Songwriting tips for budding musicians
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A bright side of this pandemic has been embracing new talents that might not have been possible if we weren’t all spending a bit more time at home. Music...
Category: Arts & Culture
Making music, making magic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For Joel Shoemaker, the combination of his two passions — woodworking and playing music — seemed a natural fit: building guitars. Shoemaker delved into luthiery as a hobbyist nearly...
A real “American horror story’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Look past the piety of the Puritans, their stovepipe hats and buckle shoes, and an earnest reader of early American history will find a thick vein of supernatural horror...
That’s a wrap
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Observant city residents and visitors may have noticed a new splash of art throughout public spaces in Sandpoint over the past nine months. After the city of Sandpoint added...
Sandpoint Film Festival celebrates 10 years with Labor Day weekend screenings at The Longshot
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Film Festival, usually hosted at the Panida Theater in the beginning of November, is celebrating its 10th anniversary but under different circumstances in the strange and challenging year of...
Heaven and hell
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor Camp Bay has been described as a little slice of heaven. For the Green family, as well as several lessees who have built cabins on the property over the...
Designs from within
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Upon walking into the Talache Designs booth at the Farmers’ Market at Sandpoint, it becomes clear that no two pieces of jewelry are the same. Each dainty necklace or...
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor Reader Columnist You may have heard the above question posed by one spouse to another amid a relationship spat (in the standard joke it applies to the husband, who learns the...
Celebrating the past – and the future
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A year ago, on Aug. 12, the staff at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint took the first step of many toward establishing itself as an epicenter of art and...
‘Art is instrumental’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Passersby at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint’s building at 110 Main St. may have noticed the two public pianos on the sidewalk have received an artistic facelift. The pianos...
