Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to the Panida
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since 1995, the Panida Theater has been the local home of the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which last year expanded for the first time to three nights of screenings...
Category: Community Happenings
Comedy Avalanche kicks off 2024 series with Andrew Rivers at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s a new year, which means it’s time for the new series of Comedy Avalanche shows at the Panida Theater, kicking off 2024 with a show Saturday, Jan. 13...
208 Fiction competition results
Welcome to the third annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel of...
Music for the mind and the soul
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The band Heat Speak has its roots in Spokane, where founder and lead singer-songwriter Dario Ré began collaborating with a number of area performers to produce innovative, genre-bending music....
Dreaming of snow: POAC Winter Mosaic
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council will unveil its newest exhibit, Winter Mosaic, at a free reception Friday, Jan. 5, from 5-7 p.m. at its new space, located at 313...
Speakeasy fundraiser rescheduled for next two Thursdays
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After the postponement of the third annual Speakeasy fundraiser in October, due to illnesses in the cast, LPO Repertory Theater has rescheduled the date for its popular event to...
2024 year in preview
By Reader Staff We don’t want some of this to come true, nor do we wish to give anyone any ideas, but as is our custom, the Reader staff presents its annual list of...
Revel in the sound
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s a glorious time to be a musician. Gone is the strict adherence to genres and narrow creative lanes, replaced with the realization that performers can make whatever type...
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading the list of big...
Festival at Sandpoint Youth Orchestra to perform Winter Concert
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint’s Youth Orchestra will perform its Winter Concert at the Heartwood Center on Monday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. All ages are welcome and admission is free. Classes...
