Sep 2-8, 2010

Vol. 17, No. 47

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Local News

The Cleaner

Brent Riddle makes tragedy disappear, one bloody sponge at a time.

By Joel Smith
Aug 31, 2010
Local News

What's the Deal With...…?

Your (imaginary) construction traffic questions answered.

By Joel Smith
Sep 1, 2010
Local News

The Volt Wrangler

Working on power poles is a deceptively nerve-wracking line of work.

By Dan Herman
Aug 31, 2010
Local News

The Vindow Viper

Hanging on a string above the streets of Spokane. How much would they have to pay you?

By Daniel Walters
Sep 1, 2010
Local News

Under Review

When will we know what happened in last week’s officer-involved shooting?

By Nicholas Deshais
Sep 1, 2010
Local News

The Pains Taker

When you spend your days bearing other people’s tragedies, what do you when you go home at night?

By Heidi Groover
Sep 1, 2010
Local News

Back in Biz

Spokane’s Sterling Savings regroups and, for now, appears to be on stable footing.

By Daniel Walters
Sep 1, 2010
Local News

The Creosote Crawler

Scraping tar, restoring crumbled brickwork, discovering dead animals — today’s chimney sweep is no Dick Van Dyke.

By Michael Bowen
Sep 1, 2010
Columns & Letters

Slippery Slopes

Comparisons to the Ground Zero mosque have been, by and large, fanciful and far-fetched.

By Robert Herold
Sep 1, 2010
Columns & Letters

Dream Castle

Maybe pricey real estate has been too expensive all along.

By Ted S. McGregor Jr.
Sep 1, 2010

Arts & Culture

College Football Preview

James Montgomery is back on his feet after a frightening incident last season. (Plus, profiles of all area teams.)

By Howie Stalwick
Sep 1, 2010
Arts & Culture

Hybrid Hippies

A new generation shows us the other side of the Rainbow People.

By Jordy Byrd
Sep 1, 2010
Arts & Culture

'Long for This World,' Jonathan Weiner

Reading Long for This World will make you feel like a lot of time has gone by.

By Michael Bowen
Sep 1, 2010

Food News

Pig Out 2010: The Food

Our quaint group cookout hits the half-century mark... of vendors.

By Blair Tellers
Sep 1, 2010

Movie Reviews

Class Warrior

One of the most humanist movies ever to feature such a staggeringly high body count.

By Maryann Johanson
Sep 3, 2010
Movie Reviews

Harry Brown

A look at vigilantes and the disturbingly authentic limitations of law enforcement.

By Maryann Johanson
Sep 1, 2010
Movie Reviews

Tall Tales

A hermit throws his own funeral party. Bill Murray is happy to help.

By Maryann Johanson
Sep 1, 2010
Movie Reviews

Sons of Anarchy

Hellboy and the mom from Married ... With Children team up.

By Daniel Walters
Sep 1, 2010
Movie Reviews

Italian Snow Job

Leave it to those sneaky Swedes to ruin an assassin’s much-needed vacation.

By Ed Symkus
Sep 1, 2010
Movie Reviews

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Loaded with plenty of original style and even more unoriginal flaws.

By Marty Demarest
Sep 1, 2010

Music News

'The Deadbeat Verbatus,' Faus

The local hardcore outfit shows depth, promise and insight on their debut full-length.

By Leah Sottile
Sep 1, 2010
Music News

Live or Die

Sure, buy a Japandroids record. But don’t call yourself a fan until you’ve seen them live.

By Seth Sommerfeld
Sep 1, 2010
Music News

'A Wolf in Hipster’s Clothing,' The Toy Garden

It took the Toy Garden a long time to get to where it is. And we're sure glad they stuck around.

By Leah Sottile
Sep 1, 2010
Music News

Family Values

Stephen Kellogg and the power of home and love.

By Jeff Echert
Sep 1, 2010
Music News

Pig Out 2010: The Music

Four decades after Woodstock, Sha Na Na will play a different meadow - probably with fewer hippies.

By Jordy Byrd
Sep 1, 2010
Music News

Honky-Tonk Hootie

What happened to Hootie without the Blowfish? Country music, actually.

By Alan Sculley
Sep 1, 2010