Rave music is still all the rage
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When I was in high school and college, there was a phenomenon known as a rave that doesn’t seem to happen much anymore. The concept was simple: gather a...
Category: Arts & Culture
Dirt-y Secrets: Being mindful of harmful plants to pets,fertilizer and insecticides
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist Hello gardeners! As I write this in mid-February, we are just emerging from some serious cold — and wind. That combination, with little snow covering in the lower elevations,...
‘A golden place’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Local author Ken Fischman didn’t write his memoir Brooklyn Boy simply to relay the events of his life, but as an attempt to better understand why he is the...
Sew far, so good
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff There is comfort in collecting skills from days of yore. In a world that’s constantly hurtling toward the next advancement, knowing how to make things and fix them when...
A redo, and a radical reclamation
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Taylor Swift shocked fans with two unannounced albums in 2020, but ended the year with an even bigger surprise: she’s begun re-recording all of her albums from before 2019,...
The Valentine’s dinner crawl
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Amid the coldest stretch of weather North Idaho has yet to offer this winter, my fiancé Alex and I made the half-hour trek from our home to downtown Sandpoint...
What would Mister Rogers do?
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fred Rogers — or, as he was known for more than 30 years on his PBS show, Mister Rogers — remains a guiding light for people who grew up...
Panida Board elects new chair, discusses marquee repairs
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Members of the Panida board hosted a virtual meeting Feb. 17 to discuss recent changes in leadership, as well as upcoming repair projects to the community theater. Board Chair...
The stories a building could tell
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sandpoint’s first federal building, a grand spectacle of brick done in the Spanish Colonial Revival style located at 419 N. Second Avenue, has been home to the post office,...
If North Idaho was a board game
By Ben Olson Reader Staff What if North Idaho was a board game? How do you think it would look, and what exactly would be a good strategy to win? In the interest of...
