This Week in Sandpoint

Sandpoint in Spring! Here’s what’s happening this week! Wed, Apr. 9 brings the Lou Domanski Chess Festival registration deadline, your last chance to sign up for this community favorite; meanwhile, Thurs, Apr. 9 through Sun, Apr. 12, A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues its whimsical second week of Shakespearean magic; then on Sat, Apr. 11, the Aster Garden Center Grand Opening celebrates its reimagined space with workshops, plants, and family fun, while the Lou Domanski Chess Festival gathers players for a full day of strategy and connection; and rounding out the weekend, Sat, Apr. 11 through Sun, Apr. 12, the NIBCA Home & Garden Show delivers inspiration and expert insight for home and landscape projects.
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Entertainment Events:
- Bunco Mon
- Cribbage Tournament Mon
- Bridge Tues
- Karaoke Tues
- Pinochle Wed
- Trivia with Toshi Wed
- Idaho Commerce Connection Thurs
- Deadline: Chess Festival Reg. Thurs
- Artist Reception Thurs
- Open Bluegrass Jam Night Thurs
- Pool Tournament Thurs, Sun
- A Midsummer Night's... Thurs-Sun
- Contra Dance Fri
- Lou Domanski Chess Fest Sat
- Aster Garden Ctr. Grand Open Sat
- Drop-in Swing Class Sun
- NIBCA Home & Garden Show Sat-Sun
- Magic Sunday Sun
- Live Music Tues-Sat
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Civic Calendar Highlights:
- Sewing at the Library Mon
- Raspberry Pi Coder's Club Mon
- Teen: Content Creators Tues
- Coding Club Tues
- Injectors Car Club Meeting Tues
- Blacksmithed Utensil Rack Tues
- Tour & 'Coffee with the Editor' Wed
- Revolutionary Spuds Wed
- A Pocket Full of Posies Wed
- BCARC Meeting Wed
- Deadline: Woven Loom Gourd Thurs
- KFS: Tree Pruning Sat
- Grow an Abundant Food Garden Sat
- KFS: Birch Bark Containers Sat
- Knit Together Sat
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Osprey hiatus. Local osprey have departed for their winter migrations; they'll be back (like clockwork!) in the first week of April. Meantime, check the nest cam at Memorial Field for views of our town
Sandpoint Idaho News
Ponderay to begin Black Rock cleanup project
Downtown revitalizationBasis of design approved by council
Healing Garden seeks volunteersFor spring cleanup
IDFG brings fishers homeTo North Idaho
Armstrong addresses Careywood closure,Wildfire deployment concerns
Hawkins Point access siteClosed for improvements
2020 Drake murder caseTurned over to AG
Trout stocking highlights forApril in Bonner County
Legislature passes bill for Medicaid expansion work requirements
Why electric luxury vehiclesAre the new status symbol in 2026
Idaho offers free e-filing optionsAhead of tax filing deadline
Meta asked Little to veto socialMedia bill. He signed it anyway
Click to see more news headlines
In this week's Sandpoint Reader:
- Woodward, Critchfield talk to constituents at town hall
- 'No Kings' protest draws 1,100 people
- Independent and local—always
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