Perfection in cinema can be difficult to spot right away. What separates a great movie from an excellent one is that you’ll keep coming back to the excellent one long after you’ve watched it. You may be done with the movie, but the movie isn’t done with you. In most instances, that can linger for weeks or even months.
Prior to becoming the most watched person followed on Vine in 2015 and co-starring in the film "The Babysitter," Andrew Bachelor was a standup comic. "That's how it all started for me," Bachelor said while calling from his Los Angeles home. "The plan was to do standup and then hopefully someone will give you a sitcom."
When Gov. Jay Inslee declared that gatherings larger than 250 were to be prohibited on March 13, 2020, the Spokane Motorcycle Show was just six hours from opening its doors. "At 9 a.m., I received a call from the fairgrounds telling me that the Health Department is closing us down due to Inslee's recommendations."
Justin James – 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Arbor Crest Tasting Room, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Road. Singer-songwriter Justin James visits the Arbor Crest Tasting Room. This event is for ages 21 and older. For more information, visit arborcrest.com. Admission: FREE
Bing Crosby’s childhood home, located on Gonzaga University’s campus, will reopen Monday. The house, built by Crosby’s father and two uncles in 1911, contains more than 200 pieces of memorabilia from throughout Crosby’s life, including gold records, trophies, awards and the Academy Award he won.
Allen Stone never dreamed he would battle Michael Bolton. But the Spokane singer-songwriter will go toe-to-toe – or more like lyric-to-lyric – against the veteran balladeer as they compete on NBC's "American Song Contest." "I'm excited about being part of this," Stone said from his South Hill home.
With the internet, it’s easy to look into reviews and even watch gameplay videos online to make an informed purchase. That’s usually good enough, but once in a while, a game that looks fun on the surface ends up feeling wrong once you’ve actually got the controller in your hands.
The themes that filmmaker Domee Shi touched on (in only seven minutes) in her brilliant, Oscar-winning animated 2018 short, "Bao" – about a young man struggling to cut apron strings in the face of powerful, maybe even suffocating maternal expectations – get a full-blown workout in "Turning Red."
What if you had a chance, as an adult, to revisit nagging issues with your parents? To reconcile with your younger self? Could it fix the past or possibly even the future? This is the question undertaken rather literally in Shawn Levy’s clever time-travel flick “The Adam Project.”
It's not surprising that George Carlin is Christopher Titus' favorite comedian. Much like the late iconic Carlin, who was as much philosopher and wordsmith as a standup, Titus is raw, blunt and uncompromising. Unlike many of his peers, Titus, 57, doesn't care who he offends.
"Back in the High Life" isn't just a Steve Winwood song that Straight No Chaser covers. It's the name of the a cappella act's tour. Straight No Chaser, which will perform Monday at Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, is trying to set a tone as it embarks on a jaunt at this point in the pandemic.
Sitting opposite artist Karen Mobley, sprawled on her well-worn futon next to a blazing fire she stoked herself in her cozy South Hill living room, can be an enriching experience. She might talk about wildlife, cooking, science, art or cute neighbor children. Her three cats might jump on you.
In the haunting but ultimately inert "After Yang," Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith play Jake and Kyra, a couple living in an indeterminate place and time in the not-too-distant future. They adopted their daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) from China, and they've added another member to their family.
We all know the Wicked Witch of the West. You know, the scary-looking, gravely voiced crone famous for her "I'll get you, my pretty. And your little dog, too," from the classic 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz." But there's more to the story. "Wicked" is the hit Broadway musical making its third visit to Spokane.
Steven Spielberg directs his first musical with this new adaptation of “West Side Story” (2021, PG-13), a “Romeo & Juliet” tale set between Irish-American and Puerto Rican-American gangs in 1950s New York City. Nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture, director and supporting actress for Ariana DeBose.
It's not often that a Jamaican flight attendant and a Swedish rock star are compared. However, actress-vocalist Syndee Winters' mother, a former Delta Airlines stewardess, and guitar hero Yngwie Malmsteen have something in common. The latter, when asked if less is more, uttered, "Less is more ... how can that be?"
In the past year, Carter Hudson has made himself into a central figure in the Spokane music scene. A fixture of live performances all across town, he brings tracks new and old and original and cover to audience members. Though best-known for his engaging live sets, Hudson is an all-around local musician.
Rajah Bose: "Middlelife" – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through March 25, Whitworth University’s Bryan Oliver Gallery, 300 W. Hawthorne Road. Photographer Rajah Bose presents a retrospective exhibit exploring his life and developing perspective in images. For more information, visit whitworth.edu and search “Rajah Bose.”
Local train club the River City Modelers invite model train and railroad enthusiasts to the Spokane Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St., for a daylong exhibition featuring more than 200 tables filled with model trains, toy trains, track, railroad collector’s items, photographs, artwork, books, magazines and more.
Spokane-based pianist Archie Chen has performed many times and on different stages with the Spokane Symphony. But, to him, this weekend's performance will be especially meaningful. Last August, he spent 10 days in the ICU recovering from COVID-19. “That time gave me a chance to look back at my life,” he said.
