One-man band, full-band sound
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Expect the unexpected for Coeur d’Alene musician Thomas Mudrick’s upcoming gig at the 219 Lounge from 9-11 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24.
Mudrick has played …
Category: Arts & Culture
Documentary film Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams, rediscovers one of 20th-century literature’s true originals
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Of the many hazards of being an artistic trailblazer is that your creations turn into tropes while your hand in inventing them gets forgotten.
That’s …
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to Panida for 30th annual showing
By Reader Staff
The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour will return to Sandpoint for its 30th time with three nights of screenings on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, …
Unique Hillstomp duo plays Eichardt’s
By Reader Staff
Some bands are so unique that mere words fail to describe the cacophany of sound they produce. Hillstomp is one of those bands.
The eclectic duo will …
Native Plant Society programs highlight small groups with big impacts
By Reader Staff
The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society will host a pair of presentations Saturday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 15 featuring speakers representing grassroots efforts in small communities that …
A few thoughts… On learning to ski
By Sandy Compton
Reader Staff
Winter has finally arrived, though the frosting on my small forest looks more like December than January. Thankfully, the frosting is much thicker on our …
Stop calling Nosferatu ‘Gothic’
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Warning: This article contains spoilers.
Horror movies aren’t especially known for their delicate themes and social commentary, but fans had high hopes for Robert Eggers’ …
Sandpoint library discusses Indigenous literature with Let’s Talk About It
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library will host a visiting University of Idaho professor for the first of three installments of Let’s …
Panida seeks input on lobby changes
By Reader Staff
The board of directors of the Panida Theater is inviting feedback from the community on whether — or how — to make changes to the theater’s lobby …
208 Fiction results for 2025
Here we present the winners of the fourth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 