By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff One of the things I love about animation is its heightened sense of reality. A medium of storytelling filtered through pure imagination, animation done right makes fantasy more fantastic,...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every once in awhile, I’ll hear someone say, “I wish we had some different types of cultural music come through Sandpoint.” For Pend Oreille Arts Council’s last show of...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There’s a weird, wild world of movies out there, and for the first time, Sandpoint will have access to it in the theater. The Sandpoint Reader and the Panida...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s hard to imagine a more bittersweet swan song for Studio Ghibli than “When Marnie Was There.” Founded in 1985, the Japanese animation studio has arguably produced more masterpieces...
By Dion Nizzi Reader Contributor A few times a year, the opportunity arises for multiple Sandpoint gems to shine simultaneously. Next Thursday, Jan. 28, the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint (MCS) gets it’s opportunity, in...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Planning is in full swing for the 2016 Follies, the raucous, irreverent and R-rated entertainment event and Angels Over Sandpoint fundraiser. For the coming show, planners hope to attract...
By Dustin Hoffman Reader Staff The Shook Twins have been off honing their indie folk-pop style in Portland, Ore., but they are Sandpoint natives, born and raised. They are headed home to play the...
By Dion Nizzi Reader Contributor When the Sandpoint Reader began its second incarnation in January, it was considered a crap shoot. Free weekly community print publications are disappearing all over the country, and to...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s just something about living surrounded by mountains. Missing are the crowds of people, the traffic, litter and noise of big cities. Also, the music just plain kicks ass....
By Cameron Rasmusson and Mary Maio Reader Staff We’ve all heard of Sundance, Cannes and Toronto film festivals, where the stars and journalists go the carouse and hype the most exciting new films. But...
