All genres, all heart
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Julie Gussaroff, founder of Colorado-based string band The Sweet Lillies, couldn’t imagine her life any other way than on the road, making music and sharing it with anyone who...
Category: Arts & Culture
‘It’s alive!’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For Keely Gray, the phrase, “The show must go on,” is especially appropriate when it comes to the upcoming production of Young Frankenstein. Gray’s nonprofit theater organization, Lake Pend...
Panida meeting touches on vision for future of both theaters
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After almost two decades of “kicking the can down the road,” in the words of one Panida board member, the theater’s board of directors hosted a public meeting Feb....
How to honor Black History Month in Bonner County
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor We’re in the middle of Black History Month, whose foundation was laid in 1926. It wasn’t until 1970, however, when students at Kent State University chose January and February...
The rock ’n’ roll of uncertainty
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A single conversation with Portland musician Scott Pemberton makes one thing clear: The line between living everyday life and being a song-writing creative is blurred. “It’s what I do,”...
Honestly hilarious
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff For comedian Phillip Kopczynski, storytelling lies at the core of making people laugh. More than that, it’s telling honest stories that has helped him earn a reputation as one...
Pop punk and profits
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Like most people who can vaguely be categorized as millennials, I did a double-take when I saw the poster advertising When We Were Young Festival — a music event...
The genius of youth
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council has long believed that to truly foster an artistic and culturally rich community in North Idaho, resources must extend beyond established artists and into...
From her nation to the world
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Mary Frances Thompson Fisher grew up during a tumultuous time in Native American history, coming of age at the turn of the 20th century in pre-statehood Oklahoma as a...
Screening of feature film F.E.A.R. to benefit Panida
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It takes a lot of work to make a feature film. All the pre-production, planning, shooting, rewriting, editing and a thousand other tasks are instantly worth it the moment...
