The Spovangelist

As the cornerstone of the Northwest, Washington has a rich and colorful women’s empowerment history. As a frontier town inside of a frontier state, Spokane has it’s own unique feminist heritage to boast. Making a comeback from the housewifery of the 50′s, a lecture society called the Spokane College Women’s Association was founded in 1963 [...]

Almost everyone has a spot they can go to when they need to get away from it all. A place that is familiar, provides some solace, and offers perspective. It is that “special place” that meditation tapes ask you to visualize when they want you to relax. As a destination Egg Rock has several advantages. [...]

Santa sure came through for us this year in the Spovangelist camp. That said, some of our sillier concepts often get held back by the scarcity (or unwillingness to purchase) certain objects of key importance. The projects that would require the following have not yet been revealed. How would you use these wish list items [...]

I’ve often wondered, what are Spokane’s cultural exports? At the top of the list would surely be Bing Crosby, likable, easy-on-the-ears mega star of the 1940s and beyond. What effect might growing up in Spokane have on such famous personalities, if any at all? An appreciation of the simple life? Humility? A sense of colloquial [...]

Wristbands… What if we were to transform these insignificant strips of Tyvek and plastic into the talk of the town? Instead of snipping them off of our arms and into the garbage after a long weekend, they’d be functional art objects. They’d provoke curiosity, thought and awareness among their wearers, and would foster friendly conversation [...]

There are a few intentional living communities in Spokane currently, but most of them are small, suburban and affiliated with a church community or service organization. They are great social assets to the area because their members are energetic and willing to volunteer in a broad variety of efforts. Two examples are Knox House and [...]

We all know what a party is, so what the hell is a charrette? The word charrette may refer to any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of charrettes vary, they often take place in multiple sessions. Self-selected groups present their thoughts to [...]

Despite the sluggish economy a whole crop of new nightclubs have opened up in Spokane this year. Yet at the same time certain theater and live music locations have struggled to stay open, with some closing their doors altogether. Does the clubbish bent to these new venues mean Spokane is becoming a generic and predictable [...]

The Blog Bible authors have said it best in describing this little project. We’ve heard about the community trust that sales proceeds will benefit,  reflected on our motivations for writing, gotten the word out, embraced the novelty, met one another and upped the ante for blogging in Spokane overall. Handbill compliments of Dreyer Press. If [...]

Well we’ve been at it again over here at the Spovangelist, rousing the rabble and fanning the flames of a truly cohesive community network. This time we’ve teamed up with fourteen local bloggers to cooperatively produce a 28 page pocketbook guide to the local blogosphere – the Spokane Blog Bible. Two months, 300 emails, imposing [...]