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At the beginning of a panel discussion on the future of the printed word Tuesday night, magazine editor Seabring Davis told the audience, “When you figure out what the current state of publishing is, please let me know.” (more…) Continue Reading →
In the late 1980s, Vicki Van Buskirk talked five other art gallery and shop owners into staying open late on a Friday night for an “art event.”
“It was a disaster,” said Van Buskirk, then the owner of the Toucan Gallery at 2505 Montana Ave. “Nobody showed up.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Downtown strollers got a surprise treat over the lunch hour Friday — violinist Kyle Dillingham performing under the Skypoint at North Broadway and Second Avenue North. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Last Good Halloween, by Giano Cromley, Tortoise Books, 2013. 235 pages, $12. Editor’s note: An interview with the author, a native of Billings whose first book this is, may be found under the review. High school sophomore Kirby Russo can be an irritating narrator. (more…) Continue Reading →
Eunice Terry, a woman of deep faith and wide friendship in this community and many other others, died Sunday at her home in central Billings. She was 87. Her nephew, Jeffery Booth, described her as a “God-given woman who touched a lot of minds and hearts.” (more…) Continue Reading →
As people in Billings cautiously toy with the idea that our long, snowy winter might finally be over, consider how Pat Smith describes the best part of his job:
“Imagine turning in a circle to see endless white and blue divided by the horizon line, knowing there is up to two miles of snow and ice depth beneath you. I suppose it is similar to being a sailor in the middle of the ocean, a sense of solitude and beauty in the starkness of the place.” (more…) Continue Reading →
If you have always thought you ought to give opera a try but were intimidated by its over-the-top costumes, voices and dramatics, then the NOVA Center for the Performing Arts may have just the entry point for you. (more…) Continue Reading →
Stay Away, Joe, by Dan Cushman, Viking Press, 1953. 249 pages. Price: Whatever you can find it for. I first read “Stay Away, Joe” back in 1974. It was assigned as part of an English class at the University of Montana, a class that I think was called “Cowboys and Indians: Literature of Red and White,” or something very close to that. Continue Reading →
Brown Dog, by Jim Harrison, Grove Press, 2013. 525 pages, $27. My slight acquaintance with the works of Jim Harrison — I’ve read maybe 10 percent of his many books — leads me to believe that Brown Dog, the character, is the truest expression of his inner self. (more…) Continue Reading →
Serendipity sometimes compensates the prepared. In the case of Andrew “AJ” Marble, the manager of Billings Nursery & Landscaping, his quick-thinking preparedness was rewarded with a small part assisting in the production of the Oscar-nominated “Nebraska.” (more…) Continue Reading →
