Leveling Up
Spokane’s Lester Bloom is living a childhood dream making video games; his first solo project PlanTechtor is out this month.
WoW Me
A Spokane couple met online playing World of Warcraft while living across the country from each other. They just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
Atomic Parable
Sharma Shields’ highly anticipated novel The Cassandra recounts a dark slice of state history with a prescience for the future of nuclear politics.
More Than Meets the Eye
An unlikely entity has taken me fully into its fold. I’m completely obsessed with the Transformers.
Gateway to Adventure
Nearly 45 years after its creation, a fantasy game played with paper, pencil and dice is having its biggest year yet in the Inland Northwest and around the globe.
Escape to the Shire
The Spokane End hobbit house shares many parallels with its inspirational namesake, Bilbo Baggins’ home, Bag End, in the Shire’s Hobbiton.
Signs of Time
Showcasing a love for the Inland Northwest landmarks is the primary inspiration for many of Staggs & Staggs’ designs.
Making a Movement
For nearly two-and-a-half decades, Spokane was without a professional dance company. Vytal Movement Dance Company is changing that.
Urban Art Awakening
Full-time muralist Daniel Lopez’s luminous, soft-edged paintings adorn prominent buildings, traffic underpasses, back alleys and restaurant patios.
Small Town Revival
On a hot, dry and dusty August afternoon, the main street through Harrington is mostly deserted but for the occasional wheat truck roaring in off the highway, heading towards towering grain elevators at the south end of town.