Champagne and dancing
A rundown of all Sandpoint’s New Year’s Eve parties By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Barrel 33, 100 N. First Ave., 5-10 p.m. The local wine bar will expand its usual offerings with a one-night-only hot...
Category: Arts & Culture
Emily Articulated: Thirteen magical nights
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist It is said there is a stretch of time — 13 nights — beginning at the winter solstice, when the veil between worlds is the thinnest. It’s a time for...
A more complete picture of GLP-1 medications
In response to ‘Mad About Science’ By Jim McCabeReader Contributor I cringed at Brenden Bobby’s “Mad about Science” column on Ozempic in the Dec. 18 edition of the Reader. While it contained some factual...
Bringing community, connection and cinema to North Idaho
Sandpoint Idaho Film Fest accepting submissions Jan. 1 By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Idaho Film Fest is preparing for its inaugural debut at the Panida Theater by throwing open its doors to submissions beginning Thursday,...
Local author releases final installment of The Mysterious Pend Oreille Paddler
By Reader Staff Author Whitney Rae Palmer has released The Mysterious Pend Oreille Paddler, Part 3, a conclusion to her comical series about the local water serpent set along the scenic shores of Lake...
The Sandpoint Eater: Our gift
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist Some recipes arrive neatly typed on index cards, already perfected. Others are passed down through labor, patience and love — learned by watching hands at work long before you understand...
Sandpointian Rhapsody
Champions Under Pressure to play Queen tribute at The Hive By Reader Staff There are a few bands in the history of music that rise above their peers. Led by Freddie Mercury and his...
‘A tremendous blessing’
After 30 years, Ward Tollbom announces retirement from Hen’s Tooth Studio in downtown Sandpoint By Ben OlsonReader Staff Every small town has its characters that make it more than just a collection of buildings...
2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
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...
