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Senior Shyla Courchaine receives from Three Springs High a personalized education plan she needed

Thu., June 3, 2021

After moving to Three Springs High School in her sophomore year, Shyla Courchaine began to thrive, falling in love with science, history and physical education.

A&E >  Entertainment

What’s Worth Watching: 10 shows to view during Pride month – well, and every month

UPDATED: Thu., June 3, 2021

Based on decades of cryptic diary entries, “Gentleman Jack” recounts the life of the brilliant and – by 19th century standards – eccentric Anne Lister (Suranne Jones). 

A&E >  Books

Locally Writ: Katee Robert is ‘mildly obsessed with fairy tales and retellings’

Sat., May 29, 2021

Local romance and New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert has always had a devoted fanbase, but this past year, her readership has grown to include an ever-increasing number of “BookTokers.”

A&E >  Art

Arts Wrap: Hilton Als, Best of Broadway, Spokane Arts’ ‘Figure’ and Avenue West

Thu., May 27, 2021

The Hagan Center at Spokane Community College will feature author and essayist Hilton Als next in its virtual “Diversity Dialogues” series at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The presentation is free and open to the public.

A&E >  Entertainment

What’s Worth Watching: Nine shows to binge watch this Memorial Day weekend

UPDATED: Wed., June 2, 2021

The long weekend has arrived, and here are nine shows you might’ve missed over the past several years and a few comedies that are always good for a laugh selected from a long list of shows.

A&E >  Entertainment

Creepy-crawly: Horrors! Seven infestation flicks sure to give you the heebie-jeebies

UPDATED: Tue., May 25, 2021

We may not be seeing or hearing many cicadas on this side of the country, but the idea of an insect infestation on that level – especially one called “Brood X” – is still enough to give anyone the heebie-jeebies.

A&E >  Books

Locally Writ: Master gardener Susan Mulvihill also has a green thumb for writing

Sat., May 22, 2021

Master gardener Susan Mulvihill had her heart set on working at The Spokesman-Review for some time when she landed a job in the classified and advertising department in 1982. 

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Arts Wrap: Inland Northwest Opera kicks off season with ‘The Maid Turned Mistress’

UPDATED: Thu., May 20, 2021

After staged performances, “Opera on the Go” and Seymour Barab’s “Little Red Riding Hood,” Inland Northwest Opera’s 2021 season program is aimed squarely at bringing live opera back to the people.

A&E >  Entertainment

What’s Worth Watching: ‘Army of the Dead’ offers snappy writing, charming characters

UPDATED: Thu., May 20, 2021

Out of the wreckage of an armored Area 51 container walks patient zero, an unsettlingly intelligent superhuman with a taste for human flesh. The “Alpha” infects the remaining soldiers and advances on Las Vegas.

A&E >  Entertainment

Revisiting ‘Wolf Hall’ and the beheadings of Henry VIII

Tue., May 18, 2021

On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded. The official charge against her was treason. But the crime that sent her to the Tower of London was much less hers than it was her husband’s.

A&E >  Books

Resetting ‘Girlhood’: Melissa Febos to discuss her essay collection with Kate Lebo at Auntie’s on Thursday

Sun., May 16, 2021

Melissa Febos’s essay collection, “Girlhood,” takes a hard look at the ugly side of growing up female, the pains of life and the practice of self-compassion. Febos went through puberty earlier than most.

A&E >  Books

Locally Writ: Jonathan Potter’s ‘Tulips for Elsie’ represents years of reflection, development

Sat., May 15, 2021

Born and raised in Spokane, poet Jonathan Potter fell in love with reading and writing during his sophomore year of high school. His second full-length poetry collection, "Tulips for Elsie," is available at Wishing Tree Books.

A&E >  Entertainment

Arts Wrap: Spokane Symphony, Zuill Bailey and two new piano albums

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Next up in the “@Home” spring concert series, the Spokane Symphony will explore art and science with “Concert 4: Painting With Music, Words, Light.” The musical program includes Franz Joseph Haydn.

A&E >  Art

Celebrating Emerge CDA’s ‘re-grand opening’

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

After more than a year of cancellations and closed doors – first due to a fire that left them in need of a building, and second, due to the pandemic – Emerge CDA is set to hit the ground running.

A&E >  Entertainment

What’s Worth Watching: Diving ‘Into the Storm’ that is Q

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Has one of your relatives – perhaps one who has only recently been introduced to the internet – become disconcertingly obsessed with the 17th letter of the English alphabet?  

News >  Features

Maggie Shipstead talks the ‘primordial soup’ of writing and her new novel ‘Great Circle’ at Northwest Passages Book Club

UPDATED: Thu., May 13, 2021

Maggie Shipstead’s “Great Circle” follows aviator Marian Graves through Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London and beyond, as she charts her own course through life and love. Nearly a century later, actress Hadley Baxter is cast as Graves in a biopic chronicling the events leading up to and following her disappearance over Antarctica.

A&E >  Entertainment

Katharine Hepburn holds record for most Oscar wins among actresses with four statuettes

UPDATED: Tue., May 11, 2021

Wednesday marks what would’ve been actress Katharine Hepburn’s 114th birthday, and, nearly 20 years after her death, Hepburn is still in the lead when it comes to winning the most statuettes for acting among women at four.

A&E >  Books

Locally Writ: Eileen Garvin’s debut novel ‘The Music of Bees’ began with a dog and a mohawk

Sat., May 1, 2021

Born and raised in Spokane, author Eileen Garvin was drawn to writing at an early age. “But I spent a long time afraid to jump in,” Garvin said, explaining how she spent years working “on the periphery” of writing.

A&E >  Entertainment

What’s Worth Watching: Be afraid of the dark in Netflix’s riveting ‘Shadow and Bone’

UPDATED: Thu., April 29, 2021

Bullied for their mixed-race parentage, orphans Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) and Malyen Oretsev (Archie Renaux) have always stuck together. Years after leaving the orphanage, they have joined the Ravkan military.

A&E >  Entertainment

Revisiting Chernobyl: Stellar 2019 HBO miniseries recounts 1986 nuclear disaster in the former Soviet Union

UPDATED: Tue., April 27, 2021

HBO’s “Chernobyl” tells the story of what would come to be known as one of the most catastrophic nuclear events in history, revisiting the explosion through the eyes of scientists and party officials.

A&E >  Books

Locally Writ: Jesse DeLong’s ‘The Amateur Scientist’s Notebook’ explores North Idaho farmlands, mines

UPDATED: Sun., April 25, 2021

Growing up in Cocolalla, Idaho, poet Jesse DeLong remembers afternoons spent writing short stories with an elementary school friend and reading as many books as he could get his hands on.

A&E >  Entertainment

Spokane Shakespeare Society announces plans for inaugural season

Sat., April 24, 2021

On the heels of the bard’s 457th birthday, the Spokane Shakespeare Society (S3) has officially announced its incorporation. The society plans to provide a series of free community performances.

A&E >  Entertainment

Inland Northwest Opera is ready to return to the stage

Sat., April 24, 2021

After consulting with SRHD over the last few months of lockdown, Inland Northwest Opera general director Dawn Wolski has programmed a reimagined lineup of live shows for the 2021-22 season.

A&E >  Entertainment

Spokane Valley Summer Theatre announces revised 2021 season lineup

UPDATED: Thu., April 22, 2021

Spokane Valley Summer Theatre has announced a modified 2021 season lineup. And, after a year of waiting for live entertainment, the lineup is a sight for sore eyes.

A&E >  Entertainment

What’s Worth Watching: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan caught up in sci-fi-horror ‘Synchronic’

UPDATED: Wed., April 28, 2021

In Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's 2019 sci-fi-horror "Synchronic," paramedics Steve Denube (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis Dannelly (Jamie Dornan) stumble across a series of bizarre injuries and deaths in New Orleans.