The Spovangelist

You may have caught wind of a developing project called Sustainable September. Along with a growing cadre of partners, Spokane’s Community-Minded Enterprises has catalyzed planning for a whole month of sustainability-related education events this September. The purpose of the event is to increase awareness and foster relationships that will lead to a more environmentally and [...]

It’s nice to come back from vacation and be greeted with community recognition. This award means more coming from you, so thanks for sharing the Spovangelist with the general public. Also, congratulations to Spokane food blogs From The Back Kitchen and Taste Everything Once for their outstanding work.  With David Blaine on the production side [...]

Every city has its costume contests, but just imagine the results of an Inland Empire themed competition! Sure there are the obvious options; marmots, Kevin Coe, Lilac Princesses and the rest. But what about uniquely local interpretations of otherwise generic Halloween themes? Forget Sarah Palin, dress up as Mayor Mary Verner instead. Jazz up your [...]

Spokane needs a local independent sports blogger. When I say “local” and “independent” that is exactly what I mean. The vast majority of sports blogs out there are products of the newspaper industry trying to make the digital jump. But for some reason these “sports blogs” don’t seem to be very much fun at all. [...]

The Inland Empire would strongly benefit from creating a Regional Coordinator of Young Adult Marketing Initiatives to address the problem of talented young people fleeing our area. This savvy and passionate person would do the following: Collect, organize and compare all the existing demographic data that describes the composition, behavior, assets and outlooks of young [...]

Unsurprisingly, the well-meaning mobsters from NC failed to set the world record for largest water balloon fight Bloomsday Sunday. At around 3:15 a dwindling crowd of mostly high school students were already starting to dry off in the pre-summertime heat. Spovangelist diagnoses this minor disappointment as a simple case of “Too Little Too Late”. The [...]

Apparently some recent North Central grads want to set a record for the world’s largest water balloon fight over Bloomsday Sunday. The last time this happened was in Sydney, Australia in 2006. The event was sponsored by Xbox and involved 2,849 participants throwing ~55,000 balloons. Before that the record was held by a group in [...]

As a native Spokanite I find it curious bumping into tourists downtown. The father of a well groomed family (probably from Montana) will walk over and ask “Can you please tell me where the Imax is at?” This prompts a thought experiment: What would it be like to vacation in Spokane? Would it be . [...]

Consider: Portland Population: ~568,380 Spokane Population: ~202,900 If my math is correct, why with only 2.8 times the density does Portland seem to have ten times the artists, independent designers, street theater projects, fashion boutiques, experimental gallery spaces, garage bands, music festivals, and conceptual media makers? IT JUST ISN’T FAIR! We all know that birds [...]