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• Spotlight: Nomee new head at Jacklin Arts Center

  May 19, 2013 in Features on Page D7 The Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center has a new acting executive director. The JACC’s board named Shaina Nomee to the post on Thursday after Liisa Spink announced she was leaving …

• Spotlight: MAC to host Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’

  April 7, 2013 in Features on Page D7 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture will host a centennial celebration of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” at 3 p.m. Saturday. The multimedia celebration will he presented by …

• MAC to reinstate Sunday hours

  January 16, 2013 The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture will be open on Sundays starting in early February, the museum said today. 2

• Boise St. gets share of Mountain West crown

  December 2, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 RENO, Nev. – Boise State football coach Chris Petersen stated the obvious for the thousands of orange-and-blue clad fans who made the trip to Reno on Saturday to watch the …

• Spokane’s nuclear hot spots

  October 13, 2012 in Features on Page E1 For an intense two weeks during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, a group of airmen working at underground nuclear missile sites near Spokane literally had their fingers on … 1

• New MAC exhibit devoted to man with a towering résumé

  September 16, 2012 in Features on Page D1 The new exhibit, “David Douglas: A Naturalist at Work,” opening Saturday at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, includes some super-sized objects: • A preserved California condor, 9 feet … 1

• MAC wants Rodgers to return

  July 19, 2012 in City on Page A1 Three months after firing its director, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture board wants him back. The MAC board voted 11-3 Wednesday to ask Forrest B. Rodgers to return … 7

• MAC board meets over Rodgers lawsuit

  July 4, 2012 in City on Page A9 The embattled board of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture got an earful Tuesday from museum supporters as the board president vowed to resolve a lawsuit filed last week … 2

• New members could change MAC board’s stance on dispute

  June 22, 2012 in City on Page A6 Four new members of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture board could shift how the museum resolves its dispute with its terminated leader. The new president of the board, … 5

• New MAC board members could shift power

  June 21, 2012 in City, News Four new members of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture board could shift how the museum resolves its dispute with its terminated leader. The new president of the board, … 19

• Rodgers rejects MAC offer of two months pay

    June 15, 2012 in City on Page A5 The terminated director of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture has declined an offer to go away quietly. Last week, an attorney representing the MAC board offered the museum’s … 18

• MAC board’s letter outlines reasons for firing Rodgers

  June 9, 2012 in City on Page B1 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture board is accusing its popular former director of “poor performance” and is standing behind his controversial termination. In a letter sent this week … 15

• MAC board offers Rodgers two-months pay, not his job

  June 8, 2012 in City, News The Northwest Museum of Arts and Cultures board is standing behind its termination of its popular director. 29

• MAC board officers elected

  June 7, 2012 in City on Page A5 The board that leads the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture is under new leadership, but the fate of its recently terminated director remained unclear after a two-hour private board … 16

• MAC board to meet amid outcry

  June 6, 2012 in City on Page A5 Change could be afoot among those leading the embattled Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. The museum’s board of trustees meets today and will consider a slate of new board … 4

• MAC board may get new leadership

    June 5, 2012 in City, News Change could be afoot among those leading the embattled Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. The museum’s Board of Trustees meets on Wednesday and will consider a slate of new … 2

• 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 City, News 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 …

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