Sweet Pea / SLAM Festival TimeZones Inside Cap summer outdoors w/ area music & arts-filled events Music in the Mountains has taken over statewide distillers. Festivalgoers will delight in The ninth annual Big Sky Classical Music Center Stage in Big Sky’s Town Center Park this the acoustic jazz of the Michelle Manzo Festival featuring special guests Angella Ahn, summer. Also on Thursday nights, the park Quartet, honky-tonk of Sam Platts & the Jonathan Gunn and Dallas Brass will take opens at 6pm with music starting at 7:15pm. Great Plainsmen, bluegrass stomp of Wes place Aug. 9th–11th. Apart from a ticketed Enjoy Grammy-nominated blues musician Urbaniak & the Mountain Folk, and Warren Miller event on Friday, performances will Marcia Ball on Aug. 1st before the North Mountain-reggae, gypsy-infused soul of Cole & take place at Town Center Park on Saturday at hough it just Carolina bluegrass of Town Mountain .on Aug the Thornes, as well as a ‘Singer/Songwriter 7pm and Sunday at 5pm. These outdoor shows stopped 8th. Indie folk band Mt. Joy will perform on Power Hour’ and so much more. are FREE and open to all. Food and beverage raining, the Aug. 15th. Food and beverage vendors are avail- Lunch on the Lawn continues on vendors will be available. See the Big Sky Arts arrival of able at each of these FREE events. Wednesdays at the Emerson Center from Council’s website for detailed schedule of events. TAugust signals The Sweet Pea Festival returns to Lindley 11:30am–1:30pm. This community event The Moonlight MUSICFEST returns to back-to-school Park Aug. 2nd–4th. The cultural gathering features live music, local food trucks, children’s Big Sky for its second annual event Aug. season and shortened days. Montanans are all features performances by local theatre and dance activities, and area nonprofits. Upcoming 16th–17th. The two-night mountain music too familiar with the abbreviated summer season, troupes, workshops, family friendly entertain- performers include “vaguely folkish alterna-rock” extravaganza will feature the progressive but we’re not going to let that keep us down! ment, flower show, beer and wine garden featur- trio Beat Deaf on Aug. 7th and Sparkle Bear bluegrass of Trampled by Turtles and There are still numerous family friendly, ing Montana microbrews, and countless craft and The Tingle Hoarders finishing off the Southern country rockers Blackberry Smoke, outdoor opportunities to enjoy live music and vendors. Sweet Pea ‘19 will also see headlining series on Aug. 14th. Admission to these events among others. Weekend and day passes are avail- local arts in the sunshine. Here’s a look at some sets by Colorado jam band Leftover Salmon, is FREE. able for purchase on the event website. upcoming events. soul collective Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Rockin’ the Rivers returns to The Bridge The Music on the Green concert series Music on Main brings music-filled festivities Birds, and experimental folk/rock project near Three Forks Aug. 8th–10th with legendary showcases regional talent on select Sunday to historic Downtown Bozeman on Thursday Blitzen Trapper, among many others. All rock band Cheap Trick, mind-bending guitar evenings on Bozeman Public Library’s Front evenings from 6:30–8:30pm. Americana band performances are included with wristband shredder Zakk Sabbath, and Lou Gramm Plaza from 5–7pm. Local stompgrass heroes Dead Winter Carpenters is next up on Aug. purchase. performing the hits of Foreigner. Also appearing Laney Lou & the Bird Dogs ar e next up on 1st, followed by the punk rock n’ roll soul of The Also Aug. 3rd–4th, the Summer SLAM are Florida-based rockers Nova Rex, Lynyrd Aug. 18th. Pack a few blankets and a picnic! Rad Trads on Aug. 8th. Outer Vibe will close Festival sets up in Bogert Park. In an effort to Skynyrd tribute Whiskey River, and local These family-friendly concerts are FREE for all out the series with their 90s pop, swagger rock Support Local Artists and Musicians, the favorites Pinky & the Floyd, and plenty more! to attend. and hip-hop on Aug. 15th. These concerts are weekend of events brings a slew of featured Weekend and day passes are available for Further details about these awesome outdoor events FREE and also feature a “Kids’ Zone.” artists, performers, culinary artisans, and purchase on the event website. can be found throughout this issue of The BoZone. • Contents Art . .2A Community . .3A Calendar . .4-5A Film . .6A EcoZone . .1-2B EndZone . .3-4B RollingZone . .C RollingZone Interview . .4C Young Dubliners James McMurtry Festival TimeZones . .D Pine Creek Lodge The Rialto August 7th - 7pm August 11th - 8:30pm ­Page 2a­•­The BoZone •­augusT 01,­2019 Local ceramicist to lecture Talk on MT’s Carnegie libraries precedes on artist portfolio creation Hops Season Celebration at MOR Attention area artists! Montana Iowa and maintains a studio near Bozeman’s Museum of Contemporary Arts Coalition is Bozeman. the Rockies continues to pleased to offer a lecture by Dean Tickets are $20 and available for educate and entertain its Adams on artist portfolio creation. purchase at www.montanacon- members and other visitors The evening event is set for temporaryartscoalition.com. to the Gallatin Valley this Thursday, August 8th, from 6–8pm. The lecture will be held at the 9 summer. The famed The lecture is designed to guide Energies Research Center, located at exhibitor also hosts a bevy of artists of all types – from beginners 301 Evergreen Drive, Unit 200, in special events to accompany just developing a practice to Bozeman. its many historical displays. experienced professionals – on how For more information on this lec- Here’s a look at some to create an artist portfolio. ture, or on MCAC in general, please upcoming happenings at our Documentation of your work is visit the aforementioned website. Be neighborhood museum. vital. Adams is the Associate Dean sure to follow them on Facebook and On Thursday, August of the College of Arts & Instagram for regular doses of local 15th, the Extreme History Architecture and Foundations art and future event announcements. Project Lecture series Coordinator for the School of Art at Montana Contemporary Arts Coalition continues with “The Best Montana State University. He exists to give a voice to emerging and estab- Gift: Montana’s earned his MA and MFA degrees in lished contemporary artists in the Bozeman Carnegie Libraries” at ceramics from the University of area with a focus on the art and artist. • 6pm. The talk will be held in Hager Auditorium and is open to the public. Kate Hampton of the Montana United States, from colonial times a vanished world. Explore Genghis State Historic Preservation Office to the present. As we boast of some Khan’s life and those of his sons will speak on her hot-off-the-press of the world’s largest breweries, we and grandsons during the book of the same name. The Best are also a nation of home-brewers, formation, peak, and decline of Gift reveals the history of these micro-brewers and even nano- the Mongol Empire. View rare iconic libraries throughout brewers. What is it about our treasures with more than 200 Montana. She will delve into country that makes it home to so spectacular objects on display to Bozeman’s own Carnegie library, many beer drinkers and brewery illustrate this story, including gold giving the history of this supporters? Admission for this 21+ jewelry and ornaments, silk robes, monumental structure that sits event is $20, which includes a sou- musical instruments, pottery, silently on the corner of Bozeman venir tasting glass and beer tickets. sophisticated weaponry, and and Rouse streets. Also at MOR, The Real numerous other fascinating relics MOR’s annual summer series Genghis Khan exhibit is now and elaborate artifacts. Hops & History is set to close open. Explore the culture, Accompanying the exhibit, with the Season Celebration on conquests, and heritage of one of daily live performances by Tuesday, August 27th. Celebrate the world’s greatest conquerors, Mongolian artists will feature tra- local Gallatin Valley brewers with when the treasures and stories of ditional music and dances. These this celebratory evening from Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire begin at 12:30pm and 3:30pm 5–8pm at the Living History Farm. are presented in Bozeman for the through Sept. 2nd in Hager Enjoy beer tasting and live music in first time. The Genghis Khan exhibi- Auditorium. Exhibit tours also run the Farm’s apple orchard, a keynote tion offers an adventure in the vast daily at 2:15pm. talk, and food available for grassland of Central Asia, amid For more information about purchase from Pizza Campania the relics of Genghis Khan’s reign. these and other upcoming events, and The Mint Café. Experience life in 13th-century as well as the Museum’s exhibits, Annual arts festival & “America: A Beer Nation” – Mongolia, entering the tents, visit www.museumoftherock- Explore the history of beer in the battlegrounds, and marketplaces of ies.org. • raffle returns to Peter T’s Park in Ennis Enjoy downtown galleries w/ Art Walks Take a nice Montana drive and The Ennis Arts Association celebrate the arts! The Ennis Arts (EAA) was established in 1972 with in Bozeman & Livingston Association (EAA) will present its the mission to promote the arts in 24th annual Madison Valley Arts Madison Valley. The Ennis Arts The Downtown Bozeman artists, ensembles, and bands at are part gallery tour and part social Festival on Saturday, August 10th. Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 Association, downtown art galleries rotating locations including First gathering. An eclectic array of This fun event will take place from organization.