NEW NAME, WHO DIS?
While most of us use shorthand names for well-known places and venues across the region, it’s good to know the full story behind these places’ lengthier titles. One of them is the Arena, which, starting this fall, has an official new name. Formerly the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, the venue is now the Numerica Veterans Arena thanks to a new partnership with Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union. The 10-year naming rights deal between Numerica and the Spokane Public Facilities District includes a pledge by Numerica to invest $1 million over the next decade to support military programs, carrying on the venue’s commitment to supporting local military veterans and their families and further deepening Numerica’s community-focused mission. The first event celebrating the new moniker is the Spokane Chiefs Heroes Game on Friday, Nov. 7, which honors local veterans and active-duty military families with free tickets and a hosted pregame celebration. (CHEY SCOTT)
50 YEARS, 200 PAGES
In 1976, Gordon Wilson joined the faculty of Whitworth University, where he taught art classes of all levels until his retirement in 2022. To celebrate 50 years of Wilson’s Spokane art legacy, Marmot Art Space owner Marshall Peterson has compiled a new 200+ page art book titled Gordon Wilson: Painter, Professor Emeritus, featuring Wilson’s oil paintings and a selection of graphite drawings that represent his renowned career as an artist in the Inland Northwest. The book was funded via a Kickstarter campaign and independently published by Peterson, who has hosted multiple exhibitions of Wilson’s work at his gallery in Kendall Yards. (MADISON PEARSON)
THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST
Noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online on Sept. 19.
CARDI B, AM I THE DRAMA?
It seems impossible considering her cultural footprint that Cardi B has only put out one album. But the rap superstar finally follows up her 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy with a sophomore LP featuring already-bona fide No. 1 hits like “WAP” and “Up.”
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, THE SAME OLD WASTED WONDERFUL WORLD
The premiere pop punk/emo band for pop culture-obsessed kids with ADHD and/or OCD returns with its first new album in a decade.
NINE INCH NAILS, TRON: ARES (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
Nine Inch Nail members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have crafted Oscar-winning scores under their own names, but have never been credited for a soundtrack as the band… until this Tron sequel no one asked for? (SETH SOMMERFELD)
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