October 2023
Joseph Montalbano
It’s finally that time of year where the colors start changing and the weather starts to cool off, and I cannot be happier to welcome it. The warm drinks, the fall leaves — the entire fall experience is lovely. For all these reasons and…
October 2023
JOHN MEYER
Bozeman has been taken hostage by developers. We need a new mayor who can take control of the situation and end the unspoken policy of growth at all costs. People want to live in Bozeman for the high quality of life, not the sprawling…
October 2023
Angie Ripple
Cloud Appreciation Society founder, author and ‘namer of clouds,’ Gavin Pretor-Pinney will be beating a path to the Big Skies of Bozeman on Wednesday, October 11th at…
October 2023
The Work of Kathleen Johns
Raya Fanuzzi
What do you think of when you hear the word “psychic”? Maybe a scary movie featuring a Ouija board or a television medium comes to mind. Perhaps you envision a sparkling crystal ball with a person in a headwrap sitting behind it, swirling…
October 2023
Liz Bischoff
The stories of our community’s past have a way of walking alongside us. We see these stories in the shadows when they are twisted and turned, like strangling vines curling up an old oak; we see these stories in the mirror when we find we are…
October 2023
Rachel Phillips
On Sunday, March 3, 1889, a report of a most disturbing nature reached Bozeman authorities: a deceased woman was found at a homestead southwest of Bozeman. The Bozeman Courier reported on March 7, “... startling news was brought to the city…
September 2023
Rachel Phillips
Bozeman is, and was, a dog-loving community. For centuries before the town even existed, dogs were essential helpmates and companions to Native people living, hunting, and passing through the Gallatin Valley. More recently, when farms and ranches…
September 2023
In the realm of theater, visionaries constantly emerge, pushing the boundaries of creativity and storytelling. One such luminary is Bradford Rosenbloom, a name becoming synonymous with innovation and transformative experiences within the theater…
September 2023
At this moment in the life of our community, I don’t think anybody believes anymore that Bozeman is Utopia. Since its inception, Bozeman has marketed itself to the rest of the world as an antidote to reality, a Last Best Place in which to live…
September 2023
Liz Bischoff
This short list of historically significant pets in Montana gives us a glimpse of Montanans’ relationships with their pets over the history of this amazing state. There is a common theme of love and companionship, which concludes that all dogs…