Festival lineup — Week 1
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint gates open Thursday, July 27 for the 40th annual summer concert series, showcasing new faces and old favorites over eight exciting …
Category: Arts & Culture
The Festival at Sandpoint: Dos and Don’ts
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Anticipation is rising with the temperature as locals and tourists prepare for the 40th annual Festival at Sandpoint. Once again, crowds will pour into War …
A farewell to the Festival tent
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Last year’s concertgoers didn’t know it at the time, but they’d just attended the final show under the Festival at Sandpoint’s iconic white tent. This …
The possessions we cherish
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Anyone who has seen the A&E show Hoarders knows what it’s like to see someone literally buried under the weight of their possessions.
If you …
Summer Serenade fundraiser to benefit local music scholarships
By Reader Staff
The talented Music Conservatory of Sandpoint faculty will perform a variety of summery classical music Sunday, July 23 at the Little Carnegie Concert Hall in Sandpoint. The …
Jeff Tweedy to play at Panida Theater
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In the hybrid world located somewhere between American folk and alt-country, the name Jeff Tweedy reigns supreme.
The frontman for Grammy Award-winning band Wilco, Tweedy …
Where will the children play?
By K.L. Huntley
Reader Contributor
Everything, absolutely everything eventually evolves. This includes people, wildlife languages and cultures. That is the way it is and the way it will continue to …
Dover turns 100
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint may be the seat of Bonner County, and therefore capture the lion’s share of attention, but its little sister city Dover is every bit …
I’ll be your hurtleberry
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a confession I make at the risk of committing blasphemy, but I’ve never thought huckleberries are much of a novelty. That’s not to say …
Her own kind of blues
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Born a globetrotter to parents of both Sicilian-American and Guatemalan backgrounds, Cristina Vane could speak four languages and had lived in three countries before moving …
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Sandpoint Winter Carnival, a Queer V-Day Dance Party, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
