‘Be bold’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Dan Carpenter isn’t one to take himself too seriously. The lifetime artist, known for his works in the wildlife and Western art genres, is quick with a joke and...
Category: Arts & Culture
Carousel of Smiles restoration passes halfway point
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If the renovation of the historic Carousel of Smiles was a horse race, it would be rounding the bend and heading for the home stretch. Restoration of the classic...
Foundation seeks to revitalize the Rex Theater in Priest River
By Reader Staff It has been almost 100 years — exactly — since the Rex Theater opened its doors in 1923 in the historic Beardmore Block of Priest River. In its day, the space...
Mad About Science: Smells, sugars and you
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist What do hydrocortisone steroids, dryer sheets and Febreze all have in common? Corn cobs. I’m sure you’ve wondered how aerosol air fresheners work. They’re advertised as trapping and eliminating...
The Hive revived
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Hive is soon to come alive again, according to a post Nov. 30 on Facebook by Mack Diebel, who co-owns the once and future First Avenue hotspot with...
A captivating collaboration
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Two organizations dedicated to helping local youth develop skills in the arts — Allegro Dance Studio and Suzuki String Academy — have discovered that, in the case of their...
Panida hosts Christmas classics Polar Express and It’s a Wonderful Life
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Panida Theater is hosting two of the biggest Christmas classics with a special double-feature screening Saturday, Dec. 3 of Polar Express and It’s a Wonderful Life. Neither film...
Feeling thankful for the Fall Folk Festival
By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor My wife Pam and I have been attending the Fall Folk Festival for 15-20 years now (let’s just say “umpteen” years for argument’s sake); and, once again, the festival...
Mad About Science: The Artemis Program
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will...
A hometown holiday
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There is an energy in live music that seems impossible to capture on a record. When a musician truly connects with an audience, a conversation takes place without any...
