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In what is continuing to be a strong year for music, June brought a mixed bag of results with some tall highs and mediocre lows.

Though not nearly as scandalous, Spokane’s afternoon newspaper The Chronicle had its own Lady Whistledown’s society papers.

On Saturday, the Chewelah Children’s Art Festival is set to return for a day full of easel painting, weaving, collaging, Shakespearean theater, shaving cream marbling and much more.

Over the past three decades, Blink-182 has become known as one of the most iconic pop-punk bands of all time – and will be teaming up with another to play the Gorge Amphitheatre.

Known for co-anchoring the “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” Colin Jost finally is making an appearance in the Lilac City after his November show was postponed for June and then July.

Megan Moroney has broken out as one of country music’s biggest stars, and now she’ll be taking over the U.S. Pavilion to celebrate the release of her new album.

Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Samantha Fish first picked up the guitar at 16 after a few years on the drums. She would soon find her heroes in the grit of old blues legends.

It’s not often that Spokane Civic Theatre has to list resources such as Child Protective Services, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Hotline on its website, but it’s also not often that the theater produces a show like “Heathers.”

All romantic comedies, especially the great ones, follow the same basic template: They feature explicit plot conceits and rhythms.

I have a salad fantasy, and it goes something like this: I open my fridge and am greeted by so many prepped ingredients, cooked and raw, that I can treat my kitchen like a fast-casual restaurant. I’ll pick out my base greens, the toppings, crunchy bits and dressing, ask myself whether I want bread with that, and sit down to a fresh meal that’s exactly what I want to eat at that moment.

Miranda Priestly fans rejoice! An anticipated sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada” is reportedly in development.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of ours hosted a brunch for several new parents. The brunch was on a hot summer day and held squarely in the middle of morning nap time.

Riverfront Park has partnered with Providence and several local fitness studios to bring a series of free summer exercise classes to Spokane.

The Spokane County Library is hoping to create a bridge between teenagers and cultures from around the globe – through their stomachs. Moran Prairie Library is hosting the first session of “Making Snacks from Around the World” at 3 p.m. on Friday, July 12.

For anyone who enjoys the art of food, taste -making, wine and assorted brewed beverages, Crave is a can’t-miss event.

Oz Perkins’ eerie, occultist serial killer horror thriller “Longlegs” opens with a psyche-rattling sequence, barely a minute or two long, in which he crafts a chilling sense of shock, awe and confounding humor simply through shot composition, editing and performance. It unsettles the viewer on a bone-deep level, the tension then bursting like a bubble on a bravura music cue.

A film like “Sing Sing” is a rare, precious thing. An artifact crafted with the utmost care, this is a cinematic work of unique empathy, a slice of hand-turned humanity, hewn from the heart, with rigorous attention paid to the process itself.

Poached salmon will always hold a spark of romance for me because it was the first dinner I ever made for my husband, roughly this time of year 30 years ago. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say we fell in love over that meal of buttery, flaky fish draped in a cool, creamy yogurt sauce.