Celebrity worship is peak cringe
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
After college, I spent about five years living and working in Los Angeles. The plan was to break into writing and directing movies, but the …
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Let’s talk about vampires
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 …
Altered perspective
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The last time I went up in a small aircraft from the Sandpoint Airport had to have been sometime between 2001 and 2002. A high-school …
Greetings from 2023: Send help
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Part of my weekly duties as publisher of the Reader is skimming through old newspaper archives for interesting news stories of the past for the …
The possessions we cherish
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Anyone who has seen the A&E show Hoarders knows what it’s like to see someone literally buried under the weight of their possessions.
If you …
I’ll be your hurtleberry
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a confession I make at the risk of committing blasphemy, but I’ve never thought huckleberries are much of a novelty. That’s not to say …
Sandpoint’s hip Canadian sister Nelson
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I’ve been visiting Nelson, B.C. regularly since high school. Back then, I owned the worst fake ID ever created, which was purchased from a shady …
A few thoughts… On time and water
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
It’s the summer solstice and I’m walking through my lower briar patch. If you know me, you may know what I mean. If you don’t, …
A thousand deadlines…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As Reader Publisher Ben Olson pointed out in his “Dear Readers” column last week, I celebrated something of a milestone on June 14: My 1,000th …
On the range
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I learned the art of the road trip early in life, thanks to my parents’ affinity for car travel.
I can’t actually say that either …
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 