in omi ya , ▁Hy ogo , ▁demonstr ating ▁the ▁many ▁common al ities ▁shared ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁cities . ▁Stud ents ▁from ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁campus ▁of ▁M uk og awa ▁Fort ▁Wright ▁Institute , ▁Gonz aga , ▁Whit worth , ▁and ▁other ▁area ▁schools ▁organ ize ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁Japanese ▁cultural ▁events . ▁The ▁gay ▁and ▁les bian ▁Sp ok ane ▁P ride ▁Par ade ▁is ▁held ▁each ▁June . ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁annual ▁Renaissance ▁fair ▁and ▁Civil ▁War ▁re en act ment ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁Ser ving ▁the ▁general ▁educational ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁population ▁are ▁two ▁public ▁library ▁districts , ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁Public ▁Library ▁( with in ▁city ▁limits ) ▁and ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁County ▁Library ▁District . ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁with ▁fund ing ▁from ▁phil anth rop ist ▁Andrew ▁Car neg ie , ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁Public ▁Library ▁system ▁compr ises ▁a ▁dow nt own ▁library ▁over looking ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁F alls ▁and ▁five ▁branch ▁libraries . ▁Special ▁collections ▁focus ▁on ▁In land ▁Pacific ▁North west ▁history ▁and ▁include ▁reference ▁books , ▁period ical s , ▁maps , ▁photograph s , ▁and ▁other ▁arch ival ▁materials ▁and ▁government ▁documents . ▁ ▁Sp ok ane ▁Public ▁School s ▁( D istrict ▁ 8 1 ) ▁was ▁organized ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁public ▁school ▁system ▁in ▁Sp ok ane , ▁and ▁the ▁second - larg est ▁in ▁the