An exercise in frustration
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s official: traveling is back. Though the number of people passing through TSA checkpoints hasn’t quite reached pre-pandemic levels, the seven-day average is the highest it has been since...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
‘Between Earth and Heaven’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The newly formed North Idaho Philharmonia wowed attendees at its inaugural concert in December 2021, and Artistic Director Jan Pellant plans to bring down the house again with a...
Recognizing Indigenous land and the debt owed to Indigenous peoples
By Sandra Nicholson Reader Contributor Have you heard of the Kootenai War of ’74? The story begins with the Treaty of Hellgate. Ratified in 1855, it wasn’t until 1871 when the local Indigenous peoples...
The French Dispatch is a gem of a film with an incredible cast
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It was two years ago — almost to the day — that I plugged Wes Anderson’s “new” movie The French Dispatch in the Sandpoint Reader. Of course, we all...
Free documentary film at Panida to benefit PSNI
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Panhandle Specials Needs, Inc. is one of those local organizations you can’t help but love. Dedicated to providing a safe, productive environment for disabled adults, PSNI has been a...
The Sandpoint Eater: For the love of feta
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I haven’t had a bite of Greek food since a delightful, multi-course lunch last December in Cannes. Greek cuisine is at the top of my food chain, and I...
Legendary local brews
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff After years of working for other people, Chris and Stephanie Wiens decided to become captains of their own ship — one with a host of delicious local beers and...
Matt Shea in Poland
By Luke Baumgarten RANGE Media Late last week, a Polish-born lawyer living in Dallas named Marta Milan began reaching out to people in Spokane, asking for any information they could offer about Matt Shea...
The Baloney Detective: Fauxlitariat — the fake working man’s blues
By Tim Bearly Reader Columnist “I represent the blue-collar, everyday hard-working Americans,” said every politician ever. Well, I’m sorry, Mr. Politician, but your actions speak so many decibels louder than your insincere and platitudinous...
Mad About Science: Printers
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Humans spent a vast portion of civilized history without access to the mass-production of knowledge. The invention of the printing press was arguably one of the most important steps...
