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Whitehall Harvest Festival brings family fun Saturday
MISSOULA, Mont. — Whitehall will celebrate the fall season Saturday, Sept. 19, with its annual Harvest Festival. The family-friendly event will feature harvest games, vendors, a scarecrow contest, music and dancing, along with a corn husking contest. A free concert featuring Jason DeShaw is scheduled for 6 p.m. The...
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Inaugural Virginia City Arts Show showcases Montana artists
MISSOULA, Mont. — The inaugural Virginia City Arts Show is underway this weekend, bringing 12 Montana artists to historic Virginia City for three days of art and community events. The show runs through Sunday and gives visitors a chance to meet participating artists, watch them work and purchase original...
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NDSU Women’s Golf Prepared for Yellowstone Intercollegiate
The North Dakota State women's golf team returns to action as they travel to big sky country, competing in the Yellowstone Intercollegiate in Bozeman, Montana on September 21-22. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE. The Yellowstone Intercollegiate is a 54-hole tournament, with the first 36 holes being played on Monday and the final 18...
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Virginia City Arts Festival returns this weekend
Twelve artists from across Montana will gather in Virginia City this weekend for the return of the Virginia City Arts Festival, a three-day celebration featuring art shows, a live “Quick Finish” session, music and food for all ages. Once a hub for creativity during Montana’s mining era, festival...
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Broad Comedy returns to Bozeman, Missoula for late-September shows
With elections fast approaching and politics divisive as ever, a group of New York City musical comedians will try to ease the tension on a pair of Montana stages. Founded in 1999 in Bozeman, Broad Comedy has toured internationally, winning awards for its progressive political commentary and earning an off-Broadway run at SoHo Playhouse. New Yorkers replaced most of the Montanans on Broad Comedy’s cast when the show evolved and moved to New York City about a decade ago, with only founding comic Katie Goodman and her husband, writer and director Soren Kisiel, keeping the 406 connection alive.
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Gardiner Buffalo Days assists fire station
GARDINER — Buffalo Days returned to Gardiner this past weekend. A once annual event that had fallen off in recent years was re-ignited by Gardiner businesswoman Stacey Orsted, who owns Wonderland Cafe & Lodge, located on the town’s Main St. The street-based event raises funds for the local...
Fairfield Sun Times
Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation adds to leadership staff
Former Bozeman City Commissioner and Mayor Terry Cunningham and three community members have joined the staff of the Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation, per a Tuesday BLFF press release. The BLFF is a nonprofit organization focused on raising money to support the Bozeman Public Library beyond what public funding provides,...
bozone.com
Take bite out of sophomore bluegrass fest
Following its successful inaugural run last season, the 2nd annual Livingston Bluegrass Festival comes to Southwest Montana this month. The event will be held Friday and Saturday, September 18th and 19th, at the Henry E. Blake Pavillion outside the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts. The Festival kicks off on...
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Norman Maclean classic gets operatic spin
Opera Montana is set to present the world premiere of A River Runs Through It this month in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Norman Maclean’s now-classic novella. Performances will take place September 18th through 27th. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7pm, with Sunday matinees to follow at 3pm. All will be held at Downtown Bozeman’s Ellen Theatre.
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Bozeman photographer pitches nonprofit business plan
Bozeman’s building boom means a steady supply of empty walls rising every month. At the same time, some local photographers have plenty of talent, but no easy way to market their work. Michael Wooters, a photographer and retired financial advisor, thinks he’s found a way to connect the two — if he can find a nonprofit willing to take on the challenge.
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Brick segues into fall with spirited slate
As a new season settles into the Gallatin Valley, local audiences have a pair of opportunities to experience the national tours of some of the music industry’s brightest stars at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. On Thursday, September 17th, the Rock Orchestra entrances with an unforgettable show. Music begins at 8pm.
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KGLT Record Fair & Gear Swap – Oct 17th
Friends of KGLT are hosting their biannual Record Fair and Gear Swap on Saturday, October 17th. Hosted by Friends of KGLT since 2011, all proceeds go to KGLT-FM, guardian of all-music and community information, independent, free-form, college radio, since 1968. That’s even more important now because of the absence of Corporation for Public Broadcasting federal funding!
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One Montana lab discovery about a T-Rex bone changed what we thought dinosaurs could leave behind
You walk onto the Montana State University campus in Bozeman expecting a college town, and you find one of the largest collections of North American dinosaurs anywhere in the world instead. The Museum of the Rockies sits in the Gallatin Valley, backed by a Smithsonian affiliation and full accreditation from...
Fairfield Sun Times
Films and Fellowship: The Lone Peak Film Festival returns to Big Sky for a second year
The Lone Peak Film Festival is back for its second year and ready to share 21 short and feature films with attendees at Big Sky’s Waypoint Theater. Festival Director Daniel Glick said all the films chosen focus on the good of humanity and share uplifting stories. “Our purpose and...
Fairfield Sun Times
Bozeman photographer pitches nonprofit business plan
Bozeman’s building boom means a steady supply of empty walls rising every month. At the same time, some local photographers have plenty of talent, but no easy way to market their work. Michael Wooters, a photographer and retired financial advisor, thinks he’s found a way to connect the two — if he can find a nonprofit willing to take on the challenge.