Backcountry Film Festival Join the Spokane Mountaineers at the Garland Theater for a showing of the Backcountry Film Festival. Presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, the touring festival showcases 10 films telling the stories of people in the snowsports community and their adventures in the backcountry. One film documents the importance of whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and another follows two skiers trekking along the Redline Traverse — the longest ski tour in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Funds from the screening support The Lands Council, an environmental nonprofit dedicated to preserving forests, water and wildlife in the region, and the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center, which works to increase avalanche awareness and advisories for the public.
Kusama: Infinity Artist Yayoi Kusama battles sexism and racism while rising to fame in America during the 1960s, from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her eventual placement in a Tokyo mental institution.