The Spovangelist

Recently I had a rather humiliating experience while trying to get to know a new guy via text. I met Mr. Text through a mutual friend after a super fun night of dancing to the B-Radicals. Since he was cute, a great dancer and asked for my number I gave it to him, something I’ve [...]

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately … I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. The reasons Thoreau once gave for his retreat into the forest near Walden Pond are eerily similar to our own reasons for moving to Spokane last month after ten years [...]

My quest to find more substantial love in the Lilac City took an interesting turn one night when I met The Priest. The Priest was everything I was looking for in a man; witty, passionate, good looking, and able to engage in serious conversation. He challenged me in a way few men had. His passion was [...]

I spent part of last week doorbelling for the local candidate, Andy Billig. This time around, I had a list of registered voters in the neighborhood so I could know which houses to stop to encourage them to vote. In the Upriver Drive area, about every five houses were registered, but on one block, there [...]

If ancient Greece had the Agora and ancient Rome had the Forum, what is Spokane’s modern day equivalent? One might think that Riverfront Park plays this role because large numbers of people gather there, but such events only take place a few days out of the year. There is no daily market activity in the [...]

Spokane’s own “loudest and proudest” will be representing our city at the third annual Honk! Fest West in Seattle this weekend. Honk! Fest is a wild and bacchanalian conference of alternative marching bands that get together to watch each other perform, trade tricks and tips on how to be the best bands they can be, [...]

Some of the very same cultural creatives who were involved in bringing you Terrain, Intoxicated Dreams and the Noise Conference are now teaming up for a first-ever collected works art event at the Spokane Boxing gym on East Sprague. What is a collected works show, you ask? Basically it is where local art collectors package, [...]

Just one year ago a handful of Spovangelites cemented my resolve to start a (mostly) young women’s group called the Spokane Shrinking Violet Society. It is startling what has grown in its place since that time. Hundreds of participants, dozens of lifelong friendships, and nearly 80 events later, we have firmly established what we set [...]

Spokane is beautiful, don’t you ever forget it. Can you name every mural in this video? Do you recognize all the different neighborhoods? I love how uniquely Spokane this is, yet the pavilion and clock tower are nowhere in sight. How cool is it that this band held their last CD release party at a [...]

Collectives, whether they identify as such or not, are the lifeblood of a vibrant scene. While local music has reshuffled in preparation for another boom, local art has grown steadily to include more and more opportunities for young artists to showcase their work and build a following. The next four months are packed with more [...]