Art Chowder January | February, Issue 19

jango at Washington cracker building T here are exceptions, but rarely do bands write and record music before performing it live. Venues allow for collabora- tion and experimentation, which is the ground floor of music. Currently Spokane has a vibrant, high quality, centrally lo- cated family of venues that serve a wide range of styles and genres. The Red Room, The Big Dipper, The Bartlett, Baby Bar/Neato Burrito, House of Soul, The Knitting Factory, The Washington Cracker Building, The Fox Theater, The Bing and The Observatory are all within a few-mile radius of each other serving a huge demographic of artists and music fans. Not only do we have a lot of great venues, but we also have the most all-ages venues of any city in the Northwest. 74 ART CHOWDER MAGAZINE Lavoy at The Bartlett

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