Designs from within
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Upon walking into the Talache Designs booth at the Farmers’ Market at Sandpoint, it becomes clear that no two pieces of jewelry are the same. …
Category: Arts & Culture
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
You may have heard the above question posed by one spouse to another amid a relationship spat (in the standard joke it applies to the …
Celebrating the past – and the future
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A year ago, on Aug. 12, the staff at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint took the first step of many toward establishing itself as an …
‘Art is instrumental’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Passersby at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint’s building at 110 Main St. may have noticed the two public pianos on the sidewalk have received an …
Dream Festival
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last week, Reader Publisher Ben Olson and Editor-in-Chief Zach Hagadone shared their “dream” Festival at Sandpoint lineup in lieu of a real 2020 schedule, since …
Mysteries of the deep – Part 2
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs
Reader Contributors
The early morning light bathed the trees in light on the shores of the Pend Oreille River, and Kristoffer Solheim relaxed in …
A bookstore and a safe haven
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Corner Bookstore in downtown Sandpoint is receiving national kudos after local book-lover Milinda Driggers won a contest with a letter to Twilight series author …
Got stress?
By The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society
Special to the Reader
If you’re feeling stressed or out of sorts, a 20-minute walk in a natural, forested setting can produce positive changes …
Festival memories from the Reader staff
Full circle at The Festival
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Though I’ve lived in Bonner County all my life, I’d attended The Festival maybe once before I was asked to …
Less Dixie, more vocal
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Little girls who grew up listening to country music in the late 1990s became deeply familiar with the three-part harmony and soaring fiddle sounds of …
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Concerts, Dance Madness, Follies Adjacent, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
