By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Science-fiction — at least good science-fiction — confounds our present understanding of ourselves. Far from laser battles and the wonky speculative theory of interstellar travel, the true masterpieces of...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The average album runs a gamut of pre-release rituals. There are promo appearances, strategically released singles and pre-sale hype. Artists share countdowns across platforms, gaining new listeners and teasing...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Sandpoint artist Alison Barrows-Young is celebrating international recognition after the publication ArtTour International recently chose one of her pieces for its back cover. Barrows-Young, also known as ALBY, said...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The story of my recent television consumption begins where most stories of 2020 begin: acknowledging that this year has, in many ways, not been good. Between the pandemic and...
By Hannah Combs Reader Contributor In this three-part series, we explore the formation of Lake Pend Oreille and the things that may lurk in its unknown depths. In August 1866, Civil War General Thomas...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist If you were to peruse a history book about famous scientists at the library, perhaps about a famous figure such as Benjamin Franklin, you may find many profound and...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In early times, songs were passed down by generations like oral histories. Even two or three generations back, songs had to be experienced either in a person’s home or...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There was a time, not so long ago it seems, when the idea of a movie starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson flying under the radar would have been...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Growing up on a farm in the Selle Valley as one of nine children, Diana Tillberg said her mother found ways for the family to be creative. “My mom...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Having a unique community identity is becoming more and more important today, especially as everyplace tends to look like everyplace else — with a McDonald’s here, a Starbuck’s there...
