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"The World's Largest Stage"
: Spokane's Golden Age Auditorium Theater

By Tara Justine
It was the "crown jewel" of a small town that had burned to the ground just one year before...

Puttin' on the Ritz
: The Ritz Theater of Spokane, Washington circa 1924

By Tara Justine
"The little theater charms and satisfies and makes an attractive addition to Spokane's Playhouse Row" (Spokesman-Review, 11 May 1924).

The North Division Drive-In at the Y
Circa 1952: The Y Drive-In of Spokane

By Tara Justine
In the 1970's the City Corporation Council warned Spokane to "clean up its ordinance" after receiving complaints from church groups that the old drive-in theater at the Y was playing pornographic…

Falls City Opera House: Spokane's First Live Theater

By Tara Justine
The rude frontier hamlet of Spokane experienced its first taste of the nightlife in 1887 when the Falls City Opera house opened at 706 West Main Street. Spokane's "first and only theater" was open to…

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