Do you have a good story about how a song changed your life, or maybe how an album got you through a challenging time? If you want to tell it, you could win some cash and prizes and a chance to read your story at a literary event in Billings this July. (more…) Continue Reading →
Pub Station
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Pub Station’s new ballroom scheduled to open in January
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When the Pub Station opened inside the old downtown bus depot on the day before Thanksgiving in 2014, Sean Lynch hoped to be able to expand into the larger, rear portion of the depot within five years. The Pub Station has been so well received that he and his wife and business partner, Ann Kosempa, are planning to put on their first show in the venue’s new ballroom in early January. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Ann Kosempa, Kay Foster, Mike Mathew, O2 Architects, Pub Station, Rocky Mountain Bank
Month-long event encourages non-motorized commutes
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You might not think of Montana as a place where much commuting gets done. Aren’t commuters those people creeping down the clogged highways of major cities every weekday morning and night? (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, AmeriCorps, Billings TrailNet, Commuter Challenge, Elyse Monat, Pub Station, VISTA, Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council
Analog is back: Record store to open on Minnesota Ave.
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Michael Ludlam had been thinking of opening a used-record store for a couple of years, but when a storefront went up for rent at South 27th Street and Minnesota Avenue, he wasn’t sure he was quite ready to start a business. No matter. The location was too good to pass up. “I felt I had to jump on it when it was available,” he said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Crowne Plaza, David Bowie, For the Funk of It, Fox Theater, MetraPark, Michael Ludlam
Show features local music scene’s house photographer
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Scott Wagers doesn’t like to stay home. You’ve probably seen him on the sidelines of your favorite music venue, snapping photos. In the years Wagers has been enjoying local music, he’s amassed many tens of thousands of images. “I have always liked photography, and I love the local music scene here, so I decided to blend them together,” Wagers said. “I never thought I’d be doing it to the extent I do today.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Alex Nauman, Casey's, Danielle Egnew, David Cleaves, Garage Pub, Guthrie Brown, Harby Howell
The tricky question of boycotts
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In January I wrote about Downtown Businesses Against Advertising in the Billings Gazette, a Facebook group organized to protest a Gazette column by Editor Darrell Ehrlick that they perceived as a slam on downtown. “This group is started as a protest to the Gazette and its editorial board,” the page said, “and we encourage all members to transfer their ad dollars to businesses that support downtown, not tear it down.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: From the Outpost, Billings Gazette, Michelle Maki, Montana Legislature, Nicholas Schwaderer, Pub Station, Sean Lynch, Wal-Mart
New video celebrates the best of downtown Billings
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A new video celebrating the virtues of downtown Billings received its premiere Friday night and was posted to YouTube on Saturday. “Believe in Downtown Billings” was produced by Jonathan Allison of Visual Lens Productions for the Downtown Billings Alliance. It was premiered Friday night at the Pub Station during the annual meeting of the alliance. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Culture, Art House Cinema, Billings Open Studio, Downtown Billings Alliance, Lisa Harmon, Matt Blakeslee, Pub Station
Hard-working Montana band taking show on national tour
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It’s the day after, and the members of the Cure for the Common band are up and eating lunch at the Montana Brewing Company in downtown Billings. After a successful Saturday night gig at the Pub Station, the boys are addressing the imminent demands of a powerful hunger. Even though packing up equipment ran late into the night, all are up, all are in good spirits and all are eager to talk about the future. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Montana, Cure for the Common, Frank Douglas, Garrett Rhinard, Joe Sheehan, Jordan Rodenbiker, Matt Rogers
Gazette boycott, however appealing, the wrong move
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A local businessman is organizing a campaign to get downtown businesses to drop all advertising with the Billings Gazette. The spark was a December column by Gazette Editor Darrell Ehrlick, who described some of the least savory aspects of downtown Billings. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: From the Outpost, Billings Gazette, Billings Outpost, Darrell Ehrlick, David Crisp, Ed Kemmick, Last Best News, Pub Station
Slightly off schedule, Pub Station throws open doors
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One day later than planned, the Pub Station opened for business Wednesday night. Owners Sean Lynch and Ann Kosempa had been shooting for a Tuesday night opening and had booked two bands, Har Mar Superstar and the Pizza Underground. But they came up just shy of getting the final OK from city building inspectors, and the first show was moved two blocks away to the Railyard Ale House. (more…) Continue Reading →
