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 in the art of...
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, marks nearly 20 years...
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 Veronica Knowles resigned in...
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, in my experience, was...
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 might imagine. Even those...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Panida Theater is hosting two of the biggest Christmas classics with a special double-feature screening Saturday, Dec. 3 of Polar Express and It’s a Wonderful Life. Neither film...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There is an energy in live music that seems impossible to capture on a record. When a musician truly connects with an audience, a conversation takes place without any...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff After just more than a year as managing director of the Panida Theater, Veronica Knowlton is stepping down to accept a new job as operations manager of the Festival...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff What happens when the imagination of a bereaved school kid collides with the reality of cold, hard cash? A comedy-drama about grief, morality, empathy and soul, such as the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff For nationally touring stand-up comedian Brendan Gay, humor is simply a conduit for sharing stories about a muse he knows best: himself. “It’s all coming from me,” Gay told...
