Robbery and romance
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Released in 1982, The Grey Fox tells the story of stagecoach robber and recently released prisoner Bill Miner, played by Richard Farnsworth. A restored version …
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Ground control to Spaceship Earth
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you think the coronavirus quarantine has lasted a long time, talk to the crew of Biosphere 2.
In 1991, a group of eight visionaries …
Small town, big story
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
An acclaimed coming-of-age documentary based in a small Florida town serves as the next film in the Panida Theater’s Virtual Viewing Rooms Series. The theater …
French ‘therapy drama’ playing in Panida’s virtual screening series
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
If there isn’t one yet, there needs to be a name for the principle that, “If you can think of it, there’s a movie genre …
From perp to priest
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Panida Theater is continuing its Virtual Viewing Rooms series by screening Corpus Christi, a Polish drama about an ex-con accidentally turned priest.
The …
Full house
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Panida Board of Directors received some homework Feb. 19, as about 25 community members attended its monthly meeting — the most that Chairman Robert …
‘Skid Row Marathon’ and ‘How to Defuse a Bomb”
By Erik Daarstad
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint Film Festival has added the showings of two feature documentaries as part of the Festival this year. Showing on Thursday night Nov. 1 at …
Be ready to boogie
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Roosevelt Dime got their start busking in New York City, playing for anyone who would listen in the parks, streets, squares, subways and beyond. Banjo …
‘Misery’ play gets the axe
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
“Misery,” the highly-anticipated local Halloween-season theatrical production of the Stephen King novel, is canceled after play supervisors found themselves caught in the middle of a …
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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, 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.
