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• Spotlight: NPR’s Cokie Roberts sets Bing appearance

  August 14, 2011 in Features on Page D6 Cokie Roberts , the veteran political reporter for National Public Radio, has just been booked into the Bing Crosby Theater for a talk Oct. 1. Spokane Public Radio is sponsoring …

• Book Notes: Cowboy poet Baxter Black lands at Auntie’s

  May 29, 2011 in Features on Page D6 His deep Western drawl is familiar to millions of National Public Radio listeners and his cowboy poetry is known around the world. On Wednesday at 7 p.m., Baxter Black will …

• Wait, wait … NPR’s Kasell to speak at the Bing

  May 5, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Carl Kasell’s warm-as-honey voice is well-known to National Public Radio listeners. But here’s something they probably don’t know: He was once a country-music DJ. “We gave country music a bit …

• Spotlight: ‘Thunderballs’ rolling with casting call

  May 1, 2011 in Features on Page D6 The Spike TV sitcom pilot “Thunderballs” will start filming in Spokane this week. Dude, the casting call speaks volumes about this show. For one thing, they are seeking someone to …

• NPR is worth the federal money

  March 16, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 National Public Radio, long a whipping boy of many conservative members of Congress and right-wing commentators, unwittingly gave its assailants yet another weapon to use in its lashing. The haters … 37