Yellowstone National Park’s resident string quartet is back again this summer, serenading guests from one of the most scenic settings in the park: the historic Lake Yellowstone Hotel. The ensemble of professional musicians from around the country, known as the Lake String Quartet, performs for guests...
Elk River Arts & Lectures kicks off its inaugural Visiting Writers project by hosting Maira and Alex Kalman for a weeklong program that includes a public lecture at the Livingston, Montana, Elks Club on Thursday, September 12. Maira Kalman, who was born in Tel Aviv and...
Ranging from totem-inspired sculptures to art that honors the West’s railroad culture and national parks, here are some exhibitions to catch: North x Northwest Through October 10 | Yellowstone Art Museum | Billings, MT Juror Julia Andrews, director of the Coral Springs Museum of Art, selected 60 works...
It’s hard to get people fired up about chunks of ice, but that’s what scientists and officials in Glacier National Park are trying to do as the park’s namesake glaciers melt away. They face a tougher sell than folks who can broadcast, say, images of...
It’s totally cliché and yet completely appropriate: Master weavers Marilyn and William Stevens have interwoven making a living and making a life together. The baskets and other works they produce as Montana Blue Heron out of their Trego, Montana, home reflect their unique collaboration, from...
These are not your typical roadside attractions, like South Dakota’s Corn Palace, Oregon’s Stumps of Mystery, or Kansas’ World’s Largest Ball of Twine, though I’d like to photograph those one day as well. Instead, these pinhole photographs are the roadside attractions that have been tugging...
Sometimes a restaurant is more than a restaurant. So it is at Wild Flower Kitchen in Absarokee, Montana, where two chefs and a charismatic maître d’ chose to build not just a business, but also a community. [caption id="attachment_14293" align="alignright" width="300"] Chef Nick Goldman works the...
Years ago, Idaho-based builder Mat Hall read about the ancient Japanese wood-preserving technique called Shou Sugi Ban. The treatment involves charring wood to promote resistance to fire, degradation, and pests, and it results in a beautiful dark tone with unusual texture and depth. At the...
Home Beside the weathered garden gate Down at the old home place, A withered wildflower Lies peaceful and still, Too faded, too weak to bare its face. The intrepid spirit of fragrant youth Fell languid beneath the sun; A pale and weary traveler, Whose race was briefly run. The barren earth is warm at last...
The best of elevated Western-inspired elements ranging from elegant contemporary trends to ageless camp style are the hallmark of the 2019 Western Design Conference Exhibit + Sale (WDC) Designer Show House in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Seven participating design companies from throughout the West and across...