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Coeur d'Alene's Christmas Celebration

It was soggy, rainy and cold, but thousands turned out for the annual celebration in Coeur d'Alene Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. The lighted parade, the singing of carols and the fireworks show have become a tradition that folks don't want to miss on the day after Thanksgiving. ( Full post )

New youth center opens at Northtown

Founder Kitara McClure says people are waiting for federal or state funding to start helping teens, but her idea was for a place where teens and adult volunteers can help each other, and donations can cover the rest. She founded P.O.N.Y.T.A.L.E.S. Youth Services, which stands for Positive Outreach Navigating Youth Teaching Adolescents Leadership and Entrepreneurial Spirit, which led to the opening of the new center, a place for teens after school, where they can learn job skills, get tutoring, take a dance class or work in the recording studio. ( Full post )

Spokane's wine scene

There are more than a dozen wineries in Spokane, double what was here a decade ago. The weekend before Thanksgiving is the annual Holiday Wine Fest, where you can taste a little wine and pick your favorites for holiday meals and gifts.
Northwest wines are a solid value, say the winemakers.
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Protest against California's Prop. 8

Well over 100 people turned out with picket signs Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 to let Spokane now how they feel about California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, as well as laws in other states that limit gay rights. ( Full post )

Spokane's Fall Folk Festival

Since 1996, the Spokane Folklore Society has put on the Fall Folk Festival, a cultural display of music and dance, where spectators can pick from a smorgasboard of entertainment over two days. On Nov. 8 and 9, 2008, 6000 entertainers and spectators flooded the Spokane Community College Lair building. Volunteer coordinator Mary Naber talks about the history of the event what it brings to Spokane. ( Full post )

A fan of windmills

Hugh Grim, with the help of his friends, has erected two classic windmills, now in operable condition, in his yard on the western edge of Spokane. These photos show the mounting of his newest one, a 1933 model with a 12-foot fan. There's not much wind there, but he just gets a kick out of watching them spin. They harken back to his own early childhood in the 1930s, when windmills were used to pump water. When electricity arrived on farms, windmills were abandoned. He's saved three of them, two of them for his own enjoyment. ( Full post )

Picking for a purpose

Produced by Jesse Tinsley ( Full post )

Balazs at 80

Artist Harold Balazs just turned 80 years old and he continues to create a legacy of art, which includes dozens of works of public art. You might have seen his work on the Kingdome, the Lincoln Building, at North Idaho College or by the INB Performing Arts Center. His work is everywhere in Spokane and around the Northwest. He is best known for his enamels--metal panels coated with fired glass--and his sculptures in metal and concrete. His work is mostly abstract and whimsical and his fertile mind continues to fuel new work. ( Full post )

A letter from Barack Obama

Produced by Jesse Tinsley ( Full post )

Going Long

Produced by Dan Pelle ( Full post )

A theatrical wedding

Randy Elkins and Amy Kepler are all about fun. So they chose the venerable Garland Theatre in Spokane for their wedding Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. The two went there on dates and felt it was the right place. They even encouraged guests to throw popcorn as they ran to the limo. ( Full post )

Green Bluff grape harvest

Video, narration and production by Thuy-Dzuong Nguyen ( Full post )

Underwater Pumpkins

Produced by Jesse Tinsley ( Full post )

Coe verdict reaction

Produced by Colin Mulvany ( Full post )

Mike & Greg: Episode 06

Produced by Nick Eaton ( Full post )

Sheep dog at work

Produced by Jesse Tinsley ( Full post )

Love Letters

Produced by Dan Pelle ( Full post )

Having a ball at the TOP

Parker, Hayden and Meggie and a few dozen of their friends get together once a week to play soccer in East Spokane, and anyone is welcome to join them. ( Full post )

Casting Away

Produced by Dan Pelle ( Full post )

Saturday Afternoon at the Pine Bowl

Produced by Nick Eaton ( Full post )