AVISTA ARTISTS
Avista has been building a metro substation at the corner of Third and Post in downtown Spokane for the past year or so. Construction on the interior won't be complete until mid-2027, but the facade is nearly done and includes some amazing contributions from local artists Aaron Smith and Stacie Boyer. The paintings fixed to the outside walls of the building were created under the theme "We All Belong." Smith's painting depicts a view of Spokane from the South Hill at dusk while Boyer's (above) leans into the beautiful nature surrounding our city with rolling wheat fields and wildlife. (MADISON PEARSON)
BANG-UP BUILDING
Last June, the Spokane County Library District celebrated the grand opening of the brand-new Spokane Valley Library branch. The excitement was palpable throughout the community, and it seems that excitement made its way to the American Institute of Architects' Washington branch, which bestowed the Washington Council Civic Design Merit Award to the building on Sept. 19. The award celebrates "the best examples of what can be realized when architects and civic clients work together." Spokane-based Integrus Architecture designed the branch and shared the award with the library district. (MADISON PEARSON)
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
Noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online on Oct. 18.JAPANDROIDS, FATE & ALCOHOL
The best two-piece band ever says goodbye with one final salvo of purely distilled anthemic rock bliss.
PHANTOGRAM, MEMORY OF A DAY
Get ready to hit the dance floor as New York duo Phantogram lean into the alluring, glistening shimmer of their early electro pop day on the group's first album in four years.
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA & EISA DAVIS, THE WARRIORS
The Hamilton mastermind teams up with fellow musical playwright Eisa Davis (with Nas on production) to craft an concept album musical based on the 1979 New York City gang warfare cult classic film, The Warriors. (SETH SOMMERFELD)
