Music was one of many attractions at Expo '74, with big-name artists including Gordon Lightfoot, Helen Reddy and Buck Owens, among countless others entertaining visitors throughout its six-month...
Similar to many on-again, off-again relationships, the board of the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications center has apparently hit a breaking point and wants the city of Spokane to commit: ...
Expo '74's theme was the environment. If Spokane held another world's fair, what should the theme be? DAVE HAMMER…
The story of Expo '74 is packed with dramatic chapters, narrative rabbit holes, heroes like the guy who went by "King," odd icons like the Garbage Goat and gifts that keep on giving like the U.S...
https://www.inlander.com/culture/expo-74-fifty-years-later-27885323
When we gaze at the skeletal Spokane Pavilion these days, we see instantly recognizable local iconography — a city landmark set amid a thriving downtown park that's truly Expo '74's gift that ...
Amid hot air balloons, giant metal sculptures, flashy sailboats and a flashing Ferris wheel, a handmade sign with black lettering leaned against a small easel…
On Monday, the Spokane City Council passed a consequential — and hotly debated — city ordinance that aims to give tenants additional time to prepare for rent increases…
If you loved live entertainment and you lived in Spokane in 1974, well..…
It's a sunny afternoon in mid-April at Casa Cano Farms…
At the end of the Spokane Symphony's current 78th season, three musicians will put away their music stands for the final time, taking a combined 142 years of symphony percussion experience with ...
Lately, it can be hard to fathom a time when one's average pop culture carte du jour wasn't dominated by content derived from George Lucas' space fantasy universe, especially after the Disney ac...
"But to confess the Truth, I am now too lazy, or too busy to make it shorter." — John Locke (and, presumably, Taylor Swift)…
https://www.inlander.com/music/on-taylor-swift-and-the-trend-of-extremely-overlong-albums-27885356
In the 1980s, Nancy Reagan, then first lady during President Ronald Reagan's administration, helped popularize the phrase "just say no" when it came to recreational drugs…
https://www.inlander.com/news/young-people-arent-consuming-cannabis-like-they-used-to-27885351
I've spent a fair amount of time running around Spokane…
Plus, Washington schools get local food; and City Council will consider another Latah Valley moratorium In a memo to Spokane City Council members last week, Mayor Lisa Brown warned that the city...
When Ryan Arneson was diagnosed with ADHD four years ago, he was inundated with a world of self-help books claiming they could assist him in his day-to-day life…
It all started with Time…
Those who've heard of King Cole likely know that he and his family moved to Spokane in the mid-1960s to help with business-led efforts to reinvigorate the city's downtown…
During the world's fair, the U.S. PAVILION delivered a plea for the environment…
The nature of Eastern Washington and North Idaho is one of the top reasons many live in the Inland Northwest…
I SAW YOU RIVERFRONT BRIDGES & PAVILION: We passed a few times on 4/22 around 4…
It was a shimmering spring day with wisps of cirrus clouds against azure Maxfield Parrish skies…
The "butterfly effect" describes the phenomenon that even small actions can have vast consequences…