The Spovangelist

The Spovangelist loves Rainbows. We also love Collectives. What could possibly be more exciting than combining the two? People “in the know” have had Spokane wheatpasting on the radar for quite sometime. Even the mainstream media has finally taken note. This week’s Photographer’s Eye calls for information about the mystery artist.  What most tend to [...]

Spearheaded by some forward thinking employees at GSI, the mission of SAAMI is to “create and epicenter for music, education, production, and consumption run by and for people of all ages. This initiative will seek to effect dynamic economic development and community transformation by incubating our existing creative culture and by attracting young people from [...]

Did you realize Spokane has its own homegrown DIY biannual fashion event? Neither did we until a co-worker tipped us off to this emerging alternative vendor extravaganza. Runway Renegades doubled attendance for its second showing this year and has big plans to grow organically as the audience, designers and volunteers build on each others’ synergistic [...]

Spovangelist spends a lot of personal time filling in the communication gaps about what is happening around town. This includes everything from forwarding event emails, writing up Public Service Announcements for KYRS, creating event listings online, and passing out handbills and party invites.  Too often people interested in certain things have a really hard time [...]

Fall brings the smell of wood smoke and frosted pine needles to the Inland Northwest. This signals its time to make the 15 minute pilgrimage out to Green Bluff to enjoy the best of fall before temperatures drop and snow begins to blanket the area. One thing Spovangelist loves about the Apple and Harvest Festivals [...]

If the squeaky wheel gets the grease Spokane is no exception where sometimes our wheels can seem a little tired, indifferent, invisible or ready to fall off altogether. Regardless of your message or agenda, here are a few fail safe tips for getting your word out on the street: Come to grips with your own [...]

It’s been said before, and it’s worth saying again: We all have a lot to look forward to with the arrival of the Main Market Co-op in it’s NEW and much improved retail location. This just in from the Downtown Spokane Partnership’s “Street Talk” newsletter: Main Market Grocery Cooperative Begins Membership Drive and Announces a [...]

Wonderground sprang to life when five Spokanites decided that throwing a rad art and music party wasn’t enough to make a significant and lasting impact on the cultural life of our city. The idea was to lay the foundation for an action group of creative volunteers that would evolve organically, terraforming the local landscape over [...]

Many people dismiss blogs as “echo chambers” that endlessly circulate tired complaints or grand ideas that never gain traction in the real world. But at Spovangelist we take brakes from typing to roll up our sleeves and implement a few of our more attainable concepts. The first of these, a Young Artist Symposia & Music [...]