Feb 10-16, 2011

Vol. 18, No. 17

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Local News

Math's Long Division

Just as in the rest of the nation, kids in Spokane can't do math. How do we solve that problem?

By Daniel Walters
Feb 9, 2011
Local News

Kid Crime, Kid Time

A bill in Olympia could make the juvenile system more fair.

By Kevin Taylor
Feb 9, 2011
Local News

Sí, Se Puede

Margarito Martinez used to work with cows. Now he’s dressed like one.

By Aaron Mahan
Feb 9, 2011
Local News

Ten Grand and Phosphorus

A cyclist forgiven, dirty lawns and a big speech.

By Kevin Taylor and Nicholas Deshais
Feb 9, 2011
Columns & Letters

Sparking Change

Change has come to north Africa. But how will it play out?

By Patrick Van Inwegen
Feb 9, 2011
Columns & Letters

Middle East Mettle

How Obama handles Egypt will help define his presidency.

By George Nethercutt
Feb 9, 2011
Columns & Letters

Comeback Time

What the Super Bowl ads said about the state of our country.

By Ted S. McGregor Jr.
Feb 9, 2011

Arts & Culture

Waiting Game

Why some people aren't in a rush to get it on.

By Aaron Mahan
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

Free Press

Before Twitter, there was Xerox.

By Jordy Byrd
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

Running Through Winter

A local writer meditates on traction, beard frost and stoking the inner furnace.

By Steve Wing
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

Let's Talk About Sex

A local sex therapist discusses her practice and Spokane's dysfunctions.

By Jordy Byrd
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

'Norwood,' Charles Portis

Check out the book Charles Portis wrote before True Grit.

By Nicholas Deshais
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

A Clean, Well-Lighted Sex Store

The story behind Ms. Kitty’s is not quite what you’d think.

By Leah Sottile
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

Stage Domination

Spokane’s burlesque troupe is exposing itself to wider audiences.

By Leah Sottile
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

The Commitments

The ingredients to one successful couple: community, family, and (to keep things fresh) homemade sauerkraut.

By Luke Baumgarten
Feb 9, 2011
Arts & Culture

Blonde Justice

Actors from Legally Blonde defend themselves against an arrogant prosecutor.

By Michael Bowen
Feb 9, 2011

Food News

Chocolate Death Match

Looking for the right chocolates for your sweetheart? We found them.

By Leah Sottile, Luke Baumgarten and Jordy Byrd
Feb 9, 2011
Food News

Boom, Dynamite

Hot dogs downtown, plus barbecue on East Trent

By Luke Baumgarten and Anna Vodicka
Feb 9, 2011

Movie Reviews

The Chicago Code

Can Shawn Ryan's next great cop drama match his last great cop drama?

By Daniel Walters
Feb 9, 2011
Movie Reviews

Making It Click

A new HBO doc about how the Internet changes lives features Spokane's Ryan Oelrich talking about how it saved his.

By Luke Baumgarten
Feb 9, 2011
Movie Reviews

LittleBigPlanet 2

We still don’t see why they made a sequel to a game that was never supposed to have one.

By Marty Demarest
Feb 9, 2011
Movie Reviews

Never Let Me Go

What if you’d been exploited since before you were born?

By Maryann Johanson
Feb 9, 2011
Movie Reviews

The Eagle Has Cratered

The life of a muddy peasant in ancient Britain couldn't have been as tedious as this movie.

By Ed Symkus
Feb 9, 2011

Music News

Beat It

Michael Janson discovered his talent on the school bus.

By Tiffany Harms
Feb 9, 2011
Music News

Black as They Want to Be

Sometimes not being metal is the metal-est thing you can do.

By Jon Brown
Feb 9, 2011
Music News

'Deerhoof Vs. Evil,' Deerhoof

By Jeff Echert
Feb 9, 2011
Music News

'Outside,' Tapes ‘N Tapes

By Seth Sommerfeld
Feb 9, 2011