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Press release November is recognized nationally as American Indian History Month and in celebration the Montana State University-Northern Multicultural Center is featuring Leland Stewart as the artist of the month. He is presenting his piece "Serenade," a 23-inch by 17-inch, water color. Stewart is an enrolled member of the Crow Nation, Whistling Water Clan and member of The High Hawk Society. He is a 1975 graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico, but...
Members of the Havre Art Association and other area artists have been planning their display areas, selecting their silent auction pieces, baking cookies and are putting the finishing touches on their artwork for the show set for Nov. 5-6. The Annual Art Association Show and Sale will run at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, at 410 Fifth Ave., Saturday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, noon to 5 p.m. The public will be encouraged to vote for the...
Press release Chere Jiusto and Christine Brown will present “Hand-Raised: Historic Barns of Montana” Thursday, Nov. 3, as part of the Montana State University-Northern Chancellor’s Lecture Series. The performance will be at the Applied Technology Center, Hensler Auditorium, at 7:30 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. The historic barns of Montana are a threatened part of the state’s heritage. To capture their history and encourage their preservation, Jiusto, Brown and photographer Tom Ferris collabo...
It’s time for the 45th Annual Havre Art Association Show and Sale to be held at the Van Orsdel Methodist Church, at 410 Fifth Avenue, Saturday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, noon to 5 p.m. This year, Art Association members said, they are very pleased to announce that the Special Guest Artist is Leith DeWeese, watercolor artist from Saint Marie. DeWeese has taught art and mathematics and has encouraged art education in the schools and assisted many artists achieve their career goals. She will be f...
Havre Daily News staff A program combining acrobatics and comedy is coming to Havre courtesy of the Associated Students of Montana State University-Northern Program Council. The duo Acrobatrix will perform their hour-long show Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Northern Student Union Building Ballroom starting at 8 p.m. The two have performed their show, described as "dangerously funny," at festivals, theaters, colleges and cruise ships all over the world, the Acrobatrix website says....
Press release Local artist Steve Helmbrecht is the featured artist at Artitudes Gallery in the upper level of the Atrium Mall for October and November. Artitudes is displaying "21st Century Ceramics: Raku to Roku," pottery by Helmbrecht that includes 21st century ceramic techniques from laser cut stencils to New Age raku. The gallery is hosting an artist reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the gallery in the mall at 220 Third Ave. The gallery invited people to come...
By Havre Daily News staff A lifelong Blaine County resident has published a children’s book and will be in Havre Oct. 1 for a book signing. Betty Billmayer adapted a skit she wrote for production at her church into the book, “The Princess and the Pea … nut Butter Sandwich,” using alliteration and colorful illustrations in creating the work. The book tells the story of Princess Pietra, who believes she can find perfect peace by eating a perfect peanut butter sandwich. People come from far and wide with sandwiches, but little...
Press Release The Montana State University-Northern Chancellor’s Lecture Series will host “Dueling Paintbrushes: George Catlin and Karl Bodmer on the Missouri” with Kristi Hager Tuesday, Oct. 4. The presentation will be at Northern’s Applied Technology Center in Hensler Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. Hager presents a rich visual record of the High Plains at a unique time after Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery up the Missouri River and to the West Coast but before the arrival o...
Local author Ren Meadows has recently self-published her first novel, "Fairy Tales and Horror Stories." Meadows, whose actual name is Barb Chamberlain, has written a contemporary novel about a girl who falls in love with her twin brother's best friend. The hero, Alyssa Wade, must endure and overcome her abusive father's prejudice toward her love interest, while dealing with internal issues and a stalker at the same time. Meadows has written the story from two viewpoints, the...
A speaker with an impressive record of his own will be talking at Montana State University-Northern on a variety of issues focused on how people should dream big, find their own champion within and help everyone no matter who they choose to be. Associated Students of Montana State University-Northern Program Council is bringing Marc Mero, youth advocate and author of "How to be the Happiest Person on Earth" to speak Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Northern's Student Union Building...
Press release Susan Devan Harness, lecturer, writer and field director of the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University, will be reading her essay "Lifescapes and Landmines of American Indian Transracial Adoption: A Personal Story" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Vande Bogart Library on the Montana State University-Northern campus. In the essay, Harness reflects upon her experiences growing up as an Indian child adopted into a Caucasian family. The...
Press release Montana State University-Northern’s Multicultural Center is featuring Lisa Lang as the first artist of the month for the 2016-2017 school year. Lang resides in Haidaburg, Alaska, — her clan is the Yaghwlaanas, Haida Raven, subclan Two Finned Killer Whale. She studied federal Indian law at the University of New Mexico and is the executive director of the Xaadas Kil Kuyaas Foundation — Precious Haida Words — institution dedicated to promote, preserve and perpetuate the rich cultural legacy of the Alaska Haida d...
Press release The Chancellor’s Lecture Series committee members have announced the Fall 2016 events. Designed to create campus and communitywide conversation, the Fall 2016 Montana State University-Northern Chancellor’s Lecture Series will consist of three presentations by distinguished guests. All presentations are free and open to the public. All presentations begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center. Walt Whitman and the Civil War with Dave Caserio and Parker Brown Tuesday, Sept. 20, Caseri...
Havre Daily News staff The featured artist this month and September at Artitudes Gallery in the Atrium is Tina Dion. Dion is showing “Continuing My Journey,” a collection of photographs and paintings. Artitudes is holding an artist’s reception for Dion and “Continuing My Journey” in the gallery, located on the upper level of the Atrium, from 6 to 8 p.m.at the gallery, on the upper level of the Atrium, 220 3rd Ave. The public is invited to come for the viewing, refreshments, live music and a chance to visit with Dion....
Her love of music and instruments is a disease, Mary Stevens said jokingly, while sitting in her studio filled with pianos, harps and various other musical instruments. This disease, though, comforts others through her work in vibroacoustic harp therapy, which uses the vibration of notes to relax muscles. Twice a month, Stevens plays the therapeutic music for Northern Montana Care Center residents, as well as periodically performing music for group gatherings and playing...
Press release The Library Art Display Project presents its newest artist, Adrianna Standiford. The project will hold a meet-and-greet reception in the Havre-Hill County Library meeting room Monday, Aug. 8, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The public is invited to stop in and meet the artist and view her artwork. Refreshments will be served. Standiford’s work will be on display in the library to the end of September....
Press release A photo by Havre farm and ranch photographer Todd Klassy was awarded top prize in an international photography competition based in Bonn, Germany - the first time the award was given to a photographer from the United States in 14 years. The Star Prize for Agricultural Photography presented by the International Federation of Agriculture Journalists recognizes excellence in agricultural photography from around the world. Photographers compete in three categories -...
Havre Daily News staff Moe Bandy will be bringing his musical show to the Northern Winz Casino today at 5 p.m. The musical acts selected to perform with Bandy are the the Crawford Brothers Band, the Cold Hard Cash Show, Moore & Moore and Janie Fricke, a press release says. The Crawford Brothers Band consists of brothers and cousins from Heart Butte. The band has been performing for three years. The Crawford Brothers Band performed in November in Las Vegas for Indian National Finals Rodeo, and it is already scheduled to play...
By Bureau of Land Management Whether you have already explored the Upper Missouri Breaks' majestic formations or you have yet to float the river, you won't want to miss the chance to take home a piece of it. People are invited to join the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on June 25 at 1:30 p.m. at the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Interpretive Center in Fort Benton for the second showing by renowned Artist in Residence Paul Tunkis. His artwork will be on...
Press release HELENA - Secretary of State Linda McCulloch announced Thursday pianist Philip Aaberg of Chester is the next "Treasured" Montana Artist. McCulloch selected Aaberg from a competitive field of candidates for his ability to bring the landscape of the West to a global music audience. "Phil Aaberg epitomizes what it means to be a treasured Montana artist," said Secretary McCulloch. "Through his music, Phil brings Montana life, culture and traditions to the world."...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Arts Council staff will host Arts Conversations in four communities on the Hi-Line June 10-14. Executive Director Arni Fishbaugh, Grants and Database Director Kristin Han Burgoyne, Business Development Specialist Cinda Holt and Montana Artrepreneur Program Director Sheri Jarvis will be on hand to discuss agency programs, arts-driven economic development and “the state of the arts” in Montana. Conversations will be held in Havre, Glasgow, Malta and Aaniih Nakoda College at the Fort Belkn...
Press release PINKY and the FLOYD will pay tribute to the legendary rock band Pink Floyd in Havre June 10 at the Havre Ice Dome, just south of town on 5th Avenue. In the past seven years PINKY and the FLOYD has earned a reputation as one of the best Pink Floyd Tribute bands in the Northwest, playing sold out shows in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, a press release announcing the concert says. “Fans know PINKY as a Montana staple in the music scene with crowds reaching 5,000+ including die-hard fans ranging in ages from 5 to 95 (...
Press Release Fort Peck Summer Theatre is eager to mount five exciting shows for the 2016, as well as host the Annual Performing Arts Camp, Dam Cabaret, and introduce their new Theatre for a Young Audience series, with a veteran Havreite performer switching from acting with the troupe to directing for the first time. Pam Veis, a regular in both Havre's Montana Actors' Theatre and Fort Peck Summer Theatre, will direct "The Man of LaMancha" at Fort Peck this summer. Returning fo...
From Artitudes Artitudes Gallery presents “Journey,” artwork by Carrie Kohles of Great Falls, during May and June. Kohles paints and draws in a variety of mediums, with styles ranging from realism to abstraction. On her journey of learning and observing, she said, she has been inspired by Charlie Russell, Molten Solberg and Z.L. Feng. An artist reception will be held May 13, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Artitudes Gallery on the upper level of the Atrium, 220 3rd Ave. Everone is invited to attend for refreshments and to visit wit...
