A Billings business with deep downtown roots will be celebrating its 80th anniversary Friday night, during the Holiday ArtWalk and the annual Christmas Stroll. (more…) Continue Reading →
Multi-generational business marks 80 years tonight
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Commission extends life of Montana’s “406”
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For the next 13 years, at least, you’ll know when a call comes in from another Montana number. The Montana Public Service Commission this week said efforts to allocate phone numbers more efficiently will preserve the state’s beloved 406 area code until 2031. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, 406, Bob Lake, Federal Communications Commission, Public Service Commission
Montana’s Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in D.C.
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The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, cut down in the northwest corner of Montana, was delivered to the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Bozeman sixth-grader Ridley Brandmayr will help Sen. Jon Tester, as the senior member of Montana’s congressional delegation, light the tree in an official ceremony. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, News, Jon Tester, Kootenai National Forest, Larry Spiekermeier, Ridley Brandmayr, U.C. Capitol Christmas Tree
Art, music, food served up during Holiday ArtWalk
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ArtWalk Downtown Billings, now in its 23rd season, is sponsoring the Holiday ArtWalk this Friday night from 5 to 9, at venues all over the downtown. The Holiday ArtWalk will include more than three dozen season-member and one-time-participant locations, each with a separate gallery page on ArtWalk’s new, mobile-friendly website, artwalkbillings.com. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, downtown Billings, Holiday ArtWalk
Cancer survivor evangelizes for medical marijuana
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If you’ve met Kathy Albertson, chances are you consider her a friend. The retired Billings cosmetologist knows how to make an impression. Like a talk show host, she’s unafraid to start up a conversation with anyone, and she knows how to keep that conversation going. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, News, Billings Clinic, Medical marijuana
Remembering past squabbles over Thanksgiving dates
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Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s hope we’ll all set aside our politics this Thursday and give thanks for all that is good about us — America and Montana. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Glendive, Red Lodge, Thanksgiving
Many hands help restore family heirloom quilt
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Many dedicated hands and hearts working together: that’s what makes a quilt.
There are solo quilts that are masterpieces of patience, fabulous fabrics, profound concentration and talent. They are woven, ironed, sewed, appliqued and painstakingly pieced together, forming storyboards of singular artistic beauty. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Big Timber, Little Timber Quilts & Candy, Quilts
Speaker sketches history of Latinos in U.S., Montana
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Don’t blame Bridget Kevane if her talk on “Latino America, Latino Montana” was a little short on details. Kevane, associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Letters and Science at Montana State University, addressed her very broad topic in just over an hour Thursday as part of the High Noon lecture series at the Western Heritage Center in downtown Billings. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Culture, Diversions, Bridget Kevane, Latinos, Montana State University, Western Heritage Center
Malta cowboy was an early Western star in Hollywood
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“Wallace D. Coburn, the original shoot -’em -up, watch-my-smoke, whoopee-ky-otee cowpuncher and movie star, is in town.”
That was how the Honolulu Star-Bulletin trumpeted the May 1917 arrival of northern Montana’s original cowboy poet and movie star in the islands. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Montana, Charles M. Russell, Hollywood, Malta, Wallace D. Coburn
Rudeboys food truck owner moves into Log Cabin Bakery
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Barely a month after the storied Log Cabin Bakery closed down, Rudeboys food truck operator Matt Melvin has moved in. His food truck, which included a mobile bakery, was comparatively large and well-designed, but in the old Log Cabin building at 2401 Second Ave. N., he’ll have 5,000 square feet between the basement and the ground floor, out of which he intends to operate a wholesale bakery, with a retail shop and cafe up front. (more…) Continue Reading →
