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HOLIDAY SEASON FILLS CALENDARS OF LOCAL VENUES oly holidays! The festive season arrived swiftly this year, and with it ample opportunity to get in the proper spirit. Here’s a preview of some upcoming productions fit for jovial singles, young couples and H families of many. Opening at Downtown Bozeman’s Ellen Theatre on December 6th is Montana TheatreWorks’ holiday production of A Christmas Carol. The classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge runs for eleven performances through Dec. 22nd. Montana Ballet Company’s annual presentation of The Nutcracker is set for its Willson Auditorium return. Performances will take place Saturday, Dec. 7th at 2pm, and Sunday, Dec. 8th at 2pm. It’s a Holiday Vaudeville Extravaganza! in Livingston. The area-favorite variety show opens Dec. 13th and runs weekends through Dec. 22nd at the Shane Lalani Center. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8pm, followed by a 3pm Sunday matinee. Back at the Willson, Bozeman Symphony showcases a program fit for the season featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria. Performances are set for Saturday, Dec. 14th at 7:30pm, and Sunday, Dec. 15th at 2:30pm. Montana State University’s Reynolds Recital Hall will play host to A Bozeman Radio Christmas 1939, a festive time-traveling production by Small Batch Arts. Shows are set for 7pm, Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 19th to 22nd. A bonus matinee will take place Saturday, Dec. 21st at 3pm. Looking ahead, Yellowstone Ballet is offering free child admission to its sole staging of The Nutcracker with each adult ticket purchase. The Dec. 21st Willson performance begins at 4pm. And at the Museum of the Rockies, take in the multi- cultural, educational and visually stunning Season of Light. The Taylor Planetarium show begins at 11am and 3pm* daily, through Dec. 31st (*no 3pm show Christmas Eve, Museum closed Christmas Day). Ticketing and further information about these and other events can be found throughout this issue of The BoZone. Happy holidays! • Page 2a•The BoZone •DecemBer 01,2019 Arts Council hosting first Unwrap night of arts, culture & holiday Big Sky Open Studio Tour shopping at special Art Walk Back for its annual Gallery, The Gem Gallery, Heyday, The Arts Council of Big all 13 artists, collect their event, the Winter Art Meridian Boutique, Miller’s Jewelry, Sky is excited to present custom stamps on your Walk returns to the Montana Gift Corral, Old Main the first annual Big punch card, and you streets of Downtown Gallery, The Rialto, Theory Sky Open Studio will be entered to Bozeman on Friday, Downtown and Visions West Tour, taking win original art- December 13th from Contemporary, among others. Log place Saturday, work by Donna 6–8pm. Many galleries on to www.downtownboze- December 7th LaHue or will feature artists’ man.org for a complete list and from 11am to Michelle openings and further event details. The evening 6pm at various Kristula-Green. receptions and often gathering is FREE and open to the locations “This is provide hors d’oeuvres public. This is the final Art Walk throughout the great opportu- and complimentary event until next summer, so community. This nity to get a refreshments. It’s also don’t miss out! self-guided studio behind-the-scenes a wonderful chance to A member of the Downtown tour will allow you glimpse of our meander downtown, Bozeman Partnership, the purpose to meet and mingle local artists at work,” take in some art and of the Downtown Bozeman with 13 of Big Sky’s best said ACBS Education culture, and do some Association is to promote downtown artists. and Outreach Director holiday shopping. as a center of business, culture and To take the tour, visit the Arts Megan Buecking. “It’s also a great A few of the entertainment; to conduct and pro- Council website to download and way to support the artists directly.” participating art mote activities and events that build print the tour guide and punch card. Participating artists include from Visions West Contemporary galleries and businesses a strong local economy; and to con- Printed tour guides can also be Georgia Baker, Silly Tilly, Michelle include Alara Jewelry, tribute to the well-being, growth and picked up at Tart in Big Sky Town Kristula Green, Dave Pecunies, Kira Distillery, Cello, the Emerson Center Altitude Gallery, Bozeman Spirits vitality of Downtown Bozeman. • Center or The Trove West in Fercho, Ryan Turner, Julie for the Arts & Culture, Four Winds Meadow Village Center. Once you Gustafson, Sue Lindley, Heather have the guide, you’ll be able to hit Rapp, Craig Kyzycki, Donna the road and look for the studio tour LaHue, Maggie Shane and Lorri signs around the community. Lagerbloom. The event is sponsored At each stop, you can explore the by Tart Boutique, Erika and Co., MOR presents final 2019 lectures, artist’s studio space, learn more Melanie Turner Home and the about their creative process, enjoy Trove West. Season of Light’s festive return light hors d’oeuvres and view new Access the tour guide and artwork. Artwork will also be punch card by visiting available for purchase so you can www.bigskyarts.org. For check off your holiday gift list while additional information, please call directly supporting local artists. Visit (406) 995-2742. • Red Ants Pants to host holiday pop-up at Bozeman pottery shop Red Ants Pants will bring its Give the gift of MOR member- were first introduced to the relaxation at the doorstep of first-ever Holiday Pop-Up Shop ship this holiday season! Share all Western as an academic subject in Yellowstone continues to lure to Bozeman on Wednesday, that you love about Museum of the the course of their professional visitors. Hartman will recount the December 11th. The event will Rockies with friends and family. training. How this influences the saga that left hundreds battling for be held from 2–8pm at Members have the opportunity to movies they make, and what it a railroad that never came. Gangbusters Pottery, located at experience diverse changing means for our understanding of Please note: All held in Hager 24 N Wallace, Ste. 3. exhibits, the famous Siebel the Western’s rich history, are just Auditorium, public lectures have a limited Raise a glass and enjoy Dinosaur Complex, absorbing two of the topics covered in this capacity and are free of admission on a complimentary homemade hot planetarium shows, as well as vari- exploration of the current state of first come, first served basis. Doors open buttered rum to celebrate the season ous programs and classes through- the Western movie. 30 minutes prior to each. Attendees may (must be 21+). Check out out the year. MOR also hosts regu- The Gallatin History Museum not save seats for others. Gangbusters’ highly functional lar public events, many of which Lecture Series returns with “He Also at MOR, the educational pottery handmade by Ryan are free of admission. Here’s a look Might Strike It Still: A Brief and visually stunning Season of Mitchell, and allow Red Ants reps to at some upcoming happenings. History of Cooke City” on Light returns to Taylor help you find the perfect fit. Also www.redantspants.com/shop. The Perspectives on the Wednesday, December 4th. Planetarium in time for the check out their new lighter weight Supplying handmade products American West Lecture series Historian Kelly Hartman, curator festively inclined. Yule logs, GSD pants, work shirts and signa- since 2012, Bozeman’s Gangbusters continues on Monday, December of the Gallatin History Museum, Christmas trees, the Hanukkah ture Red Ant Stormy Kromer hats! Pottery creates highly functional, 2nd with “Western Movies will present at 6pm. Menorah, luminaries and Santa Founded in 2006 in White one of a kind porcelain pieces for Today: History, Criticism, With claims staked, 1870s Claus were taken from different Sulphur Springs, Red Ants Pants is everyday use. Slight variations in Production” at 6pm. Presenting prospectors at Cooke City patiently cultures to fill the dark months of the first company dedicated to Made size, shape and design are the key to will be Andrew Nelson, associate waited for adequate transportation the year with more light. Learn in America workwear for women. each pot’s uniqueness and soul. professor of film studies and chair to get their ore to market. Eager about the many holiday customs Learn more and check out their Peruse their offerings at of the Department of Film and enough, they named the ton in that make the winter more festive! online store at www.gangbusterspottery.com. • Media Arts at the University honor of Northern Pacific tycoon Season of Light shows daily at 11am of Utah. Jay Cooke. Ironically, Cooke’s and 3pm through December 31st. We are accustomed to hearing influence in creating Yellowstone These screenings are included with great films discussed in terms of National Park stunted the growth Museum admission or their influence on later movies, and of the town, as the park blocked membership. Note: There will will no Westerns are no exception. The any efforts to support a railroad 3pm showing on Dec. 24th due to the Magic of Montana nature makers of recent Western movies through its borders. For more than museum’s early holiday closure. routinely discuss their works in sixty years, residents waited for rail For more information about the inspires new Zoot art relation to classics like The Searchers until a new economy took hold – Museum’s current exhibits, or Shane. But how, you might ask, tourism. The dreams of the miners Amazing Butterflies and Light on the were these filmmakers introduced still live on in tumble-down shacks Land: The Photographs of Albert exhibit to Westerns? By their grandpar- and rusty old mining equipment.