Getting to know the new Panida director
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Veronica Knowlton has passion — that much is evident after speaking with her for just a few minutes. The 28-year-old chosen by the Panida Board …
Category: Music
The next generation of storytellers
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the advent of new technology and media, the art of storytelling has changed volumes in the millenia humans have inhabited the earth but, at …
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 …
Festival at Sandpoint hires Paul Gunter as education and production manager
By Reader Staff
Paul Gunter has been a pivotal part of putting on the annual Festival at Sandpoint for decades. Now he’s joining the organization’s staff to work on projects …
Hickey Farms’ Harvest Festival to span October
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If Linus’ “Great Pumpkin” from the Peanuts comic strip were to appear anywhere in North Idaho, I’ll wager it would be the Hickey Farms pumpkin …
Instrumental improvement
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Parents, by and large, want their kids to be better than them in all the ways that they lack; and, already, mine are my betters …
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 …
Festival at Sandpoint recap
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Of all the words to describe the 2021 Festival at Sandpoint, “transition” seems to be the most appropriate. Between the global pandemic, a major change …
FallFest returns to Schweitzer
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
After taking last year off due to the pandemic, Schweitzer’s traditional end-of-summer event FallFest is back. Spanning four days between Friday, Sept. 3-Monday, Sept. 6, …
Creativity in chaos
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When the going got tough, the Stillhouse Junkies got creative.
When the pandemic put a hold on live music in spring 2020, Colorado string trio …
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 