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EDITOR’S NOTE

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onestly, I feel a little guilty. I didn’t realize the herculean task I was handing Thom Caraway when I asked him to assemble a POETRY ISSUE. Caraway had served as Spokane’s first-ever poet laureate, and I figured he’d tap his circle of writer friends, read two dozen poems and then winnow the submissions to his 10 favorites.

My calculations, I’m happy to admit, were way off base. Caraway had to read more than 500 poems from 264 writers, and then hack that enormous list to 10. Ten poems became 12, so we could include the work of two young scribes (Ben Read, 18, and Elizabeth Grace Armstrong, 10). Twelve became 14 when we decided we should also feature the work of Laura Read, Spokane’s current poet laureate, and Tod Marshall, the poet laureate of Washington.

And because we’ve simply been overwhelmed by the staggering talent of local writers, we’re also including an additional selection of work exclusively at Inlander.com/Poetry. Enjoy!

— JACOB H. FRIES, Editor

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COMMENT | 2016

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oodbye 2016. There have been worse years, I suppose. In my lifetime, candidates would include 1941, 1963, 1968, 2001 and 2008. But for sheer banality, irrationality, ignorance, incompetence, absurdity and systemic dysfunctionality, 2016 stands out.

My poster children for 2016 are the presidential “debates” during which all of our media moderators, while wallowing around in non-issue issues like emails, failed to ask a single question about climate change.

But in a way 2017 could be, if not the most dramatic and searing year, the most challenging.

I use this word carefully — “challenging” — in the sense that, for the first time since 1861, our nation’s institutional center finds itself under siege.

Worse yet, following all those other bad years I listed above, Americans joined together. That’s not what happened in 2016. Just the opposite.

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oday we see William Golding’s Lord of the Flies scenario being played out: The demagogue Jack, in the personage of Donald Trump, has taken over the island. The sensible one, Ralph, has been deposed. The intellectual, Piggy, has been killed, and what’s left is paranoia, chanting and mayhem. Or in today’s parlance, “Lock her up! Lock her up!” which sounds a lot like “Kill the pig! Kill the pig!”

If 2016 has a godfather, it was 1968: The Tet Offensive energized the anti-war movement, and things got even nastier. In the span of two months, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. Then we had the Chicago riot at the Democratic National Convention.

Enter Richard Nixon — hated by Democrats both for his support of Joe McCarthy and for the smear campaigns he had waged. In response, Nixon relied on his new “Southern Strategy” to barely beat a charging Hubert Humphrey. The strategy called for direct appeals to racism against blacks as the way to win over white Democrats.

(Back then they were Democrats; no longer.)

They were angry over civil rights laws and felt abandoned. Fast-forward to 2016, when Trump successfully went national with the same strategy, using Mexicans and Muslims as the designated scapegoats.

Following Nixon’s win, famed Washington Post cartoonist Herb Block (aka “Herblock”), olive branch in hand, published a cartoon set in a barber shop. Well-known for emphasizing Nixon’s 5 o’clock shadow, his caption read: “This shop gives to every new President of the United States a free shave — H. Block, proprietor” Recalling this, with a doff of the hat to “wait and see,” I decided to give Trump one free shave.

He got off to a reasonably good start. He backed off his most egregious personal attacks on

Hillary Clinton. He had a civilized and useful meeting with President Obama. He equivocated on some of his more outlandish campaign promises: That wall?

Well, maybe a fence instead, and maybe we won’t deport millions of Mexicans, and, you know, I support some parts of the Affordable Care Act. Things were looking up.

But not for long. First came Trump’s wild charge that he had also won the popular vote, that the results were rigged. Then he denounced America’s entire intelligence establishment over its Russian hacking analysis — 17 separate intelligence agencies had traced the hacking to the Kremlin. Then came the call to the president of Taiwan, putting at risk our delicate geopolitical balance in the region. He then hit the road on his victory tour, where we heard the same wild accusations. Now the charges of conflicts of interest are coming with the morning headlines. We learned recently that his family members were already engaging in various forms of amateurish influence peddling.

The dismal clincher came as he announced his appointments and nominations. The New Republic listed the names and experience of the incoming Trump gang members. Here goes: A conspiracy website mogul, his reputation based on bullying reporters; a campaign finance lawyer; an immigration extremist; a general who was fired for being disruptive; an immigration hard-liner and spokesperson for murderous militiamen; a fracking true believer; a TV pundit who praises Trump University (even after Trump agreed to pay $25 million to avoid going to trial for fraud); a congressman who wants to nuke Iran; a cattle roper; a states-rights zealot (who thinks that the Supreme Court’s 1966 landmark Miranda ruling was terrible and wants the government to appoint attorneys to represent fetuses); an evangelical outreach advocate; an outspoken nativist; a peddler of Reaganomics. His Cabinet choices also include a nominee who has said he wants to abolish the very agency he has been chosen to lead. Then there’s a first-term congressman whose qualifications begin and end with him being a hunting buddy of Trump’s son.

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eorge Orwell wrote that England need not worry about fascism because when the goose-stepping began, the English would giggle. This incoming administration may well put Orwell to the test: Will his analysis travel to the colonies? n

COMMENT | GET INVOLVED!

Time to Do Something

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A resolution for the new year

BY JACOB H. FRIES

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hroughout 2016, we used this space in the paper for “Trail Mix,” a hodgepodge of election news and analysis largely dominated by the cage match that we call presidential politics. There was no shortage of intrigue — Russian hackers, white supremacists, stolen emails, leaked tapes, a plagiarized speech, a guy named Weiner who takes pictures of his junk, tainted charities and foundations, two hated candidates and one humble winner.

The whole thing left us tired and a little sick to our stomach, and so for 2017, we’re trying something different. Here in this space every week, we plan to feature civic-related events, as well as opportunities for you to get actively involved in your own community.

We could all benefit from fewer Facebook rants in our lives and more actual face time with those friends and neighbors committed to making this an even better place to live.

Tired of complaining that the LETTERS world is going to hell?

Send comments to Then get involved in something editor@inlander.com.

— in your neighborhood, in your school, in your city government, in organizations fighting for causes you believe in.

We’re going to be on the lookout for those types of opportunities, but we could also use your help. Tell us about the event you’re planning; submit events online at Inlander.com/getlisted or email relevant information to getlisted@inlander.com. We need the details one week prior to our publication date.

Let’s agree to make 2017 the Year of Action, the Year of Community, the Year of Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is, the Year of Getting ’er Done, the Year of… OK, we haven’t settled on the name yet, but you get the idea.

It’s time to do something. 

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COMMENT | POLITICS

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The legacy of the 44th President goes far beyond the election of the 45th

BY PAUL DILLON

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t 21, I excitedly watched “The Speech” — the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, delivered by a senator from Illinois with a “funny” name to commentators: Barack Hussein Obama.

“Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes,” he declared to tens of millions of galvanized listeners.

“Well, I say to them tonight, there’s not a liberal America and a conservative America; there’s the United States of America.”

A star was born. Inspired by his message, I volunteered for his 2008 presidential campaign. I wanted our country to move beyond the stagnating dorm-room culture-war arguments from the 1960s which flowed downstream to my generation. (Bush, Clinton, Bush, and in 2008, Clinton again.) Obama represented a break from the past. In making calls and knocking on doors, I was freshly engaging in the political process, because the power to do right and make our world better mattered.

With an energetic, groundbreaking organizing strategy, an improbable candidacy turned to victory. Hope and change was here — the first black President of the United States, a beautiful embodiment of the American dream made history.

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Kindly.

The Affordable Care Act, which is, as the inimitable Vice President Joe Biden said, a “big f---ing deal,” passed.

It saved lives, with more than 20 million Americans gaining health insurance coverage. Globally, Obama was a key leader in the Paris climate agreement with 194 other countries, a turning point in climate policy intended to phase out the use of fossil fuels. He jump-started the economy after inheriting the worst recession since the Great Depression, and on matters of national security, we were safer — we didn’t go to war gratuitously, which isn’t faint praise when you think of the alternatives today. He and First Lady Michelle Obama brought a Kennedyesque air of dignity and gracefulness, without scandal. They invited Beyoncé to the White House, instead of Kid Rock.

But no politician is perfect, and President Obama is no exception. He should be held accountable for his failings: He took too long to act on the Dakota Access Pipeline, those who crashed Wall Street didn’t pay the price for the financial crisis, and we hardly batted an eye at ongoing tragedy in Syria, to name three.

But to say that Obama’s legacy is the election of Donald Trump is a lie.

What happened is that our politics finally caught up to our culture, with the election of an authoritarian reality television star who is even more fraudulent than the fake news he personifies. Another story emerged that took a foundational shift during Obama’s presidency: The dawning of a post-truth age. The signs were there, from Sarah Palin’s celebrity to the Tea Party insurgency, and even trickle-down effects like the Republican coup in the Washington State Senate, as moderates and extremists joined hands to subvert budget negotiations, ensuring a special session. Or flirting with government shutdowns.

The old rules didn’t apply, as democracy was repeatedly hit below the belt. Trump, controlled by a team of swamp monsters, was the logical conclusion of these tactics.

Democrats are now going to have to think like Republicans, and fight the “modern” GOP’s regressive policies instead of fighting among themselves. Rather than going high when the opposition goes low, they’re going to have to go lower — and hit back harder. Preserving Obama’s legacy demands that this be the case.

The currents of lies, hate, war and greed, and threats to basic human rights in the name of economic pain and fear, will be pushed back, because President Obama activated people like me who won’t ever give up — the ongoing struggle for hope and change, especially when things are at their worst, will never die. It’s tough work, and it’s why I do it.

And for that, there’s only one thing left to say: Thanks, Obama. 

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

North Monroe Street is going on a lane “diet” to slow down traffic.

Reactions to a recent blog post (12/20/16) in which we asked Spokane Transit how bus traffic would affect a planned lane reduction on a stretch of North Monroe Street:

STEVE BERDE: If the naysayers and the complainers would take the time to look at the entirety of the changes, I think it would be a plus for most including the businesses affected. If traffic is “calmed,” it makes it better for the shopper and for those who want to make North Monroe a destination rather than a commute through street.

Everywhere these changes have occurred have enhanced the livability of the area. It seems we’ve only heard about the business owners who never like change as it’s unsettling. We’ve yet to hear from the many residents who live in the area bordering Monroe. They must prefer a narrower, prettier, more friendly street coming through their neighborhood. Or, as usual, do I live in a fool’s paradise?

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Pardon Me Four people charged with federal crimes in Eastern Washington received special attention from President Barack Obama in his historic clemency efforts

Anthony Bosley spent more than 10 years behind bars.

President Obama granted him clemency last year.

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nthony Bosley is sleeping with a .45 under his pillow. He wakes up early in the morning, and his mind is drawn to the corner of the bedroom where a few ounces of crack cocaine sit in a shoebox. He realizes he’s not happy. Neither the rings on his finger, nor the chain around his neck are worth it, he thinks. He tells his wife it’s time to give up.

But he doesn’t.

Two days later, Bosley sells an ounce of crack — $800 worth — to a friend who turns around and sells it to a confidential informant for the DEA. Agents watch the whole thing go down, and Bosley and his wife are arrested on Sept. 1, 2005, as they drive away from their house in Spokane. Police find nearly $7,000 in his pocket and some weed under the passenger seat of the car.

This is the third time that Bosley was charged with a drug offense, making him a “career offender” in the eyes of federal prosecutors. He faced a mandatory life sentence under harsh federal anti-drug laws. Bosley agreed to take a plea deal in exchange for leniency, but even then he was looking at a mandatory minimum of 20 years in the federal pen for a nonviolent crime. He requested to serve his time on the East Coast where he didn’t know anyone, he says — the only way he could escape the drug game.

“I needed to better myself and change my whole attitude,” Bosley says now.

The judge agreed, and Bosley spent the next decade in prisons in New Jersey and Minnesota, away from his wife and kids. During that time, Bosley dedicated himself to studying the Bible and a college curriculum. He earned an associate’s degree in business management and logged enough apprenticeship hours to become a certified quality control inspector. He managed 150 inmates working at a recycling plant on the prison campus, he says, and mentored young inmates. And he started preaching.

Then in December 2015, about halfway through his sentence, he was called into the warden’s office. President Barack Obama had granted his request for clemency. By April 2016, Bosley was back living in Spokane with his wife Patricia and their eight kids. ...continued on next page

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On Dec. 19, 2016, President Obama granted clemency to another 231 people, which marks the largest single-day act of mercy by any president in U.S. history. Since taking office, Obama has granted clemency to 1,324 people — more than the 11 previous U.S. presidents combined.

In the waning years of his presidency, Obama has demonstrated his belief in second chances and rejection of federal sentencing guidelines that impose excessive penalties for low-level, nonviolent crimes that disproportionately impact minorities.

Other than Bosley, Obama has granted clemency to three other people convicted in the Eastern District of Washington. Here are two of their stories:

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Vera Mae Yurisich of Cashmere spent three months in prison for a one-word answer she gave to an assistant United States attorney.

In 2001, her husband, Frederic Yurisich, was driving his gray Toyota pickup into town when a U.S. Forest Service employee blew through a red light in a department truck and T-boned Yurisich, then 55. Yurisich, who had to undergo surgery to mend an aching shoulder, sued the Forest Service for damages. He settled for $45,000 in 2004.

Before the settlement, however, federal agents spied on the couple from a window in their neighbor’s garage, according to court documents, and videotaped Frederic Yurisich doing yard work and throwing the baseball with his grandson.

Federal prosecutors then used the footage and the couple’s sworn statements from depositions to charge them both with perjury.

A jury convicted Vera Yurisich based on this question and answer: U.S. Attorney: “Do you do all the outside work around the house?”

Vera: “Yes.” Frederic Yurisich was convicted, as well, for saying that he could no longer play catch with his grandson or work in the yard since his accident.

Today, both maintain that they did not lie to federal prosecutors. Throwing a ball, Frederic Yurisich says, was part of his post-surgery physical therapy.

a letter stating that his application is being reviewed, and he remains hopeful.

“I guess that’s the way our government works,” he says. “If they want to set an example, they get something on you and run it into the ground.”

RAUL ZAVALA

Raul Zavala took a risk. Like Bosley, the twiceconvicted drug offender from Spokane was facing a mandatory life sentence in 2005. DEA agents arrested him with two pounds of meth in his car.

Also like Bosley, federal prosecutors offered Zavala a deal that would have required him to snitch on a suspected Mexican drug cartel and reveal where he got an “extremely pure grade of Mexican-made” dope. In exchange, he’d serve only a few years in federal prison. Otherwise, he was looking at a life behind bars.

Zavala rejected the deal and was convicted in 2006. At sentencing, Zavala told the judge that prosecutors threatened him. “The evidence was manipulated,” he said.

Zavala’s attorney, Frank Cikutovich, who also represented Vera Yurisich, took issue with the lack of discretion the judge had at sentencing due to the harsh drug sentences.

“Had he killed somebody or raped somebody, he would get less,” Cikutovich said in court, according to the Spokesman-Review’s coverage at the time.

“If they want to set an example, they get something on you and run it into the ground.”

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Still each served three months in prison and another year under federal supervision. Neither one had ever been in trouble with the law — “except for a few speeding tickets when I was a teenager,” Frederic Yurisich says.

The perjury convictions stripped the elderly couple of their voting and gun rights and prevented them from getting passports.

But on Dec. 19, Vera Yurisich, now 70, got a call telling her that she’d been absolved of the crime by presidential pardon.

“I’m just glad it was Obama, rather than waiting on Trump,” she says. “I couldn’t vote, which was what upset me the most.”

But Frederic Yurisich is still waiting to hear about his request for clemency. He’s received

Convicted of perjury, Vera and Frederic Yurisich each served three months in prison.

“The result is tragic on many levels,” said Judge Lonny Suko before imposing the mandatory life sentence.

In August, Obama cut Zavala’s life sentence to 20 years, along with the sentences of 111 other federal prisoners who received “unduly harsh sentences under outdated law for committing largely nonviolent drug crimes,” according to White House counsel Neil Eggleston. Zavala is scheduled for release in 2022, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

‘ESTABLISH YOURSELF’

Anthony Bosley sleeps with his TV on. Now when he wakes up in the middle of the night, instead of a shoebox full of drugs, LETTERS his mind drifts to the late-night Send comments to preacher on the screen, and he editor@inlander.com. misses it.

In prison, he earned respect that way. He made his own energy bars too — called Bosley Bars — but he hasn’t made those since he’s been out. Right now, he’s trying to get on his feet.

The no-nonsense 47-year-old hasn’t been without a job for more than a few days since he’s been out. He gets work through a temp agency now, but wants to catch on somewhere more permanently, somewhere he can use his degree. He’s thinking about going back to prisons to speak.

“I know there’s over 6,000 jobs in Spokane,” he says. “It may not be what you wanna do, but a job’s a job until you get on your feet.”

Sure, he misses the extra cash, the vacations and not having to worry about bills piling up. But for Bosley, all of that isn’t worth losing his family again.

“Not being able to see my family, that was the hardest thing,” he says. “Fathers, take care of your kids. Be there for your spouse, and do the right thing. Establish yourself so you can take care of them, and don’t have to go into that lifestyle.” n

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NEWS Business owners have some concerns with the proposal to reduce a mile-long section of MONROE STREET from five lanes to three. Among those concerns: What happens when Spokane Transit Authority buses stop to pick people up during rush hour? That’s something STA plans to address first by reducing the number of bus stops on that mile-long stretch, according to STA spokesman Brandon Rapez-Betty. Second, it plans to use “high-performance transit” techniques, such as off-board ticketing and level boarding that will reduce the time it takes to load wheelchairs onto buses. But STA doesn’t actually have funding for those “high-performance” techniques, so it’s hoping for a state grant that will pay for them. Without the grant for those changes, STA estimates that the lane reductions would add 25 seconds to a commute during the busiest time of the day. (DANIEL WALTERS)

FOR FUN! Ever wonder what Inlander staffers drink while we’re not gulping cups of coffee on deadline? No? Well, you’re about to find out anyway. In the latest installment of “What We’ve Been…” — our biweekly rundown of whatever product we’re consuming at the time — we let readers know WHAT WE’RE DRINKING. Staff writer Mitch Ryals likes LaCroix sparkling water, and he assures us that’s totally normal because of rising LaCroix sales. Music editor Laura Johnson insists the eggnog latte from Starbucks is overlooked during Christmas season. Intern Haylee Millikan turned to mimosas in her post-election angst. Listings editor Chey Scott has been trying out beers from Salt Lake City-based Uinta Brewing. Finally, our editorial designer/ newsroom craft-beer snob Derek Harrison is eager to try the next Deschutes Black Butte birthday reserve.

INHEALTH If you’ve already read the latest InHealth issue, here are some suggestions for keeping up on the latest in HEALTH CARE NEWS and trends. Check out The Book of Joy, an Amazon No. 1 bestseller that recounts the rendezvous of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. Or keep an eye on research coming out of Harvard’s Center for Health and Happiness, which opened in April.

The center’s mission is “to make discoveries that can inform personal behaviors, medical care, public health programs and wide-ranging public policies” to improve people’s lives. In other news, Medicare is trying to decrease hospital-acquired infections by cutting 1 percent of all Medicare payments at hundreds of hospitals around the country, including three locally: Deaconess Medical Center, Providence Holy Family and Valley Hospital. (ANNE McGREGOR)

NEWS | BRIEFS

Crossed Wires A lawsuit accusing Comcast of deceiving Washington customers will move forward after surviving its first court battle

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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f you’ve ever thought that Comcast was taking more money from your pocket than it should, or that it tricks customers for the sake of profit, then Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is right there with you.

Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Comcast, the nation’s largest cable TV and home internet provider, in August, saying that some of Comcast’s practices are a “classic example of a big corporation deceiving its customers for financial gain.” He accused Comcast of more than 1.8 million violations of Washington state’s Consumer Protection Act. In a case that could have broad implications for the corporation nationally, Comcast was dealt its first blow on Dec. 16, when a judge dismissed Comcast’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit entirely.

“The court correctly rejected Comcast’s attempt to evade responsibility for deceiving its customers,” Ferguson says in a statement. “Washington consumers deserve their day in court.”

The lawsuit centers around Comcast’s Service Protection Plan, a nationwide program. The plan, costing $5 a

month, is marketed as a product that lets customers avoid service call fees when there’s a problem with the service. Until June, the plan claimed it was “comprehensive” and “covers all chargeable service calls,” according to the lawsuit. But in fact, it did not cover repairs to customer equipment or most wiring issues.

The suit claims that 500,000 Washington customers Bob Ferguson is taking on the cable guys. subscribed to this plan in the past five years and paid Comcast a sum of at least $73 million. Comcast, according to the lawsuit, did

not provide terms and conditions of the plan to customers, and instead only had those terms and conditions on its website for customers to find themselves.

Those without a protection plan also may have been tricked, the lawsuit says. The company’s customer guarantee promised not to charge for service visits that result in an equipment or network problem, but Ferguson’s office says that thousands of Comcast’s Washington customers were charged for such calls.

Finally, the AG’s office says it uncovered thousands of instances where Comcast performed a credit check on customers when it shouldn’t have, potentially impacting the customer’s credit.

Comcast urged a King County Superior Court judge to dismiss the lawsuit in October, contending that there were no unfair or deceptive trade practices, LETTERS and instead chalking Send comments to some issues up to editor@inlander.com. possible human error.

Comcast suggested that customers on the Service Protection Plan could have looked up the terms and conditions on their own.

“In his prosecutorial zeal, the Attorney General gives his constituents far too little credit,” Comcast argued.

The corporation added that the complaint offered “little more than speculation and hypothetical billing errors that the Attorney General does not allege have actually occurred,” and even if they did, would amount to “isolated breaches of contract, not unfair or deceptive practices.”

But Judge Timothy Bradshaw denied Comcast’s motion to dismiss the suit, and the trial is currently set to begin July 31, 2017. n

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A look at the most popular articles on the Inlander’s website during the past year

BY JACOB H. FRIES

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eaders visit our desktop and mobile sites for countless reasons. Often, they’re searching our events database for something to do, or they’re using our Drinkspotter web app to find a happy hour special. For the past few years, for example, thousands of people have clicked on Inlander.com just to learn how to pronounce rapper Macklemore’s name (from a story we posted in 2013). The point is, the Inlander plays many roles — as a source of news and, sometimes, even inspiration (see this week’s poetry selections) — but if you examined the most LETTERS clicked-on stories of 2016*, you Send comments to could draw certain conclusions. editor@inlander.com.

The pipeline protest in North Dakota resonated with people.

So did the story of a teenager who worked as a drug informant for the Idaho State Police. Oh, and don’t forget about cats and Dolly Parton!

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DAKOTA PROTESTS Contributor Tara Dowd’s column (9/8/16), “To Kill the Black Snake,” looked at the Standing Rock protesters fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline, also known as the black snake. Her analysis was read by people around the globe.

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DRUG INFORMANT In “Unfinished Business” (11/17/16), staff reporter Mitch Ryals exposed how the Idaho State Police employed a 19-year-old Coeur d’Alene kid as a drug informant and how, 11 days later, the teenager was dead.

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CATS In January (1/13/16), calendar editor Chey Scott broke news about a huge cat show, the Evergreen Cat Fanciers’ weekend-long On Safari show, coming to town.

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CONCERTS Music editor Laura Johnson delighted readers (3/28/16) with news that Dolly Parton and Duran Duran were joining Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s summer lineup.

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HOUSE FLIPPING Calendar editor Chey Scott had a story (4/15/16) about a South Perry home being featured in an HGTV pilot episode.

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FATALITY In “Lights and Siren” (6/2/16), staff reporter Mitch Ryals examines the death of Ryan Holyk, a 15-yearold killed in Spokane Valley when he crossed paths with a speeding sheriff’s deputy.

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WOLVES Chey Scott’s short story about a wolf captured on camera on Mount Spokane (8/5/16) tapped into the ongoing debate about reintroducing wolves in the Northwest.

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EDUCATION In “A Blind Eye” (8/11/16), education reporter Wilson Criscione explored a brawl at a WSU house party that involved players from the university’s football team.

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HISTORY News that the Ice Storm of ’96 (11/21/16, by Chey Scott) was turning 20 got readers thinking about the historic weather event that crippled the Inland Northwest.

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CRIME In “Stealing Washington” (3/3/16), news reporters Daniel Walters and Mitch Ryals examined the quirks, loopholes and screw-ups that give Washington state the highest property crime rate in the nation. n * Note: For the purposes of this Top 10 list, we focused on traffic to our mobile website; however, people who visited Inlander.com from their computers, rather than phones, generally liked the same stories.

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Poetry the

issue

READING 500 POEMS

by Thom Caraway

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hen Inlander Editor Jacob Fries asked me to put this section together, I had a pretty good idea how I might go about doing so. After serving as poet laureate for two years, and putting together Railtown Almanac, I have a good sense of who the poets in town are. I even suggested that we consider an open call, to see if we might get one or two surprises.

Six weeks later, I’ve read more than 500 poems from 264 writers, ranging in age, based on cover letters, from 5 to 90. As the submissions piled up, I began to find Jacob’s original idea to publish 10 poems hilarious. I’m not much for math, but that’s around 2 percent of the poems received. But here we are. And as was true when we published Railtown, I’m blown away by the depth and breadth of the poets in the Inland Northwest.

In selecting a dozen poems, I had to make some

decisions. One of the chief joys of being an editor is in finding new talent, and that became one of my criteria, especially considering the new audience that the Inlander’s readership represents. Who have they heard of?

What will they find compelling? So I didn’t include any of the most established poets in the area. Are Christopher Howell, Nance Van Winckel and Ellen Welcker among the best writers in the area? Of course they are, and you should run out to Auntie’s and buy their books. They’ll knock you over. They are brilliant writers, as are many others not appearing in this issue.

But maybe you aren’t as familiar with the beautiful work of Kathryn Smith or Joe Wilkins. Maybe you haven’t been to the Spokane Poetry Slam or Broken Mic (Why not, by the way? Go to those things!) and so haven’t heard the work of Mark Anderson, James Decay or Fitz. Maybe you know Brooke Matson only as the extraordinary leader of Spark Central. Maybe,

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like me, you’ve never read the work of Saj Ravasia or Pat Cason before. I hope you will now.

Still, it was not easy to get down to 12 poems, in part because it meant rejecting 98 percent of the work that had been sent to me in hope, in earnest, joy, and sorrow, and everything in between. The work I read was remarkable, and demonstrates the deep pool of emotion and talent spread throughout the region, like our poetry is another aquifer, running just under the surface, and sustaining us, even as we sometimes forget that it is there. Thanks to everyone who sent something in; you confirmed what I already knew, which is that Spokane is just about the best place a poet can live.

And thanks to Jacob and the Inlander, for supporting and promoting this amazing community. n Thom Caraway, the editor of this section, was Spokane’s first-ever poet laureate.

OUTAGE

by Pat Cason

ODE TO A POMEGRANATE

Light changed its mind about us. Wind tortured trees into giving up branches.

Roots knotted nets through the dark but couldn’t keep hemlocks from pitching to ground.

by Brooke Matson

After the rain, Chinook and coho followed branchwater scent to find here, finned darkness, waiting for home to claim them. I thought I saw stars through the alders.

My finger circles the crown, traces its tight circumference, red and round. I pluck it from the mound the grocer has perfectly arranged and hear the question

Planks of wall and floor don’t care that I’m scared of the dark. This is just the next of their lives.

Outside, their kin lean in to see what their own next selves might be, after tree: table or chair, shelves holding books. Firewood, paper, kindling

I asked you that night, when we were just beginning to trust each other: If I were a fruit, what would I be?

The Latin word for fruit is pōmum and some that read the Bible in Latin thought Eve ate an apple. But eating a pomegranate is so different, so daring, like smashing a box of jewels.

or matchsticks, betraying their brethren. Any one of us might turn to ash, one day or the next. Salmon wait in the current; silver spasm of milt over roe

And Eve was like that. She split the whole wildly vermillion world in a violent need to know and to be known. I hold your answer

and then they will die. When daylight finds us again I’ll look up from the splayed-open book with its poem titled “Self-Portrait in a Borrowed Cabin,” to see the doe, midstream, tiptoeing upriver on her sharp hooves.

in my hand: You are striking. Tough to crack.

Worth every effort, you said. There’s an art to eating a pomegranate; cut away the crown until you can see the chambers inside—six bedrooms shining with ruby chandeliers. In a bowl of water use your thumbs to tear the walls apart.

I wonder if you, when alive, ever ate a pomegranate this way, and if you wanted— the way Eve wanted—to be understood, to understand, to be freed from your flesh like a hundred supple seeds.

But this is a supermarket, not a bedroom and my cart is empty and I am wavering on the scuffed linoleum of the produce aisle, rubbing the skin of a pomegranate as if it were your hand.

WHAT SPOILS IN THE SUN

By Kathryn Smith

You’d think by now I’d stop asking what’s wrong with me that I sleep so much. You’d think the chickens would stop complaining from their coop. I pick tomatoes: sauce tomatoes and beefsteaks and tomatoes especially for drying. Each ripens in its own time, though they all set at once. I push up my sleeves.

I’ve got this wedding to go to and I want my shoulders evenly burned in my sleeveless dress.

What’s wrong with me? I swallow coffee, ibuprofen.

I toss the chickens a bitter cucumber. You’d think they’d stop complaining. I thought I was done with weddings. For years I spent my summers sitting through them, and then they stopped and then the babies. What’s wrong with me that I don’t like weddings? It must be all that happiness. Who needs so many goddamned tomatoes?

Calabash and Jaune Flamme and Bread & Salt.

Who could resist such names? I suppose that’s why some people have babies: to name something and call it by name and have it answer. At first I named the chickens, but when they started dying, I just started calling them all Bird.

My neighbor says, “Hi, Girls!” as though they’re children when she calls to them over the fence, tossing them melon rinds and overgrown zucchinis they peck at briefly, then leave to rot.

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THE POETRY ISSUE

A DAY ENGRAVED

SADNESS

by James Decay

by Saj Ravasia I struggled against my father as he dragged me across the yard.

“Where are we going!” I screamed.

He didn’t respond.

I could see tears swelling in his bloodshot eyes and smell the whiskey rolling hot from his sun cracked lips.

He let go of my wrist at the entrance of our barn and told me to stay put.

He disappeared in the shadows cast by bales of hay stacked crooked in the loft above.

I stood trembling in a patch of sun overwhelmed by fear.

A fear that would revisit me years later in that very spot where I would stand looking up at the pale blue soles of feet swaying gently as a length of rope groaned from the dead weight of a hanging.

My father reemerged with a shotgun on his shoulder.

He dragged me behind the barn to the edge of our field where my dog laid whimpering on a bed of golden wheat wet with blood.

“What happened?” I sobbed.

“Wolves.”

“Are you gonna shoot him?”

“No, it’s your dog and your responsibility to put him out of his misery.”

“But I can’t.”

“You can and you will.”

He racked a shell in the chamber, placed the shotgun in my hands and stood behind me.

I began shaking uncontrollably.

He placed his hands over mine, pressed the barrel to my dog’s head and squeezed the trigger.

The gun knocked me backwards deep into my father’s arms.

I listened to the crack echo over the field startling birds that sprang from their branches and climbed with black wings spread against the setting sun that stained the sky red like a butcher’s apron.

“You did good” my father whispered as I sank in his arms with a spray of blood on my cheek watching my dog and the day exhale what little life they had left in their lungs.

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Let me introduce you to Your happiness Your ladders Will be horizontal The wolves will Reckon your arrival Your tapestry Will have no deadline The horizon Will beg your forgiveness And I will place Butterflies on your bed each morning

EXPLAIN: RAIN

by Joe Wilkins

Sometimes mist sparkles your morning skin. Sometimes like a sheet on the line it snaps against the house. Sometimes clouds blacken & the afternoon air stills & straight down the sky spills. Sometimes driving one godforsaken prairie highway or another you might off in the distance see a thousand thin blue ropes let down only to burn before they reach the dry hills.

Sometimes street-puddles sheen gasoline, & all day like sick rivers the gutters run, & you wonder & should know where it all goes. Sometimes through a gray hole a cup of sunlight pours. Sometimes an unremembered melody rings on the roof. Sometimes the day itself forgets, & at dawn the darkness lifts for another darkness—watery, abstruse, the sky’s steelwool scratching at the undersides of your wrists, the worried corner of the eye. Sometimes a day-after-day heat builds on your back, & in the night you wake, the city throbbing, miraging, blue-red wings of siren light, & you wonder if it’s ever going to break— & then it does, those first fat drops like cool, hard kisses, & you’re a kid again, tipping your chin to the sky. Oh, it’s not much, but like talent or challenge or even good luck I hope it for you— that one April evening, walking the river-path back from the cafe, someone you love, someone whose damp hair smells to you of grass & rocks & warm animals, will take your hand as you run for the shelter of a dogwood, the rain falling hard & harder, stripping the flowers, which will become as well a kind of rain, blossoms crashing down around you.

The Varied Carols of the Season

By Tod Marshall

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n my travels throughout the state, I find myself repeating a line that the poet Ed Hirsch said when I had the good fortune to interview him. I asked Ed about all of the dividing lines in the world of poetry — page versus stage, academic versus non-academic, and so on. He said that he thought those distinctions were irrelevant, that partisanship was non-productive. “We need all of our poetries,” Hirsch said, and I think that his comment bears repeating again and again. All of the ways that we make poetry, that we pursue the arts, that we explore our emotional, intellectual, and physical revelations of what it is to be human, are important.

Consequently, I am glad that the Inlander has decided to devote an issue to the poetry of our region, and I’m equally glad that they asked Thom Caraway (good editor, fine poet, generous spirit) to gather the poems printed in these pages.

In a recent interview, Belfast-born poet Michael Longley addressed the frequently asked question, “What is the use of poetry?” It’s a question that I hear a lot — from students steeped in STEM rhetoric, from adults acculturated in the rampant techno-consumerist values of our cultural moment, from (I think) those who would rather not (cannot?) dwell in the uncomfortable space of mystery, the intensity of an inner life from which it is so easy to hide in consumption or the glossy addictiveness of a screen. I think of the poet Jack Gilbert who, upon meeting people, would quickly dispense with pleasantries — he had no interest in discussing the weather, sports scores, or

even the political buzz of the day — and say, “Yes, it’s cold out today, but I’m more interested in hearing about what you think about love. How would you define friendship?

When have you felt safest with another person? Vulnerable? What matters most to you in your heart?” Surely such concentration, such discussion, is exhausting (and makes one vulnerable), but what else is worth, is valuable enough, to spend our brief and precious time on?

Spokane and in the Inland Northwest; we have a vibrant spoken word and slam scene; we have many talented people working hard at exploring the intense ways that poetry asks us to examine language, who we are, what has happened and is happening in the world around us.

All of that work is important.

I think, though, that we have to work even harder, push with even more intensity to promote the importance of the arts, the humanities. The word “poet” sends us back to the Greek word “poiein,” which means “to make, create, compose.” I want to live in a community, a city, a country where we create, where we compose, where we make the world around us and invite many other divergent and diverse perspectives to help make that world. Having creativity and its products play an integral part in our community means that we value mystery and uncertainty, that we are open to different ways of seeing the world. Hirsch’s reminder that we “need all of our poetries” reinforces the importance of plurality, the importance of recognizing many types of singing, the “varied carols” of which Whitman wrote; this is true of the importance of many types of poetry, but it’s true of the arts writ large; the more ways that we are challenged, stretched, pushed to see the world a little differently, the better chance for us to encounter and, hopefully, to value other ways of seeing, feeling, and being in the world. n

Having creativity and its products play an integral part in our community means that we value mystery and uncertainty, that we are open to different ways of seeing the world.

Which brings me back to Michael Longley. In his interview (as part of the podcast On Being, discussions that I often find quite good), he answered “What is the use of poetry?” by saying that poetry is “of no use.” It’s absolutely useless, without any utility whatsoever, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have value.

Value is attributed in many ways. I’d like to think that the poetic energy of our community over the past few years — from the many readings and poetry-related events that seem to happen nearly every evening to the attention given poetry in publications like the Inlander — represents the value we give to it. We have many publishing poets in

IT’S NEVER A SMALL PROBLEM

by Tod Marshall

Tod Marshall is Washington state’s poet laureate, and the first poet laureate from Eastern Washington.

Because the moon is always many things—awful judge with a walleye gaze or shy fish at the bottom of a stagnant pond or light and air compressed through a cylinder when the valves respond to rocker arms, pistons shove, sparks ignite the car down the road, seventy on sand and gravel that feels like a gritty mouthful of that sweet thing as a kid you dropped but stooped over to pick up, lick clean, because some things you have to have— matters not.

Light on the hood shimmers faded paint into your own pond, a glittery blue that dulls when you think you hear a kick against the quarter panel, stubborn struggling duct-taped in the trunk. There’s nothing in there, you tell yourself. You have driven the dirt roads until dust on the dash will hold the letter O, and still nothing comes together, moon and guilt, ruthless beauty and the small mechanical things that you believe move the world. Consider the composition of shadows, the darkness beyond the ditch purple-black with a smell close to lilac, but burnt, unlike anything living, the odor of a bell that’s never been struck.

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THE POETRY ISSUE

Winter Begins in Spokane, Washington

By Laura Read

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n James Wright’s poem, “Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio,” the speaker describes the annual tradition of watching a high school football game, and in the moment the poem captures, he also captures what it is like to live in that place and time.

So what is it like to live in this place in this time? I have lived in Spokane for most of my life, and in the past few years, I have been amazed by the poetry people here are writing — both the quantity and the quality. Our schools and colleges are bringing local and national poets to classrooms and stages. Our annual Get Lit! festival offers poetry readings and workshops to both adults and youth. Spark Central offers poetry classes and evenings devoted to silent reading and writing. And our local poetry-slam community deserves a large amount of credit for Spokane’s poetic renaissance: Every Wednesday night at 6:30 at Neato Burrito, poets meet to take their turns at the mic, to eat cheap grilled cheese sandwiches and sit in the booths and stand along the windows and cheer for each other. On the first Sunday night of every month, Boots Bakery hosts its slam; on the third Monday, you

can listen to or perform poems at The Bartlett. And I’m only listing a few of the literary opportunities Spokane offers. When I was growing up (back in the day, as my students say), I only had my books as examples and my poor brother as an audience. Now the whole city has something to say.

And we’re saying it in images. In Robert Hass’ excellent book of essays on contemporary poetry, Twentieth Century Pleasures, he says, “Images haunt. There is a whole mythology built on this fact: Cezanne painting til his eyes bled, Wordsworth wandering the Lake Country hills in an impressioned daze…Tu Fu said, ‘It is like being alive twice.’” Local poets are giving all of us this gift of being more alive. In 2014, Thom Caraway and Jeff Dodd celebrated poems featuring Spokane in Railtown Almanac. In the spring of 2017, poems from the I Am a Town project will be published on the streets of Spokane. The places people have written about for this project include Manito Park, 2 Swabbies, La Chapina in the old River Park Square, the bar Stray downtown, the Campbell House, Marycliff, the bus plaza, the old Crescent, Kendall Yards,

100-YEAR-OLD BOX OF NEGATIVES DISCOVERED BY CONSERVATORS IN ANTARCTICA

by Laura Read

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the Women and Children’s Free Restaurant, the Golden Rule Brake shop, and of course, our river.

Lately, I have been a little obsessed with the musical Hamilton, which has a refrain that goes “How lucky we are to be alive right now.” Of course, in the context of the Revolutionary War, this meant they were lucky because they were called to action. We are lucky too, living in a time that calls us to “rise up” (another Hamilton song) by putting ourselves “back in the narrative” (yet another one).

Perhaps the best example of what is taking place right now in terms of poetry and art in Spokane is what happened on Dec. 6 at Terrain’s post-election art event called Rally! Artists and writers shared work that expressed their feelings about what it means to be alive right now, in this place and time. Walking around the gallery that night, I was inspired by how our visual and literary arts both represent who we are right now and help us imagine who we can become. n Laura Read is Spokane’s current poet laureate.

The mold on the picture makes a lattice design around the door of the Aurora where scientist Alexander Stevens stands, amazed that after all these years adhered to the other negatives, someone has separated and restored him so even the mold on his picture fascinates like the intricate shadows of leaves around a house, the kind of house he once lived in, he remembers, reaching far back before the one hundred years of ice, before the Aurora blew off in the storm, before they even left on the expedition to stock the depots for Shackleton.

He has dark hair and a beard, he’s wearing one of those pea coats, and he looks like a man I could love, his hands on his hips as if daring me to, as if it were even possible because what is a century or a continent?

Didn’t he travel from Glasgow to Antarctica to walk across an Ice Shelf my feet will never touch?

Couldn’t I at least do something, like look out at the sun setting here in North America in the late afternoon on the first day of February, 2015, a thin pink streak above the snow, and think of him for a moment standing there in history, feeling his way towards the pole?

A BEAUTIFUL THING

by Fitz Fitzpatrick

The night sky dripping constellations, smeared with Milky Way is a velvet dress I dumped a package of silver shimmer powder on when I was nine.

I cry over it just as much.

Maybe like the universe, I too was making accidental art, crashing space rocks against each other to see the pretty colors they could carve into the nothing.

Little Nebula, I could have called this precious mess.

But unlike the universe I have spent an awful lot of time clinging to perfection.

Meaning: stay exactly the same.

Hold onto this velvet skin and scrub and scrub, mascara I am not supposed to wear dripping all over it. Stain remove the change out of this soft thing.

This is how you miss the Milky Way. Perfection is just fear wearing a nice velvet dress.

And I sense I am only one big mess away from creating a beautiful thing.

PRIMAL

by Lydia Buchanan

When I think of vulnerability, I think of cattle cornered in the back field.

Horns framed between trees, the smell of sap and shit heavy in the heat. Jaws pausing, tails still flicking the flies.

The .30-.06 fires and the brindle bull drops, dust rising.

We stab and slice and pull— The sound that intestines make when they leave the body, The neck twisted to fit into the sled.

When I think of God I think of touching the lungs, lying in the dirt, hot and soft in the sun like molten marshmallows.

Carcass strung up with hooks through hocks, flies settling inside the cavity.

When I think of necessity, I think of the separation between skin and flesh, cutting white strands with a dull knife. The feeling between muscle and fat.

The sound of the chainsaw through the neck, the head Separated and small.

When I think of life I think of packing the body into the truck bed, covering with a tarp and drenching with a hose, cold enough to make it to the butcher without spoiling.

I think of stepping out of jeans dry and stiffened by mud, sweat, and creek water and into the shower, skin turning pink under water as hot as I can withstand, sediment left on the bottom of the tub.

When I think of you I think of garlic sizzling in oil, the placing of the meat in the middle of the skillet and the way we smile over dinner and salt and pepper, knowing that love holds something violent in its sustenance.

SESTINA IN TONGUES

by Stacy Boe Miller

It took me years and guts to drop the fear of hell and holy. I was surprised to find the very freedom we had looked for in the light, in songs of gold and life beyond. Angels, demons built our paths and heavy prayers.

Empty moments, Christ’s name on our tongues.

Yet with his holy name alone on tongues how is there room to name our greatest fears our chosen loves and sins, unchosen prayers?

With gladness I got lost and torn to find myself and that the worlds of angels were not all made of goodness or of light.

Yet practiced ways for years are like the light of stars that died before, yet shine like tongues of fire at night, still riding backs of angels to reach me in unguarded slips of fear.

So though I don’t believe, no longer find myself in constant supplicated prayer,

at times I cannot help but slip a prayer of guilt to Him who died within the light of youth, and there are times I cannot find the words to frame my deepest joys in tongues other than those I used in childhood’s fear when darkness threatened me with watching angels.

The night we stood and watched a line of angels marching down from heaven like a row of prayer beads hung from clouds and I asked you, my love, in fear if we could please get to our knees, not knowing northern lights had made their way from sky and licked our land in tongues of red and green. And if we looked into their eyes we’d find just light, color, sun. But on our knees I found that more than saviors, or eternity, or angels was you who knew my disbelief, my tongue betraying my one hundred years of prayer given to a nonexistent light and scientist though you are, you knelt beside me in my fear.

And so I found a gift inside the fear.

Not tongues of angels, not holy light.

Just your breath on my skin, so much like a prayer.

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THE POETRY ISSUE

MAKE BELIEVE THE CLOUD SPEAKS

by Mark L. Anderson

When I whisper, the little dots shiver, point at their statues and say “Look. They are crying, like us.”

Better to be a cloud than to hurt so much, to cry into my face pleading mercy.

They shall have their mercy when the oceans turn to dust.

These little dots shake when I cleave the sky in two with my jagged jawline.

Its flash illuminating the hairs-breadth chasm between worship and terror: my voice too loud to speak over.

Some still love beneath, their drenched faces implicating me in the tongue tangled history of kissing.

But I also invented the rust on the nail.

My proudest attribute: that I will wear everything away, even those testaments to forever the little dots wrap around each other’s fingers.

Silver, gold, titanium, diamond, it does not matter.

I know something of this forever the little dots do not.

How much of their ash I have washed from hillsides, sending myself down in great billowing wallows to lift the grey dust of grief that sifts between their fingers, carrying it downstream where it may finally rest.

I mimic flames in the river’s pale lisp, screaming “stay back” as the saddest little dots hurl themselves into my white, clamoring teeth pleading mercy.

If only their corrosion were as simple as rust, iron baking in the rain: changing, if not for better, at least by law.

At times I condense between these little dots and their bathroom mirrors, suggesting they treat themselves with mercy.

After all, I am also in them, coming out of their breath in those bedrooms where they spend the heaven of their flesh.

I weigh the space between those walls heavy as the sky with my million little eyes, preparing, as always, to fall.

Chilled in the morning’s exhale I settle on the skin of a nail she used to carve their initials a tree’s browning bark, framing their future in a heart or an arrow pointing down.

There on the nail, too small to be seen, I grow an orchard of crimson and orange: the blossoming for which steel secretly yearns.

Pretend I am lost in a place where love and lace feel like synonyms on the tongue, tasting the chill air. What do you mean

by Victorian? I will take you to the matinee in a carriage where everyone will act as if they are not lonely. I mean, the birds will be umbrellas.

Pretend the cobblestones are broken so the sapling can grow in the gutter, where the ragged children find the small things. But this is no small thing.

Your red rain-jacket, tangled hair.

The florist held the lilies like I wanted to hold you, shoulder blades as promises to stay. That is to say, I knew I was changed.

Pretend we are playing dress-up in all the places not ours, standing warm and dry in the feathered rain.

Always too quiet or loud to be heard I scream, and I scream, and I scream.

I will cleanse this world of everything.

I know it is best they cannot hold on to what has passed, though they disagree pointing up at the red streaks I paint beneath the eyelids of their finally honest hollow artworks. Their saints, their Marys, their lady of liberty, as they say “Please, promise me we do not cry like that.”

Better to dissipate at the slightest touch of heat than wear such unrelenting weather.

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by Ben Read

I AM FROM

by Elizabeth Grace Armstrong

I am from my sister’s teddy bear, from my puppy, and my black and white comforter. I am from the green house with the brown doors and the water fixtures. It is so cozy. I am from the sunflowers and the pine trees, whose long lost limbs I remember as if they were my own. I am from pink salad on Thanksgiving and blue eyes from my grandma. I am from walks at night and fist bumps and high fives. I am from you can do anything and see ya later alligator and twinkle, twinkle little star. I am from fondue on Valentine’s Day. I am from Spokane, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Germany. I am from my dad not knowing what a hashtag is and the ring that my grandpa gave me on my bookshelf.

ARTS

The adult coloring book trend isn’t a passing fad yet, and local artists are joining in on the trend

BY CHEY SCOTT

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ike anything that’s hot right now, this too could become passé in six months. But so far, coloring books designed and marketed to adults as a relaxing, creative outlet seem to possess a staying power that’s managed to steal attention away long enough from ceaseless digital distractions. ...continued on next page

A mandala from local artist Connie Janney’s coloring book.

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Complexly designed, black-and-white coloring books for older audiences — essentially teens all the way to retirees — emerged in the book and craft markets a few years ago, and continued gaining popularity throughout 2015.

The analog hobby, touted as a way to relieve stress and even increase mindfulness, is bigger than ever. In 2015, more than 12 million coloring books for adult audiences were sold. During the first half of 2016, Publishers Weekly reported that the adult coloring book market was helping bolster nonfiction category sales more than the same period in the previous year.

At Auntie’s Bookstore in downtown Spokane, coloring book titles overflow from a centrally located table onto revolving racks, and that’s only one of the three areas in the store where these products are displayed, points out Auntie’s employee Cathy Routen.

Around the corner are shelves of large-format coloring books, including Disney princess titles (again, this is a product marketed to adults) and collections by one of the first and most popular coloring book artists, Scottish designer Johanna Basford. Her 2013 release Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book, and subsequent titles, are widely credited with propelling the once-niche hobby to a mainstream obsession.

In another spot to the right of the Liberty Building’s stairs inside the bookstore, shelves are filled with branded pop-culture coloring books for fans of Game of Thrones,

Star Wars, Jane Austen (pretty English countryside scenes featuring book quotes), Tolkien, Harry Potter, Marvel, Star Trek, Dr. Who — you name it, there’s a coloring book for it. David Bowie’s even got one. Perfectly sharpened sets of colored pencils and varying types of markers are conveniently displayed nearby.

If you’re not keen on coloring in Luke Skywalker’s drab garb, or trying to stay within the lines of highly detailed botanical scenes, Auntie’s stocks plenty of volumes filled with abstract patterns and mandalas. Incredibly popular to color in, mandalas are circular, usually symmetrical designs that hold spiritual symbolism across cultures and religions.

Before adult coloring books took off, Spokane artist and art teacher Connie Janney began hosting local workshops where participants could draw their own mandalas, or color in her original designs. Janney says that she was drawing and coloring mandalas decades ago, even before she understood their spiritual meaning.

“The reason I started on it was because I’d read a book about Carl Jung, and he used mandalas as a type of therapy,” Janney explains. “He was like the first art therapist, and he used the circle as a representation that could become a very esoteric or a meaningful experience.”

In the past few years, Janney has created seven mandala-themed coloring book titles, each containing 20 original designs. She self-publishes and sells the books locally at art shows and other events she participates in,

as well as own her website.

Some reports on the adult coloring trend suggest that it’s heavily fueled and supported by social media, where professional artists and amateur colorists alike are able to share their final results for all to see. Likewise, retailers marketing products that carry a heavy allure of nostalgia for adults who enjoyed such things during their childhood (the “Peter Pan” market, as it’s referred to) perhaps has also contributed to the coloring boom.

Janney, though, believes the act of coloring in complicated designs has become popular because it allows people who don’t think of themselves as creative to fully immerse themselves in art, and feel like they’ve accomplished something at the outcome. (Interestingly, this mindset is also commonly expressed by people who’ve jumped into another popular creative trend, guided paintand-drink classes.) The barrier of entry for coloring also remains relatively low, at the cost of a pack of pencils, crayons or pens, which greatly varies, and something to color; for context, Basford’s popular series sell for $10 to $15 each.

“People find that they’ve had an enjoyable time, and they get very into it,” Janney says. “Even if they say ‘I can’t draw a straight line,’ or ‘I’m not artistic,’ they’ll sit and color something in and be so proud of themselves when you hold it up for them. Many people take them home and frame them.” n cheys@inlander.com

LOCAL ARTISTS WHO’VE PUBLISHED ADULT COLORING BOOKS: TIFFANY PATTERSON This recog-

nizable local artist published a series of her signature cute, big-eyed creatures in a coloring book titled Animal Groups [and their collective nouns]. $8; find it at Batch Bakeshop, 2023 W. Dean. cursewordsandbirds.com ZACH GRASSI The artist behind the kitschy Burgleteens “designer plush” company that creates and sells other handmade oddities also designed a spiral-bound coloring book of fun designs that all ages can enjoy. It’s filled with adorable smiling food — tacos and sushi rolls — along with detailed, geometric designs. $25; find it at Boo Radley’s, 232 N. Howard. burgleteens.com ANJI MARTH We recently profiled this Spokane transplant and tattoo artist’s work.

Marth has also designed four mandala coloring books, and The Horrors, a colorable collection of cryptids and mythological beasts. $60; find the full set online at resonanteye.net; also available individually at Mom’s Custom Tattoo, 1226 W. Summit Pkwy.

HAROLD BALAZS One of Spokane’s most famous artists, known for his geometric sculptures installed across the region, recently published a limited edition, large-format book of bold-lined, abstract designs to color and possibly frame. $30; find it at Atticus Coffee & Gifts, 222 N. Howard; or at the MAC Museum Store, 2316 W. First.

CONNIE JANNEY This longtime Spokane artist and art teacher has published a series of seven mandala-themed coloring books, each featuring 20 original designs. $10 each; find them online at conniejanney.com

Local artist Tiffany Patterson has recently released her own adult coloring book.

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CULTURE | DIGEST

THEATER THE MODERN CLOSES

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he Modern Theater announced last week that its Spokane venue will close at the end of the year.

For those familiar with the theater, such announcements are not altogether new. In its previous iteration as Interplayers, the theater experienced several near-shutdowns, most recently in September 2014. At that time it merged with Lake City Playhouse as part of an agreement that saw the Coeur d’Alenebased community theater assuming much of the professional theater’s debt. The two were then united and jointly renamed The Modern Theater.

This past June, Executive Artistic Director George Green left abruptly to take a top position at The Playhouse San Antonio.

Green had been at the forefront of the merger and several internal expansions, including the ultimately unrealized Mielbrecht Theater for experimental plays that was to be housed on the first floor of the Spokane playhouse. Key staff members followed him to Texas, leaving the theater to fill multiple marketing, design and managerial roles.

“When myself and the board of the CDA Community Theater and Academy decided to take on the challenge of maintaining professional theater in Spokane, we were well aware of the risks,” Green stated via text message. “Our hearts were in the right place and the fact that we created art that thrived for a little over two additional years should be considered a success.”

Actors, staff and benefactors who were contacted broadly

Last of the Boys ran at the Modern Theater in February and March. agree that the theater’s profitability was challenged by a number of factors: the circumstances surrounding Green’s departure, operating arrangements that hinged on strong personalities over institutional sustainability, an overall decline in ticket sales despite a record-breaking season opener with Chicago, the sheer expense of running the building, limited grant opportunities and marketing that did not reach new theatergoers.

“Are any of them the [final] straw?” asks Sarah McNeice, who sits on the Modern’s board. “No, I think it’s a combined effort. You can’t pinpoint it to one thing.”

The board had realized by the time of its November meeting that continued operation was untenable. Speaking on their behalf, McNeice says, “There really is no mystery or controversy behind our closure. The Modern made a gallant effort to rescue a professional theater, but in the end, the overhead to operate our two theaters was just too great.”

All Is Calm, the theater’s first production as the Modern in 2014, was also the final show it staged before closing.

At the moment, there are no known plans to resurrect or repurpose the Spokane venue; the Coeur d’Alene location will remain in operation. McNeice says that no immediate policy is in place to issue season ticket holders with a prorated refund, but they hope to find some equivalent means of compensation, possibly through additional shows in Idaho.

— E.J. IANNELLI

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

BY MIKE BOOKEY

SPORTS If you’re a football fan, you should be worried about the long-term effects the sport has on its players, and their brains.

This could be a threat to the longevity of the sport itself.

Many experts have speculated that football’s protective equipment — namely helmets and shoulder pads — contribute to the problem and are essentially used as weapons by tacklers. There’s already a de facto experiment underway to see if this theory holds water: the A7FL, a full-contact football league featuring seven-man teams with no pads or helmets. The league was founded in 2014 and has attracted interest. The season begins in April; before it starts, head to a7fl.com and check out highlights from this past season. I went in figuring it would look like a variation on rugby; it’s anything but. This might be the future of football.

STYLE The gift of awesome facial hair comes at a steep price in the form of the little hairs that will litter your bathroom upon trimming. This is a struggle for both beardsmen and their partners. The people at BEARD KING, however, have found a solution to this age-old problem with the Beard Bib. You drape it over yourself, then adhere the suction cups to the mirror; as you trim, your hair is collected by the bib. When you’re done, you take it off the mirror and slide the whiskers into the wastebasket. Pure genius.

FOOD Just because there’s snow on the ground doesn’t mean you can’t fire up the grill. Before you do, check out MEATHEAD: THE SCIENCE OF GREAT BARBECUE AND GRILLING, a text that, in my opinion, is the definitive guide to outdoor cooking. Written

by Meathead Goldwyn, the creator of barbecue advice site AmazingRibs.com, and Dr. Greg Blonder, a Boston University professor with a doctorate in physics, the book digs into the science of grilling, often dispelling myths about the craft.

If you want to master the art of the smoked brisket, you’ll want to start here. n

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Ring it In Where to celebrate New Year’s in the Inland Northwest BEETHOVEN’S NINTH

For a dramatic end to 2016 and all the nonsense this past year brought our way, spend the evening with the Spokane Symphony, which continues its tradition of playing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Conductor Eckart Preu brought the tradition to Spokane from his native Germany, and this year’s performance includes the Spokane Symphony Chorale providing vocal accompaniment.

Youth tickets start at $16, adults at $28.

7:30 pm, The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague

2017 BALL DROP AT THE CLASSIC MARQUEE

If you’re the type who likes to really do it up on New Year’s Eve, this throwdown at the revamped Marquee could be the spot. “Decadence” is the unofficial theme for a night full of specialty cocktails, appetizers and dancing ’til well after the ball drops at midnight. Whether you prefer classic sophistication or rock ’n’ roll raunch, this adults-only event has something to offer for everyone;

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$35 in advance. $40 at the door.

7 pm, The Marquee, 522 W. Riverside

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ

One of the fancier New Year’s Eve celebrations in downtown Spokane can be found at the historic Davenport Hotel. Puttin’ on the Ritz begins with a red-carpet entrance, then a three-course dinner, followed by dancing to the sounds of the MasterClass Big Band. Then, you’ll ring in the New Year with a champagne toast to close out this black-tie event. $120/person.

9 pm, Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post

FIRST NIGHT SPOKANE

Whether you want to send 2016 off with a celebratory howl or a swift kick in the keister, we can all agree that ringing in the new year with our fellow Inland Northwesterners is a worthy, unifying option. Do it at First Night Spokane, the family-friendly fete taking over downtown with food, music and assorted revelry, and ending with fireworks.

7 pm, Various locations, Downtown Spokane

PERRY STREET BREWING FROSTED FORMAL

Perry Street Brewing is going classy with its first-ever Frosted Formal to ring in the New Year. Tickets to the 21-and-up party include dinner, a commemorative glass filled with a seasonal beer release or Champagne, danc-

ing and prizes for those clad in the best interpretation of “formal wear.” Tickets, $40/person or $60/couple, are available at the pub in advance of the event.

8 pm, Perry Street Brewing, 1025 S. Perry, #2

ROCK THE BOAT

For those looking to leave shore this New Year’s, the Coeur d’Alene Resort offers two cruising options. First is the NYE Party Cruise, which will get guests going with a live DJ, dancing, an ice luge, Champagne and, of course, a view of the Lake Coeur d’Alene fireworks show at midnight. This event is for ages 21 and up and is $27.50, with boarding beginning at 9 pm. For a more family-friendly experience, try the NYE Dessert Cruise, which features tons of sweets, a champagne toast and fireworks. Boarding begins at 10 pm and tickets cost $28.50 to $38.50.

Boardwalk Marina, 115 S. 2nd St., Coeur d’Alene

NEW YEAR’S EVE BALLROOM BASH

If you’re in Spokane Valley, you don’t have to go far to find a big ol’ bash. Head to the Mirabeau Park Hotel for this ballroom party, where you’ll find DJs, dancing, a live band, door prizes, a nacho bar, a Champagne toast and more. If you want to make a whole night of it, you can get a room, two tickets to the party, and two tickets to the Bloody Mary bar starting at $79. Tickets for the party only are $25 in advance, $30 day of.

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Luke Tonnemaker, right, sells apples and pears at his Moscow Winter Market booth.

Unfrozen Freshness

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An effort on the Palouse is proving that our region can support farmers markets year-round

BY TARYN PHANEUF

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eople who are accustomed to shopping at weekly farmers markets between May and October can find a bit of an oasis all winter on the Palouse. At monthly markets in Pullman and Moscow, tables are topped with fresh greens, fruit, dried or canned goods, and vegetables fit for hearty winter soups.

Growers at the more established Moscow Winter Market at the 1912 Center say the market succeeds because the community already is conditioned to support local farms. In Pullman, where the winter farmers market is in its third year, producers see things picking up for them, too.

Standing behind a table adorned with packets of dried seasoning, canned homemade jams and baskets of garlic and onions, Peggy Walsh says she’s happy to use the market to continue building relationships with the customers she connected with during the regular Pullman Farmers Market season. This is her first full year as a market gardener.

Walsh says that growers are prepared for the lean winter months that come with being a seasonal worker, but they welcome a winter market that keeps local-food eaters happy and puts a little extra money in their pockets. It builds momentum for the summer markets, too, in part by giving growers a chance to plug community-

supported agriculture shares, or CSAs. They look to sell all their shares as early as possible because of their importance for funding the next season.

“Keeping my face in front of people is important,” Walsh says. “We usually have a pretty good crowd come through.”

To prolong the market season, growers sell what’s been stored since the fall, and growing in rows covered with layers of fabric and plastic to keep everything alive.

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strip. It was too cold to harvest greens, since that involves lifting frost covers and exposing plants to brutal temperatures. Plus, for some, the covers were frozen to the ground. But they still had cuts of meat, storage crops and preserved food to offer.

The market in Moscow is in its 12th season, and fruit and vegetable growers have filled spots on the community center’s plaza since 2010. Tonnemakers, a Royal City farm that sells apples, pears and dried fruit through the winter, led the way. After them, more growers started setting up booths, looking to unload crops remaining after the last farmers market in October, says Jenny Kostroff, who organizes the market.

“They’d come for one or two sessions, and then be done when they ran out of produce,” she says. “The very first winter market came out of the idea that the 1912 Center could host something to carry over the farmers market for vendors selling for the holiday season. Then we expanded past Christmas.”

Greg Freistadt of Deep Roots Farm says it took time for producers to gain traction at the market, but the draw — for vendors and customers — continues to grow.

“Sometimes it takes a couple years of being consistent to get on people’s radar,” he says. “No matter what the weather’s like, we show up.”

Now, rather than just selling leftovers, more farmers are planning for winter markets. Freistadt sees it as a chance to continue offering what’s in season, including what’s stored in his root cellar and growing in five hoop houses.

Luke Tonnemaker says the winter market feels like an extension of the regular season. The farm already made year-round sales through local deliveries, but the Winter Market offers more exposure. Now they’re considered an anchor, drawing people each week who also will likely buy from other vendors.

Tonnemaker says it’s clear that more people are looking for local food, even in the depths of winter. For them, he tries to keep around what he knows they’ll like, including setting aside some Honeycrisp apples for the next Moscow Winter Market in February.

In November and December, the markets draw people shopping for Christmas gifts or ingredients for a feast. But business also picks up after the holidays, when people are craving spring.

This year in Moscow, Kostroff had 90 vendors sign up to fill 23 spots in the main hall, plus a dozen or so more on the balconies and the plaza.

“I really feel like this region does a particularly good job of believing in the artists and producers of food, and being willing to pay what it costs to do that kind of thing,” Kostroff says. n The Pullman Farmers Market will be held the second Saturday in January, February, March and April, from 2 to 6 pm at 246 E. Main St. The Moscow Winter Market will be held Feb. 4 and March 4 from 10 am to 2 pm.

FOOD | OPENING

The smoked brisket burrito at Nadine’s Mexican Kitchen.

Blended Traditions

New Rathdrum eatery dishes up Mexican-inspired comfort food

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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icture two adversaries in the typical Western, with one drawling on about how “this town ain’t big enough for the both of us.” At a population of around 7,000, Rathdrum certainly isn’t big — Main Street is only a few blocks long — but there’s definitely room for two Mexican restaurants, especially if one is kickin’ up classics with dishes like the smoked brisket burrito ($9.95) and pork belly tacos ($10.95).

“The menu’s not huge, but it’s the way we want to do things,” says Dave Walsh, who opened Nadine’s Mexican Kitchen recently with wife Sue. Although they love traditional Mexican food, he says, their approach emphasizes pub-like comfort foods.

The chicken-fried steak, for example, is a South-

western twist on the traditional dish, with housemade green chile gravy, roasted poblano pepper and mashed potatoes, and grilled corn ($12.95). Their variation on Canadian poutine — cheese-smothered ENTRÉE fries — uses green Get the scoop on local chile gravy, crema and food news with our weekly Cotija cheese ($6.75).

Entrée newsletter. Sign up Nadine’s recipes at Inlander.com/newsletter. were several decades in the making, uniting the couple’s varied restaurant background. Dave Walsh spent 11 years as a Qdoba restaurant manager and had some startup experience with a Reno, Nevada-based

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rotisserie beef and chicken business by the time he met Sue, who worked 14 years at the Oval Office restaurant in Post Falls.

Together, they make nearly everything from scratch, including corn chowder ($4.95) and chicken tortilla soup with creamy avocado ($5.95). He makes the salsa verde (green sauce) — tomatillos, roasted tomatoes, onions and peppers — while she makes the smoky red sauce for enchiladas. They make their own salsa, including mango and roasted habanero salsa by request, as well as marinades for meat such as citrus-marinated pork served pastor (thinly sliced) alongside grilled pineapple and rice ($9.95).

Nadine’s isn’t the first Mexican restaurant to occupy this location, which was formerly the “salsa factory” for Taco Chic Salsa (now in Post Falls). The Walshes’ remodel included adding a bar — beer, wine or sangria only — and expanding seating.

Business, said Dave Walsh, has been brisk in the four weeks they’ve been open: “The people of Rathdrum have been really good to us so far.” n Nadine’s Mexican Kitchen • 8106 W. Main St., Rathdrum, Idaho • Open Tue-Sun, 11 am-9 pm • facebook. com/nadinesmexicankitchen • 208-687-6441

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Anthony’s Beach Café on the South Hill has closed.

Changing Times

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A flurry of new restaurants have popped up recently, while a few others closed

BY HAYLEY MILLIKAN

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inter in Spokane means many things — too many people at the malls, hibernation due to bad drivers, and apparently, the closings and openings of dining establishments. Here’s a roundup of new spots to visit and old spots to mourn:

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 Gonzaga students under 21 have a new spot to hang: LUCKY PUPPY, an offshoot of Scotty’s Doghouse, opened next door to the popular bar at 1305 N. Hamilton St. Complete with a performance platform, the owners of both establishments hope to soon feature regular live performances, open mics and karaoke, which will be open to all ages.  South Hill favorite REMEDY opened their new banquet room, Gather, available for meetings, parties, dinners and more. An extension of Remedy’s upscale yet casual feel, Gather can accommodate up to 50 people and offers breakfast, lunch and dinner options; menus are tailorable to diners’ preferences.  HEAVENLY SPECIAL TEAS SHOP, CAFE & TEAROOM opened in Hillyard at 5012 N. Market St. last month, offering loose-leaf tea blends, a Tea of the Month Club for $7, and breakfast and lunch options. Not interested in leaving your house? They also offer in-home tea parties.

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 THE BROWN DERBY’S eagerly awaited remodel is finally complete, and they now offer liquor, grub and a whole host of local and craft beers. The jukeR E S TA U R A N T box remains, FINDER but the remodel Search the region’s most has transformed comprehensive bar the Garland and restaurant guide at District’s historic Inlander.com/places. tavern, a place that started selling booze after Prohibition ended in 1933, into something more than a dive bar.  Simple sandwich shop, the LOCAL DELI, opened in Hayden in 2014, has expanded to a second location in Rathdrum at 6600 Commercial Park Way.

CLOSING

 ANTHONY’S BEACH CAFÉ, the more casual sit-down seafood restaurant opened in 2014 and located on the South Hill at 2912 East Palouse Hwy., has closed. The popular Anthony’s Restaurant above the Spokane Falls and the new location in Riverstone in Coeur D’Alene both are still open.  KELLY’S IRISH PUB & GRILL in Coeur D’Alene closed down in early December, but not before celebrating their run with one final night of trivia and Seahawks Bingo. n

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SEAFOOD ANTHONY’S AT SPOKANE FALLS 510 N. Lincoln | 328-9009 Fresh seafood is the top priority for Anthony’s — the restaurant company works directly with fishermen and shellfish suppliers to make sure every last salmon, swordfish and oyster meets a high standard. But diners don’t need to know the details to appreciate the fine-dining atmosphere, daily specials, happy hour offerings and — perhaps most impressive — the postcard view of the Spokane Falls.

CEDARS FLOATING RESTAURANT 1514 S. Marina Dr. | Coeur d’Alene 208-664-2922 This isn’t lakeside dining — when you eat at Cedars, you’re dining on the water at the confluence of the Spokane River and Lake Coeur d’Alene. Seafood is the specialty here and the smoky, cedar-planked, wild-caught salmon is consistently good. The patio is the place to be.

You can even arrive by boat and tie up at one of Cedars’ docks.

CRICKET’S RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR 424 E. Sherman Ave. | Coeur d’Alene 208-765-1990 Cricket’s has stood the test of time on Coeur d’Alene’s mercurial Sherman Avenue. Maybe it’s because Cricket’s is one of the only places in town where you can find oysters. Or maybe it’s their vast menu, ranging from build-your-

The Veracruz Atun ceviche at Zona Blanca. own pizzas to steaks and sandwiches. Or maybe it’s their prime people-watching location, right smack on the avenue. Whatever it is, it’s working.

HAY J’S BISTRO 21706 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake | 926-2310 The blocky strip-mall exterior — and book-cover first impressions — are immediately overturned the second you open the door. Inside, Hay J’s is pure class, with candle flames flickering atop wine bottles at the tables, and metallic vine sculptures wrapping around wine bottles on the walls. With a wine list boasting 100 choices, and a wine bar next door, the selection manages to

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live up to the hype set by the décor. The relatively pricey menu boasts steaks, tapas, burgers, pastas and risottos, but seafood remains the most popular genre.

MAX AT MIRABEAU 1100 N. Sullivan Rd., Spokane Valley | 922-6252 Max at Mirabeau prides themselves on creating innovative cuisine with the freshest locally sourced ingredients, including fresh seafood from the other side of the state, they can find. For that, Max at Mirabeau has been awarded with a slew of awards at Epicurean Delight and has earned a faithful following extending well beyond

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ZONA BLANCA 154 S. Madison | 443-5427 Chef Chad White’s first opening since moving back to Spokane after 15 years away, Zona Blanca features a variety of ceviches from throughout Mexico, using traditional recipes and newly inspired ones. In addition to ceviche, White serves an ever-changing menu of snacks and sides, like sweet radishes served with a coriander aioli, depending on the produce available. Zona Blanca is housed in the same space as the Steel Barrel taproom. n

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List We Forget…

Trey Edward Shults used his first feature to create a star-making role for his aunt, Krisha Fairchild, as a 60-something recovering alcoholic trying to atone for her role as perpetual black sheep at a family Thanksgiving gathering, anchoring one of the great film portraits of an addict.

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Kubo and the Two Strings

Laika’s stop-motion features have always been a distinctive variation in the CGI kid-flick landscape, but this tale of a young boy on a quest to find the magical artifacts that can protect him makes a case for the transcendent, transformative power of storytelling itself.

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Angeles becomes an unapologetic celebration of the idea of romanticism, and the euphoria that can be created by art that transports us.

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Toni Erdmann

Even some of the people who love Maren Ade’s shaggy comedy — about a goofy music teacher (Peter Simonischek) trying to reconnect with his semi-estranged daughter, a corporate consultant (Sandra Hüller) — seemed to think it was another story about an uptight businessperson learning What Really Matters. There’s more complexity than that in the central relationship — and in Hüller’s best-of-the-year performance — even as Ade constructs several of the year’s funniest set pieces.

Weiner

Hell yes, this plays even more tragically depressing now than it did when it debuted at Sundance almost a year ago. Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg turn their study of disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s attempt at a comeback in the 2013 New York mayoral campaign into a portrait of political pathology — of both a general, and very specific, kind. That this particular man and his pathology might have changed the course of a presidential election makes the story even more darkly fascinating.

n case there weren’t enough high-profile deaths in 2016 — Prince, David Bowie, Carrie Fisher, democracy — this was also the year, we were told repeatedly in entertainment industry headlines, that cinema died. But around the margins of the franchises that tend to suck up all the media attention, there were plenty of wonderful movies — enough worthy ones that a top 10 list is merely the tip of the iceberg.

If you’re looking for a place to start catching up on some 2016 greatness, I hope this’ll do.

Writer-director Barry Jenkins explores an African-American life in three acts — from grade school to high school to young adulthood — in this beautifully shot, phenomenally acted journey into hard-wired cultural ideas of black masculinity.

La La Land

It’s easy to scoff at Damien Chazelle’s attempt to revive a certain brand of melancholy movie musical, but this love story involving a wouldbe actress (Emma Stone) and a struggling jazz musician (Ryan Gosling) in contemporary Los

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The Witch

Writer-director Robert Eggers doesn’t mess around with ambiguity: The actual witch feared by the movie’s characters, exiled from their 17th-century New England town for the father’s

The Handmaiden 3.

Park Chan-wook gives his typically lush visual style a sociopolitical edge in this adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith set in Japan-occupied 1930s Korea. The narrative — about a thief attempting to help encourage an heiress to marry a con artist — feints and dodges multiple times through multiple points of view, on its way to an unexpectedly resonant tale of challenging a corrupt patriarchy.

fundamentalist beliefs, most certainly exists. The key to Eggers’ study of evil and the obsession with sin may be in the subtitle “A New-England Folktale.” Because the monster here isn’t merely a monster; it’s a lesson to those wrestling with something we don’t fully understand, but know in our gut is real.

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OPENING FILMS

Paterson

The deadpan magnificence of Jim Jarmusch remains an acquired taste, but there’s a special soulfulness to this story of a New Jersey bus driver (Adam Driver) who writes poetry he never shares with anyone. The cyclical rhythms of the protagonist’s days build toward something almost heroic about finding art in every possible moment.

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Annette Bening stars as a single mom in sunny SoCal in 1979 in this comedy/ drama by director Mike Mills (Beginners). Struggling to raise her teenage son, manage a boarding house and have some semblance of her own life, she recruits some of her tenants, ranging from a punk-rock girl (Greta Gerwig) to the house handyman (Billy Crudup) and one of her son’s school peers (Elle Fanning) for advice and guidance for her boy. (DN) Rated R

LA LA LAND

When jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) first see each other, their attraction is more than magnetic — it can bend time and space. The leads help the musical construction make sense; these two are so head over heels for each other that of course everything stops for a song-and-dance number now and again. (PC) Rated PG-13

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Two assassins (Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard) meet in North Africa in 1942, each attempting to kill the same Nazi official. They fall in love, move to London, and attempt to settle down and live a life of normalcy. But when you’re on the brink of another war and you’ve known all along that the one you love is a cold-blooded killer, how can you be sure they won’t turn on you? (HM) Rated R

ARRIVAL

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Cameraperson

It’s not exaggerating matters to suggest that Kirsten Johnson has created an entirely new kind of film art here, combining snippets of

footage from her 20 years as a documentary cinematographer into an essay with a hypnotic momentum. Individual images are some of the most gasp-inducing in recent memory, all in service of a remarkable reminder of the real humanity behind every creative work. 

Amy Adams plays Dr. Louise Banks, a world-class linguist who is summoned by the government when a mysterious object appears in Montana. Her job is to find some way to communicate with creatures who do not resemble us, who do not understand our language, and who may not even possess body parts that allow them to speak. (PC) PG-13

ASSASSIN’S CREED

You can tell just by the powerhouse cast that this is not your typical cheesy video game adaptation, as Michael Fassbender takes on the role of Callum Lynch, a tough dude who — through some sci-fi technology wonders — taps into the memories of his ancestors, in this case a 15th century assassin, and brings those old-world skills to the modern world to take down some oppressive bad guys. Joining Fassbender in the time-traveling frenzy is Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling and Michael K. Williams, better known as legendary badass Omar from The Wire. (DN) Rated PG-13

BAD SANTA 2

Billy Bob Thornton is back after more than a decade as the drunk and naughty Willie Stokes, a man for whom Christmas is a time to take advantage of whoever possible; this time, a Chicago charity. Mark Waters (of Mean Girls’ fame) directs, and Kathy Bates joins the cast as Stokes’ mother. (HM) Rated R

CERTAIN WOMEN

Written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and set in modern small-town Montana, this drama displays the intersecting lives of three independent women. Lawyer Laura Wells (Laura Dern) deals with sexism in the office

and an unruly, disgruntled male client. Gina Lewis (Michelle Williams), a wife and mother, is trying to build her family’s new house from the ground up, despite her husband’s constant undermining of her. Beth Travis (Kristen Stewart), a young law teacher working multiple jobs, relates to a curious female ranch hand who stumbles into a class Beth is teaching. (EG) Rated R

COLLATERAL BEAUTY

Collateral Beauty tells the story of a once charismatic man (Will Smith) who loses his young daughter and retreats into himself in grief. In order to cope, he writes abstract letters to Love, Time, and Death; much to his surprise, and disdain, they show up in his life personified. The cast includes Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Michael Pena, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, and more. (HM) Rated PG-13

EAGLE HUNTRESS

Aisholphan is a 13-year-old girl living as part of a nomadic Kazakh tribe who wants to be the first woman in her family to learn how to hunt with an eagle, which is a tradition to her people. This uplifting documentary takes a look into a unique culture while telling an inspiring story. At AMC (MB) Rated G

EDGE OF SEVENTEEN

Nadine is a high school junior who must deal with her hotshot older brother, Darian, and her overbearing, emotionally unstable mother (Kyra Sedgwick). Nadine’s lone ray of hope in this teenage wasteland is her best (and literally only) friend, Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). But when a hungover Nadine stumbles in on Krista and her bro hooking up, her whole world becomes a fog of crushing loneliness.

(SS) Rated R

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

J.K. Rowling’s fanciful picture depicts magical creatures roaming throughout 1926 New York City. This is the consequence of unregistered wizard Newt Scamander letting them escape.

Scamander travels the Wizarding World collecting magical creatures and keeping them in a magical case that allows them to roam in their habitats. ...continued on next page

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Scamander’s arrival in America disrupts the secret magical society there and challenges societal norms regarding magical and non-magical people. (EG) Rated PG–13

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Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) is an earnest young man as America goes to war in 1941. He’s determined to do his duty in service to his country, but, as a devout Seventh-day Adventist, he is adamant in his refusal to take up arms against another human being. So as he leaves behind his fiancée, Dorothy (Teresa Palmer), and parents (Hugo Weaving and Rachel Griffiths) with the intention of serving as a medic, he believes he can serve by saving lives rather than taking them — until he reaches basic training, and faces a U.S. Army that has no idea what to do with this guy.

Directed by Mel Gibson. (MJ) Rated R.

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Tom Hanks plays Robert Langdon, a symbologist who must follow a complicated series of clues related to medieval poet Dante in order to solve a dastardly worldwide conspiracy plot. Based on the novel written by Dan Brown, this film is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard. (EG) Rated PG-13

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK

Tom Cruise plays investigator Jack Reacher in this sequel to the 2012 original. After learning that a colleague has been arrested on charges of espionage, Reacher sets out to prove her innocence. (EG) Rated PG-13

LOVING

Writer-director Jeff Nichols tells a story, and an important story in American history: the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia that rendered states’ anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional, and affirmed the marriage of a white Virginia man, Richard Loving (Joel Edgerton), to his “colored” wife, Mildred (Ruth Negga).

On a certain level, though, Loving is about people who find that they have no choice but to insert their lives into something bigger, even when it might seem simpler and easier not to fight.

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A MAN CALLED OVE

Ove, the curmudgeon in this Swedish import, walks around with the puckered face of a man who’s seemingly spent a lifetime sucking on lemons, a true crank after the death of his wife.

But the Swedish film has a charming upside, even if there are dark elements surrounding Ove. At Magic Lantern (SD) Rated PG-13

MANCHESTER

BY THE SEA

Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a handyman in several Boston-area apartment buildings, who gets news from his coastal Massachusetts hometown of Manchester-by-the-Sea that his brother, Joe (Kyle Chandler), has finally succumbed to a long battle with heart disease. What he does not expect upon his return — to a place filled with ghosts, and where everyone speaks his name like he’s a local boogeyman — is that Joe has named Lee as the guardian for Joe’s 16-year-old son Patrick (Lucas Hedges), forcing Lee to confront a past that has left him broken. Rated R

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which her people are forbidden to venture. What makes her special is how she will achieve this: she is chosen by the ocean itself, as a reward for a kind act toward a sea creature, to take on a quest involving a long and dangerous journey that will, hopefully, save her island and her people. (MJ) Rated PG-13

MOONLIGHT

Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, the film follows the life of Chiron, beginning as a 9-year-old drug dealer in Miami, as he grows up struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated R

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MISS SLOANE

What do you do when your CEO sister attempts to close the branch you manage right before the holidays? If you’re Clay (TJ Miller), you solve the problem by dressing up as Santa, hiring a DJ, and partying hard. This movie boasts a packed cast, with Jennifer Aniston, Kate McKinnon, Courtney B. Vance, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, Randall Park, and at least one reindeer. (HM) Rated R

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In the latest from Tom Ford (A Single Man) comes this psychological thriller about a woman (Amy Adams) whose ex-husband (Jake Gyllenhaal) sends her a novel he’s written that’s dedicated to her. The problem is that it’s a revenge tale and brings her back to the awful thing she did that ended their marriage.

(MB) Rated R

Moana is driven to find out what lies beyond the reefs off her beautiful South Pacific island paradise, reefs beyond

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Moonlight

When outcast Florida teen Jacob (Asa Butterfield) goes to check on his beloved grandpa (Terence Stamp), he finds the old man dying and sees monsters nearby. Based on his cryptic dying words, Jacob follows the path of his granddad’s fantastical bedtime stories about his time at Miss Peregrine’s (a wonderfully stern Eva Green) orphanage. (MJ) Rated PG-13

Jessica Chastain plays Elizabeth Sloane, a renowned lobbyist in D.C. with a track record of success and a history of cunning on behalf of her corporate clients.

When she is asked to take on the gun lobby, she risks her career and the safety of the people she cares about. (HM) Rated R

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cades-long flight, Avalon will rouse the humans from their suspended animation, but then Jim (Chris Pratt) is roused from his cryogenic slumber about 90 years too soon, and for the first halfhour of the film, he’s the only living human being for light years in every direction. Eventually, a young woman named Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence) wakes up, too, and they need to figure out what’s gone wrong. (PC) Rated PG-13

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

Set before A New Hope, Rogue One follows Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), the daughter of Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen). When Rebel intelligence soldier Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) rescues Jyn from prison, she becomes part of the mission to find out if there is any way to stop the new project that her father designed — the Death Star. Rated PG-13

SING

Here’s a tale of theatrical impresario Buster Moon (voice of Matthew McConaughey), a koala, who in a last-ditch attempt to save his grand but failing theater, decides to put on a voice-talent show, open to anyone. This brings animals of all shapes and sizes to work up routines to perform. (MB) Rated PG

WHY HIM?

Bryan Cranston plays a dad who joins his family on a trip to visit his adult daughter’s bad boy tech industry billionaire boyfriend (James Franco).

Soon, he realizes that the ridiculously rich and ridiculously behaved d-bag is about to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage. This does not please the dad.

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Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling will make you believe in song.

Every frame of La La Land aspires to woo the audience. Chazelle employs a vivid rainbow of colors, from Mia and her roommates heading out to party in a spray of primary-color cocktail dresses to the large, bright murals painted seemingly all over Los Angeles. (Permit me a deep film-nerd analogy for a moment: What Todd Haynes’s Far from Heaven did to revive interest in Douglas Sirk, La La Land should do for French director Jacques Demy.) The sun doesn’t just set in La La Land — it lights the sky into a sherbet-pink pageant. The two leads dance all over town, from waltzes to tap routines to a kind of vaudeville pas de deux, and for a while everything is charming and there’s absolutely no conflict at all. It’s kind of like falling in love. their earliest, most passionate relationships.

But like how stage hypnosis only works on the Just two movies into his young career, writer/director compliant, if you’re not willing to be seduced by La La Damien Chazelle is fast becoming the best actor’s direcLand, it’s very likely the film will do less than nothing for tor in the business. With the jazz-teacher psychological you. If you go into the movie not sure about musicals, or thriller Whiplash, he coaxed devastating performances not in the mood for an earnest romance, or not eager to out of the lead duo of J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller. be entertained, you’ll likely come away cold, or even anNow with La La Land, he takes Emma noyed. Even the hardest of cynics should Stone and Ryan Gosling’s alreadyappreciate Stone’s indelible performance.

LA LA LAND palpable chemistry — they helped (Gosling is very good, but you’ve seen Rated PG-13 elevate Crazy Stupid Love from a square this kind of tense physical comedy from Written and directed by Damien Chazelle domestic comedy into a surprisingly him before; Stone, simply, is playing on Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling watchable film — into something another level.) Chazelle makes some elemental. When jazz pianist Sebastian daring storytelling leaps — especially in (Gosling) and aspiring actress Mia (Stone) first see each the third act — which could alienate a large portion of other, their attraction is more than magnetic — it can bend the audience. But that’s OK. As eager as La La Land is to time and space. The leads help the musical construction please, you get the sense that it’s not intended for a wide make sense; these two are so head-over-heels for each audience. Instead, it’s meant for a handful of souls — artother that of course everything stops for a song-and-dance ists, romantics — and those people will love it with all their number now and again. hearts. n

The new musical La La Land isn’t for everybody, but it might just work on you

BY PAUL CONSTANT

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or some reason, musicals dissolve the suspension of disbelief for the majority of moviegoers. The general public is totally on board with a perennially rebooting film franchise about a teenager who gets bitten by a spider, puts on tight pants, and shoots sticky goo out of his palms, but the thought of people spontaneously bursting into song and dance routines is a deal-breaker.

So right away, La La Land is not for everyone: It’s unabashedly a musical, and it pays tribute to the long and vibrant history of Hollywood musicals.

Additionally, just to winnow the audience down even more, it’s a movie about the joy of movies — there go another 100,000 potential viewers — and it’s a romance about two beautiful young bohemians who are passionate about bringing good art into the world. So now there are probably about two of you left reading this. But I’ll tell you this: You two are absolutely going to love this movie.

La La Land is a love letter to musical nerds and hopeless romantics and people who like to get nostalgic about

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TOP ROW: Violent Femmes, and Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin. BOTTOM ROW: Avett Brothers, The Thermals, Sturgill Simpson, Moon Hooch and Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett.

Showing Up Reflecting on some of our favorite touring concerts of the year, Inlander music writers see hope for the future

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his is the time of year we focus on the shows that did come through Spokane. And while there will always be acts that pass us by for larger cities, this year’s awesome bunch of national touring shows did not disappoint. Other than all of the music festivals — we’re talking Volume, Elkfest, Gleason Fest, Pig Out in the Park and more — here’s what we loved seeing in 2016:

LYLE LOVETT/ROBERT EARL KEEN

Northern Quest Resort & Casino | March 20 I’ve seen both of these Texans several times; typically, Lovett playing with his Large Band in front of genteel music fans, and Keen playing theaters full of boozed-up Lone Star Staters — no matter where the man is actually performing, the Texans find him. Together, they created an unforgettable night of hilarious stories that were as vital a part of the show as their solo acoustic performances of songs like “Cowboy Man” (Lovett) and “Then Came Lo Mein” (Keen); occasionally, they teamed up to share vocals or accompany the other on guitar. (DAN NAILEN)

THE THERMALS/SUMMER CANNIBALS

The Bartlett | April 16 No matter how often you see them, there’s nothing quite

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like the visceral gut-punch of rock excellence that occurs when the Thermals take the stage. Their Bartlett show this spring kicked off their tour supporting their new album We Disappear, so naturally they decided to play the entirety of their 2006 classic The Body, The Blood, The Machine as part of the show. Hutch Harris’ yelp was in fine form, and singer/guitarist Jessica Boudreaux beefed up the Thermals’ set with her extra axe right after leading Summer Cannibals through a majestic opening performance worthy of much air guitar and Wayne’s World-style worship. The whole gig was a reminder to never miss these Northwest treasures when they come around. (DN)

PONY TIME

Baby Bar | April 28 Not many bands would have the guts to release a record called Rumours 2: The Rumors are True, in homage to the classic Fleetwood Mac album. It’s that sort of gumption that made Seattle rock two-piece Pony Time’s cramped Baby Bar tour stop in April so captivating. Stacy Peck slayed on the skins, while Luke Beetham charmed with his whiny vocals and bass/guitar-playing prowess. This was one of those nights when bodies were on top of bodies. The audience was so packed in, they were nearly on top of the band. It was one of those nights the local Spokane music scene felt fully alive. (LAURA JOHNSON)

VIOLENT FEMMES

Knitting Factory | May 17 It may have taken Violent Femmes a while to get out on stage at their sold-out Knitting Factory show, but the trio and their backing band absolutely killed it. Not just in terms of musicianship; they had the crowd by the ear the entire time and never let go. All generations of punks were in attendance — those who grew up with the Milwaukeebased band in the 1980s, and also those who discovered them in the ’90s and 2000s. Midway through the show, concertgoers were slick with sweat and the decision that many had made to forego deodorant became apparent.

The mosh pit moved in waves of wildness. We wanted it to “go onnn” forever. (LJ)

AVETT BROTHERS

Northern Quest Resort & Casino | July 19 The Avett Brothers’ tunes can come off as simplistic to some, and even devout fans can have trouble defending their infatuation. But their stage show is the place where it all makes sense. After 16 years together, they are tight, and loose, with a profound energy that never stops rolling.

In July, touring as a seven-piece, the Avetts made fine use of the Northern Quest outdoor concert space. The best part of the set came when, from the shadows, Scott Avett sang “Murder in the City,” arguably the band’s best song.

The climactic words “Always remember there was nothing worth sharing / Like the love that let us share our name,” rang into the night. (LJ)

CHRIS CORNELL

Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox | July 20 I wasn’t sure what to expect from a solo Chris Cornell show. His Spokane concert was just the man with one of the biggest voices in modern rock mostly playing acoustic guitar and totally mesmerizing a theater full of adoring fans, only occasionally calling out on stage a multi-instrumentalist to add some piano or extra guitar. The 28 songs

drew on all eras of his career — from Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave, as well as his solo albums — and he dropped in several killer covers, including Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” (DN)

PARKER MILLSAP

The Bartlett | July 25 Parker Millsap is one freakishly talented youngster, and the 23-year-old’s 2016 release, The Very Last Day, was one of my favorite albums of the year. Seeing him live made me love those songs (and tunes from his self-titled predecessor) all the more, as the charismatic frontman sweated and shimmied along with his band through 19 songs, bouncing from folk balladry to gospel to retro-tinged rock. Every song built momentum through the 90-minute show from beginning to end, when I realized I’d be a fan for life. (DN)

MOON HOOCH

The Bartlett | Aug. 12 Sloppy, sweaty jazz tunes don’t usually get me excited, but in the case of Brooklyn-based Moon Hooch, seeing is believing. This trio of shirtless young 20-somethings not only crafted the most surprisingly fun show of the year for me, they also miraculously made brass instruments look somewhat sexy (especially homemade ones made out of traffic cones). Their Bartlett show was dirty and funky, and brought a whole range of fans together just to dance their brains out. There was a lull somewhere in the middle of the show where the music seemed somewhat redundant, but when that beat dropped once again, they had me by the face and wouldn’t let go. (LJ)

SHAWN COLVIN/STEVE EARLE

Bing Crosby Theater | Aug. 24 These two are headliners when they play solo, but Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle put out an album of duets this year — the cleverly named Colvin & Earle — and it proved to be a delightful blending of their songwriting skills and singing chops. They played the whole thing at this show, between telling stories about how they wrote the tunes or chose covers like the Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday” and Emmylou Harris’ “Raise The Dead,” and played plenty of their respective old favorites, too. Earle is a notoriously entertaining verbal bomb thrower, and Colvin proved more than happy to join in on tunes like “Thinking About Burning Walmart Down.” (DN)

DOLLY PARTON

Northern Quest Resort & Casino | Sept. 22 When the Dolly Parton treated fans to “Jolene” early in her sold-out Airway Heights show, it was a bit more sing/talky than her seminal recording, but that prepared us for the rest of the evening full of... talking. Lots of it. That’s part of what made the 70-year-old’s show so incredible. She talked our ears off, and it was funny and moving. It was like she invited us all over to sit in her parlor one Thursday evening to tell us her life story. But the not-so-natural blonde also still has the chops, and she sang to the high heavens, continuing to prove she’s far more than just a ton of rhinestones and plastic surgery. (LJ)

STURGILL SIMPSON

Knitting Factory | Nov. 9 Sturgill Simpson played Spokane on November 9. You may remember what happened the night before, or you may have chosen to forget. Among the folks I went to the concert with, there was worry that some emboldened Trumpian shit-kickers might make things really uncomfortable. Then maybe Sturgill would respond with some righteous wisdom. Then maybe someone would get punched. None of that happened. Instead, despite the tension (real or imagined), the crowd was absolutely knocked on their ass

by Sturgill’s incredible band. Led by his gut-wrenching voice, the band squeezed everything they could from song after song. I left the show scrubbed clean, confident that nothing beats totalitarianism like a kick-ass honky-tonk bassline. (GAWAIN FADELEY) n

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MUSIC | SOUND ADVICE

NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ GOOD TIMES The Cave Singers can’t stay away from Spokane. garage-rock sound. As in the past few years, the traditionally allages venue has made their NYE show 21+ only.

The Cave Singers and the Smokes • The Bartlett • 9 pm • $20 • 21+

REUNITED AGAIN

Spin Doctors ring in the new year at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino.

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t’s OK if you haven’t locked down your New Year’s Eve plans; you still have a few days to decide which musically inclined adventure will take you into 2017. Here are some of the big events going down around Spokane on Saturday night.

GOODBYE TWENTYSUCKSTEEN

For anyone in the mood to give a big F-you to 2016, the Observatory and the nearby Baby Bar are here to serve. The bars are teaming up for two local rock-filled lineups that are sure to please.

The Baby Bar features Deer, Peru Resh and DJ Lydell while the Observatory offers up the talents of Wild Pacific, Fun Ladies and MC Positive Luv. The shows include a midnight champagne toast and balloon drop.

Goodbye Twentysucksteen NYE Party • The Observatory/Baby Bar • 9 pm • Free • 21+

SPIN THE NIGHT AWAY

As 1990s nostalgia has been huge this year, it makes sense that the Spin Doctors are coming to Airway Heights’ Northern Quest Resort & Casino to celebrate the end of 2016. We’re not sure about the band’s set plans, but their hit “What Time Is It?” would be a perfect for the midnight countdown. For those not wanting the party to end, the casino’s Club Impulse also offers a NYE party with DJ Patrick right next door.

Spin Doctors • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 10:30 pm • $25 • 21+

CAVE IN TO THIS

Seattle’s Cave Singers are back in town (they were already here in July) to help the Bartlett ring in the New Year. Expect the indierock trio to blast its fruitful mix of folk and punk straight into your soul, while local openers the Smokes will impress with their scuzzy

After five years apart, Small Town Nation heads to the Knitting Factory for one blowout reunion show. The popular local pop-punk act went far together over seven years, even recording an album with MxPx’s Mike Herrera, before eventually going their separate ways (two members are now in the Nixon Rodeo). The show openers include rock acts Punks in Drublic, Velafire, Good Kids Bad Ideas and Ragtag Romantics. The show should be done about 11:15, giving you plenty of time to hustle outside to view the downtown fireworks at midnight.

Small Town Nation NYE Reunion Show • Knitting Factory • 7:30 pm • Free • All-ages

NORTHSIDE ROCKS OUT

For those looking for a reason to stay away from downtown this New Year’s Eve, five Northside venues have banded together to offer Last Night Spokane. One $10 button gets you into all of the participating bars and music venues to watch more than 20 blues, rock and acoustic artists perform, including Supervillain, Sovereign Citizen & the Non-Prophets, Over Sea Under Stone, Karrie O’Neill and more. See Facebook: Last Night Spokane for the full lineup.

Last Night Spokane • The Palomino, the Venue, Jackson St. Bar & Grill., One Bridge North, Spike’s • 6 pm • $10 • 21+ — LAURA JOHNSON

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

Thursday, 12/29

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Fireside Music Series feat. Lyle Morse BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Sunny Nights Duo THE BARTLETT, Kim Linson, Andy Crateau and George Fenton BEEROCRACY, Open Mic BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Randy Campbell acoustic show J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen BUCKHORN INN, The Spokane River Band J CHAPS, Spare Parts COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, JamShack CRAVE, DJ Freaky Fred FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Tommy G FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Kicho THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin

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MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Brandon Wattersson O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Open mic with Adrian and Leo THE OBSERVATORY, Vinyl Meltdown THE RESERVE, Liquid with DJ Funk RIVELLE’S RIVER GRILL, Truck Mills and special guests Jam Night J SPIKE’S PHILLYS & MORE, Suicide Prevention Awareness Show feat. Rubony, Sid Broderius, Luke Stuivenga Band ZOLA, Whack a Mole

Friday, 12/30

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Fireside Music Series feat. Bill Bozly BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOLO’S, Destiny BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Crybaby ft. Kristi Kelli THE CELLAR, Eric Nuehausser COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Kicho CURLEY’S, Dragonfly FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Land of Noise

FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Karma’s Circle IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Marty Perron and Doug Bond IRON HORSE BAR, JamShack MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MOOSE LOUNGE, Aftermath NASHVILLE NORTH, Luke Jaxon NODLAND CELLARS TASTING ROOM, Jan Harrison Trio NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, DJ Patrick PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Electric Cole Show RED LION HOTEL RIVER INN, Step Brothers THE RESERVE, Gayla Disco Fever feat.

Nova Kaine & Le Gurlz THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Sharkey and the Fins presented by Stagecoach West J THE PIN!, Capricorn Birthday Celebration, T.C., Ryan Levey, Connor

Gilchrist THE ROADHOUSE, Nightshift VICTORY SPORTS HALL, Echo Elysium ZOLA, Uppercut

New Year’s Eve, 12/31

J BABY BAR, GOODBYE TWENTYSUCKSTEEN! feat. Deer, Peru Resh, DJ Lydell (See story above) J THE BARTLETT, New Year’s Eve with the Cave Singers, the Smokes (See story above) BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOLO’S, Destiny BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Crybaby ft. Kristi Kelli, No Rules THE CELLAR, Zach Cooper Band COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, NYE with Sean Owsley & the Blue Mustangs, Kicho CURLEY’S, Dragonfly DI LUNA’S CAFE, New Year’s Eve feat.

David Raitt & The Baja Boogie Band J DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, First Night Spokane feat. Sammy Eubanks, Bakin’ Phat, Christy Lee, Luke Yates, Lyle Morse, Wyatt Wood and more FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Tommy G FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Karma’s Circle GARAGELAND, ‘80s New Year with DJ Orange GARLAND PUB & GRILL, NYE with Usual Suspects GEM STATE CLUB, NYE with YESTERDAYSCAKE HAYDEN EAGLES LODGE, Bringing in 2017 with Black Jack Band HILL’S RESORT, NYE with Dan Conrad and The Urban Achievers J THE HIVE, New Year’s Eve Ball with Pimps of Joytime HOTEL RL BY RED LION AT THE PARK, Rockin’ New Years Eve with Smash Hit Carnival IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Brown

Salmon Truck IRON HORSE BAR, JamShack THE JACKSON ST., Last Night Spokane feat. Sovereign Citizen & the Non-Prophets, Tyler Lang, Nathan Chartrey, Michael Fenris, Jacob Vanknow, DJ Dave JOHN’S ALLEY, New Year’s Eve with Mother Yeti J KNITTING FACTORY, Small Town Nation NYE Reunion show with Punks in Drublic, Velafire, Good Kids Bad Ideas, Ragtag Romantics (See story on facing page) LA ROSA CLUB, Open Jam J LAGUNA CAFÉ, New Year’s Eve with Pamela Benton THE LARIAT INN, NYE with Saddle Sore MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box, DJ New Year’s Eve MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Riff Hangers NYE Bluegrass Bash MOOSE LOUNGE, Aftermath MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Robby French NASHVILLE NORTH, Biggest New Year’s with the Nashville Shuffle, Whiskey Table Dancers, DJ Tom, Luke Jaxon J NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, Spin Doctors (See story on facing page), DJ Patrick, Just Plain Darin

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NYNE, New Year’s Eve Party feat. DJ C-Mad J THE OBSERVATORY, GOODBYE TWENTYSUCKSTEEN! feat. Fun Ladies, Wild Pacific, MC Positive Luv (See story on facing page) ONE BRIDGE NORTH, Last Night Spokane feat. Burning Clean, Mookie Blake, Troubador J THE PALOMINO, Last Night Spokane feat. Supervillain, Over Sea Under Stone, Jason McKinney, Tyler Lang, Nathan Chartrey, Jason Kull, DJ Virtue Machine (See story on facing page) PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Brian Jacobs POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Son of Brad New Year’s Eve RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, NYE party feat. SlowBurn RED LION HOTEL RIVER INN, NYE with Step Brothers THE RESERVE, NYE Anniversary Celebration with DJ Jazzy and DJ One THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, DJ Nitro SANDPOINT EAGLES LODGE, NYE with Honky Tonk A Go Go SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT, Quarter Monkey SPIKE’S PHILLYS & MORE, Last Night Spokane feat. Shaiden Hutchman, Jacob VanKnowe, Outlive Your Body

SPOKANE AIRPORT RAMADA INN, New Year’s Eve Party feat. Bobby Patterson Band SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Stagecoach West STIX, The New Years Eve bash feat. My Own Worst Enemy STRAY, New Year’s Eve Extravaganza feat. Le Gurlz THE PIN!, New Year’s Eve Party and Tedd TurnherBunzout Ep release THE ROADHOUSE, NYE with The Hankers THE VENUE, Last Night Spokane feat.

Ron Greene, Shaiden Hutchman, Outlive Your Body, Steve Livingston Also: SamWize, Radikill, Fallout, 5quar3, Lucal VFW POST 3386, NYE with Spokane River Band ZOLA, NYE with UpperCut

Sunday, 01/01

DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL, Michael Dixon LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open jam O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music

Monday, 01/02

J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with MJ The In-Human Beatbox SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, DJ Lydellski ZOLA, Kellen Rowe

Tuesday, 01/03

BABY BAR, Open mic THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MIK’S, DJ Brentano J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), DJ Charley RED ROOM LOUNGE, Tuesday Takeover w/ Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Jam night with Gil Rivas THE VENUE, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx ZOLA, 5 Second Rule

Wednesday, 01/04 GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with T & T LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 NO-LI BREWHOUSE, Kori Ailene RED ROOM LOUNGE, Hip Hop Is A Culture THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Piano Bar with Christan Raxter THE PIN!, DJ Freaky Fred THE ROADHOUSE, Open mic with Vern Vogel and the Volcanoes ZOLA, The Bossame

Coming Up ...

THE RESERVE, Safar with Belly Dancers, Jan. 5 THE BIG DIPPER, CloZee & Psymbionic, Brainfunk, Vaporizing Dreams, Radikill, Jan. 6

THE BARTLETT, “Brown Friday” with Kevin Brown & the Beloved Country, the Caleb Brown Jazz Quartet, Jan. 6 THE PIN!, Itt’s Cuzzen, Jan. 6 THE OBSERVATORY, Joseph Hein, Lucas Brookbank Brown, Fancy Boy, Jan. 6 THE BARTLETT, T.S. The Solution with Lou Era, Willie B the MC, Coaster, Jan. 7 THE PIN!, Emily Davis and the Murder Police, Rylei Franks, Jan. 10 THE BARTLETT, Kyle Morton (of Typhoon), Jan. 10 BABY BAR, Heebie Jeebies, Outercourse, Empty Eyes, Jan. 11 THE PALOMINO, Resurgence, Charlie Drown, Nogunaso, Thunder Knife, Heart Avail, Ragtag Romantics, Jan. 12 THE PIN!, This Wild Life, Royal Teeth, Jan. 12 CHATEAU RIVE, An Evening With Wylie & The Wild West, Jan. 12 THE OBSERVATORY, Resurrection Records Spin & Swap, Jan. 12 THE BARTLETT, Robbie Walden Band, the Pearls, Jan. 13 THE OBSERVATORY, The Drip CD Release! w/ East Sherman, Xingaia, Askevault, Jan. 13 KNITTING FACTORY, Hell’s Belles, Evan Egerer, Elephant Gun Riot, Jan. 14, 8 pm.

BOBBI’S BAR & GRILL, All Star Blues, Jan. 14, 9 pm-1:45 am.

KNITTING FACTORY, Chevelle, Black Map, Dinosaur, Pile-Up, Jan. 17 KNITTING FACTORY, The Nixon Rodeo, Project Kings, Wasted Breath, Itchy Kitty, Jan. 20 THE BARTLETT, The Round No. 25 feat. Communist Daughter, Lauren Gilmore, Isaac Grambo, Ben Cartwright, Jan. 20 THE OBSERVATORY, World’s Finest, Hey! Is for Horses, Jan. 20 THE BIG DIPPER, Blackwater Prophet album fundraiser, Von the Baptist, Deer, Jan. 21 KNITTING FACTORY, Excision, Cookie Monsta, Barely Alive, Dion Timmer, Jan. 22 THE OBSERVATORY, Choir Boy, Water Monster, Local Pavlov, Jan. 22 THE PIN!, Armed for Apocalypse, Witchburn, Deathbed Confessions, Withheld Judgement, Vultra, Jan. 23 THE BIG DIPPER, Supervillian, Duke Evers, Griffey, the South Hill, Jan. 26, THE BARTLETT, Young in the City, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Jan. 26 KNITTING FACTORY, GA’s Too Broke to Rock feat. Starset, Jan. 26 KNITTING FACTORY, Iration, Jan. 29 THE BIG DIPPER, Ayron Jones and the Way, Cattywomp, Zack Quintana, Feb. 4 THE BIG DIPPER, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Feb. 8 THE BARTLETT, Dead Horses, Feb. 9 KNITTING FACTORY, Reel Big Fish, Anti-Flag, Feb. 10 THE BARTLETT, Sallie Ford, Jen Champion, Feb. 15

MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 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 • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 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 Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 THE JACKSON ST. • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LOON LAKE SALOON • 3996 Hwy. 292 • 233-2738 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 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 • 208-6647901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • (208) 765-3200 x310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY• 15 S Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO • 6425 N Lidgerwood St • 242-8907 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 St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S• 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • (208) 930-0381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 THE VENUE • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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Mimi Leveque examines the mummified remains of “Annie.”

YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

MUSEUM EGYPT’S ENIGMAS

Like we told readers last week regarding another major exhibit (Mobius’ Bodies Human, closing Dec. 31), fall’s touring blockbuster at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is counting down its final days. Gather up the family and go learn about life in ancient Egypt, and how scientists and archaeologists are able to use modern technology to uncover more than we ever knew about the fascinating culture. Lost Egypt’s incredible highlight is a young female mummy called Annie, whose remains were respectfully and carefully preserved by her community more than 2,000 years ago. Though her people never could have imagined this afterlife journey for Annie, as part of the exhibit she serves as a cultural ambassador of the past, educating and connecting us to a part of human history we’re still trying to piece together.

— CHEY SCOTT Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science • Through Fri, Jan. 6; open Mon-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; (to 8 pm Wed) • $5-$10 (half-price Tue) • The MAC • 2316 W. First • northwestmuseum.org

COMMUNITY FREEZIN’ FOR A REASON

Every year, people from across the region gather to strip down and welcome in the new year with the Polar Bear Plunge. Water temperatures last year were around 43 degrees, and are expected to be the same or lower this year, promising for a shocking beginning to 2017. Some like the event because of its symbolic purifying qualities, some because it’s a thrill that they hope will continue into the year, and some for the tradition. Whatever the reason, make sure to bring extra socks for afterward; your extremities will need the extra warmth. Also, before and after the icy plunge, volunteers will be on site collecting winter clothing donations (socks, hats, coats, scarves, blankets) for St. Vincent de Paul of North Idaho.

— HAYLEE MILLIKAN Polar Bear Plunge • Sun, Jan. 1, at noon • Free • Sanders Beach • East Lakeshore Drive, Coeur d’Alene

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MUSIC LET IT GO

If the kids are going stir crazy in the final days of their winter break from school, get out of the house for a night together so everyone in the family can literally “let it go” during the Bing’s second annual Frozen Sing-Along Party. The interactive screening encourages everyone in the audience to belt out Idina Menzel’s earworm of a song, along with the hit Disney film’s other catchy tracks. Hosted by award-winning local singer-songwriter Nicole Lewis as Elsa, young fans of the franchise will be gleeful to see their favorite princess in real life, along with the lovable Olaf and friends.

— CHEY SCOTT Frozen Sing-Along Party • Fri, Dec. 30 and Sat, Dec. 31, at 1 pm • $20; $12/kids 12 and under • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • friendsofthebing.org

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The Davenport Grand Hotel Adult Dance Venue

SAMMY EUBANKS

& BAKIN’ PHAT

INB Performing Arts Center

OUTDOORS EXPLORING 2017

Welcome the new year in the great outdoors with First Day Hikes, a chance to explore any of the 32 state parks in Washington without a Discover Pass.

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I SAW YOU BEARDED GUY AT SHOPKO Waited in line with you and I commented on your girlie bow and arrows. You bought another item that was more you. I should’ve stuck around longer, but I was in a big hurry. You certainly were adorable!

BLUE-EYED BEAUTY AT BUS WITH INJURY Me with headphones and witty banter (among my tattoos) you with blonde hair and the most amazing blue eyes. Sadly we met during an injury but I can’t help but say the I would love to take you to coffee sometime.

DRIVING YOUR MADREPEARLE ALFA ROMEO 4C SPIDER your blue-grey eyes filled with joy and wonderment; heard you laughing as you let the gentle rain fall on your face; watched you smile with delight as you caught snowflakes on your tongue and made snow angels; heard you gracefully playing the piano as you melodiously sang my favorite Christmas song, ‘O, Holy Night’. I watched as you grew up to become an entrepreneur; a great husband; a wonderful father; a generous spirit; a cheerful giver. Then I awakened from this dream that would have been your life. But it was never meant to be as you came to your father and I one night and informed us that you had been talking to the rest of the family and it would be better if you never saw the light of day. You knew either you or me would lose our life so you gave the ultimate sacrifice of losing your life so I could live. Then you returned to your

Heavenly family but promised to return to me in dreams. You also promised us that we would see fragments of you in every person who crossed our path. You have held on to that promise. And last night, beneath the starry night, I finally got my wish: a dance with you. Can I please stay awake in this dream just for today?

SOLO BURGER SLINGER To the woman working the evening of 12/21 at the Division Burger King ALL BY HERSELF, you were killin’ it! You had a super long line and you slammed those orders out like a champ and with a smile! Food service workers get flak all the time, so hopefully this brightens your day. Happy Holidays!

IT ALL STARTED WITH A PICTURE OF YOUR EYE ON MYSPACE... Esme, I have wanted to write this a million times. I fell in love with you from the first time we met and when you told me you usually get tired of a guy, I always tried to do my best tyo not let it happen with me. I loved to make you laugh by saying and doing stupid stuff. I would make you laugh so hard when we were walking, you’d have to stop. I loved that. You said that I ruined your life and I can’t stop hearing that. I am truly sorry it ended the way it did. I should have just been a man and told you how I felt. I never wanted to hurt you, but ended up hurting you in the worst way and I can never forget, or forgive myself for what I did. I impacted your life as well as mine and both of us lost. You did what you needed to do and I realize that. I have no hard feelings for you or what happened, it’s done. But I will always miss you and love you. I care for you and am sad I couldn’t make you happy. If I never loved you like you said, why am I so sad, even to this day almost a year after we parted the way we did. I think about you all the time.

I miss you and I hope all is well for you and the cats are well. I could go on and on, but I just want you to know I wish you only the best. I’ll miss you forever. M

SHADOW PRYNCEZZ WITH THE LOVING, BEAUTIFUL HEART. I’m so glad I reached

CHEERS MY HERO 12/20 You saw me shoveling the berm blocking my driveway around 6:15 pm. You turned around and cleared it immediately. I am so grateful that you were driving by and helped me out. Many thanks to you! Merry Christmas!

TO NICOLAS FROM LITHIA ALFA ROMEO I should have thanked you months ago for allowing me to sit in my dream car, the AR 4C, even though you knew it would never be possible for me to drive one due to my limited vision. So I am thanking you now.

So THANK YOU! That was one of the best and greatest highlights of my entire life!

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conditions,working around cars left on the wrong side of the street by lazy/and or/ or stupid residents. Plus, having to deal with the occasional unexpected idiots, too (see below).

XMAS FUN @NORTHERN QUEST Not sure if recalled how to play “craps”, I stood by the table to watch first. The staff & the players were having a lot of laughs so I thru some money on the table and had the

JEERS INFANTILE HIGH SCHOOL PUNKS We finally got our first residential street snowplowing out in Shadle Park on Dec. 26, only to have it impeded by four jerks who thought it would be fun to toss garbage carts out into the street ahead of the approaching plows. Can’t you find a better way to spend your school vacation than

Food service workers get flak all the time, so hopefully this brightens your day. Happy Holidays!

out to you. You are so caring, loving and accepting of me just the way I am. You have such a beautiful heart with love in it for someone like me; someone who has struggled throughout the years and is still working to make things better. You are always offering encouragement and are always there whenever I need you.

You said one time you didn’t have a lot to offer, but you could give me acceptance and unconditional love. Believe me, that is A LOT to offer, and I thank you for sharing that with me. You are the closest to family I have ever had. I cannot thank you enough for everything: the presents, the assistance, the listening ear but most of all, the acceptance and unconditional love for that’s what I need more than anything else. You ARE a princess!

THANKS A MILLION To the awesome couple that helped tow my broke down Explorer up and off the Sunset Hwy on the coldest night so far & right after the snow fellin your tiny gold Grand am. I can’t THANK YOU enough There is no telling what may have happened, had you of not rescued us. You are the gold in the Grand and we too will somehow pay this good deed forward.

UNSUNG HEROES Cheers to all the hardworking snowplow drivers who have to work long hours in difficult

best Xmas afternoon in a very long time.

The great looking guy on my left, who was so helpful w/my betting choices, & the stickman & base dealers (looked up their titles LOL) who also gave friendly help w/confidence that all of the players were being treated fairly. Loved the only male stickman, so cute! Came away with some winnings and a big smile. Thanks from the lady wearing red.

U R SUCH A BLESSING TO EVERYBODY! To my so wonderful friends whom took me under ur wings once again, when I was at a very low point of my life. U have let me stay in ur home again and haved helped me in so many ways. Bless all ur hearts. U can not even begin to fathem just how very much I appreciate and love u ladies for all u do for me and all our crazy other friends. There will come a time again sometime in the future that I will be able to begin to pay u back. I love u two ladies almost as much as we luv that vodka. Lol. SCOOBY DOO, I LOVE YOU You are the Peter to my Liner, the Grande to my Prime, the Bob to my Barker... Our crazies match.

We know each other’s deepest, darkest secrets. You are my best friend, the love of my life. We are meant for each other, and deep down you know it. So why keep trying to deny the inevitable? I love you, always forever.

JEERS TO THE ENGINEERS Jeers to the engineers who designed the “West Rowan Avenue Speedway” for including bicycle lanes that block more than 90 homes from street parking. These homes were built in the 40’s and 50’s some with and some without a single garage per house. With most families driving 2, 3 or 4 vehicles, it’s hard to find room for them. This makes it tough to have large family gatherings on holidays without making family and friend park at least 1 block or more away and walk to their houses. When I was working I rode my bike often without separate lanes for bikes as I enjoyed taking a different route each workday just to see the neighborhood. What can be done to reverse this engineering parking nightmare? 

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KEEP THE CHANGE BluBerry is donating all of their tips from now through December to ACCOIN to aid in its mission of serving, education, supporting, and advocating for local families affected by childhood cancer. Blu Berry Frozen Yogurt, 3007 E. 57th Ave. acco.org/inlandnw (443-6588) PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ The Spokane Symphony’s annual gala, following the orchestra’s traditional performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Includes a 3-course dinner, dancing to music by the MasterClass Big Band and more. Dec. 31, 9 pm. $120/person. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanesymphony.org

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ GUFFAW YOURSELF!: Open mic comedy night; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First. (847-1234) ORNY ADAMS Adams has written jokes for Jay Leno, Garry Shandling, and many other top comedians, and performed in many TV and late night programs. Dec. 29-30, 8 pm; also Dec. 30, 10:30 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (3189998) AFTER DARK An adult-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Friday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) EXPEDITION A highly interactive improv show that’s appropriate for the whole family. Dec. 23 and 30, at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (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. reddragondelivery.com (509-838-6688) SAFARI Fast-paced, short-form improv games based on audience suggestions.

(Recommended for ages 16+) Saturdays at 8 pm, through Dec. 17. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY A weekly comedy open mic on Mondays, hosted

by Nick Cavasier. Sign-up at 7:30, show at 8 pm. Free. The Reserve, 120 N. Wall St. facebook.com/spokomedy (598-8783)

SPOKANE COMEDY’S STANDUP SHOWDOWN A friendly local comedy competition. Comedians get a topic and have four minutes to perform; the crowd then votes for a winner. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. observatoryspokane.com (5988933) TRIVIA + OPEN MIC COMEDY Trivia starts at 8 pm; stick around for open mic comedy afterward. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. Checkerboard Bar, 1716 E. Sprague Ave. checkerboardbar.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. spokanecomedyclub.com

COMMUNITY

BODIES HUMAN: ANATOMY IN MOTION Mobius hosts six whole bodies, more than 100 individual organs, and transparent body slices that have been preserved through plastination, a technique that replaces bodily fluids with reactive plastics. Exhibit runs through Dec. 31; hours are Tu-Sat, 10 am-5 pm and Sun, 11 am-5 pm. (Recommended for ages 10+.) $15.

Mobius Science Center, 331 N. Post. mobiusspokane.org (509-321-7137) HOLIDAY LIGHTS SHOW + JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE The 30th annual holiday event includes the “Journey to the North Pole” lake cruises. Lights are on display through Jan. 2; cruises depart nightly on the lake. $7.50-$22.50.

The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com (208-765-4000) COMMUNITY OPEN DANCE An all-ages dance, offering all types of music and styles od dance. Thursdays, at 7 pm. $5.

Western Dance Center, 1901 N. Sullivan Rd. squaredancespokane.org (979-2607) FIRST ROBOTICS Be part of the First Robotic Competition (FRC) and build a 5- foot-tall, 120-pound robot that can do things like kick a soccer ball or shoot hoops. It’s as true to real-life, hands-on engineering as you can get. Meets Thursdays, from 3-6 pm, through Dec. $50.

Gizmo-cda, 806 N. Fourth St. gizmo-cda. org (208-651-6200) GINGERBREAD HOUSE BUILDING Take home your creation after this fun, nopressure gingerbread house build, with all materials supplied by the library. Dec. 29, 4-7 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (509-893-8350) LOST EGYPT: ANCIENT SECRETS, MODERN SCIENCE Explore ancient Egypt with hands-on activities, human and

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animal mummies and real Egyptian artifacts. Through Jan. 6; open Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm (until 8 pm on Wed; half-price admission on Tue). $5-$10/admission.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) ORIGIN STORIES Kids in grades 3-6 can write and illustrate their own comic spread featuring characters and narratives built around the idea of superpowers and origin stories. Register online.

Dec. 28-29, 10 am-noon. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral. org (509-279-0299) WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR The third annual holiday lights display relocates to the fairgrounds this year due to construction in Riverfront Park. New features include the Enchanted Forest, fireworks shows on select nights, and Santa’s North Pole workshop. Dec. 29-30, from 4-10 pm. $5-$7. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. spokanewinterglow.com (477-1766) CAMPBELL HOUSE HOLIDAYS Experience what it might have felt like to celebrate Christmas in turn-of-the-century Spokane as a member of the Campbell family. Enjoy holiday decor, talk to costumed actors and more. Dec. 31 from noon-4 pm. $2 with museum admission.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING Boy Scout Troop 400 recycles natural Christmas trees at CVHS and U-High. Home pickup also available. Proceeds support the troop’s outdoor activities, service projects, leadership training and more.

Drop-off open Sat-Sun, Dec. 31-Jan. 8, from 9 am-3 pm. $5-$10 suggested donation. Spokane Valley, Spokane Valley. troop400.net/trees NEW YEAR’S EVE BALLROOM BASH The NYE celebration includes door prizes, dancing, live DJ and band, and more.

Dec. 31, 7:45 pm. $30-$35. Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. mirabeauparkhotel.com (509-924-9000) NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTIES A special family New Year’s Eve celebration, with a noon ballon drop countdown and more.

Open to families and kids of all ages; young kids should be accompanied by an adult. Also at the South Hill and Indian Trail branches. Dec. 31, 11 am. Free.

Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. (509444-5390) FAMILY DANCE AND POTLUCK: Easyto-learn line, circle, contra, and folk dances are taught by Susan Dankovich, ac-

companied by live music. No partners or experience required. Potluck at 6:30 pm with dance starting at 7. First Friday of the month, from 6:30-8 pm. Free, donations accepted. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave. (533-9955)

FESTIVAL

FIRST NIGHT SPOKANE The annual family-friendly celebration of the new year includes activities for all-ages at venues across downtown, including live music, art, artist demos, kids activities, games and more. Dec. 31. $15-$18. Downtown Spokane. firstnightspokane.com

FILM

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER A night of chocolate, champagne, and a screening of the classic film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Dec. 31, 8-10 pm. $10.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida. org (208-255-7801) SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY The awardwinning documentary follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 yearold food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared.

Jan. 1 and 8 at 7 pm. $9. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com (509-209-2383) ALSO: Jan. 6-8, at 7 pm. $4-$7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-2557801) DOCTOR STRANGE Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions. Showing Jan. 5-8, times vary. $3-$6. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127)

FOOD SCOTCH & CIGARS Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar from Cigar Train during an event on the headed, outdoor patio. Thursdays, from 6-10 pm. $15-$25.

Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. facebook.com/Prohibition.Gastropub.

Spokane1 (474-9040) THURSDAY WINE SOCIAL The weekly complimentary wine tasting event features different wine themes and samples of the shop’s gourmet goods. Thursdays, from 4-6 pm. Free. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Government Way. gourmetwayhayden.com (208-762-1333)

FROSTED FORMAL NEW YEAR’S EVE Event includes a live DJ, food, special release beers, photos, prizes and more.

Dress attire is “winter formal.” Tickets required. Dec. 31, 8 pm. $40/person; $60/ couple. Perry Street Brewing, 1025 S. Perry St. bit.ly/2hnULrp (509-279-2820) HOW TO MAKE SUSHI AT HOME Instructor Alex Austin teaches the basics of sushi making; from cooking the rice to the endless possibilities you can create. Jan. 5, 5:30 pm. $49. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com (3283335) CLASSIC DESSERTS CULINARY CLASS Chef Mark Steinmetz teaches how to make an array of desserts, including burnt cream, chocolate mousse and fresh strawberries and cream. Jan. 8, 2 pm. $39. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com (328-3335) ARBOR CREST + CLOVER WINE DINNER A special six-course dinner, with wine pairings from Arbor Crest. Jan. 11, 5 pm. $95/person. Clover, 913 E. Sharp Ave. cloverspokane.com (509-487-2937) FRIED CHICKEN & BEER NIGHT A new, monthly event by Chef Adam Hegsted, offering fried chicken and three pints of local beer from River City Brewing.

Future events scheduled for the second Wednesday of the month. Jan. 11, 6 pm. $35. The Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy. thewanderingtable.com

MUSIC

FROZEN SING ALONG The second annual music event invites all ages to come sing along with a special interactive screening of the Disney’s beloved new animated film. Characters from the film, including Anna, Elsa, Olaf and Kristoff join in. Dec. 30-31, at 2 pm. $15-$25. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (509-227-7404) SPOKANE SYMPHONY NEW YEAR’S EVE: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH Since conductor Eckart Preu introduced the custom from his native Germany years ago, this annual concert featuring Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has become a traditional part of holiday festivities in Spokane.

Dec. 31, 7:30 pm. $16-$28. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (624-1200) MET OPERA LIVE: NABUCCO The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. 3 hours, 5 min run time. Jan. 7, 10 am. $15-$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org/hdlive (208-882-4127)

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Advice Goddess SLEEPING BOOTY

I’m a 32-year-old guy, and I want a real relationship. I am good-looking and charming and can get girls into bed pretty early on, but I’m beginning to wonder whether that’s hurting me. I think I end up starting relationships based on sex instead of common interests, personality, etc. Does it pay to hold off on sex, and if so, how long?

—Wanting It Real

AMY ALKON

There are some wonderful committed relationships that started off with “I want to spend the rest of my

boner with you!”

The reality is, those lovebirds probably got lucky (in getting it on with someone they happened to be compatible with). When you have sex right away, you’re prone to getting into a hormone haze — a sort of sex fog — that ends up blurring just about everything but the bed (and maybe the kitchen table, three or four times).

Though people are increasingly getting into relationships through hookups (“sex first/ date later”), relationship researcher Dean Busby and his colleagues find that waiting to have sex seems to keep “feels so right!” from killing your ability to see whether it actually is. In their research, dating for at least a month before having sex was associated with higher relationship stability and satisfaction, better sex, and better communication.

Again, this isn’t to say that people who have sex on — or even before — the first date won’t have satisfying relationships. But as the researchers put it, “the rewards of sexual involvement early on may undermine other aspects of relationship development and evaluation” — for example, keeping partners from putting as much energy into “crucial couple processes” like hammering out communication. It can also prolong relationships that ultimately don’t work when both people are dressed and standing up.

You don’t have to set your sex clock according to the research: “Oh, look at the time — week four and a half; better get it on!” The point is to wait until you see whether you really like a person and click with them in all the essential ways. Six months into a relationship, if you grab your partner and kiss them as if the world were ending, it should be because you love them that deeply, not because it’s the best way to get them to shut up that doesn’t involve jail time.

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I’m a man in my 50s. I recently started seeing this fantastic lady. She’s my ideal woman except for one small thing: There is no sexual chemistry. However, I don’t plan on having more kids. Also, my body’s slowing down, and sex just isn’t at the top of my list anymore. I’m looking for my true best friend and partner. Still, without any real chemistry, is this relationship doomed?

—Seeking Okay, so you feel sex isn’t all that important to you now. Good to know…but not quite the same as donating a treasured artifact to the natural history museum — with a plaque: “Harpoon for display purposes only.”

Your best friend whom you aren’t attracted to and don’t have sex with is — wait for it — your best friend. Sure, a relationship is a best friendship, but it’s more. The sexual part of it — sharing your body — makes for a deeper level of intimacy than, say, “Want a bite of my Reuben?”

Unlike checkers or “Words with Friends,” sex isn’t just an activity. It’s an activity that causes biochemical reactions — like a surge of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin.

Though the research on these is in its infancy in humans, they seem to act as a form of emotional glue in some mammals that have been studied — in the wake of sex, causing little rodent-y things called prairie voles to velcro themselves to that special someone.

As for this woman you’ve been seeing, think about how it must feel — right from the start — to have you about as sexually interested in her as you are in one of her end tables. Also consider that being in what sociologist Denise Donnelly calls an “involuntarily celibate relationship” — wanting to have “shared erotic pleasure” (of some kind) but having a partner who refuses — is extremely corrosive. Beyond leading to affairs in 26 percent of those surveyed, it led (predictably!) to sexual frustration (79 percent), feelings of rejection (23 percent), and depression (34 percent). But, whatever, right? I mean, BFFs forever!

The thing is (assuming she isn’t madly in love with you), if you two admit that the spark simply isn’t there, you can still spend your lives together — just not in the same bed. Better to celebrate your best-friendiversary than mourn on your anniversary -- that you still want your partner just as much as you used to, which is to say not in the slightest. n ©2016, 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 CELLO CONCERT FEAT. KEVIN HEKMATPANAH Enjoy an afternoon of music with Spokane Symphony cellist Kevin Hekmatpanah. Jan. 9, 1:30 pm.

Free. Touchmark South Hill, 2929 S. Waterford Dr. (536-2929) RESURRECTION RECORDS SPIN & SWAP The Observatory hosts its first Spin & Swap. Everyone is encouraged to bring their crates of records to sell, swap and even spin on the house player. Resurrection will be raffling off merch and vinyl for $1 an entry. Jan. 12, 8 pm-2 am. Free. The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. observatoryspokane.com (598-8933)

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SPOKANE CHIEFS Dec. 28 vs. Seattle Thunderbirds; Dec. 30 vs. Tri-City Americans. $10-$23. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanearena.com (279-7000) FIRST DAY HIKES As part of a national program, Washington’s 32 state parks host guided hikes and events, with no Discover Pass for park entry required.

Local events at Riverside, Mt. Spokane and Palouse Falls state parks. Jan. 1.

Free. Riverside State Park, Spokane.

Details at parks.state.wa.us/Calendar WSU VS. OSU Pac-12 men’s basketball conference game. Jan. 4, 8 pm. $10$60. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com SNOWSHOEING DEMONSTRATION Spokane Parks and Rec presents this informational meeting and demo about snowshoeing. Afterward, sign-up for a snow shoeing expedition to Manito Park, Liberty Lake, or Mt. Spokane that includes equipment. Jan. 11, 1-3:30 pm.

Free. Touchmark South Hill, 2929 S. Waterford Dr. (536-2929)

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BEST OF BROADWAY: COSTUMES An exhibition of costumes in celebration of WestCoast Entertainment’s 30th anniversary season, featuring pieces used in touring Broadway musicals including Cats, Annie, The Lion King and more. Through Feb. 19. Museum open Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm (to 8 pm Wed; half-price on Tue). $5-$10/admission.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum. org (509-456-3931) THE GIN GAME For one weekend only, Spokane Civic Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by D.L. Coburn in the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre. Jan. 5-6, 7:30 pm and Jan. 7-8 at 2 pm. $20. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) PIPPIN Full of extraordinary acrobatics, magical feats and soaring songs from the composer of Wicked, this new production is the winner of four 2013 Tony Awards. Jan. 12-15; show times vary. $32.50-$72.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com/shows/pippin/ (777-6253)

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18TH ANNUAL SMALL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL The annual show features 200+ new artworks by 32 regional artists that are all smaller than 12-inches by 12-inches. Through Jan. 7; gallery open daily from 11 am-6 pm (except

12/25-26). Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com (208765-6006) A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION Featuring new works by copper jeweler Stacy Bester, gourd art by Larilyn, new works

by Linda Besse, Debbie Hughbanks and Tom Hanson and others. Show continues through the holidays, Tue-Fri, 10 am–5 pm and Sat 10 am-2 pm. Free.

Pacific Flyway Gallery, 409 S. Dishman Mica Rd. pacificflywaygallery.blogspot. com (747-0812) WEIRD SCIENCE: JUSTIN GIBBENS & RENEE ADAMS In this show, Gibbens’ work is inspired by natural history and the animal denizens of our planet, while Adams’ mixed-media work is influenced by the flora and fauna around her home. In the Boswell Corner Gallery.

Through Feb. 3; Mon-Thu, 10 am-4 pm; Fri, 10 am-2:30 pm. Free. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu (208-769-3276) JEFF + JEFF ART SHOW Jeff Weir and Jeff Spencer team up for Emerge’s last art show of the year. Open ThuSat, 10 am-4 pm, through Dec. 31.

Free. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene emergecda.org (208-818-3342) KEIKO VON HOLT: An exhibition of the Spokane artist’s sumi-e paintings; continues through the month of December; gallery hours Tue-Sat, 11 am-6 pm.

Avenue West Gallery, 907 W. Boone Ave. avenuewestgallery.org (509-8384999) LINDA HYATT CANCEL: THE RISING In this solo exhibition, Cancel’s work depicts the landscapes of the 130-mile Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Through Jan. 1; open Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm (until 8 pm on Wed; half-price admission on Tue). $5-$10/admission.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum. org (456-3931) DROP IN & DRAW Adults and teens are invited to drop in and draw with us on Fridays. Niah Ferlito provides a friendly atmosphere in which to explore artistic imaginations and the art supplies to do so. Fridays, from 4-5:30 pm. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org SOCIAL SKETCH CDA Spend a casual evening being creative through sketch, drawing, collaborating and socializing, while listening to open music night in the Emerge gallery. Some supplies provided, feel free to bring your own, too.

Held every first Sunday, from 6-8 pm. $5 suggested donation. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St. emergecda.org RUBY PALMER: SUBJECT TO CHANGE A collaborative installation. Jan. 4-Feb. 2, open Mon-Fri, 8:30 am-3:30 pm or by appt. In the SFCC Art Gallery, Bldg.

6. Free. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls.edu/Academic/FineArt/ Gallery.aspx (533-3746) MOSCOW FIRST THURSDAY The city of Moscow’s monthly community arts celebration, featuring art displays around the downtown area, live music and more. Monthly on the first Thursday, from 5-8 pm. See Facebook page for complete details. facebook.com/moscowfirsthursday :::POSITIVE CONTACT:::: Hannah Thompson and Arvid Tomayko come together in this work using their bodies as conductive material with in an installation of fabric sculptures reactive to touch and light through the use of

a light reactive Theremin. Jan. 6, 5-8 pm. Free. Richmond Gallery, 228 W. Sprague.(230-5718) ARTS BUZZ A time to learn what arts and culture-related activities are in the works for the Cd’A area. Held on the first Friday of each month, at 9 am, in the chamber’s conference room. Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce, 1031 N. Academic Way. artsincda.org FIRST FRIDAY Art galleries and businesses across downtown Spokane and beyond host monthly receptions to showcase new displays of art. Receptions held the first Friday of the month, from 5-8 pm. Free. Inlander.com/FirstFriday or downtownspokane.org CHURRO KNOW MY LIFE: THE ART OF JAKE PRENDEZ The gallery host’s Jake Prendez’s exhibit “Churro Know My Life,” Jan. 9 to Feb 13; open MonFri, noon-5 pm. Free. EWU Downtown Student Gallery, 404 Second, Cheney. facebook.com/ewudowntownstudentgallery/ SECOND FRIDAY ARTWALK Coeur d’Alene’s monthly celebration of local art, with local galleries around downtown hosting artist receptions, live music and original art. Second Friday of the month, from 5-8 pm. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. artsincda.org/artwalk (208-415-0116) REBEKAH WILKINS-PEPITON: WHITEWASHED The artist’s work explores our collective relationship with the natural world. More specifically, the effect(s) this relationship has on human connections. Jan. 13, 5-8 pm. Free admission. Iron Goat Brewing Co., 1302 W. Second. (474-0722)

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BOOTSLAM Spokane Poetry Slam’s all-ages performance poetry competition, with a $50 grand prize. Sign-ups at 7, slam at 7:30 pm. $5 to compete or watch. Held the first Sunday of the month. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org (509-703-7223) BROKEN MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s longest-running, weekly open mic reading series, open to all readers and all-ages. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Free.

Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org (509-847-1234) THE GARDENER’S GARDEN: 700 YEARS OF HISTORY Writer and horticultural expert Chris Woods hosts an illustrated lecture, “The Gardener’s Garden – 700 Years of History.” Jan. 5, 6:30-9 pm. Free. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. tieg.org (535-8434) FROM HIGHGATE TO HANFORD Local authors Margaret Verhoe and Rita Seedorf talk about their collaborative writing process and their recently released post-World War II novel, “Letters from a Wary Watcher” (2016) at the January meeting of Spokane Authors and Self Publishers. SASP meets at 2:30 pm the first Thursday of each month.

Guests and members must purchase lunch to attend. Jan. 5, 2-4:30 pm.

Golden Corral Buffet, 7117 N. Division. spokaneauthors.org (863-5536) SCABLANDS BOOKS READING The boutique press founded by Spokane author Sharma Shields hosts a reading of new works by Simeon Mills, Ellen Welcker and Tim Greenup. Jan. 7, 7 pm.

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Syd Duncombe filled his classes and novels with memorable characters.

Passion Projects Revered Idaho professor Syd Duncombe’s final years were marked by a fictional world of murder and mayhem

BY DAN NAILEN

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veryone remembers the hats. Whether you’re talking to Sydney Duncombe’s family members, professional colleagues or former students, they all mention the array of headgear he would pull out in his University of Idaho political science classes that helped drive home his lessons to groggy undergrads.

“He had students play various roles to act out issues that were facing city and county governments,” recalls Kenton Bird, one of Duncombe’s students in the 1970s, and now a journalism professor at UI. “So there was a mayor and a developer and a chamber of commerce person and a city planner and city engineer, and they were all depicted by the various hats.”

Of course, Duncombe was much more than a teacher with a good gimmick. He was an expert in government and fiscal analysis. He’s revered among Idaho’s political class for his knowledge and service — the award for the most-effective Idaho county government official is named after him — and at various points in his teaching career, Duncombe’s hats adorned the heads of future Idaho politicians Dirk Kempthorne (governor, U.S. senator and Interior Secretary), Larry Craig (U.S. senator) and David Leroy (state attorney general and lieutenant governor).

What most of his friends, colleagues and former students didn’t know about Duncombe, who died in 2004, was the literary heart beating inside the man. That aspect of his life was only recently rediscovered and brought to life through the efforts of his daughter, a curious Idaho

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historian and a small publishing house.

It turns out those hat-based role-playing games were just a brief glimpse into Duncombe’s creativity.

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hris Carlson was searching the internet for Idaho political books when he came across a tome by Duncombe he’d never heard of. The former newspaperman and history author knew of Duncombe’s academic work, but this was different, a book of fiction called The Unlikely Candidate that Duncombe had selfpublished after retiring from UI in 1987. It’s about a conspiracy in the Idaho government that is discovered by a retired budget director — but not before a lot of murder and mayhem ensues. Carlson managed to find a copy, and “I was just fascinated by what I read.”

“Syd’s knowledge of Idaho comes through,” says Carlson, an occasional contributor to the Inlander. “It was kind of an odd juxtaposition of politics and policy and a murder mystery.”

Carlson started trying to track down Duncombe’s daughter Mary Haley, herself a published author and the inspiration for a couple of characters in what Carlson soon discovered were Duncombe’s “Idaho Trilogy” of novels; in addition to The Unlikely Candidate, Blizzard in August is a psychological thriller based on a real wilderness adventure that Duncombe and his daughter took years ago, and Freedom County is a prescient novel about authoritarian extremism running amok in a fictional

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Idaho county.

Haley recalls that while few people knew about Duncombe’s fiction, he had a lifelong desire to pen novels.

“When dad was just going into college, he went to his mom and said, ‘I want to be a writer,’ and she read his stuff and said, ‘Get a day job,’” Haley says with a laugh.

“So he did.”

“Dad’s secret desire was that he wanted to run for the legislature after he retired from teaching, but he had cancer and my mom was sick. So he went back to writing.”

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ith Haley’s blessing, Carlson pitched the idea of publishing the Duncombe novels to Randy Stapilus, owner of a small publishing house called Ridenbaugh Press, which focuses on nonfiction.

“This is the first fiction that I’ve done, and this was kind of an unusual case because of who Syd was.”

Carlson ponied up the money to get 70 sets of the books printed and convinced some of Duncombe’s fans and former students — including Kempthorne, Leroy and longtime Idaho journalist Rod Gramer — to write forewords. The family’s share of any profits will go to the Sydney Duncombe Scholarship at UI. Haley is happy that the books are seeing the light of day, and says that even though they’re adventures and murder mysteries, “They have a lot of dad’s political teaching and philosophy. Dad taught that the highest calling was public service.”

That’s something Duncombe exemplified in his own career as a teacher and government official, and it makes sense that his novels’ heroes often start off as nondescript but hardworking bureaucrats.

Carlson has enjoyed his own adventure of helping bring these undiscovered novels to light.

“It’s been a fun exercise, because Syd was such a wonderful person,” Carlson says. “I’ve been delighted to help get Syd some attention from a new generation of Idahoans.” n Syd Duncombe’s “Idaho Trilogy” is available for order at ridenbaughpress.com/sydduncombe.

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