At the top of the hill
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When the owners of the property known locally as “The Pine Street Sledding Hill” announced it would no longer be open to the public, many …
Category: Arts & Culture
Chamber awards winners of 2020 holiday window decorating competition
By Reader Staff
The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the third annual Holiday Window Decorating Competition. The winners will receive free advertising courtesy …
The pipes, the pipes are galling
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Over the past 30 or so years I’ve been playing music — which began with recording fart sounds on my Casio SK1 — I seem …
End of days
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When Netflix hits me with a show descriptor containing words like “deadpan” and “cynical,” count me in. I’m a slave to the algorithm like all …
Doomsday films that live a world apart
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Stories of end times for humankind have been around for millennia. Likewise, generations of moviegoers have flocked to flicks depicting various apocalyptic scenarios. Whether they’re …
Lost Horse Press poetry title long listed for 2021 PEN in translation category
By Reader Staff
Lost Horse Press is thrilled to announce that a title from its Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series — A New Orthography by Serhiy Zhadan — has been selected …
Words to abolish in 2021
By Zach Hagadone, Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Far be from us, of all people, to remotely suggest impoverishing or even diminishing the English language, but some words …
Screen print your own T-shirts at home
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A common lament among those who feel the need to express themselves artistically is having a lack of inspiration, as well as a lack of …
From the ground up
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It’s a balmy 40-degree January morning in Sandpoint, and Dan Wimberly and his volunteer construction crew are hard at work building a Habitat for Humanity …
The year’s missing music
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It was a weird year for music.
With the typical hype of major releases downplayed or altogether postponed amid the pandemic, 2020 took on an …
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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.
