2021 Jewish Film Festival kicks off with a ‘Crescendo’
Above: Peter Simonischek stars in the film "Crescendo," which kicks off the 2021 Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival. (Photo: Menemsha Films) Of the film events that regularly take place in …
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Blackhouse Records has supported and promoted area and national bands since 2001
UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 26, 2021
Even though Blackhouse Records is a midsized label selling records across the globe, its roots run deep in the Inland Northwest, where label co-founder Scott Rozell first threw the name around to promote bands.
In mesmerizing ‘Minari,’ a Korean family’s American dream takes root in Arkansas
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
Inspired by writer/director Lee Isaac Chung’s childhood as the son of South Korean immigrants in Arkansas, “Minari” is a gentle story of a family’s rich harvest. At its center is an enchanting performance by child actor Alan Kim.
Stream on Demand: Films cut through family experiences, cultural divides
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
Newcomer Andra Day plays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2021, not rated), which dramatizes her career against the backdrop of the FBI’s campaign of harassment.
‘The Vigil’ is an efficiently creepy horror film rooted in Jewish lore
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
Horror films often offer catharsis, but rarely are they also as deeply sorrowful as Keith Thomas’ “The Vigil,” a horror film based in Jewish faith and culture. Dave Davis stars as Yakov, a young man in Brooklyn struggling.
Long before Elon Musk, NASA launched music into space
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
"The longer I live, the more I am inclined to believe that this earth is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum,” wrote George Bernard Shaw in the early 1900s. And now, Elon Musk is planning to return the favor.
The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn is fine with looking more like a librarian than rocker
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
It's an honor when Craig Finn namechecks your town. The Hold Steady singer-songwriter and diminutive frontman takes lyrics as seriously as Bruce Springsteen and the Replacements' Paul Westerberg.
Robin Wright makes a solid, if deceptively simple, directorial debut in ‘Land’
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
Actress Robin Wright began dipping her toes into directing with episodes of “House of Cards,” the Netflix series in which she played a conniving political wife for several seasons. Now she makes her solid feature debut.
Tennessee native Julien Baker creates ‘Little Oblivions’ with her third album
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
With “Little Oblivions,” Julien Baker gifts 42 minutes of ambrosial reality to a world that desperately needs it. This is far from an anesthetic, but it seems a different sort of unbandaged pain from her previous work.
UW professor uses hairstyles, beauty to discuss race, gender bias
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
University of Washington professor Anu Taranath will explore cultural perceptions and the role of hairstyles and beauty in a discussion of race and gender bias at Spokane Community College’s Hagan Center.
Andra Day astonishes as Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’s maddeningly uneven biopic
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
Andra Day delivers an astonishing breakout performance as the complicated subject of “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” in a movie that often feels like it’s unworthy of the actress and the persona she adopts so seamlessly.
Gonzaga University choirs celebrate Black History Month
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
In honor of Black History Month, Gonzaga University Choirs will present a concert celebrating the work of Black American composers livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center. “Can You See?” is at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Kanzi, bonobo ape and Peter Gabriel collaborator, turns 40
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
I first learned about Kanzi, who recently celebrated his 40th birthday, from one of his best-known musical collaborators. The year was 2001, and Peter Gabriel, took a break from our interview to show me “home videos.”
What’s Worth Watching: Dig into beautiful and delightful ‘The Dig’
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
As a British TV addict and former archaeology nerd, Netflix’s “The Dig,” based on John Preston's 2007 historical novel of the same name, gets me on a remarkable number of levels. So much so, I thought someone was pulling my leg.
Game On: ‘Project Triangle Strategy’ demo shows off an invigorating tactical RPG
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021
On Feb. 17, Nintendo hosted its first full-length “Nintendo Direct” in two years, and fans of first-party titles were left largely disappointed. There were no details regarding the next “The Legend of Zelda” game.
Revisiting the enigmatic Brian Eno’s ‘Diary’ 25 years later
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021
There’s nothing minimalist about the 25th anniversary “A Year With Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno’s Diary.” Praised by the Guardian as one of the seminal books about music, the out-of-print work was recently republished by Faber and Faber.
Rufus Wainwright, Billy Strings, ‘Mojave Desert’ offer ambitious, eclectic livestreams
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021
With livestream concerts providing the next best alternative at the moment, musicians and promoters are aiming for the kind of “event status” we’ve come to expect from the real thing after floundering in 2020.
For the love of local music: BaLonely’s Norman Robbins, 22, partners with Luis Mota to keep creative juices flowing
UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 19, 2021
Local musical artist Norman Robbins chooses not to let the frigid winter snowstorms ride too heavy on his mind. He keeps things light, listening to dance music that’s more summer-and-sand than anything.
U of I World Music Celebration features free concert, workshop
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021
The University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton School of Music will welcome back international performer Eduardo Mendonca during a World Music Celebration at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The free event will be broadcast live from Haddock Hall.
Alice Cooper returns with ‘Detroit Stories’ and his take on the state of rock
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021
Alice Cooper just received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and can't wait to return to Spokane. The godfather of theatrical rock, who called from his Phoenix home, is familiar with the Pacific Northwest.
Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth burn brilliantly, but with understatement, in ‘Supernova’
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021
The film "Supernova" is a small and superficially tidy thing, notwithstanding the astronomical implications of its title, which augurs the sudden explosion of a star or – more metaphorically – some brilliant light often heralding its extinguishment.
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