Downtown Spokane's First Friday Face-Off sees two visual artists each create a themed work in front of a live voting audience. This week, Liz Hooker and Dave Aaron share their experiences with planning and participating in the event. #Spokane #podcast #vodcast #visualart #arts

Big things are shaping up ahead of Spokane Children's Theater's milestone 80th season. Tanya Morton, the organization's executive artistic director, talks about what's happening near-term as well as later this year. #Spokane #podcast #vodcast #theater

If you value our weekly deep-dive conversations with local creatives, your support for Best Local Podcast in the Inlander's Best of 2026 poll would be hugely appreciated. To vote, just head to bestof.inlander.com and look under the "Music & Entertainment" category. Thank you! #Spokane #INW

What do bellies—and soft ones at that—have to do with poetry? More than you might think. This week, Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Noel Smith talks about youth initiatives and much more. She also reads "My Father Fed Me" from her forthcoming project, 'Cake.' #poetry #arts #Spokane #podcast #vodcast

What compels an off-grid musician to start experimenting with the digital? And how does the patronage model foster closer ties between an artist and their community? Musician Dario Ré goes deep on this week's ALAYT. #Spokane #Sandpoint #podcast #vodcast #music #creativeeconomy

Asking a favor of all ALAYTers. Voting for the Inlander's Best Of 2026 is open, and it would mean a lot if ALAYT placed. 1. Go here: bestof.inlander.com 2. Select the "Music & Entertainment" category 3. Select "Best Local Podcast" 4. Write in "A Line Around Your Thoughts" 5. Click "Vote" Thanks!

Joined by Spokane Falls Community College's Ashley Demoville, recent U of I grad Claire Rae Edmo talks about being at the start of her artistic career — the first stop being SFCC's sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence program. #Spokane #arts #podcast #vodcast #education alaytpodcast.com/2026/01/22/a...

Storytelling is entertainment, sense-making and connection. Morgan Marie and Eric Woodard of the live storytelling series Pivot Spokane talk about that ahead of two upcoming Pivot events. #Spokane #storytelling #podcast #vodcast

Check out this week's vodcast of ALAYT featuring Alex and Tiffany—plus special guests—from Spokane Puppetry: youtube.com/watch?v=WsYF... #Spokane #puppetry #arts #podcast #vodcast

How do you get an introvert out of their shell? Hand them a puppet. Join us this week via pod- and vodcast as we delve into puppets and puppeteering with Tiffany and Alex at Spokane Puppetry. #Spokane #arts #puppets #puppetry #podcast #vodcast

This week's episode is the second part of the year-ending Lightning Round "Best Of" for 2025. What's the Lightning Round? Here's your primer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZXG... #Spokane #podcast #vodcast #art #creatives

As regular listeners know—and as our guests are sometimes surprised to discover—every A Line Around Your Thoughts interview ends with a Lightning Round. Released on Christmas Day, this week's episode (part 1 of 2) revisits some LR highlights. open.spotify.com/episode/1GOa... #Spokane #podcast

What turns a space into a listening room? Filmmaker and photographer Don Hamilton talks about transforming his historic Hamilton Studio into a sought-after #Spokane performing arts venue. #podcast #vodcast #music #performingarts #theater

DIY might be considered a genre. But more importantly, it's an ethos. Brett & Rose Noble talk DIY as a practice ahead of 221 Press' Sonic Solstice festival on Dec. 19 & 20. #Spokane #DIY #music #punk #hardcore #indie #podcast #vodcast

Spotify #Wrapped2025 stats are in, and A Line Around Your Thoughts got some nice podcast honors.

Tipsy goats, operatic humor and unlocking kids' creative potential are all part of the discussion this week as we sit down with Karin Wedemeyer of the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint + Bel Canto Opera. #Sandpoint #Idaho #arts #podcast #vodcast #opera #classical

Happy Thanksgiving! This week, Suzanne Ostersmith shares some details on Gonzaga University's upcoming original story ballet, "Thumbelina." #Spokane #dance #arts #podcast #vodcast

When tattoos are in a gallery setting, do people regard them differently? This week tattoo artists Sara Mortier and Christina Villagomez discuss their current joint exhibition called "Body of Work." alaytpodcast.com/2025/11/20/s... #Spokane #CoeurdAlene #visualart #tattoo #podcast #vodcast

Whether he's behind the turntables, the mic or the camera, Darrien Mack seems to be everywhere — Terrain, Pivot, the MAC, Gonzaga, Indaba, Emma Rue's, you name it. #Spokane #podcast #vodcast #music #hiphop #DJ #film

What are the three things that can make or break a career in the creative field? Dean Davis shares that advice as he looks back on his own 30-year career (and counting) in commercial and fine-art photography. #Spokane #photography #exhibition #podcast #vodcast #arts

Traveling can be a self-edifying and life-altering experience that connects us with humankind. Susie Leonard Weller talks about her own travels and her book "52 Global Reflections: A Pilgrim's Travel Memoir" on this week's ALAYT. #writing #travel #podcast #Spokane #vodcast #LibertyLake

Making a Halloween costume? Then you might get some inspiration during this week's episode, which features the founder, owner and executive director of Art Salvage, Katie Patterson Larson. #Spokane #arts #podcast #vodcast #circulareconomy #Halloween

My net is wide but there are holes. Are there any creatives based or working in the INW who you'd like to see featured on a future episode of ALAYT?

Music as a shared experience, storytelling and the wine-dark sea are under discussion in this week's episode of ALAYT, which features the singer, songwriter and musician Olivia Brownlee. #Spokane #music #performingarts #podcast #vodcast

The new short film "Love, Eleanor" is getting a preview screening on Oct. 18 — which also coincides with the debut of the Luminia string ensemble. Coincidence or mutual inspiration? Find out from Gonzaga profs Charlie Pepiton and Michael Kropf on this week's episode. #Spokane #film #music

Terrain is here! The annual arts extravaganza has its ticketed preview night tonight (Oct. 2) & the free, all-ages showcase is tomorrow in downtown #Spokane. Guests Ginger Ewing & Jackie Caro share an overview and ghost stories. #weallbuildthis #visualart #arts #music

Got some thoughts on AI in literature? So do this week's guests, Aimee Brooks & Morganne Elkins of Banana Slug Books. They're on ALAYT talking about the press' new lit anthology titled "Spokane Campfire Stories." #Spokane #books #podcast #vodcast #theslugstolemyheart

This week's episode with glass artist Preston Singletary and independent curator Miranda Belarde-Lewis was recorded at Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Preston's nationally touring exhibition "Raven & The Box of Daylight" is showing at the MAC until Jan 4. #Spokane #podcast #visualart

Along with a fresh episode comes the news that ALAYT is now on Patreon! We hope you'll join as a supporter and keep these conversations going. #Spokane #INW #CoeurdAlene #Sandpoint #podcast #vodcast #arts www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...

What makes a book a book? This week's guest on ALAYT is the book artist Mel Antuna Hewitt, who talks about her work that celebrates and transforms the printed word. Her upcoming exhibition "Communications" opens Oct. 3 at the Terrain Gallery. #Spokane #bookarts #visualart #podcast #vodcast #arts

Joining ALAYT this week are Jeni Riplinger and Jaiden Haley of the arts incubator Emerge Coeur d'Alene. Emerge's much-anticipated INK! Print Rally is coming up on Sept. 13. We talk about that and all the other events and resources Emerge offers. #CoeurdAlene #Spokane #Idaho #arts #printmaking

This week's ALAYT features Joe and Sienna Henson, co-founders of Spokane-based Hitchhiker's Theatre. This is their media debut! The nomadic troupe's 2nd season opens with a two-evening (Sept. 5 & 6) run of "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche" at The Guardian. #Spokane #theater #podcast #vodcast

Jim Mohr, executive director of the ⁠Blue Door Theatre⁠, is on this week's episode to talk about all things improv and the universality of the phrase "Yes, and...". #Spokane #theater #podcast #vodcast #improv

On this week's episode, we're in conversation with Jon Kuritz, a video director who co-founded the nonprofit production house Live from Somewhere. Hear about their upcoming episode premieres at the Garland Theater plus the Curators of Sound concert at the MAC on Aug. 20. #Spokane #podcast #music

ICYMI: Rachel Bade-McMurphy—jazz musician, composer and advocate—is in on this week's episode talking about her new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra. If you missed Sunday's concert, don't worry. The GBO's about to record a full-length. youtube.com/watch?v=69aE... #Spokane #jazz #music #podcast

Rachel Bade-McMurphy—jazz musician, composer & music advocate—is in the studio this week to talk about, among other things, her new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra. The GBO is a 10-piece ensemble & performs at the Hamilton Studio Listening Room on Aug. 10. #Spokane #jazz #music #podcast #vodcast

ICYMI: The current episode of ALAYT spotlights Danny Anderson, a longtime actor who's now leading ⁠My Turn Theater⁠, a Spokane-based organization that provides performing arts opportunities to adults with disabilities. youtube.com/watch?v=o0xl... #Spokane #theater #performingarts #podcast

This week we're in conversation with Danny Anderson, a longtime actor who's now leading ⁠My Turn Theater⁠, a Spokane-based organization that provides performing arts opportunities to adults with disabilities. #Spokane #theater #performingarts #podcast

This week on a A Line Around Your Thoughts we sit down with visual artist Gwyn Pevonka. Gwyn is also the driving force behind the 33 Artists Market that's taking place this weekend (July 26). #Spokane #visualart #makers #creativeeconomy #market #podcast

ICYMI: This week's episode of ALAYT features Zuill Bailey of Northwest BachFest — and a superstar cellist in his own right. Listen/watch ahead of tonight's (& tomorrow's) Music in Manito or Thursday's Afterglow concert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcFm... #Spokane #classical #music #podcast #vodcast

On this week's episode of ALAYT we catch up with Zuill Bailey, who's not only an internationally touring cellist but also artistic director of the ⁠Northwest BachFest⁠. BachFest's Music in Manito is on July 22 & 23, followed by Afterglow on July 24. #Spokane #music #classical #concert #podcast

ICYMI: The current ALAYT features Dominique Betts & Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre talking (mostly) about their new production of "Carrie: The Musical." The show opens Fri at @stagelefttheater.org #Spokane #podcast #theater #performingarts #musical youtube.com/watch?v=ca_1...

This week's we're talking with Dominique Betts and Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre about their new production of "Carrie: The Musical." The show opens on July 18 at Stage Left. Will there be blood? Yes indeed. #Spokane #podcast #theater #performingarts #musical

This week's episode of ALAYT features another pair of guests: Melody Chang & Andrea Olsen of Spokane Valley Summer Theatre. They reflect on 10 years of SVST and what's in store for this summer as well as the next couple of years. #Spokane #SpokaneValley #Idaho #podcast #performingarts #theater

Our guests on ALAYT this week are Pollyanne Birge of the City of Spokane's ⁠Office of Neighborhood Services⁠ as well as independent artist ⁠Madison Merica.⁠ They talk about the City-led zine "This Is Spokane: A Civic Guide for Neighbors." #Spokane #arts #podcast #government #zines #printmedia

ICYMI: This week's episode is an interview with @jesswalter.bsky.social on his new novel "So Far Gone." Watch on YouTube or listen via A Line Around Your Thoughts on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. #Spokane #books #fiction #literature #zeitgeist www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaVl...

Jess Walter, author This week's episode features a conversation with author Jess Walter, whose new novel, So Far Gone, was just published by HarperCollins.

For this week's episode of A Line Around Your Thoughts, we're joined by Bryan Harnetiaux, the Spokane Civic Theatre's playwright in residence since 1982. #Spokane #theater #arts #podcast #vodcast #interview

I forgot to post my graphic xD Wild Submissions are open through Friday Aug 8! Full deets on our webpage! spokanesequential.neocities.org

Watch this week's episode of A Line Around Your Thoughts, which features Spokane-based metalworker, sculptor and illustrator Mallory Battista talking about the value of public art, upcoming projects, zines and more! youtube.com/watch?v=GWoG... #publicart #Spokane #arts #podcast #vodcast #zines