POAC hosts Masterpiece Ball
By Reader Staff It’s said that art imitates life, but at the Pend Oreille Arts Council’s Masterpiece Ball on Friday, Oct. 24, life will imitate art. Beginning at 6 p.m., attendees are invited to...
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Dumb of the Week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Some very powerful metaphors came across the Dumb Desk this week, as we near the final months of the foul Year of our Lord 2025. First, in an apparent trolling...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Planet Earth is a memory. We now inhabit the Planet of Dumb, where up is down, two plus two is five and gas prices are perpetually at $1.98 per gallon....
Bloody fingers, happy soul
By Ben OlsonReader Staff My first guitar was used more as a prop than an instrument. I convinced my parents to buy it for me when I was in sixth grade. It was a...
Food from afar
Some of the best dishes I’ve eaten in the world By Ben OlsonReader Staff I don’t know what it is about fall, but it sure makes me hungry. This time of year I find...
Synth-folk duo Babes in Canyon to host album release show
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Babes in Canyon has a definite vibe, and Sandpoint music lovers can experience the Seattle-based duo Friday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. with a special show to release their new...
Sandpoint City Council continues debate over legal counsel
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff High tension has animated Sandpoint City Hall proceedings since the Oct. 1 regular meeting of the City Council, when councilors walked out of the chambers in protest over the dismissal...
Chainsaw therapy
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Ugh,” I sighed, slamming shut my laptop. It’s a common way to end a period of scanning national news stories. Between attempts to bypass our First Amendment rights, the president...
Feel It All screening and Q&A scheduled for Mental Health Week
Ethan Murray Fund hosts pro skier, documentary filmmaker and mental health advocate By Ben OlsonReader Staff You’ve likely heard this before from those visiting resort towns like Sandpoint: “It must be paradise to live...
The good, bad and ugly of film trilogies
By Ben OlsonReader Staff While the film business is flooded with sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reimaginings, there’s something complete about a trilogy. In a truly good film trilogy, each film stands on its own,...
