The sounds of the season
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Conductor Jan Pellant has traveled a long way in his musical career to arrive in Sandpoint. Born in Prague, Czech Republic, and the son of …
Category: Music
Shook Twins host 11th annual ‘Giving Thanks’ show
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be the same without the annual “Giving Thanks’’ concert by Sandpoint’s homegrown musical stars Shook Twins at the Panida. Last year, due …
A world of feeling
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When asked to describe his band’s music in only a few words, Barrio Manouche frontman Javi Jimenez falls silent. Then, he laughs.
“It is really …
Dancing into winter
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
As Sandpoint prepares to celebrate at Jack Frost Fest, the mission is simple: join the community in raising a glass to live music, local eats …
Getting to know the new Panida director
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Veronica Knowlton has passion — that much is evident after speaking with her for just a few minutes. The 28-year-old chosen by the Panida Board …
The next generation of storytellers
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the advent of new technology and media, the art of storytelling has changed volumes in the millenia humans have inhabited the earth but, at …
Letting the music move him
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Okaidja Afroso writes what he knows.
Born to a musical family in a culturally rich fishing community on the west coast of Ghana, Afroso has …
Festival at Sandpoint hires Paul Gunter as education and production manager
By Reader Staff
Paul Gunter has been a pivotal part of putting on the annual Festival at Sandpoint for decades. Now he’s joining the organization’s staff to work on projects …
Hickey Farms’ Harvest Festival to span October
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If Linus’ “Great Pumpkin” from the Peanuts comic strip were to appear anywhere in North Idaho, I’ll wager it would be the Hickey Farms pumpkin …
Instrumental improvement
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Parents, by and large, want their kids to be better than them in all the ways that they lack; and, already, mine are my betters …
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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 Sandpoint Winter Carnival, a Queer V-Day Dance Party, 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.
