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Big Dipper Ice Cream, a popular Missoula ice cream parlor that was featured on “Good Morning America,” is coming to downtown Billings. The store will be jointly owned by Big Dipper founder Charlie Beaton and Bryan and Sarah Hickey. Bryan Hickey said they hope to start renovating their downtown location in October and open “ideally by Valentine’s Day 2015.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Smith Henderson is a man in a hurry. In the middle of a 17-city book tour, he has stopped by McCormick Café for a quick interview before heading off to Yellowstone Public Radio to be interviewed for “Here and Now,” a nationally syndicated news program. (more…) Continue Reading →
I wrote recently about stopping by the Daniels County Leader to introduce myself to the publisher, Burley Bowler, and meeting other employees of that great weekly newspaper. Now comes word that Burley’s brother, Printer Bowler, also a newspaperman, died Monday in Missoula. I met Printer at least once, when he attended a gathering of the Butte Press Club in the company of the late Nathaniel Blumberg, a legendary dean of the UM School of Journalism. The Montana Kaimin, UM’s student newspaper, has a good story on Printer’s life and legacy. Here’s one excerpt:
Bowler was born into an old newspaper family from Scobey, Montana. Continue Reading →
I don’t know if we will ever solve the mystery of what was thrown at Bob Weir’s head during the only concert the Grateful Dead ever played in Montana, but we now have some interesting evidence in the case. (more…) Continue Reading →
A friend sent me a link to Dead.net, a website devoted to all things Grateful Dead. The current posting on that site reads:
“We’re kicking off Dave’s Picks 2014 with a visit to the Wall Of Sound era. Dave’s Picks Volume 9 features the complete show from May 14, 1974, at Adams Field House at the University of Montana in Missoula, the Grateful Dead’s only appearance in the state of oro y plata.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Montana is the fourth-largest state, but only Wyoming and Alaska have fewer people per square mile. Maybe that gives our stories room to grow. Or maybe all that space between people makes our stories more necessary, makes them a binding agent that holds us together. (more…) Continue Reading →
