Half a century of craftsmanship
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It’s been 50 years since Sandpoint experienced its first Arts and Crafts Fair, and 43 since the Pend Oreille Arts Council adopted the event. Records show that before it...
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Run, don’t walk, to check out the 45th ArtWalk
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Like many artists, Dan Carpenter’s creative journey has been lifelong. “I think I started drawing before I could write,” he told the Reader. Carpenter, who is being honored as...
Family, legacy and all that jazz
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Chris and Dan Brubeck, namesake members of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, originally became jazz musicians because it happened to be the Brubeck family business. As for that origin story,...
The world’s a stage
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Looking back on the highlights of my childhood, I’d definitely have to list the time that I ruled a kingdom. There was also the time I lived in the...
The genius of youth
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council has long believed that to truly foster an artistic and culturally rich community in North Idaho, resources must extend beyond established artists and into...
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...
POAC opens Joyce Dillon Studio
By Claire Christy Reader Contributor The Pend Oreille Arts Council invites the community to an open house event at the Joyce Dillon Studio on Friday, Jan. 7, from 5-7 p.m. upstairs in the Music...
A world of feeling
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When asked to describe his band’s music in only a few words, Barrio Manouche frontman Javi Jimenez falls silent. Then, he laughs. “It is really hard for me to...
Letting the music move him
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Okaidja Afroso writes what he knows. Born to a musical family in a culturally rich fishing community on the west coast of Ghana, Afroso has built a life of...
Artistry in the streets
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Though the Pend Oreille Arts Council’s annual Arts and Crafts Fair does not typically take place until late summer, POAC Arts Coordinator Claire Christy said that the massive art...
