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Things to do in Spokane for June 3-10 – Spokane Farmers, Spokane Valley Farmers and Wonder Weekend markets

UPDATED: Fri., June 3, 2022

Wonder Weekend Market – The Wonder Building hosts a weekend farmer and craft market featuring local vendors, food and drinks. Market runs through Oct. 22, 9:30-2 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 22. The Wonder Building, 835 N. Post St. (509) 534-5039.

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What’s Worth Watching: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7,’ ‘Trixie Motel’ and ‘The Orville’

UPDATED: Thu., June 2, 2022

With a stellar all-winners “Snatch Game” behind us (Jinkx Monsoon was genius as Judy Garland), the competitors dispersed to prepare for the season’s “Vanna White Party” themed ball. During the challenge, competitors were asked to prepare looks corresponding to three categories.

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Masae ‘Patti’ Warashina, 82, is ‘the Queen of Northwest Ceramics’

UPDATED: Thu., June 2, 2022

As a teen growing up in Spokane, Masae “Patti” Warashina was focused on getting her education and getting out of town. She never dreamed of gaining international fame as “the Queen of Northwest Ceramics.” Nor did Warashina, 82, ever imagine that the Smithsonian would honor her.

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Review: Documentary looks back with fresh insights on ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

UPDATED: Thu., June 2, 2022

Last fall marked the 50th anniversary of the release of director Norman Jewison's ″Fiddler on the Roof," the 1971 film adaptation of the Tony-winning 1964 stage musical. An engaging new documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie, which was nominated for eight Oscars and won three.

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Game On: PlayStation 4 will be phased out starting in 2025, and that’s OK

UPDATED: Thu., June 2, 2022

In Sony’s latest financial presentation, the company formalized its plan to cease producing games for the PlayStation 4 by 2025. Legacy games will still be purchasable, but there won’t be new ones – their focus will shift entirely to the PlayStation 5. 2022’s biggest AAA Sony game will still be gracing PS4 and PS5 alike.

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Laughing and thinking: ‘Pass Over’ tackles blistering topics with humor at Stage Left Theater

UPDATED: Thu., June 2, 2022

While observing from the audience section of Spokane’s Stage Left Theater during a recent rehearsal of Antoinette Nwandu’s politically blistering play “Pass Over,” director Malcolm Pelles challenged his two main actors onstage to set aside their scripts and just improvise.

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Review: ‘Watcher’ is a well-crafted voyeuristic thriller

UPDATED: Wed., June 8, 2022

In Chloe Okuno’s stylish debut “Watcher,” the title refers not just to one person, but two, when the watched becomes the watcher, the stalker and stalked swapping places throughout the course of this chilly psychological thriller. Working in the vein of 1970s-style horror, Okuno’s “Watcher” is in dialogue with other films.

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Stream on Demand: Danny Boyle takes on the Sex Pistols in ‘Pistol’

UPDATED: Thu., June 2, 2022

“Fire Island” (2022) puts a queer spin on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” with a romantic comedy set in a multicultural community of young gay men over their summer vacation. Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang star as best friends facing 30 who vow to make the most of what may be their last annual gathering.

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Great Scott! Travel back in time this summer with these classic 1980s movies

Thu., June 2, 2022

Top Ten films of the '80s

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A Beatles exhibit hopes to make ‘Get Back’ a museum experience

UPDATED: Sun., May 29, 2022

CLEVELAND – Imagine discovering the Beatles for the first time. You walk into a dark room and see the four of them blown up on a giant screen. They're playing a blistering live set. It is a gig, in rock circles, that has been acknowledged as one of the most famous musical performances on film.

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Judd Apatow discusses his HBO documentary: ‘Carlin was so beloved and respected by comics’

UPDATED: Sun., May 29, 2022

One of the most daunting documentaries to tackle is the life of George Carlin. The late iconic comedian was not only a complex individual, but also his fascinating existence had a number of different acts. Carlin, who was as much philosopher as entertainer, kept reinventing himself during his extraordinary run.

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‘New queer voices, queer creativity’: Spokane Arts gears up for third annual Queer Art Walk for Pride month

Sat., May 28, 2022

Andrew Whitver, the creator of the Queer Art Walk, grew up as an openly gay man in the 1980s at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Witnessing the vast number of his friends' deaths propelled him into the political queer landscape. "I've always been a queer activist," he said.

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Review: ‘We Feed People’ spotlights relief efforts of chef José Andrés

Sat., May 28, 2022

"We Feed People," Ron Howard's engrossing documentary about chef José Andrés and his relief organization, World Central Kitchen, begins with a disaster. It's not the kind you'd expect. Andrés is riding in the back of a large all-terrain vehicle loaded with hot food to distribute to North Carolina residents.

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The Sex Pistols are back with a Disney vision of punk

Sat., May 28, 2022

Anarchy on Disney+. Close to 50 years after the Sex Pistols shook up the music scene with the birth of the punk movement in Britain, a six-part series about the band titled "Pistol" is arriving on the streaming service in the U.K. and Hulu in the U.S. The show is directed by Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting," "Slumdog Millionaire").

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Ray Liotta, who starred in ‘The River Murders’ in Spokane, dies at 67

UPDATED: Fri., May 27, 2022

Ray Liotta, widely known for his compelling performance in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” died Thursday at 67. The star of "The Sopranos" prequel “The Many Saints of Newark,” died in his sleep while working on the film “Dangerous Waters” in the Dominican Republic.

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10 under $10 for May 27-June 3 – ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ Monday Night Dance, Miguel Gonzales and Ladd Bjorneby

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – 6 p.m. Friday, Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main St. Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action-adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can't seem to finish her taxes.

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Bob Dylan brings Rough and Rowdy Ways tour to First Interstate Center for the Arts on Saturday night

UPDATED: Sat., May 28, 2022

There isn't much more for Bob Dylan to accomplish. The Nobel Prize Award recipient has won 10 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dylan, 81, is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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‘I’m getting back to where I should be’: Chris Botti headlines Fox Theater on Saturday night and is working on his first album in 10 years

UPDATED: Fri., May 27, 2022

Trumpet player Chris Botti, who will perform Saturday night at Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, is working on a new album. "It's about time that I get back on the road." The studio Blue Note will play host to Botti, 59, who is working on his first album since 2012's "Impressions."

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Nick Swardson to headline at Spokane Comedy Club

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

Nick Swardson, who is part of Adam Sandler's posse, will perform Friday through Sunday at Spokane Comedy Club. Swardson, 45, starred in "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star," which he co-wrote and co-produced. Swardson also appeared in Happy Madison Productions such as "That's My Boy" and "Grown Ups 2."

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Stream on Demand: ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ battles Darth Vader, Grand Inquisitor on Disney+

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

Ewan McGregor returns to the “Star Wars” universe in “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (TV-14), an original series set between “Revenge of the Sith” and the original “Star Wars,” aka “A New Hope.” As Obi-Wan hides out on Tatooine to watch over the young Luke Skywalker, he’s hunted by the Grand Inquisitor and Darth Vader.

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