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- Issue of
- Jul 21-27, 2011
- Vol. 18, No. 40
News
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- Local News
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Mormons in the Mainstream
Local members reflect on the church's moment in the national spotlight.
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- Local News
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A Spokane Trolley?
Transit officials are lined up behind an electric trolley. Now it's City Hall's turn.
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- Local News
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River Wars
The Sierra Club steps into the fight to clean the Spokane River.
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- Local News
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Shelter Squabble
Trying to move the homeless away from their homes, some Coeur d'Alene residents are taking the fight to City Hall.
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- Local News
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Annexation for Millions of Dollars, Alex!
Spokane goes west, a local Jeopardy! champ and biking in the Valley.
Comment
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- Opinion
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Tweeted to Ruin
The Republican Party is micro-blogging while it should be looking for answers.
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- Opinion
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Ready, Set, Punt!
Solving the debt-ceiling crisis is too hard. Why don’t we just let China handle it?
Culture
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration
An under-rated soft sci-fi film. Plus, the new installment of the “Song of Ice and Fire” series and a worthwhile local blog.
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- Arts & Culture
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Global Discount
Global Neighborhood Thrift gives jobs to a community that desperately needs them.
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- Arts & Culture
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Fame Game
The Deadliest Catch guys started out battling for crab, but now they’re battling for Facebook fans and sponsorship deals.
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- Arts & Culture
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The Spokies!
Time to honor the best of local theater, from giggling man-children to the heat of Vietnam.
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- Arts & Culture
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The Boys of Summer
Meet your new favorite Spokane sports team.
Food
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- Food & Drink
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Strip-Mall Sipping
Taste and See moves to the north side. Plus, Greek Street Pizza becomes Cafe Italiano.
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- Food & Drink
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Meet Market
Move aside, Costco: A sampling trip at the Spokane Public Market is fresher, tastier and comes with great stories.
Music
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- Sound Advice
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Loud Quiet Loud
Filter’s Richard Patrick has finally realized he doesn’t have to put his hand through a wall to rock.
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- Sound Advice
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Desperately Seeking
How Sera Cahoone found country in the city.
Film
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- Movie Reviews
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Alice: Madness Returns
The Madness that's returning isn’t insane or inventive. It's routine and generic.
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- Movie Reviews
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Armageddon Is People
This quiet film carries the emotional impact of an atom bomb carried on the back of a giant robot chased by an evil wizard.
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- Movie Reviews
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Old Man Left Behind
An elderly man who wants to learn how to read deserves better than sentimentality and oversimplification.
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- Movie Reviews
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Torchwood
A Doctor Who spinoff arrives in America, offering easy stereotypes of Americans.