Our Arts & Culture section dives into the creative pulse of the Inland Northwest—think local theater, visual arts, music, makers, and meaningful events that bring people together.
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I’ve been an avid concertgoer since 2002, when I moved here to Spokane for college, so I’ve watched venues come and go. Seen shows at amazing spaces and terrible ones. Been joyously surprised by bands I didn’t think I cared about and tragically disappointed by some I thought I’d love.
Like you, my heart shattered knowing the lifetime of grief ahead for families. Imagining tense parents waiting for hours to hear the fate of their child inevitably brought back 1998 memories. It was 6 a.m. when friends arrived at our door on May 20 with the soul-searing news of our
How To Not Be Afraid of Everything is an enticing promise—here, someone can share the secret of overcoming fear and anxiety, of living beyond the trauma that so many of us carry. How to Not Be Afraid of Everything, which is Jane Wong’s second full collection of poetry, delivers on
Evergreen Reads For me, music and reading (and writing) have always gone hand-in-hand. I learned to read nearly the same time I began learning how to play the piano by ear. For me, there’s an innate musicality to writing, and anything music-related often makes a book climb to the top
On any given Thursday evening, you might be lured into Brick West Brewing Company by the layered sound of a full band and the promise of a craft beer, only to realize with surprise that it’s a solo musician churning out multi-layered upbeat songs. How is he managing? Surely there’s
Evergreen Reads by Kailee Haong The first time I read a book where I felt I could relate to the characters was my senior year of college when a copy of Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng landed in my hands. I devoured it in less than two
The Silver Lining: What I Watch When I’m Not Making TV by mandi price Making television for a living is a fifteen-hour-a-day job, and I spend all day, every day, thinking about it. And though I love TV, I don’t always get the chance to watch anything outside of the
by Molly Lindquist Manito Park has long been a resource for beautiful gardens, ponds, and walking trails. Now it can add artwork to its resume. For the second year in a row, The Friends of Manito will host an Art Festival in Manito Park. This year, it’ll take place on
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