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- Issue of
- Oct 11-17, 2012
- Vol. 19, No. 52
News & Comment
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- News
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A Rising Crimson Tide?
Can Democrats turn the Idaho panhandle purple?
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- News
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Two Envelopes
Todd Mielke looks for campaign donations; plus, layoffs at the city of Spokane
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- News
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Private Cell
A new scheme for a new Kootenai County Jail
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- News
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Record Against Record
Commissioner Todd Mielke and challenger John Roskelley have at least one thing in common: at least eight years’ experience
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- Comment
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Trail Mix — 10.11.12
Old-School Campaigning Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, it’s an annual rite of passage when our candidates trudge through the neighborhoods to knock on doors and introduce themse
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- Comment
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Equality on the Ballot
It’s time to finish the job of extending equal rights to all Washingtonians
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- Comment
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The Emperor Revealed
President Obama seems more and more like Richard Nixon, lost in the trappings of his high office
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration — 10.11.12
CHARITY The buy-one-give-one philosophy has caught on. TOMS shoes could probably be credited with drawing the one-for-one movement into the public eye and even into department stores. But instead
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- Arts & Culture
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Spokane’s Cold War
We were closer to the Cuban Missile Crisis than you might think
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- Arts & Culture
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The Other Fab Four
Five decades after its inception, the acclaimed musical Jersey Boys gives The Four Seasons its due
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- Arts & Culture
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A Story for All
Spokane is Reading continues to get Spokane on the same page(s)
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- Arts & Culture
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Confessions of a Cat Lady
How I became completely obsessed with the feline species
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- Arts & Culture
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Queen of the Cats
Though it’s geared toward children, viewers of all ages can probably take away something about world culture, kindness and generosity this weekend when Portland’s award-winning Tears of Jo
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- Food & Drink
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A Pie of Their Own
McClain’s Pizzeria brings Idaho pizza to Spokane
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- Food & Drink
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Garden Party
EJ’s joins the culinary party in Browne’s Addition
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- Food & Drink
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UPDATE — Bennidito's Pizza
Bennidito’s Pizza is alive and cookin’ at both their South Hill and Indian Trail locations. On the South Hill, you could say they’ve become the neighborhood pizza place. After
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- Food & Drink
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We Be Jammin’
Make your grandma proud and can something
Music & Film
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- Music
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Building Tension
How Spokane got a bad rap with Portland’s Witch Mountain
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- Music
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Disco Ain’t Dead
Electronic music of today has the same effect as disco did in the ’70s
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- Film
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Perfectly Crazy
Seven Psychopaths uses an all-star cast to tell a warped tale
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- Film
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Ben Hurrah
Argo finds Ben Affleck once again showing his skills as a director of suspense
Special Guides
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- Dining Out Guide
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House (Not So) Secrets
One of Casper Fry’s most talked-about dishes was never meant for the menu
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- Dining Out Guide
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Eureka!
Gordy’s Black Vinegar Snapper is a shock in all the best ways
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- Dining Out Guide
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Back to the Earth
Masselow’s bison rib-eye is an experience in dining and life
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- Dining Out Guide
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Destination Dining
Elkins makes the journey to Priest Lake worth the car (or boat) ride
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- Dining Out Guide
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Standing Out
Americans are still weird about eating duck, but Wild Sage wants to change that
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- Dining Out Guide
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So Much More Than Soup
Why Bangkok Thai’s Tom Yum continues to baffle me
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- Dining Out Guide
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Wash it Down
The 10 things to drink before you die
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- Dining Out Guide
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Tastes of Agrestic
How a sitcom introduced me to the cuisine of India
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- Dining Out Guide
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Re-Imagining a Classic
Nectar’s bacon-wrapped meatloaf combines comfort with fine-dining
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- Dining Out Guide
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A Brownie for Everyone
Boots serves up a grown-up, sophisticated update of a childhood classic that will make you swoon
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- Dining Out Guide
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Winning Entry
I don’t always eat crab, but when I do, it’s from Seasons