2021 Gift Guide: Gifts for Lovers
By Ben Olson Reader Staff With the holiday shopping season rapidly approaching critical mass, many of us are left scrambling to find the perfect gift for our loved ones. Last week, I offered three...
Category: Arts & Culture
Museum exhibit explores Sandpoint’s mercantile history
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As President Calvin Coolidge said in 1925, “the chief business of the American people is business.” The same could be said of Sandpoint, dating back more than 100 years,...
Turning a new page
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff For someone who firmly classifies herself as a book lover, I sure spend a pitiful amount of time reading. Don’t get me wrong — this job requires an immense...
The sounds of the season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Conductor Jan Pellant has traveled a long way in his musical career to arrive in Sandpoint. Born in Prague, Czech Republic, and the son of professional musicians, Pellant has...
Father act
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Those familiar with the ins and outs of literature might be familiar with the concept of the unreliable narrator — the character who tells the story, but one that...
2021 Gift Guide: Make your own Christmas gifts this year
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I have one of the coolest girlfriends in the world. Instead of expensive bouquets of roses, she prefers hand-picked wildflowers. Instead of expensive restaurants, she’s more into a healthy...
KRFY celebrates a decade on air
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff KRFY Panhandle Community Radio — otherwise known as 88.5 FM — is celebrating 10 years on the air in 2021. Though Sandpoint’s community radio station went live on Jan....
Remembering Dann Hall
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A piece of Sandpoint — real Sandpoint — died this week when Dann Hall passed away on Nov. 28. The son of Ross and Hazel Hall, the former a...
A documentary for our times
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The good news is The Antidote is a wonderful, uplifting documentary film. The bad news? That it had to be made in the first place. The Bonner County Human...
Mad About Science: Mason jar experiments
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This article is usually written to give you answers. Today, I’m not going to give you any answers. Instead, I’m going to give you experiments and, if you really...
