NEOWISE comet will be in view the next few weeks
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If there’s ever been a time to shut off the noise of the terrestrial world and look up to the heavens, now is it. The comet C/2020 F3 (known...
Category: Arts & Culture
Mad About Science: Backyard telescopes
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Few technologies are more intimately connected with the human experience than the telescope. Put in the simplest terms, it’s a device that makes your eye bigger, enabling it to...
The Late Night Buddhist: Stop Making Sense
By Scott Taylor Reader Columnist You may have seen a cartoon similar to this somewhere: A man in a doctor’s office waves his arm around wildly and says, “Doc it hurts when I do...
Willie Nelson, at 87, releases 70th solo album ‘First Rose of Spring’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint residents in the 40-and-older age bracket might remember the curious incident of Willie Nelson’s concert in a farmer’s field south of town. My recollection is vague, but it...
‘One note at a time’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When John Firshi performs, a conversation takes place. It’s happening between Firshi and his guitar — the rise and the fall of notes bringing to life the experiences of...
Panida pleads for financial support amid pandemic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Panida Theater released a fundraising letter July 1, calling for support to make it through the remainder of 2020 as the well-loved community landmark feels the effects of...
Escape to the lake and the advent of tourism
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors Laying her luggage on the bed (a real innerspring mattress, just like back home), she steps out the door and across the lawn to scope out...
ArtWalk 2020 featured artist: Lesley Gadsby
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Pend Oreille Arts Council’s 43rd annual ArtWalk will host an opening reception starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 10 at 34 venues around downtown Sandpoint. A Sandpoint favorite,...
‘Batman Begins’ playing at the Panida
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There have been a lot of great movies in the Batman franchise. There have also been some real doozies. Batman Begins, released in 2005 and directed by Christopher Nolan,...
America at the movies
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since the first decades of the 20th century, Americans have received the bulk of their self understanding as a national community from cinema and TV screens. A small but...
