May Cover Artist: Diane Fenlason

Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Diane Fenlason was born and raised in Pennsylvania and moved to Bozeman in 2008 when she married her best friend, Brian, a Montana native. Together, they have four children. She loves spending time with her family, meeting friends for coffee at one…

What's Your Beef? Bills That Died in The Recent Legislative Session

Sat. May. 1st, 2021

The Montana legislature meets every other year in Helena. The sessions always begin in early January and run through April. In numerous other states, the legislatures meet every year, throughout the year, but in Montana, apparently, we don’t…

Editor's Note: Signs of Spring

Angie Ripple  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Spring flowers have pushed their cheerful heads through the earth and up through the dry leaves to peek at the sunshine and bring smiles to the humans that tend them. Spring in Bozeman is part sunny day sprinkled with snow flurries, and then again…

Los Jarochos

Elsa Russell  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

There are about 2,000 miles between Bozeman and Veracruz, Mexico. Luckily, you don’t have to travel that far to get a taste of this coastal city’s delicious cuisine. Los Jarochos restaurant brings a slice of Veracruz right to downtown…

Top 10 Bozeman Food Trucks

Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Bozeman’s Food Truck scene is solid, with a lot of unique options to choose from. It wasn’t easy to whittle the list to ten, but here are our favorite recommendations. El RodeoAuthentic Mexican fare made with love, from delicious tender…

Random Acts of Silliness Offers Fun Arts Activities For This Summer

Jennifer Verzuh  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

photo: Loneman PhotographyChildren’s thoughts on what a rainbow unicorn likes to eat for Sunday brunch can offer the jumping off point for a full-fledged theatrical story for the Random Acts of Silliness kids improv group, according to…

Michael Jochum is a Husband, Father, Grandfather, Drummer, Author, Advocate for the Disabled Musician, Activist, and Dog Lover

Brian Ripple, by Michael Jochum  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

BR: Today we are talking with Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts drummer, Michael Jochum. Hello Michael, I hope in these strange times you and your family are staying healthy. MJ: Thanks so much for having me Brian. I really enjoy the Bozeman Magazine…

Dirty Girl

Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Hey honey, come over here. My friend will buy you a drink, but you’ve got to sit on his lap.” Some drunk guy at a bar said this to me when I was 16 and there singing with a band. I dealt, and still do deal with stuff like that a lot, and…

Spirit and Industry: The Montana State College Class of 1918 and Their “M”

Rachel Phillips  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

One of Bozeman’s most well-known and visible icons would undoubtedly be the College “M” emblazoned on the side of Mount Baldy in the Bridger Mountains. Easily visible for miles, this oft-photographed landmark is an integral part of…

The Montana Book Award

Kevin Brustuen  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Gretchen Minton, professor of English at Montana State University, won the 2020 Montana Book of the Year Award, for her book “Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country’s Love Affair with the World’s Most Famous Writer.” Honor…

Bozeman Author Sets the Stage with Absolutely Riveting Story

MOVING. INSPIRING. HEALING. TRANSFORMING.

Patrik Hill  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Author Mark Sullivan and I are sitting in a coffee shop here in Bozeman discussing his upcoming novel The Last Green Valley. Of all the words I would have chosen to describe this novel – or any novel, really – my mind would not have gone…

Bozeman Condo & Townhouse Sales

Tim Ford  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

It’s spring in Bozeman, that time of year where the weather changes every 5 minutes. The heat is usually on in the truck on the way to work and the air conditioning is often on for the drive home. The real estate market is also continuing to…

Boat Patrol on Yellowstone Lake

Rick Gale  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

I spent 22 summers in Yellowstone from 1978-1999 as a Seasonal Ranger, including serving as a campground ranger, road patrol ranger, boat patrol ranger, field training ranger, night shift supervisor, and crisis negotiator. Two of my 22 summers in…

Pandemic Creates Challenges in Distributing Food to Local Community

Christopher Dyrland-Marquis  |   Sat. May. 1st, 2021

Heat-shimmering sedans, pickup trucks, and SUVs lined up behind one another in the sunny, spring afternoon, wrapping around an unassuming warehouse into the adjacent street: each waiting their turn to pull into the building’s modest parking…