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Baroque Music Montana...................................................................................... 3 Big Sky Classical Music Festival: Windsync..................................................... 3 Montana Chamber Music Society Summer Events.......................................... 5 Downtown Bozeman Art Walks 2015.................................................................. 6 Bozeman Actors Theatre to present “Dead Man’s Cell Phone”.................... 7 The Ellen Theatre: July/August Events............................................................... 8 Yellowstone Ballet Summer Dance with Guest Instructors............................ 9 July Author Events at Country Bookshelf.........................................................10 Additional Performances & Events....................................................................11

EDITOR/WRITER Stevie Croisant WRITER Ashley Cosgriff DESIGN Christine Dubbs A BENEFIT FOR

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EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS Submissions are welcome and will be considered for publication. Query by e-mailing scroisant@dailychronicle.com or by calling 406-582-2642.

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BAROQUE MUSIC MONTANA

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njoy an evening of beautiful music when we welcome Baroque Music Montana to the Big Sky Chapel for a free concert. The concert is underwritten by the Carroll Toepffer Memorial Fund and the Peggy Dicken Schwer Memorial Fund. The performance will start at 8 p.m. and last approximately an hour. No tickets or reservations are required for the concert. The ensemble features Carrie Krause (violin), Caroline Nicolas (cello), Kevin Payne (lute) and Evan Kory (harpsichord). This group of performers together have played numerous concerts, national and international tours, masterclasses and coachings as part of the Juilliard School’s Masters program in Historical Performance.

Admission to the performance is free and suitable for all ages. Park opens at 6 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m. Food and beverages from local vendors will be available.

BIG SKY CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL: WINDSYNC

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oin as we kick off the fifth annual Classical Music Festival with a free performance from WindSync in the Town Center Park.

Hailed by the Houston Chronicle as "revolutionary chamber musicians," WindSync has distinguished itself among classical music ensembles as North America's foremost emerging wind quintet. The ensemble is recognized internationally for dramatic and adventurous programing in venues ranging from concert halls to museums, universities and schools. The young, energetic group plays exclusively from memory, including elements of staging and choreography and focuses on building connections with audiences through dynamic concert programming and charismatic stage presence.

Park opens at 5 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. Food and beverages from local vendors will be available. Admission is free and suitable for all ages. Plenty of parking.

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PLEIN AIR ARTIST

LORETTA DOMASZEWSKI EXHIBITS AT CELLO FOR ART WALK MEET & GREET

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oretta Domaszewski is a locally and nationally known Contemporary Impressionist oil painter and Plein Air Painting instructor, creating visual poetry with bold saturated color, expressive fluid gestures and rich texture. She is inspired by changing elements in nature and the play of light.

Domaszewski’s plein air/impasto oil paintings are featured at Cello, a Bozeman Art Gallery featuring prominent local and regional artists, located in the heart of Downtown Bozeman (2 West Main).

As Cello’s featured artist, Domaszewski will be outside demonstrating her painting and teaching techniques on Friday, July 10 during the Downtown Bozeman Association’s Art Walk from 5-8 p.m. She will engage in open discussion and those passing by are welcomed to watch or ask questions.

Domaszewski has participated in Bozeman’s Art Walk since its inception through her studio gallery at the Emerson and on Main Street Downtown.

“This event is a wonderful opportunity to expose and educate the general public about all forms of art,encouraging the appreciation of the fine arts,” Domaszewski said.

Her work will be for sale at Cello during the Art Walk and for the remainder of the month.

Spirit of place is the inspiration for her majestic landscape paintings. These expressive oil paintings explore the personal intimacy of the illuminated pathway.

“Loretta is able to work with the paint to actually create light. She has such a deep connection to the earth as a living body. The physicality of it, the shape and curves, the way light travels through the water, the arc of the valley, the form and movement of the land, the patterns

of a current. She speaks a universal language,” Julia Becker, Professor of Art at the University of Great Falls.

Domaszewski has a BFA from Tufts University and the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. She teaches plein air painting workshops and exhibits her paintings nationally in galleries, universities, MGM films and museums. Her work is in public and private collections, including Huntington T. Block. She is a member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America and American Women Artists. She is a recipient of the Montana Arts Council, Faber Birren Liquitex Color Award and an artist in residency at the Vermont Art Center and the Centennial Valley, Taft Nicholson Center.

See more about the Downtown Bozeman Association Art Walk on page 6 &7.

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MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY SUMMER EVENTS

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he Montana Chamber Music Society will celebrate the 27th Annual Montana Chamber Music Festival 2015, featuring members of the renowned Muir String Quartet and acclaimed guest artists July 6-12. The Bozeman public performance will take place at MSU Bozeman’s acoustically superb Reynolds Hall in Bozeman at 7:30 p.m. on July 8. Highlights from this year’s festival include immortal Brahms Horn Trio, Chris Brubeck’s new Clarinet Quintet and the Dohnanyi Piano Quintet. Festival veteran artists include Muir Quartet violinists Peter Zazofsky and Bayla Keyes, Muir cellist Michael Reynolds, cellist Ilse-Mari Lee (also Dean of MSU’s Honors College), Utah Symphony principal violist Brant Bayless, pianist Michele Levin, clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein and UNT Professors Kathleen Reynolds on bassoon and William Scharnberg on French Horn.

MCMS also presents Strings Under the Big Sky on July 10 at Big Sky’s Rainbow Ranch. Reservations are required; for further information, con-

tact info@stringsunderthebigsky.org.

Festival artists will also appear at St. Timothy’s Summer Concerts on July 12. Net proceeds from Festival 2015 events support MCMS’ mission to present great chamber music performance around Montana.

Grammy-winning artists who have performed in Carnegie Hall, the White House, the Sydney Opera House, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and many other international venues join again in western Montana to perform works from the great chamber music literature. The Muir Quartet has performed over 2,000 concerts worldwide, as well as over 50 international tours, and has received both a Grammy nomination and a Grammy on the EcoClassics label. They have been in residence at Boston University since 1983. The Muir String Quartet will return this coming fall and winter for the 7th annual Montana Chamber Music Society season, and in winter and spring 2016, violinist superstar Angella Ahn will again perform with members of the Muir Quartet and Montana Governor’s Award-winning pianist Philip Aaberg.

The Festival is the finale of the 6th season of concerts presented by the Montana Chamber Music Society. For more information about MCMS and the upcoming sixth season, please visit montanachambermusicsociety.org.

Tickets will be available online at www.montanachambermusicsociety. org, and may be purchased at Cactus Records and ERA Landmark Realty on East Main St. beginning June 15; prices are $27 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for students. For further information about the Festival concerts and the Montana Chamber Music Society benefit event, please call Kathleen Reynolds at 406-551-4700.

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DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES: LIVE RADIO THEATRE

8PM FRI-SAT JUNE 5–27 (+ JULY 10–25!)

Live radio theater returns with mystery, comedy, suspense, western, adventure, sci-fi and more! Watch our talented cast of actors, musicians and sound effects performers stage a new original episode each week. $10 ($8 student/senior) [Family Friendly] (More info at DCYERADIO.com)

IMPROV ON THE VERGE 7PM MONDAY, JUNE 1

It’s our final Monday improv show of the season, so stock up on laughs! $5 [17+]

SUMMER WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS & TEENS Sign up! 1-week sessions start June 29: Improv to Writing! Improv! Musical Theater! Info, dates, registration: vergetheater.com

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DOWNTOWN BOZEMAN ART WALKS The Downtown Bozeman Association, Downtown Bozeman art galleries and retailers and the Emerson Center for Art and Culture are proud to present this summer’s Downtown Bozeman Art Walks. The Art Walks occur on the second Friday of the month; June through September from 6 to 8 p.m. in Downtown Bozeman. The businesses and galleries generally feature artists’ openings and receptions during the event and often provide complimentary hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. The remaining summer 2015 Art Walk dates are: July 10, August 14 and September 11.

• Alara Jewelry at 42 West Main St.

• Ecce Gallery at 111 South Grand, Suite 107A (in Galleria Hall in the Emerson Center)

• Altitude Gallery at 134 East Main St.

• Art Beat Gallery and Gifts at 435 East Main St.

• El Heart at 131 West Babcock

• Artists’ Gallery at 111 South Grand, Suite 106 (in Galleria Hall in the Emerson Center)

• ERA Landmark at 8 East Main St.

• Element by Westin at 25 East Mendenhall (opening July 2015)

• The Artshoppe at 23 South Willson Ave.

• Four Winds Gallery at 111 South Grand, Suite 108 (in Galleria Hall in the Emerson Center)

• A. Banks Fine Art at 127 East Main St. • Bozeman Angler at 23 East Main St.

• Bozeman Youth Initiative, Youth Art Show at Soroptimist Park, www.bozemanyouth.org • Cactus Records at 29 West Main St. (basement gallery) • Cello at 2 West Main St.

• Country Bookshelf at 28 West Main St.

• Dee-O-Gee at 424 East Main St. Suite 103

• Earth’s Treasures at 25 North Willson Ave.

• Gem Gallery at 402 East Main St. • Hattie Rex at 18 South Willson • Head West at 24 West Main St. • Heyday at 7 West Main St.

• CTA Architects Engineers at 411 East Main St. Suite 101 • Dari Rasa Trunk Show at 132 East Main St.

• The Foundry at 16 South Tracy Ave.

• House Design Studio, 407 West Main St., Unit A • Indulgence at 121 East Main St.

• Jessie Wilber Gallery (including the Emerson Weaver Room and the Emerson Front Lobby) at 111 South Grand in the Emerson Center • Legacy Gallery at 7 West Main St., Suite 102

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First Security Bank, the Ellen Theatre, the

openings at the participating galleries and

777 Building (at 777 East Main St.) and at

businesses, the Art Walks also feature live

Soroptimist Park.

performances throughout downtown.

This free community event is brought to

While you stroll from gallery to gallery,

you by our sponsors; First Security Bank,

you will also be able to enjoy live jazz and

KBZK, 95.1 “The Moose”, The Bozeman Dai-

rock music played by young musicians from

ly Chronicle and Allegra. The Art Walks are

the area. The opportunity to support these

also open to the public and will go on rain or

budding young musicians during the Art

shine, and for more information visit www.

Walks is brought to us by donations from

downtownbozeman.org or call the Down-

First Security Bank. You can find these art-

town Bozeman Association at 586-4008.

ists, ensembles and/or bands in front of

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Maps for the 2015 Art Walks are available at all the participating galleries and businesses listed below or available at www.downtownbozeman.org.

• Lockhorn Cider House at 21 South Wallace Ave.

• Loft Spa at 211 East Main St., 3rd floor (above the Rocking R Bar) • MaYarising at 20 East Main St. (above the Stylon) • Meridian Boutique at 101 East Main St. • Miller’s Jewelry at 2 East Main St.

• Montana Gift Corral at 237 East Main St. • Old Main Gallery at 129 East Main St. • Pour House at 15 North Rouse

• Revolvr Menswear at 30 West Main St. • Schnee’s at 35 East Main St.

• Sassy Sisters at 9 East Main St.

• Sundog Fine Art at 17 East Main St.

• tart at 111 South Grand, Suite 107C (in Galleria Hall in the Emerson Center)

• Tripp Studio at 111 South Grand, Suite 111 (in Galleria Hall in the Emerson Center) • Visions West Gallery at 34 West Main St.

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BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE TO PRESENT

“DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE”

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ou're sitting alone in a café and a man's cell phone begins to ring.

He doesn't answer. He appears to be asleep. But upon a closer look, he's actually dead.

Do you answer the phone first or call an ambulance?

If you're the protagonist in Sarah Ruhl's captivating play "Dead Man's Cell Phone," you're drawn to the phone first, thus beginning a quirky journey of discovery into a surreal realm that is darkly funny and quite unpredictable.

Bozeman Actors Theatre presents a staged reading of "Dead Man’s Cell Phone," one-night only, Sunday, July 19, 7 p.m. at the Verge Theatre.

The comedy-drama explores the paradox of modern technology's ability to both unite and isolate people in the digital age, and garnered a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play in 2007. The cast features Bozeman Actors Theatre’s Tonya Andrews and Cara Wilder, as well as Daniel Erickson, Susan Miller, Paul Prescott and Rhonda Smith. Company member Dee Dee Van Zyl directs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments served in the lobby prior to the reading. There is a suggested donation of $10 per person for the reading, with all proceeds going to Bozeman Actors Theatre. Due to strong language and adult subject matter play is suitable for mature audiences.

More information online at www.bozemanactorstheatre.org.

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THE ELLEN THEATRE: JULY/AUGUST EVENTS All events occur at The Ellen Theatre in Historic Downtown Bozeman Tickets at TheEllenTheatre.com or Call (406) 585-5885 SUMMER MUSICAL FIDDLER ON THE ROOF July 10-26 Tickets $16 - $28

HAWAI’I COMES TO BOZEMAN - KAHULANUI Tuesday, July 14 – 7:30 p.m.

Tickets $15 (Adults), $9 (Youth) There is a new wave coming from Hawaii, and you can catch it at The Ellen Theatre. Nominated for a Grammy in 2014, Kahulanui is a blend of traditional music and the Big Band Swing brought to the islands by US servicemen during World War II. Kahulanui, meaning the Big Dance, boasts a nine-piece band that is sure to keep the joint jumpin’. With lots of horns, electric guitar, bass, ukulele and steel drums, Kahulanui’s energy and dynamic arrangements have caused a sensation wherever they play.

This is not your typical luau. Hang on to your grass skirts as these Kings of Hawaiian Swing are sure to blow the roof off the place.

CLASSIC CLINT FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Wednesday, July 15 – 7 p.m.

Summer Western Series – All Seats $5 A Fistful of Dollars is a Spaghetti Western starring Cowboy Favorite Clint Eastwood. Howard Hughes famously commented on the film, praising its “satirical humor” and “groundbreaking style,” and Quentin Tarantino described the film as “the greatest achievement in the history of cinema”.

HUMPHREY BOGART THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE Wednesday, July 22 – 7 p.m.

Summer Western Series – All Seats $5 Set in Mexico, this classic picture is an old-fashioned treasure hunt with a new, Western twist! Three friends set off on an adventure for buried gold; the question is will the friendships outlast monetary gain and human greed?

Celebrating 20 years, Montana TheatreWorks proudly presents one of the greatest shows of all time, Fiddler on the Roof. This family favorite musical tells the story of a small Russian town in 1905 where time honored traditions are both embraced and challenged by a man and his family as their simple world goes through an extraordinary transition.

Originally produced in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof became the longest-running Broadway musical in history, highlighted by such beloved songs as Sunrise, Sunset, If I Were a Rich Man and the classic Matchmaker. Musical Director Frederick Frey leads an outstanding live orchestra featuring local favorites Sue and Jerry Makeever, Jeff Vick, Michael Certalic, Jon Ford and more. Frank Simpson performs the role of Tevye and heads a talented cast of 30 singers and dancers. Shari Watson provides sterling choreography, Michael Dixon an array of stunning costumes and M. A. Hare has created a brilliant and colorful set. The creative team is rounded out by Joel Jahnke and Stephan Gueguen adding Lighting and Sound Design, respectively, and the entire production is under the direction of Montana TheatreWorks co-founder Mary Jo Ludin.

There are ten opportunities in all to see this terrific show, with the final production on Sunday, August 26.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday the curtain is at 8 p.m. and the Sunday matinees begin at 3 p.m. Wine, beer and other refreshments, which may be brought into the theatre, are available one hour prior to show time.

In 1995, Montana TheatreWorks launched with the show Damn Yankees. A dozen productions and over 65,000 audience members later, MTW acquired and renovated The Ellen Theatre, reopening her doors in 2008.

Over 150,000 have since visited The Ellen. For more information about MTW, The Ellen Theatre or the summer schedule, please visit www.TheEllenThetare.com.

RED MOLLY MONDAY July 27 –Aug. 26 8 p.m.

Tickets $15, $23 Americana powerhouse vocal trio Red Molly – Laurie MacAllister (bass), Abbie Gardner (Dobro), and Molly Venter (guitar) – weave together the threads of American

music. Whether a heartbreaking ballad or barn-burning honky tonk, Red Molly entertains with their signature crystalline, three-part harmonies.

SUMMER WESTERN SERIES A BIG HAND FOR A LITTLE LADY

Wednesday, July 29 - 7 p.m.

All tickets are $5 plus fees.

To purchase call the box office at (406)585-5885 or go online to theellentheatre.com Staff Pick!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

Wednesday, August 5 – 7 p.m.

Summer Western Series – All Seats $5 An epic Spaghetti Western, Once Upon a Time in the West stars Henry Fonda as the menacing villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader.

BOEING BOEING

Thursday, Aug. 6-Wednesday, Aug. 19 Back by popular demand, Boeing Boeing will be reprised this summer with the same great actors (minus one)! Mark Kuntz (The Great Gatsby, Is He Dead?) returns to the Ellen stage, joining the cast in the role of Robert. This production is bound to be bigger and better, with double the laughs and double the fun.

NEVADA SMITH

Wednesday, August 12 – 7 p.m.

Summer Western Series – All Seats $5 A trio of outlaws robs, tortures, and brutally kills the mother and father of young Max Sand. Max, unable to read, write or use a gun, sets out on an adventure, determined to avenge his parents’ death.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Wednesday, August 26 – 7 p.m.

Summer Western Series – All Seats $5 Clint Eastwood returns in the third installment of the Dollars trilogy. The film focuses on three gunslingers competing to find fortune amidst the violent chaos of the American Civil War.

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YELLOWSTONE BALLET SUMMER DANCE WITH GUEST INSTRUCTORS

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ellowstone Ballet School is sponsoring the 5th annual Montana Regional Dance Intensive for intermediate & advanced dancers, Tuesday, Aug. 4-Friday, Aug. 14. Guest teachers Tricia Sundbeck and Thomas Bell will also be offering private lessons for students who want hands on coaching.

The intensive takes place in Bozeman at The Dance Center August 4-9 (includes Saturday classes) and at Yellowstone Ballet School in Livingston August 10-14.

Old-fashioned fun and hard work combine for a fruitful two weeks of training.

For more information go to www.yellowstoneballet.org.

For registration contact yellowstoneballet@gmail.com.

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Tricia Sundbeck (Ballet, Pointe/Variations) danced as a principal dancer for eight years with Sacramento Ballet Company. Sundbeck joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2000 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2004. She has performed principal roles in numerous classical ballets including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Swanhilda in Coppelia and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella and has an extensive Balanchine repertoire. She has been coached by such notable stars as Frederic Franklin of the Ballet Russe and Allegra Kent of New York City Ballet. She has worked internationally performing in Canada, Portugal, Amsterdam and Germany and at the Bolshoi theatre in the Benois De La Danse Competition where she receiving critical acclaim.

Thomas Bell (Ballet, Conditioning, Pas de Deux, Repertoire) graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Drama and Dance. He attended the Washington School of Ballet and became a principal dancer with the Maryland Ballet and the Eugene Ballet. He has also appeared as a guest artist with numerous companies on both coasts. He is currently ballet master at the University of Cincinnati.

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JULY AUTHOR EVENTS AT COUNTRY BOOKSHELF THOMAS C. RUST FOR LOST FORT ELLIS: A FRONTIER BOZEMAN HISTORY Tuesday, July 7, 7-8 p.m.

Established in 1867 in the Gallatin Valley of Montana, Fort Ellis played a key role in the development of the Montana frontier. From post commanders attacking the town to restoring order when riotous mobs got out of control, explore the ambivalent, albeit contentious, relationship from 1867 to 1886 between civilians and soldiers in whimsical but dramatic fashion. Competing visions of economic and military conditions on the frontier led to a complex relationship that has all the drama of a Hollywood western. Join MSU-Billings history professor Dr. Thomas C. Rust as he examines the fort’s impact on the social and economic development of early Bozeman, the problems of military command, and the dynamics of the soldier-civilian interaction on Montana’s frontier. Dr. Thomas C. Rust is an award-winning tenured associated professor of History at Montana State University—Billings. He has earned a B.A. in History from the University of Minnesota, a M.A. in History from the University of Denver and a M.Ed. from Montana State University—Billings, as well as a PhD in Archaeology and Ancient History at the University Leicester. Dr. Rust has received numerous awards and honors.

DAVID GESSNER FOR ALL THE WILD THAT REMAINS: EDWARD ABBEY, WALLACE STEGNER AND THE AMERICAN WEST Wednesday, July 22, 7-8 p.m.

Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts

of these two remarkable writer-environmentalist from Stegner’s birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of Abbey’s pilgrimages to Arches National Park in Utah, braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the west. These two great westerners had very different ideas about what it meant to love the land and try to care for it. In a region beset by droughts and fires, by fracking and drilling and by an ever-growing population that seems to be in the process of loving the West to death, Gessner asks: how might these two farseeing environmentalist thinkers have responded to the crisis? David Gessner is the award-winning author of return of the Osprey, My Green Manifesto, The Tarball Chronicles and other books. He teaches at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he founded the literary journal Ecotone.

RINKER BUCK FOR THE OREGON TRAIL: A NEW AMERICAN JOURNEY Friday, July 24, 7-9 p.m.

In 2011, writer Rinker Buck and his brother Nick set off to make an authentic covered wagon crossing of the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail. They knew that their chances of failure were high.

“Even if your wheels break halfway across,” his editor told him, “There’s still a great book there.” In fact, the Buck brothers’ wheels did break, at South Pass on the continental divide in Wyoming; they flipped their provisions cart in Nebraska and their axel snapped in two in eastern Oregon. But after making trailside repairs, the Bucks persevered, becoming the first wagon travelers in more than a century to complete a crossing of the trail. Rinker Buck began his career in journalism at the Berkshire Eagle and was a longtime staff writer for the Hartford Courant. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, Life, and many other publications,

and his stories have won the Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. He is the author of The Oregon Trail as well as the acclaimed memoirs Flight of Passage and First Job. He lives in northwest Connecticut.

JANE GALLOWAY DEMARAY FOR YELLOWSTONE SUMMERS: TOURING WITH THE WYLIE CAMPING COMPANY IN AMERICA’S FIRST NATIONAL PARK Wednesday, July 29, 7-8 p.m.

In 1872, Congress established Yellowstone National Park, and its vast wonders soon mesmerized early sightseers. One of them, school Superintendent William Wallace Wylie, visited in July 1880 and was immediately smitten, arranging his first tour group a few weeks later. His initial effort evolved into a full-fledged business, and from 1896 to 1905, the Wylie Camping Company fed, sheltered and guided thousands of Victorian vacationers through relaxed week-long tours of geysers, hot pools, waterfalls and trails. But operating the Wylie Camping Company was a formidable task. There were bears, runaway horses, and cantankerous stage coach drivers. Anecdotes include observations of wildlife, the arrest of a bison poacher, and an altercation with the park’s game warden, Buffalo Jones. Wylie also contended with park superintendents, railroad officials and politicians. Eventually the demands became too great, and he sold his business, only to reestablish it at Zion National Park. But the Wylie Camping Company and its owner’s unswerving efforts helped develop, define and preserve tourism in the West, particularly in America’s first national park.

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ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES & EVENTS If you want to be listed in the August edition of Music and Arts, email scroisant@dailychronicle.com or call 406-582-2612. Include details, dates, times, address of venue, contact information and admission price, if any for events taking place August 4-31. The deadline for submissions is July 24.

MUSIC ON MAIN THE BOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY 585-9774 • bozemansymphony.org An anonymous foundation has offered the Bozeman Symphony an exciting matching-grant program—the $75K Symphony Summer Challenge.

For every two dollars we raise, the foundation will give the symphony an additional dollar and will match any money raised up to $75,000. And even better—if the $75,000 goal is reached, the foundation will match dollar for dollar up to an additional $25,000. The Symphony is asking the community to take part in the $75K Symphony Summer Challenge.

Any dollars raised between now and September 25, 2015 will qualify for the match. Individual donations, new season subscriptions, new concert program advertisers, new concert sponsors, and all underwriter donations qualify. The only catch is that the foundation will only match dollars we have received, and not pledged dollars.

THE EMERSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman • 587-9797 • theemerson.org Outdoor Life Drawing at the Emerson on Wednesdays, June 17 - August 19, 6-8 p.m. Participants of all ages and ability levels are welcome to come and draw clothed models on the Emerson’s north lawn. $10 dropin fee per session, with no pre-registration necessary. Participants must bring their own drawing supplies. Enjoy the beautiful evening light and practice drawing from life at the Emerson this summer!

MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS Town Center Park, Big Sky • bigskyarts.org Thursdays in July at 7p.m. Monthly lineup for the free showings includes Incendio (7/9), The Suffers (7/16), The Whiskey Gentry (7/23) and Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans (8/6).

Downtown, Bozeman • downtownbozeman.org/musiconmain Thursdays in July and August from 7-8:30 p.m. The lineup for the free showings include Whitewater Ramble (7/9), Bus Driver Tour (7/16), Kris Clone Band (7/23), John Roberts y Pan Blanco (7/30), Jameson and the Sordid Seeds (8/6) and Cure for the Common (8/13).

MUSIC RANCH MONTANA Livingston • 222-2255 • musicranchmontana.net Summer 2015 Concerts: Tickets may be bought online or by calling the box office. Music Ranch Montana, located in Paradise Valley, hosts largescale outdoor music concerts. Their complete summer schedule is online.

Saturday, July 12: Naomi Bristow and Jeremy Parsons Thursday, July 17: Charlie Daniels Band Saturday, July 26: Paulette Carlson and Baillie and the Boys and

Alyssa Bonagura Thursday, July 31: Bill Anderson Friday, Aug. 1: Penny Gilley Saturday, Aug. 2: Bobby Bare

THE VERGE THEATER 2304 North 7th Ave., Bozeman • 587-0737 • vergetheater.com Live Radio Theatre: Fridays and Saturdays through July 25 at 8 p.m. $10.

Montana’s longest running live radio theater returns for their smash fifth season at Bozeman’s Verge Theater. Watch as a live cast stages traditional radio style recordings complete with live sound effects! Each play is written, rehearsed, and produced in one week, highlighting the fast paced world of live radio. To preserve the excitement, challenges, and accompanying creative energy that comes with recreating an old-time weekly radio broadcast, writers Keith Suta and Ryan Cassavaugh alternate scripting a brand-new, one-hour program each week, always in a different genre: from mystery, comedy, and suspense, to sci-fi, western, adventure, and more! Each episode is presented for one weekend only by a talented and multi-voiced cast of actors, musicians, and live sound effects performers!

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1. Follow @bozchron on Instagram

1. Photos submitted before or after the outlined contest start & end dates will not be eligible to win.

2. Post a NEW photo or REGRAM an old one that shows the kickoff of your summer in Montana (Photos from anywhere in Yellowstone also count) 3. Use the hashtag #406Summer AND #ChronicleYourLife 4. Tag @bozchron in the photo 5. Include a description of where your photo was taken

You will be automatically entered and your Instagram photo will be displayed in our gallery on the BDC page of contestants!

Contest ends Monday, July 13th at midnight.

2. No posting a photo for anything outside of this contest.

If you wish to submit the same photo to more than one contest, please upload your photo twice with separate hashtags.

3. No videos.

4. Any illegal or questionable activities displayed will be immediately hidden from the profile and reported inappropriate.

5. Any Bozeman Daily Chronicle employee or intern is not eligible to win.

Winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 14th before 5pm.