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Have FUN in August at fantastic Montana festivals! UGUST already?! Fret not forms–music of all genres, performances by ative community! Musicians, painters, jewelry magiccityblues.com/. Bozeman, there’s still plenty of local theatre and dance troupes, workshops, makers, glass blowers, wordsmiths, and all oth- Rockin’ The Rivers returns to the Bridge fun in the sun to be had before family-friendly entertainment and activities, a ers smitten with an artistic urge, showcase their near Three Forks, Friday, August 12th through our first long winter’s night. flower show, a beer and wine garden featuring talents and offer handmade inspired art for sale Sunday, August 14th with a hair-raising slate of August may be the last month Montana microbrews, and over 100 arts and at SLAM. Learn more at slamfestivals.org/. performances including Vince Neil of Mötley of “summer,” but it’s also plumb crafts vendors to stroll through and purchase Magic City Blues is set to be the party of Crüe, Buckcherry, Loverboy, Ratt, Cinderella’s full of great outdoor festivals unique gifts for yourself, family, and friends. the summer! Eat, drink, and dance in the street Tom Keifer, Firehouse, Survivor, and many everyone can enjoy! Here’s a Visit sweetpeafestival.org/ for wristband and on Montana Avenue in downtown Billings to six more! Come celebrate with some of rock’s look at what you can get out and revel in other information. acts each night on two stages, Friday and favorite legends and the hottest up-and-comers. around the area. The 6th Annual SLAM Festival will take Saturday, August 5th & 6th from 5pm to mid- Stay to revel in the party that is uniquely The 2016 Sweet Pea Festival returns to place at Bogert Park, Saturday, August 6th from night. Headliners include Kenny Wayne Rockin’ the Rivers, Montana’s largest and most Athe Bozeman area, Friday, August 5th through 10am-7pm and Sunday, August 7th from 10am- Shepherd, Elle King, and Ziggy Marley! Every loved rockfest. For over 15 years, Rockin’ the Sunday, August 7th as it celebrates its 39th year. 5pm. This event will showcase artists, musicians, summer for fourteen years, Magic City Blues Rivers has combined phenomenal music, great Sweet Pea is a three-day festival of the arts held dance performers, culinary artisans, brewers has attracted thousands and thousands of music company, and unparalleled natural beauty to the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday every and distillers, and demonstrators from around fans from all across the country to Billings, the throw one of the most entertaining and largest August. The Festival kicks off late Friday after- the state of Montana. This event is free to state’s largest city. Magic City Blues, an urban music festivals in the Northwest. And the legacy noon in Lindley Park with a performance by attend and family friendly. Eco-friendly trans- music festival in a rural state, is a signature will continue in 2016! Visit Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Saturday portation is encouraged. A complimentary bicy- event for the City of Billings and the State of rockintherivers.com/ for more festival informa- ramps up with a children’s run and parade that cle valet will also be available for you to take Montana. The event features natural Montana tion and to purchase tickets. lead the community to the park where the fes- advantage of while you’re enjoying the festival hospitality, unique setting, fabulous lineups, Further information and event descriptions of these tivities continue through 7pm on Sunday. so you don’t have to worry about the nightmare and the appeal of The Last Best Place. Tickets awesome outdoor festivals can be found throughout this Weekend entertainment comes in many of parking! Montana has an outstanding cre- and further information is available at issue of the BoZone. • Contents Theatre/Literature . .2A Community/Art . .3A Calendar . .4-5A Community . .6A Community/Film . .7A Art . .8A EcoZone . .B Bi$Zone . .4B RollingZone . .C Joey Fender & The 55's GAC 2016 Fudraiser Rocky Mnt Pearls - 8/11 SlamZone . .1 & 2D Pine Creek Lodge Emerson Center Jason Boland - 8/12 Robbie Walden Band - 8/13 EndZone . .3 & 4D August 12 August 12 • 6-8pm Mixers Saloon Page 2a•The BoZone •augusT 1,2016 Come for the Feast, stay Streamline Bus System Celebrates for the experience 10 years of Service Life is Delicious! See—and 3–5:30pm, Feast offers $1.50 oysters HRDC will celebrate the 10th the Gallatin Valley home. Streamline and the HRDC are taste—for yourself at Feast Raw until they’re gone, $1 off any draft Anniversary of Streamline for the Streamline is funded by the proud of their role in making Bar & Bistro of Bozeman. Stop in beer or wine, $10 for three oysters entire month of August. Federal Transit Administration, with Bozeman the most livable place! with family and friends for an invit- and one glass of Dolci Colline Streamline, a program of the funds administered by the Montana Visit Streamlinebus.com for more ing dining experi- Prosecco, HRDC, is Bozeman’s public transit Department of Transportation; and information today! ence, one high- $10 shellfish system. Launched in partner- lighted by a care- platter, and ship with ASMSU in August of fully crafted menu $11 viet- 2006, Streamline service con- and extensive namese nects our communities together wine list. wings. On as never before. Streamline’s Sharing excep- Sundays convenient, fare –free rides tional cuisine and only, all bot- allow residents and visitors inviting guests to tles of wine access to work, school, medical participate in an are 25% off. care, recreation and the like; epicurean dining The reduces the pressure on down- experience is the Feast team town parking and traffic; and driving force of are big helps eliminate automobile Feast. The restaurant serves the best believers in giving back to their com- emissions. In addition, the sys- in sustainable seafood and locally munity. Every Wednesday and tem has enhanced public safety sourced meats and produce. Sunday, 10% of oyster sales is given with late night services and Procuring fine ingredients from to a deserving organization. Do your strengthened connectivity to around the world to supply its fusion part and come enjoy these delicacies. outlying neighborhoods and the bistro/raw bar allows Feast to share Feast Raw Bar & Bistro is located nearby communities of Three its passion for simply prepared and at 270 West Kagy, Ste C in Forks, Manhattan, Belgrade and superbly executed cuisine. Bozeman. Hours of operation are Livingston. Most importantly, Inspired by seasonal organic Tuesday–Sunday from 3–10pm. For the Streamline buses symbolize ingredients, Feast’s menus incorpo- further information or a look at the what can happen when people rate traditional and world cuisine. menu, please visit pull together to find new ways of local support from ASMSU, HRDC is a nonprofit communi- Who doesn’t love Happy Hour? feastbozeman.com/. Call (406) 577- making the community more livable Montana State University, and the ty action agency dedicated to build- Every Tuesday–Sunday from 2377 for reservations. • and affordable for those who call City of Bozeman. ing a better community. • Catch Broadway Bound Book Review “Esther the Wonder Pig” at the Shane by Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter Derek couldn’t bear to think about Facebook page for her (with thou- with Caprice Crane giving up their “baby.” Esther was sands of “likes”), her story was Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound building community through vari- c.2016, Grand Central Publishing charming, smart, and sweet-tem- picked up by major newspapers and is the stirring conclusion to the play- ous arts programming, classes and $26.00 / $31.50 Canada pered, a part of the family – so they knew the jig was up. wright’s autobiographical “Eugene” events. The Shane Center is home 212 pages much so that her “dads” one day Esther’s dads understood that Trilogy. We watch Eugene grow up to a thriving theatre company– Let’s face it: getting a new pet is realized they could no longer eat her story was changing lives – both in Brighton Beach Memoirs, and join mounting top-notch community fun. pork because it was like dining on animal and human—which brought the army in Biloxi Blues. After his theatre productions, classes, educa- You imagine long walks, bedtime them to tears and a realization: their military service, he returns home to tional outreach programming for cuddles, training a new baby to be a big girl had a big personality. Was it pursue a career as a comedy writer, area schools, and intense Young good citizen. There will be laughs, time to take her along on a big but he immediately alienates his Actors’ Workshops twice a year. In joys, and playtime and well, of dream, too? family when he uses their foibles as addition, the Shane Center offers course, there’ll be sleepless nights, Much as I hate literary comparisons, the basis for a new radio show. access to a variety of short and little messes, and broken possessions. it’s difficult not to draw parallels Broadway Bound will run in the long-term rental spaces available for And in the new book Esther the between Esther the Wonder Pig and the Dulcie Theatre at the Shane Center a wide range of artistic endeavors Wonder Pig by Steve Jenkins and Marley empire. Both are based on for one final weekend, playing and community events. A 165-seat Derek Walter with Caprice Crane, adorably tiny animals that quickly Friday and Saturday, August 5th auditorium, a lavish ballroom with those are the easy surprises… grew to sizes unexpected by their and 6th, at 8 pm, with a closing attached catering space, a mirrored Steve Jenkins knew his partner, humans.