Will Ferrell’s The Hawk is ridiculously funny
By Ben OlsonReader Staff There are a variety of excellent films about golf that have been quoted on teeboxes and greens since they came out: Whether it’s Caddyshack, Tin Cup, Happy Gilmore or several...
Category: Arts & Culture
The accidental bakery
Third-generation Sandpointian returns to open The Cakery on First By Ben OlsonReader Staff Abby Stolfo’s road to opening a new business led her back home to Sandpoint. The third-generation Sandpointian recently opened The Cakery...
An open letter from the Festival at Sandpoint
By The Festival at Sandpoint TeamReader Contributors To our community, As we get ready to welcome you back to War Memorial Field this summer, we wanted to take a moment to share what we’ve...
Eight years in the making, new Canfield Mountain trail opens to the public
By Reader Staff Eight years after the idea took shape, the first phase of the Honey Badger Project is officially complete. Project partners celebrated the opening of the new 3.2-mile non-motorized trail in Kootenai...
Bring back the nondiscrimination ordinance
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It seems like every year or so, The New York Times finds an opportunity to write about Sandpoint and surrounds — sometimes telling everyone in the world they should move...
Texas-based band to play genre-defying show at Panida
By Reader Staff If asked what genre his band Shinyribs plays, singer-songwriter Kevin Russell might respond, “All of them.” The Austin, Texas-based supergroup is a sonic melting pot of Texas blues, New Orleans R&B,...
PNW Latin band Milonga to headline Summer Series July 23
By Reader Staff Spokane’s hottest Latin band Milonga will play the next Sandpoint Summer Series at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 23 in Farmin Park (Third Avenue and Main Street). The free outdoor concert...
Mad about Science: Latex Gloves
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist My hobby involves going through a large number of latex gloves. Photopolymer resin is really bad for your skin, so you need to use gloves to handle the stuff when...
Rise of the Pend Oreille Phoenix
Terry Anderson launches his final boat after a lifetime of tinkering and building By Ben OlsonReader Staff For most people, dragging a 50-foot long and 20-foot-wide sailboat down an incline into the lake using...
Emily Articulated: Ordinary miracle
By Emiy EricksonReader Columnist “If you took a very long ruler and stretched it from here to the planet Pluto, one inch of that distance would be you. The rest of the distance would...
