It's #Pride Month, and #Spokane is getting ready to celebrate with the annual parade and festival on June 12 & 13, 2026.
This week we're chatting with the designer of this year's Spokane Pride T-shirt, Gatieh Nacario, who's also a muralist, Filipino folk dancer, singer and actor.
https://alaytpodcast.com/2026/06/04/gatieh-nacario-visual-and-performing-artist/
The Lilac City Comicon is coming up this weekend (June 6 & 7) at the #Spokane Convention Center and is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Hear about the history of the event and what's planned for this year from the guy who started it all, Nathan O'Brien.
If you live too far from #WashingtonDC to donate your used books to us, look for nearby programs serving incarcerated readers. This article describes a group in #WashingtonState that collected books for the #OkanoganCounty Jail and the #Colville Tribal Correctional Facility:
https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/group-donates-more-than-500-books-to-okanogan-county-and-colville-tribes-correctional-facilities/article_a7377579-f01f-43e4-a5cb-94621def833c.html
(Also in #WA is the amazing Books to Prisoners organization, which is based in #Seattle & has associate organizations in #Portland, #Olympia, & #Spokane. See https://www.bookstoprisoners.net/ for details.)
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Nearly a year ago, nine people from Spokane, Wash., were arrested for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers after they participated in a protest at the city's ICE building. Six took plea deals. Today, three were found guilty, facing maximum sentences of six years in federal prison and/or $250,000 in fines. @RANGEMedia, which has been extensively covering the trial, has more.