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 professional musicians, Pellant has...
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 to COVID-19, the group...
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 hard for me to...
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 and white-capped mountains. Above...
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 of Trustees as the...
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 its core, storytelling still...
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 built a life of...
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 year-round. According to officials...
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 patch. This family farm,...
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 in more areas than...
