August 2025
Tim Ford
As we reach the midpoint of 2025, Bozeman’s real estate market continues to evolve in response to shifting economic conditions, buyer behavior, and inventory trends. While interest rates remain stubbornly high and affordability challenges…
August 2025
Katie Thomas
Once upon a time, I was working as a freelance editor and copywriter. Equally distant in my memory is that I was also friends with a developer and her spouse. This couple asked me to write some marketing copy for their firm’s website and…
August 2025
Rachel Phillips
Bozeman architect Fred F. Willson, 1929. Photograph courtesy of the Gallatin History Museum
Some people have a mind and a passion for history that has a mysterious way of making the past come alive for everyone around them. Richard Brown was one…
July 2025
Jessica Cairoli
Whether you’re visiting for the weekend or lucky enough to call Bozeman home, finding fun that suits the whole family—and doesn’t break the bank—can be a challenge. Fortunately, Bozeman offers a wide range of affordable (and…
July 2025
Steve McGann
In the forward to the new short story collection, Deadly Yellowstone, editor Lise McClendon describes the stories as amusing, scary, mysterious, even fantastical. She does not mention entertaining, but they definitely are that. The collection…
July 2025
Bozeman’s Grand Hotel and its 1891 Christmas Menu
Rachel Phillips
It’s hard to believe, but there are only six months until Christmas. Christmas in July celebrations have roots dating back to the 1930s and include retail sales, a resurgence of Christmas movies, and for some, a revival of holiday food. This…
July 2025
Angie Ripple
This July 10–27, the Ellen Theatre lights up with Cabaret — a boundary-pushing Broadway classic set in the shadowy, glittering cabarets of 1930s Berlin. Montana TheatreWorks celebrates its 30th summer season with a production that’s…
July 2025
Tim Ford
Bozeman’s real estate landscape continues to evolve. The combination of prices and interest rates has affected affordability across the entire country, and Bozeman has not been immune. While many have been hoping for a decline in mortgage…
July 2025
Let’s Build Something Worthy Of The Place We Love
During my struggle against the Guthrie, I often found myself searching for the words to capture the upside-down feeling baked into our local development process. The trespass came not just from the project itself, but from a city commission that, in…
July 2025
Angie Ripple
There’s something about July that makes Bozeman feel like the soundtrack of summer is finally turned all the way up. It’s in the hum of longer days under our big sky, the shuffle of Chacos and Birkenstocks on warm sidewalks, and the…
