The Sandpoint Eater: A taste of Cuba
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist All I can think about, since returning from a recent trip to Cuba (I traveled on an Educational, People-to-People visa), is a repeat performance. Cuba was everything I...
Author: Ben Olson
Suzanne Davis: Sandpoint’s librarian for children and beyond
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Suzanne Davis has been the children’s librarian at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library District for 13 years. She was the first friend I made in...
International music program comes to Sandpoint
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff An orchestra is all about creating something bigger than the sum of its parts, and that’s a perfect metaphor for El Sistema. The international orchestral music program brings in...
Love songs that don’t suck
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff My Spotify consists of dozens upon dozens of playlists I’ve compiled with different themes: writing, working out, road trips, sad as hell, etc. Among the day-to-day necessities are small...
Films about love that don’t suck
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Movie formulas have their place, but sometimes, the bog-standard romantic comedy just doesn’t cut it. Maybe you need a break from the quirky girl and commitment-challenged guy who fall...
From ‘Police Academy’ to the 219
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Of all the interviews I’ve conducted with famous people, my conversation with Michael Winslow was easily my favorite. Dubbed “The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects,” Winslow has appeared in...
Love sucks: History’s tragic lovers
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Throw a rock at a stack of Shakespeare plays and you’ll undoubtedly hit a doomed lover or two in the process. But stories of tragic love are not reserved...
SARS: Learning to fly on top of the mountain
By Jason Welker Reader Contributor While winter has intensified in recent weeks down here in town plenty of exciting action has been taking place up on Schweitzer Mountain, with hundreds of athletes flocking to...
Is Idaho’s largest lake ready for another rail bridge?
By Matt Nykiel Reader Contributor Local conservationists are asking the U.S. Coast Guard to do a better job of identifying and mitigating the risks that will come along with building a new railroad bridge...
To ski or not to ski
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Contributor We are blessed to live with a world-class ski area in our backyard. At least, that’s what people say. Schweitzer is some of the best skiing Idaho has...
