Northwest Passages

Charting a new course for
community journalism

Northwest Passages is a conversation series with a mission to go beyond the headlines and get Spokane talking — about ourselves, our ideas, and our collective future.

Find out more

Upcoming Events

Timothy Egan A Fever in the Heartland

Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, National Book Award Winner and Bestselling Author Timothy Egan returns to Spokane with his new book,A Fever in the He...

Type: Live Event

Date/Time

April 5, 2023, 7 p.m.

Venue

Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center

Get Tickets
Eli Francovich The Return of Wolves

S/R's Eli Francovich says all his best stories come from collaborating with S/Rs photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland!

Type: Live Event

Date/Time

April 13, 2023, 7 p.m.

Venue

The Bing Crosby Theater
Northwest Passages presents Nic Stone

Nic Stone takes the stage with Kiantha Duncan to talk about her new book, Chaos Theory.

Type: Live Event

Date/Time

April 27, 2023, 7 p.m.

Venue

The Bing Crosby Theater

Get Tickets
Mónica Guzmán

Seattle journalist Monica Guzman is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted – twice – for Donald Trump.

Type: Live Event

Date/Time

May 2, 2023, 7 p.m.

Venue

Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

Get Tickets
Erin Jones

Have you been watching racial conflict erupt across the nation, wondering if there is any hope for peace? Do you want to be part of the healing of our...

Type: Live Event

Date/Time

May 31, 2023, 7 p.m.

Venue

The Bing Crosby Theater

View all upcoming events

Hers was a childhood immersed in nature, unencumbered by the distractions of television and free from the shackles of formal schooling or, for that matter, electricity. Sent to find moss to insulate her family’s ramshackle log cabin north of Sandpoint, Ammi Midstokke rambled through cedar groves, passing “fairy tale creeks” and generally soaking up the natural world. Later she would scribble it down in her journal, an innate curiosity and propensity for detail blooming.