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by Andrew Moreno Sam Quinones, LA Times Journalist and author of three acclaimed books of nonfiction, will be reading and signing books at Showalter Auditorium on the EWU Cheney campus this Thursday (2/11) from 3-5 pm. to close the EWU Colloquium on Mexico. The San Francisco Chronicle has called Quinones “the most original writer on … Read more

by Erin Leigh Local novelist and anti-censorship advocate Chris Crutcher will be the first speaker in the Spark Center’s Taproot Speaker Series. The series, designed in the style of TED Talks, features Spokane artists and leaders who will share inspiring stories of the self. As the first featured speaker, Crutcher will take the stage using … Read more

by Tony Payne The Bartlett was standing-room-only Wednesday night, as over a hundred people gathered to watch eleven students from high schools around eastern Washington compete in this year’s Poetry Out Loud Regional Competition. The finalists from the evening, Wesley Thomas of Quincy High School and Lillian Cooley of Liberty Bell High School, will move … Read more

by Alex Baker On Thursday February 25 from 7:00pm-8:30pm at the Spark Center, INK Art Space will be hosting their Scablands Lit Reading Series with author Richard Fifield, who will read from his debut novel The Flood Girls. That’s a lot of information, so let’s break this down. First… What in the world are Scablands? … Read more

by Andrew Moreno Portland author Lidia Yuknavitch— award-winning memoirist, novelist, editor, short-story writer, critic and more— will be visiting Spokane and reading at Auntie’s Bookstore on February 26th at 7:30. You should go. I’m going. But enough about me. In an interview the Rumpus, Yuknavitch said “the membrane between fiction and nonfiction is thin as … Read more

by Andrew Moreno Lilac City Fairy Tales is back! The event returns to the Bing Crosby Theater this Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14. The reading, which features eleven award-winning local writers and two musicians, is a fundraiser for INK Art Space, a Spokane area nonprofit that works to provide arts education to Spokane’s low-income and … Read more

by Alex Baker In the past few years, the stretch of once gravelly and grassy rubble in West Central Spokane between the court house and the Spokane River has become a thriving neighborhood known for food, wine, and— best of all— creativity. Kendall Yards is embracing art in amazing ways. INK Art Space is driving … Read more

by Alex Baker On Thursday, January 28th Auntie’s Bookstore will be holding a Zine Panel Discussion at 7:00 PM. Hold on, wait, zine? Yep, a Zine. A Zine is usually a self-published work of original content— such as narrative pieces, poetry, comics, and photos that touch on a broad range of topics such as intersectional … Read more