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Tessa Heck’s Unseen Landscapes
With her face blanketed in thick, pink hair, opaque and flowing down and across her shoulders like a shawl, the woman on the wall of Tessa Heck’s studio fixes a perpetual six-eyed stare at the workspace spread out before her. Arranged in descending, slightly overlapping pairs, the eyes — though streaked through with white, and faded like weathered graffiti — seem almost like the patterns that develop on the coat or body of animals to serve as a warning.
Glacier Mapmaker Launches New Biking Guide to Going-to-the-Sun Road
Glacier National Park’s 1 million acres of wild, rugged beauty are laced with 734 miles of trail, ranging from dense forests to wind-scoured peaks. When Kalispell’s Jake Bramante set out to hike all of them in a single season — becoming the first known person to accomplish the feat — the former corporate network analyst knew he was embarking on a transformative journey.
Tis’ the season to be bear-aware
Whitefish Legacy Partners and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are partnering to offer free family-friendly bear-awareness presentations and a hiking event. Justine Vallieres, wildlife conflict management specialist for Region 1, will be presenting information and answering questions. "The goal of these events is to offer folks free education about a vital part of our community—bears! It's about us and our safety, but it's also about them and their safety—how we can coexist on the same land,” said Haley King, education coordinator for Whitefish Legacy Partners. Vallieres was the grizzly bear conflict management technician for the last four years in Region 1, and prior...
The next generation of Alpine Theatre Project begins
For the last 20 years, co-founders of the Alpine Theatre Project Betsi Morrison and Luke Walrath have seen through 77 productions and brought countless artists to the valley. Since the launch of educational programming in 2008, the nonprofit has offered inclusive educational theater opportunities to children of all ages. Now, in 2024, Morrison and Walrath are passing the torch to the next generation of ATP’s leaders. Tracy McDowell will fill Morrison's role as artistic director and Cyntha Benkelman will take over Luke Walrath’s developmental responsibilities as executive director. McDowell has been a performer with ATP since 2010. She has performance experience from across...
Student Art: ‘Smith Rock Pumpkin Patch - Oregon’ by Colton Staley
The art featured above is called "Smith Rock Pumpkin Patch - Oregon" and is a wool, needle felting landscape by Whitefish High School senior Colton Staley in the WHS Sculpture class. The Pilot periodically features art from Whitefish High School students.
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