The Spovangelist

If you like the smell of the forest freshly covered in dew on a crisp morning during a camping trip, then you will like the smell of a worm bin. Yes, that is right. A bin full of slimy, wriggling little red worms is worth a whiff or two. Vermicomposting is a recent hobby of [...]

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 [...]

Imagine how creeped out you would feel if you woke up, checked your email, and received a Google Alert for a profile of yourself that you never created?
Then imagine if someone pretended to be your blog. Even weirder, right?

Duplicate profile names happen all the time, but actual impersonation takes it to a whole new level. [...]

The excitement of who’s-who at last Friday’s 4th Annual Sommy Awards got us thinking about band names. But we’ll leave all the juicy details of the Sommy’s up to Skywalk Sensation, a local live music blog who’d be remiss in failing to cover the big event.
Meanwhile we’ll take the subject of Spokane music in a [...]

We hope to see more of this coming to a City Hall near you!

I’ve often wondered, what are Spokane’s cultural exports?
At the top of the list would surely be Bing Crosby, likable, easy-on-the-ears mega star of the 1940s and beyond. What effect might growing up in Spokane have on such famous personalities, if any at all? An appreciation of the simple life? Humility? A sense of colloquial humor? [...]

“Oh no, here she goes again!”
My friends automatically cringe at the word.
It doesn’t matter the context or the subject at hand. As soon as I say it:
*COMMUNITY*
Eyes start to roll, people look out the window, and shift around uncomfortably in their chairs. What is so threatening about this word?
Sadly it seems in today’s culture [...]