Rachel Baker

1 week ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Maggie Bullock

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1 week ago | spokesman.com | Rachel Baker

Giant beer cans floating a river. Giant beer bottles with legs. Giant beer bottles at the dawn of humanity. These are just a few sights from the documentary, “Rainier: A Beer Odyssey,” which showcases the legendary commercials of Seattle’s beloved Rainier Brewery that ran from 1974 to 1987. The documentary comes to the Garland Theater on Friday, with a showing at 7:30 p.m. The filmmakers will be in attendance and the theater will give out door prizes and offer Rainier specials.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Rachel Baker

If you’ve ever thrown a fist to the sky and shouted, “Stupid bird!” then Tacoma-based author Matt Kracht has the book for you – “A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever.”Kracht will visit Spokane’s Auntie’s Bookstore from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Coeur d’Alene’s Well-Read Moose from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday to present his latest release and the very scientific ranking system it uses to identify the avian species’ worst of the worst.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Rachel Baker

For the love of books (and all the other wonderful things you can find at the library), Spokane Public Library invites you to get online and share your story of how local libraries have impacted your life. Launched last Wednesday, the My Library, My Story campaign is a kind of like a virtual community celebration. Simply tag @spokanepubliclibrary on the social media platform of your choice. The type of post, be it text, photo, or video, is up to you.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Rachel Baker

It’s easy to assume that writing for children is less toiling than writing a novel for the big-brained adults of the world, but having an audience of young learners doesn’t make the task of storytelling any more painless than usual. As Eric Carle, the renowned illustrator and author of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” said in a NewsHour interview, “Let’s put it this way: If you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20-word idea, and you work at it, and you wind up with a 200,000-word novel.