When Washington state's second indoor dining ban of 2020 was enacted back in mid-November to slow the spread of COVID-19, dozens of local restaurants scrambled to move their tables back outdoors, where guests from the same household can still gather to enjoy a meal....

Spokane native Sydney Sweeney is just 23, yet she’s been working as an actress since 2009; now, with a number of high-profile roles to her credit, she’s clearly on the path to stardom. To help restaurants and the homeless in her hometown, she recently donated $12,000....

New Year's Eve is synonymous with celebration, especially at a time when we’re hoping that the coming year is going to be better than the last. But the very circumstances that made 2020 such a slog will keep festivities muted as the clock strikes midnight. The music...

If Don Poffenroth had his druthers, he probably wouldn’t be relocating Dry Fly Distilling at the height of a global pandemic. But you can’t always choose exactly how events will unfold, and this particular $4.5 million move to a larger building has been in the works...

    Since 2014, the Winter Glow holiday display has been making spirits bright as it’s hopped from venue to venue before ending up in its current home in Liberty Lake. For 2020, Winter Glow has returned to Orchard Park, offering a social distancing-friendly...

Spokane County’s libraries are proving flexible in order to serve the community through the pandemic Local libraries aren't what they used to be. Gone is the stereotypical stuffy repository of books, replaced by a hub of activity for all ages occurring both inside the...

From hands-on learning to virtual classes, home cooks have lots of choices to help expand their skills in Spokane For many people, one of the earliest, most comforting places to pick up a shutdown hobby was the kitchen, whether baking bread, cooking new recipes or...

It's hard to imagine celebrating the end of a year quite so joyously as we’ll celebrate the end of 2020. For so many of us, it’s been the most challenging year of our lives. Between home-schooling our kids, navigating the state’s unemployment system for the first...

The arts and culture sector has been beaten down by the pandemic, and it will take all of us to keep it alive in 2021 and beyond By Melissa Huggins The cultural community in Spokane is resilient, tough, and accustomed to making magic with few resources. Artists have...

The Big Dipper and other local music venues are still waiting to stage live shows again The banner that's covering the entire facade of THE BIG DIPPER is designed to make you stop and read it. The all-ages music venue, which has sat on the corner of Washington and...