No team in 2019 played more base defense – meaning four linemen, three linebackers and four defensive backs – than the Seahawks, who were in it for 68.8% of snaps, according to Pro Football Focus, or roughly 40% more than any other team.

In Spokane, if you say the word “Bloomsday,” everyone immediately thinks – quite rightly – of the road race each May (September, this year), in which 50,000 people flood the streets of the city to run, jog and walk. However, in other parts of the world, from Dublin to New York or at any university English department, “Bloomsday” refers to something entirely different.

With quarantine forcing us to forgo regularly scheduled activities, this is a great opportunity for music lovers to take a deep dive into some of their favorite artists. Do yourself one better and indulge in uninterrupted listening of your favorite albums.

Spring in Scotland arrives slowly and reluctantly, making its way in fits and starts designed to take the walker and gardener by surprise. A day of warm sunshine can sour to freezing rain in half a minute, and frosts can strike without warning.

Complicated only begins to describe the enigmatic but extraordinarily gifted and daring Fiona Apple. The angst-ridden singer-songwriter is fragile and tough. During interviews, Apple has been surprisingly revealing, yet she becomes Johnny Carson reclusive in between albums while retreating to her Venice Beach, California, home.

Gary Norton, owner of Silverwood Theme Park and Boulder Beach Water Park, sent a COVID-19 update -- “a message to our guests” -- this morning via email. Here is Norton’s message.

There are beloved movies you’ll stop to watch no matter what while flipping through the dozens of TV channels. It doesn’t matter if the film has just started, the breakup has occurred, or it’s about 10 minutes until the reconciliation, sealed with a kiss in the rain or snow, that wraps it all up.

Everyone in the entertainment industry has had to evolve with coronavirus restrictions, and for late-night television that means things have become a bit more laid-back. Many hosts have turned to broadcasting from home for a quieter and less-polished production, but their innovations offer a uniquely entertaining and heartening experience.

With Gov. Jay Inslee’s “stay home, stay healthy” order in effect, we’re all gearing up for another weekend at home. Luckily, the streaming options for the arts are only becoming more numerous. If ever there was a time to catch up on a few expertly crafted miniseries like HBO’s “Chernobyl” and all the other TV series your friends have been pestering you about, it is now. Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera will stream its 2012 production of Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung,” conducted by Fabio Luisi and starring Deborah Voigt, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Waltraud Meier, Jay Hunter Morris, Iain Paterson, Eric Owens and Hans-Peter König. The last opera in Wagner’s “Ring Cycle,” “Götterdämmerung” continues the ring of power’s journey to its final resting place. If you loved J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” but have ever thought that it needed fewer Urukhai, more singing and/or more being “(cast) into the fire,” this is the show for you.

“La Algajira” opens Friday at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium and continues through March 15.

Wash your damn hands and march into First Friday with your head held high and eyes wide open. Otherwise you might miss the beauty you need to stay healthy.

The Monster Jam Triple Threat Series was at the Spokane Arena from Feb. 21-23, and I attended my first

Margaret Cho is a trailblazer. She is credited as being the first successful Asian American comedienne in a field still fairly dominated by men. The Korean American who grew up in San Francisco has always been open about her sexuality and is an LGBTQ icon.

The Spokane International Film Festival has become one of the most culturally diverse experiences in the Inland Northwest. Now entering its 22nd year, SpIFF has always prided itself on offering a wide range of films from all over the world.

The prestigious James Beard Foundation this morning announced its 2020 Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists, and the list includes “Top Chef” Season 13 cheftestant Chad White of Spokane for his ceviche restaurant Zona Blanca at 154 S. Madison St. in downtown Spokane.

Three concerts were announced today at the new-and-improved Pavilion at Riverfront as part of the Spokane Pavilion Concerts series.

If you think the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day are the only celebrations this frigid month of February, you’re wrong. The biggest – well, tastiest – of them all is on the 27th honoring a cook-off favorite and the official dish of Texas. It’s National Chili Day.

Korn is on the road and rocks the Spokane Arena on Wednesday. The rock genre has been through many changes through the years. Grunge started in 1988 courtesy of Seattle-based Nirvana, and nü metal kicked off in 1994 courtesy of Korn, a five-piece band from Bakersfield, California. It’s a small city encompassed by rural farms and sentiment, not unlike Spokane.

A major must-see on this weekend’s Spokane’s Winter Arts Tour is the bustling First Friday Art Walk.