Who says roadside pit stops have to be boring? This summer, road-trippers looking for stylish accommodations that won’t break the bank, something between upscale luxury and side-of-the-highway corporate chains, are discovering a new trend.

Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with my boyfriend for about two years. He’s actually my ex-husband from 25 years ago, and we reunited about 16 months ago. We do not live together, but he’s made it clear that he wants to move in that direction.

When you think of summer, perhaps specific colors and color combinations come to mind. But what if you are tired of the same look and in need of a color recharge? These days, designers often use unexpected and out-of-the-box color combinations.

The disclaimer comes late in “Embassy Wife,” Katie Crouch’s antic new novel: “Amanda sipped her champagne obediently and thought about how you could love a place deeply without understanding it at all.”

After growing up and graduating from high school in Colville, local artist Vincent "Danger" Stevens moved over to the west side of Washington to “spread his wings” before moving back to Spokane a couple of years later.

Dear Doctor: Melatonin gets mentioned a lot when people talk about the problems they have with getting to sleep. I’ve been thinking about trying it to help me stay asleep, but I’m not really sure that I understand it. What is melatonin, and how does it work?

Dear Miss Manners: I am afraid I did a bad thing, and I am not sure how to fix it – or even if I should try. We have a family member, an elderly woman in poor health, who has an addictive personality. She has overcome substance abuse but has substituted other destructive habits.

“Life is brutal.” If there’s a kernel of hard-earned, if blunt, wisdom to be gleaned from Tom McCarthy’s latest film “Stillwater,” this is it. It’s a sentiment repeated by both father (Matt Damon) and daughter (Abigail Breslin) with a resoluteness that comes from experience.

Who’s the green knight here? When we first spy Dev Patel tumbling out of bed in “The Green Knight,” after a night with his sweetheart played by Alicia Vikander, the movie’s title seems to be referring to him and not the hulking, mossy-toned forest creature.

Dear Annie: My ex-husband was very controlling and always had to have the upper hand in conversations. Today, we do all of our communicating through email only, but he still needs to end all correspondence on his terms.

Spokane resident Billy Tipton Jr. never knew how much of an icon his father was. That is, until filmmakers Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt, along with writer Amos Mac, showed him a collection of interviews of trans artists and activists contemplating.

Jungle Cruise – the theme park ride, not the new Disney movie it has inspired – is notable for the groan-worthy humor of its "skippers," the tour guides who provide Borscht Belt-style entertainment for passengers on the minutes-long trip.

The 2021 Watershed country music festival headliners are Tim McGraw on Friday night, Dierks Bentley (who headlines Northern Quest Resort & Casino on Friday night) on Saturday night and Thomas Rhett on Sunday night. Here is the full lineup.

This is one jam-packed week and weekend for country singer-songwriter Dierks Bentley. The Arizona native, who lives with his family in Nashville, released his new single, “Beers on Me” with Breland and Hardy, on Thursday. 

Lily James and Emily Beecham play cousins – one rebellious and vivacious, the other shy and careful – who take very different routes to love in the limited series “The Pursuit of Love” (TV-PG). The handsomely mounted romantic drama is set in London between two world wars.

Spokane Ensemble Theatre will present a reimagined, live and in-person production of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” in the outdoor amphitheater at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday.

Spokane photographer Darren Balch's new book "Rock & Roll on Columbia: Tall Tales From a Short Attention Span" is filled with classic photographs from the Gorge Amphitheatre primarily from 1993-1995. The many images are dramatic and surprising.

The combination of eclectic indie rock band Wilco and fiery feminist punk rockers Sleater-Kinney might sound like an odd fit. However, two common denominators are that both bands push the sonic envelope and have influenced a number of recording artists.

Bob Witte experienced a double whammy of agony during the spring of 2020. The president of the board of directors of the Festival at Sandpoint learned that the musical event of North Idaho would be scrapped due to COVID-19.