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Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) draws a befuddled look from his date, Michelle Hutchinson.

Some people embrace change. Others squawk if you make the tiniest adjustments - say, swapping crushed ice for cubes or switching Folger's crystals for freshly ground coffee. This week being one of major seasonal change, we salute those restaurants whose menus seem in perpetual motion, evolving to showcase the best seasonal ingredients. Spring menus have just blossomed at Luna, Ankeny's and Fugazzi, to name a few. On the South Hill, Luna's tulip-blooming weather fare includes couscous crusted salmon, grilled duck breast with peppered apple relish, Greek chicken pasta, mango-lime mahi mahi, a New York steak served with a sweet potato and carrot puree and lemon-garlic chicken.

'Babe' stars James Cromwell as the farmer and Babe as Babe.

"Ed" stars matt Le Blanc and a chimp.

Chazz Palminteri and Sharon Stone star in "Diabolique."

Salgado is planning a blues record as his next release. "It's not going to be Curtis Salgado doing Robert Johnson, or Curtis Salgado doing Muddy Waters. It's going to be me doing my blues."

Hot Flash of America offers appealing creations by Ken Yuhasz, but only until April 3. Don't pass up the opportunity to see this artist's work. He says of his creations: The neon shapes "added to each of these common household objects inject an element of whimsy to their workaday images." Indeed, the neon-winged toaster and neon-exploding blender are only two examples of household objects as you've never seen them before. The exhibit's up until April 3 at Hot Flash of America, 112 S. Cedar; 624-5042.

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The cast of "Race the Sun" poses with their solar-powered car.

1. Theresa Randle and Isaiah Washington star in Spike Lee's "Girl 6." 2. Randle recently starred in "Sugar Hill."

Fans of the local punk unit the Fumes have been impatiently waiting for a new full-length album for well over a year. Sure, the raucous four-song, 7-inch, "Spine Tingling Excitement" and an unreleased song on the "Lie Lack City" compilation provided enough thrilling moments to hold people over for a while. But we want a new record and we want it now, darn it! Tonight, the wait will finally be over.

In the midst of the celebrations, John Powers was crowned courtesy of his friends at O'Doherty's Irish Grille last year. O'Doherty's is right on the parade route and has a full weekend schedule so plan for a spirited St. Patrick's crowd. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

Robin Williams, right, stars with Nathan Lane, left, and Hank Azaria in "The Birdcage."

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Weigh the safety of the populace of Washington, D.C., against a "mere" 400 lives aboard a doomed airliner, and you've got the elemental quandary that sets "Executive Decision" in motion. This one feels considerably more real than all those other Steven Seagal movies - mainly because it's the first Steven Seagal movie to relegate the action star to a supporting role.

An ape named Ed Sullivan takes a baseball team by storm in "Ed."

1. Mare Winningham plays the title character in "Georgia." 2. At the heart of "Georgia" is Jennifer Jason Leigh, in a role that she was born to play.

The yellow glow of beer lamps casts a jaundiced pall over the faces at the bar, all staring intently at the television screen in front of them. Before each is a machine that resembles an early electronic calculator, much larger than the slim, hand-held models of today.

Hey, pardnur. Bet'cha didn't realize the ol' Longhorn Barbecue has been in business for some 40 years now. It hasn't stuck around so long by being hip and trendy, either. The success of the family-owned business reinforces the old cliche, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Over the decades, few things have changed at what is possibly Spokane's oldest restaurant.