Short films from the Big Apple and beyond
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Like short stories in literature, short films are often overlooked by the average consumer. It’s anyone’s guess why, since this underrated genre has the potential …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Like short stories in literature, short films are often overlooked by the average consumer. It’s anyone’s guess why, since this underrated genre has the potential …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Owen Benjamin is coming to the Panida Theater for a “Date Night Comedy Show” on Monday, Sept. 30. The 39-year-old New York native is also …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Few things empower a person like being given the tools and confidence to tell their story.
The Johnson-O’Malley film program strives to do just that …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Like any good obsession, Charity Luthy’s affinity for mid-century art and aesthetics started randomly and quickly grew out of all proportion.
“I got really into …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Of all the early-2000s country music hits, nothing serves as a better soundtrack to summer days on Lake Pend Oreille than Craig Morgan’s “Redneck Yacht …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
What’s in a name? Everything, according to the cult classic 1998 film “The Big Lebowski.”
Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen — the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
By its nature, nothing is as it seems when it comes to espionage. Such is the case — in more ways than one — with …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With the oceans warming and coral reefs suffering under the new environmental conditions, a group of Sandpoint students are prepared to do something about it.…
By Priya Sullivan
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint Waldorf School takes a new twist on a timeless classic. Each year at SWS every class puts on a play, and this year the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In the book “A River Runs Through It and Other Stories,” author Norman MacLean wrote that growing up in Montana, “there was no clear line …
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