True story: In the early 1980s, when I was living in Butte, I was in Billings one weekend to play hockey. I was driving down Montana Avenue with a couple of other players, at a time when the avenue had probably never looked worse. The Rex restaurant was there, as it is now, and there were a handful of other businesses, mostly secondhand stores, but not much else. (more…) Continue Reading →
Vicki Van Buskirk
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ArtWalk at 20: Big success for the arts and the city
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In the late 1980s, Vicki Van Buskirk talked five other art gallery and shop owners into staying open late on a Friday night for an “art event.”
“It was a disaster,” said Van Buskirk, then the owner of the Toucan Gallery at 2505 Montana Ave. “Nobody showed up.” (more…) Continue Reading →