Here's Bing: The theater where Bing Crosby got his start will now bear his name. From: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) | Date: December 8, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Spokesman-Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jim Kershner

Dec. 8--Finally, Bing Crosby gets his due in Spokane.

Today, he receives the most fitting of monuments: The theater where he honed his act in 1925 will be renamed the Bing Crosby Theater in a dedication ceremony.

Not that Bing has been totally ignored before today. A statue of Crosby (complete with pipe) stands at Gonzaga University.

Yet beyond that, there was little to indicate that Spokane is the hometown of one of...