January 2024
Wall-to-wall, people Earth-shattering music, a river of beer and booze
Devon Brosnan
What comes to mind? Depending on who you are, what you do, and what your “scene” is, you may be thinking of a few different establishments clustered around Bozeman. Rocking R Bar may come to mind, or maybe El Camino, when it was still…
January 2024
Rachel Phillips
Forty-six years ago, the Gallatin County Historical Society was founded to preserve and share the history of our corner of Montana. Known as the Gallatin History Museum today, and located in the former county jail building on Main Street, the…
December 2023
Rachel Phillips
The holiday season is the perfect time to capture festive photographs—family and friends, colored outdoor lights reflecting through snow and ice, and, of course, downtown Bozeman’s famous Christmas decorations. In the last one hundred and…
December 2023
Angie Ripple
It’s hard to believe that, with this final issue of 2023, we’ve wrapped up our 198th issue. It has taken over 16 years to finally get comfortable with an endeavor that benefits our community, to see the fruits of our labor paying off, and…
December 2023
Tim Ford
As we move towards the holidays, I’ve often run the numbers on the higher-end market. The million-dollar mark was once rarely crossed. However, with the median home price hovering near $800K for homes inside city limits and north of $900K when…
December 2023
Steve McGann
My favorite Christmas ornament is a pine cone. It is fitted with a little eye screw and strung on a faded old ribbon. My Mother sent it to me as the wrapping for a present years ago. She included a description typed on her old Underwood, taped to the…
December 2023
Joseph Montalbano
With that time of year rapidly approaching, we wanted to look into one of the staples of the holiday season: the Christmas tree. Specifically, we were interested in only the real deal, none of those fake trees. Although they can be convenient, they…
December 2023
Dennis Aig recently retired after 34 years at Montana State University. As a professor in the College of Arts and Architecture’s School of Film and Photography, and while traveling the world working on films, he influenced generations of…
December 2023
Steve Kirchhoff
Joey Morrison’s triumphant run for mayor of Bozeman was an historic event for Bozeman. At age 28, his victory makes him one of the youngest persons ever to be seated as deputy mayor. And his no-frills, working-class background also sets him…
December 2023
Liz Bischoff
The heartbeat of a Montana rancher can be heard when the whistling winds that chap uncovered skin finally die down, when the hail that dents rooftops and cracks glass finally settles, when the lambing ewes stop braying and bleating and start licking…
