Jan 14-20, 2010

Vol. 17, No. 14

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Local News

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
Jan 14, 2010
Local News

Home For Now

When women have nowhere to go, Women’s Hearth gives them a place to call home

By Leah Sottile
Jan 12, 2010
Local News

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
Jan 12, 2010
Local News

How We Love Thee

Cold couldn’t keep Palin-addicts from turning out

By Taryn Hecker
Jan 14, 2010
Local News

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
Jan 12, 2010
Local News

Food and Company

Meals on Wheels delivers more than hot meals to seniors

By Erika Prins
Jan 14, 2010
Local News

2010

The upcoming session in Olympia is beginning to look like a certain Hollywood disaster film

By Joel Smith
Jan 14, 2010
Local News

Blast!

Is Spokane trying to torpedo Missoula’s economy?

By Joel Smith
Jan 12, 2010
Columns & Letters

What Would Jane Say?

By Robert Herold
Jan 12, 2010
Columns & Letters

Looking for Work

Seeking employment these days requires tenacity, creativity — and a whole new vocabulary

By Steve Wing
Jan 12, 2010
Columns & Letters

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
Jan 12, 2010

Arts & Culture

Canned Tuna

Our guest critic this week is Mr. Joe Bob Lipsey of Sand City, Texas

By Michael Bowen
Jan 12, 2010
Arts & Culture

Brass Martini

At the hands of the Clarion Brass players, Christmas tunes get sliced, diced, syncopated and bamboozled

By Michael Bowen
Jan 14, 2010
Arts & Culture

Plugging In, Cashing In

Small local businesses build online empires

By Erika Prins
Jan 12, 2010
Arts & Culture

"GenBuY," Kit Yarrow and Jayne O’Donnell

What's the first sign of being an old fart?

By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Jan 14, 2010
Arts & Culture

Magical Flight

A group of local children board Alaska Airlines Flight 1225 on a voyage to meet Santa

By Young Kwak
Jan 14, 2010
Arts & Culture

"The Original of Laura," Vladimir Nabokov

The great Russian master's long, lost unfinished novel surfaces

By Marty Demarest
Jan 12, 2010
Arts & Culture

Penguins on Parade

Now the sisters of Nuncrackers have their own TV station. The programming could use ... well, they need our prayers

By Michael Bowen
Jan 14, 2010
Arts & Culture

"Fall Be Kind", Animal Collective

Animal Collective continues the roll they started with 2004's Sung Tongs

By Jeff Echert
Jan 13, 2010
Arts & Culture

Something's Amiss

Don’t be scared: Mariko Sullivan and Nate Ellefson’s art can’t really bite you

By Leah Sottile
Jan 12, 2010

Food News

Mood Altering

One dodgy meal had us momentarily grumpy, but we can’t stay mad at this culinary grab bag

By Carrie Scozzaro
Jan 14, 2010
Food News

Feasts on the Fly

Let someone else make the hors d’oeuvres this year

By Erika Prins
Jan 12, 2010
Food News

Nightshade Slave Trade

For those who love tomatoes in wintertime, a cautionary tale

By Ari Levaux
Jan 12, 2010

Movie Reviews

Hoarders

They put the “scat” in “pack rat.”

By Lisa Fairbanks-Rossi
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

Not Amèlie

Audrey Tautou has found a character to finally end the typecasting. Nice for her, but what about us?

By Marjorie Baumgarten
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

Scrubs

Saying goodbye to a longtime friend is never easy. But sometimes you absolutely nail it.

By Daniel Walters
Jan 14, 2010
Movie Reviews

Teen Monsters in Heat

Hormones ran feverishly high at the Twilight: New Moon premiere. Then the movie started.

By Chris Dreyer
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

Mixed Box

Avatar opens Pandora’s box. Out flies gorgeous scenery, game-changing special effects and passable dialogue

By Ed Symkus
Jan 14, 2010
Movie Reviews

Dragon Age: Origins

This game was released before it was done.

By Marty Demarest
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

Tony Hawk RIDE

Tony Hawk RIDE transforms your living room into a skate park.

By Marty Demarest
Jan 14, 2010
Movie Reviews

A Whole New Ball Game

A sport you don’t understand becomes a metaphor we should all embrace

By Maryann Johanson
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

"Somers Town"

The art-house version of Netflix presents a film about a little wanker from Nottingham

By Nicholas Deshais
Jan 14, 2010
Movie Reviews

Into the Storm

Brendan Gleeson uncovers Churchill in this sequel to HBO's The Gathering Storm

By Tammy Marshall
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

Trip the Dark Fantastic

Wes Anderson’s animated retelling of Roald Dahl’s story isn’t fluffy or cute, but it’s utterly real

By Maryann Johanson
Jan 12, 2010
Movie Reviews

What Hope Remains

A tone-perfect adaptation explores how little you can have and still find reason to keep living

By Ed Symkus
Jan 14, 2010
Movie Reviews

Cult of Personality

Local boy Cheyenne Jackson is worshiped on Broadway. Now on 30 Rock, the Gospel of Jackson goes national.

By Daniel Walters
Jan 14, 2010

Music News

"Glitter and Doom," Tom Waits

His latest release exhibits exactly why Waits rules supreme, showing the man at his esoteric best

By Jeff Echert
Jan 14, 2010
Music News

Friends of the Empyrean compilation

Empyrean makes a mix-tape to ease the transition

By Chris Dreyer
Jan 12, 2010
Music News

Musical Chairs

Empyrean’s relocating, Caterina’s remodeling, Sunset Junction’s rebirthing — our music landscape is changing

By Leah Sottile
Jan 14, 2010
Music News

Ain't Goin' Out

As bands and venues fade, Bad Penmanship keeps burning brightly

By Leah Sottile
Jan 12, 2010
Music News

Please, Make It Stop

Holiday tunes make you buy more — and makes retail employees annoyed

By Jon Brown
Jan 12, 2010
Music News

Electronic Youth

Electronic DJ Dials performs worldwide, but his rave-roots sprouted here in the ’Kan

By Leah Sottile
Jan 14, 2010
Music News

Sugar Rush

Kristian Leontiou could be your new sugar daddy

By Jeff Echert
Jan 12, 2010