The Spovangelist

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 [...]

I did not write this ode. It means so much more that somebody else did. Cheers to the person who loved our city enough to so sincerely say goodbye. Cheers To My Spokane By Anonymous on Pg. 58 in the September 3rd Inlander, 2009 Cheers to the mid-size city by the river, my home. To [...]

“This July 4th, let’s declare our food independence by sourcing the ingredients for our holiday meals as locally, sustainably and deliciously as possible, and let’s ask our elected officials to do the same.” Spokane is proud to be an All-American City. What better way to act on our patriotism than to celebrate the bounty of [...]

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 [...]

Happy Birthday Blog! A lot has changed over the last twelve months. Venues and restaurants have come and gone, and countless numbers of people have too. KYRS Thin Air Radio has a whole slew of new shows on the air, and is getting ready to reach Chewelah, Loon Lake and Deer Park with 6,000 watts [...]

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 [...]

Last Saturday marked the kick-off of the 100th birthday anniversary countdown for our city’s Looff Carousel. Bribed with free cake and eager to get back into the swing of things, we decided to check it out. Beyond the oft repeated “fun facts,” a visit to the carousel (or carry-us-all) reveals a shining example of civic [...]

The Blog Bible posters are complete and popping up around town at your favorite hangouts and destinations. This is perhaps Spokane’s first ever consumer driven grassroots Buy Local campaign. Poster compliments of Trey at DumbGun. The Spokane Blog Bible is a handmade miniature guide to the Spokane blogoshpere. Cooperatively produced by a motley crew of [...]