Jan. 4—Metropolitan Opera soprano Patrice Munsel and the Spokane Philharmonic opened the new Spokane Coliseum in December 1954. Munsel grew up in Spokane but left at age 15 to study music in New York.
From 1975: Concertgoers had been throwing firecrackers into the Spokane Coliseum audience from the balcony, prompting a debate over whether rock concerts there should be banned. In the end, the city’s ...