Seven

I’ve made it no secret that I’ve been a fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories are of playing his early Sega Genesis titles, and around the time I became more “conscious” – at about 5 years old – I had an absolute blast playing the brand-new Sonic Adventure series with my older sibling.

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Unpredictable comic Becky Robinson brings her characters and personal material to the Spokane Comedy Club.

Clerks 3 star Jason Mewes will tell "ankledotes" Friday at the Spokane Comedy Club.

Avant-rockers the Flaming Lips will return Sunday to the Knitting Factory.

There is something about being a Blue Man.

Rounding out a politically polarizing week, the Spokane Symphony’s “Fire & Ice” masterworks concert will feature one of the classical music world’s most iconic crowd-pleasers.

Overwatch 2 formally launched on Oct. 4, and while the game is as fun as ever, absolutely nothing about it necessitates or even constitutes a sequel. All Blizzard did was introduce a fresh monetization scheme, add three new heroes, a couple of new maps and a new game mode. They migrated everything from the original into the sequel and shut down the old servers – a real slap to the face of everyone who bought the original.

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Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction will perform Wednesday at the Spokane Arena.

Glen Phillips is back with some optimistic material. The leader of Toad the Wet Sprocket will focus on songs from his latest album, "There is So Much Here."

Country sensation Walker Hayes will play the hits Thursday at the Spokane Arena.

Comic John Caparulo will return to the Spokane Comedy Club to deliver his observational humor.

Land acknowledgments have become almost perfunctory in recent years. It is the practice of beginning a public event by referencing and honoring Native American tribes whose people used to live on the lands where the event is held, before the colonization by white occupiers.

Spokane Symphony music director James Lowe rarely conducts pops concerts. But, for John Williams, he had to make an exception.

As the weather turns dark and the world follows suit, sometimes, you just need a good laugh … and a party.