Gratitude Is The Attitude

Angie Ripple  |   Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

This year has been hard, so while brainstorming what to write for this month’s Editor’s Note, I decided the best way to balance the instability I’ve been feeling is with some gratitude. November is an obvious choice of months to…

What's Your Beef? Affairs of the Citizens in Arranging Our Life Together

Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

Politika is the Greek word for politics and means “affairs of the city,” or “affairs of the citizens in arranging our life together.” I imagine without a dozen daily mail flyers and hourly pollster calls, politics could be a…

November Cover Artist: Aaron Zulpo

Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

Aaron Zulpo paints stories. His subjects ranged from personal, historic, western, and fictitious adventures. His desire is to delight the audience creating images that are understandable while being visually complex to stimulate the act of…

Sidewinders American Grill

Angie Ripple  |   Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

Sidewinders in Bozeman has been serving the community since June 2017, holding firm to its founder’s Marine Corps values of “leaders eat last” and “take care of your people.” Sidewinders is a family-run business that…

An Interview With Record Store Day's Michael Kurtz

Brian Ripple  |   Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

Record Store Day is an annual event which began in 2008 and is held on a Saturday every April, as well as every Black Friday in November to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day typically brings together fans…

“TOP SECRET”

Michael Jochum  |   Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

Over the course of my 50 year career I’ve always contended that the studio is my home away from home. It’s where I feel the most power, and a profound sense of peace. The dissection of the recording process, the almost surgical attention…

Peaks, Peace and Poetry

Kevin Brustuen  |   Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

“When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I…

One Woman’s Belief in Bozeman’s Ability to Change

Ruby Zitzer  |   Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

There are countless reasons to live in Bozeman. For me, getting to live here has been a privilege. I have trails right out my front door, a community that supports me, and the opportunity to pick and choose what activity to do for the day. Many of us…

Taking on Lung Cancer is Worth the Fight During Lung Cancer Awareness Month by Jodi Parker

Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

My name is Jodi. I am a registered nurse, wife, mother, and grandmother. I am 59 years old and was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer nearly 8 years ago. In 2012, I was experiencing a lingering cough and shortness of breath. I assumed it was nothing…

The Pandemic of 1918 Still Affects Me, And I Didn’t Even Exist Then

Was there anything good about the flu outbreak of 1918?

Sun. Nov. 1st, 2020

I have been thinking about my mom, Gudruda Berg (1902-1996), and the flu epidemic (more correctly pandemic) of 1918. That autumn, my mom was sixteen-years-old and living in Montana State College’s Hamilton Hall in Bozeman. She had just started…