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Mountains Walking Brewery & Pub

Taylor Owens  |   Friday Dec. 1

Nestled in the up-and- coming Northside neighborhood of Bozeman, Mountains Walking Brewery stands as a testament to the vibrant craft beer culture flourishing in the area. Owned and curated by Gustav Dose and his partner Sarah MacDonald, this brewery…

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The ICE is Calling

Phil Knight  |   Friday Dec. 1

As the sun slips lower with each passing day, we Montanans enter the Season of Ice. It starts as a thin skin on puddles and frost on the roof. You have to start scraping your windshield every morning.  Before long, the dropping temperature…

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Montana Holidays Outdoors

Steve McGann  |   Friday Dec. 1

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…

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2023 That’s A Wrap

Angie Ripple  |   Friday Dec. 1

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…

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The Luxury Home Market

Tim Ford  |   Friday Dec. 1

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…

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Fond Memories of a Norwegian Wool Hat

Ken Walcheck  |   Friday Dec. 1

Christmas morning, 1947. Something about the shape of that package under the Yule tree caught my eye. Call it intuition if you wish, but I had a feeling this gift was going to be a little bit special. Even though I was nearly sixteen, I unwrapped it…

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November Cover Artist: Chris D'Ardenne

Wednesday Nov. 1

As a physician and photographer, art and science have long been intertwined in Chris D’Ardenne’s life. This unique combination of careers is synergistic, and makes him both a better doctor and a better artist. Ever since being handed his…

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Take a Montana Drive This Fall

Steve McGann  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

Before I lived in Montana, the most vivid recurring image I had of what it would be like involved driving. My mind-picture was of an old bench seat pickup, slowly moving up a long hill on a gravel road through a grassy meadow. There were a couple of…

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Lindley Park’s Tree Totem

Liz Bischoff  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

Have you been to Lindley Park yet this fall? Located behind the Bozeman Public Library, and site of Bozeman’s annual Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, the park has a unique new feature: the Festival’s Tree Totem. Kris Conners with Custom…

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Album Review: Cole & The Thornes “UNBOUND”

Wednesday Nov. 1

It’s a rainy Thursday in Bozeman, and I am sitting down with the ‘Songstress,’ aka Cole Thorne, lead vocalist of Cole & the Thornes, a local band with a dedicated following. We are meeting for coffee to discuss their new album…

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New Executive Chef Joins Fielding’s

Taylor Owens  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

Shane Graybeal has joined the Kimpton Armory as the new executive chef at Fielding’s, an American-fare restaurant serving up fresh dishes and craft cocktails. Fielding’s, the namesake of Fred Fielding Willson, the architect of the…

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Gallatin River Lodge

Taylor Owens  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

For over twenty years, the Gallatin River Lodge has nestled on the Gallatin River, in the forested area accessed via Thorpe Road, west of Bozeman. Originally a popular spot for those on a fly-fishing trip, it is now open to locals and travelers alike…

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The Hellroaring

Brian Ripple  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

The hamlet of Billings was nicknamed the “Magic City” because of the rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in March 1882. It’s the largest city in the state of Montana and the 282nd largest city in the United States…

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