Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Technology paves the way to the Vanishing Weekend

  March 23, 2012 in Features on Page C1 My favorite line from the PBS Anglo-fest “Downton Abbey” comes after a character mentions that he plans to visit on the weekend. The dowager countess, played by Maggie Smith, looks …

• Jim Kershner’s This day in history

  February 16, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 75 years ago A trio of nervous, agitated bandits held up the Security State Bank at 619 N. Monroe St., shot a customer and fled with $5,000.

• Curious case of Glutton

  February 10, 2012 in Features on Page C1 So Paula Deen, Southern cooking maven, has diabetes. America’s self-righteous “foodie” world is sadly clucking its tongue and shaking its head. All of that grease. All of those calories. All …

• Jim Kershner’s This day in history

  February 9, 2012 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago A Mother’s Congress in Spokane, ever vigilant for signs of creeping immorality among its daughters, took on two threats to public decency.

• Spotlight: Lake City Playhouse hires Prep director

  January 8, 2012 in Features on Page D7 Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene has hired a new Playhouse Prep director. Dustin Sorrell, who studied theater at Ball State University in Indiana and is a former children’s theater …

• City appoints new library trustee

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A7 A retiring Spokesman-Review columnist and writer is the newest member the Spokane Library board of trustees. The Spokane City Council on Monday unanimously approved Mayor Mary Verner’s appointment of Jim … 1

• Kershner: Spokane’s big shows are opposite of no-name

  December 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 The oldest and most tired Spokane cliché is: “There’s nothing to do in this town.” Nothing? Really? In 22 years of covering the arts-and-entertainment scene in Spokane, I’ve managed to … 12

• Jim Kershner: Scrooge would feel right at home today

  November 28, 2011 in City on Page A5 Have we become the Bah Humbug Nation? I’m convinced of it, having just reacquainted myself with the mean and selfish stylings of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” … 15

• Kershner: Happiness is yours if the price is right

  November 14, 2011 in City on Page A5 Money cannot buy happiness, but $75,000 a year sure helps. That’s the peak “happiness” number, according to some economists. Surveys have shown that people’s happiness level rises along with their …

• Warning: This column contains grammatic errata, etc.

  October 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 The woman on the phone was accusing me of gerund abuse. At least, I think she was accusing me. She was a bit more passive than that. She just wanted … 6

• Jim Kershner: I prefer my wildlife on the mild side, thank you

  September 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 I’ve had three encounters with the Wild Kingdom over the past few weeks and – considering the mayhem around our region this summer – I’m fortunate that none of them …

• Kershner: New wisdom from old bottles

  September 12, 2011 in City on Page A5 Our friend Caron Campbell visited last week and brought us a memorable gift – and an even more memorable metaphor. It was a bottle of red wine, but not just …

• Jimmy Rowles is home at last

  September 5, 2011 in City Jimmy Rowles – Billie Holiday’s favorite pianist and the piano man on “The Pink Panther” – has finally returned home.

• Kershner: Search for virtual me: some hits, no Mrs.

  August 22, 2011 in City on Page A5 It’s amazing what you can find out about a person online. For instance, there’s a remarkable website called PeekYou.com, a people search engine visited by nearly 6 million people per … 3

• Kershner: Summer fun with nuns, street kids

  August 1, 2011 in City on Page A5 Usually, my summer projects are not exactly grueling. Trim the hedge. Wash the car. Wax the dog. 1

• Jim Kershner: Catching a virus no laughing matter, apparently

  June 18, 2011 in City on Page B1 As a victim of a dreaded, debilitating computer virus, I want to make this heartfelt plea on behalf of my fellow virus sufferers: Don’t blame the victim. I thought we …

• Jim Kershner: Male delusion at middle age needs harsh cure

  June 11, 2011 in City on Page B1 I have another deflating news bulletin for middle-aged men. Many of us suffer from something called “Hotness Delusion Syndrome.” It’s a common affliction, in which pot-bellied, balding guys with hair … 3

• Jim Kershner: The legend of glorious beauty bark mushrooms

  May 21, 2011 in City on Page B1 We went morel mushroom hunting three times this week. Yeah, it’s been grueling. Had to walk out the back door, take a couple steps to the garden, load up with …

• Jim Kershner: Spring cleaning dumped lots of paperwork, and yet …

  April 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 As I was feeding canceled checks, 1993 tax returns and 1975 newspaper clippings into the shredder, the Dumpster and the fireplace, I was filled with the kind of satisfaction that …

• Jim Kershner: It’s tough to watch your virtual spending

  February 12, 2011 in City on Page A5 Our subject today is money and how it consists entirely of electrons. And how the electrons from my bank’s computer may – or may not – have zipped their way … 2

• ‘Forgetful’ diners get the run-down from angry waitress

  January 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 There are a million crime stories in the big, or actually midsize, city. Here are two minor but entertaining ones. First, the Dine-n-Dash Sprint.

• Playing through the yips in life

  March 13, 2010 in City on Page B1 Today, I’m going to tell you a true-life golf story. I beg you, don’t fall asleep from boredom quite yet. This is actually a metaphor about the Great Recession, about …

• ’60s gave us comedy, music, poetry that has aged well

  February 6, 2010 in City on Page B1 I’ve been obsessed with the 1960s recently. Or, to use a phrase I thought was lame even back then: My head is totally into the 1960s. 1

• Let’s get it right about woman’s best friend

  January 9, 2010 in City on Page B1 Women say this to other women all the time: “You don’t need a husband, honey. You need a dog.”

• It was the dawning of the age of bad skin, corduroys

  August 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 ‘We are stardust, we are golden …” Today, on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I want to share my own magical memories of that world-changing event. 1

• As a cash cow, this house is falling down on the job

  June 13, 2009 in City on Page B1 This week I was forced to write a sharply worded letter to my house. You heard me, to my house. The following is a copy of that letter:

• Bottom Lines A Satirical Look At Topics In The News

  January 5, 1997 in City on Page B6 1. Lowry and his handlers 2. Did he break window? 3. Wrong Way Corrigan?