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Summer theatre in Montana
May brings many of the state’s summer theatre troupes back to stages across Montana. ... more

Lively Times celebrates 15th birthday
Fifteen years ago, we were watching our inaugural issue of Lively Times peel off the press, after months of peddling ads and selling subscriptions to a paper that was still curled up inside of us – more dream than substance. After 15 years, substance is what we’ve become: a sprightly amalgam of info about Montana’s flourishing arts scene, unfolding each month in hands across the state. We have readers in the smallest of Montana’s small towns, places like Wibaux and Hobson and our own petite burg of Charlo. ... more

National Folk Fest in Butte lists first round of acts
The National Folk Festival brings its “moveable feast of deeply traditional folk arts” to Butte July 11-13, for year one of a three-year stay in the Mining City. ... more

Stay tuned!
Check out our stories on Montana-made books and CDs, a look at theatre companies, current listing of art exhibits around the state, and a look at Montana artists who have been awarded the Individual Artists Fellowship by the Montana Arts Council.