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- Issue of
- Feb 17-23, 2011
- Vol. 18, No. 18
News & Comment
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- News
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Olympia or Bust!
A frenzied, 63-hour journey through the state's political madhouse.
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- News
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The Rewrite
Who’d have thought Idaho would be a haven for radical education reform?
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- News
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Together Again
It’s all happy-happy now that Bob McCaslin’s senate seat is filled.
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- Comment
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Tiny Nibbles
We'll never eat away at the federal deficit if we only take one bite at a time.
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- Comment
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19th Century Flashback
What would Chesterton say?
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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Bounce That
Raising a ruckus (or trying to) at Spokane’s new trampoline place.
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- Arts & Culture
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Holy Orders
Jean Hardie as the Mother Superior in Nunsense: a Spokane theatrical institution.
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- Arts & Culture
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'The Lover’s Dictionary,' David Levithan
A reference book that you two should read together.
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- Arts & Culture
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True Courtship
Whitworth basketball is the best in the nation. At its heart? A love story.
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- Arts & Culture
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Hello, Yellow Brick Road
Turns out, people do still stand in line to buy concert tickets.
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- Food & Drink
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Fear the Fish
Why even Norwegians are divided on the wonders of lutefisk.
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- Food & Drink
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Pisco Party
A pisco tasting at Bistango. Plus, a new face in Coeur d'Alene.
Music & Film
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- Music
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'Kiss Each Other Clean,' Iron & Wine
Sam Beam is louder than usual here, but it doesn’t mean he’s more outgoing.
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- Music
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More Than a Party
Electronic music is in a renaissance, but it'll need local venues to keep it alive.
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- Music
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'S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT,' AKRON/FAMILY
The experimental rockers tone down the ‘weird’ on their latest.
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- Music
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Making a Scene
TC Chavez gives us a sneak peek of his new place, the Hop!
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- Film
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They Bore Among Us
Not wizards, not vampires - this movie has persecuted space aliens. But so cute!
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- Film
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Mr. Sunshine
Chandler Bing comes back to life.
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- Film
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Digging Out
Why watch a depressing movie about a dead kid? Because sometimes even sadness contains laughter and hope.
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- Film
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Kinect Sports
I went to a bar and a videogame discussion broke out.
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- Film
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Welcome to the Rileys
Just looking to glimpse Kristen Stewart’s naughty bits? Don’t bother.
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- Film
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Bleak Magic
Sad and beautiful, The Illusionist is a requiem for wonder.