The Spovangelist

When I first spotted this garment in an attempt to find a picture of the Boo Radley’s “Can” T-shirt, I wondered if someone had picked up on my idea to create a Spokane Alumni Society. It would be a fun way to network former residents and enlist them as civic ambassadors and business connections between [...]

“You love to travel but you’re no tourist. No guidebooks. No sightseeing buses. No package deals. You know a country’s best-kept secrets cannot be found between the pages of Fodor’s or a slick brochure. You know better than anyone else these places can only be found off the beaten track.” What do Ashland, Eugene, LaGrange, [...]

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 [...]

Spring 4-Ward: Local Micro Media Part 2 Spovangelist reader, freelance writer and Gonzaga student Brittany Wilmes beat us to the punch on this story. Read her insightful interview (excerpted below) with SPOKE(a)N(e) Magazine editors Tyson and Sara Habein. To summarize, SPOKE(a)N(e) Magazine is a monthly .pdf publication that features the people, places and events of [...]

Spokane writ 581 x 154 pixels in orange and lime! Gerik Asher, in case you weren’t aware, is a street art duo bent on adding a little color and whim to the city of Spokane. This panorama can’t be done justice squeezed into the confines of our WordPress software, so you’ll just have to imagine [...]

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 [...]

Spokane’s exciting new crop of independent magazines. Something aside from spring is in the air. March April and May this year will witness the launch of four (count ‘em, 4!) new independently produced interest magazines. Each has its own focus and mission, and each carries new promise for the growth and improvement of Spokane’s local [...]

It isn’t very often we stumble across local agencies that tell their story so well it needs no annotation. Bravo, behold and admire: Blue Button Apparel is a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to changing the world both locally and globally.  Located in Spokane, we produce premium quality custom apparel for organizations who care about the [...]

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 [...]