Archive for the ‘Lifestyles’ Category
Grizzlies Host CWU Wildcats Sept. 6th in 2014 Home Opener
By DAVE GUFFEY - The Montana Grizzlies play their 2014 home opener, Sat., Sept. 6, hosting Central Washington University. Kickoff is at 3:37 p.m. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Sept 1
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Saturday the Montana Grizzly football team goes for its 14 win in the last 16 home openers when they faced the Central Washington Wildcats. ... more
Bare Bait Dance Presents Rachel Oliver’s “Settle”
By William MUNOZ - Bare Bait Dance opens its fourth season with "Settle", a multi-media, multi-generational dance-theatre work Choreographed by Missoula-born, Rachel Oliver... more
This Week’s Missoula Arts & Culture Scene | Sept 1
A recap of all things Arts & Culture--for the week of 9/1-- brought to you by the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
New Chairlift Installed on Back Side of Big Mountain
By DILLON TABISH - The latest expansion at Whitefish Mountain Resort is coming together as crews finish installing the Flower Point Chair Lift.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 1
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Tom Sawyer Headlines MCT’s Fall Performing Arts Classes
Tom Sawyer! What do you do with a boy like that? The Missoula Children’s Theatre kicks off the 2014-15 school year with Tom Sawyer, the fall after school performing arts class. ... more
Griz Fall to Wyoming 17-12 in Season Opener
By DAVE GUFFEY - Montana gave Wyoming everything it wanted in the teams’ 2014 opener and had to endure two long delays due to lightening strikes, losing 17-12 Laramie.... more
Currents Aquatics Center Open for Labor Day, Closed Sept 2-12 for Annual Maintenance
FYI: Currents Aquatics Center Open for Labor Day, Closed Sept 2-12 for Annual Maintenance; Splash Montana open for adult lap swim through Sept. 12.... more
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Come to Kalispell Aug 30-31
By DILLON TABISH - The Mountain Madness Airshow, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, comes to Kalispell August 30-31 at the Glacier Park International Airport.... more
Back to School: That’s Good, Right?
By BOB WIRE-Ah, the lunches have been packed, the driveway mugshots taken, and our kids have officially slammed the screen door on another summer vacation. It's back to school time!... more
Lifelong Learning Class Teaches How to Self-Publish
By CASEY DAWES-According to some sources Missoula is one of the cities in the United States with the most writers per capita. Do you have a book inside you screaming to get out? Learn to self-publish.... more
How to Make the Most of What’s Left of Summer in Missoula
By MATT ANGLEN- If you're like me and are desperately trying to make the most of these last few weeks of sunshine here in Missoula, here is a short list of things to get excited about: ... more
A Wild Idea: Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act
By TRISTAN SCOTT-Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, advocates look toward the future... more
Griz-Wyoming Football Game Notes and Stats
The University of Montana Grizzlies open their 2014 season, Sat., Aug., 30, playing the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Kickoff is at 2:00 p.m. ... more
This Week’s Missoula Arts & Culture Scene | August 25
A recap of all things Arts & Culture--for the week of 8/18-- brought to you by the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
MCT Presents The Last of the Dragons, Sept 11-13
In the kingdom of Middlefield, there is a tradition that when a princess celebrates her 16th birthday, she is tied to a rock, kidnapped by a dragon, rescued by a prince and lives happily ever after. ... more
Tourism Mishaps
By KELLYN BROWN-As a 20-something slinging trash for the park service in the early 2000s, I was privy to my fair share of tourist mishaps, from the comical to the tragic. ... more
Hunting is a Bargain for Nonresident College Students
By BRUCE AUCHLY - A discount on Montana’s big game combination license will be available beginning Sept. 9 for nonresident college students to hunt in Montana.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 25
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- As the Hellgate Knights open their football against Helena Capitol it was fifty years ago next week that the school played its first ever football game a 13-2 loss to Great Falls Cathol... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of August 25
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Fall Camp Report #9: Defensive Line
By DAVE GUFFEY-With the 2014 season opener at Wyoming just a week away, one thing that the Montana Grizzlies know about their team is that the strength of the defense will be the defensive line.... more
Fall Camp Report #8: Offensive Line
By DAVE GUFFEY-One position that was hit hard by graduation on the University of Montana football team was the offensive line.... more
Missoula South Side, Your Beer is Here
By BOB WIRE-As a man whose love of beer is well-documented and occasionally used against him, I gotta say I'm tickled with Missoula's newest brewery, Great Burn.... more
Hunters Must Expect to See Bears
With Montana's upland game bird season opening Sept.1—and the bow hunting season set to open Sept. 6—remember that slow moving, quiet and camouflaged hunters will soon be encountering bears.... more
Hunters: Make Fire Safety a Top Priority This Season
By JOLEEN TADEJ - About 5,000 Montana archery hunters can head afield beginning Aug. 15, and ALL early season hunters need to make wildfire prevention a top priority.... more
Fall Camp Report #6: Johnson Starting For Third Season at Quarterback
By DAVE GUFFEY-Jordan Johnson, one of the key players to the University of Montana football program’s past and most recent successful seasons, is returning in 2014, which will be his third year as a starter.... more
Fall Camp Report #5: Griz Have Speed at Linebacker
By DAVE GUFFEY-With the graduation of three of the most prolific linebackers in school history, GRIZ NATION was concerned how the University of Montana could replace that dynamic trio in 2014.... more
This Week’s Missoula Arts & Culture Scene | August 18
A recap of all things Arts & Culture--for the week of 8/18-- brought to you by the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of August 18
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
19th Annual Great Griz Encounter, Thursday August 21
Plan to attend the 19th annual “Great Griz Encounter” meet-and-greet and autograph signing event with UM's 2014 football team on Thurs., Aug 21, downtown in Caras Park. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 19
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-After an impressive showing in a home exhibition match with Carroll College, the Montana Grizzly soccer team embarks on an 8-city, 8-match road swing. ... more
Metercraeft: the Art of Verse and Poetry
By WILLIAM MUNOZ - “Metercraeft” is an Old English word that described the art of verse and poetry. The term intersects with the metrical foot concept and the 1660's term “poetry of the foot” which desc... more
Fall Camp Report #3: Safety Position Shaping Up
By DAVE GUFFEY-There is almost always question marks at one or more positions when fall camp begins, and one of those for the UM Grizzlies when they started practice on Aug. 5 was the tight end spot.... more
Scars: The Real Man’s Tattoos
By BOB WIRE-I don't have any tattoos, so now you know where I stand on tattoos. What I do have is a growing collection of scars. The real man's tattoos.... more
Iceberg Lake in Glacier National Park
By DILLON TABISH-The 4.5-mile hike to Iceberg is considered one of the quintessential treks in Glacier National Park.... more
The Average Joe’s Guide to the 2014 Zootown Fringe Festival
By MATT ANGLEN-The Zootown Fringe Festival is completely unjuried and uncensored. Anyone with a performance or art instillation can apply and do whatever they want.... more
Scrimmage #2: A Look at the Tight Ends
By DAVE GUFFEY-There is almost always question marks at one or more positions when fall camp begins, and one of those for the UM Grizzlies when they started practice on Aug. 5 was the tight end spot.... more
Battle in the Big Sky: Generation Griz
By DILLON TABISH - A year after returning to the FCS playoffs, Montana is poised to make a run at the conference title and challenge the reigning champs... more
Downtown Dance Collective to Perform at Missoula Fringe Festival, Aug 16
(PHOTO GALLERY) Renowned Seattle choreographer, Zoe Scofield is teaching an intensive with the Downtown Dance Collective with a performance to follow at the Missoula Fringe Festival, Aug 16. ... more
Smokey Bear Turns 70, But Don’t Bring Candles
Smokey Bear is turning 70 on Saturday — but don’t bring any candles to the party, please. Here are some little-known facts about Smokey Bear on his big day.... more
This Week’s Missoula Arts & Culture Scene | August 11
A recap of all things Arts & Culture--for the week of 8/4/14-- brought to you by the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Auditions for Jekyll and Hyde The Musical
The Missoula Community Theatre is holding auditions for the production of Jekyll & Hyde The Musical on Sunday, August 31st at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. ... more
Flathead Cherries and Heirloom Tomato Tart
It’s time to celebrate our Flathead cherries and local tomatoes! This symphony of flavors screams summer with these two sweet-and-tart fruits that ripen at the same time.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 11
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-HOO-RAY!!! For the Zootown Senior Softball Team who played for the Senior Softball World series title. Let's put the team's achievement in perspective: ... more
Hard Water Problems in Missoula
Hard water is the leading water problem in America and, and Missoula and Western Montana are no exception. Here are few things to know about hard water and what to do about it:... more
Scrimmage #1: Griz Solid in Every Phase
By DAVE GUFFEY Every phase of the game had its pluses Sunday evening, as the University of Montana Grizzly football team held its first scrimmage of fall camp in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The controlled... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of August 11
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
2014 Griz Fall Camp Report: Solid Play at Cornerback
By DAVE GUFFEY-When spring football drills concluded for the University of Montana Grizzlies last April, one of the biggest areas of improvement mentioned by head coach Mick Delaney was at the cornerback positi... more
Existential Crisis in the Kitchen
By BOB WIRE- Despite what you might hear, I’m an enlightened, evolved male. I possess certain domestic capabilities. Believe it or not, I do know my Swiffer from a hole in the ground.... more