‘It’s alive!’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For Keely Gray, the phrase, “The show must go on,” is especially appropriate when it comes to the upcoming production of Young Frankenstein. Gray’s nonprofit theater organization, Lake Pend...
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Panida meeting touches on vision for future of both theaters
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After almost two decades of “kicking the can down the road,” in the words of one Panida board member, the theater’s board of directors hosted a public meeting Feb....
The rock ’n’ roll of uncertainty
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A single conversation with Portland musician Scott Pemberton makes one thing clear: The line between living everyday life and being a song-writing creative is blurred. “It’s what I do,”...
Honestly hilarious
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff For comedian Phillip Kopczynski, storytelling lies at the core of making people laugh. More than that, it’s telling honest stories that has helped him earn a reputation as one...
From her nation to the world
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Mary Frances Thompson Fisher grew up during a tumultuous time in Native American history, coming of age at the turn of the 20th century in pre-statehood Oklahoma as a...
Local music, dance talent share the stage
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Three local arts groups are better than one, as evidenced by the return of This Winter Night — a production of dance and music brought to the community by...
Momentous and mountainous
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In a time when everything seems to be changing, North Idahoans are glad that one thing hasn’t: The annual showing of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour...
Reclaim Idaho film screening at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff From the grassroots organization that brought Idahoans the successful ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in the state comes a documentary film about that 2018 effort, which will screen Saturday,...
Panida hosts pair of classic holiday films
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Few films pack as much nostalgic punch as the aptly titled A Christmas Story. From the Battle of the Lamp to the Deranged Easter Bunny outfit to the Bumpus’s...
Shook Twins host 11th annual ‘Giving Thanks’ show
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be the same without the annual “Giving Thanks’’ concert by Sandpoint’s homegrown musical stars Shook Twins at the Panida. Last year, due to COVID-19, the group...
