The Bobcats: This week and next week

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

The Bobcats beat Minot 43-7. That is upsetting for Minot but not surprising. Now they are 0-4 because Montana State beat them. The Bobcats are doing great this season! Although the first week they lost to Utah 27-10. Then they got fired up and beat…

Hawk Tawk: Sports Preview

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

October is an exciting sports month for the Hawks. There are tons of football and volleyball games at home and even a cross country meet. “There’s always room for improvement,” said the football coach Troy Prucell. When asked what the goals…

Lone Peek at Lone Peak Brewing

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

Back in July I was at the Virginia City Dog & Grog Brewfest. That annual festival is a really great venue for trying out a score of great beers from a dozen local Southwest Montana microbreweries. Look for the event in mid-July next summer…

The Alternative Wellness Epicurean: Yoga at Be The Change Yoga Studio

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

It was time. I’d been curious about yoga for years. My personal spiritual practice extols the benefits of moving from the head into the body, and besides, yoga is cool. The intimidation factor, however, was intense. This middle-aged body was out of…

The Changing of the Guard: In Search of Big Browns

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

With summer waning as mornings get crisper and cooler and days shorter, it brings me around to one of my favorite times of the year, fall. Fall conjures up images of overcast drizzly days and Blue Winged Olives buzzing around the back eddies of your…

Introducing Chef: Rory Sandoval

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

My first memory of cooking and kitchens was making stone soup in Montessori school. We read a story about a soup with stones in it and everyone brought something to put in the soup the next day. I brought tri colored rotini pasta that my mother…

Vera Fare: True Food Evolution

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

Entering Vera Fare I got the sense that this place is all about excellence. The dark furnishings boast simple lines, the immaculate tile and wood floors gleam in the sunshine and the honey-colored walls have a few well-placed cafe art pieces. The…

SCORE Support Goes to Wheat Montana/Clark’s Fork

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

In 2002, a recent graduate of MSU with a business degree came to SCORE for help in starting a business. Jeff Riggs planned to start a Wheat Montana franchise called the Wheat Montana Deli. Though he had the business degree, he had no business…

Made in Montana: Hurraw! Lip Balm

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

The next time you think about how dry it is in Montana you can be grateful that, for one entrepreneur, the climate inspired a line of exceptional lip products. Corrie Colbert and her husband, Neil Stuber, moved to Montana from New York City and…

Brian Esslinger

Fri. Sep. 30th, 2011

Born in 1972 in Cincinnati Ohio, Brian Esslinger is an artist in the truest sense of the word, and now a reluctant business owner. Brian was a senior at the Cincinnati Art Academy in the formal art program when he discovered rock climbing. This new…

Cardboard Box City 2011

Sun. Sep. 25th, 2011

WHO? YOU! And a few hundred of your closest friends in Bozeman in support of Family Promise of Gallatin Valley… WHAT? Cardboard Box City 2011 WHEN? Friday, Oct. 14th 2011 WHERE? Bogert Park, Church St, Bozeman WHY? To raise awareness about…

Halloween at Story Mansion

Sat. Sep. 24th, 2011

On Halloween, the Friends of Story Mansion put together a fantastically spooky event and it is a perfect gateway to the most decked out haunted hollow in Bozeman. On 3rd avenue south of College, the neighbors really pull out all of the stops! So get…

Maya Angelou and Rainbows in the Clouds

Wed. Sep. 21st, 2011

Maya Angelou’s poetry is inspirational, she is known to deliver a timeless message, most often of hope; her visit to Bozeman’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on Sept 13th was not at all short on either attribute. Following a crowd pleasing…

Extended University courses now open for registration

Tue. Sep. 20th, 2011

BOZEMAN – Extended University offers 16 different courses this fall, including new courses on Google tools and Visual Basics programming, as well as popular returning courses on Excel, Quickbooks, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress and…

5 new gladed ski runs adds 20+ acres of terrain to Big Sky

Mon. Sep. 12th, 2011

Big Sky Resort is expanding its gladed tree runs by adding five new ski trails with 20+ acres of new terrain that will open on Andesite Mountain for the 2011/2012 winter season. Big Sky Resort offers 5,532 skiable acres with the Biggest Skiing in…

An Interview with ‘Suckers Guitarist, Dan’Thunder’ Bolton

Fri. Sep. 2nd, 2011

Bo: The Supersuckers have been around since most college-aged kids have been alive…since 1988. What does it feel like now to still be doing shows in 2011? Did you ever think you guys would still be existing today? DB: Well, that’s one thing that…

Keller Williams Interview w/Kenny T

Fri. Sep. 2nd, 2011

KT: We’re joined with Keller Williams today, Keller Williams and well it’s not a band, it’s just Keller Williams, he’s comin’ to the Emerson Cultural Center on September 16th, Keller thanks so much for joining us today. You said you were…

Rebirth of the Rockin’ R Bar

Fri. Sep. 2nd, 2011

On July 26th, 2011 873 days after a natural gas explosion literally rocked downtown Bozeman at its core The Rockin R Bar returned in all its glory to 211 East Main Street, much better than ever. The Rocking R Bar originally opened in the late 1940s…