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When Scott Williams, Museum

of the Rockies’ director of exhibits, thinks about the works of Leonardo da Vinci, he can’t help but imagine what such a mind could make of the modern world.

“He was so far ahead of his time you wonder ‘if you could go back in time and bring him forward to today, what would he invent with the technology we have in our

The many sides of da Vinci

hands now?’” Williams said during a walkthrough of “Da Vinci The Exhibition,” which opens at the Museum of the Rockies on Friday, May 26, and runs through Sept. 3.

Da Vinci (1452-1519) was a Renaissance master whose “The Mona Lisa” is arguably the most famous painting in the world.

The exhibit holds a larger than life reproduction of the portrait alongside a series of studies breaking down the composition of works such as “John the Baptist” and “The Last Supper.”

Painting, however, was only a small piece of da Vinci’s brilliance. “Most people think more of his artwork and

know a little bit about his inventions,” Williams said. “I think they’ll come in here and be shocked and surprised by some of the things he was thinking about in the late 1400s.”

Developed by Aurea Exhibitions and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, “Da Vinci The Exhibition” allows visitors a hands-on exploration of the breadth of da Vinci’s exploration of subjects including anatomy, optics, art, music and time from the hand-written books, or codices, detailing his work. The exhibit has been touring the country for about eight years.

“The term ‘Renaissance man,’ or ‘Renaissance person’ really refers

to Leonardo da Vinci,” Williams said. “The knowledge, the depth of field, the diverse interests he has are reflected in the exhibit.”

According to the exhibit’s interpretive labels, none of da Vinci’s inventions were realized in his lifetime. The exhibit has brought more than 60 of da Vinci’s inventions to life, using translators and artisans to turn sketches into showpieces.

Most of the inventions in the exhibit stem from Codex Atlanticus, some 1,119 pages of text and drawings collected by Pompeo Leoni, a Milanese sculptor.

“Da Vinci The Exhibition” opens at Museum of the Rockies on May 26 and runs through Sept. 3. (Courtesy Imagine Exhibitions and Powers Imagery)

RACHEL HERGETT for the Chronicle

Fri 5/26

NHL/NBA Championships

@ 4pm

Join is for the excitement of the NHL/NBA postseason every Fri‐day and Saturday in May The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Road, Big Sky. info@thebigskyway point com, 406-995-7827

Celtic Quintet

@ 6pm

Music from Ireland, Scotland and places beyond Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive, Bozeman. knealh49@gmail com

Montana Manouche

@ 7pm

French cafe jazz and vintage American swing. Dancers wel‐come No cover Blend A Boze‐man Winery, 31 South Willson Av‐enue, Bozeman. info@montana manouche.com, 406-414-9693

Murders, Madams, and Mediums: Bozeman's Dark Side Walking Tour

@ 7pm / $15

Bozeman’s darker history comes to light in an Extreme History Pro‐ject walking tour designed to send a shiver up your spine The Ex‐treme History Project, 234 East Mendenhall Street, Bozeman. info @extremehistoryproject.org

Open Mic

@ 7pm

Join Steep Mountain Tea and the Bozeman Poetry Collective for our free monthly open mic night!

Share your artistic talent, all forms of expression are welcome! Steep Mountain Teahouse, 402 East Main Street, Bozeman. manager@ steepmtntea com, 406-577-2740

Volleyball Nights

@ 7:30pm

Volleyball for all skill levels! Story Creek Elementary School, 807 Bolinger Road, Belgrade. info@‐fbc-mt.org

Concerts on the BIG SCREEN

@ 8pm

Enjoy concerts from your favorite artists and ours, all on the BIG SCREEN! The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Road, Big Sky info@the bigskywaypoint com, 406-9957827

Whiz BANG! Intoxicating Comedy

@ 9pm / $10

Whiz BANG! is an explosion of in‐toxicating comedy! Exciting, high-energy, short-form improv that is so funny it's criminal. Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman info@lastbest comedy com, 406-570-7766

Gallatin Gateway History Tour

@ 1am / $25

May 27th - May 26th

Stop at two historic sites, brief presentation and refreshments at each site 1889 Barn, 12670 Port‐nell Road, Bozeman. the1889barn @gmail com, 406-579-4865

Where in Bozeman! A Walking Tour of Unique and Hidden Architectural Gems

@ 1pm / $15

Join us for a walk downtown to discover unique and hidden ar‐chitectural artifacts and the sto‐ries and historical significance behind them The Extreme History Project, 234 East Mendenhall Street, Bozeman. info@extreme historyproject.org

Reckless Rooster & The Ranch: Private Event

@ 2pm Private Event, Belgrade

Where in Bozeman! A Walking Tour of Unique and Hidden Architectural Gems

@ 3pm / $15

Join us for a walk downtown to discover unique and hidden ar‐chitectural artifacts and the sto‐ries and historical significance behind them The Extreme History Project, 234 East Mendenhall Street, Bozeman info@extreme historyproject.org

Lee and Brian of Calvin and The Coal Cars @ The Jump

@ 7pm The Jump, 75770 Gallatin Rd, Gal‐latin Gateway

Murders, Madams, and Mediums: Bozeman's Dark Side Walking Tour

@ 7pm / $15

Bozeman’s

to light in an Extreme History Pro‐ject walking tour designed to send a shiver up your spine The Ex‐treme History Project, 234 East Mendenhall Street, Bozeman. info @extremehistoryproject.org

Friday Night Stand-Up with Andrew Frank

@ 7pm / $20-$25

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Whiz BANG! Intoxicating Comedy @ 9pm / $10

Whiz BANG! is an explosion of in‐toxicating comedy! Exciting, high-energy, short-form improv that is so funny it's criminal Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman info@lastbest comedy.com, 406-570-7766

Five Fifty Fifty Run/Walk for Mental Health in Bozeman, MT @ 9am / $25

Lindley Park (Bozeman Public Li‐brary), 626 E Main St, Bozeman

From Tents to Towns: Bozeman's Historic Main Street Walking Tour @ 1pm / $15

Come on a walk with The Extreme History Project while we explore Bozeman’s historic Main Street The Extreme History Project, 234 East Mendenhall Street, Boze‐man info@extremehistorypro ject.org

Band of Drifters @ 1pm American Legion Post 87, 218 E Main St, Manhattan

The Ghosts of Bozeman's Past: Historic Sunset Hills Cemetery Walking Tour @ 4pm / $15

Join The Extreme History Project for a walking tour through Boze‐man’s historic Sunset Hills Ceme‐tery Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman info@extremehisto ryproject.org

Cole & the Thornes @ 7pm

Live music while you soak! Featur‐ing the Bozeman-based reggaesoul group “Cole & the Thornes Bozeman Hot Springs, 81123 Gal‐latin Road, Bozeman. adam@bh springs com, 406-586-6492

Average Joey @ 10pm Haufbrau House, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman

MURPH- Community Workout Challenge

@ 9am / $30-$75

245 Town Center Ave, Unit 1A, Big Sky

Monday Night Competitive Video Games @ 7pm

Every Monday staring at 7pm The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Road, Big Sky info@thebigskyway point com, 406-995-7827

Lord Huron @ 8pm

The Elm (Bozeman), 506 N 7th Ave, Bozeman

Allie Crow Buckley @ 8pm

The Elm, 506 S 7th Ave, Bozeman

International Folk Dancing @ 7pm

Join us for great exercise and community as we enjoy folk dances from around the world! Family friendly, no experience or partner needed. Bozeman Catholic Community Center, 210 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. amanda.albrecht@bozemanfolk lore org

Outdoor Film Series -

Sunshine Superman

@ 8pm

Carl Boenish is the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular and dan‐gerous feats. The Waypoint, 50 Ousel Falls Road, Big Sky info@ thebigskywaypoint com, 406995-7827

Bone Dry Comedy Hour Open Mic

@ 8pm

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Montana Gallatin History Museum Presentation and Book Signing @ 6pm Marcus Daly's Road to Montana -

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Trivia Night @ The Waypoint @ 7pm

Top 10 Bestsellers at Country Bookshelf

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Top 10 Bestsellers at Cactus Records

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Fri 6/02

4) The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein

5) Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna Live 1981

6) Tyler Childers - Purgator y

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7) Mac Miller - Swimming

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9) Boygenius - The Record

10) Billy Strings - Home

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“Searching For Soul Food”

Explore the wide and wonderful world of soul food in all its many forms in this new reality series, as it follows celebrity chef Alisa Reynolds, the executive chef and founder of My Two Cents LA. While she continues to reimagine the potential for soul food and Southern classics in her own restaurant, Reynolds discovers what soul food looks like to people around the globe. Her journey takes her from her own backyard with stops in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Appalachia and Los Angeles, to the culinary worlds of South Africa, Italy, Jamaica and Peru.

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“Drag Me to Dinner”

Hosted by NYC legend and comedian Murray Hill (“Somebody Somewhere”), each episode sees two teams of successful drag queens go head-to-head in the ultimate dinner party battle, as they compete “to throw the most fabulous, awe-inspiring, drag-tastical dinner parties of all time” and take home “The Glorious Golden Grater — because one team may be GREAT ... but the other is GRATER!” (per Hulu). Working off a weekly theme, the queens bring out their hosting best for an esteemed judging panel.

“Movie: Mummies”

This animated family flick follows three ancient Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city, hidden in ancient Egypt — including a princess, a former charioteer and his younger brother, along with their pet baby crocodile — as they end up in present-day London and embark on a wild journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, which was stolen by an ambitious archaeologist.

“Movie: The Old Way”

When an outlaw and his gang seek out gungslinger-turned-family man Colton Briggs (Nicolas Cage, “Renfield,” 2023) seeking revenge, Colton must team up with an unexpected partner — his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong, “American Horror Story”) — to fight them off and protect their family.

The identity of the celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, un-scramble the letters noted with asterisks in the puzzle.

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44 Drooled

48 Setting for TV’s “Newhart”

49 2019 superhero movie “Spider-Man: Far From ___”

50 Cleans the floor

51 Old video game inits.

52 Short-lived Fox 2017 police drama

53 Hoodwink DOWN

1 Peacock network

2 Tic-tac-toe winner

3 Ewe’s mate

4 “___-It Ralph”

5 “He’s come ___ way” (2)

6 Former Disney Channel series about a summer camp

7 Hosp. readout

8 Hostage-taker’s tool

9 “Beetle Bailey” dog

10 Rolled-up sandwich

12 Family group

15 “Kate & Allie” star Meyers

19 “Star ___”

20 Attention-getter

21 Limestone heaters (2)

22 Failing grades

23 River islet

26 Shade provider

27 Try, as a case

29 Fleming who created 007

30 Part of TNT

35 Lively country dance

36 Cold War worry

37 Soliloquy starter (2)

38 Summon a genie from its lamp

39 Tabloid twosomes

40 X ___ xylophone (2)

41 “The ___ Ranger”

44 Music’s ___ Na Na

45 Mythical bird

46 Antipollution org.

47 American mil. award

BY JAY BOBBIN

Q: As “Barry” wraps up its four-season run, how do you reflect on having had the job?

A: I was 27 when I came to Hollywood, and I got The Fonz (on “Happy Days”). And then, I was 72 when I got the call from (co-creators) and executive producers) Bill (Hader) and Alec (Berg) to be in “Barry.” I am overwhelmed that I work with these great people. I mean, every one of them. And I am overwhelmed that I continue to live my dream, actually.

Q: How have you approached your “Barry” character, acting coach Gene Cousineau?

A: Gene tries to be the best teacher he can be. And I have had the experience of holding master classes, and it is one of my favorite things. I’m not sure I know what I’m talking about, but whatever I’m feeling about what the actors in front of me are doing.

It is my pleasure to try and get them to taste something different than they came into the room with … just by pushing them a little bit. So, it goes back and forth. I take Gene with me, and I bring Henry to Gene.

Q: How did it work for you at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in making “Barry” without being in the same physical space as most of the other talents on the show?

A: It seemed like, because of the way it worked out, we were all in our pods and none of us crossed over and met other characters except for Bill. Everybody’s thread went to Bill. I missed (those) guys.

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“Deadloch”

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“With Love: Season 2”

The new season of this rom-com series finds Lily focusing all of her energy on a journey of selflove after her whirlwind romance with Santiago (Rome Flynn, “How to Get Away With Murder”) by growing her business and looking for more independence. But with the potential for love knocking at her door, she’ll have to decide what’s best for her future.

“Movie: Hot Pursuit”

Escorting the outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”) of a drug boss on a journey across Texas, uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon, “Wild,” 2014) must protect her charge from a slew of crooked cops and murderous gunman. Matthew Del Negro (“City on a Hill”), Michael Mosley (“Ozark”), Robert Kazinsky (“Pacific Rim,” 2013), Richard T. Jones (“The Rookie”) and Michael Ray Escamilla (“Snowfall”) also star.

“Movie: She Said”

This biographical drama film tells the story of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” 2013) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan, “Ruby Sparks,” 2012) as they break one of the most important stories in a generation — one that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

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BY CAROLINE COLLACUTT

Joanna Gaines hosts new Magnolia baking competition

Lovers of puff pastries, cupcakes and scones unite! This summer is set to be full of delicious treats, as the talented Joanna Gaines welcomes hopeful bakers to the “Silos Baking Competition,” premiering Sunday, May 28, on the Magnolia Network.

Filmed in front of a live studio audience at the Gaines’ Silos shopping complex in Waco, Texas, this new baking competition takes a different approach to the usual season-long competition format, instead welcoming a rotation of guest chefs during its duration. Each episode, Gaines welcomes five baking enthusiasts to the studio stage, offering them the opportunity to craft their best dishes for a panel of guest judges, including both Andrew Zimmern (“Family Dinner”) and Zoë François (“Zoë Bakes”). One winning dish will be chosen each episode, and in the finale, the five winners from previous episodes will return to compete, vying for the title of Baking Champion, the $100,000 grand prize and the chance to have their winning confection join the summer menu at Magnolia’s Silos Baking Company. Owned by Gaines, the Silos Baking Company has been running since 2016, offering sweets and treats such as biscuits, muffins and cookies to visitors and shoppers at the Silos. Many of the recipes were developed by Gaines herself, including “the prize pig” — a savory bacon and cheddar biscuit. A designer first and foremost,

many of the owner’s concoctions bear fun names like “the shiplap cupcake.”

While this will be the designer’s first competitive baking show, it is far from her first experience working on television. Joanna hosted “Fixer Upper” and its offshoots alongside her husband, Chip, who also makes the occasional appearance in this latest venture.

Aside from that, Gaines is also the co-founder of Magnolia (and its associated Magnolia Network and Magnolia Journal, of which she is also editor-in-chief), she is a New York Times bestselling author of multiple cookbooks, and, unsurprisingly, Joanna is quite the cook herself, previously having filmed an in-home special with the Food Network, “At Home With Joanna,” in which viewers watched as she made family favorites like zucchini bread, chili, chocolate cookies and more. She now hosts “Magnolia Table With Joanna Gaines,” much in the same vein, alongside this fledgling competition.

With last summer’s one-off episode of “Silos Baking Competition: Holiday Edition” tallying more than 1.8 million views on premiere night, countless accolades and thriving businesses already under her belt, and ample experience in the kitchen, Joanna Gaines is set to impress yet again with “Silos’ Baking Competition,” premiering Sunday, May 28, on the Magnolia Network.

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Back for more offthe-wall and hilariously cringe-worthy content, this Emmy-winning sketch comedy series pokes fun at some of life’s most bizarre and mundane situations. Usually featuring co-creator Tim Robinson (“Saturday Night Live”) as the one who should leave, the series sees Robinson and his guest stars navigating hilariously socially awkward predicaments, from choking on hot dogs and hosting an intervention in a Garfield-themed house to uncomfortable job interviews and much more.

“Manifest: Season 4, Part 2”

Struggling in the aftermath of the devastating volcanic fissure Angelina (Holly Taylor, “The Americans”) released, the passengers face severe scrutiny in a world fueled by 828er hate. They are no longer free to solve their own Callings without constant supervision by the unscrupulous 828 Registry. Meanwhile, a mysterious accident delivers ominous warnings on a biblical scale that will further jeopardize the livelihood of all the passengers and Ben (Josh Dallas, “Once Upon a Time”) and Saanvi (Parveen Kaur, “The Strain”) attempt to collaborate with the Registry authorities.

“Movie: A Beautiful Life”

A romantic, musical journey, this new Danish film stars Danish musician Christopher (“When I Get Old”) in his first leading acting role as Elliott, a young fisherman with an extraordinary voice. When he is discovered by a successful, high-profile music manager, he soon finds himself falling for her daughter, Lilly (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “The Last King,” 2016). As his new career and relationship with Lilly start to blossom, ghosts from his past threaten to tear it all down.

“LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising”

In this new computer-animated children’s series, many legendary realms have suddenly combined into one, but their union is unstable. A Spinjitzu Ninja Master must train a new generation of heroes to help find Elemental Dragons who can save the planet before the forces of evil use the same dragon energy to destroy this new world.

ACROSS

1. Noisy bird

4. Make beer

8. Depressed

11. So. state

12. Film part

13. Feeling of wonderment

14. Baseball great (2)

17. Weather forecast

18. Actress Dennings

19. School subject

21. Salon offering

24. Shakespeare’s “__ You Like It”

25. Suffix for absent or adopt

26. Amanda Peet’s age

27. Morning, for short

28. In __-__ land; unrealistic

30. Foreign currency

32. Geisha’s accessory

34. Family member

35. Basketball great (2)

41. Whitney or Wallach

42. Coastal region on the island of Hawaii

43. 90 degrees from NNW

44. End of the yr.

45. Slangy affirmative

46. Blushing DOWN

1. Toast topper

2. Sonny Liston’s defeater

3. Pleasure craft

4. Poet & writer Harte

5. Rogers or Clark

6. Bark beetle’s victim

7. Feeble

8. Caffè __; Starbucks order

9. Wide-eyed bird

10. Minute

15. Cabbage with an edible stem

16. Filled oblong pastry

19. Shopper’s milieu

20. Kyrgyzstan’s continent

22. Tush

23. Short note

29. Sound reasoning

31. Al or Bobby

33. Unpleasant

34. Former Iranian ruler’s title

35. TV’s “Chicago __”

36. Thirst quencher

37. Montana or Mantegna

38. __ __ whim; impulsively

39. Very late bedtime

40. Sparks or Beatty

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“Firebuds: Season 1, new episodes”

Six new episodes of this computer-animated children’s series follows a young boy named Bo Bayani (voiced by Declan Whaley, “The Lake”), who teams up with his anthropomorphic fire truck friend, Flash Fireson (voiced by Terrence Little Gardenhigh, “Danger Force”), to keep the city safe from threats of danger.

“Kiff”

Starring an adventurous, free-spirited squirrel named Kiff (voiced by Kimiko Glenn, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” 2018) and her mellow bunny best friend, Barry Buns (Michael Croner, “Craig of the Creek”), these two pals explore their magical, mountainous community of Tabe Town with all the joyous enthusiasm best friends can share. All the while, Kiff and Barry Buns work to navigate life at school, their parents and their eccentric neighbors.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Season 2, new episodes”

Everyone’s favorite friendly neighborhood web-slinger is back to save the day in new episodes of the Disney Junior computer-animated series. Peter Parker, aka Spidey (voiced by Benjamin Valic, “Sonic the Hedgehog,” 2020) is used to fighting crime solo, but now he must learn what it takes to be the best thing he can be: a good friend who works well with others.

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BY JAY BOBBIN

‘The Dirty Dozen’ strikes again for Memorial Day

When it comes to war stories, “The Dirty Dozen” ranks very high as one of the most popular ever put on film. As it also has been in many other years, the Robert Aldrich-directed 1967 adventure will be among the military themed attractions Turner Classic Movies will present for Memorial Day on Monday, May 29.

Though the picture is an ensemble piece, Lee Marvin rightfully gets top billing as a tough World War II major ordered to get 12 convicts in shape for a mission to target a gathering of high-level German officers at a French chateau. Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Jim Brown, Donald Sutherland and singer Trini Lopez are among those playing the incarcerated men, who may get a shot at amnesty if they survive the assignment.

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The version of a bicycle, for example, seems more similar to what we now use than the pedalfree running machine that is considered to be the father of the bike. It was created by Karl von Drais in 1817, nearly 300 years after da Vinci’s death.

But there is also a diving suit, an odometer, a portable piano, a crane, a jack, a parachute and a submarine in the exhibit. Each was born from the mind of da Vinci, yet it would take hundreds of years to put many of them into use.

The mission of the Museum of the Rockies is to introduce the world to Montana and Montana to the world, and while this exhibit may seem to lean toward the former, it still hits close to home.

“There’s stuff that’s in this exhibit that ranchers out in eastern Montana use every day,” Williams said, citing pulley systems and jacks.

The museum last featured an exhibit on da Vinci 13 years ago, Williams said. It focused almost entirely on the machines, but didn’t include as many interactive pieces, or the aerial screw that’s a precursor to the helicopter in the way the rotation created lift.

“These ideas we take for granted now, he came up with over 500 years ago,” Williams said before expounding on other areas of knowledge da Vinci explored.

In the area of paleontology and Earth science, contemplating how marine fossils could be high up in the mountains, da Vinci essentially outlined the basics of plate tectonics, Williams explained.

Da Vinci was also known for military invention, and the museum’s front gallery showcases ideas such as a steampowered cannon and a mobile cannon platform — an early tank. While cannon balls and round projectiles were the norm at the time, da Vinci also imagined an aerodynamic cartridge,

very similar to the shape we now associate with bullets. Interpretive labels expound on how many of these inventions were underwritten by da Vinci’s wealthy patrons, hoping to gain status in times of war.

“For Leonardo, the mission of the artist was to explore the visible world,” one states. “He trusted only what he could verify with his eyes and all of his scientific research and writings were foundations for producing his art. While da Vinci was creating majestic paintings for wealthy merchants and nobles, he was also developing drawings for machines and other inventions also commissioned or influenced by those same patrons.”

While the ways we support artists and thinkers has changed in the last 500 years, and we haven’t been able to bring the polymath to the 21st century,

Williams hopes da Vinci’s example is inspiring.

“There may be a Leonardo da Vinci among us now who is coming up with this variety of ideas and diversity of thought,” Williams said.

”Da Vinci The Exhibition” opens at the Museum of the Rockies on Friday, May 26, with a member preview from 7 to 9 a.m., followed by general admission. On Saturday, May 27, the museum is hosting a Da Vinci-themed family day with activities that explore art and invention. The event is included in the cost of admission. The museum will also incorporate showings of documentary “Decoding da Vinci” in the Hagar Auditorium and “Galileo: The Power of the Telescope” in the Taylor Planitarium. For more information, visit www. museumoftherockies.org.

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Marcus Ericsson looks to continue Indy500 success

If you’re a fan of motorsport racing, then Marcus Ericsson is sure to ring a bell.

Born on September 2, 1990, in Kumla, Sweden, Ericsson currently competes in the NTT IndyCar Series, and since 2020 has been driving the No.8 Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing. However, like all talented drivers, there is always the starting line.

Ericsson began his racing career at the early age of nine, competing in gokart racing, and working his way up the European ranks. Gaining experience and confidence, he eventually would move up to single-seater racing in 2007. Ericsson would go on that year to win the Swedish Formula BMW Championship, officially kick-starting his professional racing career.

sportsquiz

BY ALEX HENDRY

Auto Racing: Indianapolis 500

Questions:

1) In what year was the first Indianapolis 500 race held?

2) What is the name of the trophy presented to the winner of the Indy 500?

3) Racing fans have used this moniker to describe the Indy 500 — what is it?

4) Name the driver who broke the gender barrier, becoming the first female driver in the Indy 500.

5) In 1936, Louis Meyer started a new tradition: what beverage does the Indy 500 winner drink to celebrate their victory?

6) Name the four-time winner of the Indy 500 who also won “Dancing with the Stars.”

7) The racetrack at Indianapolis Motor Speedway covers how many acres?

8) Who is the only driver to successfully race in the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600?

9) Who was the winner of the 2022 Indianapolis 500? 10) Name the youngest driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500.

Answers:

Following a successful rookie debut, he competed in various Formula Three series races, coming third place in 2008, and finally winning the British Formula Three Championship the following year. This would pave the track to a higher level of competition for Ericsson; joining the Formula One feeder series, GP2. After a successful three years competing in the GP2 Series, and finishing the 2013 campaign as a runner-up, it marked a pivotal moment in the Swedes racing career.

2014 would be Ericsson’s official Formula One debut. While only spending one season with his debut team, and four with Sauber, Ericsson was never able to secure a podium finish while competing in Formula One. However, it would be the experience gained that would later prove to be valuable, as his move to the IndyCar Series in 2018 would shift his career into high gear.

Joining Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and making his IndyCar Series debut in 2019, Ericsson placed 17th in Championship standings, with his best performance at Belle Isle coming in 7th, making it an exceptional debut season behind the wheel.

Looking to continue his success, Ericsson would join Chip Ganassi Racing in 2020, finishing 12th in overall standings that year, including four top-five finishes. However, 2021 would prove to be his most successful yet. He would finish the season 5th in championship standings, seven top-five finishes, 12 top-ten finishes, including coming in first place at the Indianapolis 500.

Ericsson will be looking for another victory at this years Indianapolis 500, one of the most prestigious races in the world of motorsport. The Swedes’ experience and skill will make him a strong contender for this year’s Indy 500 title.

Full name: Marcus Ericsson

Birth date:

Sept. 2, 1990

Birthplace: Kumla, Sweden

Height/weight: 5’11”/ 152 lbs

Teams: Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (2019), Chip Ganassi Racing (2020-present)

2023 Indianapolis 500 Number: #8

Honors and achievements: Indianapolis 500 Winner (2022)

Did you know: Marcus Ericsson has won $709,934 in career Indy 500 earnings

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