MSO and McDuffie: an abundance of riches

The Missoula Symphony Orchestra may need to up its insurance. Playing behind the extraordinary violin soloist Robert McDuffie and his $3.5 million violin on Sunday afternoon, our local orchestra sounded like a million bucks. [Read More...]

Who needs a pottery wheel? Just get a printer

Whoa. Someone’s figured out how to print in 3-D ceramics. As in, design a cup on a computer screen, print it, fire it, drink from it.

Seriously, check it out.

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Harlem Globetrotters coming to town

Man, I still remember going to see these guys when I was a kid. I think I need to take my son. [Read More...]

‘Mixtape Messiah’ coming to Wilma

Just got word that Chamillionaire, aka the “Mixtape Messiah,” will hit the stage of the Wilma with rapper Paul Wall in April. Here’s the press release…. [Read More...]

Bruce Cockburn coming to town

Another day, another big concert announcement, this one for Bruce Cockburn. Check it out…. [Read More...]

Get Naked at the Wilma

Just got word that Barenaked Ladies will play a gig at the Wilma Theatre in May. Here’s the full press release… [Read More...]

Big Sky DocFest award winners announced

A film set half a planet away has earned the top honor at this year’s Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan’s “Last Train Home,” which chronicles the struggles of one migrant family in China as they are caught up in the desperate annual migration to return home for Chinese New Year celebrations, was named the festival’s Best Feature Film at an awards ceremony on Thursday evening at downtown social club The Loft.

Joseph Aguirre’s “Next Year Country” received the Big Sky Award, given annually to the best documentary set in the American West. Other winners included “Danza Del Viejo Inmigrante” (“The Old Immigrant’s Dance”), by Charlene Music (Best Short Film); and “Found,” by Paramita Nath (Mini-Doc Award). [Read More...]

Cosby coming (to Bozeman)

Well, the good news is that one of the funniest family-friendly standup comedians in modern history, Bill Cosby, is coming to Montana. The bad news is, you’ll need to drive to Bozeman to see him. Probably worth it, I’m thinking. Here’s the press release I just received… [Read More...]

“Kissing” offers plenty to chew on

At Montana Actors’ Theatre’s first-ever dinner theatre production, the courses come small and hearty, a series of rudimentary concepts made artful through complex seasoning, with just the right balance between effervescent and earthy, tart and soothing, dense and delicate.

The food is really great, too. [Read More...]

Damsel in the Palace

It’d be wrong to judge Nina Tucciarelli solely on her music. The Bozeman-based Goth/industrial stylist has forged a diverse career that includes work in costume and fashion design, photography, theatre, and dance choreography. All are brought together in her stage persona, Damsel in the Dollhouse – an electronica-fueled musical act that will come to the Palace Lounge tonight as part of “Dark Dreams: Tainted Love,” an all night dance party where PVC pants and black eyeliner are de rigeur. [Read More...]