Carousel of Smiles approved for ‘Galloping Pony’ mural
By Reader Staff It’s been a little more than two years since The Carousel of Smiles started establishing its home at 502 Church St.; and, as the 1920 Allan Herschell carousel gets ever closer...
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Dispatch, John Butler (with Band), G. Love & Special Sauce and Donavon Frankenreiter all set for Festival stage
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint dropped a handful of artist announcements for the 2025 summer concert series, with advance notice that Dispatch, John Butler (with Band), G. Love & Special Sauce and...
Sandpoint arts organizations receive state grants
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Idaho Commission on the Arts announced a long list of fiscal year 2023 grants Aug. 1, amounting to $645,592 that will support 81 organizations and schools across 27...
Willy Wonka play auditions Sept. 20-21
By Reader Staff It’s been a long time in the making, as the coronavirus pandemic put a halt to the initial rehearsals and planned performances of Growing Dreams Productions’ Willy Wonka, The Musical. Local...
POAC announces 2021-’22 Performing Arts season
By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council announced its first full season of live performances since the COVID-19 pandemic cut short the 2019-’20 season. POAC’s 2021-’22 season will include eclectic performances ranging from...
Input sought on new arts plan
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The first draft of the Sandpoint Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Master Plan has been completed and the city of Sandpoint is now seeking the community’s input on the...
POAC plans for a ‘successful and safe’ Arts and Crafts Fair
By Kathy Hubbard Reader Contributor Some things will change and some things will stay the same as the 48th annual Arts and Crafts Fair fills the streets of downtown Sandpoint on Saturday, Aug. 8...
City of Sandpoint seeking artists for Silver Box Project
By Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint has put out a call to artists in the search for this year’s sculptures for the Silver Box Project. The first sculptures in this annually rotating art-on-loan...
The art of advocacy
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council has been without an executive director for a couple of years now. With the position in limbo, Arts Administrator Hannah Combs and a handful...
Who killed Dennis Pence?
By David Keyes Reader Contributor The soirée begins innocently enough at the Spatsky Manor on a Saturday night. Everybody is there, dressed to the nines and drinking hooch at this opulent estate in the...
