The best albums of 2025
A totally biased opinion from a musical office By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff This year was a horrible, no good, very bad page of the calendar; yet, despite the pain — or perhaps because of...
Category: Arts & Culture
New matching gift doubles Panida donations until year’s end
By Reader Staff There’s good news — and even better news — for fans of the Panida Theater. The good news is that with contributions made since Thanksgiving, the Panida has fulfilled the final...
Wake Up Dead Man is the best Knives Out since the original
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Rian Johnson’s mini-franchise Knives Out has been billed as breathing new life into “the British drawing room murder mystery,” with its titular first installment in 2019, followed by Glass Onion...
Man bites back at dogs
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Among the quickest ways to get yourself in trouble is pointing out that all dogs are not God’s perfect creatures, nor do they belong in every space where humans conduct...
Mad about Science: Ozempic
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist You’ve probably heard the catchy jingles for Ozempic, a miracle weight loss drug that has been touted by cultural titans like Oprah Winfrey. What is this stuff, where did it...
The elixir of flame
By Kelly PriceReader Contributor I once struck up a conversation with a vintage woman who was hobbling along a sidewalk with her cane. Her mind seemed sharp, her vocabulary rich and I sensed I’d...
Festival at Sandpoint releases 2025 annual report
By Reader Staff Despite Fiscal Year 2025 proving to be “more complex than the recent years of notable growth,” the Festival at Sandpoint’s annual report credited “diverse revenue streams, disciplined expense management and prudent...
Holiday Gift Guide: Last minute gifts
By Zach Hagadoneand Soncirey MitchellReader Staff We’re entering the final innings of the holiday shopping season, with workplace and neighborhood parties populating the calendar even as the days are winding down to the Main...
‘Just short of insanity’
‘Thrillusionist’ David DaVinci returns to the Panida By Reader Staff Sandpoint’s own globetrotting magician, David DaVinci, will once again wow audiences Friday, Dec. 19 with a 7 p.m. show full of stunts, magic and...
Sandpoint library to host Winter Farmers’ Market
By Reader Staff While the current weather is warm enough that it could probably take place outside, the Winter Farmers’ Market continues indoors Saturday, Dec. 20 at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner...
