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  • Artitudes Gallery presents "Thru My Eyes," artwork by Theodore "Teddy" Koop

    Updated Oct 1, 2019

    An artist reception will be held on Oct. 11, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Artitudes Gallery on the upper level of the Atrium. The public is invited to join Artitudes for refreshments, live music and a visit with the artist. This show will be available for viewing from Oct. 1 through Nov. 30. "My name is Theodore M. Koop, aka Teddy Koop," Koop said. "I am an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree tribe, where I have been living for most of my life. I am married to my wife, Linda...

  • MAT sets comedy season from 'The Vorbit Incident' to 'Wizard of Oz'

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Sep 20, 2019

    Montana Actors' Theatre announced its 2019-2020 season during its Death by Chocolate fundraiser last Saturday. "Every show this season is a comedy," Artistic Director of MAT Grant Olson said in an interview this week. Kicking off the season will be "The Vorbit Incident" by Missoula playwright Jay Kettering, directed by MAT Marketing Director Andi Daniel. The MAT production will run for two weeks starting Thursday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Oct. 12 and the following Thursday,...

  • Public art worlds colliding at Artitudes Gallery Sunday

    Updated Aug 29, 2019

    From Artitudes Gallery Beginning Sunday, two public artists from New York City and Havre, Montana, will join forces in a sculpture and photography show at Artitudes Gallery, located on the upper level of the Atrium. The exhibition opens free to the public Sunday, Sept. 1, and closes on Halloween, Oct. 31. In September, an opening party at Artitudes Gallery with music and drinks will happen from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13. Orphaned iron The most famous anonymous sculptor...

  • Quick Pics: Shaw featured artist at Artitudes

    Updated Aug 5, 2019

  • 'Peter Pan' flies onto the Fort Peck Summer Theatre stage

    Updated Jul 19, 2019

    From Fort Peck Summer Theatre Peter Pan, Captain Hook and the Darling family come to life on stage starting July 26 in a colorful and extravagant musical production of Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The FPST production will feature high-flying special effects, athletic dance sequences and swash-buckling pirates, perfect for the entire family. Sure to leave audiences in awe, flying effects are created and installed by ZFX. The company is responsible for flying effects for Broadway, many A-List musicians and entertainment events...

  • 'Mamma Mia!' makes Fort Peck theater debut

    Updated Jun 18, 2019

    From Fort Peck Summer Theatre One mother. One daughter. Three possible dads — “Mamma Mia!” is making its Fort Peck Summer Theatre debut. With dozens of ABBA’s famous hits, the play is likely to be a standing-room only production. Making her Fort Peck Summer Theatre debut, Carolyn McPhee stars as Donna, alongside Glasgow native Hailey Stone as her daughter Sophie, and Jacob Herrera as the groom-to-be. Alicia Bullock-Muth and Darci Monsos play Donna’s former backup singers, Rosie and Tanya, with David Cody, head of...

  • Artitudes features Michael in June and July

    Updated May 29, 2019

    From Artitudes Gallery Artitudes Gallery will feature "Art on the Hi-Line" by Judy Michael from Malta from Friday through July 1. Michael is a well-known artist in the area, painting with acrylics on paper, canvas, glass, agates, leaves and feathers. She said she loves painting wildlife, from birds and bunnies to deer and elk.  Her paintings of old buildings and old vehicles can evoke memories of times past. Michael is a member of the Wild Bunch and Montana Watercolor...

  • Nash Fung performing magic at Northern

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Havre Daily News staff A man hailed as an innovator in the field of magic "who routinely creates never-before-seen illusions" is performing in Havre Wednesday courtesy of the Montana State University-Northern Program Council. "Using a stunning mix of humor, magic and mind-reading, Nash mesmerizes audiences," a release from the council said. Nash, who has more than 18 years experience, has performed around the world and gained national exposure as a featured performer on Penn...

  • Laney Lou and Bird Dogs in Havre

    Updated Apr 5, 2019

    Press release This Saturday, Triple Dog is celebrating "the 406" by bringing Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs to Havre for a one-night only performance.  Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs are a relentlessly energetic folk-rock band based out of Bozeman. Combining a soaring four-part harmony and rock 'n' roll drive, a Bird Dog show gets people dancing and singing along to original tunes and covers alike.  With a combined 30 years of experience in blues, rock, country, metal, folk, and...

  • Reception set for Artitudes featured artist Bauer

    Updated Apr 5, 2019

    Press release Artitudes Gallery will host an artist reception for Jim Bauer's show, "Brain Salad Surgery," Friday, April 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. Bauer was born and raised in Havre. He said he enjoyed art classes throughout his elementary and secondary education. While in college at the University of Chicago, Jim took three semesters of studio art for his humanities course. He continued to enjoy creating art after he got out of school and developed his own style in acrylic...

  • Youths invited to audition for first Treasure State Talent Show

    Updated Mar 29, 2019

    Montana youths have been invited to submit auditions to an event June 15 intended to highlight Montana talent. The deadline to submit video auditions to Treasure State Talent 2019 is May 15. The competition will be in Fergus High School Auditorium in Lewistown Saturday, June 15, at 7 p.m. “This will be, hopefully our first year of many years to come for the statewide promotion of our talented youth in Montana,” a post on the event’s website said. “The White Sulphur Springs High School Music Program Is a proud...

  • Marquand to discuss Montana's Japanese sister state at Havre library

    Updated Mar 15, 2019

    Press release Ian Marquand is coming to the Havre-Hill County Library Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. to present “Kumamoto: Your Sister State”: An evening with Ian Marquand. For 25 years, Marquand, a former television journalist, has been the president of the Japan Friendship Club of Montana. He’s been a leading promoter of Montana’s sister state relationship with Kumamoto, Japan, and is now honorary consul of Japan for Montana. Tuesday, March 26, Marquand will share images and stories of the Montana-Kumamoto...

  • Artitudes holds going away party for Sheeran

    Updated Mar 1, 2019

    Press release Candy Sheeran is going back to Alaska and Artitudes Gallerey is having a “Going Away” party for her Friday, March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. Sheeran’s artwork is still on display, but soon after the party, she will take what is left back to Alaska. Framed pictures will be in a silent auction, with a starting bid of $45 and the auction ending at 8 p.m. Artitudes has invited people to come in for refreshments, live music, and to hear some of Sheeran’s stories of her diverse life experiences. Artitudes is located...

  • Helena author in Havre for the library reading series

    Pam Burke|Updated Mar 1, 2019

    Award-winning author Jim Robbins of Helena is set to lead discussion about his book which looks at mankind’s relationship to, and lessons from, birds, as part of the Winter Reading Series hosted by Havre-Hill County Library. Robbins will speak at the library Thursday at 7 p.m. about his book “The Wonder of Birds,” winner of the 2017 Montana Book Award, which recognizes literary and artistic excellence in a book with Montana ties through setting, themes or issues or throu...

  • High Plains Book Award nominations open

    Updated Feb 22, 2019

    Press release Nominations for the 13th annual High Plains Book Awards opened Jan. 11 and will be accepted through March 8. Information and nomination forms can be found on-line at http://highplainsbookawards.org./ The list of 2018 winners is also available on the website. The Billings Public Library Board of Directors established the High Plains Book Awards in 2006 to recognize regional authors and/or literary works that examine and reflect life on the High Plains. The High Plains region includes: Montana, North and...

  • MAT sets auditions for 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

    Updated Feb 1, 2019

    Montana Actors’ Theatre is holding auditions Sunday and Monday for a well-loved children’s story. Auditions for “Fantastic Mr. Fox” start at 7 p.m. both days in The Little Theatre on the bottom floor of the west end of Cowan Hall at Montana State University-Northern. The play is based on the 1970 book written by Roald Dahl, also known for works such as “James and the Giant Peach,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the screen play for the 1968 movie adaptation of Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang...

  • Sheeran featured artist in Artitudes

    Updated Feb 1, 2019

    Press release Artitudes Gallery is hosting artist Candy Sheeran's show "Real Reflects Real" for the months of February and March. An artist reception will be held Friday, Feb. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to view Sheeran's work, listen to live music, partake in refreshments and visit with the artist. Arittudes is located on the upper Level of the Atrium, Mall at 220 Third Ave. in Havre. Sheeran is from Alaska, saying she was there before statehood, and commercial...

  • Governor's Humanities Awards celebration set for next week

    Updated Feb 1, 2019

    Press release The 2019 Governor’s Humanities Awards is set to celebrate five Montanans Thursday in Helena. The Montana humanists, who have served the state through public programs, scholarship, exceptional writing and commitment to community, are historian Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs of Helena; Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives Director Ellen Crain of Butte; Professor and Chair of English, Montana State University Billings Tami Haaland of Billings; author Thomas McGuane of McLeod; and Professor of Religious Thought, Rocky...

  • Quick Pics: 'Montana! Montana! featured at Artitudes'

    Updated Jan 11, 2019

  • National writing contest accepting submissions

    Updated Dec 7, 2018

    Press release “Letters About Literature is a brilliant way to bring literature and self-reflection together. Writing a letter about a book that has changed your life is more than just a submission to a contest – it’s a way to share what you’ve learned with the world,” writes Maya Mau, one of last year’s national Letters About Literature winners. Every year, tens of thousands of students from across the country enter Letters About Literature, engaging more as readers, and creating a conversation about ideas,...

  • People invited to Artitudes dinner, Action Art

    Updated Dec 7, 2018

    Press release Representatives of Artitudes Gallery said they want to thank its patrons for their support this year. People are invited to come to the gallery for for a chili/soup dinner, door prizes and live music tonight from 6 to 8. People can buy a raffle ticket for Saturday’s Action Art event and come back to watch the gallery’s artists create paintings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Winners of the raffle will be drawn Saturday at 1 p.m. Artitudes Gallery is on the upper level of the Atrium at 220 Third...

  • Montana PBS seeks votes on Montana's best-loved novel

    Updated Nov 23, 2018

    Press release MISSOULA — As part of the nationwide search for America’s best-loved novel on the PBS-sponsored “The Great American Read,” a panel of seven Montana literary experts set out to determine the state’s best-loved novel. “‘The Great Montana Read’ is an exciting collaboration, encouraging conversation and celebration around the Treasure State’s rich literary tradition,” said Sarah Aronson, host of Montana Public Radio’s “The Write Question.” Aronson wrote and hosted video segments featuring...

  • Sarmiento's work featured at Artitudes

    Updated Nov 23, 2018

  • Greytak takes first, Shulund second, at art show

    Updated Nov 9, 2018

    Press release Artwork by Don Greytak took first place and by Dale Shulund took second at the Havre Art Association's 46th Annual Art Show and Sale Nov. 3-4. Every year, the Havre Art Association has a theme board. The art members vote on the theme for the year from a list of themes that are compiled together from the artists themselves. Artists may enter a work of their art to fit this category. Some paint a piece specifically for the theme while others may already have a...

  • 'Okimahskwew' by Whitney Top Sky featured at Northern

    Updated Nov 9, 2018

    Press release  To celebrate American Indian History Month, the invited artist at Montana State University-Northern is Whitney TopSky. She received a Bachelor of Art in education from the University of Montana. She is presenting the piece "Okimahskwew," which means Lady Chief in Cree language. Top Sky says that in her art she tries to convey strong traditions of the Chippewa and Cree tribes through the use of contemporary materials. She incorporates drawing, photographs, and...

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