A&E

Editor’s note: Annie is away. This was originally published in 2022.

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to our monthly letters column. Cold weather is here, and the annual flu season is ramping up. The dominant virus this year, H3N2, is a nasty bug that can cause severe symptoms. If you haven’t had your flu shot yet, we urge you to book an appointment. The vaccine lowers the risk of severe illness and being hospitalized. And now, on to your letters.

As local fusion group Organism continues their return from hiatus, they will be providing those at Hamilton Studios with reimagined versions of 1980s classics.

Amber Laiche, owner and director of Laiche Dance Center, always knew she would open her own dance studio. She just wasn’t sure when that would be.

For the women that make up AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, it’s all about attention to detail and bringing a true rock experience to life.

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's biggest night is moving to YouTube. Beginning in 2029, the Oscars will stream live and free worldwide on the video platform under a new multiyear agreement between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and YouTube, a major shift for an awards show long synonymous with broadcast television and a clear signal of how entertainment consumption has changed. The ...

Nick Reiner briefly made his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after he was charged with fatally stabbing his parents, 78-year-old filmmaker Rob Reiner and 70-year-old photographer Michele Singer Reiner in a gruesome killing of two Hollywood icons.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We went to breakfast this morning with four people total, and I informed the waitress beforehand that we’d like separate, individual checks. One of the participants piped up when I said that, saying that he’d like one single bill instead.

At 71, James Cameron still makes movies like he’s got something to prove — despite his many accolades, awards and box-office successes. But that fighting spirit is what makes Cameron’s films feel so alive and so urgent, a spirit that he has infused into his epic sci-fi space Western saga, “Avatar.” For almost three decades, he has been ensconced on the planet Pandora, dedicating himself to ...

If you’ve seen Rian Johnson’s first two “Knives Out” movies – 2019’s “Knives Out” and 2022’s “Glass Onion” – you might think you know what to expect from Johnson’s new addition to the franchise, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”

I’d been waiting to get my hands on “Good Things” for months. When it finally arrived, I decided I’d set the book down on its spine and make the first thing its pages opened up to. It was a sunny, early fall day, so I was hoping to put together a crunchy salad with a bright dressing – the book contains loads of those – or maybe a creamy dip for crusty bread and vegetables. But that day, the book opened to page 337 and its recipe for Slow-Cooked Salmon.

After the release of “The Spokane Cookbook” in 2022, Ari Nordhagen had no intention of writing another book.

As the days get shorter, the nights longer, and the air has grown so chilled that even the gentlest of breezes feels like a slap in the face, the city sparkles with twinkling lights everywhere. You know what time it is …

It’s hard to fathom the terrible tragedy that is the murder of beloved Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. His films defined a generation in the 1980s and ‘90s, carving their way into cultural consciousness, and almost every one of his best films can be identified by a quote that everyone knows: “as you wish” (“The Princess Bride”), “these go to 11” (“This Is Spinal Tap”), “do you want to see a dead body?” (“Stand by Me”), “I’ll have what she’s having” (“When Harry Met Sally”), “you can’t handle the truth” (“A Few Good Men”).

A new music festival will bring 20 artists to four stages at ONE Spokane Stadium, the Podium and surrounding areas on July 11.

Howard Stern, the self-proclaimed King of All Media, will reign for three more years at SiriusXM.

Dear Doctors: I slipped and slammed my shin on the metal ledge of a moving van. I could still move my toes, turn my foot, stand on it and walk, so I figured it wasn’t a break. A few days later, a big lump showed up, with lots of swelling and bruising. Could it be it actually was broken?