Touched by the change
By Robin Lantrip Reader Contributor It started with a brisk chill in the morning air. The meadow began dressing in longer birch and fir shadows. The evening scent held a wisp of tamarack smoke...
Category: Arts & Culture
Party like it’s 2019
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s one thing to admire the musical oeuvre and sartorial style of iconic pop-rocker Prince, and another thing entirely to imitate him. Many have tried, and the sonic graveyard...
Wasteland Weekend: Four days of Halloween with Mad Max fanatics
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor A lot of questions go through your mind when a strange woman is about to spit wine in your face. Chief among them: Why did I agree to this? And...
Sound and color
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Growing up in Ventura, Calif., Berto Boyd remembers being surrounded by creative and talented people. He also recalls how drugs and gangs were becoming more prominent. “I was always...
Mad About Science: Halloween
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I’ve never been a Halloween humbug, so I wasn’t about to miss out on the fun of writing an article on one of my favorite holidays — but where...
Festival announces 2020 concert dates
By Reader Staff In an Oct. 30 post on Facebook, the Festival at Sandpoint announced its 2020 concert dates, providing some indication that business would continue as usual — or mostly as usual —...
Folk-grass album release concert Saturday
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the past 18 years, singer-songwriter Kevin Brown has hosted a bluegrass radio show on Spokane Public Radio called Front Porch Bluegrass. In those almost two decades, Brown has...
The Death of Dick Long: A quirky dramady just right for Halloween
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff All right, who wants to get weird? It is the week before Halloween, after all. The Panida Theater is screening one of those movies that lives somewhere between drama...
Write behind the mic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sandpoint has long been home to lively community open mics, the most recent of which is the Pop-Up Open Mic Series organized by the Sandpoint Literary Collective. “SLC started...
‘We sell fun’: The 219 Lounge turns 85
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The 219 Lounge has been many things to many people. It has also been many bars. Opened in October 1934 on Pine Street as the Old Bohemia Club, it...
