SOLE hosts 20th annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival
By Reader Staff
Though there’s little to no snow in the lowlands, it’s time to grab your friends and family Friday, Jan. 10 to celebrate the local SnowSchool at the …
By Reader Staff
Though there’s little to no snow in the lowlands, it’s time to grab your friends and family Friday, Jan. 10 to celebrate the local SnowSchool at the …
By Reader Staff
The board of directors of the Panida Theater is inviting feedback from the community on whether — or how — to make changes to the theater’s lobby …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Few recent film characters have achieved such instant icon status as Benoit Blanc, the suave southern sleuth invented by writer-director Rian Johnson for his 2019 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the uninitiated, Festivus is a holiday invented for an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld called “The Strike,” which involves the airing of grievances; feats …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Allegro Dance Studio performers have been practicing tirelessly for the third annual presentation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, returning Friday, Dec. 13 for …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The musical trio Everdream — formerly Affiniti — will fly in from Ireland to bring A Celtic Christmas to the Panida Theater (300 N. First …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Holidays never seem to go as planned — no matter how hard a person might work to make everything “perfect” on any given special day, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Thanksgiving in Sandpoint has become a Shook-ie affair. The hometown stars Laurie and Katelyn Shook will bring Shook Twins back to the Panida for the …
By Reader Staff
As the days get shorter and colder, spend an evening dreaming of outdoor adventure with the annual International Fly Fishing Film Festival, returning to the Panida Theater …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For a 97-year-old, the Panida Theater looks pretty darn good. The historic theater and “living room of Sandpoint” will throw a special birthday party on …
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