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Aerosmith and Guided By Voices celebrate landmark albums this month and are worlds apart in style and popularity — but maybe not as far as you think

Put pictures of 1975-era Aerosmith and 1995-era Guided By Voices next to each other and you probably wouldn’t think the bands have anything in common.…




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CANCELED CONCERTS: Phish and Dave Matthews at the Gorge, the Festival at Sandpoint, Browne's Addition summer concerts

This is normally the time of year when we're up to our eyeballs in concert announcements, but in these topsy-turvy times, we're instead having to write about all the concerts being canceled due to COVID-19. It's a real bummer.…




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The MAC's ArtFest moves online this year, and Mother's Day Tour of Homes canceled for 2020

And summer takes another hit. Strolling Spokane's Coeur d'Alene Park in Browne's Addition for the Northwest Museum of Art & Culture's annual ArtFest is one of the pleasures of early summer, typically.…



  • Arts & Culture

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Tim and Eric rock the Beef House, Danzig sings Elvis, and more you need to know

The Buzz Bin HERE'S THE BEEF…



  • Arts & Culture

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Stitches in Time: How making fabric face masks is helping me deal with the pandemic

Sewing is my new coping mechanism.…



  • Arts & Culture

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Spokane Symphony launches Musicians' Relief Fund to help local classical stars survive the pandemic

You might not know it from the fancy attire they wear on stage at the Fox Theater, but for the musicians in the Spokane Symphony, it's a part-time gig. It's a prestigious gig, to be sure, but like most artists, for the musicians, it's just one piece of a puzzle full of hustle they have to solve to make a living.…



  • Arts & Culture

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Spokane Comedy Club bringing the laughs from Dan Cummins, Spokane's Kelsey Cook and more right to your computer this weekend

The Spokane Comedy Club might be quiet right now, but there are still laughs to be had on Zoom, and not just from watching your co-workers try to navigate the online meeting platform. Saturday night, and again next Saturday, the comedy club is hosting Comedians Doing Comedy: A Virtual Comedy Show.…



  • Arts & Culture

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Best of Broadway announces its 2020-21 season for Spokane, featuring Cats, fiddlers and, finally, Hamilton

We've known that Hamilton was going to be part of the 2020-21 STCU Best of Broadway season for a while, but now we finally know the exact dates, as well as the rest of the featured shows for the season. Granted, the whole world has changed since WestCoast Entertainment announced Hamilton was coming to town back when they announced their 2019-20 season — a season that's been roiled, along with the rest of our lives, by the coronavirus pandemic.…



  • Arts & Culture

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The Art on the Go drive-by art show provides local artists and art lovers a safe outlet this weekend

Perhaps you've heard people banging on pans to support health care workers, or howling into the abyss just to let other humans know they were alive. We've gone to some extreme measures to keep ourselves entertained since much of the country went on lockdown to combat COVID-19, and here's another one that can get you out of the house while remaining safely social-distanced and supporting local artists at the same time.…



  • Arts & Culture

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Don't expect any socially distanced Zags games in the Kennel next year, and other thoughts from Gonzaga Athletic Director Mike Roth's online Q&A

Gonzaga Athletic Director Mike Roth took to the Zoom online meeting app Wednesday for a lengthy chat with members of the school community, fans and media to answer questions about college sports in the era of COVID-19. Like so many things regarding the coronavirus, there are a lot of hopes for a rapid return to normalcy — all of them couched in the reality that none of us really know how the pandemic is going to affect our lives three months from now, or six months down the line.…




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5 ways to entertain yourself online, from concerts and art shows to painting classes and story times

Here are a few ways to keep yourself entertained, and maybe even educate yourself a bit, while you're stuck at home:…



  • Arts & Culture

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Broadway in Spokane announces lineup, behind the scenes of the Chicago Bulls in The Last Dance, and more you need to know

THE SHOW WILL GO ON…



  • Arts & Culture

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Kathy Valentine talks about her deeply personal memoir and life in the Go-Go's

Virtually every musician starts out trying to copy their heroes.…



  • Arts & Culture

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White House projects COVID-19 death toll of 3,000 people per day, Washington casinos weigh reopening, and other headlines

ON INLANDER.COM WORLD: Roughly two weeks after Canada's deadliest mass shooting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced an immediate ban on what he called “military-style assault weapons.”…




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Trump ignores his own public health guidelines, COVID-19 death-toll nears 70,000, and other headlines

ON INLANDER.COM NATION: Even as U.S. President Donald Trump urges states to reopen their economies, his own administration projects that the death toll from COVID-19 will spike to 3,000 people per day.…




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Meat gets rarer in the grocery aisle and the drive-thru

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery The New York Times Company Hundreds of Wendy’s restaurants have run out of hamburgers.…



  • Nation & World

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Kushner botches hunt for medical supplies, Republicans get bad polling in Senate races, and other headlines

ON INLANDER.COM NATION: As meatpacking plants nationwide shutdown due to COVID-19 outbreaks, certain meat products are becoming harder to find at grocery stores and fast-food drive-thrus.…




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Sneak Peek: Idaho’s DIY approach to COVID; Drink Local; mood music; Mother’s Day; and more!

The latest issue of the Inlander is hitting newsstands today. Find it at your local grocery store and hundreds of other locations; use this map to find a pickup point near you.…




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Supreme Court divided over Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate

By Adam Liptak The New York Times Company…




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The way we work, live and play has changed dramatically. It will change again

This is what it feels like to live during an historic event.…



  • Comment/Columns & Letters

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How local wineries are trying to adjust to the new business landscape

Drink Local Life under the COVID-19 pandemic is rough for everyone, individuals and businesses alike.…



  • Food/Food News

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Local distilleries are relying on curbside bottle sales - and small batches of hand sanitizer - to stay afloat

Drink Local In tumultuous times, one thing remains true: People still want their spirits.…



  • Food/Food News

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New reads from Emily St. John Mandel, vampy vibes in FX's mockumentary, and more you need to know

The Buzz Bin VAMPY VIBES…



  • Culture/Arts & Culture

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Local breweries are forced to adapt and an upcoming beer collaboration aims to support the industry

Drink Local For the majority of regional craft breweries, most revenue comes from two avenues: direct-to-consumer sales out of a tasting room and selling beer to local bars and restaurants.…



  • Food/Food News

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A first-timer hits the Bloomsday course on its original date and walks away with some memories - barely

The chafing.…



  • Culture/Arts & Culture

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Supreme Court overturns 'Bridgegate' convictions, White House rejects CDC guidelines, and other headlines

ON INLANDER.COM COVER: While Washington state forges alliances, Idaho battles coronavirus its own way.…



  • News/Local News

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National unemployment hits 14.7 percent, confusion surrounds Washington's reopening, and other headlines

ON INLANDER.COM NATION: For workers, there's no sign of what "normal is going to look like" in the pandemic economy.…



  • News/Local News

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Spokane groups create fund to help undocumented families during pandemic

A coalition of immigrant-focused organizations has created the Spokane Relief Fund for Undocumented Immigrants, in order to help families who are unable to access federal aid during the coronavirus shutdowns. The partners sponsoring the work include the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition (SIRC), the Hispanic Business and Professional Association, Latinos en Spokane, Mujeres in Action and Raiz.…



  • News/Local News

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Jill Ann Smith approaches her wide-ranging pursuits with passion and dedication

What do Arabian horses, women veterans, ceramics and the food industry have in common?…



  • Family & Parenting

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Beautiful and functional outdoor spaces can encourage more time spent outside, whether cooking, relaxing or even watching TV

Warm summer nights are on the way.…




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With support from schools and parents, students can better prepare for a career in the arts

For parents of budding artists and creative types, it can often seem like the arts get short shrift in the K-12 curricula, especially at a time when STEM — short for science, technology, engineering and math — is the buzzword in education and the most visible casualties of school budget cuts are librarians and music teachers.…



  • Family & Parenting

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Thai Bamboo founder shares her love of cooking and her culture

Ever wonder why there are no Thai fast food places?…



  • Food & Cooking

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The Pacific Northwest Inlander | News, Politics, Music, Calendar, Events in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and the Inland Northwest, Inlander

The Inlander is a community newspaper covering news, politics, events, happy hour, everything that's happening today, things to do on the weekend, in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, the greater Inland Northwest and beyond.




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Best Mixologist: Crystal Bertholic of Ruins, Hunt and Eyvind

[IMAGE-1] Crystal Bertholic has been a leader in the region's craft cocktail revival since the beginning. Before she got her start shaking, stirring and straining mixed drinks, Bertholic was steaming milk and roasting coffee; then pouring craft beers.…




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Best of Sandpoint

How cool is it that for every Sandpoint category, there were three amazing entries?…




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Best of Inland Northwest People

Best Athlete KILLIAN TILLIE, GONZAGA BASKETBALL…




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Best Band: Indian Goat

[IMAGE-1] It isn't often that you see a local band selling out most of their gigs, but Indian Goat does. The duo of Garrett Zanol and Travis Tveit formed a few years ago and almost immediately struck a chord with Spokane audiences: Their live shows are usually raucous, sweaty, beer-soaked affairs, with rooms crammed full of people rocking out in unison.…




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Best of the Inland Northwest 2020 Hall of Fame

AMC River Park Square…




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Bloglander, Inlander

The Inlander is a community newspaper covering news, politics, events, happy hour, everything that's happening today, things to do on the weekend, in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, the greater Inland Northwest and beyond.




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Contemporary kitchen design is all about function - and fun

The kitchen is the undisputed hub of the household — not only a place for preparing food, but also the preferred spot for paying bills, the at-home office, homework and entertaining.…



  • Health & Home/Home

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With a thriving collector's market and a rise in competitive leagues, pinball is cool again

Every serious pinball player remembers their first machine.…



  • Culture/Arts & Culture

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Sugar, spice and everything nice, plus where to find it locally this Valentine's Day

Don't be caught empty-handed (or empty-hearted) this Valentine's Day, coming up Friday, Feb. 14.…



  • Food/Food News

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Offering free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, crisis pregnancy centers try to 'slow down' thoughts of abortion in an ultimate quest to stop it

Weeks after being raped at a wedding — an experience already wrapped in feelings of self-blame and fear — the 18-year-old Eastern Washington University student realized something else was wrong.…



  • News/Local News

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Taco Vado offers fresh and flavorful breakfast all day from its West Central Spokane drive-through stand

While its main goal is to introduce the humble breakfast taco to more Spokane eaters, owners of the new quick food stop Taco Vado say breakfast burritos have actually been its bestselling menu item since opening about a month ago.…



  • Food/Food News

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Liberty, libations and letting loose in the Roaring '20s

The '20s issue The '20s are back, baby.…



  • Culture/Arts & Culture

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Local bakery miFlavour is flourishing at its chic new bakery and cafe in east Spokane

A little more than a year ago, local French-inspired bakery miFlavour moved into a building on East Sprague Avenue after two years in a shared commercial kitchen.…



  • Food/Food News

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What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus

ProPublica’s health reporter Caroline Chen explains what the conversation around asymptomatic coronavirus carriers is missing, and what we need to understand if we’re going to beat this nefarious virus together. By Caroline Chen, ProPublica In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., around the last week of February, I joked to a colleague that maybe now, finally, people would learn how to wash their hands properly.…



  • News/Nation & World

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Community leaders are feeding Spokane and supporting local restaurants at the same time

As soon as state Rep. Marcus Riccelli returned home from Olympia, he jumpstarted a community-wide effort to feed Spokane constituents deeply affected by the COVID-19 crisis.…



  • Food/Food News

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Unions promise to protect workers, and the coronavirus is demanding they prove it

New TV ads that started airing on morning shows throughout the Spokane region are aimed at grocery shoppers, but they're not hawking deals on cabbage or Cap'n Crunch.…



  • News/Local News

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Inland Northwest politicians put pressure on governors, health officials to accelerate reopening

Yesterday, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward and other local leaders urged Gov. Jay Inslee to allow Spokane County to open on a different schedule than the rest of the state.  Inslee, however, wouldn't budge.…



  • News/Local News