By Katherine Greenland
Reader Contributor
The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint recently completed the purchase of the building at 110 Main St. After 10 years of occupying the nearly 12,000-square-foot building …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Summer is typically tour season for traveling bands, and a handful of out-of-towners are swinging through the 219 Lounge in the days immediately before the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Most people would place classic swing tunes a good distance from electronic beats on the musical genre spectrum.
Not Carey Rayburn.
The classically trained trumpeter …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Tonedevil Brothers — David and Anthony Powell — don’t just play their instruments. In a lot of cases, they’ve been familiar with their guitar’s …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Like any good obsession, Charity Luthy’s affinity for mid-century art and aesthetics started randomly and quickly grew out of all proportion.
“I got really into …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nothing says North Idaho like an off-grid hootenanny celebrating music and community. Even better if it happens every year, and Billy Mullaley has accomplished just …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Panhandle Chapter of Trout Unlimited will bring two live music performances Saturday, Aug. 31 to Matchwood Brewing — both in the name of protecting …
You may ask yourself, “Why did I miss LDW performing Talking Heads the last time they played at The Hive?” If so, you’re in luck, because the Portland, Ore.-based seven-piece …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Origins stories are always fascinating. Martin Stamper was born with a condition that makes his heart beat so fast it doesn’t pump blood, causing him …
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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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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