February 2021 Cover Artist Rachel Ainuu

Rachel Ainuu is a Bozeman Montana based artist who enjoys painting outdoor landscapes, especially climbing locations and scenery. She paints plain air style with watercolor and pen. She can often be found perched in Hyalite Canyon painting the winter…

Top 10 Places To Enjoy Valentine’s Day NEAR Bozeman

Kate Hulbert

Pandemic or not, ‘tis the season to celebrate your love. Whether you are looking for a romantic date night or an exciting adventure, we’ve got this list of the 10 Best Places for Valentine’s Day in Bozeman. Sidewall Pizza TentsFor…

Sonnets in the Snow

Kevin Brustuen

The desire to create is something important to humanity—a fundamental part of our very existence. The Covid19 pandemic has limited the outlets for this creative urge in everyone around the world, leaving not only frustrated audiences, but even…

SIlence Speaks

Michael Jochum

In and around 1987, I was playing in the house band for The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. Tracey is one of the funniest and genuinely nicest people I have ever met in the “business of music.” The band was stellar: Richard Gibbs was our…

Livestream Norris

Montana’s community of musicians has been without live opportunities to perform for close to a year. When Sam Platts and his band, the Plainsmen, found themselves looking for a way to continue sharing music they wanted to do something that…

Born In Bozeman: Social Distance Powwow

Angie Ripple

“Good drums get the dancers out there, good songs get them to dance well. Without drum groups there is no music. No music, no dance, no powwow.” - Roberts, Chris (1992) Powwow Country It wasn’t the lack of good drums that made for…