Tag Archives: Creative Culture

An Open Letter to the Spokanite in all of us

This is a letter written by the woman I have the biggest lady crush on. She’s darn cute, super smart and is the lead singer of a band. If she and I both had not found our respective significant others I would ask her to run away with me (except not away, like to Browne’s [...]

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Tossed and Found

Although the name Tossed and Found may suggest a company of avid dumpster divers, the five-month-old Monroe St. antique/ modern find shop is all about class with a Spokane specialty. I wandered in to Tossed and Found one Sunday afternoon while I was trying to figure out what the heck happened to the other half [...]

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Let’s Talk about SEXT, Baby

Let’s Talk about SEXT, Baby

2010 has been a year of great strides and dialogues surrounding gender, sexual orientation and equality. Beginning with the “It Gets Better” campaign, the strong local showing against the abhorrent bigotry of the Westboro Baptist Church and ending with the senate decision to repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, we’ve made great strides. The [...]

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The Other GSL Sport

The Other GSL Sport

Armed with only a pen and a flow chart for notes, debaters are “athletes” who don’t need cleats for a clash but the knowledge of how to tie a tie. An athlete might need a helmet. Not here. Most of the time, an egg timer will serve you just as well. It’s the kind of fight you [...]

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How Blue the Sky

Sometimes I wonder what kind of response the Spovangelist would get if it published an article on the blueness of the sky. -Lentil, Spovangelist Commentator Your wish is my command. With all the snow and slush over the past few days I was lucky to borrow a car from family that was out of town [...]

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