Courtesy Garland Theater The historic cinema s marquee displayed this message for most of the past year and a half while closed. W
hen staff at the Garland Theater were updating the venue s iconic marquee at the corner of Garland and Monroe earlier this week, passing drivers enthusiastically reacted to the sight, a sure sign of its reopening. People were driving by and cheering and honking, says the theater s manager, Jasmine Barnes. It hadn t been touched all this last year. I got a little teary eyed. After being completely closed since March 2020, about 16 months, the 1945-built, single-screen discount movie theater is ready to welcome back patrons this Friday, July 23.
Scoops & Bowls
Urban Art Co-op and Pottery Studio s annual fundraiser was, like everything else, on hiatus last year. Locals can get a handmade bowl and ice cream, however, when the event returns this summer. Hosted in idyllic Manito Park, Scoops & Bowls offers a wide selection of handmade bowls for purchase; each piece lovingly handmade by a member of the studio and art education center. Anyone who buys a bowl gets to enjoy some ice cream, too, and while the summer treat isn t served in your new bowl for several health and safety reasons, you ll be able to enjoy plenty more scoops in it at home in days to come. All funds raised help keep the studio s doors open so that current and future students can take classes, and members can use its equipment to craft their next masterpiece.
Reason 56: Take a vax selfie, rake in the Instagram likes.
We ve spent a year trapped in a nightmare. We ve seen a half-million people die in the U.S. We ve watched the places we ve loved boarded up and bankrupted. We ve gone crazy inside locked down, shut in and fed up. And we ve watched the world go crazy outside a soaring murder rate, riots, insurrection and Instagram videos of people screaming at Walmart greeters about masks. The good news is this is the kind of nightmare you can pinch yourself and wake up from. All we have to do is tap our heels together three times, poke your arm once or twice, and we can all go home again. The problem is that to truly banish the nightmare to stop the deaths, free the businesses, get rid of the masks everyone has to join in the ritual. Whether because of fear, misinformation or simple procrastination, a huge chunk of the Inland Northwest hasn t been vacc
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ve loved vintage fashion since I was a teen, thanks to an early discovery of 1960s pop culture, plus the nostalgia of playing dress-up in pieces from my grandmother s closet long before. A rewatch of
Downton Abbey and its period-perfect 1920s costumes, however, recently spurred a renewed quest to expand my vintage collection. Instead of late-night Instagram scrolling, I m scouring Etsy and eBay for the next perfect piece in my size and for the right price. My most exciting recent acquisition is an incredible Depression-era dress with a storied past. and present. The calf-length dress was definitely homemade, but not for everyday wear. I imagine it was its maker s Sunday best. The bodice is sheer, white cotton with little cap sleeves and a long row of 28 tiny, decorative mother-of-pearl buttons down a front panel with pleated ruffles on either side. The A-line skirt is navy blue silk with flat-sewn pleats that radiate down from a high, empire waist.
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og in to your Spokane Public Library account between now and May 2 to cast a vote for what could become the city of Spokane s next official flag. A team of local citizens and artists have been leading efforts to refresh the city s flag a design introduced back in 1975 for the past two years, forming the Spokane Flag Commission in fall 2019. Four hundred submissions from the public were initially considered and narrowed down to 100 finalists for a public poll in December 2020. Now, the Commission is asking the public to vote for their four favorites among 12 finalists, designs its members feel reflect a diversity of styles and inspirations while falling within the guidelines we set out in our opening meetings.