The Reader interviews The Head and the Heart
Seven years ago, I was managing a bar in Sandpoint called the Downtown Crossing. Kaylee Cole, a regular act I booked, recommended I check out a little-known Seattle band called The Head and the...
Category: Arts & Culture
Random Digital Madness: Regional technology news and commentary
By Bill Harp Reader Tech Columnist As a fan of near-future, dystopian, cyber-tech science fiction, I occasionally find a frightening book that warns how the future could unfold. “The Water Knife,” by Paolo Bacigalupi,...
Corner Bookstore in new location
By McCalee Cain Reader Intern For years, bibliophiles have turned to Jim Orbaugh of the Corner Bookstore for good reads and good conversations alike. Today, one in search of either would no longer go...
‘Sense the Wind’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Sometimes a documentary film comes along and reminds us how resilient and powerful human beings really are. The upcoming documentary “Sense the Wind” playing Friday, July 7 at 7...
Beliefs and practices of the Christian Identity Movement
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor Back in the day — when Richard Butler of the Aryan Nations, Vincent Bertollini, the “11th Hour Remnant Messenger,” and others, were trying to spread their ideas in our...
Angels Over Sandpoint announce scholarship recipient
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Angels Over Sandpoint has announced the winner of the Angels’ Community Service Scholarship. Priest River Lamanna High School graduate Anthony Storro will receive $1,500 for his involvement with...
In books we trust:
By Jim Ramsey Reader Contributor One day each month of the school year, Deb Davis’ second-grade students at Farmin Stidwell elementary school in Sandpoint have a big celebration when the books they have ordered...
Sun’s out, art’s out:
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer When Pend Oreille Art Council’s arts administrator Hannah Combs prepared for her first ArtWalk last year, she knew it was a long-standing tradition. What she didn’t know was...
Roasting a film legend
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you look up Erik Daarstad on IMDB.com, you’ll find his first film credit is listed as a cinematographer for a war film called “Hell Squad” in 1958. So...
Library kicks off Summer Reading Program
By Reader Staff When kids stop reading during summer vacation, the summer slide happens. No, this isn’t a toy found at the playground. The summer slide is the loss of academic skills and knowledge...
