Cover illustration by Kou Moua
News Voices/Letters Sage grouse, Lake County and the Bitterroot .....................................4 The Week in Review Maggie Voisin, snow and sweethearts ......................................6 Briefs Same-sex unions, the sit ban and no blowing .....................................................6 Etc. Meet Sen. John Walsh ..............................................................................................7 News American Redoubt movement looks to escape disaster .......................................8 News Montana farmers, ranchers continue fight against pipeline.................................9 Opinion Mountain bikes and wilderness simply don’t mix .........................................10 Feature A guide to the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival .........................................14
Arts & Entertainment Arts Can we still like Woody Allen’s Annie Hall? .........................................................22 Music The Gourds, The English Beat and Davina and the Vagabonds.........................24 TV “True Detective” beats out other crime series.........................................................25 Film Coens create a grand odyssey with music............................................................26 Film No guts, no glory in The Monuments Men...........................................................27 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................28 Flash in the Pan A middle ground on GMOs ..............................................................29 Happiest Hour Booze at Flathead Lake Brewing Co...................................................30 8 Days a Week Where fact is stranger than fiction ......................................................31 Mountain High Super Grizzly Dip...............................................................................37 Agenda V-Day................................................................................................................38
Exclusives
Street Talk..............................................................................................................4 In Other News......................................................................................................12 Classifieds ..........................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...........................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y.............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle...............................................................................................C-7 Camp Sleepover .................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-11
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