The Creative and Cultural Economy

High end auction items to be sold at intermission on Tuesday and Saturday nights

"We brought that Montana connection to the show with songs that are born from the lifestyles of Montana. If you’re a Montana artist, this is an excellent place to play because of all the quality artists who perform. They’re all top notch, every band on the ticket."

The wolf came for dinner and stayed for sixteen years. True Wolf follows the life of Koani, a wolf born in captivity who became an ambassador for her species and changed the lives of so many people.

Painter said winning is one of the highlights of his carving career.

"Circle" is about the same young Native American woman "who was adopted away from her community," Swaney told "On Native Ground," "and her wanting to reconnect with her roots – kind of through a roundabout way of really wanting to have a baby."

For his first novel in six years, Ford’s writing has returned to Montana. He’s set much of "Canada" in Great Falls in the 1960s. The book will be released Tuesday.

What could be better than lethal weapons of destruction and scotch!

"Cut Bank," is the story of auto mechanic Dwayne McLaren, a former high school football star who has never managed to leave Cut Bank. When the opportunity arrives for him to move to a bigger city with his girlfriend, Cassandra, a series of bad luck follows him, leaving a wake of destruction in the small Montana town.

In the Moscow Times’ story "McFaul Tears Up Dance Floor at Spaso Hootenanny," Zarzyski is quoted saying he bet people were having more fun at the event than they’d ever had at the embassy before.

"It’s 200-proof pure joy," he said.

"Our community here can educate anyone at any level. We want to show you what we have, so within that this year we’re showing our speakers under the theme of Big Sky, Big Minds."