Still going strong after 67 years together
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Jackie and Tim Henney met in college in Berkeley, Calif., in 1956 and wed on Block Island, R.I. in 1957. Jackie claims to have earned an A not in...
Author: Ben Olson
Viggo Mortensen hosts Panida showing of The Dead Don’t Hurt
By Reader Staff Viggo Mortensen, three-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor, will return to the Panida Theater (300 N. First Ave.) on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. to showcase his...
Babylon Berlin reemerges with a triumphal fourth season
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A handful of critics seem a little bemused by the popularity of Babylon Berlin. The New York Times referred to a “a small core of aficionados” and a “cult”...
Twister blows into Panida for $5 film screening
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Disaster movies have been with us almost since the beginning of film — with the 1933 earthquake-and-tsunami “adventure in speculation” Deluge generally regarded as the first. Since then, the...
A few thoughts… On monogenesis and Albert Schweitzer
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Digging in the dictionary recently led to monogenesis, a theory that all living things evolved from a single cell — some combination of proteins and acids and God-knows-what-else that...
BOCC Chair Omodt tenders resignation
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff District 3 Bonner County Commissioner Luke Omodt submitted his letter of resignation to the county clerk on Aug. 20 — effective Saturday, Sept. 7 — putting an early end...
Mad about Science: Powered Exoskeleton
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The idea of a powered human exoskeleton is an old one. Sigourney Weaver whooping the crap out of the xenomorph queen with a power loader in 1986’s Aliens is...
Bread and Cheesuses
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I’ve started a cult. I began laying the foundations of my church in March when I rediscovered the Vitruvian food that is the grilled cheese sandwich, with its crisp-yet-soft...
Rounding up the horses
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The horses have finally found a home. In 2016, after Clay and Reno Hutchison unpacked two trailers and brought an intact 1920 Allan Herschell carousel into the light for...
‘What it means to be human’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Northwest’s favorite theater group, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, will return to Sandpoint for a free, open-air performance of the Bard’s magnum opus, Hamlet, Friday, Aug. 15 at...
