Art
Book signing, celebration at The Holter
The Holter Museum of Art is having a double-header event 6:30-8:30 pm. Oct. 25 in its E.L. Weigand Creativity Center.
The public may join in celebrating the release of local author Rick Newby’s latest publication, “A Regionalism That Travels,” and join the museum in thanking Newby and former museum Director Liz Gans for their donations of artwork to The Holter.
Author Rick Newby
Liz Gans photo
The event at 12 E. Lawrence St. is free and the public may attend
Newby will speak about the publication in an interview with former Montana Poet Laureate Melissa Kwasny, and copies will be available to purchase and signing. In addition, a pop-up exhibition of the donated artwork will be on display.
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A third-generation Montanan educated at the University of Montana, Newby is an award-winning poet, cultural journalist, scholar and editor.
He served 2006–2017 as the executive director of the Drumlummon Institute. He is a past member of the Montana Arts Council and his publishing credits as author or editor include more than 30 books and exhibition catalogs.
He received the Montana Governor’s Award for the Humanities in 2009 and the Montana Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2016. He lives in Helena and San Francisco with his wife Liz Gans.
Their contributions to the museum include works by Doug Turman, James Todd, Penny Price Swanson, Bill Stockton, Paul Harris and more.
A cash bar and small bites will be available.
Cellist accompanies silent film at Myrna
Gideon Freudmann, the prolific cellist known as CelloBop, brings a unique movie-going experience to The Myrna Loy 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 as he accompanies Buster Keaton’s 1924 silent classic “Sherlock, Jr.”
Using the electric cello along with real-time digital sound effects, Freudmann creates a playful and energetic sonic tapestry.
Cellist Gideon Freudmann presents a live score to Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock, Jr.” at 7:30pm Oct. 17 at the Myrna Loy.
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For over 20 years, Freudmann has performed live soundtracks for classic silent films, focusing on Buster Keaton comedies and German Expressionist films from the 1920s, in hopes of breathing new life into films from a bygone era.
“Keaton is just brilliant. And, more than any other silent filmmaker, much of his work has a timeless quality. His pathos is eternal. When you tie an old-timey score to one of his films, it gets locked in the past. But when you give it a modern interpretation, it belongs to contemporary audiences. It resonates,” he says.
“I’ve been touring with ‘Sherlock, Jr.’ for several weeks. It’s been delightful to fall in love with this film every time I see it.”
Tickets are $24. Call or visit The Myrna Loy box office at 406-443-0287, 15 N. Ewing St. or online at themyrnaloy.com.
Speaker featured at The Bray
Artist Amplified at The Bray will feature Louise Ogemahgeshig Fischer, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17, at Archie Bray Foundation Education Center, 2915 Country Club Ave.
Fischer shares insight into her practice and experiences as an artist, educator and traditional healer.
Fischer has traveled to parks, museums, schools and other places throughout the state. She is an artist and a drum maker. She also leads sweat lodge ceremonies and talking circles for the VA at Fort Harrison, helping out veterans with PTSD.
The Holter Museum of Art extends a public invitation to a double-header event 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 25.
Holter Museum salutes plants
“Plants and Their Place in the Rocky Mountain Region,” produced by the artists of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists, will be in the Millikan Gallery of the Holter Museum of Art through Nov. 3, 12 E. Lawrence St.
The Rocky Mountain region encompasses a wide range of plant communities and habitats. The artworks are realistic portrayals of plants, their flowers, fruiting bodies, seeds, roots and pollinators.
History
Historical society offers lecture
The Montana Historical Society’s October public lecture series continues Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Jeff Bartos will discuss “The Blight of the Federation: Hardrock Mining Unionism in the Mountain West, 1892-1907.” The lecture will be at the Lewis & Clark Library.
Bartos is the Publications Program manager for the Montana Historical Society. This talk is being offered in conjunction with the Lewis & Clark Library’s Big Read 2024 of “The Cold Millions” by Jess Walter.
Jeff Bartos
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The lecture will be posted to the MTHS YouTube channel.
Gulch haunted tours return
The Foundation for Montana History, in partnership with the Bert and Ernie’s Pub Trolley, is offering haunted riding tours around downtown Helena on weeknights through October.
Tickets are $40 per person or $50 per person for the extended Friday night ride and available for purchase at www.mthistory.org/tours.
Guided tours feature Reeder’s Alley, the west end mansion district, Grandstreet Theatre and more. Participants meet at the Myrna Loy theater, 15 N. Ewing St., to begin their haunted adventure.
Participants are encouraged to wear costumes. The top costume will get a special prize.
For more information, contact Zachary Coe at [email protected] or call 406.449.3770.
Music
Fiddlers gather in Whitehall
The Montana Old Time Fiddlers Association — District 3 will present an Old Time Fiddle Performance at the Mint Bar in Whitehall, 2-6 p.m. Oct. 13.
The program is free and open to the public, and dancing is encouraged. Guitar, mandolin and banjo players are welcome to participate.
The Montana Old Time Fiddlers are dedicated to preserving old-time fiddle music in Montana.
For more info call Ron Gardner at 605-660-7511.
Submissions to the Around the Town calendar should be emailed to [email protected] and should be 200 words or less. Submissions should be written in story form, no flyers please. Please write “Around the Town” in the subject line. Call Phil Drake at 406-447-4086 if you have questions.
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