Jun 30 - Jul 6, 2011

News

• Local News

  Red Dawn

  Idahoans fear communist business plans. Plus, an environmental gold star and a promotion.

  By Daniel Walters, Heidi Groover and Chris Stein

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Local News

  Staying in America

  In the midst of the Libyan conflict, some good news.

  By Kaitlin Gillespie

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Local News

  Waiting For Krishna

  Spokane's Bhutanese community reels from the unexplained disappearance of three men.

  By Chris Stein

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Local News

  Dude, Where Are Our Cars?

  As car theft investigations are reduced, Spokane's car theft total nearly tops the nation.

  By Daniel Walters

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Columns & Letters

  Roosevelt's Ghost

  How would TFR have fared today?

  By Ted Rall

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Columns & Letters

  The Fourth Day

  What if the Confederacy had won the Battle of Gettysburg?

  By Ted S. McGregor Jr.

  Jun 29, 2011

  

Culture

• Arts & Culture

  A Midsummer Night's Sex Musical

  A Little Night Music = Woody Allen Ingmar Bergman show tunes.

  By Michael Bowen

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  City Building

  Explore the birth and life of Spokane in a single afternoon.

  By Nicholas Deshais

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Accretion Formula

  Daniel Orozco possesses the best parts of Charlie Sheen and a tortoise. He writes very slowly, and he is always winning.

  By Luke Baumgarten

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Your Summer (Reading) Adventure

  What you should be reading this summer. (And what local celebrities are, too.)

  By Michael Bowen

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  For Your Consideration

  Congress of the Animals. Plus, a documentary on vinyl toys and new music from Helms Alee.

  By Leah Sottile

  Jun 29, 2011

  

Food

• Food News

  Put a Brew On It

  Brews on Washington opens. On Washington. Plus, Sweet Lou's in Hope, Idaho.

  By Carrie Scozzaro

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Food News

  Redrinkulous

  We drink all of the area's biggest, stupidest drinks so you don’t have to.

  By Tiffany Harms

  Jun 29, 2011

  

Screen

• Movie Reviews

  inFamous 2

  The sequel to inFamous has no respect for the skills you acquired in the first game.

  By Marty Demarest

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Movie Reviews

  Family Inferno

  Investigating their family's past takes two twins through Lebanon's civil war in one of the best foreign films of the year.

  By Ed Symkus

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Movie Reviews

  Crowne of Yawns

  If Larry Crowne had the courage to satirize corporate bullshit and manufactured emotions, it'd be a better movie.

  By Maryann Johanson

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Movie Reviews

  Wilfred

  In Wilfred, the guy in the shaggy-dog costume is a stand-in for all your friends who 'make' you do stupid things.

  By Daniel Walters

  Jun 29, 2011

  

Music

• Music News

  Bustle & Flow

  A local emcee and two Moses Lake transplants have turned a head shop into an independent music mecca.

  By Jordy Byrd

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Music News

  Emerald Queen

  The prodigal daughter of the Pacific Northwest comes home again.

  By Jeff Echert

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Music News

  Staying on the Beat

  In a tiny room in a dark bar in a corner of the city, Don Goodwin and friends are keeping Spokane jazz alive.

  By Michael Bowen

  Jun 29, 2011

  

Special Guides

• Summer Adventure

  Crossing Over

  I've been chasing little plastic balls into the rough for 12 years. But now I've discovered the other golf.

  By Scott A. Leadingham

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Summer Adventure

  Walking on Water

  Getting upright was the easy part. But it's a miracle I didn't fall in.

  By Jordy Byrd

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Summer Adventure

  Uncharted Territory

  I'm new here. Where do I ride my bike?

  By Chris Stein

  Jun 29, 2011

  
• Summer Adventure

  Fly the Queasy Skies

  Being hauled along behind a boat and underneath a parachute made me laugh. I held on tight, too. But mostly, I laughed.

  By Michael Bowen

  Jun 29, 2011