Live music for the long winter
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fans of Sadie Sicilia are in for a treat as the vivacious singer-songwriter performs in two bands Friday, Dec. 27 at the Heartwood Center: Queen Suite and The Wagoner...
Category: Arts & Culture
Big sky, big energy
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff People post ads to Craigslist for any number of reasons: to find roommates, sell a dishwasher, buy a car. Matt Demarais posted an ad to find someone with whom...
Talking about torture
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It was the biggest story that never mattered. When the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the so-called “torture report,” which clocked in at 6,700 pages, it...
Breaking tradition: MCS’ Bel Canto Opera takes on Hansel & Gretel
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If Karin Wedemeyer had her way, everyone would have the opportunity to experience the opera. As the director of the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint — and a classically trained...
Dancing, drama and digital fur
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Dancing, singing, high-stakes competition, the chance at a new beginning: It’s all a day in the life of Cats, the long-running Broadway production, which is about to take the...
A story of resilience
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor Ellen Weissman never used to worry about expressing her Jewish identity. For years, it was suffused into the rhythms of everyday life. Even as she witnessed events like the...
Save those wrapping paper tubes!
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After Christmas has come and gone and living rooms across town are filled with crumpled ribbons, bows and wrapping paper, the environmentally conscious often try to find a use...
Blue suede tunes
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s clear from watching and listening to Ben Klein and the Rocketeers that this band truly enjoys what it does on stage. The sextuplet, comprised of players from Spokane...
Great guitar
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Every summit needs ambassadors and, look as you might, you’re not likely to find better artists to represent the beauty, complexity and possibilities of the guitar than Leon Atkinson;...
‘Go home dancing’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Entering the ornate ballroom of the Sandpoint Business and Events Center, it’s easy to feel like you weren’t just standing on the corner of Pine Street and Euclid Avenue...
