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Spokane Scene no. 15

There was apparently a bit of a kerfuffle last week when Kellita Smith, the actress who stars in SyFy’s Z + more

Guessing Game

Happy Friday, everyone! To add a bit of mystery and intrigue to your day, try guessing which mug belongs to + more

This Week, on “Wild Kingdom”…

At this year’s Spokane County Interstate Fair, visitors can check out beef and dairy cattle (including a particularly impressive display + more

In Memoriam

Today seems like a good day to listen to Terry Riley’s One Earth, One People, One Love—one of 10 “spacescapes” + more

Quote of the Day

Pete Christlieb, who played the sax solo on Steely Dan’s “Deacon Blues” (Aja, 1977), on the creative process: “I went over + more

Today in History

From the diary of A. C. Benson, September 8, 1904: “A verger took a party round [York Minster], and talked + more

“You gotta live my way or you don’t live.”

Jim Knipfel over at Den of Geek! takes a look at “The High Strangeness of the Original Walking Tall Trilogy”—and + more

Miscellany

“Some people like to think that what they wear is free from artifice. But it never is.” Amish bodice bonnet-rippers. Got + more

Sausage and Onions with Extra Cheese, Please

Is this a thing? I mean, that’s cool and all—we certainly won’t judge. Back in the 70s and 80s, though, + more

Road Trip

In the southwestern corner of Montana, far from even the distant sounds of civilization, lies the little town of Bannack. + more

Spokane Scene no. 14

The summit of Mt. Kit Carson is just a one-hour drive and a one-hour hike from downtown Spokane—a pretty small + more

“Sketch briefly Sir Walter Rawleigh…”

Wanna feel dumb? Take a gander at this 1912 high-school entrance exam, courtesy of the Bullitt County History Museum. Now, it’s been + more

Miscellany

Alex Ross on the curious intersection of classical music and popular culture. Now this is a bridge too far: small-batch, + more

August 6

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the world’s first act of nuclear warfare. Depending on one’s politics, the detonation of Little Boy + more

Fight! Fight!

Sebastian Thrun sounds downright triumphalist in his Pacific Standard post about artificial intelligence: We need to prepare for a world + more

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