May 26, 1995 in Seven Country Joe McDonald at Woodstock in 1969.

May 26, 1995 in Seven Robert Plant, left, and Jimmy Page will be playing some timeless Zepp standards along with new material at The George.

May 26, 1995 in Seven When organizers of the Mrs. Washington International Pageant say this year’s event is all about family, they mean it. The contest, Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Met, features singing …

May 26, 1995 in Seven Motion Picture Association of America President Jack Valenti may want early retirement after dealing with the upcoming back-to-back ratings for two controversial movies, Paul Verhoeven’s “Showgirls” and Larry Clark’s “Kids.” …

May 26, 1995 in Seven Queensryche plays at The George in George tonight.

May 26, 1995 in Seven Actresses Susan Mansfield (Celimene) and Linda Montalvo (Arsinoe) appear in “The Misanthrope” at Interplayers. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review

May 26, 1995 in Seven As luck would have it, Seattle was full of sunshine and warm weather last weekend. But those movie fans attending the opening few days of the 21st International Film Festival …

May 26, 1995 in Seven Chris O’Donnell, soon to be typecast as Robin the Boy Wonder in “Batman Forever,” enjoys a last fling with civilian near-normalcy in “Mad Love,” a quirky and challenging, but ultimately …

May 26, 1995 in Seven Christina Ricci stars with “Casper.”

May 26, 1995 in Seven Keanu Reeves stars as “Johnny Mnemonic.”

May 26, 1995 in Seven Imax review When you attend an IMAX feature, you expect at least a couple of things. The first is an awesome collection of images that comes off the giant screen …

May 26, 1995 in Seven There’s nothing more gripping than the theme of kids in trouble. In the recent Best Foreign Language film “Burnt By the Sun,” for example, director Nikita Mikhalkov underscores his story …

May 26, 1995 in Seven Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis star in “Die Hard with a Vengeance.”

May 26, 1995 in Seven Two garage punk monsters, Spokane’s Makers and Albuquerque’s Drags, will lay their filth upon Outback Jack’s on Monday. Both bands are featured at this weekend’s Garage Shock festival in Bellingham. …

May 26, 1995 in Seven Only a few tickets are left for preferred seating at the Kathy Mattea concert July 21 at 7 p.m. at the Silver Mountain Amphitheatre in Kellogg. Preferred seating tickets are …

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane County freeholders, who were elected 2 years ago to make government better, finished their work Thursday. The final product: a 50-page charter - in effect, a local constitution - …

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 We need you, Miss Manners. Just as the good times are starting to roll on Northwest lakes and streams, the outdoor boors are emerging like mosquitoes in a wet spring.

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Medical workers evacuate a civilian wounded in a Serb mortar attack on Sarajevo Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 According to genetic evidence to be published Friday, modern humanity may be much younger than expected, no more than 270,000 years old. And in terms of their Y chromosomes at …

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. (Color) Charles Washington wants to live in a clean and sober environment. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Ann Finke manages the Commercial Building. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Days are numbered for the Bunker Hill smokestacks. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Thousands of Idaho homeowners may be entitled to refunds under new rules governing escrow accounts. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development began enforcing rules giving homeowners …

May 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thursday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 760.