At 6 years old, even Becky Roberts’ son is able to recognize that the art his mom creates is outside the norm. “This is odd, right?” Roberts remembers him asking while contemplating her latest piece, glad that the point was not lost on him.
Roberts is an assemblage artist, but if she tells people that, most don’t know what it means.
“I don’t know how to draw. I don’t paint,” Roberts said during an interview at her Bozeman home last month. “I make sculptures out of found objects... I take old stuff, and I glue it to other old stuff.”
While she downplays her process, Roberts’ art is wonderfully creative. It is full of life and humor. She leans into things that others may dismiss as “kitsch” or “tacky,” pointing out a Groucho Marx statuette atop a mid-century record case in the dining room as proof of concept. For some, the ideas may be a “bad” design, or in poor taste, yet Roberts sees something appealing. One of her more
popular larger pieces, “Sausage Party,” is set on a vintage play kitchen. Figurines of suit-clad men wait in the bowl of a meat grinder attached to the work surface. And from the business end of the meat grinder, colorful streamers emerge.
Assemblage is an art form that seems to be as much about collecting as it is creating. Roberts has always had a love for vintage, leaning into a bygone era with her own personal style. While she said she has downplayed it in the last
10 years, the pin-up inspiration is still apparent in her mass of curled dark hair and red lipstick.
“Sausage Party,” like many of Roberts’ pieces, is based around an old toy — that play kitchen.
“I love a good vintage toy, “ Roberts said. “Something that looks old and played with and loved.”
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“Black Twitter: A People’s History” (May 9)
Based on Jason Parham’s WIRED article “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” this threepart docuseries charts the rise, the movements, the voices and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life.
“Grey’s Anatomy” - Season 20, New Episode (May 10)
Celebrating its 20th season, this beloved medical procedural proves that life moves fast — and the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial need to move faster, if they want to keep up with it. Following collapsed floors and complicated wellness programs, the hospital’s newest “white coats” have been fighting their way through their residencies, all eager to impress their superiors, like Drs. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) and Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington).
BY JAY BOBBIN
“Hip-Hop and The White House” (Available Now)
Narrated by Atlanta rap giant Jeezy, this documentary looks at the intersection of hip-hop and one of the most powerful positions in the world: the President of the United States. Directed, written and executive produced by journalist and filmmaker Jesse Washington, the film features appearances by artists Bun B, Chika, Common and more, as it delves into a 50-year history of a world-changing culture, illustrating hip-hop’s journey from outsider status to the pinnacle of power.
Jennifer Connelly dipped into the world of fantasy early in her career, so it’s not entirely surprising to see her return to it now.
The Oscar-winning actress has gone back to stories of the supernatural and science fiction with reasonable regularity, and her latest is “Dark Matter,” an Apple TV+ series that begins streaming with the first two of its eight episodes Wednesday, May 8. In the adaptation of the book by Blake Crouch (“Wayward Pines”), Connelly plays the wife of a physicist (Joel Edgerton, “The Gift,” 2015) who is taken from his real life into an alternate reality, from which he struggles to get back to the world he knows and to save his family. Alice Braga (“I Am Legend,” 2007), Jimmi Simpson (“Pachinko”) and Oakes Fegley (“Pete’s Dragon,” 2016) also are featured in the drama.
The Jim Henson-directed 1986 fantasy film “Labyrinth” gave Connelly one of her first major roles (opposite David Bowie, “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” 1976) and has attained cult status over the years. Whether for that reason or others, she has returned to otherworldly tales in such projects as “The Rocketeer” (1991), “Dark City” (1998), “Hulk” (2003), “Dark Water” (2005), “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (2008), “Inkheart” (2008), “Winter’s Tale” (2014) and “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019).
At the same time, Connelly projects a down-to-earth relatability that has brought her other prime acting opportunities, as with her Academy Award-honored performance as mathematician John Nash’s (Russell Crowe, “Gladiator,” 2000) wife, Alicia, in director Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind” (2001). That picture also brought her a husband, since she married co-star Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”) later. “House of Sand and Fog” (2003), casting Connelly as a woman trying to regain her
“Don’t Worry Darling” (Available Now)
Alice Chambers (Florence Pugh) lives the perfect life as an idyllic, 1950’s housewife. That is, until she begins to notice the other wives in the neighborhood developing strange behaviors, causing her to question her husband, Jack (Harry Styles), and how real their lives truly are. Directed by Olivia Wilde, this 2022 thriller also stars Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Kiki Layne and Sydney Chandler.
former residence from its new tenants, is another of her particularly notable credits.
Connelly still can sense a hit coming, as proven amply by her part as Penny, the bar proprietor and ex-flame of Tom Cruise’s title character in the 2022 mega-success “Top Gun: Maverick.” Being involved in such a blockbuster certainly can give an extra charge to an established career, so Connelly is all but certain to have more media matters — “Dark” or not — on her professional menu for years to come.
Birthdate: Dec. 12, 1970
Birthplace: Cairo, N.Y.
Current residence: New York
Marital status: Married to actor Paul Bettany; they have a son and a daughter, and she also has a son from a previous relationship
Movie credits include: “Bad Behaviour,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Alita: Battle Angel,” “Only the Brave,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “American Pastoral,” “Shelter,” “Noah,” “Aloft,” “Winter’s Tale,” “Stuck in Love,” “Salvation Boulevard,” “Virginia,” “Creation,” “9,” “He’s Just Not That Into You,” “Inkheart,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Reservation Road,” “Blood Diamond,” “Little Children,” “Dark Water,” “House of Sand and Fog,” “Hulk,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Pollock,” “Requiem for a Dream,” “Waking the Dead,” “Dark City,” “Inventing the Abbotts,” “Far Harbor,” “Mulholland Falls,” “Higher Learning,” “Of Love and Shadows,” “The Rocketeer,” “Career Opportunities,” “The Hot Spot,” “Etoile,” “Some Girls,” “Labyrinth,” “Seven Minutes in Heaven,” “Once Upon a Time in America”
Other television credits include: “Snowpiercer,” “The $treet,” “The Heart of Justice”
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7. Buddhist branch
10. Comedians Sedaris and Pohler
12. “___ in the High Castle”
13. **** review
14. Claire Danes series
16. Scored on serve
17. TV show with the car KITT
19. “___ on TNT”
20. “The Idiot” author Batuman
21. “The Brady Bunch,” e.g.
24. “Royals” singer
27. “I see!”
28. Lord’s Prayer start
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BY JAY BOBBINMovies that are set aboard big spaceships for long journeys, such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Silent Running,” can make you wonder how the folks onboard spend their time. Yes, it’s a lot of space, but it is still confined space.
“Passengers” — which Starz airs Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10 — addresses that issue, with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as the major characters awakened from a deep slumber after an asteroid hits their vessel that’s destined for a colonized planet.
Actually, Pratt is the one who’s actually revived by the collision. His character is an engineer alone in being conscious, and he decides he needs company, so he wakes up the journalist played by Lawrence. More than 5,000 other passengers remain dozing, so these two pretty much have the run of the intergalactic place, for better and for worse. Their trek is supposed to span 120 years, and since they can’t go back to their previous state of sleep, they probably won’t live to tell others about it. They bond — closely — over their shared situation, with an android played by Michael Sheen on hand for some comic relief. However, he also knows some things that make for a tense race to the finish line.
Even more emotionally than visually, though the visuals are stunning at times, “Passengers” succeeds in merging the basics of sci-fi with the roots of a romance. And Lawrence and Pratt work well together, which is a good thing, since this movie would be doomed instantly were that not the case.
While there also are a few other actors on hand (Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia also turn up), Pratt and Lawrence certainly are the focus of the two hours. They have a tightly interlocked arc to go through, demanding lightness as well as tougher stuff, and they make that trip together quite successfully.
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7. “High School Musical” (2006) actor
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21. Buttermilk morsel?
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23. Movie that Brendan Fraser won his Oscar
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BY JAY BOBBINQ: Is Al Pacino scheduled to do any more work for television?
A: Not as of the time this column was written, but the Academy Award and Primetime Emmy winner certainly has made his mark in projects for the home screen. Seen on the most recent Oscar telecast presenting the honor for best picture at the end of the ceremony, Pacino had his earliest known role on film in a 1968 episode of the ABC police drama “N.Y.P.D.,” a series on which many New York-based performers found work in the course of establishing their careers.
It was a long time after that until Pacino did TV projects again, since his 1972 success in “The Godfather” set him on a course of work that kept him in feature films and theater. It was the HBO version of an iconic play that brought Pacino back to the home screen, as he played attorney Roy Cohn in the Mike Nichols-directed 2003 film of “Angels in America.” His Emmy win for that performance was part of a huge victory for the piece at those awards, which also honored the acting of Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright and Mary-Louise Parker in it.
Next, Pacino returned to HBO as controversial pathologist Jack Kevorkian in director Barry Levinson’s 2010 film “You Don’t Know Jack,” earning his second Emmy for his acting. He was back on HBO in 2013 in the title role of “Phil Spector,” writer-director David Mamet’s 2013 profile of the polarizing music-industry figure, for which Pacino picked up his third Emmy.
In 2018, Pacino visited HBO again by reuniting with director Levinson for “Paterno,” about former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and a scandal that ultimately cost him his career at the school. Most recently in TV-oriented terms, Pacino starred in the 2020-23 Prime Video series “Hunters,” playing a disguised-through-surgery Nazi who led a group of Nazi hunters decades after World War II.
“The GOAT” - Season 1 (May 9)
From the Fijian islands of “Survivor” to the dating pods of “Love is Blind,” this reality series asks 14 television superstars to live within the gilded walls of “GOAT Manor,” where they will be “hosted and roasted” by comedian Daniel Tosh, who presides over the house and the game itself, leading his guests in endlessly grueling challenges. As they earn and break one another’s trust, the reality stars take part in games that activate their wit, grit and spirit as they fight for $200,000 and the coveted title of “Greatest of All Time.”
“Outer Range” (Prime Video — May 16, Season Premiere)
This series centers on Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathomable phenomenon at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness. The mystery surrounding the enigmatic dark void on the west pasture of the Abbott family ranch deepens in Season 2, as Royal and his wife Cecelia (Lili Taylor) struggle to keep their family together in the aftermath of their granddaughter’s sudden disappearance. The stakes have never been higher for the Abbotts, who now face threats on multiple fronts.
“Hip Hop World” - Season 1 (Available Now)
Hosted by Lenny Santiago — known as Lenny S. — this brand-new special delves into the global phenomenon of hip hop, talking to today’s biggest artists in the genre about where they find musical inspiration, how they came to love hip hop and what their current projects are. The documentary also features a special trip to Jamaica, offering fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of DJ Khaled’s music video for “These Streets Know My Name.”
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Available Now)
Set thousands of years before the events of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (2012) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001), this prequel series follows a cast of characters — some familiar, some new to audiences — as they face a dark and treacherous villain casting an evil shadow over Middle-earth. Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova and Charlie Vickers star.
“Class of ‘07” (Available Now) Class reunions are hard enough as is, but when an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the 10year reunion of Zoe’s (Emily Browning) former all-girls high school, a cutthroat group of women must leave their rivalries in the past and band together, finding a way to survive on the island that once was their high school campus. Created by Kacie Anning, this series also stars Megan Smart, Caitlin Stasey, Claire Lovering and Sarah Krndija, among others.
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Bozeman Public Library is pleased to feature local creative organizations in a new program: Meet the Makers. These ‘makers’ are involved locally in the Arts, or music, or theater, or some form of expression for adults. Kicking off the premiere program on Saturday May 4 are special guests, The Bozeman Actors’ Theatre, and the Gamelan Sekar Gunung. The Bozeman Actors’ Theatre has produced several challenging and rewarding plays and ranging from intimate theaters to historic large houses. Venues included the Black Box Theater on the Montana State University campus, The Dulcie in Livingston, and The Verge (Equinox) Theater and, recently, Holy
Rosary Church on Main Street. Past productions include Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot, The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy, and An Enemy of the People by Hernik Ibsen. Also appearing will be Gamelan Sekar Gunung aka Mountain Flower Gamelan, a percussion orchestra made up of community members playing many unique instruments, including metalophones (xylophone-like), gongs, suling flutes, drums, cymbals, and angklung (bamboo shakers). These
ChrisRemely Owner&FuneralDirectorinstruments are native to Bali, Indonesia, and in fact, this orchestra was built especially for Montana State by the master gamelan builder on the island, Pandé Madé Gableran. Please join us in the Community room on Saturday, May 4 at 1 PM to Meet the Makers! For more information, please call 406-582-2410 or visit bozemanlibrary.org
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Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Seen by David Brooks. Speaking of creatives, author, conservative, recent visitor and speaker at MSU; Brooks has written a guide book for those of us who want to connect. These days, there are landmines in many conversations that must be avoided in order to stay civil. Brooks’ book teaches us how to develop the habits and practices that will keep us all connected and not conflicted.
Larry McMurtry: A Life by Tracy Daughterty. He was one of the few modern American writers who had direct contact to the pioneer traditions that characterize the Western myth. Learn the story of the tall Texan who wrote 40+ books, owned and operated legendary
bookstores, immortalized Archer City and won an Academy Award, too, all while maintaining a 50 year long friendship with Cybil Shepherd, who he based the character of Lorena in Lonesome Dove on.
Funny Story by Emily Henry. The charming children’s librarian in Michigan always enjoyed the funny stories of how married couples met. Until her own story goes a wee bit stray. At the wedding, there was a fiancée, then a parting, then an abandoned ex of her former partner’s new partner. Is it the real thing or just a funny story about that time she fell in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex-boyfriend?
“Super Rich in Korea” - Season 1 (May 7)
This brand-new reality series documents the luxurious and lavish lifestyles of mega-rich individuals living throughout Korea. Following a Singaporean tycoon, an Italian luxury brand heir, a Pakistani noble and more, the series offers a glimpse into a gilded world filled with glitz and glamor, unlike anything the average watcher has seen before, as the multibillionaires share how they came into their wealth. Sharing social media sensations and true fashion icons, the series comes from creator Park Hye-seong.
“Bodkin” - Season 1 (May 9)
Starring Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, Chris Walley and Sean Og Cairns, this dramedy series follows as a group of podcasters set out to investigate the disappearances of three seemingly unrelated strangers in an otherwise peaceful, small Irish town. As they hunt for clues, however, the podcasters discover that the story is much bigger — and far more complicated — than they ever could have imagined.
“We love the idea of grown-up men in suits talking about cereal all day. The silliness of how they look and what they talk about just seemed like a fantastic world to be in. You want to put Jim Gaffigan in a tight suit and a blustery kind of face [shouting], ‘And you gentlemen better take this work more seriously!’ But it’s about crinkles and puffs and sprinkles and pops, and they’re adults.” - Writer, director, producer and star of “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story,” Jerry Seinfeld
“Mother of the Bride” (May 9)
Are those wedding bells or alarm bells?
Directed by Mark Waters (“500 Days of Summer,” 2009), this 2024 film follows as Lana (Brooke Shields) joins her daughter, Emma (Miranda Cosgrove), in celebrating her recent engagement and quickly approaching wedding. As the two families work towards becoming one, Lana learns that the charming man who stole her daughter’s heart (Sean Teale) is, in fact, the son of the man who once broke hers (Benjamin Bratt).
“Cooking Up Murder” - Limited Series (May 10)
Sometimes, the price for a good plate of food just isn’t worth it — no matter how delicious your meal was. This docuseries analyzes the chilling murder of 25-year old Heidi Paz, a case that soon implicated a renowned Spanish chef who built his career by weaving a web filled with secrets, deception and false identities: Cesar Roman. After fleeing Madrid, Roman sent the police on a months-long, nationwide manhunt, making headlines across Spain.
“After cooking mostly virtually from my kitchen with some of the best chefs for the last four years, I was thrilled to step into their world. You’ll have to see if being in person helped my skills at all.”Selena Gomez , star of “Selena + Restaurant”
“It was much more challenging, given just the amount of skills and different things I had to do with the dialect and the stunts, the fight training, speaking a couple of different languages here and there, and the traveling all around the world. ... It definitely felt like it was, if possible, I had found something even more challenging than ‘Handmaid’s’ — which is impossible to say.” - Elisabeth Moss , star of “The Veil”
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18. N.H.L. Hallof-Famer since 1979
19. Originate (from)
21. Kind of race
24. “___ and behold!”
25. Above
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42. Sci-fi movie princess
43. Honorarium 44. Astute 45. Blue-pencil
46. Bow wood Down 1. Chest protector
2. Listening device
3. Fairy tale figure
4. At all
5. Umpire’s shout
26. Conditional word 27. Corner square in Monopoly 28. Big brass 30. Egg holder
32. Big shooter
34. Dropout’s goal, perhaps: Abbr. 35. Contract, as a cold
20. Protein source
22. Grimaces
23. Good name for a Dalmatian
29. Causing jolts
31. Uplift spiritually
33. Loafing
34. Buzzing pest
35. Record store purchases
36. Contents of some barrels
37. Multivolume ref.
6. “It’s not great, but not terrible either”
7. Creme-filled cookie
8. Brenda of the comics
9. Stock holder 10. Tie up the phone
15. Suicidal 16. Just out 19. Crack
38. Nintendo game system
39. Three-way joint
40. Chop down
“Monsters at Work” - Season 2
(May 5)
Featuring the voice acting talents of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Henry Winkler, Mindy Kaling, Lucas Neff and more, the second season of this “Monsters, Inc.” (2001) spinoff series follows as Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman) works at being a Jokester, soon weighing his options as an opportunity unexpectedly opens at their rival energy company — FearCo — leaving Tylor to wonder where he truly belongs.
“Let it Be” - Remastered (May 8)
Now remastered for modern-day viewers, Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 documentary offers a snapshot into the lives of the legendary rock and roll group, the Beatles, as they recorded their iconic 1969 album
“Let It Be” — only one year before the band dissolved. The film features original footage remastered by Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production team, with remastered audio created using the same de-mixing tools that recently led to the release of the Beatles’ final song.
“Doctor Who” - Season 1 (May 10)
In its first official season on Disney+, the long-running, cult-favorite sci-fi series sees the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his companion, Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) traveling across time and space, with adventures all the way from the Regency era in England to war-torn future worlds. Throughout their adventures in the TARDIS — a time-traveling ship shaped like a police box — they encounter incredible friends and dangerous foes, including a terrifying bogeyman and the Doctor’s most powerful enemy yet.
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”(Available Now)
From acclaimed director Wes Anderson, this stop-motion flick follows as a quick-witted fox, aptly named Mr. Fox (George Clooney), gives into his animalistic instinct and raids the farm of his human neighbors, breaking a promise he made to his wife (Meryl Streep) and endangering all the local wildlife in the process. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, the film also stars Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe and Michael Gambon.
“59th Academy of Country Music Awards” (Prime Video — May 16, Live Event)
Broadcasting live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the 59th iteration of this annual event airs, celebrating the latest and greatest in today’s country music. This year, crooner Luke Combs (“Gettin’ Old,” 2023) leads with eight nominations, while Megan Moroney (“Lucky,” 2023) and Morgan Wallen (“One Thing at a Time,” 2023) are tied at six, and Cody Johnson (“Leather,” 2023), Chris Stapleton (“Higher,” 2023) and Lainey Wilson (“Bell Bottom Country,” 2022) follow with five nominations apiece.
Questions:
1) Which Doctor has appeared in the most TV episodes of “Doctor Who” to date?
2) Which Doctor is the result of bi-generation?
3) Which Doctor’s last words were “Before I go, I just want to tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I.”
4) Which Doctor wears a “decorative vegetable”?
5) Which Doctor was the earliest incarnation to meet a grown-up River Song (Alex Kingston) onscreen?
Tenth (David Tennant)
Fifth (Peter Davison)
Ninth (Christopher Eccleston)
Fifteenth (Ncuti Gatwa)
Fourth Doctor (played by Tom Baker)
Answers:
Alfred Hitchcock was famous for generating chills in many of the films he directed, but for thorough entertainment value, “North by Northwest” is among his top achievements. The humor-infused 1959 adventure is a frequent attraction on Turner Classic Movies, which shows it again to launch its series “The Art of Artifice” on Tuesday, May 7. One of the picture’s prime artifices is its recreation of Mount Rushmore, which figures prominently into the climax that takes central character Roger Thornhill (played wonderfully by Cary Grant) to literal heights of danger.
He’s a New York advertising man mistaken for a spy by a cultured villain (James Mason), whose efforts to eliminate the human target also are marked by a hugely memorable encounter with a crop-dusting plane in a remote area. Eva Marie Saint has a pivotal role as a mystery woman who may or may not be on Thornhill’s side, and Martin Landau also is notable among the bad guys. Hitchcock’s traditional cameo comes very early in the film.
The 2024 Formula One season continues with another action-packed weekend as drivers head back to Miami for the third Miami Grand Prix at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami, Florida, with practices and qualifiers airing Saturday, May 4, and race day airing live Sunday, May 5 on ESPN.
Charging behind the 2023 Formula One defending champions Red Bull, Carlos Sainz and Ferrari have remained firmly in the mix after five rounds of the 2024 campaign, with the 29-year-old Spaniard picking up his first victory of the season at the Australian Grand Prix after an untimely brake failure forced Red Bull’s Max Verstappen into early retirement, paving a clear path to victory for Sainz. Nevertheless, going into the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, Sainz and Ferrari will be looking for a much better race pace compared to last season, with Sainz beginning the race in third and eventually losing pace leading to an overtake from Fernando Alonso and George Russell.
With Red Bull and its RB20 car the clear-cut favorites once again this season, the Spaniard has high expectations for Ferrari to close the gap with additional upgrades as the year progresses.
“I think they [Red Bull] are definitely going to have an advantage in the first third of the season until we bring one or two upgrades that make us fight them more consistently,” Sainz said in an interview on the FormulaNerds Podcast. “But by that time, maybe it’s too late with the advantage that they might have on the championship.
“In the meantime, we need more Australias, but I don’t see Red Bull, as a team, making these mistakes very often, no,” Sainz said.
Full name: Carlos Sainz Vasquez de Castro
Birthdate: Sept. 1, 1994 (29)
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Height/weight: 5-11/185 pounds
Team(s): Scuderia Ferrari (2021-2024), McLaren F1 Team (2019-2020), Renault Sport F1 Team (2017-2018), Scuderia Toro Rosso (2015-2017)
She is looking for items that are a little offbeat, a little funky. All the better if they have an interesting patina from use or are a bit dirty. These, she said, feel like pieces that someone has loved well and that have been forgotten. And through her art she can make them new again.
“It’s got, like, a new lease on life because I can take it and make it into something different,” she said.
In her home studio space, drawers and antique locking suitcases help organize the bits and bobs that may come together in a piece of art. There are collections of matchbooks, magazines, postcards, doll heads and more matchbooks.
“They kept just coming to me,” Roberts said of the matchbooks. “And I thought they were, like, kind of like a mini canvas.”
She loves the idea of a piece of art that can fit in the palm of your hand. And there is sentiment there too. After working as a florist for more than a decade, Roberts and her family made their way to Bozeman. While her husband took up guiding, Roberts stayed home to take care of her son. While being a stay-at-home mom was rewarding in some ways, it seemed to be hindering
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Yours from the Tower by Sally Nichols. In 1896, three best friends leading very different lives after boarding school share their dreams, hopes, frustrations and romances through a series of letters. They are searching for happiness and love near the dawn of the Edwardian era, 1901-1919. What does the future hold for this trio of very different
Bozeman artist Becky Roberts is behind Postcards from Box 39, creating magical assemblage pieces out of vintage bits and bobs she has collected. Here, a dollhouse acts as inspiration and a staging area.
her inherent creativity at first.
“I had always done art on a larger scale, and my world felt like it got real small,” Roberts said. “So it made sense to make things that were little.”
young women: one industrious, one artful, and one in exile?
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets We Use Every Day by Dan Nott. Have you ever walked through the city and wondered what lay beneath your feet? Of course you have! But most of us quickly put it out of mind and move on. Full of art, maps, and diagrams, Hidden Systems is a thoughtful, humorous exploration of the history of science, and
woman named Mollie Jerman dating back to the early 1900s, Roberts found a new voice in found objects. Making little things combined her love of thrifting and scavenging with actually making things.
Now, friends, fellow art lovers and social media followers contribute to the base collection — a stash of tins here, bits and bobs from their junk drawers or craft supply horde there.
“It’s finding its way to me now, which is so sweet,” Roberts said.
When she is creating, the drawers and suitcases are opened to display the treasures therein.
“I need all these things around because if I don’t see them, I forget they exist,” Roberts said.
The kitsch comes naturally through the collecting. Roberts is responsible for the attitude,
“It’s a little cheeky,” she said. “It’s a little snarky.” She leans into double entendres and semi-adult content.
Torrington, Connecticut, and at various galleries and art spaces in Missoula. Bozeman has not been as quick to catch on.
Lately, Roberts has been diving into somewhat larger pieces, moving from matchbook creations to those based on larger objects or toys. A dollhouse in her workspace provides a play space. Vignettes in each room may be culled to create a piece. And someday, it may become its own piece.
Barbie may have her dreamhouse, but Roberts calls her house “Becky’s Nightmare House.” Like many artists, she uses its scenes, and her assemblage art in general, to explore an internal world. While her husband can sometimes pinpoint the situations or emotions behind each piece, most are left to the interpretation of the viewer. Perception is personal.
She started with matchbooks, realizing she could take out the matches and make little floral arrangements in them. Then, with the acquisition of a post-office box, Box 39, from a
what needs to be done now to secure the future.
Under the Moon by Dyan Sheldon. Digging in her back yard, Jenny finds an arrowhead and dreams of what life was like long ago, before there were cars and cities and roads. Stunning and expansive, the oil-on-canvas paintings interplay light and shadow to effectively evoke both the present and a time when the
Last month, her work was featured in the Cottonwood Club takeover at the Danforth Museum in Livingston. This month, she is in a micro gallery in Chicago. Her work has been shown at Covet Art Gallery in Oceanside, California, in a juried exhibition of small works at Five Point Arts in
‘land was as large and as open as the sky.’
Who Was Her Own Work of Art? Frida Kahlo by Terry Blas; illustrated by Ashanti Fortson. A story of independence, determination, and finding beauty within one’s scars, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into the power of one of the greatest artists of all time brought to life by a gripping narrative and full-color illustrations.
“I can say I was feeling lonely or, you know, rejected and now the dolls do,” Roberts said. ”It gets it out of me and can live somewhere else.”
For more information, visit www.postcardsfrombox39. com or find Roberts on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/ shop/PostcardsFromBox39) or Instagram (https:// www.instagram.com/ postcardsfrombox39/).
DVD
Ivan Doig: Landscapes of a Western Mind produced by Montana PBS. This Emmy-nominated documentary is an intimate look at the life and work of Ivan Doig, the iconic Montana author whose novels and memoirs depict a rugged and authentic American West. Check it out! Pun intended.
Beth Boyson is a Programming Librarian and Cataloger at Bozeman Public Library. She can be reached through the Library website at www.bozemanlibrary.org.
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Questions:
1) Who surpassed Taylor Fritz as the new American No. 1 player on April 15, 2024?
2) The largest tennis stadium in the world is named in honor of which decorated American tennis champion?
3) Who brought home the Gold medal for the United States in singles tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics?
4) In 2019, she was named the WTA Most Improved Player and in 2020 was WTA Player of the Year. Who is she?
5) Which California-born tennis player, was the yearend singles world No. 1 four separate times?
6) Winning the 1989 French Open at just 17 years and 109 days old, he is the youngest player in men’s tennis history to have a singles major. Who is he?
Answers:
“Bridgerton” (Netflix — May 16, Season Premiere) Lady Whistledown (Julie Andrews, “The Sound of Music,” 1965) has proclaimed that it’s time for a new season to begin, complete with extravagant dresses, extraordinary parties and romances unmatched in the modern day. This time, we follow the unexpected relationship developing between Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton, “The Lodge”) and the Bridgerton family’s close friend, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan, “Derry Girls”), as they explore their feelings — and attempt a courtship — throughout the third season of this series. Based on the novels by Julia Quinn, Season 3 also stars Golda Rosheuvel (“Lady Macbeth,” 2016) as Queen Charlotte.
7) Which American player reached world No. 1 in 2003 — winning the US Open that same year?
8) Name the last teenager to win the women’s singles final at the US Open.
9) Which American-born tennis player holds the men’s singles record for most career matches played in the Open era?
10) He is the youngest player in men’s tennis history to have reached the singles finals of all four majors — but he wouldn’t win another major following his 23rd birthday. Who is he?
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