Although the forecast is not for terribly springlike weather, ArtWalk Downtown Billings will welcome spring’s arrival with the opening of its 24th season on Friday, April 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. (more…) Continue Reading →
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Hard works paves way for pianist’s ‘dream’ at Carnegie
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Five years ago, Anna Gramza, then Anna Biegel, entered the Miss Montana International Pageant, hoping she could ace the talent portion of the competition with her piano skills. Only after entering the competition did she learn that this particular pageant didn’t even have a talent event, “but it was fun, so I kept doing it,” she said. She ended up winning, and reigned as Miss Montana International during 2012-2013. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, American Protege Competition, Anna Gramza, Jen Bretz, Miss Montana International, Sandi Rabas
What makes a poem a poem? Find out Saturday
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Six experts will address the question of what makes a piece of writing a poem during a panel discussion this Saturday, March 24, at This House of Books in downtown Billings. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, poetry, This House of Books
Plans being laid for new, slightly renamed ‘Dreyfest’
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A few months ago, as he was getting ready for what was to be this summer’s sixth-annual Richard Dreyfest, a punk-inspired music and arts festival in downtown Billings, Phillip Griffin had a chore to do. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Julia Louise Dreyfest, Phillip Griffin, Richard Dreyfest
‘Glass Menagerie’ still a winner
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The Yellowstone Repertory Theatre took an old warhorse of a play out for another lap Friday night and finished with a win, place and show. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, 'The Glass Menagerie', Caitlin Hart, Craig Huisenga, Dan Nickerson, Dina Brophy, Katie Rehberg, Rob Gunderson
World-music quartet plays Billings on Tuesday
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An award-winning quartet that plays a unique blend of pop, jazz and world music will return to the Mayflower Congregational Church, 2940 Poly Drive in Billings, this Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Billings Brain Injury Support Group, Mayflower Congregational Church, Valinor Quartet
Yellowstone Rep to present ‘The Glass Menagerie’
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“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, one of the most celebrated plays in American history, will open a three-weekend run Friday night in the Black Box at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Ave. The play will be presented by Yellowstone Repertory Theatre, Billings’ only professional repertory company. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, 'The Glass Menagerie', NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, Tennessee Williams, Yellowstone Repertory Theatre
March Madness: Pick your favorite Montana artifact
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Next month, 16 objects from the Montana Historical Society’s vast collections will compete, March Madness-style, for the title of Montana’s Most Awesome Object. The competition, modeled on the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, will pit object against object from the Montana Historical Society’s museum, archives and library collections. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Montana, March Madness, Montana Historical Society, Sweet 16
Red Star donates work to RMC, says more to come
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Kevin Red Star, 74, has been making art for 50 years. That’s not quite long enough. Red Star just finished a showing with his daughter, Sunny Sky Red Star, at the Ryniker-Morrison Gallery at Rocky Mountain College. This week, he donated a 20-by-20-inch portrait called “Thunder Bear” to the college. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, News, Kevin Red Star, Rocky Mountain College, Sunny Sky Red Star
Yellowstone Art Museum names new director
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Bryan W. Knicely, most recently the executive director the Evansville (Indiana) Museum of Arts, History & Science, has been chosen as the new executive director of the Yellowstone Art Museum In Billings. (more…) Continue Reading →