Performances

ballet, concerts, dance, musicals, plays

Lord Huron, Spokane, October 2025

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Although my favorite band Lord Huron was playing in Seattle, we had so much fun seeing them in 2023 at the Spokane Pavilion we made the cross-state trip to see them again!! In addition, the Pavilion only seats ~4500 people, a far more intimate gathering than the 20k seat Climate Pledge Arena! This was hands-down … Read more

Mossback’s Northwest

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Cascade PBS (nee KCTS, Crosscut, Cascade Public Media) has a fantastic short-form show about fascinating history, mystery, and peculiarities of the Pacific Northwest. As a Cascade PBS sustaining member, I was invited to a sneak leak (that’s a typo but I’m going with it, lol) of the upcoming seasons at their Seattle HQ. See Pat … Read more

Hadestown

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For Halloween we went to see the unbelievable musical Hadestown at the Paramount Theater. Anaïs Mitchell’s “Why we build the wall” was especially moving, lyrics below, take a listen: Why We Build The Wall [HADES] Why do we build the wall My children, my children? Why do we build the wall? [COMPANY] Why do we … Read more

The Highwomen and Tanya Tucker at The Gorge, June 2023

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On June 11th we went to see my 3rd show at The Gorge amphitheater; The Highwomen and Tanya Tucker. This was the third day of a Brandi Carlisle mini festival, replete with one of Joni Mitchell’s first performances in over 20 years, Annie Lennox, Lucius, and Marcus Mumford. This was my second time seeing Brandi … Read more

Lord Huron / Spokane, May 2023

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For Memorial Day weekend we had originally planned on skiing Diamond Peak, but the warm temps made “corn farming” unlikely so we opted to spend it checking out Spokane, where home prices are still surprisingly affordable. I previously was aware of Lord Huron’s show there, but didn’t want to “waste” a weekend in Spokane. Ironically, … Read more