Category: Arts & Culture

The dark and the light

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Columnist Poor financial regulation. Reckless lending. Global pandemics. Many culprits have shaken Wall Street to its foundations over the decades. Last week, a new agent of chaos joined the list,...

Down the rabbit hole

By Ben Olson Reader Staff There has never been a more difficult time and place for truth than present-day America. When insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, they were united under a...

On snobberies

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In a previous life I was a newly married 27-year-old — with no kids — living in a gorgeous brick-and-hardwood apartment on Ninth Street in Boise. The apartment was...

Art for the era

By Claire Christy Reader Contributor Many important works of art have been born of suffering, including during COVID-19 quarantine. While self-isolation may not be over for everyone, the Pend Oreille Arts Council has called...

Slowpiercer

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When Snowpiercer appeared in theaters in 2013, few American viewers knew the work of Korean director Bong Joon-ho. Yet, the film — one of the most expensive in Korean...