YOURTIME THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 | helenair.com Mon-Sat 8am - 7pm; Sun 9am -7pm (406) 443-5150 • 1096 Helena ave • MASK REQUIRED • GET ONE FREE • FREE CURBSIDE Weekend events, reviews, and more INSIDE Order curbside pick-up at RealFoodStore.com Special Hours for At-Risk Individuals Daily Until 10 am SETTING THE STAGE NEW OUTDOOR VENUE TO BE BUILT IN HILL PARK, PAGES 4-5 WE ARE OPEN and Committed to Serving HELENA the Helena community. A FRESH NEW WAY 2 THINK ABOUT EXTENDED STAY 3325 North Sanders • 406 502 2222 2 | THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 YOURTIME AROUND THE TOWN DANCE‌ Taller chairs will have a spe- which the city hopes to re- Capitol Square Farmers cial area. hab as a community center. Market, which runs ev- Allegro presents For more information, Sunflowers have been ery Tuesday from 2:30 to call 443-1231. picked as the perfect symbol 6:30 p.m. behind the Capi- ‘Stardust’ of the East Helena commu- tol building, off Lockey outdoors‌ MUSIC‌ nity, said Cornett. Ave. Shoppers will find “Sunflowers are strong fresh picked produce, sweet Allegro School of Dance Out to Lunch and a symbol of loyalty. treats, local meat, sour- will perform “Stardust” at music series‌ They’re hardy. They’re re- dough bread, fresh eggs, Memorial Park 11 a.m. Sat- silient. “They have lots of handcrafted art and tasty urday, June 27. Singer, songwriter Tay- different colors — yellows, food trucks. The market Bring a blanket and your lor McCarl plays live music reds and oranges. They’re runs through Sept. 29. friends and enjoy this open- from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. beautiful. air dance performance. on Thursday, June 25, in the “They’re a wonderful The community is invited Great Northern Town Cen- image for the East Helena Historic to this family-friendly, free ter Amphitheater, during Proud community.” performance. Six-foot so- the free summer outdoor The panels will be downtown cial distancing between concert series Out to Lunch. PHOTO PROVIDED‌ mounted on the south wall walking tour‌ blankets will be monitored Live music continues on Allegro School of Dance will perform “Stardust” at Memorial of the building facing the and masks when traveling Thursdays in June, July, Park 11 a.m. Saturday, June 27. highway as a way to cel- The Lewis and Clark to and from sitting areas is and August. Join us for food, ebrate the community. County Historical Soci- requested. music and sunshine. Organizers will provide ety and the Helena/Lewis Join Allegro dancers tools, paint and refresh- and Clark County Heri- as they share the story of ART‌ ments. tage Tourism program are Yvaine (Sami Hill), Tristan This project is sponsored sponsoring historic walking (Lillian Hollibaugh), Dun- Sunflower mural by the East Helena Food/ tours on Sundays at 4 p.m. sten (Jasmine Kunda), Una coming to East Culture Club, a creative Cost is $5/person; children (Ella Hansen) and Lamia placemaking project of The are free. (Alina Steichen). Helena‌ Myrna Loy. The Myrna and The June 28 tour is “Hel- This performance will be the City of East Helena hope ena’s Historic Last Chance a magical journey and Alle- East Helenans of all ages to rehab the old Fireman’s Gulch – Old Main Street.” gro dancers look forward to are welcome to join in a Hall into a community Examine the Queen City of sharing it with you. community mural-making space to house small gath- the Rockies’ existing his- “Stardust” is adapted and project at the East Helena erings, events, and popups. toric architecture, as well choreographed by Allegro’s Volunteer Fireman’s Hall on For more information, as those now gone, and see owner and artistic director Saturday, June 27, beginning check the East Helena Food/ the site of gold’s discovery. Beth Barry. at 10 a.m. Culture Hub’s Facebook Meet at 58 N. Last Chance Sanitation stations and Put on your painting THOM BRIDGE, INDEPENDENT RECORD‌ page. Gulch in front of the Big donation buckets will be clothes and head on down Helena native Taylor McCarl will be performing June 25 at the Dipper Ice Cream on the OUTSIDE ACTIVITY‌ available. to 2 E. Pacific Street to join Out to Lunch series at the Great Norther Amphitheater. Downtown Walking Mall. Stadium chairs and low in the fun on Saturday. No Wear comfortable walk- chairs are encouraged. experience necessary. Billings artist Sherri Cor- Altogether seven, 4’ x 8’ Capitol Square ing shoes and bring water. nett will be on hand to help sunflower mural panels will Farmers Market‌ Masks are strongly encour- get the paint flying and the sprout to life and adorn the aged and gloves may be de- We’re open! sunflowers growing. south side of Fireman’s Hall, Come and check out the sirable. Masks required. Monday - Friday 10-6 Mountain Saturday 10-5 Welcome Spring Gallery ORDER FLOWERS TODAY Virtual author events and book Sage We Deliver Today! discussions coming soon! 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Within a week, creativity, as show-runners have hastened a trend away from lin- with the coronavirus pandemic hustled to come up with alterna- ear television toward streaming. worsening, nonessential travel tive ways of staging interviews and AT&T Inc. lost 897,000 subscrib- throughout much of the U.S. was connecting with anxious viewers. ers. Geetha Ranganathan, a me- shut down. Suddenly, Clarkson Even so, the current situation, dia analyst at Bloomberg Intelli- found herself adrift in an unusual while technically feasible, feels far gence, described the situation spot for the host of a daily, syndi- from sustainable. as “a bloodbath.” The main cul- cated talk show: deep in elk coun- Tim Brooks, a TV historian, said prit is the lack of live sports. But try with no internet, far away from that while talk shows have been trimmed-back talk shows are also a studio audience. able to cobble together new epi- a threat, with late-night program- Soon Clarkson was grappling sodes from a safe social distance, ming declining compared with a with an unsettling question, one WEISS EUBANKS, NBCUNIVERSAL/TNS the necessary compromises are year earlier, according to a report that hung over everyone in her Dr. Phil McGraw and Kelly Clarkson on her show, “The Kelly Clarkson antithetical to the format. Day- from consultants Magna Global. chatty, glad-handing line of show Show.” time talk shows, in particular, are There’s only so much produc- business. What now? an intimate medium. The chem- ers can do to reverse that trend. On March 13, executives at “The Clarkson and her colleagues im- Duda tried to swap tips with istry between a host and a guest is For now, it’s a waiting game. Ac- Kelly Clarkson Show,” which is provised as best they could. Her other producers across the talk- predicated on up-close, personal cording to Duda, this summer, produced and distributed by NBC husband used his iPhone to shoot TV landscape, but each show interaction. The spark of emotion Clarkson will return to a private Universal Television, announced clips of Clarkson puttering around seemed to be fumbling through is heightened by a live crowd of studio in Los Angeles where she that they would be cutting down the cabin, singing. Afterward, he its own, uniquely upside-down observers looking on from inside will shoot new episodes during a their production schedule from would send it to the show’s pro- world. Jimmy Fallon, the host of the studio. “The audience is really time of the year when the show five new episodes per week to one. ducers using their Verizon mobile “The Tonight Show,” was getting part of the show in many ways,” would normally be on hiatus. At Many of the show’s 300 workers service. interrupted frequently by his two said Brooks. some point, they’ll start bring- would be furloughed indefinitely. Clarkson made do without her young daughters, as he used Skype While some viewers may en- ing back more crew members in Moving forward, there would be usual team of hair and makeup to interview guests from his home. joy watching their favorite hosts waves, though nobody knows no live studio audience and no stylists. For a while, she lacked “Late Show” host Stephen Col- battle their new environments, exactly when that will be. face-to-face interviews. Every- a hair dryer, a useful tool in a bert aired a clip of himself curs- eventually the novelty is likely to Jason Halbert, Clarkson’s mu- thing would be done remotely. state that was still cold enough ing after a camera fell off its stand wear off. Without the usual slate sical director, said that one silver Before the start of the pandemic, to threaten the wet-headed with while he was filming his first show of new movies, sports, and mu- lining is that some changes to the the show was being hailed as one pneumonia.