The return of David Lynch and ‘Twin Peaks’
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Early in the first episode of “Twin Peaks: The Return,” a vehicle rumbles down a dusty backroad. Car headlights do little to ward off the oppressive night. Rock music,...
Category: Featured
Junoon: The biggest band you’ve never heard of
By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor There are questions we will never know the answers to: Why is there suffering in the world, why does Hawaii have interstate highways, and what would chairs look like...
CHAFE 150 and Rotary celebrate 10 years
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff When Mel Dick feels the workload of helping organize CHAFE 150 bear down on him, he recalls a story that puts everything in perspective. It was an encounter between...
Festival extends deadline for Charley Packard Memorial Scholarship
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint is extending the application deadline for the first ever Charley Packard Memorial Songwriting Scholarship. The new deadline is Friday, June 30. This dedicated scholarship is open to...
Scotchman Peaks open house scheduled
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Staffers of U.S. Sen. Jim Risch have planned another community meeting for residents to share their thoughts on the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. The open house will provide Risch’s...
Changing lanes: traffic reverts to two-way on Fifth Ave.
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The long-awaited switch-over to two-way traffic begins today, Thursday, on Fifth Avenue. After numerous weather-related delays, first from the fall to the spring and then from early May to...
Our Mothers; Our Goddesses: Celebrating the Power of the Feminine
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist One night several years ago I had a very vivid dream about my mother. I had invited her to my Moscow home, and she appeared in the front yard...
‘I guess there is more work for me to do’
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff “I am John, but everybody calls me ‘Doc.’ Come March, which is coming quick, I am going to be 70… God! I never thought I’d live that long.” -Doc...
Dissenter of the universe:
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Everybody is ostensibly a “maverick” and a “nonconformist” these days. That is, if you ask them. Light a flame and melt away the cellophane wrapping and you will quickly...
Mad About Science: The Fifties
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by Sandpoint Library Lost in the ‘50s is this weekend! So, it seems like as good a time as ever to take a trip down memory lane and...
