Oct 11-17, 2012

Vol. 19, No. 52

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Local News

A Rising Crimson Tide?

Can Democrats turn the Idaho panhandle purple?

By Joe O'Sullivan
Oct 10, 2012
Local News

Two Envelopes

Todd Mielke looks for campaign donations; plus, layoffs at the city of Spokane

By Joe O'Sullivan
Oct 10, 2012
Local News

Hail Mary

Democrat Jimmy Farris hopes Idahoans are pissed off enough at Congress to reject a conservative favorite

By Heidi Groover
Oct 10, 2012
Local News

Long Odds

Can a former weathercaster who doesn’t have a cell phone take on a well-organized Republican?

By Daniel Walters
Oct 10, 2012
Local News

Private Cell

A new scheme for a new Kootenai County Jail

By Joe O'Sullivan
Oct 10, 2012
Local News

Record Against Record

Commissioner Todd Mielke and challenger John Roskelley have at least one thing in common: at least eight years’ experience

By Daniel Walters
Oct 10, 2012
Columns & Letters

Trail Mix — 10.11.12

By Ted S. McGregor Jr.
Oct 9, 2012
Columns & Letters

Equality on the Ballot

It’s time to finish the job of extending equal rights to all Washingtonians

By Inlander Staff
Oct 9, 2012
Columns & Letters

The Emperor Revealed

President Obama seems more and more like Richard Nixon, lost in the trappings of his high office

By George Nethercutt
Oct 9, 2012

Arts & Culture

For Your Consideration — 10.11.12

By Jo Miller
Oct 9, 2012
Arts & Culture

Spokane’s Cold War

We were closer to the Cuban Missile Crisis than you might think

By Christian Wilson
Oct 9, 2012
Arts & Culture

The Other Fab Four

Five decades after its inception, the acclaimed musical Jersey Boys gives The Four Seasons its due

By E.J. Iannelli
Oct 9, 2012
Arts & Culture

A Story for All

Spokane is Reading continues to get Spokane on the same page(s)

By Matt Zambito
Oct 9, 2012
Arts & Culture

Confessions of a Cat Lady

How I became completely obsessed with the feline species

By Chey Scott
Oct 9, 2012
Arts & Culture

Queen of the Cats

By Chey Scott
Oct 9, 2012
Arts & Culture

CAT FRIDAY: Colonel Meow, Washington state's awesome-est celbri-cat.

By Chey Scott
Oct 12, 2012

Food News

A Pie of Their Own

McClain’s Pizzeria brings Idaho pizza to Spokane

By Jo Miller
Oct 9, 2012
Food News

Garden Party

EJ’s joins the culinary party in Browne’s Addition

By Alicia Purvis-Lariviere
Oct 9, 2012
Food News

UPDATE — Bennidito's Pizza

By Christian Wilson
Oct 9, 2012
Food News

We Be Jammin’

Make your grandma proud and can something

By Leah Sottile
Oct 9, 2012

Movie Reviews

Perfectly Crazy

Seven Psychopaths uses an all-star cast to tell a warped tale

By Ed Symkus
Oct 9, 2012
Movie Reviews

Ben Hurrah

Argo finds Ben Affleck once again showing his skills as a director of suspense

By Scott Renshaw
Oct 9, 2012

Music News

Building Tension

How Spokane got a bad rap with Portland’s Witch Mountain

By Kevin Stewart-Panko
Oct 9, 2012
Music News

Disco Ain’t Dead

Electronic music of today has the same effect as disco did in the ’70s

By Jordy Byrd
Oct 9, 2012

Dining Out Guide

House (Not So) Secrets

One of Casper Fry’s most talked-about dishes was never meant for the menu

By Luke Baumgarten
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Eureka!

Gordy’s Black Vinegar Snapper is a shock in all the best ways

By Leah Sottile
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Back to the Earth

Masselow’s bison rib-eye is an experience in dining and life

By Annemarie C. Frohnhoefer
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Destination Dining

Elkins makes the journey to Priest Lake worth the car (or boat) ride

By Mike Bookey
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Standing Out

Americans are still weird about eating duck, but Wild Sage wants to change that

By Mike Bookey
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

So Much More Than Soup

Why Bangkok Thai’s Tom Yum continues to baffle me

By Krista Yep
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Wash it Down

The 10 things to drink before you die

By Inlander Staff
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Tastes of Agrestic

How a sitcom introduced me to the cuisine of India

By Leah Sottile
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Re-Imagining a Classic

Nectar’s bacon-wrapped meatloaf combines comfort with fine-dining

By Matt Zambito
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

A Brownie for Everyone

Boots serves up a grown-up, sophisticated update of a childhood classic that will make you swoon

By Alicia Purvis-Lariviere
Oct 9, 2012
Dining Out Guide

Winning Entry

I don’t always eat crab, but when I do, it’s from Seasons

By Carrie Scozzaro
Oct 9, 2012