A new arbor for the arboretum
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor When members of the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society asked local builder Collin Beggs if he would build something to replace an aging arbor at the Lakeview Park arboretum, he...
Category: Arts & Culture
Hanging up the rollers after 33 years
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The interior house paint of the year in 1987 was called “barely-there pink.” The color of the year for 2019 was known as “blueprint,” advertised as a mid-tone that’s...
Saluting the jazz of Gerry
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As a young boy in the 1930s, Gerry Mulligan fell in love with the sound of big band jazz. He pursued music in high school, which set him on...
‘Powerful and unique ideas’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The artistic work of North Idaho youths will take center stage as the Pend Oreille Arts Council hosts its 16th annual Student Art Show, kicking off Friday, Feb. 7...
Infectious enthusiasm
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s hard to stress how extensively critics have lost their damn minds over Parasite, the South Korean-language film from iconic-director-in-the-making Bong Joon-ho. Released in 2019, the darkly comedic thriller...
Uh oh, oh well, hell yeah
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Raised on a heavy diet of G-rated Christian tunes, James Bauscher knew there was “something more out there.” His hunch was confirmed when in fifth grade he heard The...
‘Stillness in motion’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In an image-saturated world, where more pictures are captured every two minutes than were made in the previous 150 years, local photographer Woods Wheatcroft remains committed to the power...
Laughing at tragedy
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor How do you make fun of one of the darkest chapters in world history? It’s a question comedy filmmakers have grappled with for decades. World War II, the Third...
‘That small town feel’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff From writing No. 1 radio hits to earning recognition as performers in their own right, Thom Shepherd and Coley McCabe have seen every side of the country music scene. ...
Nature and narrative
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As decades of language arts teachers have told us, there are four central forms of conflict inherent in any narrative: character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. self...
