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Newspaper shutdown sets stage for new Lancaster novel

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Julep

Billings novelist Craig Lancaster is just out with his latest book, “Julep Street,” about Carson McCullough, a lifelong journalist whose world is shattered when the small daily newspaper he works for is suddenly and unceremoniously closed down. In a hilariously unsuccessful attempt to deal with his new reality, Carson embarks on a road trip in a Mustang convertible, freshly purchased with his severance check. Accompanied by his best friend, Hector, an old yellow Lab with a diminished appetite for adventure, Carson goes off to chase job prospects, visiting old friends and one old flame. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, 'Julep Street', Craig Lancaster, Missouri Breaks Press

New book corrals Waddell’s art, and a time and place, too

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Achieve

A few years ago, the painter and sculptor Theodore Waddell was thinking it might be time, five decades into a productive career as an artist, for a book-length retrospective of his work. The more he thought about it, though, the less he wanted a coffee-table book solely about his art. He wanted a book that would tell the larger story of the artists and writers and friends he had learned from and worked with, of the ferment and excitement of a particular time in history. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, Bob Durden, Brian Peterson, Corby Skinner, Donna Forbes, Gordon McConnell, Greg Keeler

Montanans’ film explores side road to understanding

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Desert

Marshall Granger was working at the Roxy Theater in Missoula when a friend and co-worker, Andrew Rizzo, asked an odd, simple question. “You wanna go shoot a documentary on a hallucinogenic toad down in Arizona and Mexico?”

The question was addressed to Marshall and another co-worker, Eddie Roqueta, and both of them, as it turned out, were interested in the idea. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Andrew Rizzo, Art House Cinema & Pub, Eddie Roqueta, Marshall Granger, Sonoran Desert

Refugees, settled in Montana, to tell their stories in film

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Joel

Much has been written about the African and Middle Eastern refugees who have resettled in Missoula in the past year, welcomed by many and looked at with fear and disdain by many others. Now, some of those refugees will be using video cameras to tell their own stories of what it means to resettle so far from home, and to share with the rest of us their perceptions of their new surroundings. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, News, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Bryan Bello, New Neighbors Project, Ryan Seitz, Soft Landing Missoula, Tribeca Film Institute

Web-based radio a new outlet for musician’s passion

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Jimmy

RED LODGE — There was never much question that Jimmy Kujala’s life would revolve around music. The native of Red Lodge played his first professional gig, at the Snag Bar, when he was 9. He and one of his sisters, Carolyn, started a band, The Lost Generation, a few years later. Kujala was only 15 or 16 when the band opened for Merle Haggard at the Shrine Auditorium in Billings in the late 1960s.  (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Al Cooper, Billy Waldo and the Flying Grizzlies, Cory Leone Johnson, Jimmy Kujala, Merle Haggard, Music Ranch Radio

At Crow hand-game tourney, the spectacle is the thing

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Other Meds

I was told by several people that the Crow hand game was difficult to explain, but that once I’d watched a few rounds it would start to make sense. I suppose it did, sort of in the way that the one cricket game I ever watched had begun to make some sense by the time it ended. The big difference is that at a cricket game, cricket is the main attraction. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Big Horn district, Black Lodge district, Crow Nation, Ed Little Light, hand game, Louis Walks Over Ice

Wibaux band rocks the Gem at album-release party

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Gem

“Shut up, dude, I’m trying to listen to your song,” a friend said as we were taking a seat at the Gem Theatre in Wibaux. An extension of the Beaver Creek Brewery, the Gem is host to fine dining and an impressive stage setup. On this particular night, the band belonged to brewery co-owner Jim Devine. At 6-foot-6, his friends have been known to call him “Mighty Big,” a nickname he also uses for his band, Mighty Big Jim and the Tall Boys. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, Beaver Creek Brewery, Gem Theatre, Jim Devine, MBJ and the Tall Boys, Wibaux

World musicians bring hopeful message to Montana teachers

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Music

Teachers from around Montana received a joyous lesson in the power of music Wednesday at Montana State University Billings. First they watched “The Music of Strangers,” a 2015 documentary about the Silk Road Ensemble, an international-music project founded 16 years ago by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Then they had the chance to listen to and speak with two dynamic members of the ensemble—a bagpiper from Spain and a bamboo-flute player from Japan. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, Bynum, Lame Deer Schools, Silk Road Ensemble, Susan Wolfe, Yo-Yo Ma

Artists’ expedition captured on canvas, in narrative of trip

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Keys

Editor’s note: We went to the opening of “Young Guns,” a new exhibit at Tyler Murphy’s Montana Gallery, 2710 Second Ave. N., Friday night, and we liked what we saw. It wasn’t just that the paintings were good, which they were. We were impressed with the way Murphy interspersed throughout the exhibit short, typewritten descriptions of the painting trip he made with a couple of fellow artists. Besides saying some cool things about Montana, Murphy really captured the joy of creativity, the inspiration of shared work. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Daniel Keys, Forrest Dickison, Kenneth Yarus, Montana Gallery, Richie Carter, Tyler Murphy

Top-chop bluegrass-Americana band to play Billings

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Franks

Two Bit Franks, a Bozeman-based acoustic bluegrass and Americana four-piece band that has played in shows all over the region, will be performing in Billings on Friday, April 21. The concert will be at Harper & Madison, 3115 10th Ave. N. The music will run from 7 to 9 p.m., but there will be a no-host cocktail hour starting at 6, with wine, beer and handcrafted cocktails from the Edgar Bar. Seating is limited to 50 seats. Two Bit Franks features John Lowell on guitar and vocals, Tom Murphy on mandolin and vocals, Jeff Shouse on banjo and special guest Wes Horton on standup bass. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Harper & Madison, Two Bit Franks