Phantom footsteps and the graves next door
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Everybody is afraid of something. When I was 7 years old, there was a period of time lasting about a year when I was consumed by the fear of...
Category: Arts & Culture
‘See the humanity’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Amid a long season of discontent, local professional photographer Marsha Lutz felt compelled to do something to make a statement about inclusion, diversity and community. It started a few...
Not a second for granted
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff This year has not been particularly kind to Blake Christiana or his band, Yarn. Despite the hardships that the novel coronavirus pandemic imposed on musicians, Christiana is one to...
Panida adds five to board at annual meeting
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Panida Theater added five members to its board Saturday, Oct. 17 during the nonprofit’s annual meeting, which drew about 50 community members — all socially distanced with the...
Swan songs
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Autumn is a time of change, but it’s also a season full of conflicting feelings about death and dying. As trees prepare for the coming cold months, their leaves...
Taking downtime in stride
By Reader Staff Since 1978, the people behind the Pend Oreille Arts Council have made it their mission to bring art to Sandpoint. When Executive Director Tone Lund and Arts Coordinator Claire Christy started...
Feel-good movies – without all the cheese
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Let’s face it: 2020 sucks. As we all find ways to supplant the constant bad news with ways to enrich our souls, feel-good movies often distract from the crushing...
You, at the Panida, with live theater
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s no mystery that people love Clue. The murder-mystery game — originally an English creation called Cluedo — originated in the 1940s and shortly thereafter hopped the pond as...
Giving goods a new life
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Brooke Moore, who owns Azalea Handpicked Style on First Avenue in Sandpoint, doesn’t forget a piece of clothing. That’s thanks to her belief that each and every consigned good...
The bells of Corfe
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Some places feel tired and are none too happy about it. There’s a restless, frustrated feeling to those places — as if they kick in the night. Corfe in...
