The Spovangelist

Nobody can escape the fact that all kinds of nonprofits, civic institutions and businesses these days are abuzz with how to take advantage of social media. The mania has reached such epic proportions that specialized marketing consultants have come out of the woodwork to meet the demand. Of course the mystique about things like Facebook [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Youth Sustainability Council. To subscribe, send email to: taylorw@community-minded.org Last Friday, commuters and downtown dwellers were confronted with an unusual sight on Main Street. Sandwiched between parked cars in front of Starbucks was a miniature park and garden of local produce put there by members of the YSC as part [...]

Does Spokane have an underground party culture? We’ve heard tales of what People’s Park was like back in ’74 when employees of the Expo got together to unwind at the end of the day. We’ve also heard a lot recently about the punk rock/new wave community that added character to our nightlife back in the [...]

Awhile back we explored some emerging directions in Spokane’s club scene. Last night, at Vintage Hill in Spokane’s SoDo District, we met an interesting character dubbed the “Commander-In-Flirt” of SpokaneFlirts.com. As he described the services available through his agency, I was watched closely for any hint of reaction or understanding. After all, in such an [...]

Spring 4-Ward: Local Micro Media Part 1 From behind the Pinecone Curtain emerges a new voice for the North Side Pirates, those talented yet remote Whitworthians – culled from across the world and every small town within 500 miles. As publications go CORSAIR is still in its infancy, but has the raw material to become [...]

In a time of economic upset, more people find themselves out of work and unable to afford the increasing costs of vocational retraining. One way to gain new skills and demonstrate initiative (whether you’re employed or not) is to volunteer. While some equate volunteering with dishing out gruel at a local soup kitchen, there are [...]

Goodness knows Spokane has its fair share of shortsighted surface parking lots. Even historic buildings have been razed to the ground in their favor. “His legacy is going to be a surface parking lot,” said Halvorson, President of the Spokane Preservation Advocates. “Wendell Reugh has been making money off of real estate investments in Spokane [...]

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 [...]

As a newbie to the Noise genre I was thrilled to encounter a broad variety of artists at the International Noise Conference here in Spokane. Walking up the Object Space staircase made me feel like I was entering the set of a Stanley Kubrick film. It was a foggy and quiet night outside, the wet [...]

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 [...]