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“The 9th Life of Louis Drax” begins as if it’s going to be a sweet children’s film about the goofy life of an accident-prone 9-year-old boy. Events that should have killed him don’t, and he seems untroubled by all of his near-death experiences.

Joseph has garnered a lot of attention in a relatively short period of time. Following the release of its debut album, 2014’s “Native Dreamer Kin,” the band was signed by Dave Matthews’ label ATO Records. The band since has been featured on various festival lineups and late night television, and their busy touring schedule will keep them from their Portland home base for long stretches.

“[title of show]” is a quirky one-act musical written by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell, and it’s about two guys named Jeff and Hunter as they barricade themselves in an apartment to write a quirky one-act musical. It’s the kind of show that writes itself as it goes along. The self-referential comedy, directed by Troy Nickerson, opens the Modern Theater’s new season on Friday.

Here’s a look at some of the big names hitting the three Pig Out in the Park stages over Labor Day weekend. For a full music schedule, visit

When the U.S. Navy Band takes the stage Monday afternoon during Pig Out in the Park, you probably won’t hear “Stars and Stripes Forever,” or any other John Philip Sousa marches, for that matter.

It wouldn’t be fair to compare father and son, but Ridley Scott’s progeny, Luke Scott, takes on some similar themes to his father’s work in his feature directorial debut, “Morgan.” In a story that contemplates the emotional boundaries and consequences of artificial intelligence, Seth W. Owen’s script landed on the 2014 Black List of Best Unproduced Screenplays, and in Scott, “Morgan” finds an appropriate marriage between material, filmmaker, and yes, family legacy.

There is no misfortune too shattering for Derek Cianfrance it seems. The writer and director of “Blue Valentine,” “The Place Beyond the Pines” and now, an adaptation of the M.L. Stedman novel “The Light Between Oceans” confidently strides into stories of little hope and painful circumstance, using pretty actors and even prettier settings to create sweeping milieus of human devastation.

Dole’s “Get Up and Grow Together Tour” celebrates fruits, vegetables and healthy eating. The caravan will be in the Spokane area Saturday through Monday, making stops at local grocery stores.

What’s new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services.

Craig Heimbigner has been the guy behind the music at Pig Out in the Park for three decades, and the event has ballooned to nearly a week full of live performances on three stages. We’ll have more on the big music headliners next week, but Heimbigner talked with The Spokesman-Review in advance of Pig Out to discuss his years booking the event.

Tika Sumpter is about to give birth – not just to her first baby, who appears to be due any minute, but to a new chapter in her career.

After a relatively quiet summer on most area stages, theater season is about to start up in full force again. Here’s a rundown of some of the local and touring productions hitting Spokane theaters in the coming months.

The band, which will play the Knitting Factory on Sunday, is working on its as-yet-untitled sixth album in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood with producer Sam Bell (Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Silversun Pickups).