When music changed the world
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In early times, songs were passed down by generations like oral histories. Even two or three generations back, songs had to be experienced either in …
Category: Arts & Culture
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There was a time, not so long ago it seems, when the idea of a movie starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson flying under the …
From her world to wood
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Growing up on a farm in the Selle Valley as one of nine children, Diana Tillberg said her mother found ways for the family to …
Local artist among those selected for public art project
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Having a unique community identity is becoming more and more important today, especially as everyplace tends to look like everyplace else — with a McDonald’s …
NEOWISE comet will be in view the next few weeks
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there’s ever been a time to shut off the noise of the terrestrial world and look up to the heavens, now is it.
The …
Mad About Science: Backyard telescopes
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Few technologies are more intimately connected with the human experience than the telescope. Put in the simplest terms, it’s a device that makes your eye …
The Late Night Buddhist: Stop Making Sense
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
You may have seen a cartoon similar to this somewhere:
A man in a doctor’s office waves his arm around wildly and says, “Doc it …
Willie Nelson, at 87, releases 70th solo album ‘First Rose of Spring’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint residents in the 40-and-older age bracket might remember the curious incident of Willie Nelson’s concert in a farmer’s field south of town. My recollection …
‘One note at a time’
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When John Firshi performs, a conversation takes place.
It’s happening between Firshi and his guitar — the rise and the fall of notes bringing to …
Panida pleads for financial support amid pandemic
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Panida Theater released a fundraising letter July 1, calling for support to make it through the remainder of 2020 as the well-loved community landmark …
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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.
