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Sea Cliff celebrated Bloomsday, named for a character in ‘Ulysses’, with annual James Joyce Jaunt featuring local actors.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane’s City Council passed a unanimous vote approving the contracts for the construction and management of the zipline planned for downtown.
If the standing room only crowds at Monday’s Bloomsday celebration are any indication, Santa Barbara’s love of literature is still alive and well and blooming — at least when there’s booze and snacks ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Lilac Bloomsday Association is accepting applications for its 2026 "Charity of Choice" program, offering one local nonprofit the chance to partner with the region's beloved ...
Bloomsday is a kind of unofficial holiday celebrating Leopold Bloom, an Irish Jewish character who is one of the protagonists in Joyce’s landmark novel, Ulysses, published in 1922. Bloomsday ...
Spokane, the second-largest city in Washington state, has banned crypto ATMs in response to a surge in scam activity targeting local residents. Spokane City Council said on Monday that it became ...
Spokane police say 11 people were arrested for failure to disperse after the 'No Kings' march in downtown Spokane on Saturday night.
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown declared a state of emergency amid ICE protests downtown and issued a curfew to begin at 9:30 p.m.
Spokane’s Pride Parade and Festival will proceed Saturday along with several protests planned well in advance of an anti-ICE protest Wednesday that quickly escalated into a standoff with police ...
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane County Commissioner Josh Kerns issued a statement on what he is calling "riots in the City of Spokane." Two protests against ICE took place in Spokane on Wednesday.
ICE protests in downtown Spokane escalate to state of emergency after demonstrators ignore curfew, with police deploying tear gas and making arrests for failure to disperse.