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• Spokane gamers hosting multi-state ‘Smash Bros.’ tournament

  July 18, 2014 in Features on Page C12 As street basketball fans descended upon downtown Spokane last month for the annual Hoopfest festivities, a different class of gamer was flicking joysticks for real cash across town. Chris Hardin, …

• Yoko Ono continues to pour energy into her work

  Nov. 25, 2013 in Features on Page C3 As Yoko Ono enters her ninth decade, she remains as daring and experimental as she was in the 1960s and ’70s, when she collaborated with her husband, John Lennon. “Seventy …

• Cultural heritage sites in Syria threatened by neglect

  Oct. 13, 2013 in Features, Travel on Page D8 NEW YORK – The cultural heritage of the entire country of Syria and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are among the diverse cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect, overdevelopment …

• Unity in the Community brings global flair to Riverfront Park

  Aug. 19, 2012 in City on Page B1 Catherine Fessard recalls having a special feeling about Spokane when she traveled from Europe to visit a friend during Expo ’74. “There was such a joy for life in this …

• Most of Portland’s visual arts scene is within 20-block radius

  May 13, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 PORTLAND — With a new Mark Rothko retrospective (and some even more eye-catching surprises) at the Portland Art Museum, Portland has plenty of visual-arts stimulation to offer – as well …

• Key pair laid off at MAC

  June 22, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture escaped budget death last month and now crowds are showing up in good numbers for “Leonardo da Vinci: Man-Inventor-Genius.” Yet the museum had …

• Nearly $3 million in state funds preserve MAC

  May 26, 2011 in City on Page A1 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture will not have to close. The museum received just under $3 million for the coming biennium as part of the state budget that … 22

• MAC wins state funding, will remain open

  May 25, 2011 in City The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) will not have to close. The museum received just under $3 million for the coming biennium as part of the state budget … 1

• Bull riding not saddled with blahs

  Jan. 22, 2011 in City on Page A5 A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about attending a highbrow literary play-reading. Today, in the interest of balance, I want to tell you about attending an equally enlightening Spokane …

• Ringing in the year with touch of class

  Jan. 8, 2011 in City on Page B1 Among the many things I loved about how I spent New Year’s Eve, here’s what I enjoyed the most: Imagining what people from, for instance, Seattle might have to say …

• BC museum turns its attention to humans

  March 8, 2009 in Travel on Page D8 It’s about time. The red-headed stepchildren of the planet will – at long last – get their due, taking their place beside monkeys and bees. Now I’m sure those animal …

• Families Honor Their Dead

  Nov. 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Across Latin America Saturday ancient Indian and Roman Catholic rites blend into Day of the Dead observances when families, such as this one in Bolivia, gathered at cemeteries to share …

• Israel Can’t Skirt Ultra-Orhodox Religious Extremists Gained Power In Tight Election

  Aug. 1, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 For the length of her skirt and the cut of her sleeves, Gilah Podeh’s tires were slashed Wednesday. Podeh, a worker at Israel’s Ministry of Education, is the latest casualty …

• A Sip, A Step, A Fold - A Bow About 250 Attend, Participate In Japan Week Ceremonies Downtown

  April 21, 1996 in City on Page B1 FOR THE RECORD: April 25, 1996 CORRECTION: In a Sunday story, an article talked about opening ceremonies for Japan Week. Besides Mukogawa Fort Wright Insitute students, Gonzaga University Japanese students …

• Downtown Pulses To Beat Of A Different Drummer

  Aug. 27, 1995 in City on Page B1 Michael Wolf of Tulalip, Wash., checks his face as he prepares for the Grand Entry at the sixth annual Northwest Indian Encampment and Pow Wow on Saturday at Riverfront Park. …

• Digging For Their Roots Yakamas Rediscovering Tradition At Tribal School

  May 17, 1995 in City on Page B4 Sky Yallup drums during a class at the Yakama Tribal School. Photo by Associated Press

• This Kissing Thing … Where Will It All Lead?

  Jan. 22, 1995 in Features on Page F8 I don’t want to be accused of being jingoistic, literally “someone who doesn’t like people from other countries who jingle,” but this whole European kissing thing is just silly. This …