Bozeman Magazine

Moving to Bozeman, Montana? Here Are 10 Things You Need to Know

Angie Jamison

This article was written by Angie Jamison at Bozeman Real Estate Group. To read the original article click here https://bozemanrealestate.group/blog/10-things-you-should-know-before-moving-to-bozeman-montana. Bozeman is a special place. Those who…

2021 Bozeman’s Choice Reader Poll Vote Now Thru Nov 7

Angie Ripple

Each October since 2014, we’ve asked our readers and the greater Bozeman community to vote in the Bozeman’s Choice Reader Poll. Thankfully it’s October, and we get to ask you to vote again, and as you put your stamp of approval on…

Fire and Hope: Bridger Foothills Fire 2020

I was born lucky: from wealth, not generations of it but rather the sort built from your parents’ hard work, my dad rising as a doctor from Goodland, Kansas, and my mother, a Billings Spanish teacher whose family started a hardware store in…

General Election In Gallatin County

What you need to know to vote in the 2020 Election

Angie Ripple

It’s a general election year, but because it’s 2020 things will look a lot different for Gallatin County voters. On August 18, 2020, Gallatin County Commissioners voted 2-1 in support of mail-in voting for the general election November 3…

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…

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…

Sharing Your Story For The Sake of the Future

Carmen Dunn

Spanish-born philosopher and poet George Santayana’s famous quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” has been paraphrased several ways, all with a focus on being aware of, appreciating, and respecting the…

The Black Lives Matter Movement As An Asian American

Cassie Pfannenstiel

The issue of race in America is complex. Many communities of varying cultures exist together often without accepting one another in a meaningful way. Growing up in a multicultural home as a mixed-race child, I often felt as a cultural outsider to…

You Only Turn 90 Once

A Different Kind of Birthday

Amanda Cass

Birthdays. Love them or hate them, or avoid them all together. But they will keep coming as long as the Earth rotates the sun and our hearts keep beating. Rod Roys has had 90 of them.A Bozeman native and former Bozeman City firefighter, Roys is…

May Cover Artist: Ken Thorsen

Ken Thorsen was born and raised in beautiful Bozeman, Montana where he continues to live with his wife Maggie and one of their three sons. If you are a regular reader of Bozeman Magazine you have likely seen Ken’s past contributions of writing…

Haufbrau Open Mic (The Pandemic Sessions)

Cammie Reid

Up until March 16, 2020 the Haufbrau, part of Bozeman’s infamous Bar-muda Triangle, hosted live music seven nights a week, with Open Mics on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. When the entire state of Montana was given the stay-at-home order…

The Class of Covid-19

Mia Snyder

For the longest time, graduation seemed like an illusion to me, a mountaintop I could see but never thought I would reach. By my junior year, I’d switched my major upwards of five times, from Kinesiology to Chemical Engineering to English. I…

Theater Expert Tom Watson Takes Film School to New Heights

Cammie Reid

As the Resident Scene Designer for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) and an Associate Professor at the Montana State University School of Film, Tom Watson regularly finds himself at the helm of the vibrant and clamoring theater scene that…

What's Your Beef? Flashing RED Means Stop!

As a school bus driver in Bozeman, I love the smiling faces and the great kids I get to deliver to school every day. The counter to that is my real disappointment with drivers running the flashing reds and stop signs of the school busses all around…

Marcia 1924-2019

Elizabeth Anderson

As the New Year chaos has settled down and many emotions are cleared up, I’d like to take a moment to reminisce my grandmother’s life. A fiercely independent, determined, vibrant, continuously learning, and presently strong life lived…

Sobering Reminder: Montana’s Fatality Marker Program

Christie Selensky

Numerous enough to notice, infrequent enough to be startled at seeing, and inspiring reverence, sorrow, sympathy, curiosity, and caution. For over 50 years, the white crosses that mark the sites of fatal traffic accidents along the highways of…

Dan Lourie: A Pillar of Conscience

Dan Lourie is a powerhouse, leading by example to challenge members of the Bozeman community and beyond to engage in civil discourse, to show up in support of their values, and to insist on justice day after day.  - Ariel Donohue Born into a…

Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts Focusing on the Music

Angie Ripple

It’s only July but it’s never too early to start thinking about the beauty and smell of Sweet Pea’s in August, not just the amazingly gorgeous flower, but also Bozeman’s most beloved festival of the arts and culture, the Sweet…