The Invite is a powerful look at marriage that echoes one of the great works of American theater, Dan Webster says.

One of the many great things about film is its ability to adapt to any scale. An intimate story about one person’s inner life can be just as effective as one spread over a huge canvas with a cast of thousands. On this week’s episode, Movies 101 will look at two new releases on opposite ends of the scale spectrum: The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s multimillion-dollar, decades-spanning epic, and Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, a four-person chamber piece set in a single location.

Director Jean Hardie and student actors from Spokane Civic Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream visited the SPR studio to preview the production, including a reading from Shakespeare's legendary script.

Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for the 2026 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival

SPR was a Media Partner for Rock the Block: West Central! We also hosted our first-ever Record Sale Pop-Up Shop at the event!

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The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia has joined the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Pioneer Day is Utah's 4th of July, celebrating Mormon pioneers' arrival. This year, a rare acknowledgement of a Native American massacre of which little is spoken.

More than 300,000 Haitians living in the United States are losing Temporary Protected Status. Many now face an uncertain legal future and possible deportation.

Comic Con International 2026 wrapped up Sunday night. We discuss the weekend's biggest announcements and the ways that the convention is evolving.

Ed Dwight is one of the nation's most significant African American sculptors. A retrospective in Denver highlights some of the 92-year-old artist's best-known works.

The literary world is celebrating Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors. But AI firms may still train models on legally purchased books. What does that mean?

As U.S. service member deaths and injuries from Iranian attacks increased last week, the Pentagon shifted how it releases information on casualties.

In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discover a new species of monkey, and form a deep friendship along the way.

A mountain tourist town tries to build year-round community by dedicating a building to to craftspeople, and including affordable housing.

A 29-year-old woman confided her suicide plans to an AI chatbot -- not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?