Dream Festival
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
I’m a pragmatic man, so when the Reader editorial staff came up with the idea of conjuring a “Dream Festival” lineup, my mind first flew …
Category: Arts & Culture
Funding The Festival
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the past 38 years, music lovers from around the region have marked early August on their entertainment calendars in anticipation of The Festival at …
POAC plans for a ‘successful and safe’ Arts and Crafts Fair
By Kathy Hubbard
Reader Contributor
Some things will change and some things will stay the same as the 48th annual Arts and Crafts Fair fills the streets of downtown Sandpoint …
Punching the keys
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
My dad kept a small office upstairs in an alcove outside my childhood room in Westmond. From his ornate roll-top desk, dad would type correspondence …
Amazon Prime series ‘Tales from the Loop’ is a gorgeous sci-fi rumination on impermanence
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Science-fiction — at least good science-fiction — confounds our present understanding of ourselves. Far from laser battles and the wonky speculative theory of interstellar travel, …
Out of nowhere
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The average album runs a gamut of pre-release rituals. There are promo appearances, strategically released singles and pre-sale hype. Artists share countdowns across platforms, gaining …
An art icon in the making
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint artist Alison Barrows-Young is celebrating international recognition after the publication ArtTour International recently chose one of her pieces for its back cover.
Barrows-Young, also …
Wholesome Netflix for the heart
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The story of my recent television consumption begins where most stories of 2020 begin: acknowledging that this year has, in many ways, not been good.…
Mysteries of the deep
By Hannah Combs
Reader Contributor
In this three-part series, we explore the formation of Lake Pend Oreille and the things that may lurk in its unknown depths.
In August 1866, …
Mad About Science: Strange scientists
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
If you were to peruse a history book about famous scientists at the library, perhaps about a famous figure such as Benjamin Franklin, you may …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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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.
