Vol. 17, No. 14
Have an Incarcerated Christmas
It’s that magical time of year again — when the police blotter starts reading like a Christmas carol.
By Joel Smith
Home For Now
When women have nowhere to go, Women’s Hearth gives them a place to call home
By Leah Sottile
The River Man
Rick Eichstaedt has a cool job title, might sue the city and isn’t optimistic about seeing salmon runs near City Hall
By Nicholas Deshais
How We Love Thee
Cold couldn’t keep Palin-addicts from turning out
By Taryn Hecker
Live From Spokane Valley
The Spokane Valley City Council is looking to broadcast its meetings on cable and the Internet — but at what cost?
By Daniel Walters
Food and Company
Meals on Wheels delivers more than hot meals to seniors
By Erika Prins
2010
The upcoming session in Olympia is beginning to look like a certain Hollywood disaster film
Blast!
Is Spokane trying to torpedo Missoula’s economy?
What Would Jane Say?
By Robert Herold
Looking for Work
Seeking employment these days requires tenacity, creativity — and a whole new vocabulary
By Steve Wing
Waste Not Time, Want Not Time
Americans have can-do spirit. That’s why we spend a year of our lives just figuring out what to wear
By Mad Dog
Canned Tuna
Our guest critic this week is Mr. Joe Bob Lipsey of Sand City, Texas
By Michael Bowen
Brass Martini
At the hands of the Clarion Brass players, Christmas tunes get sliced, diced, syncopated and bamboozled
Plugging In, Cashing In
Small local businesses build online empires
"GenBuY," Kit Yarrow and Jayne O’Donnell
What's the first sign of being an old fart?
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Magical Flight
A group of local children board Alaska Airlines Flight 1225 on a voyage to meet Santa
By Young Kwak
"The Original of Laura," Vladimir Nabokov
The great Russian master's long, lost unfinished novel surfaces
By Marty Demarest
Penguins on Parade
Now the sisters of Nuncrackers have their own TV station. The programming could use ... well, they need our prayers
"Fall Be Kind", Animal Collective
Animal Collective continues the roll they started with 2004's Sung Tongs
By Jeff Echert
Something's Amiss
Don’t be scared: Mariko Sullivan and Nate Ellefson’s art can’t really bite you
Mood Altering
One dodgy meal had us momentarily grumpy, but we can’t stay mad at this culinary grab bag
By Carrie Scozzaro
Feasts on the Fly
Let someone else make the hors d’oeuvres this year
Nightshade Slave Trade
For those who love tomatoes in wintertime, a cautionary tale
By Ari Levaux
Hoarders
They put the “scat” in “pack rat.”
By Lisa Fairbanks-Rossi
Not Amèlie
Audrey Tautou has found a character to finally end the typecasting. Nice for her, but what about us?
By Marjorie Baumgarten
Scrubs
Saying goodbye to a longtime friend is never easy. But sometimes you absolutely nail it.
Teen Monsters in Heat
Hormones ran feverishly high at the Twilight: New Moon premiere. Then the movie started.
By Chris Dreyer
Mixed Box
Avatar opens Pandora’s box. Out flies gorgeous scenery, game-changing special effects and passable dialogue
By Ed Symkus
Dragon Age: Origins
This game was released before it was done.
Tony Hawk RIDE
Tony Hawk RIDE transforms your living room into a skate park.
A Whole New Ball Game
A sport you don’t understand becomes a metaphor we should all embrace
By Maryann Johanson
"Somers Town"
The art-house version of Netflix presents a film about a little wanker from Nottingham
Into the Storm
Brendan Gleeson uncovers Churchill in this sequel to HBO's The Gathering Storm
By Tammy Marshall
Trip the Dark Fantastic
Wes Anderson’s animated retelling of Roald Dahl’s story isn’t fluffy or cute, but it’s utterly real
What Hope Remains
A tone-perfect adaptation explores how little you can have and still find reason to keep living
Cult of Personality
Local boy Cheyenne Jackson is worshiped on Broadway. Now on 30 Rock, the Gospel of Jackson goes national.
"Glitter and Doom," Tom Waits
His latest release exhibits exactly why Waits rules supreme, showing the man at his esoteric best
Friends of the Empyrean compilation
Empyrean makes a mix-tape to ease the transition
Musical Chairs
Empyrean’s relocating, Caterina’s remodeling, Sunset Junction’s rebirthing — our music landscape is changing
Ain't Goin' Out
As bands and venues fade, Bad Penmanship keeps burning brightly
Please, Make It Stop
Holiday tunes make you buy more — and makes retail employees annoyed
By Jon Brown
Electronic Youth
Electronic DJ Dials performs worldwide, but his rave-roots sprouted here in the ’Kan
Sugar Rush
Kristian Leontiou could be your new sugar daddy
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Why the Department of Natural Resources is trading a Spokane forest for a Bellingham grocery store
By Eliza Billingham
New in Hayden, B. Boulangerie offers a wide selection of sweet and savory traditional pastries
By Bob Johnson
Spokane's Best Bookstores
By Inlander Staff
Producer tiers are a lesser-known regulation affecting Washington’s cannabis growers
By Will Maupin
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