My life motto for the past 10 years has been, "The best way to complain is to make things" (James Murphy). Growing up in Spokane there was always a lot to comp...
Hello mural season! It's still a bit rainy, but that isn't stopping local artists. A recent project selected a handful of artists to create circular murals to f...
Terrain is a local arts GIANT and last year they started a yearly collaboration with the Spokane Symphony. It's turned out to be one of the coolest things in th...
Many things made Bartfest 2015 a success. Here's my top ten list of the best parts of the festival this year.
10. Silver Torches
Erik Walters is the front...
Bartfest 2014 was undoubtedly a high watermark for Spokane’s music scene. Seeing national touring acts like Hundred Waters, No Age, and Bear in Heaven on a line...
Blues-psych-rock band Blackwater Prophet is releasing a new record less than a year since their self-titled album came out. Based on what I've heard so far, it ...
Tomorrow night is a big night for Spokane. Terrain (the organization) hosts their first event at 304 W. Pacific since Terrain (the event). Major construction is...
I still consider myself a relative newcomer to the Spokane music and arts community. Having relocated to the area from Southern California just over a year and ...
Local folk band, Cold Mountain Yeti is prepping to record their first album. They've already hit their goal on kickstarter but I thought we could share in case ...
Part of the buzz around the literary scene is built upon the fact that we have an amazing literary journal. I wrote a bit about the infrastructure that is so st...
Local rock band, Lavoy just release a new music video for their song, "Here Comes the Night". It's an anthemic tune perfectly paired in this video with the ...
The past couple months have brought a bunch of new tunes and even new acts to the local music scene. Seeing bands move forward, take steps and put themselves ou...
The buzz is thick over Spokane's favorite yearly arts event, Terrain. In it's 7th year now, Terrain will be opening the doors for the first time of their future...
You've been hearing quite a bit about Bartfest here on Collect. We've been highlighting some of the headlining bands performing the festival and are really exci...
Several months ago I went to Boise and was inspired to write a little about the stark contrast I was faced with between the vibrant, fresh public art there comp...
Songs for Kids Foundation is an organization bringing music to children's hospitals and special needs camps across the country. I became aware of the work they ...
Ink Artspace is a brand new non-profit formed by local artists, authors, educators, poets and organizers to give teens an opportunity to explore the arts ou...
Bazaar is coming up real quick on June 21st. The location has been moved from the old Wonderbread Factory to right downtown on Main and Wall. This is an amazing...
There's some exciting things happening this summer in the art world. A collection of new murals have begun forming downtown and one of them will be created by T...
Unfortunately, this year I was only able to be at one venue for Volume. I hope some of you took my recommendations and were able to see some of the amazing band...
Volume, The Inlander's yearly music festival, is coming up quick and we have some suggestions for how to wade through the schedule. A handful of Collect loc...
