Mad About Science: The Lighthouse of Alexandria
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We live in a time of architectural wonder — so much wonder that even the most triumphant structures ever built by human hands just seem a little bland. It’s...
Category: Arts & Culture
The good kind of work
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 2018 with some good friends — a turn of luck I am eternally grateful for — I realized then and there...
Festival at Sandpoint announces first acts of 2021 season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After taking last year off due to COVID-19, the Festival at Sandpoint on May 3 announced its first performances for the 2021 concert series. St. Paul & the Broken...
Where talent meets time travel
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff There is no shortage of talented, inspired people doing cool things in Sandpoint. One of those people is Keely Gray, founder of LPO Repertory Theatre — a group of...
Kind Idaho aims to put medical marijuana initiative on the 2022 ballot
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In recent years, Idaho has become an island in the sea of changing marijuana laws in the nation. It shares a border with Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and...
Judge hears cross motions in second Festival gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Kootenai County District Judge Lansing L. Haynes heard cross motions for summary judgment April 26 in the case against the Festival at Sandpoint and city of Sandpoint, in which...
Toilet paper, and so much more
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Local artist Kally Thurman has spent the pandemic reacquainting herself with her love of painting. The longtime art teacher discovered profound inspiration in a household object that received coveted...
Maya Goldblum, as Queen Bonobo, to release EP May 7
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Born in Sandpoint, Maya Goldblum, a.k.a. recording artist Queen Bonobo, drew on her experiences abroad in Ireland to create her latest EP, Sail From This Life, which is due...
Ageless ambition
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Luckily for aspiring cellists of the Idaho Panhandle, Suzuki String Academy is now home to Bianca d’Avila do Prado — originally of Brazil, but who moved to the U.S....
Sandpoint Showstoppers offers drama opportunities for local youth
By Reader Staff If you know a third- through sixth-grader with an interest in learning about the dramatic arts through entertaining, interactive activities with their peers, check out Pend Oreille Arts Council’s new after-school...
