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If anyone deserves to have a moment, it's Pauli Murray. In fact, as "My Name Is Pauli Murray" demonstrates, the poet, activist, legal scholar, teacher and Episcopal priest at the center of this illuminating documentary deserves to have millions of moments.

Vella La Vella – guitarist/vocalist Johnny Symmes, 20, and drummer Noah Russell, 19 – exploded on social media when their pop-up performances in drive-thru’s and college campuses took them and their heavy metal-ified Pontiac, the newly named Helldorado, into the feeds of millions of online users.

Considering the stage musical "Dear Evan Hansen's" titular wallflower at one point belts out the mantra, "All that it takes is a little reinvention," it was perhaps inevitable that the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning show wouldn't be satisfied with a by-the-numbers film version.

Recently announced as Germany's official submission for the next Oscars, "I'm You're Man" stars Dan Stevens, the "Downton Abbey" heartthrob of the impossibly piercing blue eyes, as Tom, a German-speaking, lifelike robot who has access to the internet at his fingertips.

Exceeding the hype in the music industry is rare. Weeks before Nirvana's "Nevermind" dropped on Sept. 24, 1991, the buzz was ubiquitous. "Are you familiar with the Nirvana album?" Courtney Love asked me just before "Nevermind" was released. 

Oh, Spokane. We're so lucky. Rapper Isaiah Rashad will take the Knitting Factory stage Tuesday night as he tours for his most recent album, "The House Is Burning." Released July 30, "The House Is Burning" is currently going toe to toe for rap album of the year.

“Change is frightening. Especially to those in power.” Apple TV+ launches its most ambitious production to date with the science-fiction epic “Foundation” (2021, not rated), based on the landmark trilogy written by Isaac Asimov. 

No wonder Ari Shaffir's favorite comedian is Sam Kinison. Shaffir lets it all hang out and doesn't care what anyone thinks. Shortly after NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant died along with his daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash in 2020, Shaffir posted a shocking video.

In honor of this year’s studio tour, local artist Sheila Evans has created an original oil painting that will be featured as the tour’s official 2021 poster. A limited number of the posters will be available for $50 at each of the studio tour locations.

It's not surprising that Darius Rucker's concert at Northern Quest is sold out. Rucker made a smooth transition from the pop-rock of Hootie and the Blowfish to moving country tunes. It doesn't take much for Hootie hits such as "Hold My Hand" and "Let Her Cry" to go country.

Returning for a third season, “Sex Education” follows a group of English high school students as they navigate the embarrassing, hormonal trials and tribulations of their teenage years. Shy in most areas of his life, Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) “has all the answers.”

Wonder Saturday Market - 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Wonder Market, 835 N. Post St. Featuring live entertainment, street food vendors and works by local artisans, Wonder Saturday Market showcases local small farmers in an indoor-outdoor setting.

Indie studio Glass Bottom Games saw fit to grace the world with the endearingly silly SkateBIRD on Sept. 16. The game is exactly what it sounds like – you play as a bird, named “Birb,” who takes up skateboarding to try and win the attention of its absent human owner. 

In "Blue Bayou," what begins as an affectingly unfussy immigrant story centering on a New Orleans tattoo artist – brought from South Korea to the United States for adoption as a child and now facing deportation in his 30s – is unable to sustain its nuanced, naturalistic tone.

Affecting the exaggerated power-suit shoulder pads of the era, her face spackled with layers of makeup and false eyelashes, Bakker became all the more of a tabloid piñata when the empire she built with Jim was destroyed amid his sexual and financial misdeeds.

There is no rocker quite like Gene Simmons. The KISS vocalist-bassist is refreshingly candid, often amusing and perhaps the most business-minded musician ever. When Simmons, 72, isn't coming up with concepts like the KISS coffin, he's on tour and planning the future.

The Spokane Symphony will return to the stage of the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox this weekend for two concerts at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Violin soloist Bella Hristova is featured in Jean Sibelius’ popular “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” 

Anyone who's been waiting for Clint Eastwood to return to his Western-movie roots will be gladdened by the opening scene of "Cry Macho," which features the director, producer and actor as former rodeo star Mike Milo. Brown cowboy hat shading his trademark weathered squint? Check.

The irony of Tom Papa's tour tag, "The Family Reunion," is that the veteran comic, who will perform Friday at the Bing Crosby Theater, has been sequestered with his wife and two daughters for more than a year-and-a-half. "The material I get from them is endless and hilarious," Papa said.