Scandinavian designs into her illustrations for this book and often travels to other countries for inspiration for her books. She will read from The Snowy Nap and sign books afterwards until 7 pm.

— MICHAELA MULLIGAN

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What was once a well-kept secret has grown to become one of the community’s most beloved holiday traditions, the annual holiday lights display at Manito Park’s Gaiser Conservatory. I don’t know exactly when my family began attending this event (I think I was in middle school, so more than 15 years ago), but it was well before lines would wrap around the building. It’s lovely to now see so many other families and visitors of all ages enjoying this spectacular display, for which the greenhouse’s beautiful plants are draped with thousands of twinkling lights. While the main event runs through Dec. 16 (see below), the lights remain up through New Year’s Eve, with visiting hours from noon to 3:30 pm from Dec. 17-31. The prettiest time to go, however, is after dusk.

— CHEY SCOTT Gaiser Conservatory Holiday Lights • Fri, Dec. 7 to Sun, Dec. 16 from noon7:30 pm • Free; donations accepted • Manito Park • 1709 S. Grand Blvd. • thefriendsofmanito.org • 456-8038

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BREAST INTENTIONS BRA DRIVE The boutique is collecting donations for Breast Intentions’ fitting events for women in need. Those who donate receive a 15% off coupon. Open Tue-Sat, 10 am-8 pm. Atomic Threads, 1925 N. Monroe. bit.ly/2DGqRxd (598-8755) SANTA EXPRESS STORE The annual holiday retail store allows local children to shop for affordable holiday gifts for family and friends, with proceeds benefiting the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, a safe shelter for kids who are in crisis situations. Open to ages 4-12; items are priced between 50 cents and $8. Through Dec. 23; Mon-Fri 11 am-8 pm, Sat 10 am-8 pm and Sun 11 am-6 pm. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. santaexpress.org (624-3945) TREE OF SHARING Support local families and children in need, and visit a gift table to pick up a tag and drop off a gift on someone’s wish list. Tables located at NorthTown Mall, Spokane Valley Mall and River Park Square. Gift deadline is Dec. 17; tables open during mall hours. treeofsharing.org SPOKANIMAL UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PUB CRAWL The inaugural

event supports the work of the local animal welfare nonprofit. Dec. 8, 7 pm. $20. Starts at the Logan Tavern, 1305 N. Hamilton. bit.ly/2PzgAt9

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. (244-3279) BERT KREISCHER Brent has a new stand-up special on Showtime, is the host of the Travel Channel’s Trip Flip, an upcoming new season of the hit Bert the Conqueror, and previously hosted Hurt Bert. Dec. 6-8 at 7:30 pm, Dec. 7-8 at 10:30 pm. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) LATE LAUGHS An improv show featuring a mix of experiments with duos, teams, sketches and special guests.

Events on the first and last Friday of the month at 10 pm. Rated for mature audiences. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com

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

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

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I SAW YOU CARRIAGE RIDE SMILE I saw you while waiting in line for the carriages rides at Corbin Park this Sunday. Your coy smile and kind words kept us war during the wait. Thank you for that. Hope you enjoyed your ride and got your toes warm soon after.

SERIOUSLY....HERE? It’s been forever since I wandered into the Checkerboard... of ALL places! I actually thought it had closed down. So glad it has not! Maybe it was the few too many $1 pints I had...IDK? BUT, pretty sure I finally met the ONE! In the damn Checkerboard, of all places!

Who would have thought? Of course, I didn’t get your number, since we were too busy. :) Me, blonde and thin, blue eyes. You.. wow! Dark eyes and hair, wearing a red and black flannel!

They have trivia on Tuesdays! Let’s flex those brain cells this time! I hope to see you there!!

CDA LOWES BEAUTIFUL KEY GAL 11-25-18, around 9:50 am. You caught my eye from a store length away, as I walked closer I became even more

twitterpaited, then I walked by and got a whiff of your fragrance and was totally distracted after that! I was waiting around the checkout area for my mom and when you went to check out, you asked me if I was waiting in line. You, long beautiful black hair, long sweater, blue jeans and Birkenstocks.

Me, distracted and having to return for everything I forgot.:) If this is seen, maybe coffee?

I SAW YOU. BUT WISHED I HADN’T. To business people, students, civil servants or anyone presenting information to a group using PowerPoint.

For the love of St. John Chrysostom (Patron Saint of Orators and Lecturers), please STOP using the “stand up at the front and read each one of your slides out loud” method of presenting information. It’s a pretty safe bet that your audience can already read. We don’t need you to read slides out loud for us, unless perhaps the goal of your presentation is to beat the audience into submission through complete mindnumbing boredom. Please have mercy on your audience and search YouTube for presentation tips beforehand.

CHEERS SUNDAY CHOWDER DATE Thank you for taking me to Skippers on Sunday. It brings back fond childhood memories and helped warm us up. Their chowder is one of my very favourites and I like seeing the last remaining location in the area get business. Even if you don’t like fish or chowder, I know you like me because you are willing to put that aside to share in something I enjoy.

ONE YEAR! Happy one year anniversary of moving into our place. Even if

our celebratory dinner was interrupted by a flood... we still made the best of it. As you said, it’s a reminder of how far we have come, that we still choose each other and that we can survive any trial. Love you.

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retail workers in last week’s issue: We all have unpleasant interactions with people working in the service industry; however MOST retail workers are incredible. They are shit on by customers all day, cleaning puke off

Your choice to drive a large vehicle should not give you permission to inconvenience others.

RESPECT To the single mom walking an hour to work in the early morning: much love and respect. You’re a strong and beautiful woman. Keep your head up, good things come to people like you.

JEERS ENTITLEMENT Jeers to the person that is always taking up two parking spaces for their large pickup in the front spot (spots) at the Liberty Lake gym. Just so you are aware, there are plenty of other spaces you can choose, but you insist on parking up front. There are families, seniors and plenty of other people that use the gym, but you feel entitled. Your choice to drive a large vehicle should not give you permission to inconvenience others. I left you a note the other day letting you know you are such a nice person. Maybe think of others next time GUNS AND VIOLENCE Here ye, here ye! Guns do not create violence, they are only mechanisms for violence. The

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

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

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only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. Oh you want evidence? Just look at Emantic Bradford Jr, the guy had a conceal-carry permit and was a good guy trying to help stop a mall shooter. That ended

well for the good guy with a gun.

BACKGROUND MUSIC Jeers to establishments that play music so loud that customers can not talk with fellow customers without screaming. It is especially frustrating in restaurants.

They need to decide if they are a bar or a restaurant. Recently lunched on Monroe and we were the only two in the place, sitting across the table from each other and could not talk over the awful and loud music. I am sure the young cooks rocked on to it, but we won’t return. Apparently, by the lack of patrons, we are not alone. Employees comment on it too, hate to be them listening to that loud noise all day.

YOU LOST MY DOG Jeers to the person who broke into my back yard near the Perry District, allowing my black and white border collie to wander off.

Moro is now lost and has been lost since nov. 27. If anyone sees her call 509-944-6392.

RE: CUD CHEWERS To the person who expressed such disdain towards

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floors, working crazy hours, balancing their personal lives and still manage to have a smile on. Especially during the holidays. Please note, you may always request to speak with a manager if your service was poor. But speaking as a former retail worker myself, threatening to take your business elsewhere is just humorous. They don’t get paid enough to care about that.

And I’ll close with this question to you, anonymous angry customer: do you think maybe YOU were the one who was unpleasant to work with? (And PLEASE remember: it is the holiday season. Let’s all have some patience with each other, yeah?) n

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EVENTS | CALENDAR REMIXMAS CAROL Ever wonder what would happen if the Grinch, Frosty the Snowman, Mrs. Claus and the Little Drummer Boy were all in the same story? The BDT players take elements of favorite holiday stories and re-mix them to create something brand new.

Fridays at 8 pm in Dec. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com SAFARI A fast-paced improvised show relying on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Saturdays at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm.

Free. The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) COMEDY NIGHT Mark Morris comedy returns to Springdale with feature comedian and co-host of the Huglife podcast Mike Coletta and touring headliner and finalist at the Seattle International Comedy Competition Harry J Riley. Hosted by Steve Johnson. Dec. 13, 8-9:30 pm. $10. Brothers Bar, 111 W. Shaffer Ave. (258-8875) GIRL POWER A 90 minute comedy show featuring all hilarious female comics. Dec. 13, 7:30 pm. $8-$14. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998)

COMMUNITY

CHRISTMAS TREE ELEGANCE The annual raffle of 18 custom-decorated trees supports the Spokane Symphony, through the Spokane Symphony Associates, and includes six trees on display at River Park Square. Raffle tickets are $1 each. Through Dec. 9. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. (800-899-1482) GREATER MINDS COLLEGE FAIR FOR ADULTS No matter your situation, Greater Minds is a free service that supports adults to and through degree completion. In the SCC Lair (bldg 6).

Dec. 6, 4:30-6:30 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. greatermindsdecembercollegefair. eventbrite.com (321-3623)

HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW + LAKE CRUISES Take a holiday cruise across the lake to view more than 1.5 million twinkling holiday lights and visit Santa Claus and his elves at his waterfront toy workshop. Forty-minute cruises depart daily, through Jan. 1, at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 pm. LIghts are on display daily. $22.25/adults; $21.25/seniors 55+; $7.50/ages 6-12; free/ages 5 and under.

The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com (855-379-5478) WINTERFEST Visit with Santa Claus, see the Festival of Trees, a lighted Main Street parade, fireworks, shop local store specials and more. Dec. 6, 2:30-7 pm. Free. Colfax Library, 102 S. Main St. whitco.lib.wa.us (397-4366) FRIENDS OF MANITO HOLIDAY LIGHTS The Gaiser Conservatory is decked out for the annual holiday lights display. Open house nights Dec. 8-9 from 4:30-7:30 pm with cookie decorating, Santa visits, poinsettias for sale and more. Lights on display daily Dec. 7-16 from noon-7:30 pm; through Dec. 31 from noon-3:30 pm. Free, donations accepted. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. bit.ly/2zMVE7o (456-8038) MILLWOOD TREE LIGHTING & GINGERBREAD BUILD After the annual Christmas tree lighting (6 pm), stop by the Masonic Center (3219 N. Argonne) to create a gingerbread house, with all materials provided. Dec. 7, 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Downtown Millwood. scld.org SWING & LINE DANCING Line dancing lessons and practice from 6:30-7:30 pm, followed by country swing until 8:30 pm. Ongoing lessons held in the Little Theater every other Friday night.

Dec. 7, 6:30-8:30 pm. $8-$14. Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org WALLACE RETRO CHRISTMAS The historic Silver Valley mine town becomes a storybook winter village during this two weekend celebration. See 1950s era lighted blow-molds line the streets, enjoy pet and light parades, hay rides, craft fairs, caroling and more.

Nov. 30-Dec. 1 and Dec. 7-8. Free. Wallace. wallaceidahochamber.com WINTER WREATH MAKING Sip on local wine and learn how to make a holiday wreath; supplies provided. Dec. 7 at 5 pm and Dec. 9 at 10 am. $55; registration required. Townshend Cellar, 8022 E. Greenbluff Rd. townshendcellar.com 1912 CENTER WINTER MARKET Local artists, craftspeople, growers and producers gather to sell their products, including handcrafted art and artisan goods, food products and more. Dec.

8 from 10 am-2 pm. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. (208-669-2249) ANDROID STUDIO Learn how to develop apps for the Android operating system. Ages 16+. Dec. 8 from 9:30 amnoon. free. Gizmo-Cda, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Hedlund Building, Suite 142. gizmo-cda.org (208-929-4029) DROP IN & READ Read books from Spark’s collection to inspire your own stories, crafts and drawings. Participants may read at their own pace and then choose from writing, arts or crafts activities based on what they have read. Grades K-8. Second Saturday of the month, from 2:30-4 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (279-0299) HYGGE HOLIDAY MARKET A makers market featuring local artists, food producers and more. Bellwether is also serving its Hygge mulled ale, served hot and lightly spiced. See link for vendor list. Dec. 8, 2-6 pm. Bellwether Brewing Co., 2019 N. Monroe. bit.ly/2Q5Koxe IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES Kids can explore augmented and virtual reality in the center’s media arts lab. Dec. 8, 11 am-2 pm. Free. Gizmo-Cda, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Hedlund Building, Suite 142. gizmo-cda.org (208-929-4029) LIVE NEIGH-TIVITY & SANTA VISITS First Presbyterian and Trinity Lutheran host a live animal petting stable, manger scene photo booth, carolers, hot chocolate, coffee and gifts. Santa also rides in on the CdA Fire Dept.’s vintage truck to meet children, take photos and collect canned food donations. Dec. 8, 1-6 pm. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. bit.ly/2qK5bIk POST FALLS TINY TREE FESTIVAL & BRUNCH Join the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce for the third annual event, featuring brunch, a mimosa bar, silent auction and raffle of decorated trees.

Dec. 8, 10 am-noon. $30/person, $240/ table. Templin’s Red Lion, 414 E. First Ave. postfallschamber.com SANTA AT THE RAIL MUSEUM Kids can meet Santa, take photos and take a ride with Santa’s helper on the 2-foot train ride. Dec. 8-9 and 15-16 from 11 am-4 pm. $6-$10. Inland Northwest Rail Museum, 23700 Sprinkle Rd. inlandnwrailmuseum.com (796-3377) SANTA BREAKFAST & PHOTOS Enjoy breakfast, hot chocolate, coffee and tea with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Also includes kids activities, photos in Santa’s sleigh and more. Dec. 9 and 15 from 9 amnoon. $4-$10. Southside Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. sssac.org

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Advice Goddess FOR WHOM THE SLEIGH BELLS TOLL

I get very lonely around the holidays. My family is just my parents, and they’re far away. I don’t have a boyfriend right now. I have many friends and good people in my life, but instead of hanging out with them, I find myself isolating.

So...it seems my treatment for loneliness is loneliness and then feeling sorry for myself that I’m home alone. Help!

—Pity Party Animal

AMY ALKON

Each of us gets into the holiday spirit in our own special way. Some of us build gingerbread houses; some of us build gingerbread psychiatric hospitals.

To understand how you can long for human connection and (ugh!) long to avoid it at the very same time, it helps to understand the mechanics of loneliness — the pain we feel when we’re disconnected from others. Like other emotions, loneliness is “adaptive,” meaning it has a function. It most likely evolved to motivate ancestral humans to behave in ways that would help them survive and mate. (Survival in the harsh ancestral environment would have been strongly connected with social bonds, and mating without a partner tends to be a bust for those of us who are not aphids or slime mold.)

The problem is, our psychology is complex, and work orders laid out for us by different emotional adaptations — different functional feelings — sometimes conflict.

For example, the sadness that comes with loneliness is also motivating — only it can motivate you to lie facedown on the couch.

This probably seems anything but useful, but psychiatrist and evolutionary psychologist Randolph Nesse explains that the slowing down in energy that’s a partner to sadness gives us time to examine our behavior, figure out whether we might do better with different tactics, and, if so, change our MO. It is important to take stock like this — to a point. But if you remind yourself of the evolved job of emotions, you’ll see that it’s sometimes in your interest to override them. In short, you can do your sadness homework without making your loneliness worse by spending your entire holiday mumbling into the throw pillows.

Tell your besties that you could use some cheering up, and give yourself an emotional work assignment: going to a minimum of three parties over the holidays where groups of your friends will be in attendance. Keep in mind — while you’re lifting what feels like your 3,000-pound arm to apply mascara before going to some shindig — that we’re bad at predicting what will make us happy or unhappy. Chances are, once you’re at the party, you’ll catch a buzz from the eggnog, get laughing with your friends, and accidentally slack off on your fashionable nihilism — your muttering that it’s all nothingness and you’re alone in the universe except for your unpaid debts.

CRUSHIN’ ROULETTE

I’m a 32-year-old guy with a really great female friend. We talk on the phone, grab food, etc. She even kept me company in the hospital after I got into a motorcycle accident. I’ve started falling for her, and I want to ask her out, but I’m afraid of losing her friendship. —Conflicted It’s just a bit of a twist on the friendship ring. You’d like to give her a friendship penis.

Risk researchers find that decision-making in the face of uncertainty — when we can’t be sure of what the outcome will be — is really hard for us. However, by plugging in all the information we have, positive and negative, we can make an educated prediction about how things are likely to turn out — and whether we can afford the loss if our effort is a bust.

For example, if you have only one friend and if you’re pretty sure you could never make another — say, because you live on one of those tiny desert islands in a New Yorker cartoon -- you might decide it’d be too costly for you to risk saying something.

And if, on a scale from 1 to 10, your friend is a 9.2 and you’re more on the bridge troll end of the spectrum (in both looks and career prospects), your chances of romance with her might be pretty slim. (“Shrek” is not a documentary.)

If, after weighing the pros and cons, you decide to ask this woman out, you could simply say, “I’d like to take you on a date. Would you be interested in that?” Yes, it’s possible that doing this would tank your friendship, but chances are, you’d just act a little weird around her for a while. Then again, if you said nothing and constantly agonized over wanting her, you might also end up acting all weird -- in ways that would make continuing your friendship impossible. (Okay, so she’s not into you, but maybe if you send her yet another love poem written in your own blood...) n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN!: An open house with free cookies, milk and a Santa photobooth. Dec. 8, 11 am-2 pm. Free. Five Star Real Estate, 12121 E. Broadway, Spokane Valley. (323-5555) SPA HOLIDAY CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISER Celebrate with Spokane Preservation Advocates at the historic Richardson-Jackson House (1226 N. Summit Blvd.) Self-guided tours of the home welcome, bring an appetizer or wine to share. Dec. 8, 6-9 pm. $25-$30. spokanepreservation.org SPOKANE VALLEY SANTA BREAKFAST The 11th annual breakfast benefits the Salvation Army Food Bank and includes a brunch buffet and photos with a donation of cash or food. Dec. 8-9 from 8 am-1 pm. Call for reservations.

Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. mirabeauparkhotel.com WINTER FESTIVAL Shop the local store featuring items from regional vendors, including gift items, holiday decor, fine art and more. Dec. 8, 10 am-8 pm. Farm Salvation, 106 S. Lefevre St., Medical Lake. bit.ly/2B8ElPS (509-993-1723) CHRISTMAS B&B OPEN HOUSE TOUR Tour the holiday magic at two of North Idaho’s premier bed and breakfast venues, the Roosevelt Inn and Aspen Meadows, which have transformed to Christmas headquarters. Entry is a food donation. Dec. 9, 12-4 pm. Roosevelt Inn, 105 E. Wallace. (208-765-5200) THE HOLIDAY MARKET A community gathering of Inland Northwest artists, jewelers, bakers, and crafters, with food samples, shopping and holiday music.

Inside the resort’s Convention Center.

Dec. 9, 10 am-4 pm. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. bit.ly/2PA17cA HOMEOWNER OPPORTUNITIES WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SPOKANE A meeting about homeownership opportunities and learn more about this amazing program and how to apply.

Dec. 10, 6-8 pm. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. spokanelibrary.org HUMAN RIGHTS DAY A day dedicated to recognizing and appreciating the generosity of HREI donors, who make its mission achievable. Dec. 10. Free.

Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr., CdA. hrei.org SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN! Visit Santa and his firefighter helpers at your neighborhood fire station. Helpers hand out candy canes and accept canned food donations. Take pictures with Santa, visit with the firefighters and tour the trucks. Schedule posted on the Spokane County Fire District 9 Facebook page. Dec. 11-23; times vary.

(466-4602) CREATIVE STUDIO FOR VARIOUSLYABLED ADULTS People of all abilities are invited to gather for social interaction and the chance to explore creative interests on the second Wednesday of each month, from 10-11 am. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (279-0299) REMEMBRANCE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Gather with family for an evening of music and calm reflection in remembrance of those we grieve this holiday season. Each household receives a special keepsake ornament.

Dec. 12, 5:30 pm. Free. Hospice of North Idaho, 2290 W. Prairie Ave. hospiceofnorthidaho.org (208-772-7994) SUPERFUND PRESENTATION In the time since the establishment of the Basin Environmental Improvement Project

Commission and the EPA Superfund sites, significant headway has been made in restoring our local waterways.

Learn about the many improvements made over the last four decades in this presentation. Dec. 12, 1-2 pm. Free. Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr. HREI.org LILAC CITY LIVE! The “late night” talk show featuring local talent, along with drinks, music and more. December’s event features author Chris Crutcher, artist Nick Spanjer, music by Windoe and comedy by Lou Moon. Dec. 13, 7-9 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org DROP IN & RPG If you’ve ever been curious about role-playing games, join us to experience this unique form of game-playing, and build a shared narrative using cooperative problem solving, exploration, imagination, and rich social interaction. Ages 5-105. Priority seating provided for age 17 or younger.

Second and fourth Friday of the month, from 4-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org

FILM

THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS A family-friendly, fantasy, adventure film from Disney, starring Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley and Mackenzie Foy. Showing Nov. 25-Dec. 9; times vary. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org WILDLIFE Set in 1960’s small town Montana, Wildlife tells the story of a teenage boy who must deal with his mother’s complicated response after his father abandons them to fight a forest fire in Canada. Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) BING CROSBY HOLIDAY FILM FEST The 13th annual festival features some of the best-loved films starring Spokane’s own Bing Crosby, along with a gallery of photos of the famous entertainer, film clips of him entertaining the troops in WWII and a special live musical performance by Howard Crosby (son of Bing’s brother Ted) and Hot Club of Spokane. See link for complete event schedule. Dec. 8, 11:30 am. $10.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbyadvocates.org WHITE CHRISTMAS See the holiday classic starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and VeraEllen on the big screen. Dec. 9 and 12 at 2 and 7 pm. At Regal Northtown and Riverstone. $13. fathomevents.com SADIE The film by U of I graudate Megan Griffiths won the 2018 Gryphon Jury Award, and tells the story of an impoverished 13-year-old girl waiting for her irresponsible father to return from repeated tours in the military. In the Bruce M. Pitman Center. Dec. 10, 7 pm.

Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu (208-885-6111) KYRS TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE See the family holiday classic on the big screen.

Dec. 11, 6:30-8 pm. $5. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. kyrs.org MAMMA MIA SING-ALONG Set on a colorful Greek island, the beloved plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. Dec. 13, 7 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org NEVER-ENDING MAN: HAYAO MIYAZAKI A film following the formerlyretired Japanese film director, pro-

ducer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist as he returns to work to create a short film using CGI for the first time. At Regal Northtown and Riverstone (CdA). Dec. 13, 7:30 pm. $13. fathomevents.com IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE The Kenworthy’s annual showing of the 1946 classic includes free hot chocolate at each showing and a visit from Santa on Friday and Saturday. Dec. 14-16 at 7 pm. $3-$7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) MATCHSTICK PRODUCTIONS: HOJI & ALL IN Matchstick’s 2018 ski film was spearheaded by a talented group of women who want to disrupt the maledominated ski film formula. Dec. 14, 7-9:30 pm. $12. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801)

FOOD

TASTEFUL THURSDAYS The annual series showcases and highlights local beer and winemakers, gourmet food and handmade items and more. Thursdays through Dec. 20. Free. Moscow Food Co-op, 121 E. Fifth St. moscowfoodcoop.com COOKIE DECORATING WITH SANTA! The popular event returns; kids get to decorate a holiday cookie and have their picture taken with Santa. Event runs while supplies last. Dec. 7, 4-6 pm.

Free. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. (509-558-2100) CREATOR IN RESIDENCE: CATEE NG Catee is a self-taught baker and decorator, and now teaches classes at local libraries and other venues. Each week during her residency, she’ll be completing a new project. See her working on Dec. 12 and 18 from 4-6 pm; Fridays in Dec. from 1-3 pm and Dec. 27 from 6-8 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org (893-8350) RCB GARAGE PARTY December’s event includes acoustic sets from local musicians Andrew Dempsen, Glen Schroeder, and Luke Stuivenga, along with art by Spokane artist Caroline Bickford. Enjoy scones from The Scone Ranger to pair with our beer. Dec. 7, 4-10 pm. Free. River City Brewing, 121 S. Cedar St. rivercityred.blogspot.com BONE BROTH CLASS Join Eileen Napier of Ramstead Ranch at this sit-down class to learn the what, why and how of truly functional bone broth that’s nutrient-dense and easy to make. Can’t make class? Drop in from 3-4 pm for samples and recipes. Dec. 8, 10 amnoon, 1-3 & 3-4 pm. $25. Batch Bakeshop, 2023 W. Dean. ramsteadranch. com/events (509-442-4725) LADDER COFFEE GRAND OPENING AND THROWDOWN Celebrate the grand opening of Ladder’s first brick and mortar location. Stop by between 6:30 am and 5 pm for a chance to win door prizes. The first 50 drinks of the day are free. Celebration ends with a latte art competition; doors at 6:30, first pour at 7:30 pm. $5 to compete.

Dec. 8, 6:30 am-9 pm. Ladder Coffee & Toast, 1516 W. Riverside. facebook.com/ laddercoffee (602-689-8545) GINGERBREAD BUILD-OFF Christ Kitchen’s annual event includes a pastry chef building competition, and gingerbread house decorating for guests ($7). Dec. 9, 10 am-4 pm. $5-$7. Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. bit.ly/2QD0M5f (325-4343) GINGERBREAD HOUSE BUILD PARTY

Bring your own graham crackers, frosting and friends for a fun time of gingerbread house building. The brewery serves Christmas themed drinks, music and decorations. Dec. 9, 4 pm. Free admission.

Badass Backyard Brewing, 3115 N. Butler Rd. bit.ly/2Po2WJx (208-659-6946) SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH SANTA The resort’s brunch features salads, fruit and traditional breakfast fare such as Italian sausage and brown sugar bacon. In December, Santa makes a special visit. Dec. 9, 16 and 23 from 9 am-noon. $18-$35.

Dockside Restaurant, 115 S. Second St. bit.ly/2gjlPqE (208-666-5799) BASIC CUPCAKE DECORATING Learn basic techniques including decorating supplies, terms and piping tips. Practice on three cupcakes to take home. Registration required; for adults & teens. Dec. 10, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) COMMUNITY COOKING CLASSES The Kitchen at Second Harvest provides nutrition information, scratch cooking skills, budgeting, and more. Free handson cooking classes in the kitchen teach low-income families how to prepare nutritious meals while making optimal use of their limited resources. See website for dates/times; typically meets Tue and Wed from 5:30-7 pm. Free. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org/classes-events/ CHRISTMAS FOODS OF THE WORLD A multi-course dinner showcasing foods from around the world, prepared by chefs Adam Hegsted, Ian Wingate and Rory Allen, with featured beer and spiced wine pairings. Reservations required. Dec. 13, 6 pm. $35. The Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy. thewanderingtable.com VOLUNBEER WITH GREAT NORTHERN BREWING Attendees participate in a food sort activity, followed by a beer sampling with Great Northern Brewing.

Dec. 13, 5:30-8 pm. $25. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6249) ADULT CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLASS Bakers teach how to make Lilac City’s soft sugar cookie, snickerdoodle, and molasses crinkle cookies. Guests also nibble on snacks, bake cookies, and learn basic decorating skills. Dec. 14, 6 pm. $50. Lilac City Bakery, 1215 N. Ruby St. bit.ly/2K5GFKp (509-315-4958)

MUSIC

NW BACHFEST WINTER CLASSICS POP UP CONCERT A winter concert featuring music for a piano quartet with Benjamin Breen, violin; Martin Sher, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; and Awadagin Pratt. Dec. 6, 3-4 pm. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com (208-765-6006) NW BACHFEST WINTER CLASSICS: PIANO QUARTET A program featuring works by Arensky, Bach, Brahms, Mozart and more, performed by Benjamin Breen (violin), Martin Sher (viola), Zuill Bailey (cello) and Awadagin Pratt (piano). Dec. 6, 7 pm. $40. Hagadone Event Center, 900 S. Floating Green Dr. nwbachfest.com CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS CONCERT: CHILD OF MERCY The Gonzaga music department’s annual holiday concert, featuring the GU Choirs, Brass Choir and Spokane Brass Quintet. Dec. 7 at 7:30 pm and Dec. 8 at 2 pm. St. Aloysius Church, 330 E. Boone Ave. gonzaga.edu/music CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT Chorale Coeur d’Alene presents traditional Christmas and Advent music, including Joseph Martin’s The Winter Rose, arrangements

by John Rutter and Peter Wilhousky of holiday favorites, and concluding with a sing-along of favorite carols. Dec. 7-8 at

7 pm and Dec. 8 at 2 pm. $10-$20. Trinity Lutheran, 812 N. Fifth St. choralecda.com CRESCENDO COMMUNITY CHORUS HOLIDAY CONCERT Celebrate the holidays as the local choirs sing music in the spirit of the season. Dec. 7, 7-8 pm. Free; donations accepted. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 5720 S. Perry St. crescendocommunitychorus.org U OF IDAHO HOLIDAY CONCERT The Jazz Choirs and one of the four Jazz Bands are joined by regional elementary, junior high school and high school choirs and a community bell choir. Dec. 7, 7 pm.

Free and open to the public. Kibbie Activity Center, 1000 Stadium Dr. uidaho.edu/ uss/kibbie (208-885-6394) CELTIC WINTER CELEBRATION Celtic fusion band HoneyBee performs, featuring twin sisters Deby Benton Grosjean and Pamela Benton. Dec. 8, 3-5 pm. $15/$18. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org HOLIDAY CONTRA DANCE The Spokane Folklore Society’s holiday dance features the band Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots with caller Penn Fix. Includes a dessert potluck break. No experience necessary, all ages welcome. Dec. 8, 7-10 pm. $7$10. East Spokane Grange, 1621 N. Park Rd. (747-2640) SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS NIC Wind Symphony, Cardinal Chorale and Chamber Singers perform at the Schuler Performing Arts Center, Boswell Hall. Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm, Dec. 9 at 2 pm. Free. Schuler Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Garden Ave. (208-769-7780) WASHINGTON IDAHO SYMPHONY The Symphony and Palouse Choral Society present Handel’s Messiah under the direction of the Choral’s new Artistic and Music Director, Dr. Paul Thompson. Dec. 8-9 at 4 pm. $12-$25. St. Boniface Catholic Church, 207 S. St. Boniface St., Uniontown. Also Dec. 8, 7:30 pm. $15-$25.

Pullman High School, 510 NW Greyhound Way. (509-332-1551) WHITWORTH CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL CONCERT The 33rd edition of this annual holiday performance features music and inspirational readings that celebrate the joy and mystery of the Christmas season.

The concert concludes in a candlelight setting with hymns and carols for all to sing. Dec. 8 at 8 pm and Dec. 9 at 3 pm. $5-$20. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) A WINTER BAROQUE CELEBRATION WITH THE SPOKANE SYMPHONY A festive evening of Bach, Vivaldi and more, set in the splendor of Spokane area churches, conducted by Music Director Eckart Preu. $30-$45. Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ, 411 S. Washington St. spokanesymphony.org 10TH ANNUAL AVÉ CONCERT A concert filled with music of devotion and works that span the centuries, followed by a reception with apple cider and ginger snaps. Dec. 9, 3 pm. Donations accepted.

Mukogawa Institute, 4000 W. Randolph Rd. mwfi.edu (509-328-2971) AFFINITI - A CELTIC CHRISTMAS The award-winning Irish trio bring their holiday show to Spokane, supported by their special guests Howard Crosby (Bing’s nephew) and Randy Kaping (pianist).

Dec. 9, 7-9 pm. $13-$22. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) HOLIDAY ON PIPES The church’s annual holiday concert and singalong, with Ken Fuller on the Wurlitzer organ and Carol Fuller on piano. Dec. 9, 6 pm.

Free, donations accepted. First Church of Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd.

(467-8986) NW BACHFEST WINTER CLASSICS:

PIANO QUARTET A program featuring works by Arensky, Bach, Brahms, Mozart and more, performed by Benjamin Breen (violin), Martin Sher (viola), Zuill Bailey (cello) and Awadagin Pratt (piano). Dec. 9, 3 pm. $35. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. nwbachfest.com A WINTER BAROQUE CELEBRATION WITH THE SPOKANE SYMPHONY A festive evening of Bach, Vivaldi and more, set in the splendor of Spokane area churches, conducted by Music Director Eckart Preu. Dec. 9, 3-4:30 pm. $30-$45.

Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene, 15515 E. 20th Ave. spokanesymphony.org WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE The Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance; the band is Prestwold Players with caller Karen Wilson-Bell. Beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. Dec. 12, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. 9th. womansclubspokane.org

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

PROVING GROUNDS A mixed martial arts event presented by Warrior Camp.

Dec. 7, 7 pm. $20-$30. HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo. hubsportscenter.org SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. LETHBRIDGE HURRICANES Promo: Festivus night.

Dec. 7, 7:05 pm. $11-$25. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanearena.com EAGLE WATCHING CRUISES Every year, hundreds of American Bald Eagles visit Lake Coeur d’Alene on their annual migration. In December and January, these birds congregate at the lake’s northern end to feed on lake-bound salmon. Cruises offered Dec. 8-9 and 15-16 from 1-3 pm; Dec. 26-Jan. 1 from 10 am-noon and 1-3 pm. $18.25-$26.26. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. bit.ly/2IzdDlD SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. KOOTENAY ICE Promo: Teddy Bear Toss night Dec. 8, 7:05 pm. $11-$25. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. EVERETT SILVERTIPS Promo: TicketsWest player magnets Dec. 12, 7:05 pm. $11-$25. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000)

THEATER

ANNIE Based on the popular comic strip

by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon. Through Dec. 9; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. facebook.com/lakecityplayhouse/ A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS The classic animated television special comes to life in this stage adaptation. Through Dec. 15; Thu-Sat at 7 pm; Sat at 2 pm.

Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway. libertylaketheatre.com ELF THE MUSICAL Based on the cherished 2003 film comes this staged version of the story of Buddy the elf. Through Dec. 23; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $15-$32. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com ELLEN TRAVOLTA PRESENTS: CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED Each season, the resort features an original holiday theatre production by Ellen Travolta, capturing the spirit of the Christmas season. This year’s show, directed by Troy Nickerson, features Ellen and Margaret Travolta, Molly Allen, Mark Cotter, Abbey Crawford, Patrick Treadway, Laura Sable and Lola Fridley. Through Dec. 16, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 5 pm. $27.50. CdA Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com FESTIVAL OF SHORTS Whitworth’s an-

nual festival, directed by students in the directing class. Dec. 5-6 at 7:30 pm. In the Cowles Auditorium Stage II. Free.

Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. whitworth.edu (777-3707) POPOVICH COMEDY PET THEATER A European-style circus with physical comedy, juggling, acrobats, highly intelligent dogs and cats! All pets are trained using positive reinforcement. Dec. 6, 7 pm. $25-$30. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com A MIDWINTER NIGHT’S DREAM Enjoy a holiday interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic tale about the mystery, magic and transformative power of love. Free/ UI students. Matinees are “pay what you can.” Dec. 6 and 8 at 7:30 pm; Dec. 9 at 2 pm. $15/general. Hartung Theater, 875 Perimeter Dr. uidaho.edu/class/theatre/ productions-and-events CHRISTMAS AT SIXTH STREET A musical holiday celebration so merry it’s sure to make the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes! Dec. 7 at 7 pm; Dec. 8-9 at 2 pm. $13/$15. Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth St, Wallace. sixthstreetmelodrama.com A CHRISTMAS CAROL Scrooge is still obnoxious, but now is a modern businesswoman in this production from the POPA. Dec. 7-8 and 14-15 at 7 pm, Dec. 9 and 16 at 3 pm. $7-$12. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave. pendoreilleplayers.org CHRISTMAS TOWN Northwoods’ annual holiday show, directed by Mark D. Caldwell. Includes dinner-theater option. Through Dec. 8; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm; dinner at 6:30 pm. $10-$35. Circle Moon Theater, 3642 N. S.R. 211, Newport. northwoodsperformingarts.com HARRY CONNICK, JR.’S THE HAPPY ELF A new musical comedy by the Grammy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist. Through Dec. 16; Fri at 7 pm; Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $10$14. Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. spokanechildrenstheatre.org IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY Based on the classic holiday movie, staged as a live radio broadcast. Dec. 7-16; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Dinner theater Dec. 15 at 6 pm (reservations only). $5-$30. StageWest Community Theatre, 639 Elm, Cheney. (309-9929) TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS The Radio City Music Hall-style show includes choreographed kicklines, Santa’s workshop, a military tribute and a grand Nativity.

Dec. 7-21; Fri-Sun (times vary). Dec. 20 from 7-9 pm and Dec. 21 from 3-5 pm. $21-$34. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. traditionsofchristmasnw.com THE GIFT OF THE MAGI A sympathetic and warmly human dramatic musical adaptation of the classic O. Henry story.

Dec. 8 at 6:30 and 8:30 pm; Dec. 7 at 6:30 pm; Dec. 9 at noon. $15. Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho.edu/class/theatre/productions-and-events IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY Based on the classic holiday film, staged as a live radio broadcast. Through Dec. 19; Tue-Wed at 7:30 pm. $15-$20.

Best Western Coeur d’Alene, 506 W. Appleway Ave. artsandculturecda.org SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE LIVE! Featuring the top 10 contestants from Season 15. Dec. 9, 6:30 pm. $31.50-$67.

First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com WAITRESS Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film, “Waitress” tells the story of a waitress and expert pie maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. Dec. 12-15 at 7:30 pm, Dec. 15 at 2 pm and Dec. 16 at 1 and 6:30 pm. $50-$98. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

wcebroadway.com (800-325-7328) A CHRISTMAS WITH C.S. LEWIS The famous British author, in the twilight years of his life, has agreed to give an informal talk to a group of American writers visiting England over the Christmas season.

Dec. 13, 7-9 pm. $15-$45. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404)

ARTS

CHRISTMAS BY THE CREEK A studio art sale at Clayfox Pottery and Clay School (15221 N. Shady Slope Rd.) offering sculpture and pottery by Jill Smith, jewelry by Robin Kahn, cars by Ashley Hollender and products from the Cowgirls Cookin’ seasoning line. Dec. 7 from 4-8 pm and Dec. 8 from 10 am-5 pm. (995-4916) FIRST FRIDAY Art galleries and businesses across downtown Spokane and beyond host receptions to showcase new displays of art. Dec. 7, from 5-8 pm. Details at firstfridayspokane.org.

STAN MILLER HOME PAINTING EXHIBITION The internationally known watercolor and egg tempera painter hosts his annual home show, showing some of his recent paintings. Dec. 7 from 5-9 pm, Dec. 8 from 11 am-6 pm and Dec. 9 from noon-4 pm. At 3138 E. 17th Ave., Spokane. stanmiller.net (509-768-9354) “WE ARE STILL HERE” NATIVE ART SHOW & LIVE ART AUCTION Twentyeight Native American artists from the Inland Northwest, representing a dozen different tribes, show their work, with a live art auction on Dec. 8 from 2-5 pm (preview at 10 am). Dec. 7 from 5-9 pm and Dec. 8 from 10 am-5 pm. Free. Philanthropy Center, 1020 W. Riverside. bit.ly/2KzAezz ART WORKS’ HOLIDAY RECEPTION Mingle with local artists and browse art, which is discounted by 10 percent during reception hours. Dec. 8, 4:30-7:30 pm.

Free. Art Works Gallery, 214 N. First Ave. sandpointartworks.com (208-263-2642) U OF I CERAMICS & PRINT SALE Ceramics and prints created by U of I students are available for purchase during the sale.

All proceeds benefit students and studio spaces in the Art and Design Program.

Dec. 8, 11 am-5 pm. Prichard Art Gallery, 414 S. Main St., Moscow. uidaho.edu/caa/ galleries/prichardartgallery

WORDS

3 MINUTE MIC Auntie’s long-running first Friday poetry open mic continues with guest host Danielle Estelle-Ramsay.

Open mic readers can share up to 3 minutes’ worth of poetry. Content is not censored. Dec. 7, 8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com JAN BRETT: THE SNOWY NAP The beloved and bestselling children’s author hosts a drawing demonstration and signing of her new book, “The Snowy Nap.” Dec. 7, 5 pm. Free. Moscow High School, 402 E. 5th. bookpeopleofmoscow.com SHERRY JONES BOOK LAUNCH Celebrate the launch of Jones’s new novel, about the life of the 20th-century entertainer, spy and Civil Rights activist Josephine Baker. Includes music by Madeline McNeill, video of Josephine, and Charleston lessons. Fre. Dec. 7 from 6-10 pm. At 1507 E. Sprague. bit.ly/2QCU7bf SING-ALONG WITH MUDGY & SANTA Children’s author Susan Nipp, creator of the “Mudgy & Millie” books and the “Wee Sing” series, leads kids in holiday songs. Mudgy Moose and Millie Mouse are present with Santa Claus for informal photos. Dec. 8, 11 am. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org n

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Green Wave The Washington Cannabis Association hopes to ease restrictions on investors and entrepreneurs with upcoming legislation

BY QUINN WELSCH

W

hile we can bicker about the size and color of our respective Red or Blue “waves” after November’s midterm elections, there is one political movement that has been consistently gaining traction since 2012: the Green Wave. (And no, not of the Jill Stein variety.)

In the Washington marijuana industry, things on the legislative front haven’t changed significantly. But that could soon change in the state’s forthcoming legislative session, says Washington Cannabis Association Director Vicki Christophersen (WACA).

A statewide injunction on outside marijuana investment remains one of the biggest barriers for the Washington cannabis industry, Christophersen says. But WACA has been working with several lawmakers from to introduce legislation in 2019 that would allow outside capital into Washington’s cannabis industry.

The decision to ease some of the current regulations comes down to whether or not Washington state wants to remain competitive in the cannabis industry, she says, especially as more states vote to legalize marijuana, not to mention the national legalization in Canada.

“The train has left the station,” she says. “The question for us is whether we will continue to be a leader.”

Without that investment, Washington marijuana entrepreneurs have found themselves at a disadvantage. At the MJBizCon last month in Las Vegas, which brought nearly 30,000 cannabis professionals into its doors, she says non-Washington investors were reluctant to even speak with the state’s entrepreneurs.

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other states that had legalized marijuana.

“The world has changed,” she says.

Additionally, another barrier in Washington state is the increased scrutiny on marijuana shareholders. As it stands, cannabis entrepreneurs and shareholders are held to a higher vetting standard than their counterparts in liquor-related businesses. Christophersen says WACA is also working with lawmakers to ease some of these restrictions as well, bringing cannabis “more in line” with the liquor industry, an industry which shares the same oversight from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

Obviously, another obstacle remains federal prohibition. But anti-pot ex-Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned the day after the midterm elections, and Christophersen is upbeat about voter results around the country.

“We’re getting to a critical mass now. We’re getting to the point now where it has to be taken up at the federal level. We have momentum on our side,” she says. “More importantly, I think it’s important that Congress get to work and start crafting laws that will give this industry the certainty it deserves.” n

NATIONAL MARIJUANA ELECTION NEWS MICHIGAN: Voters approved recreational marijuana, 55.9 percent UTAH: Voters approved medicinal marijuana, 52.8 percent MISSOURI: Voters approved medicinal marijuana, 65.6 percent WISCONSIN: Majorities in 16 counties supported various legalization efforts OHIO: Five cities approved marijuana decriminalization NORTH DAKOTA: Voters declined to approve marijuana legalization, 59.4 percent COLORADO: Voters approved a state reclassification of hemp, 60.6 percent

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n important development occurred last month without much attention: Washington state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board awarded Verda Bio, a Seattle-based pharmaceutical company, with the state’s first ever research license.

Officials in Olympia first offered the research license in 2016, after the board’s previous iteration had a de facto research group — Life Sciences Discovery Fund — that the state Legislature defunded. The potential of a research license was in constant limbo for two years prior to the 2016 change, with constant stalling in the capital. And the LCB had hoped that either of the state schools would step up to be leading researchers, but neither the University of Washington or Washington State offered proposals.

“To be frank, we couldn’t do it for free,” Sam Mendez, executive director of UW’s Cannabis Law and Policy project, told the Stranger. “We had no idea how many applications would be coming in and when that funding would come in to pay for work to be done.”

The Washington research license allows for researchers “to produce, process and possess marijuana” in an effort to inspect composition and potency as well the possibility of medicinal aspects of the plant and its efficacy in terms of agricultural production.

“This is an important milestone for Washington’s marijuana industry,” LCB Director Rick Garza says. “We’re hopeful that the research will assist policy makers as we grapple with this emerging industry.”

The state requires that research-permit holders offer large scientific reviews of their projects as well as the scope of their research annually. The path to permit was long for Verda Bio, considering that they were the first to apply and began the process of approval two years ago.

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