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Connor window opens March 1st National Geographic photographer, She has received several Hoffmann is a Truman Scholar filmmaker, writer and explorer international awards for her who graduated from MSU in Ami Vitale will share a work including International 2018 with degrees in chemical When ole Punxsutawney Phil blue ribbons awarded to communi- multimedia presentation of her Photographer of the Year’s and biological engineering and predicted an early spring, snow ty royalty. travels throughout the world at Magazine Photographer of the directed interdisciplinary naturally draped our mountains Beginning March 1st, the polls 7:30pm Wednesday, February 19th, Year and the National Press studies, combining engineering, and valleys the very next day. will open for the 19th Annual at the Emerson Center’s Crawford Photographers Association’s economics and political science. Anyone who’s been Best of Bozeman. A friendly around a local competition, Best of Bozeman is the original celebration of everything we love about our town and its countless offer- ings. Though The BoZone sponsors this poll every year, it’s all of YOU who decide the win- ners of each category. This is an opportunity for Southwest Montanans of all ages to have their say in the crowning of area establish- ments, whether first-time winners or defend- ing champions. This year’s voting again consists of a multiple choice format, Ami Vitale displaying area favorites from pre- Theater in a public lecture Daniel Pearl Award for Currently, he is a contractor vious surveys and the sponsored by the Montana State Outstanding Reporting and performing biosecurity policy- option to add a choice University Honors College. Magazine Photographer of the related research for the Stanford not listed. While there are Vitale will share her work show- Year. She recently published a Center for International Security many categories to repre- cased in National Geographic maga- book, Panda Love, about the secret and Cooperation. His parents are sent our area’s finest, voters zine as a contract photographer as lives of pandas. Tom and Amy Hoffmann can decide the winners of well as her experiences traveling Vitale lectures for the of Boise. as many or as few titles as and photographing in more than National Geographic LIVE Vitale’s lecture is free for they please. 100 countries documenting a range series, and she frequently gives MSU students and students Right around 2,500 of topics, including wildlife and workshops throughout the under 18. General admission will logged on poaching in Africa, human-wildlife Americas, Europe and Asia. She be $10 at the door or $12 last year and gave conflict, the efforts to save the is also a founding member of through EventBrite, with the recognition to their northern white rhino and the rein- Ripple Effect Images, a collective additional $2 to cover favorite troduction of pandas to the wild. of scientists, writers, photogra- online costs. A Nikon Ambassador, Vitale is phers and filmmakers whose To learn more about Vitale’s food and beverage also part of National Geographic’s work focuses on issues faced by work in National Geographic, go to hotspots, service soon to be released film, Women of women in developing countries. www.nationalgeographic.co industries, live enter- Impact. In 2018 InStyle Magazine Vitale’s visit is sponsored by m/contributors/v/photog- tainment, small busi- named Vitale as one of its 50 the MSU Honors College and rapher-ami-vitale. To learn nesses, nonprofits, “Badass Women,” a series was made possible by an more about Vitale, go to other local destina- celebrating women who show up, endowment from the Hoffmann www.ami-vitale.com. • tions, and so much more. Continuing the tradition, it’s up to each and every one of you Films of all variety hit Ellen silver screen while knows to acknowledge the Treasure your Best of the before deviously immersive Maids State adheres to no Best. Log on to Downtown Bozeman’s Ellen only $4 at the door. the story is dramatically different. finite seasonal structure. thebestofbozeman.com Theatre is set to present a special Wolf Haven International will There is after all, a reason wolves Still, optimistic recreationists are to peruse the complete list of screening of James Corden in present award-winning documentary have been, and continue to be, the preparing for jaunts alfresco 2019 winners and to make your One Man, Two Guvnors on The Trouble with Wolves on world’s most controversial predator. beneath the vibrant buds of now picks. The 2020 Best of Bozeman Friday, February 21st. The host of Wednesday, February 26th. But the question remains: Do they barren limbs. And with the return- voting window is March 1st through CBS’ Late Late Show and “Carpool Experience a close-up look at one of deserve a place on this landscape? ing greenery comes a deluge of April 15th. • Karaoke” stars in this production the most heated and controversial The film runs 50 minutes. straight from London’s National wildlife conservation debates of our And late this month, The Ellen Theatre. The Sunday Times time. This film explores whether invites audiences to “get up close proclaimed, “James Corden is a and personal” with Jean Genet’s hit!” The Daily Mail dubbed the classic play The Maids. show “the funniest on the plan- Presented by Nervous Theatre MSU to host Family Science et.” The Guardian added, “One of and based on an actual 1933 the funniest productions in the murder case, this particular Night at SUB National’s history.” This nonstop production has quite the twist – From MSU News Service circulate at their own pace. All laugh-out-loud comedy went on patrons will be sitting on stage, to New York for a sold-out run with the hair-raising action hap- Families and members of the ages are welcome; children must on Broadway, topped by a Tony pening all around them. Shows public are invited to Montana be accompanied by an adult. Award-winning performance by are set for Friday and Saturday, State University for Family Topics explored at the event in Corden. The screening begins at February 28th and 29th at Science Night, a free evening of previous years have ranged from 7:30pm. All seats $17.50. 7:30pm, with a closing Sunday educational activities in science, extreme gravity physics to In advance of its spring matinee on March 1st at 3pm. technology, engineering and microbiology to nanotechnology, a staging of Cyrano de Bergerac, This nail-biting mathematics. field in which scientists and Montana Shakespeare in the psychodrama centers on two The event, which aims to help engineers study and manipulate Parks sponsors a FREE showing domestic servants who deeply both kids and adults learn more matter at the atomic and of Roxanne on Saturday, resent their social position. about science in a fun and easy-to- molecular scale to develop disease February 22nd. The modern Each night, when their understand format, will be held fighting drugs, alternative energy take on the classic tale stars socialite employer is away, from 5 to 7pm Thursday, February solutions, ultra-strong sports equip- Steve Martin and Daryl sisters Claire and Solange, 27th, in the Strand Union ment and many other applications. Hannah. The film will serve as a wanting to solve the inequity, Building ballrooms. At the event, MSU Family Science Day is hilarious appetizer for the local perform a dangerous MSU students and faculty will hosted by MSU Academic production opening March 20th ceremony plotting how best to One Man, Two Guvnors showcase their research through Technology and Outreach with featuring Tony-nominated murder their mistress. As the educational hands-on activities support from Montana NSF Jeffrey McCarthy in the title role. line blurs between fantasy and and a variety of engaging demon- EPSCoR and the Montana A family film closes out the week- coexistence is truly possible by reality, each audience member strations and experiments. Visitors Nanotechnology Facility. For end on Sunday, February 23rd when hearing from people directly will have an intimate view of can stop in at any time, take part more information, visit ato.mon- animated feature Abominable involved, including Doug Smith, the proceedings. in dozens of free activities and tana.edu/familyscience. • screens at 2pm. DreamWorks and project leader of the Wolf The Maids features Annabella Pearl Studios’ box office hit centers Restoration Project in Yellowstone. Joy (Company, Woman on Stage, Man around a group of teenagers who Directed by Collin Monda, the from Audience), Los Angeles-based embark on an epic quest to reunite FREE screening begins at 7pm. actor Connor Berkompas (Joe Everest the magical Yeti with his Once exterminated from the Hardy, Damn Yankees) and family. The friends must stay one lower 48 states, wolves have made a Brooklyn-based writer and step ahead of Burnish (Eddie triumphant return to Yellowstone performer Sympathie the Clown. Izzard), a wealthy man intent on and the surrounding states. Hailed Please note: this show contains some capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. as, ‘the greatest animal conservation adult language and mature themes. All Zara (Sarah Paulson) to help success in human history,’ to many seats are $20. Everest get home. Tickets are others living in the areas affected, Wine, beer and other refreshments will be sold in the lobby one hour before each event. Ticketing and further information about these and other happenings is available at theellentheatre.org.