Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• MAC faces angry crowd

  May 24, 2012 in City on Page A1 Members of the Museum of Arts and Culture board appear to be digging in for a protracted battle with other supporters of the financially strapped institution. They gave little sign … 29

• Tumult follows firing at MAC

  May 6, 2012 in City on Page A1 The fallout from the controversial firing of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture executive director has put the financially struggling institution in a perilous spot that MAC supporters fear … 16

• Formal vote fires museum director

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 The board that oversees the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture on Wednesday upheld the firing of the museum’s executive director, a decision that revealed significant division between the board … 3

• MAC board fires director again

  May 2, 2012 in News, City The board of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Cultures upheld the firing of the museum’s executive director this afternoon, in a decision that has revealed significant division between the … 7

• Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture fires director

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A5 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture fired its executive director on Tuesday, less than a year after recruiting him to Spokane. Forrest B. Rodgers confirmed that the executive committee … 13

• MAC director fired after less than a year

  April 25, 2012 in City The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture fired its executive director on Tuesday, less than a year after recruiting him to Spokane. 14

• Diaper-changing, trail-clearing help mark Earth Day celebrations

  April 22, 2012 in City on Page B1 At 9:30 Saturday morning, it was time for the babies to be changed – all 34 of them. In hopes of raising awareness about the environmental perks of cloth diapers, …

• Spotlight: MAC extends chance to view ‘Seeing Impressionism’

  April 1, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Good news for all you procrastinators. You’ll have even more time to see the “Seeing Impressionism: Europe, America and the Northwest” exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. …

• Spotlight: WSU moms will get chance to see Clarkson

  February 19, 2012 in Features on Page D5 In keeping with tradition, Washington State University is bringing a Big Name to Pullman for Mom’s Weekend. Following in the footsteps of Elton John, Jay Leno and Colbie Caillat is …

• Traveling da Vinci exhibit proves big hit for MAC

  September 11, 2011 in Features on Page D7 The final numbers are in for “Leonardo da Vinci: Man – Inventor – Genius.” About 38,000 people attended this summer-long traveling exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture …

• Museum’s new executive director knows the drill

  August 28, 2011 in Features on Page D1 Forrest Rodgers has expertise in two significant areas: getting people to attend museums and getting people to donate to museums. This means he may have exactly the right qualifications for …

• Doug Clark: AAA card breaks tie with Leo

  August 4, 2011 in City on Page A5 Well. Well. Look at the Big Brain on Leonardo. Just got back from Spokane’s Museum of Arts and Culture, where I spent time marveling at the many works of Leonardo …

• New director coming to MAC

  July 21, 2011 in City on Page A7 Forrest B. Rodgers has been appointed the new executive director of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. Rodgers was most recently the director of the Central Washington University Foundation …

• Spotlight: Story of ‘REMIX’ a happy one, so far

  June 26, 2011 in Features on Page D6 For nine months, Spokane Public Radio’s third channel – KPBZ-FM (90.3) – has been considered somewhat of an experiment. Now General Manager Dick Kunkel is just about ready to declare …

• 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 …

• Web app, eBook provide walking tour, photos of area near MAC

  June 9, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture has a free Web application, “app” for short, for the Historic Browne’s Addition Walking Tour. The walking tour has been available as a …

• Spotlight: Spokane-made ‘Big Bang’ apparently a big bust

  June 5, 2011 in Features on Page D4 Here we go again: another Spokane-made movie, direct to DVD, complete with atrocious reviews. “The Big Bang,” the Antonio Banderas movie shot here in fall 2009, came out on DVD …

• Leonardo da Vinci exhibit set to fill the halls at MAC

  June 2, 2011 in Features on Page C1 You’ve heard the term Renaissance Man? Leonardo da Vinci is the reason that term exists. That’s why it takes not just one, but five museum galleries to do him justice. 2

• Modern-day da Vinci

  June 2, 2011 in Features on Page C3 Leonardo da Vinci lived from 1452 to 1519, which means his heyday was right around the time Columbus landed in America. Yet his attraction has remained strong. Here are a … 1

• 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

• Plan that could save MAC on hold in committee

  April 1, 2011 in City OLYMPIA — A plan to rearrange state cultural agencies and find money for Spokane’s Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture is on hold today after a House committee couldn’t be … 1

• Critics slam plan to keep Spokane museum open

  March 31, 2011 in City OLYMPIA — Keeping Spokane’s Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture open with funding from a new “mega-agency” was criticized Thursday by state officials, librarians, Native American tribes and advocates for … 4

• Legislators seeking money for the MAC

  March 25, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A proposal to keep museums in Spokane and Tacoma open by tapping a savings account for a new Heritage Center in Olympia was introduced Thursday in the Washington … 12

• Spotlight: ‘Thunderballs’ right up alley for North by Northwest

  March 6, 2011 in Features on Page D6 North by Northwest has just signed a contract to film a sitcom pilot in Spokane titled “Thunderballs” for the cable TV channel Spike. It’s about three 30-something guys on a …

• Lawmakers working on funding options for MAC

  February 18, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The Washington Legislature may find a way to keep the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and the state museum in Tacoma open, despite Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal … 9

• Spotlight: Interplayers nabs Mamet’s ‘Race’

  January 30, 2011 in Features on Page D6 Spokane’s Interplayers Professional Theatre has scored a significant coup: It will stage the first production anywhere of David Mamet’s “Race” since it closed on Broadway in August. This controversial play, … 1

• Museums make case to avoid cutbacks

  January 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The proposed state budget would “mothball” the Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane and another facility in Tacoma, shutting out the public and possibly running afoul of … 5

• Governor proposes MAC closure

  December 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 “Stunned,” “shocked” and “disappointed” were the words used by Chris Schnug, president of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture board, after learning that the governor’s 2011-’13 budget proposal calls … 2

• MAC hosts features elaborate works of bookmaking artist

  December 2, 2010 in Features on Page C1 No words exist to describe Colfax artist Timothy C. Ely’s stunning new exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. Oh, wait. Ely just invented one.

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