August Cover Artist: Joey Wishart

Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

Joey Wishart is an amateur photographer and night sky enthusiast from Seattle, Washington. In search of clearer skies and a great education, Joey came to Bozeman to study physics and photography at Montana State University. During his freshman year…

What's Your Beef? Big Sky Falling

Jerry Schuster  |   Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

All of this development in Bozeman and plans for much more of the same has my mind in a tizzy. I’m not sure what a tizzy is, but I’ve always liked the sound of the word. So anxious to use it in an article.City powers and big local…

Saffron Table: Local Foods & Exotic Flavors

Chandra Donnell  |   Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

People are drawn to Bozeman because of the robust and scenic surroundings of the Gallatin Valley and Bridger Mountain Ranges. The enormous scale of the land creates an immediate connection to the earth. Andleeb Dawood, the owner of the Saffron Table…

GT Services Vintage Trailer Works

Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

Glenn Specking has been around aluminum trailers—fondly referred to as “Silver Bullets” or “Canned Hams”—most of his life. When he was a child, his parents owned an Airstream that he helped maintain. After 37…

Jeff Austin Band Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs at Pine Creek Lodge

Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

Mandolinist Jeff Austin is unstoppable, and will be in Livingston, MT August 17. He is celebrated for his fleet fingers and penchant for improvisation on stage, but those qualities also speak volumes about how he chooses to live. Austin has…

SOJA + SATSANG & POLICULTURE

Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

“I want to speak for people who don’t have microphones,” Jacob Hemphill says. “Our goal as a band is to stick up for the human race. We see the world and we try to make it better in the limited time we have…

AHI at LFTD

Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

No matter his material, the Canadian musician AHI (pronounced “EYE”) has one unbreakable rule for his songwriting: he has to be able to see himself—and some truth—in his songs. “When it comes to songwriting, my stuff…

The Slow and the Furious

Kris Drummond  |   Wed. Aug. 1st, 2018

I have to admit that when I was asked to write an article about Bozeman car culture, I was struck by the seeming oxymoron in the phrase. To me, culture is about shared experience, common values, and inhabiting a place in the world together. Cars…