The Pacific Northwest Inlander

Stage Left Theater’s adaptation of Be More Chill examines the dangers of high school labels, and the lengths we’ll go to change them

For those living outside the theater bubble, Be More Chill has quietly gained a cultlike audience over the last decade. Since ...
The Pacific Northwest Inlander

Spokane’s High Utilizers Initiative provides intensive case management to give hope to people who’ve cycled in and out of jail and treatment

For roughly two decades, Spokane has had, off and on, some version of a program that’s been called “Hot Spotters,” which ...
The Pacific Northwest Inlander

The best films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival were about time slipping away and our perilous present moment

As life outside the theaters at the Sundance Film Festival this year fell further and further into disarray upon each exit ...