The Last Best News fundraising party Saturday night was a success by any measure. The music was varied, beautiful and superb, the crowd was large and enthusiastic and the weather was better than we could possibly have hoped for. We also made some money, which the IRS will be very pleased to hear. (more…) Continue Reading →
Jessica Jane Hart
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Film on Bakken oil boom has Billings premiere this Sunday
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“Makoshika,” a documentary about boom-and-bust times in the Bakken oil field, will have its Billings premiere this Sunday. The 50-minute documentary made its Montana premiere on Monday at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula. It will be shown at 7 p.m. this Sunday at the Babcock Theater in Billings and then from March 4-10 at the Art House Cinema & Pub, also in downtown Billings. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, 'Makoshika', Art House Cinema, Babcock Theater, Bakken, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Jessica Jane Hart, Pete Tolton
A very public poet celebrates new book
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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 →
Filed under: Culture, Dave Caserio, Festival of the Book, High Plains Book Festival, James Hickman, Jessica Jane Hart, Martin Jude Farawell, Pete Tolton
Bakken reporting team meets funding goal, hits the road
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And they’re off. A team of four young journalists, who plan to document the changes sweeping Eastern Montana and North Dakota as a result of the Bakken oil boom, hit the road Thursday afternoon. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Bakken, High Plains Heritage Project, Jessica Jane Hart, Stan Parker, Tarek Fouda
Team plans in-depth look at life, history in Bakken region
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A group of mostly local journalists are planning to do some in-depth coverage of developments in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota and Eastern Montana, and they need your help. (more…) Continue Reading →