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October Cover Artist: Kelley J Sullivan

Thursday Oct. 1

Kelley J Sullivan is a Bozeman-born, self-taught mixed media painter whose work is rooted in the landscapes, weather, and emotional memory of Montana. Rather than painting specific places, Sullivan uses familiar elements of the Western…

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Stay Curious

Angie Ripple  |   Thursday Oct. 1

October is a Strange Month in Bozeman. One day you’re admiring the fall color and squeezing in one more outdoor adventure. The next, you’re wondering if you remembered to disconnect the garden hose, whether the snow tires are still where…

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Est. 1864 Noir Bar & Restaurant

Angie Ripple  |   Thursday Oct. 1

Just below Main Street in downtown Bozeman is a world where old photographs, vintage curiosities, craft cocktails, comfort food, and local history unfold. At Est. 1864 Noir Bar & Restaurant, the past isn’t simply something to read…

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Fairly Brief

Brian Ripple  |   Thursday Oct. 1

Pop punk for people figuring it out the hard way. Fairly Brief blends big hooks, late-night anxiety, and growing pains into loud, honest songs that hit somewhere between nostalgia and burnout. Their debut album “Death, Taxes, and…

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The Dresser

Cara Wilder  |   Thursday Oct. 1

 An independent production of Ronald Harwood’s bracing, heartbreaking drama, The Dresser, opens for a two-week run on Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture’s Crawford Theater. First performed…

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Is Your Home Ready For Montana Winter?

Tim Ford  |   Thursday Oct. 1

Fall in Montana never seems to last quite long enough. One week we’re enjoying warm afternoons and fall colors, and the next we’re scraping windshields and trying to remember if the sprinklers were ever blown out. That makes October a…

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Ghosts & Ghouls of Bozeman Past

Topher Sedlak  |   Thursday Oct. 1

October is here again. The first week can feel like summer; the last week can be anything but. The month’s climax of course is Halloween, the night before All Saints Day, which is one sunrise before All Souls Day. For many of our ancestors…

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Three Montana Ghost Town Road Trips

Kathleen Johns  |   Thursday Oct. 1

The leaves are turning from green to orange, and the morning temperatures are dropping just enough to see your frosty breath. The intensely colorful change of seasons in Montana’s Rocky Mountains is legendary and October serves up the perfect…

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Fifteen Seconds in Lamar Valley

Lisa Vandenbos  |   Thursday Oct. 1

On October 22, 2016, my husband John and I were charged by a grizzly in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. All turned out fine for us and the bear, but the memory is still vivid ten years on. We had parked at a pullout east of Tower Junction, then…

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Fall is Falling

Steve McGann  |   Thursday Oct. 1

It happens in late August on a day of hiking in the high country. There is a suddenly-noticed reddish tinge to the undergrowth near the trail. A cool breeze runs down the slopes; perhaps a cloud dims the sun for a moment. Autumn is making an…

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September Cover Artist: Anne Becker

Tuesday Sep. 1

Anne Becker is a Utah-based painter whose work is colorful, simplified, and design-driven. She enjoys abstracting shapes from observation or imagination and often uses landscape or still life as her starting point. Becker moves between two…

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Back in the Game

Angie Ripple  |   Tuesday Sep. 1

There is a moment in a video we posted last December that I keep thinking about. It was the Super Brawl. Montana State and Montana were playing for a spot in the national championship game, and Bozeman was absolutely electric. I happened to capture…

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Montanans Have Seen This Story Before

Tuesday Sep. 1

More than a century ago, our state confronted a difficult question: Who should government ultimately answer to, its citizens or concentrated wealth? The influence of the Copper Kings shaped Montana politics so profoundly that generations of…

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