6 / LETTER TO EDITOR SPIRAL OF TIME - STEVE KIRCHOFF
10 / VISUAL ARTS COVER SHOT - WILL ESKRIDGE
13 / SUN SIGN HOROSCOPE BLACK ROSE SPIRITUAL CENTER - DR NIKKI
14 / FOOD & DRINKS
SKY SHED - K THOMAS
18 / MONTANA MUSIC
KISHI BASHI IN MONTANA - K BRUSTUEN
OBJECT - B HYLAND
22 / STAGE & SCREEN
CONSTELLATIONS - K GREEN
THE MINUTES - K WILDER
26 / GV REAL ESTATE YEAR END REAL ESTATE - T FORD
28 / LIVING LOCAL
FUN LOCAL ACTIVITIES FOR DOG OWNERS - J MONTALBANO
A LATERN PARADE JOURNEY - D THOMSEN
BOZEMAN’S COZY CORNERS - S JONES
MANY KINDS OF VALENTINES - R PHILLIPS
40 / REC & HEALTH
SLIDE FOR-LIFE IN THE BEARTOOTHS - J YANKER
A PUCK ABOVE - ICEDOGS - J CAIROLI
TOP 10 MONTANA BOOKS - S MCGANN
50 / GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
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DEAR FRIENDS AND GENTLE HEARTS*
Ibelieve the true essence of Bozeman lies in its people—their character, kindness, and spirit define its heart. Founded in 1864, Bozeman got its start while Abraham Lincoln was president; the American Civil War began and raged; the phrase “In God We Trust” appeared for the first time on the newly created two-cent piece; over 1.5 million Circassians were driven out of the Russian Empire, beginning a genocide; war was waged around the world; the first fish and chip shop was founded in London; a cyclone killed 70,000 in India; an annual solar eclipse occurred, and science began looking at light as an electromagnetic wave.
One hundred and sixty four years have passed since gold seekers founded Bozeman, and while a lot has changed, a lot has remained the same.
The reminders of this place in the landscape of American history rest now on the shoulders of its citizens. It would be wise to lean into the Native American tradition—recognizing that we are all connected to one another and all are worthy of respect. We all can do better to embrace this understanding on a daily basis, and treat others in our community with the respect they deserve, especially if they are longtime residents who’ve endured many endless winters.
Bozeman Magazine exists to bring everything that makes this place great into one place; it’s a watering hole of information and positive messages. We are not a news source; we share what is happening in our community from many sources to help curious residents and visitors get to know what is happening here, and how they can be a part of it. It is also a monthly love letter to Bozeman.
I believe newcomers are drawn to Montana for its beauty, much of which lies in its people. For over a century, Bozeman’s strength has come from the deep connection between the land and its community—a bond that endures, overcomes, and deserves our respect. It truly is wilder here—maybe the harsh climate brings out a camaraderie in our stout gentle hearts. D
*”Dear friends and gentle hearts” were words found on a scrap of paper found in the pocket of American songwriter Stephen Foster after he left this earth in January of 1864.
Angie Ripple is co-publisher and editor of Bozeman Magazine. it was her idea to bring all-things Bozeman into one place for the community to find and be a part of.
B ZEMAN MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY 2025 - VOLUME 18.9
PUBLISHER CASEN CREATIVE
SALES MANAGER, EDITOR ANGIE RIPPLE
PRODUCTION MANAGER, MUSIC EDITOR BRIAN RIPPLE
COVER ARTIST WILL ESKRIDGE / HEADER PAGES 6+10: ROBERT ROYHL
PHOTOGRAPHY GALLATIN HISTORY MUSEUM, BRIAN RIPPLE
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GV REAL ESTATE TIM FORD
FOOD & DRINKS KATIE THOMAS
MONTANA MUSIC BRIAN RIPPLE
STAGE & SCREEN KEVIN BRUSTUEN, KELSEY GREEN, CARA WILDER
LIVING LOCAL DANIELLE THOMSEN, SYDNEY JONES, RACHEL PHILLIPS
RECREATION & HEALTH JESSICA CAIROLI, JULIA YANKER, STEVE MCGANN
HOROSCOPE NIKKI JUDGE, BLACK ROSE SPIRITUAL CENTER
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NIKKI JUDGE - HOROSCOPE
Nikki is a spiritual counselor and life coach who is happily serving those who have chosen a solo spiritual path.
STEVE McGANN - RECREATION
Steve McGann has lived in Bozeman since the 1970s. Now retired, he is trying to finally use his history degrees. Or he is in the hills.
CRYSTAL ALEGRIA - HISTORY
Crystal Alegria is the Director of The Extreme History Project.
RACHEL PORTER - TOP 10
Rachel is a writing major in her senior semester of college. If she’s not writing, she is likely drawing, gaming, or herding her mischievous chickens.
BRIAN RIPPLE - PUBLISHER
Brian enjoys camping with friends and family, and running sound for live events and bands. He’s an artist, dog lover, and music editor of this magazine.
SYDNEY JONES - BAR BEAT
As a native Montanan, Sydney enjoys exploring the outdoors with her dog Mae. She is an aspiring writer with a love of art, animals, and adventure.
TIM FORD - REAL ESTATE
Tim Ford is a Broker / Realtor® with Bozeman Broker Real Estate in Bozeman Montana.
CYNTHIA LOGAN - COPY EDITOR
Cynthia Logan has been a freelance writer and editor for nearly three decades. She assists individuals and corporations to further their branding.
KEVIN BRUSTUEN - SCREEN & STAGE
Kevin Brustuen lives in Bozeman and can be contacted at kbrustuen@hotmail.com. He is an avid theater-goer.
EUDORA ELLER - LIVING LOCAL
Currently studying English at Montana State University. Through her writing, her goal is to share experiences from a local’s perspective, and to connect and engage with her community.
KATHLEEN JOHNS - MT MUSIC
Kathleen Johns is the owner/ founder of Mantra located in Bozeman, MT. Kathleen holds a degree in English Literature from MSU/Bozeman and is an avid high altitude gardener.
RACHEL PHILLIPS - HISTORY
Rachel Phillips is the Research Coordinator at the Gallatin History Museum in Bozeman.
KATIE THOMAS - DINING
Katie Lineberger Thomas was born and raised in Bozeman. She can usually be found writing, cruising farmer’s markets, building campfires, and critiquing restaurants with her friends.
JEFF BEYL - REC & HEALTH
Seattle-based writer, Jeff Beyl, has been published with work on fly-fishing, nature, the ocean and music. His book, A Conversation With the Earth was recently released.
The Spiral ofTime
The Spiral ofTime
Steve Kirchoff
If history truly does repeat itself, as it seems to, this fact argues for time’s being nonlinear. Instead, time is probably circular, like a spiral or a wheel, and you and I, and our lifetimes, are like spokes on a wheel of time so large that its curved surface cannot be detected. Time appears as a line stretching out before us into the future; but this is illusion, for it is actually bending around to re-visit points already traveled-over innumerable times.
For the past dozen years or so, I have been an occasional instructor of classical political thought at MSU, focusing on the Greeks of classical antiquity—a people who knew something about art, architecture, poetry, politics, war, and geometry, including the circularity of time. The class begins in the Dark Ages, a long period of inexplicable cultural, economic, and political decline occurring between the fall of Troy at the hands of Achilles and Agamemnon (around 1186 BCE) and the beginning of the glory days of Athens in the sixth century BCE.
The Greek Dark Ages occupied a long time: more than twice the age of our American Republic.
The Dark Age’s poets include Homer and Hesiod, and it is the latter more than the former who speaks directly about things of his time that are also things of ours. When Hesiod laid down his laments, the glory of Achilles and the marvelous journey of Odysseus were stories belonging to an ancient past—the Greek landscape of Hesiod’s time no longer witnessed the heroic feasts of a brave warrior caste, and no longer gave rise to imposing citadels or watched over the movements of Greek traders returning home laden with goods from Phoenicia, Persia, and Egypt.
It would be several centuries after Hesiod’s death before the Athenians Made Greece Great Again. What were the forces that broke apart the epoch of glorious Greek Bronze Age heroes, causing depopulation, the emptying of cities, decline of trade, disappearance of literacy, reduction in agricultural production and degeneration of statecraft into tribalism? Was it invaders from the North, depredations by the mysterious Sea Peoples of the East, or natural disasters: earthquakes and plagues and drought? Or, was it the Enemy Within?
Sometime around 700 BCE, looking around the landscape of Boeotia (“cow land”) in eastern Greece, where Hesiod kept his farm, the poet was utterly dismayed by the absence of basic virtues and the hardness of daily life, which are intertwined here:
NOT A DAY GOES BY
A MAN DOESN’T HAVE SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. NIGHT TOO, JUST WEARING HIM DOWN. I MEAN THE GODS SEND US TERRIBLE PAIN AND VEXATION. STILL, THERE’LL BE SOME GOOD MIXED IN WITH THE EVIL, AND THEN ZEUS WILL DESTROY THIS GENERATION TOO. SOON AS THEY START BEING BORN GREY AROUND THE TEMPLES. THEN FATHERS WON’T GET ALONG WITH THEIR KIDS ANYMORE, NOR GUESTS WITH HOSTS, NOR PARTNER WITH PARTNER, AND BROTHERS WON’T BE FRIENDS, THE WAY THEY USED TO BE. NOBODY’LL HONOR THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY GET OLD BUT THEY’LL CURSE THEM AND GIVE THEM A HARD TIME, GODLESS RASCALS, AND NEVER THINK ABOUT PAYING THEM BACK FOR ALL THE TROUBLE IT WAS TO RAISE THEM.
THEY’LL START TAKING JUSTICE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, SACKING EACH OTHER’S CITIES, NO RESPECT AT ALL FOR THE MAN WHO KEEPS HIS OATHS, THE GOOD MAN, THE JUST MAN. NO, THEY’LL KEEP ALL THEIR PRAISE FOR THE WRONGDOER, THE MAN WHO IS VIOLENCE INCARNATE, AND SHAME AND JUSTICE WILL LIE IN THEIR HANDS.
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount Helicon.
In these lines, we listen in on a crescendo of nearly three-thousand-year-old complaints, encompassing familial collapse and political violence—and every bit of Hesiod’s utterance resonates with contemporary times. When things inside and outside the home are broken beyond recognition, when economic predation replaces regard for the dignity of others, what one wants is to recover the basics: respect, truthful speech, warmth, a commitment to virtue.
Hesiod never lived to see better days. Yet in generations following him, population across the Greek mainland increased, cities regained importance, and trade and arts returned. These improvements, however, were unequally enjoyed by sectors of society. Corrupt aristocratic families, particularly in Athens but in many other cities as well, held sway. They increased their fortunes by preying on the lowest classes of society.
Not until the 7th century BCE, under the successive rule of two “strong leaders,” Solon of Athens and Peisistratus, did Athens manage to bring an end to plundering by the elite with the adoption of laws protecting poorer classes from oppression by the wealthiest.
And yet it is here, dear reader, where the would-be parable of time’s circularity ends, for circularity merely implies that all human struggles and triumphs, all acts of justice and injustice, have already occurred and are bound to recur, and that the whole human comedy or tragedy, seen from time’s serene indifference, is happening as if all at once.
From the point of view of eternity, history’s repetitions exist simultaneously and indiscriminately, not as a particular evil flashing out, and not as the deliverance from this evil in a particular time and place, which is how individual human beings see things unfolding.
While it is true that moral lessons from archaic Greek times have been repeated, in our time they appear upside down, as in a prism. The morality of a point in time is symmetrical to, but not identical with, the morality of other times. Instead of the strong leader come to the rescue the sinking ship of state, as in post-Hesiodic times, we now experience the political reverse. In America, today’s strong leaders are predators and profiteers, the ones whom Hesiod fingers as having both “shame and justice” in their hands.
Our most potent political figures—in state and federal government and belonging to both parties—are uninterested in rescuing working people from the grips of profiteers. Because in our time, leaders are the very profiteers that government is supposed to curtail. And we, the people, are witness to these events. So, my question to you is: Who are you? What time do you live in, and what do you intend to do about it? F
Steve Kirchhoff, 59, is an instructor in MSU’s English and Political Science departments. He has been a teacher for 31 years and lives in Bozeman, his hometown, with his wife, Colette.
THE IDIOM TO HAVE A BEEF MEANS TO HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMETHING, TO HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH SOMEONE, TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH SOMETHING.
THE WORD BEEF TO MEAN A COMPLAINT, DISAGREEMENT OR DISSATISFACTION CAME INTO USE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1880S.
WILL ESKRIDGE COVER SHOT
Originally from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Will Eskridge attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Visual Arts/Savannah, and earned his B.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from San Francisco Art Institute in 1999. The son of a veterinarian and an artist, Will’s affinity for animals and art began when he was in preschool. He developed a great affinity and empathy for the outcast animal at a young age while taking care of animals at his dad’s veterinary practice.
Eskridge works full-time as an artist and muralist, focusing on the fun side of un-huggable wildlife and pop culture party favors. He resides in Athens, GA with his wife, their son, and their motley crew of dogs and cats. Along with art, Will also drums and plays guitar in various musical projects. Eskridge’s work is in both private and public collections in Athens, Atlanta, Raleigh, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, China, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Switzerland.
In his brightly colored wildlife paintings, Will focuses on celebrating often elusive wildlife, setting them in positive, party-like surroundings. He uses colors beyond the norm to show off wildlife’s vigor, and persistence to survive. Mixing a style of surrealism, pop, and a dash of impressionism, Will brews a fun world where the animals are hosting their own party.
Eskridge’s latest series, Moose Pond and Bison Country are both ongoing up-closeand-personal wildlife portraits. The works are directly inspired by the beautiful wildlife he encountered on his trips to Montana and Wyoming in 2024. On these trips, Will experienced wildlife he had rarely seen before. Through the portraits, Eskridge uses high texture, bold color, and a prideful eye to show off these majestic beasts and their exuberant allure. E
THE COURSE OF EMPIRE
The Course of Empire is a series of five paintings created by the Englishborn American painter Thomas Cole between 1833 and 1836, and now in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. The series depicts the growth and fall of an imaginary city, situated on the lower end of a river valley, near its meeting with a bay of the sea. The valley is identifiable in each of the paintings, in part because of a distinct landmark: a large boulder is situated atop a crag overlooking the valley.
Though not based on any specific city, the architecture, sculpture and costumes are clearly in the styles of Greco-Roman classical civilization, and the historical arch traced in the series can be loosely compared to the History of Rome. Revived styles of classical architecture had become the standard for most major public buildings in the United States, especially Washington DC, enabling the series to be read as a forecast or warning for American civilization.
DESCRIPTION OF DESTRUSTION BY THOMAS COLE
No. 4.– The picture represents the Vicious State, or State of Destruction. Ages may have passed since the scene of glory – though the decline of nations is generally more rapid than their rise. Luxury has weakened and debased. A savage enemy has entered the city. A fierce tempest is raging. Walls and colonnades have been thrown down. Temples and palaces are burning. An arch of the bridge, over which the triumphal procession was passing in the former scene, has been battered down, and the broken pillars, and ruins of war engines, and the temporary bridge that has been thrown over, indicate that this has been the scene of fierce contention. Now there is a mingled multitude battling on the narrow bridge, whose insecurity makes the conflict doubly fearful. Horses and men are precipitated into the foaming waters beneath; war galleys are contending: one vessel is in flames, and another is sinking beneath the prow of a superior foe. In the more distant part of the harbor, the contending vessels are dashed by the furious waves, and some are burning. Along the battlements, among the ruined Caryatides, the contention is fierce; and the combatants fight amid the smoke and flame of prostrate edifices. In the fore-ground are several dead and dying; some bodies have fallen in the basin of a fountain, tinging the waters with their blood. A female is seen sitting in mute despair over the dead body of her son, and a young woman is escaping from the ruffian grasp of a soldier, by leaping over the battlement; another soldier drags a woman by the hair down the steps that form part of the pedestal of a mutilated colossal statue, whose shattered head lies on the pavement below. A barbarous and destroying enemy conquers and sacks the city. Description of this picture is perhaps needless; carnage and destruction are its elements. E
The Savage State, or The Commencement of Empire
The Arcadian or Pastoral State
The Consummation of Empire Desolation
Destruction
Thomas Cole, wikipedia
SUN SIGN HOROSCOPE
FEBRUARY
2025
ARIES: Slow down and take your time. There’s nothing really to get upset about, and it wouldn’t help anyway. There’s lots of ways to stop and smell the roses and you are going to get the opportunity to do so. Although quieter, it is also calmer and easier.
TAURUS: Use the energy on the 13th and 14th to take your sweetie out for a special Valentine’s getaway. There is much to be said for self-reflection to be able to truly see what you are after. Make it a point to get out to nature and breathe the fresh air.
GEMINI: Your ability to multi-task will hold you in good stead as you divide the month in half for your purposes. The first half focus on letting others in to your thinking or ideas, you may find more support than you believe. Focus on your thoughts.
CANCER: The early part of the month imbues you with a new energy and viewpoint. This takes you into a more confident viewpoint where you can take the time to really focus on choices and decisions to be made. Celebrate a win with a friend on the 18th or 19th.
LEO: When you are feeling this out of sorts and out of sync it is hard to put your best foot forward. Your normal confidence might slip a big, but it returns before the end of the month when you’ll be ready to roar again. Now is the time for introspection.
VIRGO: You are going to want to keep your cool even when others are losing theirs. You will be put in situations that have you overthinking or missing strong emotional cues stalls progress. You will get several opportunities to focus on self-awareness.
LIBRA: You will need to intentionally engage your thinking brain over emotional reactions. Your patience and understanding could both get stretched to the limit without an easily identified reason. It is important to find that middle-ground for the win-win.
SCORPIO: You may feel a bit like the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis with the regenerative and intense energy. Thinking thinks through will be very important to choices made of the 11th and 12th. Normal energies return by the end of the month.
SAGITTARIUS: You’re likely to start the month a little low and slow. Your personal light may start the month a little dim, but you spirits pick back up right around the middle of February. Plan a special something for your sweetie. It’s time for the next level.
CAPRICORN: You’ll still have some of that push/pull energy running through. Watch out for dualities and pay attention to them. An emotional renewal is important now; seek help under the Full Moon on the 12th. Don’t forget to spend time with your Valentine!
AQUARIUS: You have a persuasive delivery coupled with your strong communication skills, your ideas for a fresh approach are, at least, considered. Let that creative energy flow and take a class that helps to further your interests. The 14th holds a big surprise.
PISCES: This month is about cleansing and clearing away old thoughts and habits as you come to the end of your annual cycle. Thinking about the past can be fun and rewarding, it can also be holding you back. What are you holding on to that you need to release?
UP IN THE AIR
AT THE ARMORY HOTEL
Like it or not, downtown Bozeman now boasts many tall buildings. By “tall,” I mean higher than two stories. The old Armory building at 24 West Mendenhall is now one of these. Originally built in 1941 to house the 163rd Infantry Regiment of the Montana National Guard, the concrete Armory stood two stories high for 79 years and held a variety of businesses over the decades. Then, in 2020, it joined the ranks of downtown Bozeman’s new and tall structures as the nine-story Kimpton Armory Hotel (aka, the “Etha,” for Etha Story, Nelson Story’s daughter-in-law, who spearheaded fundraising for the land purchase on which the building sits).
This remarkable combination of Bozeman history and the new downtown is topped by a rooftop bar and restaurant called the Sky Shed, which features a wrap-around patio from which to admire our views. During the winter months, a small glass structure with its own heat and sound system sits on this patio, in case you have a private party and wish to enjoy the Snow Shed. I sat down with manager Dana Ochner, Chef Shane Graybeal, and publicist Blythe Beaubien the other day to learn more about how this ethereal restaurant came to be.
KATIE THOMAS: How was the Sky Shed conceptualized?
SHANE GRAYBEAL: Well, I definitely think it was an afterthought. It wasn’t in the original plans. In fact, I’ve got a feeling that someone was standing up here, probably looking at HVAC units, and said; ‘Wow, we should put a restaurant up here.’
DANA OCHER: That’s exactly what happened. I don’t know what stage this was at either,
but I know that our local owners and the construction team came up here, and exactly that – they saw the view and just thought, what a missed opportunity if we don’t put something up here.
KT: And how did this restaurant get its name?
BLYTHE BEAUBIEN: It’s two-fold: one, the restaurant is in the sky. And two, we love our
sheds in Montana! So it’s an ode to the local culture.
KT: What would you like people to experience when they walk through your doors?
SG: Like any restaurant, we want warm hospitality. A warm, inviting space, with friendly, smiling staff. Just a sense of being comfortable.
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Katie Thomas
KT: What would you say makes the Sky Shed unique in the Bozeman food scene?
SG: I mean, the view! You know, as I move through the community here and talk to people, everyone is familiar with Sky Shed. Everyone comes for the view. And, hopefully, the excellent culinary offerings are a close second.
KT: What menu item do regulars keep coming back for?
SG: This summer we switched to a kind of small-plate concept, and a couple of the popular ones have been the Wickens Ranch steak kebabs, and the bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers, which are roasted with huckleberry barbecue sauce. We’ve got these blue crab hushpuppies that are amazing too. Doing the small plates makes the Sky Shed experience more sociable – sharing is sort of the goal there, and it’s really worked. I wanted to have something that fit the space, because when you first walk in, you see the view, and that’s kind of the main event. And then, after
you sit down and start settling in, you can take in the energy of the place. There are no walls or partitions breaking off separate area dining spaces; it’s all kind of one thing.
KT: Do you have a favorite menu item?
SG: My favorite dish is the bison meatball. We switch back and forth between bison and elk, depending, but it’s a giant, half-pound meatball.
DO: The KFC tacos, Korean-fried chicken tacos, with the scallion pancake. That’s always my favorite. I would eat it every day if I could.
KT: Shane, when you’re designing the menu, what kinds of things inform your choices? What inspires you?
SG: Good question. You know, Fieldings (the Armory’s main-level restaurant) is very much Montana, and seasonally driven. Everything comes from within one hundred miles, as much as possible. Up here in the Sky Shed, we kind of let our hair down a little bit and try different things—I’d say it’s internationally focused and locally inspired. For example, with the meatball, you’ve got your tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan, but the bison is coming from Big Timber. So it’s kind of in that realm, but it’s not as strict. We want the menu to be very playful, fun, and shareable.
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KT: What do you enjoy about being part of the Bozeman community?
SG: The sense of community here is just phenomenal. Bozeman’s got the right mix of everything. You’ve got all the amenities, you’ve got the culture, you’ve got good people, good food. You’ve got good ingredients! And yet you can get out of town to recreate in just a few minutes.
KT: Do you have any special events coming up?
DO: We have Valentine’s Day coming up next. Last year was really successful, so we’re looking at a similar event this year. And we always have something fun for the Super Bowl. The Snow Shed gets a lot of attention because it’s a fun place to go in the winter.
SG: And then in the summertime, we’ll do what we call our Summer Soiree. Every Thursday, out on the patio where the Snow Shed currently is, that actually becomes the dance floor with a local DJ, from 8 to 10 every Thursday. So sort of like an after-party to Music on Main.
DO: You can stay up-to-date with these events by following the Armory Hotel on Instagram. The Sky Shed also has its own Instagram, but you’ll get the most information from the Armory account. And we also have an email newsletter you can sign up for.
KT: Is there anything else you’d like readers to know about the Sky Shed?
DO: Please check our website to find out about the menu, bookings, and the Snow
Shed. The Snow Shed will be available through the end of the season, which could mean April—it’s somewhat based on what the weather decides to do.
BB: And, we offer a discount for locals. That’s any Montana local, not just Bozeman [residents]. We want visitors and locals alike to feel welcome to visit any of the establishments in the Armory; you can have a progressive dining experience within the building. You could start up here and have a cocktail and a snack. You can go downstairs to Fieldings for a very nice, sit-down formal dinner. And then you can go downstairs to Tune Up (the basement bar) and have a cocktail and hear live music.
What a great way to entertain a foodie—a progressive food-and-beverage excursion in a beautiful building with great service, which starts the moment you walk in the main doors, where a genial doorman or woman opens the door for you. But if you’re a onestop kind of diner or cocktail-er, give the Sky Shed a try—it’s open seven days a week, 3 to 10 pm (11 pm in the summer).
Katie Lineberger Thomas spent six years reviewing restaurants for Explore Big Sky. Her work has been published in Edible Bozeman, Western Home Journal, Outside Bozeman, and others. Born and raised in Bozeman, Katie lives with her husband and their collection of beloved pets, and can usually be found writing, cruising farmer’s markets, building campfires, and critiquing restaurants with her friends.
BOZEMAN SYMPHONY PRESENTS:
Bozeman Symphony is delighted to present “Kishi Bashi and the Bozeman Symphony” at the Willson Auditorium February 14, 15, and 16. An internationally renowned singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Kishi Bashi marks his return visit to Bozeman as the featured performer in Bozeman Symphony’s first “Artist-in-Residence” program.
Kishi Bashi burst into the nationa consciousness in 2011 with the introduction of his first album, 151a. Since then, he has produced seven albums and has toured internationally to wide acclaim.
Kishi Bashi gave a lot of thought to his identity when he began work on Omoiyari, his fourth studio album and a feature-length “song-film” of the same name, which he composed and directed. As a person of Japanese-American heritage, he wished to respond to the history and memory surrounding Japanese American incarceration during World War II, especially with an eye toward the present day.
Kishi Bashi’s music is known for the unique way it blends his violin playing with his own singing, along with adding in something called “beatboxing,” which is using one’s vocal chords to imitate percussion and similar sound effects. Kishi Bashi describes his music as “orchestral and somewhat experimental pop.” NPR calls him a “one-man orchestra.” He sings and writes songs in Japanese and English.
Violin was his first instrument and the one he is most comfortable with. He soon added the piano and guitar to his repertoire, and began composing music, often singing along to his music as he played – something rather unusual for violin performers. In performances, Kishi Bashi includes guitar, keyboard, vocal looping, and beatboxing.
The Bozeman Symphony was founded in 1968 as a college community orchestra, uniting Montana State University music faculty and community members into an ensemble in which they could perform the great symphonic classics for the Bozeman public. The organization has been very successful: since 2020, the Bozeman Symphony has grown its subscriber base from 881 to more than 1,300 in just
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two seasons, and, astoundingly, attained over two-hundred percent growth in ticket income, along with numerous sold-out shows. In the last several years the Symphony has greatly expanded its performance season, offering seven classical concerts and two “Bozeman Presents” concerts. “Kishi Bashi and the Bozeman Symphony” is part of this year’s “Bozeman Presents” series.
Conductor Norman Huynh, Bozeman Symphony Orchestra Music Director, has attracted widespread recognition for his natural musicality and technical command, and especially for his ability to connect to audiences in ways that leave them hungry for more.
“Kishi Bashi and the Bozeman Symphony” concert is a great show for the whole family; in addition to Kishi Bashi’s own music, the symphony is performing Mendelsohn’s “Wedding March” from Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prokofiev’s “Romance” from Lt. Kijé, and Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Overture.”
All performances of “Kishi Bashi and the Bozeman Symphony” are in the Willson Auditorium, with tickets available through the Bozeman Symphony’s website at www.bozemansymphony.org. Performances are on Friday February 14 at 7:30 pm; Saturday February 15 at 7:30 pm; and Sunday February 16 at 2:30 pm. Questions about tickets can be addressed to tickets@bozemansymphony.org, or call 406-585-9774. K
Kevin Brustuen lives in Bozeman and can be contacted at kbrustuen@ hotmail.com. He is an avid supporter of the arts, and loves to backpack, hike, ski, read, and write.
Bill Hyland
IOBJECT OBJECT AT THE
FILLER
n the year twenty nineteen a tried and true fellowship of some of Bozeman’s finest musical begetters gathered in a tavern to discuss the creation of such a night one might not soon forget. For at the Filling Station on the eve of the hallows was gonna be a long night. From his own bare hands, the man, the myth, the legend, by the name of Joe Knapp forged an idea as sweet as pure guava, a tribute to Ween. A HalloWeen! The proposal took off like the stallion in a dead sprint. A massive setlist of the band’s most cherished songs was developed and divided between two bands and carefully curated for a party, your party. The soiree would conclude with a super jam with everyone on stage to deliver an awesome sound that echoes to this day. The most challenging part? Deciding who got to play what songs. This was a tender situation and was hotly debated with negotiations and trades happening in the weeks leading up to the show. No one imagined that this could be such a major sell out event but we all kissed the blarney stone and prayed. The outpour of support was overwhelming as the news sailed from Bombay to Chocolate Town.
The show was an incredible success granting the wishes of every birthday boy and girl in the valley. Drawing cheers from the mutilated lips of ghouls, peeled bananas, and blowhard sceptics in attendance. We made a vow to do it again, at the very least the next Halloween. Unfortunately, the 31st of October came and went, and another, and another. Then tragically
we lost our Captain, Joe. Though we all wish he would stay forever, we mustered the courage to know that even if all this will end, it will begin again. Well friends, the time has finally come to fulfill that promise.
Introducing Object: A tribute to Ween and we’d like to get to know you better. But first, let’s introduce ourselves. Tim Rooney AKA Dr. Rock, frontman of this headlining act deserves the bulk of the credit for putting together this HalloWeen revisited line up. Tim will be singing and screaming his head off and ripping guitar as well. Adam Lee Crowson will be taking you back to basom and handle low end duties to accompany his powder blue vocals. Bill Hyland will be driving you crazy with his boogie oogie oogie on lead guitar and assorted background shouting. The keyboards will be in the capable hands of one of Montana’s finest, Mike Koziel who strokes every key like an ace. And finally, tearing a rift out in space with his super sonic rhythmic vibrations is the prolific local legend, Brett Goodell.
Object will be bringing you the brownest experience possible with classics from every era of Ween, from the sweetest and softest ballads to the most raucous and abrasive hitters that you wouldn’t want your parents (or kids) to hear. Join us once again at Bozeman’s own roadhouse, The Filling Station on February 28 as we make our triumphant return. We will dedicate this and every show to the man who envisioned this whole pork roll egg and cheese in the first place, our dear brother Joe Knapp. J
CONSTELLATIONS
CONTEMPLATIVE PERFORMANCE
FILLS THE EMPTY ( ) SPACE
As the community emerges from the winter months, Empty ( ) Space Company will provide nourishment for our hearts and minds, and appreciation for the life experiences that shape us and our communities. The curtain rises this March for a production of playwright Nick Payne’s Constellations at the Verge Theater, produced by Empty ( ) Space Company.
SCAFFOLDING UNIVERSES OF HUMAN DECISIONS
True to their creative natures, Bradford Rosenbloom and Evan Wilmes bring their unique artistic perspectives and an immersive audience experience to the stage to produce Constellations. Wilmes serves as Director and production designer, with Rosenbloom taking the stage as Roland. In addition, Empty ( ) Space Company will bring back the talents of sound designer KC Luchsinger, and lighting designer Julie Seitel, who return from their work on Red and Middletown. Chris Naro (an experienced, well-known drummer from Bozeman) will also return from Middletown with an original score for the production of Constellations.
The play unfolds in an artfully conceived cube, designed and constructed by Wilmes, who describes it as “48 scenes (or scaffolding of universes) in front of the audience with multiple angles of vision, which creates an experience for the audience, as if the play were written in front of them versus being viewed by them.” With a background in philosophy, humanities, and English Literature, Wilmes layers his art and design work with concepts and implications beyond expectation, and this deeper connection with meaning facilitates design construction that could arguably become a character of its own. Within this cube, this block of time and space, the audience is pulled into each moment, interlaced with the varied human interactions and choices that determine how history will unfold. Constellations follows the interactions of two people, Roland, a beekeeper played by Bradford Rosenbloom, and Marianne, a theoretical physicist played by Kyrie Dawson. The play does not develop in the typical sequence but rather pulls from multiple possibilities. As Roland and Marianne meet, the possible outcomes are endless: a single statement, attitude, or behavior could alter the future. Constellations engages the boundless potential layered within the impact of human decisions as these choices play out in various forms on stage. Wilmes appreciates the layered approach to the play because, “the viewing of these moments leads us to a balancing act of reality; the spectrum of
emotions experienced in life lead us toward its purpose.” Rosenbloom reflects on the meaning of the play as he recalls the mantra of his mentor, Mary Overlie, creator of The Six Viewpoints, who claimed; “it all comes back to love.” Rosenbloom’s approach to performing as Roland encompasses this universal concept. He states that, “No matter how many worlds, obstacles, or trials we go through, when there is a strong heart connection, it is that connection that guides us, provides a purpose to our lives, and evokes the provocation of the impossibility of saying goodbye.”
This connection between two people provides the basis of their lives, their thoughts, and their choices as the play unfolds. Dawson’s palpable excitement for the play stems from this connection, stating; “What really thrills me about Constellations is the fact that it focuses so tightly on just two characters. I love acting in two-person shows. There’s a deeper sense of ownership when you’re involved in every moment, in every rehearsal, and with Constellations, it’s all about the relationship between characters. The structure of the play also adds to this—we get to revisit the same scenes many times as we’re led through parallel universes. While we watch Marianne and Roland develop their connection, the audience also gets to form their own relationship to the play as it progresses, catching even minute changes to the dialogue and noting what is different in this universe. Through
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its many parallel universes, Constellations allows us to see the facets of Marianne and Roland, revealing what is at their core through it all.”
This poignant production, a masterclass in storytelling, leaves audiences grappling with profound questions about life, love, and the enduring power of human connection. It is a reminder that every choice, no matter how small, has the potential to shape the course of our lives and the lives of those around us. The impact and perspective gained through the artful and creative theater experience should facilitate an easy choice for all to attend Empty ( ) Space Company’s production of Constellations.
CREATIVITY BEYOND STORYTELLING
Founded in 2023 by Bradford Rosenbloom and Evan Wilmes, Empty ( ) Space Company is an interdisciplinary design collective with a focus on professional theater, art, performance, and education. The conceptions produced by Empty ( ) Space Company push the boundaries of expression. Wilmes incorporates his tactile art and design work into the theater, while Rosenbloom performs through an experimental and post-modern lens—both pull the audience from the comfortable space of observation into the heart of their productions. Rosenbloom is known for his transformative and contemplative performance experience in the classroom at Montana State University, where he instructs Performance and Public Speaking and Embodied Leadership, and on the stage as performer and director for numerous theater shows. His collaboration with Wilmes’ background in philosophical theory, literature, and tactile art design transforms the theater experience into a contemplative engagement.
In August 2023, the production of Red, written by John Logan, showcased the creative possibilities of Empty ( ) Space Company, with Rosenbloom directing and Wilmes playing the lead role as Mark Rothko. The theater became the studio, and seventeen original
paintings completed by Wilmes lined the walls around the audience, placing them in the heart of the play, an inescapable yet deeply engaging connection with the work on stage. In this immersive audience experience, Wilmes plastered and painted while he wrestled with the emotions, art, and experiences of everyday life. This unfiltered representation of human experience, emotion, and choice has become the hallmark of Rosenbloom and Wilmes’ performative and directive work, and will inform future productions from Empty ( ) Space Company. Rosenbloom’s direction of Red followed a successful run of Middletown, another play under his direction that incorporated Wilmes’ production design, which developed an expectation for provocative and raw displays of human emotion and vulnerability.
Constellations is the second residency by Empty ( ) Space Company at the Verge Theater. Similar to their previous work, Wilmes and Rosenbloom provide an introspective space of thought, concept, and philosophy. Dawson looks forward to the opportunity to play the role of Marianne and work with this creative pair due to their ability to “seamlessly blend art, theater, and theory.” She applauds Empty ( ) Space Company for their willingness “to dive into the messy, complex work of reflecting the human experience. Their approach doesn’t just tap into the emotions we carry in our hearts—it challenges us to think, to wrestle with the concepts that shape our lives.” Dawson’s sentiments solidify the notion that Empty ( ) Space Company is the perfect collaboration for this upcoming production.
The artists mentioned can be reached through the following Instagram accounts: @bradfordrosenbloom, @emptyspacecompany, @ plaster.bozeman. G
Kelsey Green (she/her) is a passionate Writing and Seminar instructor at Montana State University, where she fosters critical thinking and creative expression in her students. Currently pursuing a PhD in Education, Kelsey is dedicated to exploring innovative teaching methods and advocating for meaningful educational change.
TRUTHINESS ALTERNATIVE FACTS FAKE NEWS
These days, our political discourse is colored by the notion that an objective truth does not exist; a truth that one can independently determine through common sense or reasonable diligence. Instead, truth is what one side tells you, and anything else is false.
In The Minutes, Tracy Letts’s scathing dark comedy about small-town politics and real- world power, themes of historical inaccuracy and the ‘Power of Myth’ take center stage. The play, written during the lead-up to the 2016 election, exposes the ugliness behind some of our most closely held American narratives while asking each of us what we would do to keep from becoming history’s losers. The Minutes is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of the treatment of indigenous populations in the United States. It was this connection to small-town politics
and the distortion of some of our own history here in Montana that inspired me to present The Minutes for a Bozeman run this February. The production will be staged February 13th – 23rd, upstairs at the Bozeman Event Space (14 S. Tracy) in downtown Bozeman.
As an independent theater producer, director, and actor, I search for fresh scripts and classics that are not only well-written, but relevant to our time and place. I’m drawn to characters and situations that mirror our daily experiences; stories that encourage audiences to reflect on their own lives, both the big events and the small, seeminglymundane moments. Additionally, a script must contain a healthy dose of humor along with pathos, just like life. The Minutes takes place in real time over the ninety minutes of a city commission meeting. The plot revolves around troubles that arise when local lore supporting the town’s heritage festival is challenged and a new member asks some un-
comfortable questions, like: Why is one member gone and not to be spoken of, and why are the previous meeting’s minutes nowhere to be found? Letts’s story has managed to invite comparisons to Parks and Recreation and Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone, with a little bit of Alfred Hitchcock thrown in.
“The impulse of the town hall meeting was, of course, to take something very small and specific and hope that it represents a larger idea,” says Letts. “For me, The Minutes was a way to look at how we write and pass along our history. The way we function with it, the way we move forward through a day, through our lives, knowing what we know about our history, knowing the things that we have learned or unlearned, or learned wrong about who we are and how we got here. Every time we throw out food, or the casual ways in which we live with great comfort and take that for granted. I wanted to explore that.”
Tracy Letts is considered one of this generation’s most popular and criticallyacclaimed playwrights, and is a personal favorite of mine. In fact, presenting The Minutes will complete a theatrical hat trick; I produced his Mary Page Marlowe at the Blue Slipper in Livingston in 2023, and the Pulitzer prize-winning August: Osage County at the Ellen in 2013. Letts is also an actor and an ensemble member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company, where The Minutes premiered in 2017. The play was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2018 and went on to a successful Broadway run in 2022 (with Letts himself in the cast), earning nominations for the Tony and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play. The Chicago Sun-Times called The Minutes, “Astonishing... a pitch-black comedy about the current
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state of American politics,” and the Chicago Tribune hailed the play as, “Explosive... deftly captures the tension of patriotic grandiosity and provincial defensiveness found in city halls across the land.”
One of the greatest joys of producing local theater for me is assembling a pitch-perfect ensemble to tell the story. This production is no exception; I’m thrilled with the actors who have come together to lift these eccentric characters off the page. The Minutes cast includes John Hosking, Rhonda Smith, and Tom Morris, all original Montana Shakespeare in the Parks alums and founders of Bozeman’s Vigilante Players (Smith and Morris were also in August: Osage County).
know each other a little too well.
The Minutes is directed by another old friend of Bozeman: Montana native, MSU alum, and world-renowned magician, John Lovick (aka “Handsome Jack”). Lovick grew up in Libby, earned a BA in Motion Picture Production at MSU and an MFA in Directing at the University of Washington in Seattle. He currently lives in Los Angeles, but works around the country as a writer, director, producer, consultant, and performer. In 2022, he directed Asi Wind’s Inner Circle off-Broadway, which ran for over a year. He is currently co-writing a series of books with Penn & Teller, and is the artistic producing director of the Peacock Theater in Frisco, Texas.
feat in this age of multimedia options and Artificial Intelligence. But I’m hopeful that perhaps a silver lining to the era of AI will be audiences’ renewed desire for real-life, realtime, up-close and in-person entertainment. There is no substitute for the live theater experience. We hope you’ll join us for this funny, thought-provoking play.
The Minutes will be presented Thursday through Sunday, February 13 – 16, and Friday through Sunday, February 21 -23, 2025, upstairs at the Bozeman Event Space, 14 South Tracy. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 5 p.m. Tickets are $28 in advance at www.eventbrite, and $32 at the door, as
This production also reunites some of the brilliant cast of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, which we brought to the Emerson in 2022: Daniel Erickson, Jenna Ciralli, and Alex Miller (Erickson and Ciralli were also featured in Mary Page Marlow). Other actors well-known to area theater- goers include Eli Boyd, Will Dickerson (director of August: Osage County), Colton Swibold, Phil Taylor, and myself. There is a singular kind of shorthand, and a creative fun and ease, in working with actors who’ve known each other for decades. These longtime, real-life relationships will also help inform this particular story of members of a city council who perhaps
Of The Minutes, Lovick says, “This play has everything you could want in an evening of theater. First, it’s a very funny, smart comedy with a cast of vivid characters. It also has the elements of a detective story, in that the central character is trying to unravel a mystery. It has big surprises that you can’t possibly anticipate. And finally, the play is about something—it explores issues of society, governance, morality, personal responsibility, and the stories we tell without being didactic in any way. I’m very excited about working with this great ensemble to bring this story to life.”
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Cara Wilder is a theater and film actor, director, producer, and teacher. She holds an MFA from the National Theater Conservatory in Denver. Recent local productions include Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts, Angels in America by Tony Kushner, The Sound Inside by Adam Rapp, and The Approach by Mark O’Rowe.
YEAR END REAL ESTATE
MARKET REPORT
In 2024, Bozeman’s real estate market exhibited notable trends, reflecting both regional dynamics and broader national patterns. Inventory saw noteworthy increases, while pricing saw more modest gains.
Inventory expanded, moving the market towards a more balanced state. Looking at new listings of all residential types, including condos, townhouses, and single family, both inside and out of city limits, the peak year for inventory and sales was 2020, in which 1,982 homes were listed for sale, and 1,816 of those were sold.
Between 2020 and 2023, new listings continually decreased. In 2021, 1,747 homes were listed and 1,669 were sold. In 2022, there were 1,607 new listings and 1,160 sales. Last year, new listings were down to 1,532 along with 1,070 sales. This year, listings were back up near 2021 numbers, with 1,741 homes listed in and around Bozeman. Sales remained similar to last year, with 1,037 homes sold.
Restricting the data to just single-family homes inside Bozeman
city limits tells a similar story, although 2019 was the peak for new listings, when 707 homes were listed and 591 were sold. By 2021, those numbers had decreased to 555 new listings and 514 sales. 2022 saw 475 new listings and 355 sales. Last year, it continued to decrease, with 465 new listings and 344 sales. This year, new listings were again back up, with 527 homes brought to market, while 322 of those homes sold.
Pricing, which was essentially flat last year, saw small increases this year. There are multiple ways to run the median sold price, depending on whether one includes just homes inside city limits, or condos and townhouses.
Looking back at pricing for just single-family home sales inside Bozeman city limits over the past few years, in 2022, the median sold price rose 14%, from $700,000 in 2021 to $799,000 in 2022. Last year, it appeared to be down slightly from 2022, sitting at $770,000, which would indicate a 3.6% decrease. This year, the median sold price for single family homes inside city limits is up slightly from last year, coming in at $779,500.
Running the median sold price for areas both inside and outside of Bozeman city limits, including areas like Bridger Canyon, south valley, north valley, etc., the median sold price did not take the same dip last year. It rose just over one percent, from $889,950 in 2022 to $900,000 in 2023. This year, it again rose another 2.7% from last year, to $925,000.
New construction listings also increased this year. Looking in both Bozeman and Belgrade, across all residential types including condos, townhouses, and single family homes, in 2020 there were 729 new construction homes listed for sale on our local MLS. This does not include custom homes or homes sold directly from builder to buyer, just new construction homes
Tim Ford – Real Estate Broker
listed for sale on the MLS. In 2021, that number decreased by more than fifty percent, to 345. 2022 was up just slightly, with 395 new construction listings. It continued to rise slightly last year, to 397 new listings. This year, it took a bigger bump, with 525 new construction homes listed, but was still well below the 729 listed in 2020.
Perhaps the biggest news for 2024: High end sales set a new volume record. The pandemic saw a significant increase in the number of luxury homes sold in our market, and those numbers have held out or increased most years since. These numbers include homes inside and outside of Bozeman city limits: In 2019, only 11 homes sold for more than $2 million. That number nearly tripled to 32 closed sales in 2020, then nearly doubled again to 56 homes sold for more than $2 million in 2021. Sales volume continued to rise in 2022 to 63 sales. Last year, it was down, but just slightly, as 52 homes sold north of $2 million. This year, the number of closed sales north of $2 million hit a new high, with 82 homes sold.
As we enter 2025, questions loom about the trajectory of interest rates, potential policy changes with a new administration, and shifts in buyer demand. Will rates stabilize or decrease? How will economic and political factors shape the market? Time will reveal these answers. As usual, I have included the most recent sales numbers for Bozeman. In addition to these sales, there are currently 53 single family home sales pending in and around Bozeman.
The included data reflects sales of homes in the greater Bozeman area, including Four Corners, Gallatin Gateway, Bridger Canyon, and Bozeman city limits. The data includes home sales reported through the local Big Sky Country MLS, and does not include private party sales. G
Tim Ford is a Realtor® with Bozeman Brokers Real Estate in Bozeman Montana. He can be contacted at 406-209-1214.
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SINGLE FAMILY - 2024 YEAR END
FUN LOCAL ACTIVITIES FOR DOG OWNERS
Joseph Montalbano
- Sept 2023
As many of you may know, Bozeman is a very dog accessible place. Not only is the great outdoors a perfect place to keep your pooches at your side, but the city itself is very accommodating and welcoming to our furry halves. I hope some of these places and activities are new, and pique your curiosity!
EAT ON MAIN STREET
While this may seem obvious to some, newer dog-owners, or those new to Bozeman should know that Main Street’s food scene (and many other restaurants within walking vicinity) often have designated outdoor seating for customers with or without pets. Whether you are a dog owner who wants to bring your dog along for an adventure, or a student who needs to pet a soft, fuzzy nose, I would highly recommend sitting down outside, grabbing a bite and a drink, and enjoying the outdoors with your human and dog companions. If you have a specific restaurant in mind, I highly recommend giving them a call and asking if their outdoor seating is open. It doesn’t hurt to bring water and a bowl for your dog, but often both are provided.
GO TO THE FARMERS MARKET
The Lindley Park Farmers’ Market is in full swing every Tuesday from 5-8 p.m., and is a lovely place to bring your dogs. Not only is this a
great, shaded location to keep them cool, but the entire venue is ready to burst with other friendly doggy faces that would love to make introductions with you and your dog. I would highly recommend grabbing your dog, their leash, and browsing every stall; you never know what will speak to you. Your dog will love the attention from friendly faces, and the time spent outdoors with their favorite human.
HIKE IN HYALITE CANYON
Truly, what is better than soaking up the great outdoors? Winter is good for that as well, if you don’t mind the cold, but shorts, sunscreen, and a cap out in the sunny green trees is extremely hard to beat. Your dog is more than welcome to join in on the fun as well. I know from my experience up there that other people in and around the trails are happy to see friendly, furry faces.
TEACH THEM A NEW TRICK
This one is for those rainy days when you can’t bring yourself to go out. Instead, a fun afternoon for you and your dog may be to teach them something they don’t already know. Not only is this excellent mental stimulation for your pet, but it will also keep them occupied when they may otherwise be bored and shift their boredom towards destruction of your furniture. A few tricks I would recommend that not every dog has learned are: rolling over, playing dead, and holding things on the tip of their nose. Any of those are guaranteed fun for you and your dog!
SPEND AN AFTERNOON SWIMMING
Swimming may not be for every dog, as some are more water-averse than others. However, if your dog is anything like mine, it will love the opportunity to go swimming around one of our many local ponds and lakes. Bozeman Pond’s designated dog beach is a favorite of mine because it is right next to the Lewis and Bark Dog Park, which is a great spot to dry my dog out before the ride back to the apartment. Bring several towels, a tennis ball or other water-safe toy, and a chair for yourself to enjoy some sun while your dog has the time of its life.
ENJOY SOME ICE CREAM
Maybe after you and your dog are hot and tired from swimming, you could stop by Sweet Peaks and get some ice cream for both of you. Featuring dairy ice cream base with beef or chicken broth as well as a non-dairy alternative geared towards dogs, it is a very tasty treat for the occasional splurge on your dog.
SPEND A NIGHT OUT CAMPING
This is another one that Hyalite Canyon is a great resource for, but there are dozens of campsites in and around Gallatin County that would be great places to take your pooch on an overnight stay. Car camping is preferable here, due to bear safety. Being able to safely store dog and people food alike in a scent-catching vehicle is necessary in order to practice good outdoor safety. With that in mind, keep your dog on a leash and invest in a can of bear spray.
GO OUT FOR A BIKE RIDE
Biking around town with a dog attached may also constitute a new trick for many dogs (my own included), but it is a very productive way to burn off a dog’s energy. Do some research and some training with your dog to make sure it will be safe and well behaved when you are
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on a bicycle, and practice good biker’s etiquette and safety yourself. If you are willing to put the work in, it is truly a special experience to have your dog at your side while you both speed towards wherever your heart desires.
EXPERIENCE SOME EVENTS AROUND TOWN
The constant events around town are always a fun time to experience by yourself or with friends; why not bring your pets? Dog-friendly businesses around Bozeman host events that allow dogs. Checking your favorite nightlife spot for upcoming events is a must, but an example is Bunkhouse Brewery. They host a summer Makers Market (including one on the 10th of September) that would be a great social outlet for your dog. Dee-O-Gee is another good place to visit; it is a great pet food and supply store with caring staff who would love for you to drop by. Many of the breweries and restaurants around Bozeman with outdoor seating host events that you can bring your dog to. Giving your dog dinner over the course of an evening spent out is a terrific way to reward calm behavior and get your dog more comfortable around crowds and noise.
SHOW YOUR DOG OFF AROUND CAMPUS
While this list was not in any particular order, this suggestion does hold a dear place in my heart. Later into my freshman year at MSU, I was disoriented and altogether missing home. I was dearly missing my parents’ dogs, and what did I find at the MSU library that day? A couple of sweet golden retriever therapy dogs. Of course, pets are not permitted in the library itself, but wandering campus with your dog would help many stressed out students and give your dog the opportunity to make some new friends. I would recommend checking out the duck pond, if you can keep your dog out of the water and away from the ducks.
SOME TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR DOG AND YOUR NEIGHBORS HAPPY
Some of these may seem repetitious, but as someone trying to keep Bozeman a dog-friendly place, I have the moral obligation to mention some canine good citizen practices. First, KEEP YOUR DOG ON LEASH! It is inconsiderate to pedestrians, dangerous to vehicles, and risky with other dogs to leave your dog unleashed. You can never know how well other dogs will react to yours, or how pedestrians may feel about dogs. My dog is a sweetheart who I know is safe and friendly, but she has a lot of energy that is constantly on the verge of spilling out. Some people don’t have the time or desire to deal with that. As a courtesy towards others, pick up after your dog, keep them under control, and respect when people don’t want to be around your dog.
Additionally, for our dogs’ safety, and wellbeing as well, we need to be prepared when taking our dogs out into the world. It is hot in Bozeman right now, and dogs walk around on bare feet and wear fur coats. Bring a water bottle and a cup or bowl for your dog, two or three bottles in the event you know you are going to be out of doors for a long time. Keep them in the shade when possible, and if you are taking them to a spot where you know you are going to be at rest (say, a restaurant or park), bring them a toy they can have controlled, quiet fun with. This is tedious, and often requires a bag and extra space for your dog’s gear. But to help keep our dogs happy and healthy, it is worth all the effort.
I hope this list (and PSA of dog etiquette) has been helpful to get you thinking of creative ways to invite your dog into your life. Even if you already do half the items on this list, the other half is a wonderful way to keep things fresh for you and your dog. M
CREATING LIGHT AND JOY A Lantern Parade Journey
Danielle Thomsen
After the joyful response to our first lantern parade in February 2024, Random Acts of Silliness (RAS) decided we DEFINITELY wanted to make this an annual event, and we wanted to learn everything we could to make it as joyful, creative, and awe-inspiring as possible!
No one does giant-lantern puppets quite like Andrew Kim of the United Kingdom-based Thingumajig Theatre. So we asked if he’d come to Bozeman and teach our artists the fine art of hand-built giant puppet lanterns… and, much to our amazement, he said yes!
Last month, Andrew visited Bozeman to lead local artists in a 10day intensive workshop, building two giant puppet lanterns inspired by imaginary creature ideas from local kids.
At Random Acts of Silliness, we’re passionate about public, accessible, awe-inspiring art, something Andrew excels at, so I was excited to ask him some questions about the magical path he travels, and what he’s learned.
DANIELLE THOMSEN: How did you first get into giant puppets?
ANDREW KIM: I started as an actor and my first professional job just happened to be with a puppet company which needed to recast a role quickly for a tour. As it turns out, they (In the Heart of the Beast Theatre in Minneapolis) liked me and kept asking me back. Eventually, I realized the potential and power of this ancient art form, so I ended up working with them for about 10 years. This is where I learned the foundations of everything I do.
DT: What’s your favorite puppet you’ve ever made?
Andrew: One of my favorite puppets is a giant Musk Ox which had huge drums built into it: one person was riding the puppet playing the drums while a drum band marched in front of it, dressed in rags and [wearing]horns. It evoked a real visceral, earthy ceremony from a longforgotten but strangely familiar memory.
DT: What makes lantern parades special?
AK: Lantern parades are a joyous and magical way for artists and communities to come together and transform a public space and claim the beauty of the darkest part of the year. The dark is a blank slate and lanterns are charmed paintbrushes in the night. It’s an opportunity to bring a community together, outside, in a safe, non-transactional way and celebrate handmade creativity.
DT: What is your dream giant puppet build?
AK: Anything where I have all the time and budget I need to make it as detailed as I would like, and to build it with my wife and creative partner, Kathy.
DT: If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
AK: I am fascinated by traditional masquerades and carnivals. If I had the time and the money, I would form a folk tradition to carnival throughout the year, around the world.
DT: You’ve produced so much awe-inspiring art. What kind of art makes you say “Wow” these days?
AK: I love a beautiful sculpture which evokes a vulnerability. I love when I can see all the years of building one’s craft in the details of a piece. I love traditional rituals which seem vital and sometimes a bit dangerous.
DT: What do puppets and parades mean to you?
AK: Puppets and parades are old magical forms which create exceptional moments that push people out of their everyday lives and into something ridiculous and sacred.
DT: What’s the greatest challenge of creating art in public spaces? Greatest reward?
AK: It takes a lot of skill, energy, good will and creativity to successfully create impactful art in public spaces. By necessity, it disrupts the normal flow of society, so there are many forces which do not want you to succeed. The greatest reward is that you claim a space, a moment for that exceptional experience. And when you do it again, you create a new local holiday.
DT: What are your impressions of the Gallatin Valley?
AK: Being surrounded by mountains is a constant reminder of the presence of the natural world and forces larger than yourself.
We hope you’ll join us at the Gallatin Regional Park on February 22nd (6:15pm) to see the two giants that Andrew helped us build in action! Random Acts of Silliness is an arts organization inspiring laughter and play in the Gallatin Valley. We build community by sparking whimsy and creativity in the young–and young at heart–through original and engaging art installations, theater productions and random acts of silliness.
Visit Random Acts of Silliness at www.randomactsofsilliness.com for details on the lantern parade and how you can enjoy the show!
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Andrew Kim is one of the founders of Thingumajig Theatre. He has created and performed puppet and mask plays, parades, and events for over 30 years.
Danielle Thomsen is the Executive Enchantment Director of Random Acts of Silliness.
BOZEMAN’S COZY CORNERS
Sydney Jones
While Bozeman may be bustling with activity these days, it’s important to take a step back and enjoy those peaceful moments the Valley has to offer. Whether you’re in search of a restful day alone, or a comfortable outing with friends and family, the area is full of hidden gems and cozy corners where you can enjoy an intimate winter outing. Between the numerous coffee shops, bookstores, bars and restaurants, there are plenty of opportunities to find a homey vibe while out and about.
Always comfortable and inviting are the many bookstores in Bozeman. Luckily for locals, the few downtown bookstores remain front and center on Main Street, a staple in this city. Walking off the busy street and into Vargo’s Jazz City and Books feels as if you are entering a new place entirely. The warm, cozy vibe and soft music floating through the space encourages guests to slow down and take their time while choosing their next read. Another Main Street favorite, Country Bookshelf offers plenty of options to sit back and dive into your new book. One of my favorite places to browse, they provide a mystery section, where you never know what you’re going to get. With brown-bagged books and only a brief description written by staff, it’s a gamble what your next read will be, but the mystery adds to the excitement and cozy quality of this bookstore. Not far off Main St at 511 W. Mendenhall]you’ll find Isle of Books, one of Montana’s largest independent used bookstores, boasting over 75,000 books. Their Bozeman location offers a vast collection of fiction and nonfiction, including vintage and antiquarian titles, as well as children’s and young adult sections and several comfortable nooks to read them in.
Along your way from one bookstore to the
next are the many downtown coffee shops. Options such as Wild Joe’s Coffee Shop, Zocalo, or Rockford Coffee offer soft lighting and plenty of indoor seating—great places to do some work or tuck away into your recent read. Off Main are endless other coffee spots made for comfort. Treeline, The Daily, and Beacon Coffee are all favorites, with large windows to look out at the cold winter weather while enjoying a delicious coffee and getting lost in thought.
THE TUNE UP BAR photo Devon brosnan
For the best of both worlds, Barnes and Noble is the cozy place to be. While the mall itself always seems to be jam-packed with people, the recent construction has separated Barnes and Noble from the natural noise of a mall setting. Now, walking into this bookstore is a calm and quiet experience. This store, which sells much more than books, makes it hard to leave, not to mention the coffee shop inside. The smell of cappuccino and brand new books lures you in and entices you to stay. With a little bit of something for everyone, Barnes and Noble is cozy enough to bring out some comfort in anybody.
If you’re in for a snug experience that includes mixed drinks or beer, a few bars and restaurants in town have just what you’re looking for. Tucked into the back corner of the Tune Up Bar awaits an intimate setting where drinks can be had and games can be played with friends. Even with live music, this spot is inviting and intimate for those close-knit nights. Just an elevator ride up from Tune Up sits the Sky Shed; with fireplaces throughout the space, every spot offers an unmatched opportunity for comfort. On warmer days, Sky Shed even has outdoor deck bubbles for super-intimate vibes. Sipping a cocktail and watching the snow fall all around while cozied up is an experience like no other. On the other hand, Mountains Walking has an equally inviting atmosphere, with cozy booths for deep conversations, delicious drinks, and an enticing menu. If warm fireplace vibes are your thing, check out Sidewinders’ bar area, The Club, Brigade, or Map Brewing. Here, you can experience the soft crackling sounds of a warm fire while enjoying a cold drink.
For a spa day, luxury options like the Ceremony, Capelli’s, Canyon River Spa, and a new offering, Eternal Dream Day Spa, await. These spas transport guests to a mellow Bozeman unlike any other. A combination of luxury and comfort, these quiet settings are great for enjoying a relaxing day to yourself. If you’re looking for a facial, a massage, acupuncture, or even just purchasing your own spa day supplies to use at home, these options have it all. Stop in to one and spend a day forgetting about the outdoor weather, and focusing on your own relaxation and rejuvenation.
The Bozeman Public Library and Montana State University’s Renne Library also offer silent areas in which to cozy up and enjoy the winter weather. If noiseless is what you need, these are the best
places to be. Here, you can read new books without the price, or work on your most recent project in silence. The MSU Library offers floors with different noise levels, and the higher you go, the quieter it gets. The coffee shop on the main floor also provides snacks, and it’s easy to spend an entire day getting lost in your own world on campus.
Those in search of a day of warm indoor shopping can meander through the Marketplace. With a cat cafe, coffee, burgers, sushi, and more, guests can browse about or just sit in the center and enjoy the view as they sip on coffee from the cart. The Garden Barn offers indoor activity supplies, such as cross-stitching or gardening materials you can bring home and enjoy. Tanglewood and Merry Piglets await for an after-shopping drink or a meal.
In the midst of a long, harsh winter, many Montanans find themselves in search of a temporary escape. While the winter snow may be beautiful, the colder temperatures are not. Oftentimes, a day of cozy adventures can defrost us, even in the chilliest of weather. If you’re in need of a day of rest, check out any of these spots. There are options for everyone, depending on what a cozy day means to you. D
A native Montanan, Sydney enjoys exploring the outdoors with her dog, Mae. She is an aspiring writer with a love of art, animals, and adventure.
MANY KINDS OF
VALENTINES
The Collection of Myrtle Hollier Cheever
Rachel Phillips
“There are many kinds of valentines, Some made of lace and glue, ‘Comics’ and the stand-up kind, And then there’s post cards, too; But when I choose My Valentine, I’m going to choose just YOU.”
~ Message on a vintage valentine from the collection of Myrtle Hollier Cheever, Gallatin History Museum
Acollection of 110 antique valentines at the Gallatin History Museum symbolizes the love of one local family—for each other and for their community. Myrtle Hollier Cheever collected valentines throughout her life in Bozeman, which spanned almost the entire twentieth century. Myrtle was born July 11, 1899, the fifth of six children born to Lewis Samuel and Trena Baker Hollier. Myrtle joined a loving family in a loving home, comfortably and conveniently situated near the northeast corner of South Rouse Avenue and East Babcock Street.
A native of Illinois, Myrtle’s father, Lewis, arrived in Bozeman in 1881 and established a transfer company and fuel sale business.
He later spent twenty years as an agent with the Continental Oil Company in Bozeman. Lewis came west with his first wife, Marob Toothaker Hollier. The couple welcomed their daughter, Beatrix, in 1882. Happiness was not destined for Lewis’s young family, and he endured devastating tragedy. Marob passed away in 1888, followed by their nine-year-old daughter Beatrix in 1891.
Myrtle’s mother, Trena Baker, was born in Iowa in 1862, to George and Belinda Handley Baker. Trena came to Montana as a single woman at an exciting time in Bozeman’s history. Her 1949 Bozeman Courier obituary stated that “In 1883, she and her brother George came to Bozeman on the first Northern Pacific train to enter the city.” While it is difficult to verify this claim, it is true that the arrival of the first Northern Pacific Railroad passenger train in Bozeman was welcomed with much fanfare on March 21, 1883. As the Avant Courier described “...buildings the entire length of Main Street were handsomely decorated and festooned with flags and evergreens. The show windows of business houses were beautifully draped with the National colors. At an early hour, visitors from the valley began to arrive, and by noon the streets were filled with people.” If Trena did arrive in Bozeman on that day, she would have experienced a warm welcome.
Lewis Samuel Hollier and Trena Baker were married June 2, 1890, in Bozeman, and settled down in a modest one-story home on the north side of East Babcock Street between Rouse and Church Avenues. In the 1890s, Lewis Hollier’s business success allowed the couple to construct an impressive brick residence just to the west of their small home on East Babcock. Lewis and Trena’s six children—Georgia, Dorothy Alice, Samuel, Trena, Myrtle, and Stella—grew up in this new home on the northeast corner of East Babcock and South Rouse; it quickly became the center of the neighborhood.
The Hollier property occupied a quarter of the entire block (Rouse to Church and Main to Babcock) and was surrounded by an expansive yard with gardens and sweet pea flowers. It was bordered on the north by the alley and by Lewis Hollier’s coal storage and distribution office, complete with a large set of scales out front. The family home, by most accounts, was a beloved gathering place for neighbors, friends, and local club members. The Chronicle published a tribute to the landmark structure not long before its demolition in the mid-1950s. “The Holliers built it with polished wainscoting, hardwood floors, roomy closets and a large pantry... the
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full basement with its wood floors was one of the city’s original ‘rumpus rooms,’ and it was there that the Hollier children often entertained their friends. In the summer there was the shady yard with swings and hammocks and large flower beds. On rainy days there was the immense attic to go to.”
The Hollier family’s large home allowed them to take in roomers, which brought in some extra income. No doubt boarders living with the Hollier family found the experience stimulating. In turn, a variety of renters added
to the Hollier House’s welcoming and vibrant atmosphere. On the 1900 U.S. Census, one of the three single men rooming with the Hollier family was William Cobleigh, chemical engineering professor at the new Montana Agricultural College, today known as MSU. Cobleigh went on to serve a year as the college’s acting president from 1942 to 1943, and his name was given to Cobleigh Hall on campus when the building was completed in 1970.
After graduating from Gallatin County High School, Myrtle continued to live at
home, and worked as a music teacher. She attended Montana State College, where her future husband, Hurlbert Craig Cheever, was just beginning his teaching career. Born in Iowa, Hurlbert “Bert” Cheever relocated to Bozeman in the early 1920s and began a long and prominent tenure in the architecture department at Montana State College. In the 1922 Montanan college annual, Myrtle’s senior year, Cheever was listed as an instructor of architectural engineering. Myrtle received a degree in home economics from MSC, but it is obvious that music was a large part of her life. Her marriage announcement published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in 1924 asserted; “She is a musician of ability and prominent in musical circles of Bozeman and the county.” In 1939, she was given the title “Grand Organist” for lending her talents to Bozeman’s Lily of the Valley Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, a branch of the Masonic organization. Myrtle Hollier and Bert Cheever married on June 8, 1924. According to newspaper
reports, the couple spent the rest of the summer traveling and visiting Bert’s family in Iowa. After their return to Bozeman, they settled into their home on South Tracy Avenue. Bert Cheever became a giant in Montana State’s School of Architecture, serving as dean of the College of Arts and Architecture from 1945 until 1961. Under his leadership the school became an American Institute of Architects accredited program, and Cheever Hall on MSU’s campus is named in his honor. Myrtle became one of Bozeman’s beloved piano teachers and was a longtime member of the Bozeman Piano Teachers Association.
The Cheevers had two sons, Raymond and Donald. Raymond was born in Bozeman on Christmas Day, 1926, and graduated from Northwestern University, then served with the U.S. Navy in Chicago during World War II. After contracting polio in 1952, he founded the Accent on Living magazine and advocated for those living with disabilities. Donald, born in 1929, became a physician. Dr. Donald Cheever practiced for many years at Montana State University’s student health service, and served in multiple capacities overseas, working to provide medical care for those in need across the globe.
Like most people, Myrtle Hollier Cheever experienced her share of loss. Tragically, Myrtle’s older sister Dorothy Alice died from heart failure in 1908 at the tender age of fifteen. On October 10, 1927, her father, Lewis Samuel Hollier passed away at the family home at age 74. Myrtle’s mother Trena also passed away at the Hollier home twenty years later, on February 10, 1949.
Myrtle and Bert Cheever continued to live in their own house on South Tracy Avenue through their retirement years, where Myrtle gave piano lessons and displayed her collection of valentines each February. Hurlbert passed away in 1980 and Myrtle in 1992. Today, the Hurlbert C. and Myrtle H. Cheever Scholarship awarded through the MSU School of Architecture continues to honor their legacy. Though Myrtle’s childhood home and gardens are now gone, the family’s memory lives on in her fabulous collection of valentines and their messages of love. Q
“Pray think of me when flowers you view. Their beauties all expressed in you Pray think of me when you are sad: With you I could not but be glad.”
~ Message on a vintage valentine from the collection of Myrtle Hollier Cheever, Gallatin History Museum
Rachel Phillips is the Research Director at the Gallatin History Museum in Bozeman. Visit the Gallatin History Museum at 317 W Main Street in Bozeman, gallatinhistorymuseum. org, or on Facebook and Instagram.
SLIDE FOR-LIFE IN THE BEARTOOTHS
Iwasn’t rag-dolling anymore, but I was still sliding down the snowy slope at a high rate of speed. On my back. Headfirst. This was not how I had imagined this ski day would go. Nor would I have imagined how formative for my life path this experience would be.
Earlier that day, we had awoken in camp on a fine spring morning, driven into the Beartooths, and donned our ski gear. The five of us, four of them lifelong friends and practically born on skis, were eager to head down this committing line. I was the exception, of course, and felt like an outsider—suffering from imposter syndrome and wanting desperately to feel like I belonged. I had yet to learn that true belonging comes from the inside, not the outside.
My body trembled and a knot of dread filled my chest; in vain, I wished for an outhouse at the top as we geared up. I hadn’t skied much that year, had learned to ski as an adult, and the slope we were approaching was nearly vertical. “What am I doing here? Why am I doing this?” I quietly wondered.
Afterwards, I remember sitting squarely in victim mentality, wondering why my friends would let me do something like this at all (similar things had happened before). I wanted someone, anyone, to take responsibility for me and my decisions, so I didn’t have to. Since then, I’ve reclaimed my sense of autonomy and empowerment, vowing never to do this run again, or any run this steep. Not because I can’t—the skill is there, but my fear neutralizes the skill I possess, and then bad things happen. And it’s just
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not fun for me. It’s made me scrutinize the fine line between personal responsibility and what responsibility lies with the team have (hint: all of it, and very little, respectively… at least for non-guided adventures).
Back on the mountain, after successfully skiing the initial headwall, we made a traverse across the mountain and stood at the top of a narrow, very steep chute. I watched as they confidently dropped in, made barely any turns, and quickly disappeared. Knowing I was going to take much longer to ski the line and not wanting to hold anyone up behind me, I told the last person to go ahead; I would be fine. This was the second bad decision of the day.
I had gotten a few turns in, and then did my typical move when I’m feeling afraid: I “got in the backseat” on my skis. As my weight shifted backwards, the tails of my skis slipped out from under me in the corn snow as I leaned too far back, and that’s when I found myself tumbling head over heels, the perfect blue sky spinning in and out of my vision, contrasting with the white of the slope every 180 degrees.
Once the rag-dolling stopped a few seconds later and I was simply sliding (albeit headfirst on my back), I was glad to perceive that I was unharmed. When I glanced over my shoulder though, what I saw stopped time: I was sliding headfirst at a big fin of
rock on the sidewall of the chute.
Faster than I could think, my nervous system took over and engaged an emergency life-saving procedure. As though I’d been an acrobat all my life, I flipped my legs over my head and, because one of my skis was still on, was able to stomp the landing like a gold-medal gymnast, stopping a mere three feet from the rock. I could almost reach out and touch it from where I stood.
After staring in disbelief at the rock, then down the slope, I sat down abruptly in the snow, shock taking over. I was quaking like a leaf on an aspen as the full realization that I had almost died hit home like a sledge hammer. Even now as I type, a slight tremble
runs in my system as I imagine what would have happened if I’d hit that rock; that it likely would have been the end of life for me in my fragile meat-suit.
I gazed fearfully down the remainder of the run to where my friends were just arriving at the meeting spot about a half mile away— backs still to me, blissfully oblivious to my plight. I was alone, still shaking uncontrollably, and barely able to move out of fear, but alive.
I could see my friends starting to look for me, and someone pointed. It was rather comical, I thought, that all they knew was that I was sitting halfway down the chute in the snow, missing a ski, not moving, and talking to myself.
Because that’s what it took, you know, to get myself down. I was so shook up that I needed to talk myself through every precise movement calmly, and out loud. I was still in a very precarious position with the rapidly warming spring snow; another slide-for-life was a very real threat.
“Take one step down. You need a platform—stomp. Now, make a bigger platform, keep stomping. Steady... steady... put one hand down, take off your ski. Now we’ll climb up and retrieve your other ski. Step, kick. Another step, kick. Good job. Don’t grab your ski yet. Stomp out another platform,” and so on.
Skis finally on, I realized (oh, horror of horrors) that I was really going to have to ski the rest of the way down. I fought paralysis, my nervous system fully in freeze mode. Knowing this was the only way, I drew upon
rejoined my friends without further incident. They were understandably confused and still don’t fathom the gravity of what happened, I think, and how close to death I was, and therefore so shaken up.
my deepest reserves of courage and talked myself through the process of pointing my tips back downslope, coaching myself to LEAN FORWARD, and go. Once I was actually moving, muscle memory took over, the angle of the pitch quickly decreased, and I
Years later, taking a professional training to further my knowledge as an adventure trauma coach, I would learn that near-death experiences occur on a spectrum: anywhere from “seeing the light” at one extreme, to believing that death might be about to occur
at the relatively less extreme end (but still really f-ing scary).
I would also learn that trauma isn’t just something that war veterans, natural disaster survivors, or assault survivors experience— there are “Big T” Traumas, and also “little t” traumas that most people think shouldn’t be affecting them, but are.
I learned that for trauma and PTSD-like symptoms to occur, the formula = a perceived threat + strong fear + helplessness.
I’ve experienced this formula numerous times; not only in this slide-for-life, but also during other ski falls, horseback riding falls, and scary whitewater swims in high water on the Gallatin River’s Mad Mile and the Gardiner run on the Yellowstone River. I learned that trauma (or “stress injury,” as it is beginning to be known in the adventure community) is cumulative; the stress of trauma adds up in a person’s nervous system until it becomes overwhelmed and they begin to exhibit
symptoms. No wonder I now failed to find joy in skiing and boating, finding that high anxiety awaited me instead.
I learned that stress injury is an injury to the nervous system, and that since it is a physiological injury, talk therapy doesn’t typically heal it; it’s essential to see a practitioner who is trained to work with the nervous system if healing has been elusive.
I learned that because of how the nervous system is wired, humans feel threat if they are separated from their social group. Hello, FOMO! This explains why I put myself at such risk and overrode my body telling me “No.” I was in a double bind: I wanted to be with my friends, and I also didn’t want to ski this line. That time, for the last time, I chose the discomfort and risk of skiing in lieu of the discomfort of being left out.
Over the years, I’ve finally learned how to listen to the voice that says, “This isn’t for you...” because in not abandoning my friends
and their chosen plans, I was abandoning myself instead. It’s been a hard-earned and necessary lesson to learn.
Accepting and respecting my own limitations as an adventurer—whether physical or mental—has been and continues to be a bittersweet journey. Honoring who I am and what I need to feel good in my own skin, as well as how to communicate that to others, has been a challenging route to learn—especially learning how to say, “No.” Of course I want to be able to do everything! And, everything just isn’t for me. Y
Julia Yanker is a somatic life coach who specializes in working with adventure trauma and relationships. Trained as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, the knowledge of how our nervous systems guide us through life has saved her life on the mental, physical, and spiritual levels. You can connect or learn more about her work at www.juliayanker.com.
A Puck Above the Rest
Jessica Cairoli
Faces pressed as close to the thick plexiglass as dared, longing to be close to the action but safe from its intensity, fans alternate between joyful cheering and quiet focus as the game unfolds before them. As the Bozeman Icedogs hockey team furiously skate, swing, clash, and brawl on the ice, spectators are reminded of the qualities that have maintained the group’s significance for decades; passion and competitive drive. Beating frozen feet against the frigid concrete floor, Icedogs fans try to keep warm with delicious concessions, the companionship of the local hockey community, and, most of all, a love for the game.
One of Bozeman’s most beloved winter sporting staples since its establishment in 1996, the Bozeman Icedogs hockey team has endured as a fundamental element of community in our tight-knit town. Whether you’re a seasoned hockey fan or a casual viewer, the Icedogs have cultivated a captivating atmosphere of energetic competition perfect for anyone and everyone. In a place that prizes the vast array of winter activities available in our local winter wonderland, Icedogs hockey is an excellent addition to the winter fun both Bozeman natives and visitors enjoy. Having been amidst another thrilling season since September, the Icedogs’ final full month of scheduled games has of-
ficially begun. With five home games taking place at Haynes Pavilion, there are numerous opportunities to see these brilliant athletes in action before the season’s close. Recently, I had the privilege of speaking to Icedogs’ head coach Mike Perkins about the team’s community, goals, and history; a revealing discussion about how Bozeman has shaped the cherished team that has become a local legend. Perkins consistently expressed gratitude for the many individuals that contributed to the group’s success; most notably, the players themselves.
A fourth-season general manager as well as Icedogs’ head coach, Perkins has grown to know his players well over the course of their time together, and has established a sense of mutual respect between managerial staff and athletes. Singing praises of their drive and accomplishments, Perkins explained how none of the team’s athletic or community-based successes would be possible without the hard work of his players. Many Icedogs veterans have recently aged out of the program or were transferred, meaning that this season’s lineup is generally young. But these Icedogs are hardly underdogs; players make up for what they lack in age with intense motivation and impressive skill on the ice. With practices nearly every day and games often multiple times a week, this team has taken advantage of every opportunity to hone their abilities as much as possible, and their dedication shows. Over the course of the 2024-2025 season, many have remarked upon the growing sense of teamwork and cohesion evident in the team’s performance, a clear product of their priority to make the most of their time both in front of loyal fans and behind closed arena doors.
When asked which players spectators should especially be watching in the games to come, Perkins remarked on the difficulty of such a question in a sea of devoted excellence. After some deliberation, he recommends keeping an eye out for forwards Andrew Kaunas (#29) and Spencer Wilkinson (#22), and defensemen Wes Weisenburger (#6) and forward Lex Steckelberg (#22), both Montana natives. Make sure not to miss these four in action (along with the support of the full team) while you still can.
As all their hard work culminates toward the end of the season, the Icedogs are on track to make the playoffs at the time of this writing. Ambitious as always, Perkins tells me that the team’s ultimate season goal is to win the Frontier Division, one of the five divisions in the NA3HL league. As the eight Frontier Division teams battle for the top spots, the Icedogs are feeling increasingly prepared for the postseason competition.
After the Frontier Division comes the Fraser Cup, in which the winning team from each division comes together to see who’s really the top dog. Although the Icedogs have yet to make it to the Fraser Cup, the team likes to push themselves to the limits by chasing the possibility of this ultimate win. Naturally, the first step is the playoffs.
Currently sitting around the middle ranking in the Frontier Division, the Icedogs are expected to be a part of this year’s division playoffs. Having made playoffs in the 2023-2024 season and lost in the Division Semifinal round, the team is confident they can recreate their same successes, hopefully advancing them further. Whatever happens, the Icedogs are sure to provide a thrilling, nail-biting watching experience as the league pressure ramps up.
With opportunities to see the team in action dwindling, this last full month of scheduled games is a definite must-see. When asked which games will be particularly exciting watches, Perkins suggested that fans make time to see the Icedogs compete against other Montana teams. The atmosphere at a game between two local teams is always electric, and fans from both sides are especially invested. Kicking off the month on February 1st, the Icedogs face off against the Butte Irish in Haynes Pavilion. The following day, the Icedogs also host the Great Falls Americans, making for an action-packed weekend. The Icedogs play the Great Falls team one more time at home on February 15th, so you have plenty of chances to see the two teams battle it out. To finish the February calendar, Haynes Pavilion will host the Helena Bighorns on the 21st, and the Yellowstone Quakes on the 28th. A month packed with excitement—be sure to make it to at least one game while you can.
To wrap up our interview, Mike Perkins wanted to emphasize the role that administration has in the success of the Bozeman Icedogs. He extended a special thanks to assistant coach Jeff Burton, Gallatin Ice hockey director and management overseer Dave Weaver, game day operations official Lydia Klemenac, social media manager Dawn Perkins, the instrumental members of game day staff, and, of course, the generous housing families that have taken in Icedogs players. All of Bozeman is incredibly grateful for the immense amount of work and dedication that goes into maintaining the hockey team we all know and love, and will continue to cherish for seasons to come. R
Jessica Cairoli is a Gallatin Valley native who loves all things Bozeman, and writing. She started her freshman year at Montana State University this past fall.
Top10
MONTANA BOOKS
Steve McGann
There is a family joke that, to get me to pay attention to something, it is necessary to put it in a list of the best, the top ten, or the classic of whatever is being considered. This is probably true, though I will not click on a catalog of household chores. But lists of hikes, historical sites and, especially, of books, will draw my attention every time. There is the satisfaction of having read some of them, and the intrigue of new possibilities. This led me to compile a list of my all-time favorite books. Looking it over, I noticed that some of my selections had Montana connections. This led me to make another list—ten books that define Montana for me.
The books on this list came to me without much thought as I jotted them down. I made a couple of adjustments, then studied them. It turns out that all of my selections are set either completely or significantly in Montana. Also, all of the authors were either Montana natives or had spent a lot of time in the state. Neither of these aspects were my criteria, but it turned out nicely.
I know. I left out Richard Hugo, Tom McGuane, William Hjorsrtberg, Bill Kittredge, James Lee Burke, James Crumley and Annick Smith, along with Jamie Harrison, Granville Stuart, Ivan Doig, and many others. Apologies; Montana has a rich literary tradition. I have read most of those mentioned above but decided to choose the ten books that provided the most pleasure for me, in addition to having had the most effect upon me. Lists are made to be discussed and modified. Everyone’s will be different. Here is mine.
THE BIG SKY
A B GUTHRIE
This book is the keystone of Montana literature, and Bud Guthrie is our Jack London or Zane Grey. Happily, it is the first volume in a trilogy about frontier Montana. It is a novel of the fur trade that holds such sentiment in our history. It is also the origin of our state nickname. His second in the series, The Way West, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Guthrie grew up near Choteau, and writes lovingly and vividly of the area. As with many of the writers on this list, the land of Montana is not just a setting; it is the biggest character in his work.
UNDAUNTED COURAGE
STEPHEN AMBROSE
A midwestern academic historian, Ambrose was given a copy of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery in the 1970s. He referred to the Journals as “America’s Iliad.” He began bringing his family to Montana each summer to canoe and camp in the places explored by the expedition. This popular, humanized history concentrates on the original concept that Thomas Jefferson had with regard to the West, and on the character of Meriwether Lewis in leading the expedition, which fulfilled that vision. This book prepared the country and Montana for the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004-2006.
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
NORMAN MACLEAN
Another academic, MacLean was a Montana native who migrated east for a career at the University of Chicago. He did not publish any of his own work until he was over 70. The River running through this work is the Big Blackfoot, now immortalized along with other Montana trout streams by this book and the movie version, which was filmed in our state. His story is written as a novel, but is essentially an autobiographical account of his own family.
LEGENDS OF THE FALL
JIM HARRISON
A Michigan native, Harrison spent a lot of time in Montana, eventually settling south of Livingston. His novella is a classic story of generational ranch life. While Norman MacLean’s story of a Montana family is based on his own, Harrison creates a family that feels completely real in their Montana experience. Their story is presented as an end-of-thefrontier saga. Unlike A River Runs Through It, the movie version of Legends was filmed elsewhere, but is presented as an authentic Montana experience. It has become a part of our state’s lore.
THE BLOODY BOZEMAN
DOROTHY JOHNSON
Johnson’s career encompassed newspaper reporting, working in publishing in New York, and teaching writing as a faculty member at the University of Montana. She wrote dozens of books of Western fiction and historical non-fiction including stories made into Hollywood productions, such as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, among others. Dorothy Johnson’s book The Bloody Bozeman is an account of the Bozeman Trail, a route that was particularly significant during the westward expansion of the United States in the mid-19th century. The trail, which ran through what is now Wyoming and Montana to the Gallatin Valley, was a critical pathway for settlers seeking to reach the gold fields and fertile lands of Montana. However, it became infamous for its peril and bloodshed, hence the title. Until relatively late in her
career, she was known as D M Johnson, a way to disguise her gender to prospective readers of Western literature. She is truly a treasure of Montana letters.
FIFTY-SIX COUNTIES
RUSSELL ROWLAND
Rowland is a native Montanan who left the state and returned after a career elsewhere. I grabbed his book expecting a road trip across the state; it is more of a social and cultural commentary, addressing boom and bust, poverty, suicide, and despair on the Reservations. Some of it is hard to read, yet his portraits of Montanans working to better our state and help each other is inspiring. It is a necessary and unflinching look at our state in the 21st Century. Rowland has also written a trilogy of novels about ranching in Eastern Montana.
HIGH, WIDE, AND HANDSOME
JOSEPH KINSEY HOWARD
This work, as much a crusade as a history, was the first book written to summarize the Montana story. Howard, a newspaperman in Great Falls, related the saga of Montana’s boom and bust economy, and of the dominant corporations that shaped the state. He saw the small towns of Montana as cradles of democracy, and praised their citizens in this and other works. The success of this book enabled Howard to concentrate his writing on Montana historical, cultural and economic issues rather than on newspaper work. For his efforts he was labeled “Montana’s Conscience.”
MONTANA, AN UNCOMMON LAND
K ROSS TOOLE
Partially inspired by the work of Howard, Toole, a descendant of a pioneer Montana governor and himself a professor of history in Missoula, wrote this academic history of our state in 1959. A fiery advocate for ordinary Montanans, and against corporate and political corruption, he served as director of the historical society in Helena before becoming a very popular teacher at the University of Montana. Though written as an academic history, this book reads as a popular account. He followed this work with Twentieth Century Montana, A State of Extremes, which chronicled the continued dominance and exploitation of Montana resources and the effect on Montana politics.
FOOLS CROW
JAMES WELCH
James Welch, a Native American writer, was born in Browning, Montana. He sets this award- winning novel along the Two Medicine River on what is now the Blackfoot reservation. He studied with Richard Hugo at the University of Montana and began his career as a poet. This background is readily apparent in his descriptions of the land. His book relates the story of his native ances-
tors struggling to maintain their traditional lifestyle in the face of change brought by the encroachment of white Americans upon their land. This story has become a familiar one, but Welch tells it with a compelling plot and sympathetic, believable characters.
80 YEARS IN MONTANA
LORI MICKEN
This little gem of a book is an autobiography of a woman navigating her life in Montana in the mid-twentieth century, when it was a man’s world. Micken grew up in Cut Bank, became a schoolteacher, built her own wilderness cabin and later ran a ranch. All through her journey she battled gender prejudice in a carefree and determined way. The good news is that she has written another book titled; 90 Years in Montana.
Some honorable mentions include Dayton Duncan’s Out West, and Bernard DeVoto’s Across the Wide Missouri—good Montana books, though neither author ever resided here. Chris Warren has written a fascinating book about Ernest Hemingway’s time in Cooke City in the 1930s. Doris Whithorn wrote photo histories about the Paradise Valley. Also, I’d like to mention a few Bozeman
writers, including Alan Kesselheim, describing his epic canoe trips; David Quammen, a nationally known science writer; Ron Brunkhorst, author of rock and ice climbing guidebooks, and Kathy Tyers, known for her work in the science fiction genre. Please compile your own lists to complement or argue with mine. But mostly, just read the books.
The best of these books—all of them, in some sense—provide a kind of Montana Mythology.
I grew up in Illinois. We had pride in our local teams and towns, but no one ever called themselves an Illinoisan. But “The Big Sky, An Uncommon Land, made High, Wide and Handsome by the River Running Through It” creates a narrative in which all of us are proud to call ourselves Montanans. M
Steve McGann has lived in Bozeman since the 1970s. Now retired, he is trying to finally use his history degrees. Or he is in the hills.
MONDAY, FEB. 3
NOON NOTES CHAMBER MUSIC noon-1pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Concert series performed for and by members of our community. In partnership with Montana Chamber Music.
BOARD GAME NIGHT 6-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org A chance to test your strategy and teamwork skills with board games and other adults. Join us at the library for some table top fun.
DOCUMENTARY FILM NIGHT - TOTAL TRUST (2023) 6-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Once a month the library will host a documentary movie night.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
TUESDAY, FEB. 4
YOGA 12:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Join certified yoga instructor Sara Clary for a gentle 45-minute flow.
NONFICTION WRITING GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Hobby writers are welcome to share your work with other writers, critique content, and develop your ability.
TUESDAY TRIVIA 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Trivia Tuesdays with Sadie!
OPEN MIC TUESDAYS 6-11pm • The Covellite Theatre and Uptown Lounge • FREE • All Ages • 4063331658 • covellitepresents. org �������������� Nights: Open Mic Night in Uptown Butte!
POKER TOURNAMENT 7-11pm • The Golden Zebra • $40 • 18+ • 4062192436 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. $200 Added. Great way to learn the game! Registration Open at 6 30 - late register by ~7: 30. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
GNL TRIVIA 8pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com Accessible and amazing trivia for everyone, always an awesome time. Prizes for winners.
BONE DRY COMEDY HOUR OPEN MIC 8-10pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Jump in or just enjoy the laughs!
BINGO 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Patrons can gather their friends or fellow bingo addicts together and share in a night of fun.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8:30pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Grab some friends and get there early to grab a table the first round starts at 6 30!
TUESDAY INDUSTRY NIGHT 9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky • no cover • 21+ • thebigskywaypoint.com Join us every Tuesday 9pm-late for beer pong, drink discounts, beer dice, and $3 pizza slices!
BOZEMAN’S BEST KARAOKE 9pm • Bar IX, 311 E Main St, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 551-2185 • www.bar-ix.com Get out and sing the night away.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5
GET UP & MOVE: ZUMBA/DANCE 10:15-11:30am • Belgrade School District’s Heck Gym • FREE • 2-6 • 4063884346 • www. belgrademt.gov/253/Kids Each will include exercise like Zumba Kids, Jr. or ballet/dance taught by a trained ballet dancer!
QIGONG 1-2pm • Pilgrim United Church of Christ • Suggested Donation: $5-$10 • All Ages • 406 580-0187 Join Barb and the Qigong community for some gentle stretching, mindful breathing and a series of flowing movements to increase strength, flexibility, balance and calm.
FIBER ARTS 4-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary. org Bring any type of easily mobile fiber based craft for a social meet up with other fiber artists in the Bozeman community.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH DUSTIN TUCKER 5-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come have a beer and enjoy some tunes!
KATABATIC TRIVIA 6-7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing. blogspot.com The winners of this establishment’s weekly trivia competition are given a prize fit for their accomplishments: they get to drink for free!
GNL TRIVIA WEDNESDAY 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Come Check Out the Most Accessible, Varied, and Fun Trivia Nights Designed for Anyone who Loves to Play Games. Free-to-Play & Prizes for the Winners.
BINGO 7-9pm • American Legion Bar, 225 E. Main St., Bozeman • 18+ • (406) 586-8400 • www.facebook.com 100% of the proceeds go to assisting our Veterans, their families, our youth programs, and the community.
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
LIVE MUSIC AT PONDEROSA SOCIAL CLUB 7pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Free live music every Wednesday starting at 7pm.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com Regular party animals and intellectuals alike may enjoy Rockin R Trivia.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Gather your friends for a night of trivia fun each Wednesday.
LADIES NIGHT 8pm • Club Zebra, 321 E Main St, Bozeman • $10 for guys • 21+ The wonderful Ladies of Bozeman can enjoy 2 free drinks, $3 drinks till 10 pm, and that booty shakin’ music provided by DJ Chedda.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Come jam with us!
THURSDAY, FEB. 6
INTRO TO 3D PRINTING 10:15-11:45am • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Teens, Adults • (406) 5822400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn the basics of 3D printing and how to use the 3D printer in the Work Bench.
KIDS YOGA AND MINDFULNESS 4:15-5:15pm • Active Family Chiropractic • $15 drop in or $75 for all 6 classes • 5-11 • 7249860326 • forms.gle A weekly class to offer yoga, meditation, and mindfulness for children to help nourish their nervous systems.
MOKA BOUTIQUE LADIES NIGHT 5-7pm • Moka Boutique • FREE • All Ages • 4065820079 • mokamontana.com Snack & Shop. Loyalty Member 15% Discount
SIP AND SHOP 5-8pm • Dry Hills Distillery, 106 Village Center Lane, Four Corners • www.dryhillsdistillery.com A variety of popup shops from local artists and vendors + delicious cocktails! A portion of sales go to Cottonwood Day School.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY 101 6-7pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4062045860 • wildmontana.org Join us for an in-person training in Bozeman to learn how to be a strong grassroots advocate for public lands during Montana’s 2025 legislative session.
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE NIGHT 6-7:30pm • Montana State University Strand Union Building (SUB) Ballrooms • Free and open to the public • All Ages • 406-994-6005 • ato. montana.edu Montana State University will host Science Night, a family-friendly educational event. This free, public event will feature hands-on educational activities in STEM for all ages.
FLY-TYING NIGHT 6-9pm • Bozeman Fly Supply, 2621 W College, Bozeman • FREE Bring your vise, tools, materials, and beverages to tie some flies. This is not a class but an invitation for all to get out of the house, get behind the vise, and have fun with fellow tiers.
THREE FORKS MUSIC NIGHT WITH MARCEDES CARROLL 6pm • Bridger Brewing Pub + Grill, 10751 Hwy 287, Three Forks • no cover • 406-200-9354 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come have a beer and enjoy some tunes!
BUNKHOUSE BREWERY TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • The Bunkhouse Brewery, 7715 Shedhorn Dr., Four Corners • FREE • All Ages • 4065772130 Gather your friends and put your knowledge to the test every Thursday night from 6: 30 to 8: 30 PM at Bunkhouse Brewery in Four Corners!
KGLT DJ NIGHT 7-9pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Don’t miss out on the chance to immerse yourself in the vibe that is the Hop Lounge and join the Guest DJ for KGLT Alternative Public Radio DJ Night.
THURSDAY NIGHT OUT! 7-9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15, $10 for MSU Students • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Improv Thursday Nights are back and it’s the perfect time to check our hilarious improv shows! A showcase of some of our awesome teams paired with our signature shows.
BOZEMAN DOC SERIES PRESENTS: YALLA PARKOUR 7-9pm • The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, 111 South Grand Ave, Bozeman • $12 single ticket, $10 student ticket • 5056595484 • www.bozemandocseries.org When filmmaker Areeb Zuaiter lost her Palestinian mother, she lost her connection to Gaza. With all the memories from her childhood destroyed, she sets out on a quest to connect with a young man she sees in a video doing parkour among ruins in Gaza.
BINGO NIGHT 7-10pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $20 • 18+ • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com It’s a game that we all know and love, so why not bring everyone down for dinner and drinks!
BRENDAN NOLAN 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the local acoustic rock artist Brendan Nolan.
THE GREY DOG BAR KARAOKE 7pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar. com Karaoke at the Grey Dog Bar
SWEENEY TODD 7pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $28 - $68 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd as Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning thriller makes its professional Bozeman debut.
DAMN TALL BUILDINGS 8pm • Live From the Divide, 627 East Peach Street, Bozeman • $30 Advance • livefromthedivide.com The trio has a knack for making any room feel a little more like home.
FRIDAY, FEB. 7
VIRTUAL FOSSIL FRIDAYS 9-9:30am • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Love fossils? Join Ashley Hall on Zoom most Fridays to explore fascinating specimens, meet paleontologists, and uncover the story of life on Earth. Bring your questions!
CUSTOM BOOT BUILDING 10am-5pm • Schnee’s Boots & Shoes, 35 E. Main St., Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 406-920-3413 • schnees.com/events/ Join us for an exclusive in-store event featuring a special visit from our Italian bootmaker! Experience personalized assistance to find the perfect fit, and customize your boots in your ideal size and color.
BIG SKY SKIJORING 10am-5pm • Big Sky Town Center, Ousel Falls Road , Big Sky • Weekend pass $45, 12 and under FREE Three days of spectatorship of athletes shredding the gnar, Best In The West Showdown, Montana girl Tayler Stobaugh riding to legit stomp the competition.
HAPPY HOUR OPEN MIC 5-6:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Join us for Happy Hour Open Mic! With $4 Beer, Wine, Wells and sets, this is the perfect end of the week activity. Grab your office mates and come try your hand at some comedy. Sign-ups start at 5.
BRENDAN NOLAN 5-8pm • Sacajawea Bar, 5 N Main St, Three Forks • no cover • 21+ • (406) 285-6515 • www.sacajaweahotel. com Local live music while you dine.
LITTLE RED TRUCK VINTAGE MARKET 5-8pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • VIP/Early Bird Friday Night PLUS Saturday $10, Saturday $5 • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin. mt.gov Cottage Collected and Artisan Goods in Buildings 1, 2 and 3!
ART FOR CANCER SUPPORT FUNDRAISER 5:30-7:30pm • Moreno Fine Art Gallery, 2245 West Koch Street, Suite D, Bozeman An unforgettable evening of creativity, community, and compassion at our Art Fundraiser with Moreno Fine Art Gallery! Explore stunning works by local and global artists while supporting a great cause.
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS 6pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • $44+ • All Ages • (406) 994-CATS • www.brickbreeden.com You love the dunks, alley-oops, looooong shots, magic, history and laughs!
SUE: THE T. REX EXPERIENCE! MEMBER-ONLY SPECIAL EXHIBITION OPENING 6pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • For MOR Members • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org MOR members are invited to a T. rex experience unlike ever before! Join us for the Member Exhibition Opening of SUE The T. rex Experience.
GLOBAL GAUNTLET 6pm • Emerson’s Crawford Theatre, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman • $125 Individual Ticket / $750 Table • (406) 587-9797 • www.theemerson.org Please join the Montana World Affairs Council as we host our third annual Global Gauntlet in Bozeman. A gala evening of excellent wine, delicious food and exciting international trivia.
CELTIC MUSIC 6:30-8:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover Each Friday night Valhalla celebrate Celtic culture with music.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP WITH MANDAL 7-8:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 online, $30 at the door • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com MANDAL is a comedian from Atlanta, Ga. He has made appearances on popular podcast Stavvy’s World and The Danny Brown Show. He was apart of Netflix is A Joke’s ‘Introducing’ showcase and was voted Vulture’s 2024 Comics to Watch!
SPEED DATING - 35 - 55 EDITION 7-9:30pm • Gallatin River Lodge, 9105 Thorpe Rd, Bozeman • $40 • 35 - 55 • 4065816022 • www.mixminglesingles.com/store Join Mix & Mingle for Speed Dating: 35-55 Edition at Gallatin River Lodge. Speed Dating is perfect for busy unattached folks who want to go on multiple “mini-dates” in one night. $5 drink specials and happy hour menu is available all night.
THE DEAD & DOWN 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $20 ADV, $30 DOS • All Ages • (406) 222-3628 • www.pinecreeklodgemontana.com The Dead & Down are an exploratory roots rock band inspired as much by the vast landscapes of their Montana home as they are the myriad musical influences that weave through their sound.
ZOSO 7-11pm • The ELM • $30 - $60 (Adv.) $33 (DOS) • All Ages • 4068304640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Zoso for a live in concert performance.
SWEENEY TODD 7pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $28 - $68 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd as Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning thriller makes its professional Bozeman debut.
THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • $44+ • (406) 994-CATS • www. brickbreeden.com The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 7:30pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
ERIC HOLDER BAND 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt. com Up and coming country rock star Eric Holder brings his band to get your face smiling and your feet moving, this Friday! Eric is as charming as his hair is long and we welcome him and his full band to our stage.
FRIDAY NIGHT STAND-UP WITH MANDAL 9-10:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $24 online, $30 at the door • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com MANDAL is a comedian from Atlanta, Ga. He has made appearances on popular podcast Stavvy’s World and The Danny Brown Show. He was apart of Netflix is A Joke’s ‘Introducing’ showcase and was voted Vulture’s 2024 Comics to Watch!
PONDEROSA BAR TRIVIA 9pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt. com Bar trivia with a 1st place cash prize and a 2nd place prize of a Ponderosa gift card!
BLACKWATER 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Straight out of Powell Wyoming, these guys know how to start the party.
BIG OL’ 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Music for movement.
710 ASHBURY 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Grateful Dead cover band from Helena, MT.
VENUS EN VOGUE 9pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com Just a buncha nobodies in the best band you’ve probably never heard of.
SATURDAY, FEB. 8
SUE: THE T. REX EXPERIENCE OPENING DAY 10am-1pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • Included with membership/admission • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Celebrate the opening of SUE The T. Rex Experience! Dress as your favorite dinosaur and explore the museum through crafts and activities that uncover the mysteries of this iconic fossil.
LITTLE RED TRUCK VINTAGE MARKET 10am-4pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • VIP/Early Bird Friday Night PLUS Saturday $10, Saturday $5 • (406) 582-3270 • www. gallatin.mt.gov Cottage Collected and Artisan Goods in Buildings 1, 2 and 3!
THE WEDDING OPEN HOUSE 10am-5pm • Livingston Depot Center, 200 W. Park St., LIvingston • FREE The historic Livingston Depot Center opens its doors to potential couples, families, and planners interested in hosting their special event at the Depot.
BIG SKY SKIJORING 10am-5pm • Big Sky Town Center, Ousel Falls Road , Big Sky • Weekend pass $45, 12 and under FREE Three days of spectatorship of athletes shredding the gnar, Best In The West Showdown, Montana girl Tayler Stobaugh riding to legit stomp the competition.
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
FAMILY MAKER LAB - ORIGAMI HEARTS 2-3:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • elementary students • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Fold a Valentine for someone special.
CROCHET AND KNITTING WORKSHOP 2-4pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn how to knit and crochet or bring tricky and troublesome projects to get help from accomplished artists. Registration preferred.
SWEET TOOTH BALL 6:30-10:30pm • Rialto Theatre, 10 West Main St, Bozeman • $30 • 4065870681 • my.onecause.com Join us at Bridgercare’s Annual Sweet Tooth Ball, step into a world of elegance and fun at the Rialto for an unforgettable evening filled with sweet treats, live entertainment, and community spirit!
ABBY WEBSTER 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $25 ADV, $35 DOS • All Ages • (406) 222-3628 • www. pinecreeklodgemontana.com Abby Webster is a singer-songwriter and musician based in Livingston. Her songs blend alt-country, folk and bedroom pop elements, showcasing lyrics that are as whimsical as they are visceral.
SWEENEY TODD 7pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $28 - $68 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd as Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning thriller makes its professional Bozeman debut.
SONG & DANCES OF LOVE & THE EPIC JOURNEY OF FREDERICK DAVIS - FROM THE STREETS TO THE STAGE 7:30-9pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • $29, $39, $49, $64, $79 • 12 - adult • 4062220430 • yellowstoneballet.info Experience different shades of love through song, dance & the story of a homelessness boy who defied the odds to becom a Harlem Ballet principal dancer. Includes excerpts from Le Corsaire, The Lark Ascending, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet & love songs.
NOTORIOUS BOZ WITH NAOMI SHAFER 7:30-9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Notorious BOZ is a long-form improv show that celebrates the city of Bozeman, its
history and its incredible citizens. This week features Naomi Shafer, a fool, storyteller, and producer well known and well loved in the Bozeman clowning scene!
BATSU! 7:30pm • Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, 45465 Gallatin Road, Big Sky • $27-57 • 406-995-6345 • www.warrenmillerpac.org Interactive Improv Comedy with a Japanese Twist.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 7:30pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
BRANDON HALE & THE DIRTY SHAME 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com We love this band and we know you do too, come on down for nightly specials and the home of the coldest beer on Earth!
WESTERN ROOTS COUNTRY DANCING 8pm • Bourbon, 515 W Aspen St, Bozeman • no cover • bourbonmt.com Learn to line dance with Western Roots Dancing at 8pm then dance and party the night away!
SKELECORE @ LABOR TEMPLE W/ PETROBIKE, & STEVEN STEPHEN 8pm • Labor Temple, 422 E Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $5 • All Ages • 4068393908 • www.instagram.com Come on down and rock your socks with this fun lineup! Only $5!
LATIN NIGHT WITH DJ BIG LOU 8pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar. com Dance to latin music.
BLACKWATER 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Straight out of Powell Wyoming, these guys know how to start the party.
KATE VOSS & THE HOT SAUCE 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Vintage jazz.
710 ASHBURY 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Grateful Dead cover band from Helena, MT.
WHIZ BANG! INTOXICATING COMEDY 9:30-10:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Whiz BANG! is an explosion of intoxicating comedy! Exciting, high-energy, shortform improv that is so funny it’s criminal. An hour long show with lots of audience interaction, it’s the perfect show to bring some pals or a date.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 10pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • $5 • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Cosmic/disco bowling! Late Night Happy Hour drinks, throwback music videos, disco music!
SUNDAY, FEB. 9
BIG SKY SKIJORING 10am-5pm • Big Sky Town Center, Ousel Falls Road , Big Sky • Weekend pass $45, 12 and under FREE Three days of spectatorship of athletes shredding the gnar, Best In The West Showdown, Montana girl Tayler Stobaugh riding to legit stomp the competition.
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY MONTANA AND LIGHTWELL 10am • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • $35 • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com Get ready for a day of fun, food, and fundraising as we come together to support individuals and families impacted by cancer in Montana.
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1: 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
SUNDAY DANCE 1-5pm • American Legion Manhattan, 218 E Main St, Manhattan • $10 per person • 21+ • 406-284-6138 Come this Sunday and help us welcome back the band “Montana Gazette,” sure to raise your awareness of how tiring a fantastic western band can be...come join your dance friends and see if you can keep up...as always, you won’t regret the exercise.
WINTER FUN DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE ALLIANCE ADVEN-
TURES 2-4pm • Yellowstone Alliance Adventures • General Admission: $15 • All Ages • 406-763-4727 • www.yaacamp.org/events Winter Fun Days are fun for the whole family! Get your tickets before they’re all gone!
CRAFTERNOON 2-4pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • elementary students • (406) 582-2400 • bozemanlibrary.org Create something fun develop new skills.
CELTIC MUSIC 3-5pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover • all ages Enjoy Celtic music at the Meadery each Sunday afternoon.
SWEENEY TODD 3pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $28 - $68 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd as Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning thriller makes its professional Bozeman debut.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 3pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
MONDAY, FEB. 10
INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE WITH KAREEN ERBE 3-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org Are you curious about permaculture and want to understand it better? Kareen Erbe from Broken Ground will demystify it, discuss its ethics and principles, and share examples of how it can be applied to your yard, garden and community. Learn how to design an edible, highly productive, resilient, regenerative landscape!
BOARD GAME NIGHT 6-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org A chance to test your strategy and teamwork skills with board games and other adults. Join us at the library for some table top fun.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
TUESDAY, FEB. 11
“EXPLORE YELLOWSTONE” EXHIBIT CLOSED FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE 9am-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org Kids area at MOR closed.
YOGA 12:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Join certified yoga instructor Sara Clary for a gentle 45-minute flow.
GRIEF / LOSS / BEREAVEMENT GROUP 4:15-5:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • 4065822413 • www.bozemanlibrary.org For those who have experienced grief or loss in any form.
NONFICTION WRITING GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Hobby writers are welcome to share your work with other writers, critique content, and develop your ability.
TUESDAY TRIVIA 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Trivia Tuesdays with Sadie!
BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL 6-8pm • Shane Center • $15, $25 with a Wild Montana membership • All Ages • 4062045860 • wildmontana.org Wild Montana invites you to an inspiring evening celebrating the beauty and importance of Montana’s wild places with a film showing and door prizes. For more info on the film, visit https: //winterwildlands.org/backcountry-film-festival/.
OPEN MIC TUESDAYS 6-11pm • The Covellite Theatre and Uptown Lounge • FREE • All Ages • 4063331658 • covellitepresents. org Nights Open Mic Night in Uptown Butte!
POKER TOURNAMENT 7-11pm • The Golden Zebra • $40 • 18+ • 4062192436 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. $200 Added. Great way to learn the game! Registration Open at 6 30 - late register by ~7 30. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
LECTURE: BROCK LAMERES 7pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 994-2251 • www. museumoftherockies.org Brock LaMeres; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The series, which is free and open to the public, recognizes outstanding MSU faculty for their creative scholarship and leadership. Presenters will speak on inspirations for their work in talks suitable for professionals and the public.
KISHI BASHI FILM SCREENING 7:30pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu The latest full-length from Kishi Bashi, Kantos is a work of exquisite duality: a party album about the possible end of humanity as we know it, at turns deeply unsettling and sublimely joyful.
GNL TRIVIA 8pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com Accessible and amazing trivia for everyone, always an awesome time. Prizes for winners.
BONE DRY COMEDY HOUR OPEN MIC 8-10pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Jump in or just enjoy the laughs!
BINGO 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Patrons can gather their friends or fellow bingo addicts together and share in a night of fun.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8:30pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Grab some friends and get there early to grab a table the first round starts at 6 30!
TUESDAY INDUSTRY NIGHT 9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky • no cover • 21+ • thebigskywaypoint.com Join us every Tuesday 9pm-late for beer pong, drink discounts, beer dice, and $3 pizza slices!
BOZEMAN’S BEST KARAOKE 9pm • Bar IX, 311 E Main St, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 551-2185 • www.bar-ix.com Get out and sing the night away.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12
“EXPLORE YELLOWSTONE” EXHIBIT CLOSED FOR ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE 9am-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org Kids area at MOR closed.
GET UP & MOVE: YOGA 10:15-10:45am • Belgrade School District’s Heck Gym • FREE • 2-6 • 4063884346 • www.belgrademt. gov/253/Kids Join us for kids’ yoga and activities every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month!
QIGONG 1-2pm • Pilgrim United Church of Christ • Suggested Donation: $5-$10 • All Ages • 406 580-0187 Join Barb and the Qigong community for some gentle stretching, mindful breathing and a series of flowing movements to increase strength, flexibility, balance and calm.
FIBER ARTS 4-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary. org Bring any type of easily mobile fiber based craft for a social meet up with other fiber artists in the Bozeman community.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH JODI AND THE WOODFLOWERS 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come have a beer and enjoy some tunes!
KATABATIC TRIVIA 6-7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing. blogspot.com The winners of this establishment’s weekly trivia competition are given a prize fit for their accomplishments they get to drink for free!
GNL TRIVIA WEDNESDAY 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Come Check Out the Most Accessible, Varied, and Fun Trivia Nights Designed for Anyone who Loves to Play Games. Free-to-Play & Prizes for the Winners.
BINGO 7-9pm • American Legion Bar, 225 E. Main St., Bozeman • 18+ • (406) 586-8400 • www.facebook.com 100% of the proceeds go to assisting our Veterans, their families, our youth programs, and the community.
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
LIVE MUSIC AT PONDEROSA SOCIAL CLUB 7pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Free live music every Wednesday starting at 7pm.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com Regular party animals and intellectuals alike may enjoy Rockin R Trivia.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Gather your friends for a night of trivia fun each Wednesday.
LADIES NIGHT 8pm • Club Zebra, 321 E Main St, Bozeman • $10 for guys • 21+ The wonderful Ladies of Bozeman can enjoy 2 free drinks, $3 drinks till 10 pm, and that booty shakin’ music provided by DJ Chedda.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 •.themurraybar.com Come jam!
LARRY & JOE 8pm • Live From the Divide, 627 East Peach Street, Bozeman • $30 Advance • livefromthedivide.com As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van.
RANCHO DELUXE Feb 14 - Murray Bar
THURSDAY, FEB. 13
“EXPLORE YELLOWSTONE” EXHIBIT CLOSED FOR ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE 9am-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org Kids area at MOR closed.
INTRO TO LASER CUTTING 10:15-11:45am • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Teens, Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Learn what laser cutting is and how you can use the laser cutter in the Work Bench.
KIDS YOGA AND MINDFULNESS 4:15-5:15pm • Active Family Chiropractic • $15 drop in or $75 for all 6 classes • 5-11 • 7249860326 • forms.gle A weekly class to offer yoga, meditation, and mindfulness for children to help nourish their nervous systems.
MOKA BOUTIQUE LADIES NIGHT 5-7pm • Moka Boutique • FREE • All Ages • 4065820079 • mokamontana.com Snack & Shop. Loyalty Member 15% Discount
LECTURE: LAND OF BEGINNINGS WITH DOUGLAS MCDONALD 5:30pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • Included with membership, $5/non-member • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Explore key archaeological sites and methods to uncover the origins and migration of Montana’s first inhabitants. Elise R. Donohue Lectures on the American West in Memory of Walter Rosenberry Presents | Land of Beginnings with Douglas McDonald.
CALLAN WINK IN CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN KLEIN 68pm • Country Bookshelf, 28 W. Main Street, Bozeman • (406)5870166 • www.countrybookshelf.com Callan Wink and Jonathan Klein will speak about Beartooth. Two brothers in dire straits, living on the edge of Yellowstone, agree to a desperate act of survival in this taut, propulsive novel. The pair will take audience questions following their program.
FLY-TYING NIGHT 6-9pm • Bozeman Fly Supply, 2621 W College, Bozeman • FREE Bring your vise, tools, materials, and beverages to tie some flies. This is not a class but an invitation for all to get out of the house, get behind the vise, have fun with fellow tiers.
PAINT & SIP - LOVE BIRDS (VALENTINE’S DAY PAINTING/FUNDRAISER) 6:30-8:30pm • Bar 3 Bar-B-Q, 119 E Main Street, Belgrade • $60 • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com Paint your own Love Birds to celebrate Valentine’s Day! A portion of your ticket purchase will also be donated to Love INC in the Gallatin Valley. Just grab a ticket online to save your seat!
BUNKHOUSE BREWERY TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • The Bunkhouse Brewery, 7715 Shedhorn Dr., Four Corners • FREE • All Ages • 4065772130 Gather your friends and put your knowledge to the test every Thursday night from 6: 30 to 8: 30 PM at Bunkhouse Brewery in Four Corners!
KGLT DJ NIGHT 7-9pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Don’t miss out on the chance to immerse yourself in the vibe that is the Hop Lounge and join the Guest DJ for KGLT Alternative Public Radio DJ Night.
COSMIC TUBING 7-9pm • Yellowstone Alliance Adventures • General Admission: $25; 4-12 year olds: $20; Kids under 3 years are free • All Ages • 406-763-4727 • www.yaacamp.org/events Cosmic Tubing is fun for the whole family. It’s a thrill to go down the hill under the lights! Get your tickets before they’re all gone!
THURSDAY NIGHT OUT! 7-9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15, $10 for MSU Students • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Improv Thursday Nights are back and it’s the perfect time to check our hilarious improv shows! A showcase of some of our awesome teams paired with our signature shows.
BINGO NIGHT 7-10pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $20 • 18+ • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com It’s a game that we all know and love, so why not bring everyone down for dinner and drinks!
BLKWRM 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the local looping rock artist BLKWRM.
THE GREY DOG BAR KARAOKE 7pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar. com Karaoke at the Grey Dog Bar
MSU MENS BBALL VS WEBER STATE 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www.brickbreeden.com Go Cats! ESPN+ and on the court in Bozeman .
THE MINUTES 7:30-9pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
FRIDAY, FEB. 14
VIRTUAL FOSSIL FRIDAYS 9-9:30am • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Love fossils? Join Ashley Hall on Zoom most Fridays to explore fascinating specimens, meet paleontologists, and uncover the story of life on Earth. Bring your questions!
WINTER CRAZY DAYS 10am-6pm • Downtown Bozeman, Bozeman Starting Friday at 10 AM (earlier at select locations; times and days vary per business), over 100 downtown merchants offer unbelievable end-of-winter sales! Don’t miss this great chance to save on those items you have wanted all winter long!
POUR & ROAR: RAPTORS & ROMANCE 6-9pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • $65/member, $75/ non-member • 21+ • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Join us for Museum of the Rockies’ annual and unique Valentine’s event and explore the world of dinosaur reproduction! Enjoy appetizers, wine, and an expert-led talk on ancient love, then test your skills in a quirky scavenger hunt!
CELTIC MUSIC 6:30-8:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover Each Friday night Valhalla celebrate Celtic culture with music.
VALENTINE’S DAY SIP & PAINT 6:30-8:30pm • The Bunkhouse Brewery, 7715 Shedhorn Dr., Four Corners • $47 • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com Paint your own beautiful maple tree at Bunkhouse Brewery on Valentine’s Day! I’ll bring everything you need to make a masterpiece.
DEAD SKY 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $30 ADV, $40 DOS • All Ages • (406) 222-3628 • www. pinecreeklodgemontana.com Since January 2019, Bozemanbased band Dead Sky has made it their mission to spread the good vibe and camaraderie of the Grateful Dead to old and new Deadheads alike.
KISHI BASHI & THE BOZEMAN SYMPHONY 7:30-9pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • $30 on up • Adults • 4065859774 • www.bozemansymphony.org Internationally celebrated singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kishi Bashi returns to Bozeman February 14-16 to captivate audiences at a Bozeman Symphony concert.
THE MINUTES 7:30-9pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 7:30pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation
of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
JODY & THE WOODFLOWERS 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com We welcome back Jody and The Woodflowers this special Valentines Day Friday performance! Bring your date for our special coursed dinner and burn off the calories directly afterwards for this night of Country/Grass!
PONDEROSA BAR TRIVIA 9pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt. com Bar trivia with a 1st place cash prize and a 2nd place prize of a Ponderosa gift card!
THE DIRTY SHAME 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Outlaw country is back and it’s The Dirty Shame!
RANCHO DELUXE 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Porch picking country music.
SATURDAY, FEB. 15
WINTER CRAZY DAYS 10am-6pm • Downtown Bozeman, Bozeman Starting Friday at 10 AM (earlier at select locations; times and days vary per business), over 100 downtown merchants offer unbelievable end-of-winter sales! Don’t miss this great chance to save on those items you have wanted all winter long!
CLASSIC LITERATURE BOOK CLUB 10:15am-noon • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 5822400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Read classics from all over the world with this friendly group.
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
PRESIDENTS POLAR PLUNGE FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA 1pm • Glen Rotary Park • Plunge Fundraising Minimum $125 Adult, $50 Youth, Cool Schools Participants • All Ages • 406-425-1477 • p2p.onecause.com The Presidents Polar Plunge for Special Olympics is back. Join the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, Bozeman, Belgrade and Manhattan Police Departments in support of the Law Enforcement Torch Run’s premier fundraising Polar Plunge event.
FAMILY MAKER LAB - RICE KRISPIE TREATS 2-3:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Make this classic treat with your own twist.
COLE DECKER 5-8pm • Sacajawea Bar, 5 N Main St, Three Forks • no cover • 21+ • (406) 285-6515 • www.sacajaweahotel.com Local live music while you dine.
MSU MENS BBALL VS IDAHO STATE 6pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www.brickbreeden.com Go Cats! ESPN+ and on the court in Bozeman .
BALLROOM DANCE BOZEMAN’S LOVELIGHT BALL 7-10pm • Bozeman Senior Center, 807 N. Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $30 per person, included in Season Pass • www.ballroomdancebozeman. org Enjoy an elegant night of dancing at BDB’s Lovelight Ball! No partner needed. You don’t have to be an expert dancer to attend. Formal Attire, plus clean (not outside) dance shoes. LIVE MUSIC by the Charlie Hinz Sextet featuring Charmin Michelle.
KATIE HALL 7-10pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt.com We have the one and only Katie Hall for her amazing songwriting and prolific cover set! She making her name in Montana’s music
scene and we are thrilled to host her for a lovely night of dinner and music!
DEAD SKY 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $30 ADV, $40 DOS • All Ages • (406) 222-3628 • www. pinecreeklodgemontana.com Since January 2019, Bozemanbased band Dead Sky has made it their mission to spread the good vibe and camaraderie of the Grateful Dead to old and new Deadheads alike.
2ND ANNUAL ANTI VALENTINES MIX GENRE PARTY 7pm • The Filling Station, 2005 N. Rouse Ave, Bozeman • $10 pre sals / $15 at the door • 21+ • (406) 587-0585 • wyrdmontana.com Let your feelings out and come jam out with us. Live performances by sorryimolive, Mario Miner jr, The Love Darts, Eil Singleton, Dusty Dilsnick, Weltenzerstörer & more to be announced.
KISHI BASHI & THE BOZEMAN SYMPHONY 7:30-9pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • $30 on up • Adults • 4065859774 • www.bozemansymphony.org Internationally celebrated singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kishi Bashi returns to Bozeman February 14-16 to captivate audiences at a Bozeman Symphony concert.
NOTORIOUS BOZ WITH PADDY MURPHY 7:30-9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Notorious BOZ is a long-form improv show that celebrates the city of Bozeman, its history and its incredible citizens. This week we’re getting to know Padden Murphy! He started in Great Falls but don’t hold that against him, come laugh instead!
THE MINUTES 7:30-9pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 7:30pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
WESTERN ROOTS COUNTRY DANCING 8pm • Bourbon, 515 W Aspen St, Bozeman • no cover • bourbonmt.com Learn to line dance with Western Roots Dancing at 8pm then dance and party the night away!
THE DIRTY SHAME 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Outlaw country is back and it’s The Dirty Shame!
MERIDIAN 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Indie rock.
WHIZ BANG! INTOXICATING COMEDY 9:30-10:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Whiz BANG! is an explosion of intoxicating comedy! Exciting, high-energy, shortform improv that is so funny it’s criminal. An hour long show with lots of audience interaction, it’s the perfect show to bring some pals or a date.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 10pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • $5 • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Cosmic/disco bowling! Late Night Happy Hour drinks, throwback music videos, disco music!
SUNDAY, FEB. 16
WINTER CRAZY DAYS 10am-6pm • Downtown Bozeman, Bozeman Starting Friday at 10 AM (earlier at select locations; times and days vary per business), over 100 downtown merchants offer unbelievable end-of-winter sales! Don’t miss this great chance to save on those items you have wanted all winter long!
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
SUNDAY DANCE 1-5pm • American Legion Manhattan, 218 E Main St, Manhattan • $10 per person • 21+ • 406-284-6138 Prepare yourselves again for the truly wonderful dance band of “Benson’s Landing,” spirited performers fulfilling your highest western musical expectations, testing your ‘floor’ endurance and wishing it would never end...your dance friends await you.
KISHI BASHI & THE BOZEMAN SYMPHONY 2:30-4pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • $30 on up • Adults • 4065859774 • www.bozemansymphony.org Internationally celebrated singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kishi Bashi returns to Bozeman February 14-16 to captivate audiences at a Bozeman Symphony concert.
CELTIC MUSIC 3-5pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover • all ages Enjoy Celtic music at the Meadery each Sunday afternoon.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 3pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
OWEN CLEARY JAZZ TRIO 4-7pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt. com We are thrilled to host a very special evening of Jazz with Owen Cleary and his Jazz Trio! We love to get cultured from time to time and we know you love to dance to a 7/6 beat.
THE MINUTES 5-6:30pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
PAINT & SIP - SUNFLOWER BOUQUET 5-7pm • Audreys Pizza Oven & Freefall Brewery, 806 N. 7th Ave, Bozeman • $47 • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com Paint along at Audrey’s Pizza! I’ll bring everything you need to paint your own beautiful Sunflower Bouquet - I just need you!
DESPERATE ELECTRIC 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Butte-based electro-rock duo “Desperate Electric”.
MONDAY,
FEB. 17
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT ‘25 7:30pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $44.50 • (406) 585-5885 • www.theellentheatre.com International Guitar Night is an annual event that never disappoints.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
TUESDAY, FEB. 18
YOGA 12:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Join certified yoga instructor Sara Clary for a gentle 45-minute flow.
NONFICTION WRITING GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Hobby writers are welcome to share your work with other writers, critique content, and develop your ability.
KID GLOVES AND BRASS KNUCKLES: THE LIFE OF NANCY COOPER RUSSELL 6-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • bozemanlibrary.libnet.info Nancy Cooper Russell was a woman ahead of her time. A self-taught business-woman with the ability to take charge, Nancy helped Charles M. Russell become the highest paid living artist of his time.
TUESDAY TRIVIA 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Trivia Tuesdays with Sadie!
OPEN MIC TUESDAYS 6-11pm • The Covellite Theatre and Uptown Lounge • FREE • All Ages • 4063331658 • covellitepresents. org Nights Open Mic Night in Uptown Butte!
FILM: THE BRUTALIST 6:30-10pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9.75-$11.75 (plus fees) • Rated R • 4065855885 • www.bozemanfilmsociety.org Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” emerges as a monumental achievement in filmmaking, promising audiences an architectural epic that transcends conventional period drama. Stars Adrien Brody, & Felicity Huffman. Rated R. 3h 35m with 15-min. intermission.
POKER TOURNAMENT 7-11pm • The Golden Zebra • $40 • 18+ • 4062192436 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. $200 Added. Great way to learn the game! Registration Open at 6 30 - late register by ~7: 30. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
BLIND PILOT 7-11pm • The ELM • $30 (Adv.) $35 (DOS) • All Ages • 4068304640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Blind Pilot for a live in concert performance.
GNL TRIVIA 8pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com Accessible and amazing trivia for everyone, always an awesome time. Prizes for winners.
BONE DRY COMEDY HOUR OPEN MIC 8-10pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Jump in or just enjoy the laughs!
BINGO 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Patrons can gather their friends or fellow bingo addicts together and share in a night of fun.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8:30pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Grab some friends and get there early to grab a table the first round starts at 6 30!
TUESDAY INDUSTRY NIGHT 9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky • no cover • 21+ • thebigskywaypoint.com Join us every Tuesday 9pm-late for beer pong, drink discounts, beer dice, and $3 pizza slices!
BOZEMAN’S BEST KARAOKE 9pm • Bar IX, 311 E Main St, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 551-2185 • www.bar-ix.com Get out and sing the night away.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19
GET UP & MOVE: ZUMBA/DANCE 10:15-11:30am • Belgrade School District’s Heck Gym • FREE • 2-6 • 4063884346 • www. belgrademt.gov/253/Kids Each will include exercise like Zumba Kids, Jr. or ballet/dance taught by a trained ballet dancer!
QIGONG 1-2pm • Pilgrim United Church of Christ • Suggested Donation: $5-$10 • All Ages • 406 580-0187 Join Barb and the Qigong community for some gentle stretching, mindful breathing and a series of flowing movements to increase strength, flexibility, balance and calm.
FIBER ARTS 4-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary. org Bring any type of easily mobile fiber based craft for a social meet up with other fiber artists in the Bozeman community.
ZOOT ART GALLERY OPENING - EMMA BERMAN & JACK SCHNEPF 5-7pm • Zoot Enterprises • FREE • All Ages • zootsolutions.com The Zoot Art Gallery in Bozeman is pleased to announce its first exhibit of 2025, “Human Nature” presented by Bozeman artist duo Jack Schnepf and Emma Bergman.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH ZACH LANDIN 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come have a beer and enjoy some tunes!
KATABATIC TRIVIA 6-7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing. blogspot.com The winners of this establishment’s weekly trivia competition are given a prize.... they get to drink for free!
GNL TRIVIA WEDNESDAY 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Come Check Out the Most Accessible, Varied, and Fun Trivia Nights Designed for Anyone who Loves to Play Games. Free-to-Play & Prizes for the Winners.
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
BINGO 7-9pm • American Legion Bar, 225 E. Main St., Bozeman • 18+ • (406) 586-8400 • www.facebook.com 100% of the proceeds go to assisting our Veterans, their families, our youth programs, and the community.
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
LIVE MUSIC AT PONDEROSA SOCIAL CLUB 7pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Free live music every Wednesday starting at 7pm.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com Regular party animals and intellectuals alike may enjoy Rockin R Trivia.
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT SOLD OUT 7:30pm • Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, 45465 Gallatin Road, Big Sky • Join the waitlist • 406-995-6345 • www.warrenmillerpac.org World’s Best Guitar Musicians
TRIVIA NIGHT 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Gather your friends for a night of trivia fun each Wednesday.
LADIES NIGHT 8pm • Club Zebra, 321 E Main St, Bozeman • $10 for guys • 21+ The wonderful Ladies of Bozeman can enjoy 2 free drinks, $3 drinks till 10 pm, and that booty shakin’ music provided by DJ Chedda.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Come jam with us!
YELLOWSTONE WOMEN’S MUSIC COLLECTIVE SONGWRITER SHOWCASE 8pm • Live From the Divide, 627 East Peach Street, Bozeman • $30 Advance • livefromthedivide.com The Yellowstone Women’s Music Collective is a group founded in 2023, centered around the goal of connecting, supporting, and inspiring women in music through collaboration, education, and visibility in the community.
THURSDAY, FEB. 20
KIDS YOGA AND MINDFULNESS 4:15-5:15pm • Active Family Chiropractic • $15 drop in or $75 for all 6 classes • 5-11 • 7249860326 • forms.gle A weekly class to offer yoga, meditation, and mindfulness for children to help nourish their nervous systems.
MOKA BOUTIQUE LADIES NIGHT 5-7pm • Moka Boutique • FREE • All Ages • 4065820079 • mokamontana.com Snack & Shop. Loyalty Member 15% Discount
WINTER ARTIST RECEPTION: JAVIER MORENO 5:30-7pm • Bank of Bozeman, Bank of Bozeman 875 Harmon Stream Blvd, Bozeman• FREE • All Ages • Join us for our Winter Artist Reception for a chance to meet and greet with Javier Moreno and view his work in the bank.
FLY-TYING NIGHT 6-9pm • Bozeman Fly Supply, 2621 W College, Bozeman • FREE Bring your vise, tools, materials, and beverages to tie some flies. This is not a class but an invitation for all to get out of the house, get behind the vise, and have fun with fellow tiers.
THREE FORKS MUSIC NIGHT WITH JAKOB ALEXANDER 6pm • Bridger Brewing Pub + Grill, 10751 Hwy 287, Three Forks • no cover • 406-200-9354 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come have a beer and enjoy some tunes!
GATHER & GROW: STORIES OF THE LAND WITH JACOB ZIMMERER 6:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Community Food Co-op, West Main • FREE • All Ages • 4065871919 • www.bozo.coop Explore how food and storytelling deepen connections to the land, community, and the place we all call home with this talk from local expert Jacob Zimmerer.
BUNKHOUSE BREWERY TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • The Bunkhouse Brewery, 7715 Shedhorn Dr., Four Corners • FREE • All Ages • 4065772130 Gather your friends and put your knowledge to the test every Thursday night from 6 30 to 8 30 PM at Bunkhouse Brewery in Four Corners!
KGLT DJ NIGHT 7-9pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Don’t miss out on the chance to immerse yourself in the vibe that is the Hop Lounge and join the Guest DJ for KGLT Alternative Public Radio DJ Night.
COSMIC TUBING 7-9pm • Yellowstone Alliance Adventures • General Admission: $25; 4-12 year olds: $20; Kids under 3 years are free • All Ages • 406-763-4727 • www.yaacamp.org/events Cosmic Tubing is fun for the whole family. It’s a thrill to go down the hill under the lights! Get your tickets before they’re all gone!
THURSDAY NIGHT OUT! 7-9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15, $10 for MSU Students • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Improv Thursday Nights are back and it’s the perfect time to check our hilarious improv shows! A showcase of some of our awesome teams paired with our signature shows.
BINGO NIGHT 7-10pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $20 • 18+ • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com It’s a game that we all know and love, so why not bring everyone down for dinner and drinks!
JACK OOSTER 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the local acoustic rock artist Jack Ooster.
THE GREY DOG BAR KARAOKE 7pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar. com Karaoke at the Grey Dog Bar
THE TAKES 7:30-10pm • Armory Music Hall, 24 W Mendenhall St, Bozeman • $15 • www.armorymusichall.com At the intersection of rock riffs and folk songwriting, you find The Takes, a hot new indie rock band with a great name and even better sound!
FRIDAY, FEB. 21
VIRTUAL FOSSIL FRIDAYS 9-9:30am • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Love fossils? Join Ashley Hall on Zoom most Fridays to explore fascinating specimens, meet paleontologists, and uncover the story of life on Earth. Bring your questions!
HAPPY HOUR OPEN MIC 5-6:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Join us for Happy Hour Open Mic! With $4 Beer, Wine, Wells and sets, this is the perfect end of the week activity. Grab your office mates and come try your hand at some comedy. Sign-ups start at 5.
PETER KING 5-8pm • Sacajawea Bar, 5 N Main St, Three Forks • no cover • 21+ • (406) 285-6515 • www.sacajaweahotel.com Local live music while you dine.
PAINT & SIP - SHADOWS OF THE FOREST 5:30-7:30pm • Bridger Brewing Three Forks • $47 • 2182341437 Paint along at Bridger Brewing in Three Forks! I’ll bring everything you need to paint your own forest scene - including an elk stencil.
KID’S NIGHT OUT 6-8:30pm • Pinspiration Bozeman • $45 • Ages 5-12 • 406-219-3786 • bozeman.pinspiration.com/calendar/ Need to run errands, have a date night out or just have some time for yourself? Drop the kids and their friends off at Pinspiration Bozeman for crafts, games, and pizza!
CELTIC MUSIC 6:30-8:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover Each Friday night Valhalla celebrate Celtic culture with music.
BBBS BIG EVENT MASQUERADE & GALA 6:30pm • AC Benchmark, 110 N Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $150 • www.marriott.com This year’s masquerade and gala features live and silent auctions, dinner, drinks, and a few other surprises. Dress in your favorite black or white semi-formal attire, don’t forget your mask, and show your support for youth in our community!
CHICAGO THE PLAY 7-8:30pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • FREE • Mature Material • 4066023131 • www.vergetheater.com/chicago Verge Theater invites you to a one-weekend-only staged reading of Chicago by Maureen Watkins, the original gritty, sharp-witted play that inspired the legendary musical.
SALIVA 7-11pm • The ELM • $30 (Adv.) $35 (DOS) • All Ages • 4068304640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome Saliva for a live in concert performance.
THE MINUTES 7:30-9pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 7:30pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
PIANOFORTE CONCERT 7:30pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu The Concert is Free and Open to the Public, but will be accepting donations to support our piano scholarships! Suggested donations of $25.
SHAKEDOWN COUNTY 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt. com Shakedown County has been shaking Gallatin County down for 6 years as one of the premier Southern Honky-Tonk Rock and Roll bands that you MUST WITNESS.
BOTTLECAP 9pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com A shuffly, shambly, inventive folk-jazz outfit.
PONDEROSA BAR TRIVIA 9pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt. com Bar trivia with a 1st place cash prize and a 2nd place prize of a Ponderosa gift card!
JACKSON HOLTE & THE HIGHWAY PATROL 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Country, folk rock.
SMOKE 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Live music in the saloon.
SATURDAY, FEB. 22
WINTER MAKERS MARKET 9am-4pm • Livingston Depot Center, 200 W. Park St., LIvingston • $1 adults, kids 12 & under free The Winter Makers Market showcases local and regional artists, artisans, and makers inside the Depot atrium for one day during the brisk months of winter.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOME & GARDEN SHOW 10am-5pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov Meet vendors from around the Rocky Mountains.
ADVENTURES THROUGH MELODY 10:30-11:30am • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4065859774 • www.bozemansymphony.org The Bozeman Symphony’s free Family Concert, designed for children ages 5-12, returns with Adventures through Melody conducted by Music Director Norman Huynh.
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1: 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
ADVENTURES THROUGH MELODY 1-2pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4065859774 • www.bozemansymphony.org The Bozeman Symphony’s free Family Concert, designed for children ages 5-12, returns with Adventures through Melody conducted by Music Director Norman Huynh.
ARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY AUCTION FOR THE ARTS 5-10pm • Montage Big Sky, 995 Settlement Trail, Big Sky • $225 • www. montagehotels.com/bigsky/ The Arts Council of Big Sky’s annual Auction for the arts featuring 10 quick-finish artists, live auction, silent auction, music, fine food and beverage, and great company all in support of art education and programs in Big Sky.
CHICAGO THE PLAY 7-8:30pm • Verge Theater, 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 107, Bozeman • FREE • Mature Material • 4066023131 • www.vergetheater.com/chicago Verge Theater invites you to a one-weekend-only staged reading of Chicago by Maureen Watkins, the original gritty, sharp-witted play that inspired the legendary musical.
THE FOSSILS 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $15 ADV, $25 DOS • All Ages • (406) 222-3628 • www. pinecreeklodgemontana.com The members of The Fossils have all know each other for years and have all been connected for
their love of music. The band consists of Scott Boehler on the Harmonica and Vocals, Rich Ruggles on Keyboard and Vocals, Jerry Mullen on Guitar and Don Scott on Drums.
SKIITOUR 7-11pm • Rialto • $27 (Adv.) $32 (DOS) • All Ages • 4068304640 • logjampresents.com Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome SkiiTour for a live in concert performance.
CAT / GRIZ BASKETBALL 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www.brickbreeden. com Go Cats! ESPN+ and on the court in Bozeman .
THE MINUTES 7:30-9pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 7:30pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
WESTERN ROOTS COUNTRY DANCING 8pm • Bourbon, 515 W Aspen St, Bozeman • no cover • bourbonmt.com Learn to line dance with Western Roots Dancing at 8pm then dance and party the night away!
LADIES NIGHT WITH DJ QUEEN-E 8pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar.com Ladies Night with DJ Queen-E
BROTHER HUSBAND 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar. com Funk, rock.
SMOKE 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Live music in the saloon.
WHIZ BANG! INTOXICATING COMEDY 9:30-10:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15 • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Whiz BANG! is an explosion of intoxicating comedy! Exciting, high-energy, shortform improv that is so funny it’s criminal. An hour long show with lots of audience interaction, it’s the perfect show to bring some pals or a date.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 10pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • $5 • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Cosmic/disco bowling! Late Night Happy Hour drinks, throwback music videos, disco music!
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
SUNDAY, FEB. 23
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOME & GARDEN SHOW 10am-4pm • Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov Meet vendors from around the Rocky Mountains.
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1: 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
SUNDAY DANCE 1-4pm • American Legion Manhattan, 218 E Main St, Manhattan • $10 per person • 21+ • 406-284-6138 Today’s steppin’-out band is the exceptional “Lula’s Roadie,” a duo back by popular demand, playing a wide range of popular western and contemporary music sure to keep you dancing and toe-tappin’...your friends will all be expecting to see you.
FIBER ARTS 2-4pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary. org Bring any type of easily mobile fiber based craft for a social meet up with other fiber artists in the Bozeman community.
CELTIC MUSIC 3-5pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover • all ages Enjoy Celtic music at the Meadery each Sunday afternoon.
BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE: TRUE WEST 3pm • MSU Black Box Theater, corner of 11th and Grant, Bozeman • Adults: $30, Students: $20 • (406) 994-2484 • calendar.msu.montana.edu Set against the dreams of a changing modern-day American West, Shepard wrote a savage and darkly humorous version of the Cain and Abel story while satirizing modern America’s exploitation of the romanticized cowboys-and-Indians West of American mythology.
PAINT & SIP - MOONLIT LONE PEAK 4-6pm • Bar 3 Bar-B-Q, 119 E Main Street, Belgrade • $47 • 8+ • 2182341437 • aintabetterwaytopaint.com Paint your own Moonlit Lone Peak at Bar 3 Bar-B-Q in Belgrade! I’ll bring everything you need to paint your own mountain scene - I just need you!
THE MINUTES 5-6:30pm • Bozeman Event Space, 14 S Tracy Ave, Bozeman • $28 • 14+ • 4065800374 • www.eventbrite.com Set in a small town city council meeting, “The Minutes” is part comedy, part mystery, part drama, and playwright Letts tackles the central Native American theme as a critique of the historical whitewashing of indigenous populations in the United States.
RONNIE & THE REDWOODS 7-9pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Wyoming-based outlaw country group “Ronnie & the Redwoods”.
MULTIMEDIA SERIES - A MUSIC TECHNOLOGY CONCERT 7:30pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu Free & Open to the Public!
MONDAY, FEB. 24
PLANETARIUM CLOSED FOR UPGRADES 9am-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 9942251 • www.museumoftherockies.org The museum is open, but planetarium is closed for upgrades.
BUFFALO RESTORATION: HEALING FOR THE FUTURE 3-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org Bison/buffalo restoration for Tribal communities is keystone/cultural species revitalization. They heal the land simultaneously with the people. Bison are ecologically extinct. However, the paradigm is shifting to the realization of their importance as ecosystem engineers.
BOARD GAME NIGHT 6-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org A chance to test your strategy and teamwork skills with board games and other adults. Join us at the library for some table top fun.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
TUESDAY, FEB. 25
PLANETARIUM CLOSED FOR UPGRADES 9am-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 9942251 • www.museumoftherockies.org The museum is open, but planetarium is closed for upgrades.
YOGA 12:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Join certified yoga instructor Sara Clary for a gentle 45-minute flow.
NONFICTION WRITING GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Hobby writers are welcome to share your work with other writers, critique content, develop ability.
TUESDAY TRIVIA 6-8pm • 406 Brewing, 308 East Main St Suite 406, Manhattan • FREE • All Ages • www.406brewingcompany. com Trivia Tuesdays with Sadie!
OPEN MIC TUESDAYS 6-11pm • The Covellite Theatre and Uptown Lounge • FREE • All Ages • 4063331658 • covellitepresents. org �������������� Nights: Open Mic Night in Uptown Butte!
POKER TOURNAMENT 7-11pm • The Golden Zebra • $40 • 18+ • 4062192436 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. $200 Added. Great way to learn the game! Registration Open at 6 30 - late register by ~7 30. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
UNIVERSITY BAND - CONCERT 7:30pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • TICKETS: $15 General, $5 MSU Student, PreK-12 FREE • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu Open to the Public!
RONNIE AND THE REDWOODS Feb 23 - Bozeman Hot Springs
GNL TRIVIA 8pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com Accessible and amazing trivia for everyone, always an awesome time. Prizes for winners.
BONE DRY COMEDY HOUR OPEN MIC 8-10pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy. Our weekly open mic is a safe, friendly, supportive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Jump in or just enjoy the laughs!
BINGO 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Patrons can gather their friends or fellow bingo addicts together and share in a night of fun.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8:30pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Grab some friends and get there early to grab a table the first round starts at 6 30!
TUESDAY INDUSTRY NIGHT 9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky • no cover • 21+ • thebigskywaypoint.com Join us every Tuesday 9pm-late for beer pong, drink discounts, beer dice, and $3 pizza slices!
BOZEMAN’S BEST KARAOKE 9pm • Bar IX, 311 E Main St, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 551-2185 • www.bar-ix.com Get out and sing the night away.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26
PLANETARIUM CLOSED FOR UPGRADES 9am-5pm • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • (406) 9942251 • www.museumoftherockies.org The museum is open, but planetarium is closed for upgrades.
MSU “ALMOST” SPRING JOB & INTERNSHIP FAIR 10am-3pm
• MSU SUB Ballroom, 280 strand Union, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 994-3081 • www.montana.edu Businesses from across the country are available to speak to about jobs, internships and career opportunities.
GET UP & MOVE: YOGA 10:15-10:45am • Belgrade School District’s Heck Gym • FREE • 2-6 • 4063884346 • www.belgrademt. gov/253/Kids Join us for kids’ yoga and activities every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month!
QIGONG 1-2pm • Pilgrim United Church of Christ • Suggested Donation: $5-$10 • All Ages • 406 580-0187 Join Barb and the Qigong community for some gentle stretching, mindful breathing and a series of flowing movements to increase strength, flexibility, balance and calm.
FIBER ARTS 4-6pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary. org Bring any type of easily mobile fiber based craft for a social meet up with other fiber artists in the Bozeman community.
BOZEMAN MUSIC NIGHT WITH THE BRIDGER CREEK BOYS 5:30-8pm • Bridger Brewing Co, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman • no cover • (406) 587-2124 • www.bridgerbrewing.com Come have a beer and enjoy some tunes!
KATABATIC TRIVIA 6-7pm • Katabatic Brewing Company, 117 W Park St, Livingston • 21+ • (406) 333-2855 • katabaticbrewing. blogspot.com The winners of this establishment’s weekly trivia competition are given a prize fit for their accomplishments: they get to drink for free!
GNL TRIVIA WEDNESDAY 6-8pm • SHINE Beer Sanctuary + Bottle Shop, 451 E Main St, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 585-8558 • shinebeer.com Come Check Out the Most Accessible, Varied, and Fun Trivia Nights Designed for Anyone who Loves to Play Games. Free-to-Play & Prizes for the Winners.
BINGO 7-9pm • American Legion Bar, 225 E. Main St., Bozeman • 18+ • (406) 586-8400 • www.facebook.com 100% of the proceeds go to assisting our Veterans, their families, our youth programs, and the community.
WESTERN SWING WEDNESDAYS 7-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • Lessons $10 • 21+ after 9pm • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com There will be a great dance floor every week, your favorite instructors, and all the country music you love from Bozeman’s Choice 2023 DJ, DJ Habes.
LIVE MUSIC AT PONDEROSA SOCIAL CLUB 7pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Free live music every Wednesday starting at 7pm.
BROADWAY IN BOZEMAN: CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • $41+ • (406) 994-CATS • www.brickbreeden.com Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com Regular party animals and intellectuals alike may enjoy Rockin R Trivia.
FACULTY RECITAL - KATIE MESS, FLUTE & KENNETH CHRISTENSEN, PIANO 7:30pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • TICKETS: $15 General, $5 MSU Student, PreK-12 FREE • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu Open to the Public!
TRIVIA NIGHT 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Gather your friends for a night of trivia fun each Wednesday.
LADIES NIGHT 8pm • Club Zebra, 321 E Main St, Bozeman • $10 for guys • 21+ The wonderful Ladies of Bozeman can enjoy 2 free drinks, $3 drinks till 10 pm, and that booty shakin’ music provided by DJ Chedda.
OPEN JAM 8pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Come jam with us!
THURSDAY, FEB. 27
NONPROFIT CAREERS noon-1pm • Jabs Hall - MSU Bozeman, 8th & Harrison Ave, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • www. amamontanastate.org HRDC will attend MSU’s Jake Jabs College of Business for an American Marketing Association at Montana State event. They will be in the school discussing different jobs in the non-profit world.
MONTANA STATE’S REGIONAL AMA CONFERENCE: INDUSTRY LEADER IN CANNABIS MARKETING, DR. JOSHUA DORSEY 4-5pm • open to the public Dr. Joshua Dorsey, a leading researcher in the history of cannabis marketing, presents efforts in the marketing of cannabis, and public policy related to the cannabis industry, they will be the kickoff speaker at the American Marketing Association (AMA) at Montana State’s annual Regional Conference.
KIDS YOGA AND MINDFULNESS 4:15-5:15pm • Active Family Chiropractic • $15 drop in or $75 for all 6 classes • 5-11 • 7249860326 • forms.gle A weekly class to offer yoga, meditation, and mindfulness for children to help nourish their nervous systems.
MOKA BOUTIQUE LADIES NIGHT 5-7pm • Moka Boutique • FREE • All Ages • 4065820079 • mokamontana.com Snack & Shop. Loyalty Member 15% Discount
FLY-TYING NIGHT 6-9pm • Bozeman Fly Supply, 2621 W College, Bozeman • FREE Bring your vise, tools, materials, and beverages to tie some flies. This is not a class but an invitation for all to get out of the house, get behind the vise, and have fun with fellow tiers.
RUNWAY OF DREAMS FASHION SHOW 6pm • Midtown Event Space, 726 N 7th Ave, Bozeman • $100 Cottonwood Day School has partnered with 406 Mobile Bar, Fork and Spoon, and Party People Events to make this Fashion Show an evening to remember!!
BUNKHOUSE BREWERY TRIVIA 6:30-8:30pm • The Bunkhouse Brewery, 7715 Shedhorn Dr., Four Corners • FREE • All Ages • 4065772130 Gather your friends and put your knowledge to the test every Thursday night from 6: 30 to 8: 30 PM at Bunkhouse Brewery in Four Corners!
KGLT DJ NIGHT 7-9pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Don’t miss out on the chance to immerse yourself in the vibe that is the Hop Lounge and join the Guest DJ for KGLT Alternative Public Radio DJ Night.
COSMIC TUBING 7-9pm • Yellowstone Alliance Adventures • General Admission: $25; 4-12 year olds: $20; Kids under 3 years are free • All Ages • 406-763-4727 • www.yaacamp.org/events Cosmic Tubing is fun for the whole family. It’s a thrill to go down the hill under the lights! Get your tickets before they’re all gone!
THURSDAY NIGHT OUT! 7-9pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • $15, $10 for MSU Students • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Improv Thursday Nights are back and it’s the perfect time to check our hilarious improv shows! A showcase of some of our awesome teams paired with our signature shows.
BINGO NIGHT 7-10pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • $20 • 18+ • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com It’s a game that we all know and love, so why not bring everyone down for dinner and drinks!
BEAT DEAF 7-10pm • Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness, 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners • With Admission • All Ages • 4065866492 • bozemanhotsprings.co Live music while you soak! Featuring the Helena-based acoustic rock group “Beat Deaf”.
THE GREY DOG BAR KARAOKE 7pm • Grey Dog Bar, 34 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 404-1014 • www.thegreydogbar. com Karaoke at the Grey Dog Bar
A WEEK OF GOLD: OSCAR-NOMINATED INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS FILM FESTIVLAAL 7pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9.75-$75 (plus fees) • 4065812188 • www. theellentheatre.com Presenting a kaleidoscope of various cultural perspectives, emotional depths, and bold storytelling, these 8 Oscar-nominated International and Shorts programs offer audiences a rare opportunity to engage with global cinema on the silver screen.
BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL 7pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky • $10 • thebigskywaypoint.com Celebrate wild winters and human-powered recreation while supporting Wild Montana at the 20th annual Backcountry Film Festival!
HRDC BINGO NIGHT 7pm • ELM, 506 7th Ave, Bozeman • $55 • 18+ • logjampresents.com Your ticket features eight rounds of Bingo with fun local prizes, plenty of additional chances to win throughout the night, and delicious food catered by local favorite, Mo’Bowls!
GREATER YELLOWSTONE EVENTS CALENDAR
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
THE BOZEMAN SPLITFEST Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov
Whether you’re a beginner who hasn’t hit the skin track yet, an intermediate looking to meet new splitboard partners, an advanced rider who wants to try the latest gear, or a veteran just looking to hang out and swap stories, there is something for everyone at the Bozeman Splitfest!
VIRTUAL FOSSIL FRIDAYS 9-9:30am • Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • All Ages • 4069942251 • museumoftherockies.org Love fossils? Join Ashley Hall on Zoom most Fridays to explore fascinating specimens, meet paleontologists, and uncover the story of life on Earth. Bring your questions!
MONTANA STATE’S REGIONAL AMA CONFERENCE: KEYNOTE
SPEAKER BENNIE F. JOHNSON 9-10am • open to the public The Regional AMA Conference will have a sports marketing panel featuring MSU Athletic Director Leon Castello, who led Montana State to the Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup for excellence in athletics and academics, and an outdoor industry marketing panel featuring Tanner Sutton, founder of Free Fly Apparel which had $6 million in sales in 2024.
HAPPY HOUR OPEN MIC 5-6:30pm • Last Best Comedy, 321 E Main, Alley Entrance off Rouse, Bozeman • FREE • 18+ • 4062193933 • www.lastbestcomedy.com Join us for Happy Hour Open Mic! With $4 Beer, Wine, Wells and sets, this is the perfect end of the week activity. Grab your office mates and come try your hand at some comedy. Sign-ups start at 5.
JAKOB NYE 5-8pm • Sacajawea Bar, 5 N Main St, Three Forks • no cover • 21+ • (406) 285-6515 • www.sacajaweahotel.com Local live music while you dine.
KID GLOVES AND BRASS KNUCKLES: THE LIFE OF NANCY COOPER RUSSELL 6-7pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary. org 1900s, Nancy Cooper Russell was a woman ahead of her time. A self-taught business woman with the ability to take charge, Nancy helped Charles M. Russell become the highest paid living artist of his time
LONELY HEARTS POETRY SLAM 6-8pm • Steep Mountain Teahouse, 402 E Main St, Bozeman • (406) 577-2740 Poets will prepare 3 poems under 4 minutes each about love/ heartbreak of any kind (does not have to be about romantic love).
CELTIC MUSIC 6:30-8:30pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover Each Friday night Valhalla celebrate Celtic culture with music.
RAILROAD EARTH 7-11pm • The ELM • $30 - $50 (ADV) $35 (DOS) • All Ages • 4068304640 • logjampresents.com Elements of progressive bluegrass, folk, rock, country, jazz, Celtic and other Americana influences.
A WEEK OF GOLD: OSCAR-NOMINATED INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS FILM FESTIVLAAL 7pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9.75-$75 (plus fees) • 4065812188 • www. theellentheatre.com Presenting a kaleidoscope of various cultural perspectives, emotional depths, and bold storytelling, these 8 Oscar-nominated International and Shorts programs offer audiences a rare opportunity to engage with global cinema on the silver screen.
MUSIC SEMINAR - WESTERLIES GUEST ARTIST - MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC 7:30pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu Artists Riley Mulherkar, trumpet Chloe Rowlands, trumpet Andy Clausen, trombone Addison Maye-Saxon, trombone.
BAND OF DRIFTERS 8-11pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • All Ages • 4062190400 • thejumpmt. com Montana legends, The Band of Drifters has been playing their Country/ Americana Roots dance driven tunes all over the states! They are unapologetically honest with the yarns they spin, and will take you to a place and time we all love to go.
MIKE BECK 8pm • Live From the Divide, 627 East Peach Street, Bozeman • $35 Advance • livefromthedivide.com Mike Beck is an engaging acoustic solo artist who regularly performs in the United States and Europe.
PONDEROSA BAR TRIVIA 9pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt. com Bar trivia with a 1st place cash prize and a 2nd place prize of a Ponderosa gift card!
THE BEAGLES 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar.com Country and cumbia.
SHAKEDOWN COUNTRY 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Great Falls #1 Country Dance Band!
SATURDAY, MAR. 1
THE BOZEMAN SPLITFEST Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov
Whether you’re a beginner who hasn’t hit the skin track yet, an intermediate looking to meet new splitboard partners, an advanced rider who wants to try the latest gear, or a veteran just looking to hang out and swap stories, there is something for everyone at the Bozeman Splitfest!
18TH ANNUAL WINDBREAKER SWAP MEET 9am-2pm • Park County Fairgrounds • FREE • All Ages • 406-220-1584 • www.facebook.com Windbreaker Swap Meet, Livingston, MT. Turn your car parts into cash $$$ Have things to sell, all vendors welcome! Vendors, food, and fun for the whole family.
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1: 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
A WEEK OF GOLD: OSCAR-NOMINATED INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS FILM FESTIVLAAL noon-9pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9.75-$75 (plus fees) • 4065812188 • www.theellentheatre.com Presenting a kaleidoscope of various cultural perspectives, emotional depths, and bold storytelling, these 8 Oscar-nominated International and Shorts programs offer audiences a rare opportunity to engage with global cinema on the silver screen.
SNOWSHOE SHUFFLE 2-4:30pm • BASE Community Center, BASE Community Center 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky • $25 for adults, kids 10 and under free • All Ages • 4063889399 • www. heartofthevalleyshelter.org Join us for a winter hike with your four-legged friend, then warm up with refreshments at BASE Community Center, bid in the auction and enter to win raffle prizes! The first 75 tickets receive a Snowshoe Shuffle goodie bag!
STIO X UNWAFFLE WINTER APRES SERIES 3-5pm • Stio The Winter Apres series includes a complimentary Unwaffle snack bar and 20% off your full-price in-store purchase.
SWAN LAKE 7-9pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • $28-$78 • All Ages • 406-582-8702 • montanaballet. easy-ware-ticketing.com/events One of the most iconic classical ballets of all time, Swan Lake is a captivating love story set to Tchaikovsky’s heartrending score. Mesmerizing audiences with breathtaking dancing, world-renowned guest artists, spectacular visuals & MBC Orchestra.
WES URBANIAK 7-10pm • Pine Creek Lodge, 2496 E. River Road, Livingston • $15 ADV, $25 DOS • All Ages • (406) 222-3628 • www. pinecreeklodgemontana.com Wes Urbaniak is an amalgamation of the arts and sciences all pushed through the pinholes of storytelling via songwriting. He displays a beautiful oddity of human expression in music and presence, and does fine work moving his songs and guitar around mic.
MAGIC & PUZZLES WITH DAVID KWONG, THE ENIGMATIST 7:30pm • Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, 45465 Gallatin Road, Big Sky • $27-47 • 406-995-6345 • www.warrenmillerpac. org With ingenious illusions and multi-layered puzzles, Kwong immerses audiences in a world where every detail holds a clue, leaving them enchanted and intrigued at every turn.
WESTERN ROOTS COUNTRY DANCING 8pm • Bourbon, 515 W Aspen St, Bozeman • no cover • bourbonmt.com Learn to line dance with Western Roots Dancing at 8pm then dance and party the night away!
SARAH SAMPLE & EDIE CAREY 8pm • Live From the Divide, 627 East Peach Street, Bozeman • $40 Advance • livefromthedivide. com These songs will just as easily soothe a child into sleep as they will provide solace for a grieving heart, at any age.
MARCEDES CARROLL TRIO 9pm • The Murray Bar, 201 W Park St, Livingston • FREE • 21+ • (406) 222-6433 • www.themurraybar. com Songwriter
SHAKEDOWN COUNTRY 9pm • Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico Road, Pray • no cover • 21+ • (406) 333-4933 • www.chicohotsprings.com Great Falls #1 Country Dance Band!
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 10pm • Ponderosa Social Club, 515 W. Aspen, Bozeman • $5 • 21+ • (406) 577-8650 • ponderosamt.com Cosmic/disco bowling! Late Night Happy Hour drinks, throwback music videos, disco music!
SUNDAY, MAR. 2
THE BOZEMAN SPLITFEST Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 N. Black, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-3270 • www.gallatin.mt.gov Whether you’re a beginner who hasn’t hit the skin track yet, an intermediate looking to meet new splitboard partners, an advanced rider who wants to try the latest gear, or a veteran just looking to hang out and swap stories, there is something for everyone at the Bozeman Splitfest!
A WEEK OF GOLD: OSCAR-NOMINATED INTERNATIONAL AND SHORTS FILM FESTIVLAAL noon-4:30pm • The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Bozeman • $9.75-$75 (plus fees) • 4065812188 • www.theellentheatre.com Presenting a kaleidoscope of various cultural perspectives, emotional depths, and bold storytelling, these 8 Oscar-nominated International and Shorts programs offer audiences a rare opportunity to engage with global cinema on the silver screen.
POKER TOURNAMENT noon-6pm • The Cat’s Paw • $80 • 18+ • 406 404 1968 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Prize Pool Guaranteed to be at least $1500. Registration Open at 11 30 - late register by ~1 45. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
CELTIC MUSIC 3-5pm • Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman • no cover • all ages Enjoy Celtic music at the Meadery each Sunday afternoon.
FACULTY RECITAL - JULIA SLOVARP, CELLO & KENNETH CHRISTENSEN, PIANO 3pm • Reynold’s Recital Hall, MSU Howard Hall, Bozeman • TICKETS: $15 General, $5 MSU Student, PreK-12 FREE • (406) 994-3562 • www.montana.edu Open to the public.
SWAN LAKE 4-6pm • Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St., Bozeman • $28-$78 • All Ages • 406-582-8702 • montanaballet. easy-ware-ticketing.com/events One of the most iconic classical ballets of all time, Swan Lake is a captivating love story set to Tchaikovsky’s heartrending score. Mesmerizing audiences with breathtaking dancing, world-renowned guest artists, spectacular visuals & MBC Orchestra.
MONDAY, MAR. 3
AUDITIONS: BEAST OF BOZEMAN 4:30-8:15pm • Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture • FREE • All Ages • (406) 206-6463 • forms.gle Audition for the Emerson’s Beast of Bozeman! A community talent show with an audience-voted winner for the title and cash prize! *Audition registration required*
BOARD GAME NIGHT 6-7:45pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • Adults • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org A chance to test your strategy and teamwork skills with board games and other adults. Join us at the library for some table top fun.
GAME NIGHT LIVE TRIVIA 6-8pm • Wildrye Distilling, 111 East Oak Street Suite 1E, Bozeman • FREE • 21+ • (406) 577-2288 • www.wildryedistilling.com With Picture Rounds, Sound Rounds, Word Jumbles and more.. There’s Something for Everyone.
TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9pm • Bacchus Pub, 105 W Main St, Bozeman • 406 404-1996 • www.bacchuspub.com Join us for our weekly trivia night, Game Night Live is a leader in bar trivia and music bingo, putting on awesome games at local venues that everyone can enjoy.
MSU MENS BBALL VS IDAHO 7pm • Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bobcat Circle, Bozeman • (406) 994-CATS • www.brickbreeden. com Go Cats! ESPN+ and on the court in Bozeman .
SPORTS TRIVIA 7:30pm • Rockin’ R Bar, 211 E. Main St, Bozeman • no cover • 21+ • (406) 587-9355 • www.rockingrbar.com For those looking for more sporty trivia questions this is it.
TUESDAY, MAR. 4
YOGA 12:15pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Join certified yoga instructor Sara Clary for a gentle 45-minute flow.
AUDITIONS: BEAST OF BOZEMAN 4:30-8:15pm • Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture • FREE • All Ages • (406) 206-6463 • forms.gle Audition for the Emerson’s Beast of Bozeman! A community talent show with an audience-voted winner for the title and cash prize! *Audition registration required*
NONFICTION WRITING GROUP 5:30-7:30pm • Bozeman Public Library, 626 East Main Street, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 582-2400 • www.bozemanlibrary.org Hobby writers are welcome to share your work with other writers, critique content, and develop your ability.
OPEN MIC TUESDAYS 6-11pm • The Covellite Theatre and Uptown Lounge • FREE • All Ages • 4063331658 • covellitepresents. org Nights Open Mic Night in Uptown Butte!
POKER TOURNAMENT 7-11pm • The Golden Zebra • $40 • 18+ • 4062192436 • seatopen.com Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. $200 Added. Great way to learn the game! Registration Open at 6: 30 - late register by ~7 30. Food & Drinks served by our Friendly Staff.
LECTURE: NEHA JOHN-HENDERSON 7pm • Museum of the Rockies- Hager Auditorium, 600 West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman • FREE • (406) 994-2251 • www.museumoftherockies.org Neha John-Henderson; Department of Psychology. The series, which is free and open to the public, recognizes outstanding MSU faculty for their creative scholarship and leadership. Presenters will speak on inspirations for their work in talks suitable for professionals and the public.
GNL TRIVIA 8pm • The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gallatin Gateway • FREE • (406) 518-5011 • www.thejumpmt.com Accessible and amazing trivia for everyone, always an awesome time. Prizes for winners.
BINGO 8pm • The Molly Brown, 703 W. Babcock, Bozeman • 21+ • (406) 552-7362 Patrons can gather their friends or fellow bingo addicts together and share in a night of fun.
TRIVIA NIGHT 8:30pm • Hop Lounge, 93 Rowland Rd, Bozeman • no cover • all ages • (406) 404-1784 Grab some friends and get there early to grab a table the first round starts at 6: 30!
TUESDAY INDUSTRY NIGHT 9pm • The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Rd, Big Sky • no cover • 21+ • thebigskywaypoint.com Join us every Tuesday 9pm-late for beer pong, drink discounts, beer dice, and $3 pizza slices!
