Bringing Sandpoint’s history to life
By Reader Staff
The Bonner County Historical Society will host a special screening of Sandpoint at the North End of the Long Bridge in conjunction with the Panida Theater (300 …
Category: Movies and Theater
Sandpoint’s Winter Carnival celebrates the Sled Hill
By Reader Staff
As part of Sandpoint’s annual Winter Carnival, the Kaniksu Land Trust will host the premiere of the short film The Sled Hill at the Panida Theater (300 …
Days and days of frozen festivities
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Idaho’s snowy weather and freezing temperatures are back just in time for the return of Sandpoint’s Winter Carnival. This year, the celebrations will continue from …
International Wildlife Film Festival raises funds for local students
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
As part of Sandpoint’s Winter Carnival, The Hive (207 N. First Ave.) will host a special showing of the International Wildlife Film Festival’s 2024 lineup …
Netflix series American Primeval gets medieval on 19th-century U.S. history
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The American West is ripe country for torture porn. The history of how “we won” the region is fraught, to put it lightly. Even that …
Documentary film Jim Henson: Idea Man shows new side of visionary puppeteer
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Anyone who doesn’t know the name “Jim Henson” should go sit in a corner and think about their life choices. The legendary creator of the …
POAC presents Living Voices — The New American — at Panida Theater
By Reader Staff
The Pend Oreille Arts Council will offer audiences a unique historical experience Friday, Jan. 31 with its Living Voices production of The New American at the Panida …
Panida screens Groundhog Day for $5 on Groundhog Day
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Anyone who works in local media knows the peculiar exhaustion that goes with covering the same event year after year. There are only so many …
Instant classic Hundreds of Beavers to screen as $5 movie at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When director/co-writer Mike Cheslik gave an interview to the Associated Press about his black-and-white, mostly silent slapstick comedy Hundreds of Beavers last year, he said, …
Documentary film Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams, rediscovers one of 20th-century literature’s true originals
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Of the many hazards of being an artistic trailblazer is that your creations turn into tropes while your hand in inventing them gets forgotten.
That’s …
Reader in Print
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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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Sandpoint Winter Carnival, the Heart Ball, Low Bar Chorale, 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.
