By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Teen Center will host a Hawaiian luau-themed fundraiser on Wednesday, May 20 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church (526 S. Olive Ave.). The family-friendly night includes Hawaiian-inspired...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Everything in this universe grows and changes in conjunction with and response to something else, metaphorically and literally. Humans are products of their environment, and whether that means personal idiosyncrasies...
By Reader Staff May 10, 2026, marks 121 years since Anna Jarvis began her campaign to make Mother’s Day an official U.S. holiday, and 112 years since President Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation that...
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist I just returned from a holiday to Ireland. I was traveling with a couple of favorite cousins and — like I once did — they assumed that potatoes are the...
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist Spring has arrived (I think). It’s time to roll down the car windows, grab a map or two (yes, paper maps, please) and follow the two-lane highways stitching together the...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff With Easter come and gone and the kids back at school, it’s time for adults to enjoy a sweet treat of their own. These springtime, dessert-inspired cocktails are perfect for...
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist Earlier this week, in great anticipation of juvenile house guests arriving for Easter, I made a pilgrimage to Costco. As I perused the cereal aisle, the sweetest little family rolled...
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist At the risk of sounding cliché, can we please talk about the weather? About “spring” rushing forth like an angry lion and then going absolutely nowhere — lingering, circling back...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Occasionally, amid the constant drumbeat of negative stories about our crumbling world, the spotlight shines on something truly absurd to provide much-needed comic relief. Enter McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski. It...
The power of pasta By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist I had a houseful of family over the weekend and, with St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I first mused about making a recipe to...
