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Casey Affleck has already been cast as Meriwether Lewis in an HBO miniseries on the Lewis and Clark expedition, but filmmakers are still looking for a young Native American woman to play the part of Sacagawea, the expedition’s Shoshone guide and interpreter. (more…) Continue Reading →
Like a lot of people born and raised in Billings, Matt Blakeslee was used to looking to other cities for arts, culture and entertainment generally. Billings was a good place to make money and it was the biggest city in Montana, “but it had never felt like the most cultural or vibrant community,” he said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Standing in the kitchen of his brand-new restaurant, Jason Corbridge said his life has come full circle. “This is where I fell in love with food,” he said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Dave Caserio is a poet, but he is best known in Billings as a performer of poetry. In the past 10 years he has collaborated with musicians, dancers, actors, painters and other poets to create improvisational amalgams of creativity unlike anything else available in this part of the world. (more…) Continue Reading →
It’s quite possible you’ve never heard of one of the most popular authors in Montana. That would be Tyler Knott Gregson, a 33-year-old poet and wedding photographer who lives in Helena and recently published his first book of poems. (more…) Continue Reading →
The verdict is in: members of the McKinley neighborhood book club were quite pleased with their meal from Zpizza. Opinions were mixed, however, on this month’s book selection. No one seemed entirely satisfied with Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History,” despite its best-seller status, and at least one member had nothing good to say about it. (more…) Continue Reading →
Last year, when the Montana State University Billings Library presented a series of lectures marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, no one had any idea how many people would turn out for the Tuesday night presentations. (more…) Continue Reading →
Although they’ve still got some fundraising ahead of them, the people behind an “event-centric” movie theater and pub in downtown Billings will be getting down to business Saturday morning. That’s when they’ll start demolishing portions of the old Center Lanes bowling alley at 109 N. 30th St., beginning its transformation into the Art House Cinema & Pub. (more…) Continue Reading →
Friday, July 25, 1 a.m.
Follow the music. That’s what I tell myself as I look around the campground. I’ve lost my party. It was easy to find them in the daytime. They had plastic palm trees in front of their tents. Continue Reading →
Montana, by Gwen Florio, The Permanent Press, 2013. 256 pages, $28. It appears that Lola Wicks is going to become a familiar character in this part of the world, and that the corpses are going to keep piling up. (more…) Continue Reading →
