Vol. 17, No. 24
Rich Bank, Poor Bank
While a bank like Sterling Savings is struggling in the wake of the economic downturn, Spokane Teachers Credit Union is thriving. What’s the difference?
By Daniel Walters
Spokane: Google Me
Spokane joins the competition to persuade Google to build hyper-speed Internet connections
Watch Man
The city's first ombudsman finds himself in uncharted territory
By Kevin Taylor
Head Count
Why damn liberals like Gary Locke want your info
By Natalie Johnson
Visitors' Views
What those out-of-towners said about Spokane; plus, Walt Minnick on health care
By Joel Smith, Kevin Taylor and Nicholas Deshais
The GOP Offensive
Local Republicans lay the groundwork to get out of the political wilderness
By Nicholas Deshais
Don't Fail the Falls
With options exhausted, the original plan for the old YMCA is still the best
By Steve McNutt
That's With a 'T'
Trillions of reasons to fix Wall Street
By Ted S. McGregor Jr.
A Week in MONTH
Seven days (more or less) inside the controlled chaos of Black Rabbit Magic’s 23-day art installation/social experiment
By Luke Baumgarten
Atlas Shrugged
Gonzaga’s in the Sweet Sixteen. And Vivian Frieson carried them there.
By Howie Stalwick
'Curtains,' Tom Jokinen
What if you spend your career embalming corpses, and then everybody decides to get cremated?
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
An Architect of Dance
On Saturday night in Spokane, 20th-century American dance will soar again to its pinnacle
By Carey Jackson
No Place Like Home
The eating-and-drinking situation in the Garland neighborhood just got interesting
The Spin-Off Pandemic
Crappy reality TV thrives like a bad weed
By Blair Tellers
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Filled with eccentric but intriguing characters and lots of jump cuts into the past, Pippa Lee wallows in unresolved quirkiness
By Michael Bowen
Final Fantasy XIII
A fantastical drama that exchanges intricate role-playing for streamlined action
By Marty Demarest
Cuddly Dragons
Enough with the fire-breathing, and lay down your battle-axes. Can’t dragons and Vikings just get along?
By Ed Symkus
Ennui Becomes Him
In Greenberg, Ben Stiller isn’t the leader of the pack. He’s wandering around trying to find the pack
By Cole Smithey
'Bridge Carols,' Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose
By Leah Sottile
More Than a Feeling
B Radicals may sound like a jam band, but they think of their music as a conversation everyone can be a part of
By Jordy Byrd
Tiny Notes
Philip Glass, in bursts
By Gabe Meline
Steal This Band
Prong set the tone for so many popular metal bands — and yet you probably don’t know their music
By Jon Brown
'The Brutalist Bricks,' Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
By Chris Dreyer
Out on a Limb
The best music fest to hit the Inland Northwest starts Friday
By Seth Sommerfeld
Submit an Event
or
Browse all Film Times
Zozo's owner opens Maddie's Corner Cafe in Dolly's old spot in north central Spokane
By Dora Scott
Three candidates vying for a Spokane City Council seat will be narrowed to two in Aug. 5 primary election
By Colton Rasanen
As millions stand to lose federal Medicaid insurance, Inland Northwest patients could have a harder time accessing care
By Samantha Wohlfeil
Cuts to Medicaid offer Gov. Bob Ferguson the opportunity to reform state government to fit into the profoundly reduced federal funding paradigm
By Bill Bryant
Sneak Peek Preview
Entree Food Newsletter
Weekend Countdown
