Jazz for the masses
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
To say that Los Angeles-based band The Black Market Trust is a jazz band is a disservice. To call it a pop outfit or big …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
To say that Los Angeles-based band The Black Market Trust is a jazz band is a disservice. To call it a pop outfit or big …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When a summer concert with rock legend Graham Nash was announced recently, almost every seat in the house sold out within two hours. Get that …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Dust off those bell-bottoms and prepare for debauchery all in the name of a good time and a good cause, as the Angels Over Sandpoint …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Famed jazz vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur — or, as she prefers to be called, “Deeds” or “Deedles” — never doubted her path as a …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
If there are two things human beings are good at, it’s killing each other and forgetting. If that wasn’t the case, we wouldn’t remind and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille Repertory Theater Education Director Courtney Roberts wanted to maximize her reach, giving as many local kids as possible the chance to dabble …
By Reader Staff
Tickets are on sale now for a special concert featuring the return of legendary artist Graham Nash to the Panida Theater.
The concert, set for July 7, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Panida Theater announced Lauren Sanders as their new managing director, who will begin duties in early February. The move comes after former Managing Director …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Before the stage lights come up and the music begins, there is a certain electricity in the dark air of a packed theater.
The electricity, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Aside from Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin and perhaps Yogi Berra, the hit television show Seinfeld is responsible for more additions to the American lexicon than one …
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