(Posted Tuesday) West Coast Entertainment’s Best of Broadway 2015-26 will kick off with the 20th anniversary of “Riverdance,” feature a return engagement of “The Book of Mormon,” and include the classic “42nd Street.” “Riverdance” will return to the INB Performing Arts Center from Oct. 22-25. And before you can say, “You’ll shoot your eye out,” the musical version of “A Christmas Story” will hit town Dec. 3-6.

If you know how to write, the future is yours. That’s particularly true for those wannabes who choose to take part in the writers workshop that will be held Saturday as part of SpoCon 2009, Spokane’s annual sci-fi/fantasy convention.

Africa has always been a literary treasure. Mostly, though, our view of the continent – one that boasts vastly different cultures, from the desert tribes of the northeast to the jungle-dwelling residents of the equatorial region – has been shaped by outsiders.