Category: Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture / Featured / Movie Reviews / Movies and Theater / Opinion / Random Digital Madness / Zach Hagadone

January 5, 2025

The films of 2024

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

The past year lacked anything like “Barbenheimer” in more ways than one. No two films captured the cultural imagination like Barbie and Oppenheimer did in …

Arts & Culture / Featured / Movie Reviews / Movies and Theater / Opinion / Soncirey Mitchell

January 5, 2025

The old new TV of 2024

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

Critics and movie buffs alike have railed against Hollywood for years over its plethora of sequels, prequels and remakes. TV has been likewise formulaic and …

Arts & Culture / Ben Olson / Featured / Music / Opinion

January 4, 2025

Ben’s best albums of 2024

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

Let me begin by stating how ridiculous it is that I’m the one writing this article highlighting the best albums of 2024. New music is …

Arts & Culture / Community Happenings / Featured

January 3, 2025

Pend Oreille Arts Council Presents Visions for 2025 art exhibition

By Reader Staff

The Pend Oreille Arts Council is ushering in the new year with Visions for 2025, a themed exhibition featuring the work of 12 local artists. The …

Arts & Culture / Business / Conservation Corner / Health / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion

January 1, 2025

Land Use Plan Will Guide Bonner County’s Future

By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor

Idaho and Bonner County are among the fastest growing areas in the country. Part of the attraction is our treasured natural surroundings and rural quality …

Ben Olson / BOCC / Bordering on Complete Sanity / Changing Your Mind / Humor / Living Life / Opinion / Politics / Random Digital Madness / Soncirey Mitchell / Zach Hagadone

January 1, 2025

2025 year in preview

By Reader Staff

Even if you’ve never read any of the works of 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, you’ve probably heard someone repeat his famous line: “A pessimist is an …

208 Fiction / Arts & Culture / Books / Community Happenings / Zach Hagadone

January 1, 2025

Deadline is nigh in 208 Fiction contest

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

Writers who do well under pressure have an opportunity to shine, with the deadline for the Reader’s fourth annual 208 Fiction contest looming on Friday, …

Arts & Culture / Movie Reviews / Movies and Theater / panida theater / Zach Hagadone

January 1, 2025

Panida to show Knives Out as $5 film

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

Few recent film characters have achieved such instant icon status as Benoit Blanc, the suave southern sleuth invented by writer-director Rian Johnson for his 2019 …

Arts & Culture / Featured / Movie Reviews / Movies and Theater / Opinion / Soncirey Mitchell / TV Shows

December 30, 2024

In celebration of animation

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

In the age of soulless CGI and Disney’s monotonous, bug-eyed, bobble-headed animation style, it’s rare to watch something and feel immersed in true art. Arcane…