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Sweet Pea 2022 Music Lineup

Monday Aug. 1

The Sweet Pea Festival is a three-day festival of the arts held the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in August. The Festival kicks off late Friday afternoon in Lindley Park with a performance by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks; Saturday ramps up…

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The Jump

Angie Ripple  |   Monday Aug. 1

Lynn Shanahan’s story could easily be turned into a movie. It has mountains and skyscrapers, love at first sight, tragedy, motherhood, and ballroom dancing championships. She met her late husband, John, in New York City, where she worked…

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Current Leaders Must Care

Steve Kirchhoff  |   Monday Aug. 1

We need to understand as much as we can about life. It is not enough to know what something is or how much of it there is. We also need to know the why and wherefore of things. Citizens of Bozeman, particularly in this period of rapid population…

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27 Augusts

Angie Ripple  |   Monday Aug. 1

August is the month I moved to Bozeman. I’d visited in July in sweltering heat to attend orientation at MSU. My assigned dorm room was near the top floor of North Hedges and I spent two uncomfortable nights melting in the unfamiliar…

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Parker Millsap with King Ropes and Matt Wallin

Monday Aug. 1

The fifth album from Oklahoma-bred singer/songwriter Parker Millsap, Be Here Instead emerged from a wild alchemy of instinct, ingenuity, and joyfully determined rule-breaking. In a departure from the guitar-and-notebook-based approach to songwriting…

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Bozeman | The Sweet Pea City

Angie Ripple  |   Monday Aug. 1

Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley have been known as the valley of the flowers since only native Americans roamed the area. In the early 1900’s over 17,000 acres of the valley were planted in edible peas harvested both for canning and seed. In…

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July Cover Artist: Louis Still Smoking

Friday Jul. 1

“I want to move people; have a voice in the world. If you move people you are doing your job as an artist.” Born and raised in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Reservation, art is in Louis Still Smoking’s…

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Top 10 Bozeman Summer Activities

Friday Jul. 1

With a variety of unique activities to enjoy, Bozeman offers an exciting abundance of fun ways to spend your time this summer! From cultural arts in town to hair-raising wildlife encounters, there’s no shortage of great activities to ensure…

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The Ten (Or So) Hiking Essentials

Steve McGann  |   Friday Jul. 1

“Be prepared. That is my belief and that is my motto. My practice, however, is a little different. I tend to go off in a more or less random direction myself, half-baked, half-assed, half-cocked, and half-ripped. Why? Well... all that bloody…

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Cash Buyers in 2022

Tim Ford  |   Friday Jul. 1

It’s been a wet spring. In addition to the rainfall, the Fed has been trying to throw a little water on inflation. As such, we’ve seen a large uptick in mortgage rates. As I write this, rates are hovering around 6%. This is up from…

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Some Things No One Knows

Steve Kirchhoff  |   Friday Jul. 1

Some Things No One Knows No one knows why nobody works and yet everyone is busy.No one wants more density; no one wants more sprawl.No one knows how janitors and mail carriers survive.No one lives in new buildings bustling with humans. No…

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The Life of Montana Legacy

Lesley Gilmore  |   Friday Jul. 1

“Life of Montana” conjures something larger than life and bigger than Montana. Although the Life of Montana Insurance Company was not too big to fail, its signature building at the outskirts of Bozeman remains as testimony…

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