An interview with: Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff ZZ Top is working on five decades of creating iconic rock jams, which is a feat not many artists can claim. The Reader caught up with frontman Billy Gibbons...
Category: Arts & Culture
A wild Sandemonium schedule appears!
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Calling all nerds! Sandemonium, North Idaho’s own family-friendly Comic-Con-style convention for all things geeky, is right around the corner. And a vision of some of the coming fun is...
A newcomer’s guide to the Festival
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Whether you’ve seen every Festival at Sandpoint show since the ‘80s or this is your first time, there’s always room to make the experience more enjoyable for you and others....
Profiles of Graduates: Sofia Kriz gears up for language-immersion program in Beijing
By McCalee Cain Reader Staff Heading off to college can be nerve-racking. For recent Sandpoint High grad Sofia Kriz, those jitters are compacted with the excitement of moving abroad. Kriz is set to attend...
An interview with: Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Over 30 years ago, a trio of high school friends in Colorado started messing around and playing music for fun. When Todd Park Mohr, Brian Nevin and Rob Squires...
An interview with: Greensky Bluegrass
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff For nearly two decades, the members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp of a stringband with the rule-breaking spirit of...
Panida ‘plays it again’ for Sandpoint Crazy Days Sale
By Panida Theater Volunteers Reader Contributors It’s that time again when some of us need to clear out the old to make room for the new. Others want to keep finding more treasures to...
Smells of Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Ever stopped and just taken a whiff of Sandpoint? There are a plethora of olfactory sensations going on here in the panhandle – some pleasant, some not so much....
An interview with: Maestro Gary Sheldon with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Spokane Symphony has been a staple of the Festival at Sandpoint Grand Finale for decades. This year, in celebration of 20 years conducting the symphony for the Festival,...
An interview with: Phillip Phillips
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Phillip Phillips came onto the music scene after winning “American Idol” in 2012, and has since recorded three albums, the latest being “Collateral” in January of this year. The...
