Days and days of frozen festivities
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Idaho’s snowy weather and freezing temperatures are back just in time for the return of Sandpoint’s Winter Carnival. This year, the celebrations will continue from …
Tagged: Carousel of Smiles
2024 Year in Review
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been publishing the “Year in Review” for a while now, and every installment seems to get bigger and bigger. Maybe that’s because there’s always …
All smiles at the Carousel Fun Fair
The Carousel of Smiles celebrated its bright future at its new home at 504 Church St. with a second unveiling of the nearly restored “Golden Age” 1920 Allan Herschell carousel …
Carousel of Smiles plans ‘Unveiling 2.0’ and nonprofit Carousel Fun Fair at fairgrounds
By Reader Staff
The Carousel of Smiles celebrated the acquisition of a new location at 504 Church St. in October, and now organizers are preparing for what they’re calling “The …
A colorful stampede
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Volunteers paraded the Carousel of Smiles’ colorful herd down the street Oct. 12 to the organization’s new location at 504 Church St., which founders Reno …
Rounding up the horses
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The horses have finally found a home. In 2016, after Clay and Reno Hutchison unpacked two trailers and brought an intact 1920 Allan Herschell carousel …
Final team advances to Phase 3 of downtown waterfront design competition
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One day after a panel of judges heard presentations from the three teams in Phase 2 of the city’s downtown waterfront design competition, the Sandpoint …
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.…
Bringing the herd together
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there’s one word that encapsulates the Carousel of Smiles restoration project for Reno Hutchison, it’s “magic.” Reno and her husband Clay have brought the …
Carousel of Smiles to host workshops
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Carousel of Smiles will host the first of a series of pony restoration workshops next weekend.
The workshop will take place Friday, Oct. 12 …
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 