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Steve Keller of Great Falls loves his dual life as radio DJ and music entertainer. “For as long as I can remember, I’ve just always known I wanted to be an entertainer.”
Steve Keller of Great Falls loves his dual life as radio DJ and music entertainer. “For as long as I can remember, I’ve just always known I wanted to be an entertainer.”
As fully packed as the tourism calendar may be this summer, it would be difficult find an event that captures the essence of the second longest-running cowboy poetry gathering in the country (August 16-19, 2018).
I remember going to the Sunset Drive-In as a child in Helena, Mont., with my parents, who would fold down the back seats of our station wagon and have sleeping bags and pillows laid out for us. My dad would clean the windshield with Windex and newspapers before we left the house. Even though my mom would bring a picnic basket full of snacks, we’d still walk down to the concession stand to get popcorn in a paper bucket the size of a milk pail, the salty kernels swimming in butter.
You may not know Donald M. Jones personally, but if you live in the West (especially Montana), chances are you’re familiar with his work.
Fiddle music has become a central element in Fourth of July celebrations across the U.S. We can thank early advocates like Lewis & Clark, with their impromptu, July Fourth fiddle fest in 1805 on the banks of the Missouri River.
Great Falls has some mighty fine burger establishments worth visiting. But here’s the secret address to a corner of hamburger heaven you might not have had the pleasure to visit yet: 1004 Central—The Great Falls Senior Citizens Center.
Montana seniors looking for extra revenue after retirement have found they don’t have to work too hard after all. They’ve opened their homes for Airbnb and tapped into a thriving economic industry: tourism.
If someone ever took a notion to rebuild Butte and restore the city to the glory it sported in its architectural prime, the book “Lost Butte” by Richard Gibson would be the natural place to start.
Shaking Out the Dead is a love story, but a love story not limited to the vagaries of romance and heartbreak. There’s plenty of both here, but this is a Love story with a capital L.
Montana fiddler Mike Williams is something of a legend, well loved for his wit and good humor, his patient teaching style, and his impressive musical talent.
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