Banff Comes to Bozeman with Mountain Film Festival
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Banff comes to Bozeman with Mountain Film Festival Bridger Ski Foundation brings the spirit of outdoor adventure back to Bozeman with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour at the Willson Auditorium, January 17th to 19th. Screenings on Friday and Saturday begin at 7pm, with Sunday’s show closing out the weekend at 6pm. Banff Centre’s Mountain Film & Book Festival is the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world. Hot on the heels of the main event held every fall in Banff, Canada, the Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. Traveling to exotic landscapes and remote cultures, and bringing audiences up-close and personal with adrenaline- packed action sports, the 2019/2020 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world. From approximately 400 films entered into the annual festival, award-winning films and audience favorites are on" among the films chosen to travel the globe. This year’s tour y features a collection of the most inspiring action, environ- mental and adventure films from the festival. Find a list of this year’s films by visiting www.banffcentre.ca. Admission on Friday and Saturday is $17, and $14 on Into the Can Sunday. Doors at 6pm and 5pm, respectively. To purchase advance tickets and to learn more about the event, visit www.bridgerskifoundation.org. Proceeds from the Bozeman screenings benefit the nonprofit community ski organization. Bridger Ski Foundation offers educational and competi- eter Mcbride " tive programs in Nordic, Freestyle, Freeskiing, © P Snowboarding and Alpine skiing. They also groom 70+ km of community Nordic ski trails for the Bozeman public. BSF focuses on inspiring a lifelong love of skiing, athletic excel- lence and personal growth. our 2020 - Cover image: Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival T World Tour 2020 - © Peter Mcbride "Into the Canyon", orld documenting filmmaker/photographer Pete McBride and W writer Kevin Fedarko’s grueling 1200km journey on foot through the entire length of the Grand Canyon. Note: standard programs feature six to ten films from announced tour roster. Not all will be screened. • Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival e: g ver ima Co Page 2a•The BoZone •January 01,2020 Dharma Center hosts open house, Yellowstone to host contemplative gatherings this month variety of special events With a new year, prepare and support comes new intentions the body and deep- for winter visitors and Bozeman Dharma en your practice. Center can help you get Recommended for off to a great start. Join beginners as a on Saturday, January helpful foundation 4th for a workshop on for the Dharma “Resolutions, Center’s Intro to Intentions and New Meditation series, Beginnings” from set for the back half 9:30am–3:30pm. of the month. Suzanne Colón of Suggested donation Bozeman Insight $5–$20. Community will lead an Interested in exploration of a learning to perennial paradox: Can meditate? Join one we appreciate ourselves or both Intro to just as we are, while Meditation classes also wishing for some Free to all! on Wednesdays, changes in behavior? Can these Feel less stressed, more confident January 22nd and 29th, from changes come from a place of and learn to stay calm and centered 7–8:30pm each night. Floyd Fantelli, resilience and self-acceptance rather in adversity! Saturday, January 11th guiding teacher of Bozeman Insight than self-criticism? This workshop from 9:30am–12:30pm will feature a Community, will teach basic mind- will include guided meditations, screening of highlights from Dr. fulness meditation practice using journal exercises and perspectives Rick Hanson’s workshop on Insight or Vipassana Meditation from the work of resilience expert Resilience recorded earlier this technique from the Theravada Rick Hanson. Workshop participants year at Spirit Rock. With his trade- tradition. Theravada is oldest of the will cultivate self-acceptance, mark blend of neuroscience, three major Buddhist lineages. This Though most commonly associ- author Pam Houston for her latest resilience and wise intentions for mindfulness and positive psychology, practice is compatible with Zen, ated with summertime adventures, work, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the ourselves in the new year. All are New York Times bestselling author Dr. Tibetan practices and Christian Yellowstone National Park invites High Country (January 21st at welcome. Please bring a journal. Hanson will show viewers how to contemplative prayer, in that it offers residents and visitors to its winter Mammoth, January 23rd at Suggested sliding scale donation develop vital inner strengths hard- the foundational tools for lodges – Mammoth Hot Springs Old Faithful). $15–$75. wired into our nervous systems. establishing and maintaining Hotel and Old Faithful Snow Lodge Specialty Dining Events Have you been interested in the Offered for suggested donation of moment-to-moment awareness of – for an off-season escape. These Mammoth Hotel Dining Room Dharma Center but want to check it $10–$30. No one turned away for the body and mind. Suggested dona- cozy bases allow access to will again be offering special dining out before coming to a group or lack of funds. tion $5-$20 per class session. No one recreational touring, outdoor events. The January 17th event? Here’s your chance to learn Does it hurt when you meditate? turned away for lack of funds. photography sessions, cross-country Brewmasters Dinner will feature more with no obligation! Attend the Join Amy Strom, certified yoga Bozeman Dharma Center is skiing and snowshoeing, among beers from Mountains Walking of Open House on Friday, January instructor, trainer and practitioner located at 1019 E Main, Suite 202. other activities. And this winter, Bozeman. There will also be an 10th from 5:30–7:30pm. Members on Wednesday, January 15th for tips Learn more about its programs by Yellowstone is also offering various opportunity to sample local spirits will be on hand to answer questions on Meditation Body Basics from visiting www.bozemandharma- art and cuisine-focused events to with a tasting event fronted by and orient people to the space. 7–8:30pm. Learn some ways to center.org. • accompany guests’ daytime outings. Coram-based Glacier Distilling on Inspired by Yellowstone February 12th. At Old Faithful on Artist Workshops February 14th, Valentine’s Day, This winter, the Park will host a guests are invited to sample a variety number of local talents including of wines from Ste. Michelle Wine Yellowstone Gateway publishes second artist DG House (January 6th, 22nd Estates at the Wine Tasting with and February 8th); outdoor Tapas event. And back at edition of History of Park County, MT photographer Tom Murphy Mammoth on February 21st, (February 29th); as well as Paul and Yellowstone presents the The Yellowstone Gateway veterans, miners, Patricia Gates of Yellowstone Agate International Market, offering four Museum’s Wan-I-Gan Press recently railroad workers, Jewelry (January 25th and February buffet tables serving delectables from published the second edition of homesteaders and 22nd) visiting Mammoth Hotel to across the globe and the local History of Park County, business owners. lead workshops in their respective Yellowstone region. Reservations Montana. First published in 1984, Stories of mediums. Workshops include required for most dining events. the second edition now includes ranching, rural instruction, materials and lunch in For the complete events calendar an index. schools, working for the dining room. and to make reservations, visit Led by Doris Whithorn, museum the railroad or in In addition to the workshops, www.YNPLodges.com/events. volunteers compiled the book in Yellowstone National Mammoth Hotel will host a meeting Call (307) 344-7311 with additional 1984. They recognized the Park, making commu- and reading session with regional questions. • importance of remembering nity improvements, individuals and families who settled family activities, in the region and the generations accidents and disease, that followed. There is genealogical, military service and place name and business more are present. information, but most valuable are Some of the families Get back to business with the abundant and colorful stories represented are now that people submitted, giving readers gone but this book is early 2020 Chamber a sense of life in Park County. a tribute to their More than one hundred years perseverance, hard are chronicled. Some of these stories work, creativity and socials stretch back before 1883, when community spirit. Livingston was established, and Richard Dysart Bozeman Area Chamber of Just one block from Main Street’s before Montana became a state in compiled a detailed Commerce will present its first many restaurants, shops and 1889, including tales of Civil War index for the History of Business Before Hours of the galleries, the centrally located hotel Park County, Montana, new year on Thursday, January 9th accommodates its guests whether including special from 7:30–8:30am. City Brew Coffee visiting Southwest Montana for thematic summaries, and Wan-I- will host the event at its 7th Ave. business or leisure. This edition of Gan Press published it in 2013. location, 906 N 7th, in Bozeman. Business After Hours is included This year’s second edition of the The Montana-born chain provides with Chamber membership and $50 book includes the index. The 622- its customers with the highest quali- for non-members. page book is the largest compila- ty coffee available and an unequaled Bozeman Chamber gatherings tion of Park County history and commitment to service from its and other forums provide a business family stories ever published. numerous regional locations. This networking outlet for members and This book and other Wan-I- edition of Business Before Hours is others. Visit www.bozeman- Gan Press publications are avail- included with Chamber member- chamber.com to register for any able at two Livingston locations: ship and $25 for non-members.