Madame Wu
By Phil Deutchman
Reader Contributor
The U.S. Postal Service issued a new, “forever” stamp featuring the portrait of nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. She is not known to the general public, …
Category: Arts & Culture
Festival to host first-ever virtual fundraiser auction
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint is swinging into the 2021 season with a virtual wine auction, slated to run Monday, April 12 until Saturday, April 17.…
Oops! What have we done to Britney?
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When The New York Times-produced documentary Framing Britney Spears hit FX and Hulu earlier this year it captivated audiences, but not in the way …
Red Pilled
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
“The minute God crapped out the third caveman a conspiracy was hatched against one of them.”
— Col. Hunter Gathers, OSS (ret., also fictitious)
QAnon …
Shakespeare returns
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Hang onto your goffered frills, Shakespeare is returning to Sandpoint.
Since 1973, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks has brought the plays of William Shakespeare to …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, in a seemingly far off land, I was a writer. I woke every morning, grabbed my jar of peanut butter …
We gotta get out of this place
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A decade or so ago, on the way home from a backcountry music festival in Montana, I stopped off with two friends at a bar …
Broadcaster Bill Litsinger unveils new podcast
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sometimes a change of format is just what the doctor ordered. Bill Litsinger, longtime host of the weekly radio talk show “The Voice” on KSPT/KBFI, …
MCS hires a new director of music
By Reader Staff
Spring is a time for new beginnings, and that is true for Sandpoint’s local school of performing arts. The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint recently announced a new …
True Crime
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Aristotle thought long and hard about the nature of wickedness — specifically, the moral nature of ill deeds performed knowingly or unknowingly. In his Nicomachean …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss The Wardens, The Gothard Sisters Celtic Celebration, the Gun ‘n Horn Show, 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.
