Panida announces Jim Healey resignation
By Reader Staff The Panida Theater announced the resignation of longtime volunteer and board member Jim Healey on June 7. Healey has filled a number of volunteer roles at the Panida over the...
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Musicals as a philosophy of life
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Contributor When Michael Seifert talks about producing musicals, his verbiage only hovers around song and choreography for a moment before it veers sharply into philosophizing on the growth one can...
Local short film The Shape of Trees premieres at Panida Little Theater
By Reader Staff What can a story tell us beyond its basic details? That’s the overarching philosophical exploration at play in The Shape of Trees, a locally filmed, produced and cast short film premiering...
Iconic satire Blazing Saddles to screen as $5 film at the Panida
By Reader Staff Among the many iconic comedy films of Mel Brooks’ career, Blazing Saddles could fairly be described as a high point not just for the writer-director-actor, but for the genre of satire...
Channeling authenticity
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When choosing Legally Blonde The Musical for her fifth production, Lake Pend Oreille Repertory Theatre founder Keely Gray said the choice came down to authenticity. “One of the reasons...
POAC brings renowned pianist Tien Hsieh to Panida
By Reader Staff Acclaimed around the world, pianist Tien Hsieh is also a Sandpoint favorite, having performed twice as a soloist with the Spokane Symphony at the Festival and once as a guest of...
American Fiction chosen as $5 film at Panida
By Jim Healey Reader Contributor Moviegoers and film buffs are in for a treat Saturday, May 4, at the Panida Theater. The critically acclaimed American Fiction will be shown twice on Saturday — a...
Kendal Mountain Tour returns to Sandpoint
By Reader Staff The Kendal Mountain Tour is returning to the Panida Theater for the second time since 2022, with screenings on Friday, May 3 of films featuring the adventure and great outdoors of...
Bridges Home Trio sets Panida reunion
By Reader Staff Great music joins forces with a great cause when local favorite the Bridges Home Trio takes the stage for a reunion concert on Friday, April 26, at the Panida Theater. The...
Sandpoint’s favorite vaudevillian visitors
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff It’s been nine long, long years since vaudevillian musical group MarchFourth last graced the Panida Theater’s stage, bringing a level of showmanship and pizzazz that puts even New Orleans Mardi...
