Tagging along with Spokane’s paranormal investigators Carey Jackson

My experience as a naïve middleman in the cloak-and-dagger apple trade Brad Myers

Yeah, Steve Martin is good at everything. So what? Joel Smith

Tribal Fusion belly dance takes on a Halloween twist Erika Prins

In String of Pearls, easy labels crumble Michael Bowen

All the world’s a chessboard, and all the men and women merely pieces Daniel Walters

A story that could just as easily be told in a regular book is so much quirkier in graphic novel form Leah Sottile

Why is sureness considered a sign of strength? Maybe feeling sure about an issue is misguided. Sometimes it’s better to remain in Doubt. Michael Bowen

Sherman Alexie fires back against the storytelling tradition of moralistic, resolved fables Terri Schlichenmeyer

The Spokane Arena gives audience members the power to defeat the worst type of fan Daniel Walters

On the eve of his biggest performance ever, Dan Cummins has learned nothing so much as this: It’s complicated and frustrating being funny. Luke Baumgarten

Steve Martin, The Lion King, Built to Spill and other art happenings in November Carrie Scozzaro, Joel Smith, Leah Sottile, Michael Bowen, Ted S. McGregor, Jr.

The guy who brought the Lenin statue to Seattle also enjoys casting road kill in bronze Leah Sottile

Jess Walter's new book, The Financial Lives of Poets, was released yesterday. He'll read from it tonight at Auntie's, with an after-party at Zola. Luke Baumgarten

If you won a Best Featured Actor award — even just in Spokane — you'd write home to Mama, too. Michael Bowen