Poker Ride, BBQ and auction benefits Heroes & Horses iddy up! Area non- $10. Adult beverages will be sold separate- physical scars. from years of war, towards a life of profit Heroes and ly during the lunchtime activities. ALL This innovative program utilizes restoration and hope. This unique experi- Horses will present a proceeds directly benefit Heroes and expedition-style horse pack trips to teach ence challenges these individuals, invokes Horseback Poker Horses. Additional donations are always self-reliance, teamwork and perseverance. change, and helps them to develop new Ride on Saturday, much appreciated. Led by experienced instructors, many of ways to approach and solve problems. By August 19th at 7am. A The Heroes and Horses’ three-phase whom are combat veterans and program challenging what challenges them, veterans G BBQ, Live & Silent reintegration program — offered to graduates themselves, these veterans and can make peace with their past and replace Auction will follow qualifying veterans at no cost — utilizes their pack animals travel into the wilder- devastating memories with positive ones. the ride at Flynn Ranch, twelve miles east the remote wilderness of Montana, in ness on epic, life-changing journeys of Visit www.heroesandhorses.org for of Townsend, with events beginning at addition to the horse/human connection, self-discovery. more about the organization, as well as noon. Tickets are $50 for poker riders, and to challenge and inspire personal growth Heroes and Horses inspires veterans to further Poker Ride/BBQ/Auction details $15 for event-goers. Kids 12 and under are in veterans suffering from mental and move beyond the difficulties experienced and to purchase tickets. #NotAVacation • Contents Art/Community . .2A Community . .3A Calendar . .4-5A Theatre . .6A Film . .7A Community . .8A EcoZone . .1 - 3B Bi$Zone . .4B RollingZone . .C Block Party w/ MT Rose Pinky & the Floyd Jason Boland & Stragglers EndZone . .1 & 4D Chico Saloon Bridger Brewing Mixers Bobcat Football . .2 - 3B August 20th August 25th September 1st P AGE 2A • THE BOZONE • AUGUST 15, 2017 Bobcat Athletics to host Poetry, paper & paint: visiting annual Family Fun Day, artist classes at Livingston Depot Movie Night In connection with the exhibit, divide the year between Texas and in the afternoon from 2–4pm. Cost “A Railroad Runs Through It,” the Paradise Valley, Montana. As a is $20. Bobcat Athletics celebrates the to purchase before and during the Livingston Depot will host a vari- landscape painter, she paints the Beaudin is an award-winning upcoming football season with a free movie. For protection of the field, ety of classes instructed by the fea- natural forms around her, plus poet whose work has been pub- day of fun for the entire family with items such as outside food and drink, tured artists. In this landmark exhi- those she encounters in her travels. lished in numerous journals and bition, painters, photographers, Her work includes watercolors, oils, was recently anthologized in the poets, and sculptors celebrate both acrylics, tile murals, etchings, High Plains Book Awards finalist the historic Depot and the dynamic sculpture, and digital prints. And Unearthing Paradise: Montana Writers train activity that passes daily. The she’s always looking for the in Defense of Greater Yellowstone (of special exhibit is a colorful celebra- next frontier. which he is a co-editor). His latest tion for the 30th anniversary of the The Livingston Depot Museum book, Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun Depot Museum. The powerful presents an interactive Poetry from the Peregrine Journals, was called work in this exhibition affirms the Writing Workshop with poet and “a jazzy, freewheeling, rollicking connection between the railroad performer Marc Beaudin on road trip into the beating heart of and Livingston’s robust artist Saturday, August 26th. Participants the Eternal Now” by Montana community. will dig into the heart of the Quarterly. More about his work A Paper & Paint Workshop process of poetry, discussing how can be found at with Malou Flato is first up on to discover, refine and express www.CrowVoice.com. Thursday, August 24th from Poetic Truth: a moment in writing The 2017 Depot Museum 1–5pm. Students will learn a when every word rings true — exhibits are open through unique approach to acrylic paint- musically, personally and universal- September 24th. Located at 200 ing mastered by Flato. This tech- ly. In-class exercises will help reveal West Park, the Depot is open nique utilizes translucent Japanese the methods and mindsets that lead Monday through Saturday from the annual Family Fun Day, tak- pets, and lawn chairs are prohibited. paper and a method of painting to crafting a poem that “works.” 10am–5pm, and Sunday from ing place Saturday, August 19th at Champ’s Kids Club recent sign- both sides to create depth. This is Participants will need to bring a 1–5pm. There’s a nominal admis- Bobcat Stadium. ups will be able to pick up their an adult session for those 15 and small notebook/journal and a pen. sion, and group visits are also wel- Doors open at 5:30pm for the membership packages for the first up. Tuition is $30. Museum admis- Other materials will be provided by come by special arrangement. Family Fun Day portion of the time at the Family Fun Day event. sion is free. Participants need to the instructor. The youth session is Additional information can be evening which features an autograph Champ’s Kids Club membership bring a canvas, but other materials open to ages 12-17 and will be obtained by contacting the Depot session with Bobcat players and costs range from $25 for children of will be provided by the instructor. held from 10am–noon. Cost is $10. office at (406) 222-2300 or visiting coaches, inflatables, and other activi- Bobcat Club members and Alumni Malou Flato and her husband An adult session will be held later www.livingstondepot.org. • ties for kids of all ages on the field. Association members to $30 for the At 7:15pm, Bobcat Stadium’s public. Children eighth grade and Thayer Family video board brings to younger are eligible to join Champ’s life a featured movie for the fourth Kids Club. annual Bobcat Movie Night. Fans The Bobcat Ticket Office will be attending Family Fun Day in Bobcat on site for ticket sales and Champ’s Fall Art Education for youth & adults gear receive a complementary ticket Kids Club tickets starting at 5:30pm. to a session of the Montana State The Cats open their 2017 home now enrolling at Emerson Bobcat Classic volleyball tourna- schedule with the 11th annual Gold ment on Aug. 25th. Rush Game on Saturday, Sept. 9th, The Emerson Center for the Arts techniques primarily in etching and Kids will explore hand-building, slab Fans may cast a vote for one of against South Dakota State. MSU & Culture is now enrolling for its piercing metals. Students will create and coil construction, glazing tech- four movies to choose from for the season football and volleyball tickets Fall 2017 Art Education multiple, wearable pieces of art! niques, and more! Create sculptural evening’s featured event at Bobcat are on sale now. Single-game foot- Classes. Don’t let the end of sum- Other courses to be offered: and functional pieces you will cher- Athletics’ official website. Finding ball tickets are also available. Visit mer get you down! Register for one Acrylic Painting Basics on ish for a lifetime. Dory, The Incredibles, The Lego Batman www.msubobcats.com for a of the following classes to learn Wednesday evenings, September Kids daytime classes will include Movie, and Moana are the four possi- complete season schedule and fur- something new or have fun doing 20th through November 8th; and a Community Creation, Tuesday ble selections. Family Fun Day and ther information about Bobcat tick- what you’re already great at with Majolica Workshop, Saturdays, mornings, September 12th through Bobcat Movie Night are free, and ets, Family Fun Day, and Bobcat friends and family. Here’s a look at November 11th and 18th. October 24th (ages 4-12), and Little water and popcorn will be available Movie Night. • some of the course offerings. Life Drawing for those 18+ will HeARTs, Wednesday mornings, Pottery: Beginner to be held Tuesdays, September 12th Sept. 20th–Nov. 15th (ages 2-5 with Intermediate will offer several through November 14th. Draw from parent participation). multi-week courses — Wednesday live models! Artists of all ability lev- Community Creation will encourage evenings from September 13th els welcome. Participants should kids to explore art from its begin- through November 1st; Wed. morn- provide own drawing supplies. No ning. Learn about major art move- Textile exhibition ings from Sept. 20th–Nov. 8th; pre-registration necessary, drop-ins ments through history. Each class Saturday mornings from Sept. welcome. will focus on a period in art and 16th–Nov. 4th; and Thursday If you’re creative but need direc- artists within each time span materializes at Shane evenings from Sept. 28th–Nov. 16th. tion and don’t want the commitment (Expressionism, Surrealism, The 2017 Festival of the brush crumbs from the tablecloth, This class offers more in-depth of a multi-week course, the Art on Abstraction, etc.) The movements Thread returns for its fourth annual usefulness overshadows art and a instruction on mid-range stoneware the Rocks series is just the ticket. will be presented at the beginning of event, Friday through Sunday, maker is taken for granted. It is the and porcelain clays with hand build- Grab some friends and enjoy a cre- each class with a correlating project September 1st–3rd at the Shane purpose of The Festival of Thread ing, wheel projects, and new surface ative evening filled with step-by-step that uses similar techniques and Lalani Center for the Arts, 415 E exhibition to display these objects treatments.