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Local Brewery Wins Gold

Local Brewery Wins Gold

No-Li Brewhouse is making a big impression at one of the largest and most prestigious beer festivals in the country.

On Saturday, the craft brewery received a gold medal for its Crystal Bitter beer at the Great American Beer Fest in Colorado.

This makes three medals for the brewery in the past month.

Last week, No-Li received a silver and gold medal in the most prestigious beer competition in the world. 

 

Natural Living Show

Learning how to live a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle has never been more easy.  This weekend, more than three dozen vendors will be on hand at the Natural Living Show to help you make better choices for your body, environment and our community.

The show will feature local cheese-makers and handmade soaps. And, if you ever wanted to have your own eggs fresh from your backyard there will be a workshop on urban chickens too.

Here are all the details:

 Saturday, October 13th

10 am-6 pm

Spokane Community College Lair

Admission is $7, although if you swing by Sun People Dry Goods located at 32 West 2nd Avenue, Suite 200 you can pick up FREE passes!

One million books checked out in a year

One million books checked out in a year

Who said e-readers and the internet would put libraries out of business? The Community Library Network in Northern Idaho said they've had 1,000,000 books checked out in one year as of Monday.

According to the network, they've counted 1,000,000 books and other materials were checked out since October 1, 2011 from their 8 different locations. Those locations include Athol, Harrison, Hayden, Pinehurst, Post Falls, Spirit Lake and their Bookmobile. Library officials say that's a 70,000 increase from last year.

The numbers also show there were 600,000 visits throughout the district and an increase in attendance at youth, teen and adult programs in the cities combined.

 

Local film maker seeking donations

Local film maker seeking donations

Lights, Camera, Action! - The rolling hills of the Palouse set the stage for a locally produced film about a feuding family finding peace in the midst of tragedy.

The movie is called "The Merry Graingers" and its been a labor of love for Serena Belsby who wrote the script after a family member died a few years ago. 

According to Belsby, the movie opens with the Grainger family preparing for their father's funeral.  As the film progresses, relationships change and they begin to enjoy each others company.

"We take the ride with them and see a bit of ourselves in them," writes Belsby

"It ends on an upbeat note and we realize they are going to be okay and they are going to start to accept one another warts and all. The film is about hope and acceptance."

With an Independent Film Project sponsorship, Belsby has had enough money to shoot the movie but now she needs help finishing it.

Julyamsh, a chance to learn, dance, and celebrate

Julyamsh, a chance to learn, dance, and celebrate

The Pacific Northwest's largest outdoor powwow kicks off Thursday in Post Falls. Julyamsh, pronounced July-umpsh, is a four-day powwow that combines many of the tribes around the northwest for a celebration.

The Coeur d'Alene tribe will host the event that includes dancing and art at the Greyhound Park and Event Center in Post Falls.

Julyamsh committee member Cliff Sijohn says the event is a chance for the tribes to learn from each other and enjoy each other's company.

The event is free, but parking is $5. They expect between 8,000 and 10,000 people. Here's a schedule of events:

Highway to Wallace's Accordion Festival

This is your friendly reminder that the annual Accordion Festival is happening in less than three months. Do what you need to do to free up your calendar because it's two days of accordion madness from August 10th to the 11th.

If you're worried about attending Seafair in Seattle, don't worry, that's happening the week prior so if you plan everything out right, you can attend Seafair and Wallace's Accordion Festival all in the same month.

For your monthly dosage of accordion, here's another version of Duckmandu's Highway to Hell. He's performing with an entire army of accordionist.

If that doesn't get you into the mood for accordions, we don't know what will.

Duckmandu, also known as Aaron Seeman, is performing at the festival on August 11th at 7 p.m.

Video Courtesy: Valletiberti/Youtube