Category: Arts & Culture

Blues on the mountain

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nothing says North Idaho like an off-grid hootenanny celebrating music and community. Even better if it happens every year, and Billy Mullaley has accomplished just that with Panhandle Bluesfest,...

Ruthless, by necessity

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff They were young women — 19, 16 and 14 — but they were killers. Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, respectively, volunteered for the Dutch Resistance during...

Through a glass (not so) darkly

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Read enough reviews of the recently-released, hotly-anticipated Netflix series “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” and some central themes emerge.  First, it’s visually amazing. The prequel/reboot/obsessive homage to Jim Henson’s...

Bumper to bumper with history

By Ben Olson Reader Staff For decades, two car shows have served as bookends for the busy summer season in Sandpoint: Lost in the ’50s in May and the Injectors Car Show in September. ...

Trout & About Festival

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Panhandle Chapter of Trout Unlimited will bring two live music performances Saturday, Aug. 31 to Matchwood Brewing — both in the name of protecting bull trout.  Shakewell and...

Prepare thyselves for merriment

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Hear ye! Hear ye! Damsels, lords and ladies, knights, knaves and wenches. Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth I is most excited to welcome all to the splendor and enchantment...

Jet lag day

By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink Reader Contributor I grew up in the Netherlands and have traveled to 20 countries between 2006 and 2016, but it’s been at least five years since I traveled to a place...