Entertainment

Our Summer Adventure

By Gabriel Cruden / January 2, 2026 /

Most of us have memories involving trains. Maybe someone read “The Little Engine That Could” to us or told stories of early train trips. My experience was different, so I’m…

2,000 Miles from Town

By Gabriel Cruden / December 5, 2025 /

I like small towns. You get to know everybody and, of course, they know you. Unless you poach deer or salmon, steal your neighbor’s watermelons or siphon his gas, townspeople…

Smoke on the Water: The Steamboats of the Pend Oreille

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

By Robin Milligan If you stepped onto the Newport wharf on a warm July afternoon in 1908, the town would hum with expectation. Men in stiff jackets adjusted their hats,…

Highway 395 Revisited… Sort of

By Gabriel Cruden / October 3, 2025 /

By Bob Johnson Each fall for two decades, I drove 228 miles of U.S. Highway 395 in California – from the Mojave Desert town of Oak Hills to the eastern…

Medical Lake: A Hidden Gem for Recreation in Spokane County

By Huckleberry Press / June 16, 2023 /

Medical Lake, WA is a small town nestled in the heart of Spokane County which holds a rich history and a promising future.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: The Spokane Symphony’s Conductor’s Workshop Teaches the Next Generation of Great Conductors

By Huckleberry Press / April 20, 2023 /

An international group of up-and-coming conductors converged in Spokane to partake in The Conductor Workshop, a weeklong program helmed by the Spokane Symphony’s own James Lowe and James Ross.

Jake and his Chuckleberries Tiktok

By Huckleberry Press / February 5, 2023 /

Jake enjoys a chuckleberry in the Huckleberry Press, the community paper of the Inland Northwest.

Camille’s Critiques: Movie Reviews

By Huckleberry Press / January 9, 2023 /

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: In the sequel to Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out,” Daniel Craig reprises his role as Benoit Blanc, the skilled and sly private investigator that hasn’t met a case he can’t crack.

Ranking the Little Women Movie Adaptations

By Huckleberry Press / January 7, 2023 /

There’s a reason that Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel about four sisters coming of age in a post-civil war America has been adapted so many times. The everyday stories of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy continue to be relatable today.

Camille’s Movie Reviews

By Huckleberry Press / January 2, 2023 /

All the women in the idyllic 1950s-styled neighborhood of Victory, California, do the same thing every day. They clean the house, go shopping, keep themselves fit at dance class, and prepare dinner for their husbands-all with glowing smiles.