Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Featured Stories

Latest Stories

A&E >  Music

Snacks At Midnight gives back to supportive Sandpoint community through fundraiser

Local indie rock group Snacks At Midnight have become a staple of not only the Spokane scene, but also the Inland Northwest as a whole. It isn’t out of the ordinary to see frontman Rory Babin running off stage through the crowd, continuing to perform with microphone in hand especially during their cover of the Killers’s iconic hit, “Mr. Brightside.”
A&E >  Music

Movie review: ‘The Furious’ delivers with nonstop martial arts action

The hero of “The Furious” – let’s call him “Dad” – is a man of few words. Played by the iconic Chinese action actor Xie Miao, he does most of his talking with his fists and his feet, while also employing a few occasional phrases in sign language and hastily scrawled notes. But there’s no mistaking the urgency of his situation: his daughter Rainy (Yang Enyou) has been kidnapped, and he’s going to plow through every single person who stands in the way of her rescue. Unfortunately, that’s quite a lot. And they all fight.
A&E >  Music

‘A footnote in rock and roll history’: 50 years ago, concertgoers rioted in North Idaho at Nor’Wester ‘76

The thousands of concertgoers who arrived in Stateline half a century ago expected to see rock and roll royalty with planned sets from Blue Öyster Cult, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Heart. Blue Öyster Cult, headed for success that summer with their most successful single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," did in fact perform, but the weekend ended with the speedway smoldering and still-hazy explanations about why the festival was called off on Saturday just before rioters caused an estimated quarter million dollars in damage. 
A&E >  Music

Ronald LaPread, Commodores’ co-founder and bassist, dies at 75

LOS ANGELES — Ronald LaPread, a co-founder and former bassist of the funk and soul group the Commodores, has died. He was 75. “It is with a very heavy heart that I must announce that my father Ronald LaPread has passed,” LaPread’s daughter Soraya LaPread shared on her Instagram story. “If you know me you know my dad. I am devastated. A piece of me is gone from this world.” Soraya did not share ...
A&E >  Music

Nearly all Great American State Fair acts drop out, including Bret Michaels

President Donald Trump's patriotic concert continues to unravel after more acts have dropped out. Several artists slated to perform at the Great American State Fair, a 16-day event organized by the president's nonprofit Freedom 250, have reportedly pulled out of the event, according to statements released on social media since Wednesday, May 27.