Tips for Visitors to National & State Parks

How To Enjoy The Outdoors With COVID-19

When it comes to planning your visit, you’re going to want to cover all the usual bases: where you’re going, what you’ll need to bring, what the conditions are like, and who you’re traveling with. With COVID-19 in question…

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Every Picture Tells A Story

A picture is worth a thousand words. How you take a picture is worth the time. You need to only look at the piles of old family fish pictures from years ago to agree with this statement. They are out of focus, fuzzy, unframed, and lousy. There was no…

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Riding For Science

August 8th, 2020, 7:00 am. That morning, like a single sudden morning every summer, I woke up reminded that seasons exist just when I was starting to consider a bedroom air conditioner. The first clue of the shift comes as an abrupt and unmistakable…

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September Cover Artist: Callie Albrecht

Callie Albrecht was born and raised in the Gallatin Valley in the early ‘90s. Shortly after graduating high school, she embarked on a journey abroad to Central America. There she spent four years for Bible education work and was able to enjoy a…

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Top 10 New Bozeman Businesses Summer 2020

Single Barrel Liquor & BarSingle Barrel Liquor & Bar is the newest addition to Ferguson Farms on the west side of Bozeman. They are a full liquor, beer, and wine store plus a cozy, neighborhood bar. It is a beautiful space and they are sure…

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Local & Fresh: Brando's Wing Co.

Brandon Hale is a fifth-generation restaurant owner who, after losing his mother to Alzheimer’s realized his dream of opening his own restaurant and got to living. Brandon and his wife Stephanie opened Brando’s Wing Co. on June 15, 2019…

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20th Anniversary for NE Neighborhood’s Parade of Sheds

The Parade of Sheds is a self-guided tour taking place on Saturday, September 12

This year the novel coronavirus has rained on quite a few parades, but that isn’t stopping Bozeman’s Northeast Neighborhood from celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its infamous Parade of Sheds. While there won’t be an actual…

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Top 10 New Bozeman Businesses Summer 2020

Single Barrel Liquor & BarSingle Barrel Liquor & Bar is the newest addition to Ferguson Farms on the west side of Bozeman. They are a full liquor, beer, and wine store plus a cozy, neighborhood bar. It is a beautiful space and they are sure…

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Q&A With a COVID-19 Survivor

America has been facing the global COVID-19 pandemic for several months now, and though it may seem like things are returning to normal again, the threat of the virus is still very real. Even in Montana, local businesses and residents are feeling the…

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Baroque Music Montana

Alessandro Stradella was one of the 17th century’s finest Baroque composers—and one of its most threatened composers due to his passion for wine, women, and song. Stradella lived in Venice, played the lute, composed music, and performed…

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A Quarantine Interview with Kitchen Dwellers Max Davies

When COVID-19 shut down the country, the live entertainment industry was hit extremely hard. Bands and artists, venues, promoters, production companies and many more people have been stopped in their tracks with no clear plan as how to continue, or…

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Q&A With a COVID-19 Survivor

America has been facing the global COVID-19 pandemic for several months now, and though it may seem like things are returning to normal again, the threat of the virus is still very real. Even in Montana, local businesses and residents are feeling the…

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Belgrade Real Estate Market Report

While this column generally focuses on Bozeman’s real estate market, the community of Belgrade is also an integral part of the Gallatin Valley. This month, we’ll look at how the Real Estate Market has fared there.From the first of the…

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20th Anniversary for NE Neighborhood’s Parade of Sheds

The Parade of Sheds is a self-guided tour taking place on Saturday, September 12

This year the novel coronavirus has rained on quite a few parades, but that isn’t stopping Bozeman’s Northeast Neighborhood from celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its infamous Parade of Sheds. While there won’t be an actual…

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Editors Note: No Particular Words of Encouragement

I have no particular words of encouragement to share with you readers this September, I am just hanging on, as I imagine many of you may be. This fall my three children were set to begin school at three different schools, including an incoming Middle…

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Defining Nuisances: Bozeman’s 1883 City Ordinances

When the city of Bozeman incorporated on March 26, 1883, John V. Bogert was elected the city’s enthusiastic first mayor. The new city leader and his aldermen immediately began passing ordinances regulating everything from business signs to…

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What's Your Beef? What Went Wrong And Why Aren’t We Fixing It?

As summer nears its end, families normally would be preparing their children for the start of the school year. This year, however, parents everywhere have been left wondering what this will look like, and more importantly, will it be safe. Bozeman is…

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Verge Theatre Curtain Call for 2304 N. 7th

What I’m about to tell you is very difficult, but it is done with great gratitude and optimism for the future: It’s time to move on from our beloved strip mall.This theater has been our home for 22 years. While no one person has been…

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