February 2020
Kevin Brustuen
Anyone who grew up in the 1960s-70s likely remembers the famous stormy relationship of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. These internationally famous Hollywood stars argued and fought with each other in public and private, yet loved each other dearly…
February 2020
Thursday, Feb 20th, 6pm The Emerson Cultural Center
On Thursday, February 20th, at 7pm at the Emerson Center, The Bozeman Doc Series and Valley of the Flowers Project present the critically acclaimed new documentary The Story of Plastic. The screening will be preceded at 6:00pm by a reception…
January 2020
Kevin Brustuen
Bozeman was a quiet sleepy little mountain town of about 23,000 people in 1990. Bozemanites would hike empty trails, go out to eat at Black Angus, have a couple drinks and maybe dance at the Cat’s Paw, and sometimes go see a play at the…
December 2019
Kevin Brustuen
A Christmas Carol, the famous story by Charles Dickens, comes to The Ellen Theatre December 6 through December 22. Dickens first conceived of this story as a pamphlet meant to speak out against the conditions that led to poor children being forced…
November 2019
Kevin Brustuen
In 1995, wolves were successfully reintroduced into the Yellowstone National Park region after an absence of 70 years. Before long, the wolves formed into several viable packs, expanding their ranges to create their own territories. Introducing…
November 2019
When a double-crossed deal between dirty police detectives and ruthless drug enforcers goes awry, a struggling addict musician finds himself in possession of the only item that can put an end to the out-of-control, bloody feud. So naturally, he…
October 2019
Kevin Brustuen
People don’t generally think of a museum as a venue for live theater. In the case of the Museum of the Rockies, for instance, people usually think of dinosaurs, Native American artifacts, and some pioneer-era exhibit pieces. However, this fall…
September 2019
Looking at the Anthropocene through Shakespeare
Kevin Brustuen
In 1877, a young man named William Clark acquired his first mine in the struggling mining camp of Butte in Montana Territory. Clark went on to become one of the three Copper Kings of Butte, thus one of the richest men in the world at the time. Yet…
August 2019
One Newcomer’s Quest to Call Bozeman Home
Sarah May
After making the three-day cross-country move, I stared wide-eyed at the Bridger Mountain range eager to make Bozeman feel like home. Moving from Georgia to Montana meant over 3,000 feet in elevation gain, limiting my ability to see breathtaking…
August 2019
Kevin Brustuen
Bozeman is growing quickly, and the Bozeman-area theater scene is growing dramatically (pun intended) as well. As recently as ten years ago, people would scan bulletin boards, magazines and newspapers eagerly looking for things to do each weekend:…
