June 2019
Kevin Brustuen
In 1864, a young William Alderson left his home in Virginia and headed west, joining a growing rush to the latest gold strikes, namely a little-known town nestled in the mountains, called “Virginia City” in Montana Territory. Stopping off…
May 2019
Tim Ford
As the spring thaw slowly takes place, bears are coming out of hibernation and so are many buyers and sellers of real estate. Buyers have actually been out and about all winter, but inventory levels have been low, so there hasn’t been much to…
May 2019
Global Wildlife Veterinarian & Bozeman Social Entrepreneur
Vandana Sood-Giddings
VIEW (Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife) is the ONLY wildlife conservation organization focused solely on addressing the health threats of endangered wildlife as part of a comprehensive strategy, and it is participating in Give Big…
May 2019
The History of Quin Blackburn
Kelly Hartman
In August of 1923, three college students decided to climb the Grand Teton on a whim. Quin Blackburn, the leader of the party, would go on to lead the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934. The other two, Andy DePirro and David DeLap were nearly lost…
May 2019
Cynthia Logan
Twenty-four of the 68+ films screening at the Second Annual BZN International Film Festival (taking place June 6-9 in venues throughout Bozeman) are ‘Montana’ films—either the theme is about, or the creators are from, Montana. Most…
May 2019
Kevin Brustuen
Big Sky Community Theater is offering a production of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Streetcar will be performed for one day only, May 16, at the Warren Miller Center for the Performing Arts in Big Sky. Directed by Mark…
April 2019
Angie Ripple
You’ve probably seen Jan Schweitzer with her large yellow trash bag along a Bozeman city street or Huffine Lane at least once. For the past three years, Jan has been walking the streets and roadways of Bozeman picking up trash along the way. In…
April 2019
Earth Day Improvements For Your Home
Tim Ford
Being the month of Earth Day, April is a great time of the year to look at some ways to make a home more energy efficient. This has been an unusually cold winter in Bozeman, and I’m sure many are looking for ways to reduce their heating…
April 2019
Cindy Shearer
To fully appreciate the new northside development now referred to as the Bozeman Cannery District, one needs to learn about the role that the pea industry played in the economic development of the Gallatin Valley in the early 1900s.
In 1911…
April 2019
Kevin Brustuen
The Golden Age of Broadway musicals began with the well-known musical Oklahoma! in 1943 and flourished with hits such as South Pacific, Camelot, My Fair Lady, and Singing in the Rain. The 1960s and 1970s were a revolutionary time in art, culture, and…
