Celebrate National Trails Day by clearing trail in the Great Bear Wilderness
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation celebrates the 18th annual National Trails Day on June 5 in a season kick-off event by helping to open and improve the Skiumah Creek Trail in the Great Bear Wilderness. Volunteers are still needed to help on this trail project. Read more
A soft side to Headwaters Country Jam headliner Big Kenny
Big Kenny of Big and Rich says a visit to earthquake-devastated Haiti is behind his new single, "Cry with You." The singer headlines opening night at Headwaters Country Jam, June 24-26 at The Bridge amphitheatre near Three Forks. Big Kenny joins over 20 artists performing on two stages during the three-day country music confab. Read more
Fort Peck launches 41st season of summer theatre
The Fort Peck Fine Arts Council launches 41st season at the historic Fort Peck Summer Theatre May 28-June 12 with “Forever Plaid.” This musical revue centers on four young, eager male singers killed in a car crash in the 1950s while enroute to their first big concert. Now, miraculously revived, they get a chance to fulfill their dreams and perform the show that never was. Read more
Virginia City Players open season with “The Fire from Within”
The Illustrious Virginia City Players, produced by Rocky Mountain College, kick off their 61st summer season May 29 with the first of three melodramas, “The Fire from Within,” described as an “edge-of-your-seat” historical fiction based on the Butte mining disaster of 1917. Read more • (1) Comments
Celebrate the season with SpringFest
SpringFest, the Moss Mansion’s 22nd annual outdoor juried arts and crafts festival, will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, June 5, on the lawn of the Moss Mansion, 914 Division Street, in Billings. The event also offers a children’s activity area with games and hands-on crafts, food booths, antiques and collectibles and entertainment. Read more
“Sweat and Steel” captures railroading spirit at Livingston Depot Center
“Sweat and Steel,” a new exhibition by Livingston artist C. David Swanson, opens May 29 at the Livingston Depot Center, and continues through Sept. 6. The series of 18 figurative paintings forcefully depict railroad workers on Montana’s MRL and BNSF lines. Read more
John Lithgow headlines Alpine Theatre Project’s season
A special performance by Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe award-winning actor John Lithgow highlights a varied summer season for Alpine Theatre Project, which includes the one-man drama “Barrymore,” the 60s tribal love rock musical “Hair,” and the Rodgers and Hammerstein music revue, “A Grand Night for Singing.” Read more