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Film tracks efforts to protect prime elk-hunting habitat

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Durfee

In 2012, Montanans were introduced to two relatively unknown billionaire brothers from Texas who were in the process of purchasing hundreds of thousands of acres of ranch land in Montana. The Wilks brothers, Farris and Dan — now the second-largest landowners in the state — had made their fortune selling their company Frac Tech, one of the first large hydraulic fracturing companies in the country, at the height of the oil boom, in a deal that was reportedly worth $3.2 billion. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, News, BLM, Durfee Hills, Elliot Woods, Little Snowy Mountains, Public lands

Prairie Lights: Novel, website plumb Montana nostalgia

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You probably have already noticed the main problem with this book. I’m no prude, but I found myself hesitating to read it in public. On a recent flight out of state, when I was still reading the book, I was careful to extract it from my carry-on bag without flashing the cover in front of any other passengers. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Montana, Fort Peck, Fort Peck Lake, Missouri River, R.S. Dees

Surprise guests a big hit at Magic City Music Awards

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Quartet

In an awards show packed with youthful energy and frenetic performances, the hit of the night at the 17th annual Magic City Music Awards on Sunday might have been Norrine “The Outlaw Queen” Linderman, who’s been performing in the Billings area since the late 1940s. Linderman, winner of last year’s Freeman Lacy Award, created to recognize musicians with a long history of contributing to the Billings music scene, was just well enough to pick up her award last year, but too ill to sing. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, Art Hooker, George Moncure, Magic City Music Awards, Scot Ninnemann, Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.

Made-in-Montana pedicabs featured in Philly art project

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Philly

PHILADELPHIA — Though it’s doubtful many people here know it, key components of a major public arts project in Philadelphia were made in Montana. The project, “Fireflies,” by the Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, consists of hundreds of handmade Chinese lanterns on display aboard a fleet of pedicabs that have been plying the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Parkway since mid-September. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Montana, Bonner, Coaster Pedicab Manufacturing, Montana Department of Commerce, Philadelphia

Downtown Autumn ArtWalk will feature 29 locations

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Fetters

Autumn ArtWalk in downtown Billings, set for Friday from 5 to 9, “embraces cool art, cool nights and cool music.” That’s according to a press release from the Downtown Billings Alliance, which also announced that tickets for ArtWalk’s first 50/50 raffle are on sale through the Winter ArtWalk, scheduled for Dec. 1. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, Downtown ArtWalk, Downtown Billings Alliance, Yellowstone Art Museum

Group helps women join forces to fund worthy projects

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The team

For years, Haley Vannatta wanted to start some kind of philanthropic or charitable program she could sponsor as the publisher of Yellowstone Valley Woman magazine. She talked about different ideas with Julie Koerber, editor of the magazine, and with her husband and business partner, Jeremy Vannatta, “but nothing ever seemed to fit,” she said. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Billings, Culture, News, 100 Strong Billings, Haley Vannatta, Jessica Baldwin, Julie Koerber, Julie Seedhouse

In ‘Crow Stories,’ filmmaker takes time to look, listen

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Ride

During Sean Kernan’s second visit to the Crow Indian Reservation, after he had decided to make a documentary about the Crow people, he was asked by a tribal member what he wanted to say with his film. “I don’t want to say anything,” Kernan answered. “I want to listen.” (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, "Crow Stories", Crow Indian Reservation, Henry Real Bird, Joe Medicine Crow, Robyn Peterson, Sean Kernan