A human face to the issue:
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor The 8th Annual Conference on Refugees, held at Boise State University on Feb. 8 and 9, was a gathering of approximately 425 people. I attended and planned to return...
Category: Arts & Culture
Leaving the Fold:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: In the first installment of this new media series, we talked about the general impact the Internet has had on political discourse. In this second article, we’ve...
Community grants offered
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Are you seeking funding for a worthy project? Look no further, dear reader, there are two new community grants currently accepting applications. The first is the Community Assistance League...
Mad About Science:
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Hello! My name is Brenden. I’m sure you’ve seen me and my crazy, borderline sentient beard around the library recently. For a little background, I am a science geek....
Weird Amazon II:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The last time we peered into the abyss of Weird Amazon, it was the Christmas season, a time of innocence. The ground was covered in white blankets of freshly...
‘Cold Feet’ set to break a leg at the Heartwood
By Dion Nizzi Reader Staff Oscar Wilde once opined in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” That notion is about to be tested...
You asked for it… the Laddies of the Day
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Within recent months this esteemed journal has run two features on Sandpoint’s wondrous Ladies Of The Day. Readers responded happily. Well, ladies did. But laddies? Not so much. To...
The Reader interviews G. Love and the Special Sauce
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Sometimes a performer comes along and redefines the genres in which we listen to music. Garret Dutton—better known as G. Love—did just that in the early ‘90s when he...
The Rise of New Media:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s no secret that the Internet transformed the way people find and consume media. With so much information available, people are increasingly shaping the types of messages they’re exposed...
Taxi Tales: V-Day in Sandpoint
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior It’s February, which means only one thing. It’s time to face the music of that dreaded holiday we all know is coming. Presidents’ Day. That’s right: the...
