A news release from the publishers of Sandpoint Magazine and SandpointOnline.com Book reading, discussion set for Oct. 21 SPOKANE, Wash.–The REI store located at 1125 N. Monroe St. in Spokane, hosts a book reading, slide show, discussion and signing with Jane Fritz, author of the popular book “Legendary Lake Pend Oreille: Idaho’s Wilderness of Water.” […]
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A few things to start your month off just right… The 2010 incarnation of TERRAIN arrives at the Music City Building (1011 W. 1st Ave.) on October 1. The art/music extravaganza, now in its third year, includes regional artists and artwork as well as music from James Pants, Yarn Owl, The Soul and the Machine
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Design the 2011 Bloomsday finisher T-shirt! $1,000 for design selected August 12, 2010—The Lilac Bloomsday Association, in cooperation with The Inlander, is now accepting designs for the 2011 finisher T-shirt. Deadline for submitting designs is Monday, September 13, 2010, and the Lilac Bloomsday Association will pay $1,000 for the design selected. Details are on Bloomsday’s
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Two dollars and seventeen cents. Even a super-part-time writer with a part-time day job can afford a bike tune-up for two dollars and seventeen cents. And even if I couldn’t, Pedals2People wouldn’t have turned me away. Bicycles are supposed to be the great equalizer for transportation, but without do-it-yourself know-how, they can cost a lot
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Once upon a time in a rock ‘n’ roll dreamland far, far away (Los Angeles, specifically, or was it somewhere in Utah?), there lived a young man named Bert McCracken. Bert was a hard-working, hard-wailing, formerly straight-edged kid from Utah with a hit song and a young pop princess girlfriend. The song, “The Taste of
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Aww, Fall. A magical time outside in Spokane—leaves falling, changing colors, temperatures dipping back down. I miss you in the fall, Spokane! What’s more, there are all sorts of wonderful things happening during the month of October. First up is TERRAIN on Friday, October 2. Remember this from last year, at the bank building downtown,
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TO START THE MONTH, fall and column off just right, the KNITTING FACTORY has a week of shows worth mentioning (a “craziest week EVER!” kind of week, in fact). September 2, Band of Horses. September 3, Marilyn Manson (“second” show added on August 31). September 5, Modest Mouse. And then for good measure, Michael Franti
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With her lilting, angelic voice, notable crew of backing musicians, and steady schedule of local appearances, KARLI FAIRBANKS has long kept herself at the forefront of Spokane’s music scene. Perhaps it could have been predicted then, but nonetheless let it be said, Fairbanks is about to have a big 2009. Regardless of whether or not
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Painting from Flett’s work of ledger paintings We don’t often do art-related posts but we’ll make an exception for the amazing George Flett, who has a workshop coming up this weekend: TINMAN GALLERY 811 West Garland Spokane WA 99205 For Immediate Use: January 13, 2009 GEORGE FLETT TO LEAD WORKSHOP IN LEDGER PAINTING ON SATURDAY
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If you’ve visited Sandpoint only during the summer, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. There’s a reason this town of nearly 7,000 souls on Lake Pend Oreille has received a swarm of national notice. Sunset magazine labeled it the number eight “dream town” in the west, calling it “a four season outdoorsy resort that’s
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