Spokane 7 Home

Maroon 5, a pop band mostly featuring lead singer Adam Levine, released its seventh studio album, “Jordi,” on June 22, and with Maroon 5’s relevancy coming from pop radio hits such as “Sugar” and “Girl Like You,” the group finds itself on shaky ground here.

When it comes to the Suicide Squad, perhaps two wrongs do make a right. After David Ayer’s much-lambasted (and yet, Oscar-winning) “Suicide Squad” bowed to critical disdain in 2016, it seemed the gleefully chaotic crew of DC Comics anti-heroes were kaput.

Celebrating what would have been their eighth year organizing Bazaar – minus last year’s canceled event – the creative team at Terrain is thrilled to be getting back into the groove highlighting local artists, artisans and craftspeople.

Taylor Tomlinson has enjoyed a rather quick rise up the comedic ranks. The observational humorist was a top 10 finalist on "Last Comic Standing" in 2015 when she was 22. Tomlinson performs Friday and Saturday at the Spokane Comedy Club.

Keely Crow-Ka and Kalan Wolfe of the Shift took their band name to heart and made a shift out of perceived necessity. While persevering during the COVID-19 lockdown, the couple made a life-altering change selling their home to fund the Departure Festival.

With the Tokyo Olympics wrapping up this weekend, we’ve gotten an uncommon look at the Japanese culture through the lens of athletics. But an even better look at this beautiful country can be seen through its wide variety of stellar movies.

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.

From 28 applicants, Spokane Arts has selected eight SAGA recipients set to receive a total of $45,500. The winning proposals include projects in bookmaking, film and documentary, theater, culture, aerial performance and arts therapy.

The animated musical “Vivo” (2021, PG) follows the odyssey of a kinkajou, a cute, colorful monkey-like critter from Cuba, from Havana to Florida. Lin-Manuel Miranda writes the original songs and voices the cuddly star as he teams up with American girl Gabi.

Rodney Carrington – Country artist and comedian. Rescheduled from Aug. 7, 2020. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Road, Airway Heights. $49-$79. (509) 481-2800.

Paris Hilton tries to start making her own food in her own reality-TV cooking show featuring guest appearances by friends including Nikki Glaser, Kim Kardashian West, Demi Lovato, Lele Pons and Saweetie, as well as her mother Kathy Hilton and sister Nicky Hilton.

After playing its first proper concert in 16 months at Chicago's mega-music festival Lollapalooza last week, Young the Giant was bummed for a moment after delivering its set. "We had such a great time at Lollapalooza," drummer Francois Comtois said.

I’ve been hesitant to write about all the drama at Blizzard Entertainment, a video game developer and publisher whom older readers might know for the “Diablo” or “Warcraft” series – “Overwatch” and “Hearthstone” are a couple of their more recent projects.

Comic Louis C.K. has announced several tour dates this fall, including a stop at the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Oct. 10. Six-time Emmy Award winner Louis C.K. has released numerous standup specials, including most recently “Sincerely.” 

Village People will now take the stage Saturday at the Festival at Sandpoint after REO Speedwagon canceled their performance after positive COVID-19 tests were confirmed. REO Speedwagon released a statement about their cancellation. 

“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.

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.