Sandpoint at its artsiest
By Claire Christy Reader Contributor The sun is shining, school is out and the tourists have arrived. That means ArtWalk season is upon us. This year, the Pend Oreille Arts Council has teamed up...
Category: Arts & Culture
Cheers to the locals
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Sandpoint isn’t operating at full summer capacity, welcoming tourists from all over the world and serving itself up as a perfect mountain town getaway, it is home to...
Outdoor Experience turns 35
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Sandpoint may have changed a bit in the past three decades, but one thing remains the same: we have always loved the outdoors in this community. For many, where...
City seeking applicants for new Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Applications to serve on the newly created Sandpoint Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission are being accepted through Friday, June 25, with an online form available at lf.sandpointidaho.gov/Forms/CommitteeApplication. The...
To sell or not to sell
By Ben Olson Reader Staff About 35 people attended the Panida Theater’s Town Hall meeting June 7, where board members took the temperature of the community regarding an idea to sell the adjacent Little...
Home away from home
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The 2020 film Minari, from South Korean writer/director Lee Isaac Chung, is a deft, affecting example of the notion that cultures are often best understood through the lens of...
This Open Window: Vol. 6 No. 4
Poetry and Prose by Local Writers Edited by Jim Mitsui Seven. p.m. and the Sun Has Set It is October 25th, 2018 I sit beside my mother’s bed and whisper in her ear...
Sun’s out, tongue’s out
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s not everyday that you see a bull moose stick out his tongue at you. However, such is now the case in Sandpoint. Travelers along Fifth Avenue can take...
A veteran storyteller
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff North Idaho author Michael Jacobson started writing in the 1980s, but did not pursue the trade seriously until 1993, when he was discharged from the U.S. Army after 17...
Back roads point the way
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Like many of us who were born and raised in Sandpoint, I have played the “Sandpoint Shuffle” several times. This dance step involves feeling trapped and wanting to see...
