Ruckus October 6, 2023

Fitteramics

RACHEL HERGETT

For the Chronicle

If Emily Fitterman’s ceramics look good enough to eat, it may be because she models much of her process after baking, or more speci cally, frosting.

“It was really fun happenstance when I learned that liquid clay is very much like frosting,” she said. “It opened the door up right away.”

Fitterman grew up baking with her mother, and she pours as much love into the kitchen as she does ceramics. While

fromscratchceramics.com combined interests with recipes and custom vessels made speci cally for each dish, using techniques from baking in her art allowed her to explore the medium in new ways.

In her “Fitteramics” body of work, Fitterman starts with a base created out of a white stoneware clay, either thrown on a wheel, hand built, or some combination. is is her naked cake, just waiting for decoration.

For the “icing,” Fitterman combines dried clay scraps with

needs to be thin, like royal icing, to create drips. For pillowy scales, the texture should be u y like a meringue. To extrude spaghetti-like strings, it should be more rm, like a buttercream.

Paints and stains are added to the mix, blended in like food coloring to create a pastel palette, with sage greens, sky blues and rust color akin to red clay. Fitterman aims for colors that are lighthearted and welcoming. Sometimes a softer palette can be more inviting, she said. Once mixed, Fitterman adds on her frosting slip, often using a

RACHEL HERGETT, FOR THE CHRONICLE At top, glaze samples fill a peg board in the Bozeman studio of artist Emily Fitterman, seen at right, on Sept. 30.

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This Nat Geo Wild series follows Drs. Ben and Erin Schroeder, as they devote their lives to their family-run vet clinic and all of the creatures great and small that call rural Nebraska home. From stable to exam table, there’s no shortage of bones to be healed, babies to be saved, or baffling ailments to be diagnosed in this tight-knit heartland community.

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“Movie: Empire of Light” (Oct.

14)

Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, this compelling and poignant drama is a story about the power of human connection during turbulent times. From Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes, the film stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin Firth.

After her run on one of television’s most popular and successful shows ever, Courteney Cox is heading into the second round of her current one.

The “Friends” alum is both the star and a producer of “Shining Vale,” the Starz horror-comedy series co-created by Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”) that starts its second season on an appropriate date: Friday, Oct. 13.

In the new episodes, real-life issues still mix with fantasy as novelist Pat Phelps (played by Cox) continues to face supernatural phenomena in her allegedly haunted Connecticut home, with the tension compounded by the fact that she’s virtually the only one who detects them – which doesn’t help her strained relations with her husband (Greg Kinnear) and their teen children. Mira Sorvino, Merrin Dungey, Judith Light and Sherilyn Fenn also appear.

“I just think this character is so real and grounded,” Cox said before the SAG-AFTRA actors’’ strike in comparing “Shining Vale” to other post-:”Friends” series she has made,. “‘Cougar Town’ was still a comedy and it wasn’t taken as seriously; it was really broad.”

“Then there was ‘Dirt,’” adds Cox, “and I think that was a little before its time. It could have been a really salacious, fun, exciting show, and I think it got a little too heady. But this character … let’s face it, I’m in my 50s, and I’m going through maybe (similar things).

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Hannah (Hadley Robinson), a young fashion designer, seems fine on the surface, but secretly struggles with debilitating selfdoubt. Soon these buried feelings begin to make Hannah physically sick and sprout into a ferocious growth on her body: the appendage. As Hannah’s health declines, The Appendage begins to fuel her anxieties – her perceived lack of talent at work and her deteriorating relationships with her loved ones. At her breaking point, Hannah makes a shocking discovery—there are others out there like her.

I have on anything else, and I want to continue to, because I’m obsessed with it. I love the show. I love the cast. I love the writing. I just I think it’s really unique in every way.”

Birthdate: June 15, 1964

Birthplace: Birmingham, Ala.

Current residence: Los Angeles

Marital status: Divorced from actor David Arquette; they have a daughter together

Other television work includes: “Friends,” “Friends: The Reunion,” “Cougar Town,” “Dirt,” “Modern Family,” “Shameless,” “Who Do You Think You Are?,”” “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,”

“Celebrity Name Game” (also executive producer), “Drunk History,” “Scrubs,” “Web Therapy,” “Daisy Does America” (also executive producer), “MAD TV,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Seinfeld,” “The Trouble With Larry,” “Dream On,” “Family Ties,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “The Love Boat,” “Misfits of Science”

Movie credits include: “Scream” (and its five sequels to date), “Mothers and Daughters,” “Just Before I Go” (as producer and director), “The Tripper” (also executive producer), “Bedtime Stories,” “Zoom,” “Barnyard” (voice only), “The Longest Yard,” “November,” “Get Well Soon,” “The Shrink Is In” (also executive producer), “3000 Miles to Graceland,” “The Runner,” “Commandments,” “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “The Opposite Sex and How to Live With Them,” “Blue Desert,” “Mr. Destiny,” “Shaking the Tree,” “Cocoon: The Return,” “Masters of the Universe,” “Down Twisted”

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Redford does much to help “Condor” take flight

During the Watergate era, the conspiracy thriller was one of the most popular movie genres, and “Three Days of the Condor” was one of its best examples.

Being shown by MGM+ Drive-In on Tuesday, Oct, 10, and by MGM+ on Thursday, Oct. 12, the Sydney Pollack-directed 1975 thriller has had an enduring legacy, to the extent that it inspired “Condor” ... the series originally made for AT&T’s Audience Network and picked up later by MGM+’s forerunner, EPIX. Despite some revisions to the content, the show kept the basic theme of a fugitive on the run after assassins (led in the film by a suave Max von Sydow) commit a massacre at his office, a (supposedly) disguised research office for the CIA.

Robert Redford in “Three Days of the Condor”

In the original version, the man being chased by the killers who missed him is played by Robert Redford, playing brilliant yet vulnerable as a likable know-it-all who’s savvy enough to know that a murder scheme was lifted from the “Dick Tracy” comic strip. Out getting lunch while unaware that his co-workers are being slaughtered, he returns to a horrific scene that sends him fleeing through New York, hoping his superiors will bring him in and protect him.

Instead, as represented primarily, coldly and superbly by Cliff Robertson, they leave him on his own to draw fire .... and to figure out why he and his late colleagues became targets. Needing shelter, Redford’s Joe Turner randomly kidnaps a customer from a store he’s ducked into; luckily for him and us, she’s played by Faye Dunaway, making for a very photogenic couple even at their most tense moments together.

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46. Short life story?

47. Honey bunch?

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49. Where Belg. is

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51. “Critique of Practical Reason” author

52. Some Twitter messages

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3. Pull (in)

4. Fictional Jane

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Wayne Brady

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20. Admit, as a wrongdoing

22. Apply gently

23. Schooner’s cargo

24. By the agency of

25. 1934 W. C. Fields classic

27. Hush-hush document, for short

28. Kramer’s pet name for the titular character on “Seinfeld”

29. Paintings

35. Dressed like Hogwarts students

36. Intense hatred

37. Whiffs that waft

38. Bulletin board item

39. Waikiki wiggle

40. Fall setting

41. Voucher

42. Daily riser

43. Lapsed

44. Paper order

BY JAY BOBBIN

OF LET’S MAKE A DEAL ON CBS

Q: How long has Wayne Brady been hosting “Let’s Make a Deal”?

A: Ever since CBS’ current daytime version began in 2009. Its premiere there made it a rare series to run on three different broadcast networks, since the original show – hosted by Monty Hall, also (along with business partner Stefan Hatos) a creator and producer of it – ran on NBC from 1963 to 1966, then moved to ABC, where it continued until 1976. There also were other editions before the Brady-hosted revival premiered, with NBC attempting it again twice, in daytime with Bob Hilton and (very briefly) in prime time with Bush.

Brady has earned two of his five Emmy Awards for his work on “Let’s Make a Deal,” and by the time he started that job, the idea of comedians becoming game-show hosts had been accepted. Among examples, Drew Carey assumed the hosting spot on “The Price Is Right” in 2007, and Louie Anderson had guided “Family Feud” from 1999 to 2002 (Steve Harvey started in the latter show in 2010).

In interviews, Brady has maintained that he never wanted to be just one thing in the entertainment world … not exclusively an actor nor a comic (a skill he has displayed plentifully on the improvisation-oriented “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”) nor a singer (he was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award for his cover of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”). He also has appeared on Broadway in “Chicago,” “Freestyle Love Supreme” and “Kinky Boots.”

Along with “The Price Is Right,” extra episodes of “Let’s Make a Deal” have been made expressly for CBS’ prime time lineup. That will continue for both shows during the upcoming television season, when they are slated to be seen on Friday nights starting in November.

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This just in @ Bozeman Library

BETH BOYSON

Creepy confections: ‘The Big Bake’ returns with a Halloween-themed season

Dig into some deadly delights as a new episode of “The Big Bake: Halloween” airs Monday, Oct. 9, on Food Network.

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The series, hosted by Brad Smith (“Eddsworld”), welcomes returning “Big Bake” champions and veterans, each looking to redeem themselves in this larger-than-life, “Halloween”-themed event.

Food Network describes: “In each episode, three professional baking teams have five hours to design, bake and decorate a grand-scale cake creation based on a particular theme. These bakers need to think big and bold, blowing up their designs to gigantic proportions and thinking outside the (bakery) box.”

as a description for the challenge shares that “Brad

in lifelong learning.

with swamp-themed cakes and later tackle their fears by making creations that feature thrill-seeking monsters.

Every library in America carries the masterpiece that is Norman Maclean’s book, now approaching the 50th anniversary of publication.

to reveal a writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, a father, husband, and sportsman.

As “Big Bake” competitions take place throughout the year, this iteration celebrates the spookiest and scariest season of them all, tasking bakers with eye-popping and downright dreary challenges that feature spooky Halloween treats, creepy clown cakes, fa-boo-lous shrieks, scares and costumes galore.

So far this season, the teams have been asked to create cakes of the best “boo-ticians” in town, decorated with their creepy clientele, and then made their way to the carnival, where funhouse screams were on the menu as Smith asked the baking teams to create some spine-chilling desserts. But fear not. The scariest snacks are still to come.

Greetings from Bozeman Public Library. There was so much interest in the ‘Catch of a Lifetime’ program with John Maclean, and the ephemeral presence of Ernest Hemingway and Norman Maclean, here’s a list of materials and formats to support anyone interested in the subject matter. The recording of ‘Catch of a Lifetime’ will also be available to be enjoyed on demand at KGVM.org. It’s that certain time of year when everyone is suddenly home nights and reading, listening to audio, watching interesting films, and Bozeman Public Library is here to help out everyone interested

”Big Two-Hearted River,” by Ernest Hemingway, foreword by John Maclean. If you ever need to know how Hemingway dropped people into the center of any story, and how his writing blossomed after this very early publication, read this book and Mr. Maclean’s foreword. This book also introduces Hemingway’s literary alter–ego, Nick Adams. It’s a fine debut.

As tension rises and suspense builds, bakers must do their best to impress this season’s judges – pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel (“Cake Wars”), cornerback-turned-chef Eddie Jackson (“Outchef’d”) and internet personality/cookbook author Danni Rose (“Danni’s Juke Joint Comfort Food Cookbook: Modern-Day Recipes, Ole Skool Flavas,” releasing in November 2023) – and avoid elimination, making it to the end of the competition, where the most ambitious (and terrifying) baker will go home with a $10,000 prize.

”Home Waters: a Chronicle of Family and a River,” by John N. Maclean. The Maclean

Jam-packed with creepy confections, taunting treats and bizarre baked goods, new episodes of “The Big Bake: Halloween” air Mondays through October on Food Network.

family has become known to many of us through the books, stories and movies, this is the view from within by the man who lived it, and whose family is still settled on the Blackfoot river in Montana. Borrow this book in print, or as an unabridged recording on CD. This title is also available to borrow as downloadable ebook or audiobook on Montana Library2Go with your Library card.

”A River Runs Through It,” by Norman Maclean.

Trivia: It was the FIRST work of fiction published by The University of Chicago Press and written after the elder Mr. Maclean turned 70 years old. Borrow the DVD, and/ or download the ebook or audiobook with no waiting on Hoopla.

”Hemingway,” a documentary by Ken Burns. If you’re looking for some good screen time, consider this six hour series on DVD. It weaves together Hemingway’s biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway

”Running with the Bulls,” by Valerie Hemingway. Local living legend Valerie Hemingway shares her firsthand stories working for and with the man himself, Ernest Hemingway, as his secretary. After travelling the world and enjoying many bullfights, Valerie helped preserve the Hemingway papers for the JFK Library in Boston, which scholars everywhere are eternally thankful for. A marriage to youngest son Gregory produced three children. This is her family’s story.

Ron Ben Israel, Danni Rose, Brad Smith and Eddie Jackson from “The Big Bake”

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“The Fall of the House of Usher” -

Season 1 (Oct. 12)

From Mike Flanagan, the creator of “The Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass,” this wicked horror series is based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ruthless siblings Roderick (Zach Gilford, Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Willa Fitzgerald, Mary McDonnell) have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.

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“I’ve been fantasizing about this for many, many years, all the way back to when the first ‘Iron Man’ (2008) came out. I saw all the movies in the theaters. I’ve seen all the films.” –Ke Huy Quan of “Loki” speaking to Entertainment Weekly at the D23 Expo

“Good Night World”Season

1 (Oct. 12)

Based on the original manga by Uru Okabe, this new anime series is a story about four members of the same broken family who find peace in a game called “Planet.” The catch is: they don’t know about each other. As the story unfolds hidden things are discovered about each member and about the relation the virtual world has with reality and how they affect one another.

“Movie: The Conference”

(Oct. 13)

This Swedish comedy slasher film follows a teambuilding conference attended by municipal employees. But, as it spirals into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment, a mysterious figure begins stalking and murdering the participants.

“Gabi Mosley is powerful, broken, complicated, fierce, traumatized, hurt, and a childlike superhuman. She’s full of depth. And that’s the best character to play.” – Shanola Hampton speaking to NBC Insider about her character in “Found” ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike

complicated, su of depth. And that’s

“(Israel ‘Izzy’ Hands, O’Neill’s character) understands what love is and whom he’s in love with. Physically it’s been quite demanding, and also emotionally it’s been quite demanding to be playing a man enraged by unrequited love, who’s basically a hopeless romantic.” – Con O’Neill of “Our Flag Means Death” in an interview with Vanity Fair

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44. Unit of elec. current

45. Legend

46. Without precedent

19. Set of socks

20. Wheels connector

22. Brewers’ barrels

23. Catch a glimpse of

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2. Piece of corn

3. Get the meaning of

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8. Comic-strip unit

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16. Banana split ingredient

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“Dancing With the Stars”Season

32 (Oct. 10)

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“The Simpsons” - Season 34

(Oct. 11)

The complete 34th season of this iconic animated comedy joins the Disney+ streaming lineup. Following the antics of the Simpson family in Springfield, the show follows the inhabitants of the town on all kinds of wacky — and often topical — adventures. Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Pamela Hayden and Tress MacNeille voice star.

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“Alice’s Wonderland Bakery”Season

2 (Oct. 11)

This fantastical Disney Junior animated series for preschoolers and their families is inspired by the beloved world of “Alice in Wonderland.” Centered on Alice (Libby Rue), the great-granddaughter of the original heroine and a budding young baker at the enchanted Wonderland Bakery. It follows Alice’s recipe adventures with her best pals—Fergie (Jack Stanton), a white rabbit; Hattie (CJ Uy), her madcap friend; and Rosa (Abigail Estrella), the Princess of Hearts.

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“Wolf Like Me” - Season 2 (Peacock — Oct. 19, Season Premiere)

This series’ second season follows Mary (Isla Fisher) and Gary (Josh Gad) as they leap into the next phase of their relationship and face their biggest challenge yet: pregnancy. As much as they try to have a ‘normal’ pregnancy, it seems impossible with so many questions looming over them. When Mary’s former professor, Anton (Edgar Ramirez), suddenly reappears in her life, new secrets from Mary’s past are revealed.

“Goosebumps” - Season 1

(Oct. 13)

Inspired by R.L. Stine’s bestselling book series, this spooky, family-friendly series follows a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle (Ben Cockell) — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents’ past. Justin Long, Rachael Harris, Zack Morris, Isa Briones, Miles McKenna, Ana Yi Puig and Will Price star.

trivia quiz

They’re calling again

Questions:

1) Kelsey Grammer returns as Frasier Crane in the “Frasier” reboot, premiering Oct. 12 on Paramount+. In which city is the revival set?

2) Prior to the reboot, the character of Frasier Crane appeared in three different series — name them.

3) What is the name of Frasier’s son?

4) What is the title of the “Frasier” theme song?

5) Who were Frasier and his brother Niles (played by David Hyde Pierce) named after?

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5) Their mother’s lab rats

4) “Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs”

3) Frederick (Freddy)

2) “Cheers,” “Wings” and “Frasier”

1) Boston

Answers:

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Jack CutmoreScott and Kelsey Grammer in “Frasier”

BY JAY BOBBIN

“The Apartment” remains well worth visiting

Still one of movie history’s greatest comedies, though it has its share of pathos as well, “The Apartment” claimed the Oscar as the best picture of 1960. An MGM+ Drive-In attraction on Monday, Oct. 9, and Tuesday, Oct. 10, director and co-writer Billy Wilder’s tale casts Jack Lemmon as an office drone who’s quite popular with much of the management at his workplace … thanks to his relatively tiny apartment, which he loans out to the bosses so that they can have romantic trysts there.

The company’s main chief (Fred MacMurray) discovers what’s going on and cuts himself in, but his affair is with the office building’s elevator operator (Shirley MacLaine) – who is greatly liked by Lemmon’s character, forcing him to develop more of a conscience about what he’s been facilitating. This simply is a great film that not only has held up on its own over 60-plus years, it also inspired the hit stage musical “Promises, Promises.” The excellent cast also includes Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen and Edie Adams.

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Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine in “The Apartment”

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Crouch, bind, set: Finn Russell and team

Scotland take on the IRFU

The Rugby World Cup continues this week as Celtic rivals Ireland and Scotland get set to face off at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, Saturday, Oct. 7, in what will be their final group stage match of the tournament. The match will be broadcast live on NBC.

Historically, Ireland and Scotland have played each other twice in previous Rugby World Cup tournaments, with Scotland coming out victorious 24-15 in Edinburgh, Scotland (1991), and Ireland walking away with a 27-3 win in Yokohama, Japan (2019).

Following a frustrating World Cup opening performance against South Africa in Marseille this year — South Africa posted a modest 18-3 victory over Scotland — Scotland’s superstar fly-half Finn Russell remains optimistic, telling reporters he believes his squad still has what it takes, despite not getting the start they’d hoped for.

“As frustrated as we are, there is a lot to work on and still everything to play for,” Russell said.

There is no doubt that the loss to South Africa leaves Scotland and Russell with no room for error, specifically against a strong Irish squad — ranked first in the world at press time. Ireland has come out of the gates swinging in Pool B, first taking down Romania, 82-8, before beating Tonga, 59-16, in their first couple of matches of the tournament.

Now, Scotland and Russell will need to put up the fight of a lifetime against one of the top-ranked sides in rugby.

Don’t miss any of the Rugby World Cup action as Ireland takes on Scotland at the Stade de France Saint-Denis, Saturday, Oct. 7, airing live on NBC.

Full name: Finn Alastair Russell

Birthdate: Sept. 23, 1992 (30)

Birthplace: Bridge of Allan, Scotland

Height/weight: 6-0/192 pounds

Position(s): Fly-half, centre

Teams: Glasgow Warriors (2013-2018), Ayr (2013-2014), Racing 92 (2018-2023), Bath (2023-present)

Coming out of what she describes as a rough few years, the Fitteramics are designed to bring its owner a sense of whimsy and fun.

“I want it to be enjoyed,” Fitterman said. “It’s supposed to be a shining light.”

On the Fitteramics Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/ fitteramics/), Fitterman often adds faces, gifs of eyes, arms and mouths to her creations, anthropomorphizing the already character-like pieces like “critter hitter” pipes, mugs and chess sets.

“I’m enjoying getting to know the characters that I’m building,” she said.

For Fitterman, the series is about growth. Each Fitteramics piece feels like a part of her that she has let free to take on a life of its own. She has allowed herself the freedom to experiment, within the medium and her own process. If something isn’t working, she allows it to become something else. A cup can become a jar can become a perfume bottle.

“It’s very freeing,” she said, lifting the lid of the bottle and showing how one would use the attached dabber to put perfume on their neck. “The mistakes sometimes turn into my favorite things.”

Fitterman works out of a large detached garage next to her northeast Bozeman home that she converted into a studio this summer. It’s a big step up from a closetsize space that housed her last studio.

“I feel like I can run sprints in here,” she said, spinning in a circle.

Stations around the room are set up for different parts of the process — such as glazing, painting and mixing slip — and

for coffee. Water bottles line a shelf above the coffee maker. It’s a waterless studio, Fitterman explained. She uses a bucket system that keeps the clay out of the drain.

With the larger studio space, Fitterman has been experimenting with scale. Where candlesticks have been included in previous firings, the latest features full candelabras. Lamp bases, one of Fitterman’s summer goals, are set to be electrified. She’s also used the space to

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experiment with glazes. Though mixing the colors into the clay has allowed her to create the light shades that feature in her work, glazing a plain white piece would be quicker.

Fitterman, who lived in Miami until the age of 8, then in Idaho, North Dakota and eastern Montana, made her way to Bozeman in 2010 to pursue a degree in art education at Montana State University. Though she ultimately decided teaching private art lessons was more fulfilling,

Fitterman’s college career would lead her to ceramics.

While at MSU, Fitterman tripped and fell at work, bruising her tailbone and giving her a concussion. She was enrolled in a ceramics class centered on throwing pottery, but the spinning pottery wheel made her dizzy. Her forms were often lumpy and misshapen. To make up for it, Fitterman relied on texture and imagery in her work.

“I had a really great teacher, but I feel like he expected more,” Fitterman said, later naming the instructor as Helena artist David Peters. “It kind of haunted me that I couldn’t throw well.”

Peters’ style of earthen pigments and wood-fired textures is a far cry from Fitterman’s bubblegum pastels and often cloud-like textures. But Fitterman still wanted to impress. She bought a kick wheel and little kiln under the guise that it would be useful for her students. Deep down, however, she knew it was really a gift to herself.

Since, she has found a world of endless possibilities in ceramic arts. She likes the tactile nature of the work, the juxtaposition of the softness of form with the hard medium.

“Out of all the mediums, clay is the one that continues to hold my attention because you can do so many things with it,” Fitterman said.

Find Fitteramics at Biome Slow Craft in Bozeman, www.biomeslowcraft. com. Fitterman will also have a booth at the Bozeman Made Fair at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on Oct. 6 and 7. For more information, visit https:// handmademontana.com/pages/ bozeman-made-fair.

”A Moveable Feast,” by Ernest Hemingway. Published posthumously in 1964, after much work by Valerie Hemingway (see above) this classic memoir of the ‘Lost Generation’ and their search for meaning in Paris in the 1920s, brings to life literary luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound and Ford Maddox Ford. The discussion of the writing craft demonstrates the commitment and creativity that

”Cold Hearted River,” by Keith McCafferty. Did you catch the pun in the title by a favorite local author?

This popular mystery series features Sean Stranahan on the trail of a missing steamer trunk rumored to contain not only Hemingway’s valuable fly fishing gear, but perhaps even priceless samples of his unpublished work. Borrow this book in print, large type or as an unabridged recording on CD. This title is also available to

borrow as downloadable ebook or audiobook on Montana Library2Go with your Library card.

”Ernest Hemingway in Yellowstone Country: a Complete Account of Hemingway’s Work and Adventures in Montana and Wyoming.” In the 1930’s, ‘Papa’ spent five summers at a ranch on the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Here he did some of his best writing, and his experiences in the mountains are connected to twelve of his most famous

works, including “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Warren examines what Hemingway did here, what he wrote here, and how his experiences and the people he met here shaped his life and work.

”The Paris Wife,” by Paula McClain. This popular historical novelist came on the literary scene with the story of Ernest and his first wife, Hadley Richardson. The Hemingways thrived together in Paris, and son Jack completed the family. This hugely successful book,

based on true events, brings the reader into the formative years of Papa’s early life. The Paris Wife is available to borrow in print, in large type and as an unabridged recording on CD. This title is also available to borrow as downloadable ebook or audiobook on Montana Library2Go with your Library card.

Beth Boyson is a Programming Librarian and cataloger at bozeman Public Library. She can be reached through the library website www.bozemanlibrary.org

racHeL HerGett, FOr tHe cHrONicLe emily Fitterman’s creations include “critter hitters” and perfume bottles featuring her signature textures and pastel colors, photographed in her bozeman studio on Sept. 30.

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“Bodies” (Netflix — Oct. 19, Miniseries Premiere) Four detectives. Four timelines. One body. Based on the mind-bending graphic novel by Si Spencer, this eight-episode series is a police procedural with a twist. When a body — the same body — is found on Longharvest Lane in London’s East End in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053, one detective from each period must investigate. As connections are drawn across the decades, the detectives soon discover their investigations are linked, and an enigmatic political leader — Elias Mannix (Stephen Graham) — becomes increasingly central. Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller and Tom Mothersdale star.

NHL’s Masked Men

Questions:

1) Which veteran goalie earned their third career Stanley Cup ring after being acquired mid-season by the Las Vegas Golden Knights?

2) This Hall of Fame goaltender is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy three times, doing so in three separate decades. Who is he?

3) Clint Benedict donned it first - but in 1959, this goalie became the first consistent wearer of a goalie mask. Name that trend-setting player.

4) This Minnesota Wild goaltender is only fifteen games shy from becoming the fourth goalie in NHL history to play 1,000 games across their career.

5) The NHL annually recognizes the best goaltender of the regular season with a trophy named in honor of which goaltending great?

6) Who holds the record (and likely will for a very, very, long time) for most consecutive games started by a goalie, with 502 career games.

7) This iconic goalie is remembered for his unorthodox style and spectacular saves. Who is “The Dominator”?

8) He was the first goalie in NHL history to score a goal and backstopped the New York Islanders to four Stanley Cup titles. What is his name?

9) Which Hall of Fame goaltender and former politician penned the groundbreaking sports book, “The Game” (1983)?

10) His 3 career goals make this Hall of Fame netminder the king of the goalie scoring list. Who is he?

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Answers:

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1) Jonathan Quick

2) Patrick Roy

3) Jacques Plante

4) MarcAndre Fleury

5) Georges Vezina

6) Glenn Hall

7) Dominik Hasek

8) Billy Smith

9) Ken Dryden

10) Martin Brodeur