Just after we posted an appeal for donations to Last Best News on Tuesday, I got an email from Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. “Dear Edward,” it began, because Jimmy always calls me Edward, “When the clock strikes midnight, our email fundraiser will end—but we haven’t yet hit our goal.” (more…) Continue Reading →
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Prairie Lights: Conrad Burns—the good, the bad and the ugly
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The late Sen. Conrad Burns was an inspirational public figure. He inspired roughly half the population to love him and the other half to hate him. The thin margin between love and loathing was never more apparent than during his fourth and final Senate run, which he lost by just a few thousand votes. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Prairie Lights, Conrad Burns, Donald Trump, GOP, Montana Quarterly, Northern Pacific Depot, Scott McMillion, Skypoint
‘New West’ series kicks off with a look at Montana wolves
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Narratively, which describes itself as a digital publication and storytelling studio based in New York, has launched a series called “The New Wild West.” The first piece in the series was contributed by Livingston resident Scott McMillion, publisher of the Montana Quarterly and author of “Mark of the Grizzly: True Stories of Recent Grizzly Bear Attacks and the Hard Lessons Learned.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Last Best Blog, Livingston, Montana Quarterly, Narratively, Scott McMillion, wolf reintroduction
Montana Quarterly: Counting our blessings
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Editor’s note: This has been updated to cover a lamentable oversight. Dear readers, consider this a public service announcement. If you are not a subscriber to the Montana Quarterly, or if, God forbid, you have never even looked at a copy of that fine magazine, here’s what you should do: run out right now and buy the winter edition. It’s available at a lot of stores, including all the Albertsons stores, as far as I know. The Montana Quarterly is always good, but this winter edition is uncommonly good, showcasing some of the MQ’s best writers doing what they do best. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Last Best Blog, Craig Lancaster, John Clayton, John Warner, Montana Quarterly, Scott McMillion, Sid Gustafson
Montana Quarterly publishes ‘best-of’ collection
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Here’s something I should have brought to your attention a bit earlier. But better late than never. The Montana Quarterly, the Livingston-based magazine that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, has published a book of collected pieces under the title, “Montana, Warts and All,” which also happens to be the magazine’s motto. Here’s the official blurb for the book: “Elegant. Literate. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Last Best Blog, Alan Kesselheim, Craig Lancaster, Jeff Hull, Jeff Welsch, John Clayton, Montana Quarterly, Scott McMillion
Prairie Lights: A best-of list for all of our ‘new visitors’
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If I had to choose my favorite story out of the 600-some pieces that have been posted on Last Best News in the 17 months of its existence, I think I’d go with our story on the Brockway Dairy Day Rodeo. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Prairie Lights, Ann Coulter, Brockway, John Warner, Kate Morris, Montana Quarterly, Shonkin Sag, Terry Badlands
‘Winter in the Blood’ — and Hi-Line on the brain
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LIVINGSTON — On a gorgeous first day of summer, something like 120 people crowded into an auditorium for the Livingston premiere of “Winter in the Blood,” a movie rich in beauty and brutality. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Montana, 'A River Runs Through It', Alex Smith, Andrew Smith, Clyde Aspevig, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, David Quammen
Livingston arts festival opens with Hi-Line connections
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LIVINGSTON — Two books, sent to him years ago by his brother, showed pianist and composer Phil Aaberg that “art could be created on the Hi-Line and from the Hi-Line.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Montana, Clyde Aspevid, David Quammen, How It Happens Festival, Monet, Montana Quarterly, Phil Aaberg
Worth the wait, we hope
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It took 17 years, but I finally got a story in the Billings Outpost. I was working at the Gazette something like 20 years ago when David Crisp joined the staff as an assistant region editor, the same job I had. We worked together for a few years — and drank beer, played darts, shot pool, went canoeing and listened to Jimmie Rodgers records together — until David went over to being a reporter, an excellent reporter. And then he left the paper to start his own weekly, the Outpost. (more…) Continue Reading →