Basing a film off true events is often a double-edged sword. While it can make the events of the film come across as humble or brutal, depending on the events, cinema also has a tendency to exaggerate true events for the sake of drama.

For Spokane hip-hop artist All Day Trey and Seattle pop singer Nicky Buell, their newest single “Imma Dip” is more than just a cross-state collaboration – it also marks the first time both creators have worked with another LGBTQ+ artist on a track.

For as long as electric guitars have been peeling the paint off walls, the archetype for any young band making a run at the big time has almost always included finding a label with the conviction to get their music to the masses.

The world was longing for a heartbreak record, so when Lorde and Billie Eilish’s albums didn’t elicit tears the way their previous work did, the eyes of pop culture turned to award-winning country singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves and her new album "Star-Crossed."

Actors can usually be expected to improvise a line or two every now and then, but a whole script? In “My Son,” James McAvoy does exactly that, solving the mystery step by step. An English remake of director Christian Carion’s 2017 French thriller, the film also stars Claire Foy.

When Rogue was a puppy, it was evident that Kayla Murfin's mutt was at the head of the doggie class. Whenever Murfin, a veterinary technician, returned to her north Spokane home, she discovered that Rogue was a canine Houdini.

Shakespeare in the Park - 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. The Spokane Shakespeare Society presents “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” a comic play written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield.

For better or worse, “Sonic the Hedgehog” was my first video game series growing up. That puts every new release on my radar, and the latest is “Sonic Colors Ultimate,” a rerelease of a 2010 Nintendo Wii game now ported to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

Death Cab for Cutie’s road crew loaded onto the stage, and the crowd started to pour down from the grassy hillside to the floor to get a closer spot for the indie rockers’ first show in Spokane in six years. Frontman Ben Gibbard sat behind his piano.

In the flossy, glossy high school musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie," Max Harwood plays the title character, a gay teen living in Sheffield, England, counting the days until he leaves high school to pursue his life's goal of being a drag queen.

Already midway into their touring season after a year at home, the chart-topping musicians of Foreigner are thrilled to be getting back onstage and into the swing of things. They will be joined by glam metal artist Lita Ford and the East Valley High School Choir.

Paul Schrader has created one of the most compelling and enduring careers in Hollywood by continually returning to his cardinal character: "God's lonely man" traversing an alienated and sometimes hostile world in search of expiation for his own sins and the redemption of the world's.

Tom Hanks stars in “News of the World” (2020, PG-13) as a Civil War veteran in Northern Texas who takes a traumatized young orphan (Helena Zengel) through hostile territory to find her only living relatives. This western is from director Paul Greengrass.

The Gorge Amphitheatre provided solace for Michael Hadreas, who suffered through a difficult childhood in Seattle during the 1990s. Hadreas, who is best known by his stage name Perfume Genius, came out in high school. "It was a giant relief to tell my parents," he said.

There are three options when a movie or TV show uses the “freeze frame/record scratch/‘yep, that’s me’ ” conceit to kick off a story. Option A: You’re watching “Saved by the Bell.” Option B: It’s ironic. Option C: What you’re watching is going to be terrible.

One of the first stops on their post-shutdown tour, the internationally acclaimed Eroica Trio – named for Beethoven’s popular third symphony – will explore a wide variety of musical periods during two distinctly programmed concerts Monday and Tuesday at Barrister Winery.

The Spokane String Quartet concerts will require audience members to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test from within 48 hours of all upcoming indoor concerts until further notice. The quartet’s season opens at 3 p.m. Oct. 3.

Dave Landau doesn't care what you think. That's one reason why comedy fans should flock to catch the Detroit comic at the Spokane Comedy Club. Landau's raw, uncompromising humor is reminiscent of the no-holds-barred manner of the late Sam Kinison.

Micky Dolenz, 76, and Mike Nesmith, 78, are the last Monkees standing. Vocalist-percussionist Davy Jones passed away in 2012, and vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Peter Tork died in 2019. Dolenz and Nesmith are on "The Monkees Farewell Tour."