Sing, dance and be merry
Celebrate the holidays with these local parties By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff There’s no shortage of holiday cheer around Bonner County, where there are no fewer than a dozen festive parties with dancing, singing, food...
Category: Arts & Culture
Don’t give up the light: An allegory
By Ben OlsonReader Staff A long time ago, the people of Sandpoint lived in darkness. When the cold winter months set in, Sandpointians were left to navigate to and from work on streets without...
The Sandpoint Eater: Village people
By Marcia PilgermaReader Columnist I brought a few souvenirs home from my recent trip to Italy and France. In addition to a few well-earned (no regrets) pounds, it included a selection of grandkid-friendly and...
Lesser-known games to liven up the holidays
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Family and friends coming together for the holidays is the perfect excuse to dust off the board games and reshuffle the cards; and, for most people, that means playing a...
‘A journey through Ireland’
A Celtic Christmas with Everdream By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The famed trio Everdream has once again made the more than 4,000-mile journey from Ireland to the Inland Northwest for their annual performance of A...
A quiet, brooding masterpiece
Train Dreams is a film that captures the Gothic desperation of North Idaho By Ben OlsonReader Staff Underneath the paved streets, the brick buildings, real estate offices and fast-food joints, there exists another North Idaho. It’s...
Local dancers present fourth annual Nutcracker performance at the Panida
By Kristi StevensReade Contributor Allegro Dance Studio will present its fourth annual production of The Nutcracker, with performances Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m....
The search for immortality
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Facebook is a monument to the dead and dying. There are an estimated 30 million accounts for deceased users, and an analysis by University of Oxford researchers suggests that the...
Debut kids’ book from locally-raised author is a heartfelt exploration of family separation
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Kids’ books can be for entertaining, learning and explaining hard topics — and often all three. My House in the Sky, published in 2025 by Jeff Tedd Bock, is entertaining...
In praise of ‘performative reading’
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The New Yorker carried an interesting piece on its website Dec. 2 titled “Now Watch Me Read,” in which Brady Brickner-Wood explores the idea of “performative reading.” That is, the...
