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Shakespeare returns

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Hang onto your goffered frills, Shakespeare is returning to Sandpoint. Since 1973, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks has brought the plays of William Shakespeare to rural communities throughout Montana...

Write behind the mic

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sandpoint has long been home to lively community open mics, the most recent of which is the Pop-Up Open Mic Series organized by the Sandpoint Literary Collective. “SLC started...

A history of conflict

By Christine Holbert Reader Contributor I recently spent six weeks in Ukraine, visiting family, traveling and promoting the new Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series at the Lviv Book Forum and elsewhere. That...

Today’s art, tomorrow’s world

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writers, musicians and artists from all walks of life will take hold of microphones in 300 countries across the world Saturday, Sept. 28, sharing their visions for better lives...

Wherefore art thou, theater lovers?

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I,” the young nobleman Hotspur has an existential moment as he considers the brevity of life. “The time of life is short,” he...

Where even the wallflowers dance

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Community. Tradition. Fun.  Experience it all by attending a contra dance in Sandpoint, and get a glance into what makes dance organizer and caller Emily Faulkner love bringing contra...

Lost Horse Press hosts writing expo

By Christine Holbert Reader Contributor Lost Horse Press and Sandpoint Parks and Recreation have teamed up to present “The Winter Salon: Lectures, Readings and Book Signings featuring David Axelrod, Melissa Kwasny, and Christopher Howell”...

Lost Horse Press releases new titles

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Sandpoint’s independent literary publisher Lost Horse Press released a number of books this fall, a few of them highlighting local talent. Founder and publisher Christine Holbert said the...

Shakespeare, as he intended

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Montana Shakespeare in the Parks came to Heron, Mont., every summer for almost 30 years. Just a few years ago, when the woman in Heron who hosted the...