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The Slice: But they don’t offer a major in doublespeak

May 24, 2013 on Page C1 Let’s start with a clarification offered by reader Robert McGinty. “Cheney is not a college town; it is a town with a college.”
Weekend’s just a taste of what’s ahead

May 24, 2013 on Page C2 Aaaah. Memorial Day. The long weekend stretches ahead, and the possibilities are tantalizing. A date, perhaps, with a dock and a good book. Or a road trip, just you and …
Out with Plant, in with Zombies

May 24, 2013 on Page C2 On the concert front, we have good news and bad news. We’ll tackle the bad news first.
Feedback

May 24, 2013 on Page C2 Memorial Day weekend is upon us. We asked readers on Facebook and Twitter for their favorite camping spots in the Inland Northwest. A few were happy to oblige. Others? Not …
One beast of a lineup

May 24, 2013 on Page C3 In a culture that has a predominant lust for gold chains, sneakers worth killing for and overall bling, Macklemore seems to have single-handedly reversed the tide last year by taking …
Grey’s Southern roots stay front and center

May 24, 2013 on Page C3 Fans of JJ Grey’s smoky swamp-funk blues don’t have to make the trek to the Gorge this Memorial Day weekend to see it live. While Grey, along with his band, …
Too many instruments clutter pair’s sound on ‘Seesaw’

May 24, 2013 on Page C4 Singer Beth Hart and guitarist Joe Bonamassa have a soulful and sultry new album out with “Seesaw.” With her voice and his guitar, the album has all the pieces in …
Daft Punk dances through decades with new album

May 24, 2013 on Page C4 On its wildly anticipated fourth studio album, “Random Access Memories,” helmeted duo Daft Punk go harder, better, faster, stronger than ever before. The eight-year wait for new music paid off …
Polished and catchy, Moon’s debut shines

May 24, 2013 on Page C4 Willy Moon will soon be gyrating his way into your music collection. Fact. His distinct features, tall frame, fancy footwork, dapper suits and infectious 1960s pop grooves make this New …
Nightlife

May 24, 2013 on Page C4 Chris Rieser & The Nerve Variety rock and soul. Today and Saturday and May 31, 9 p.m., Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division St. Coyote Rose Band Country. Today …
Good comedies take work, and Hollywood has stopped trying

May 24, 2013 on Page C5 Comedies just aren’t that funny anymore. It seems like it’s been years since I’ve sat in a theater and laughed at a movie from beginning to end. And I’m not …
‘Part III’ proves ‘Hangover’ is over

May 24, 2013 on Page C5 Slow, sentimental and somewhat sedated, the third “Hangover” movie isn’t so much exhausted of outrageous “Oh no, they DIDN’T!” ideas as it is spent of energy. And they knew it, …
Top rentals

May 24, 2013 on Page C5 These were the top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks from May 13-19: 1. “Jack Reacher”
Gosling’s absence a blow to Cannes Film Festival

May 24, 2013 on Page C6 CANNES, France – The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year’s festival: Ryan Gosling. The actor was unable to attend the premiere Wednesday of …
A rough but satisfying tale of redemption

May 24, 2013 on Page C6 A barrel of whisky would usually spell doom for the working-class blokes who always find their way into Ken Loach films. But it is redemption the director and his longtime …
Scattered drama has moments of promise

May 24, 2013 on Page C6 “At Any Price,” a roughly mixed but interestingly plotted offshoot of “Death of a Salesman” and other hardy father/son perennials, is the fourth feature from writer-director Ramin Bahrani, whose career …
‘Furious 6’ delivers what fans expect

May 24, 2013 on Page C6 Bad movies are rarely as much fun as these “Fast and the Furious” pictures. And make no mistake about it – they’re bad. They stick to a rigid formula of …
‘Creatures’ rises above the typical

May 24, 2013 on Page C7 New DVDs this week feature witches, wiseguys and weird medications. • “Beautiful Creatures,” Grade B-minus: It’s easy to try to force “Beautiful Creatures,” the film based on the young romance …
‘Iceman’ offers chilling portrait

May 24, 2013 on Page C7 The phrase “banality of evil” popped up when historians sought to explain the bland men and women who carried out the Holocaust, when critics looked for ways to describe the …
Film doesn’t live up to name

May 24, 2013 on Page C7 Derivative as all get out and plainly concocted by a committee, “Epic” is a children’s animated film that is more entertaining and emotional than it has any right to be. …
Douglas, Damon dazzle in ‘Candelabra’

May 24, 2013 on Page C9 NEW YORK – The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality whose onstage and offstage extravagance …
Looking ahead

May 24, 2013 on Page C10 For 05-24-2013
7 nights out

May 24, 2013 on Page C10 1 Julia Sweeney What: Spokane native, “Saturday Night Live” veteran, actor, writer and comedian Sweeney reads from her latest book, “If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother.”
On sale

May 24, 2013 on Page C10 Tickets go on sale at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to the following two shows at Northern Quest Resort & Casino: Trace Adkins (above) with Brett Eldredge on Sept. 8. Ticket are …
What’s happening

May 24, 2013 on Page C10 Creston Days Community celebration includes breakfast, Butte or Bust Run, parade and lunch in Creston Park. Saturday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Visit www.visitlincolncountywashington.com/Creston.html for a full schedule. Creston, Wash. …
No Sasquatch? No problem

May 24, 2013 on Page C12 1. Go to the lake. Really, this is the Inland Northwest default for Memorial Day weekend. Chances are fair to decent that we’ll get at least one good weather day …
Gallery glance

May 24, 2013 on Page C12 ‘Wind, Water and Time’ What: Exhibit of work by second-generation stone carver Sam Bates, who uses handheld diamond-edged tools to create incised and bas-relief work in stone. This show highlights …
Stars drop pop for musicals

May 24, 2013 on Page C13 NEW YORK – There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit-makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding …
Stage listings

May 24, 2013 on Page C13 Music Two For the Road: Classical Saxophone Music from Around the World Sarah Cosano and Zhao Zhao Yang present contemporary classical saxophone music from Japan, Argentina, Brazil, France and the …
Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before his death

May 24, 2013 on Page C14 DALLAS – Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him …