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Featuring a lifetime of art
SEELEY LAKE - Artist Angela Bennett and her work "Watercolors on the Water - A Lifetime of Work" will be presented at The Lodges on Seeley Lake May 15 from 1-6 p.m. The free art exhibit will...
Rockin' out, havin' fun with Bridge and Wolak
SEELEY LAKE – While one would not question a clarinet playing Benny Goodman's "Tattletale" and "Flying Home," adding an accordion to the duet created a whole new listening experience. This was what...
Music and comedy takes the stage next Thursday
SWAN VALLEY - 2 Valleys Stage is wrapping up their 2021-22 season with a fun, globe-trotting music and comedy duo, Bridge and Wolak. Due to the band's tight travel schedule, the concert will be on...
2022 Loon & Fish Festival Art Show and Sale returns
Alpine Artisans has bragging rights on holding the world’s only Loon and Fish Festival, scheduled this year for Friday evening and all day Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20. We describe this festival as a “celebration of art and nature in the Seeley-Swan...
Local musician earns Golden Ticket on American Idol
OVANDO – Growing up in a musical household, Zia Kloetzel of Ovando developed a passion for music. Not only is she deeply motivated by music, her mother Andrea Morgan said she has discovered it...
A journey through the decades with LP And The Vinyl
SEELEY LAKE – With vinyl records suspended from the ceiling and hung as a backdrop, the intimate club atmosphere Sunday afternoon set the stage for LP and The Vinyl 2 Valleys Stage concert in the...
OBC presents Alan Weltzien and "Savage West" March 19
SEELEY LAKE - Alan Weltzien's "Savage West : The Life and Fiction of Thomas Savage" is an insightful and remarkable biography. Although Thomas Savage was one of the mountain west's best novelists, he...
The rise and fall of good and evil in "The Play"
SEELEY LAKE – Thursday, March 3 the Seeley-Swan High School Drama Class took to the stage for the debut of "The Play." SSHS Senior Oskar Murphy wrote the production which he helped direct along...
Spreading seeds of friendship and kindness
SWAN VALLEY - Attendees at the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Johnny Appleseed" Feb. 18 got to see first hand the fruitful career of Johnny Appleseed. Swan Valley students sang and danced...
Euphoniums and tubas alternate solemn and big bop sounds
SEELEY LAKE – The overhead stage lights of the Seeley-Swan High School auditorium bounced off the bronze cone-shaped bells of seven tubas and five euphoniums Feb. 13 as University of Montana...
Gothard Sisters pack the house
SEELEY LAKE – After more than two years of 2 Valley Stage trying to book The Gothard Sisters, they finally took the stage Sunday, Dec. 12 in Seeley Lake. Alpine Artisans Assistant Director Robert...
Celebrating Christmas at the OK Corral
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Elementary transitional kindergartners through second graders welcomed the audience to the OK Corral Dec. 2 for a Christmas celebration. While they were excited to sing...
Swan Song Trio lights up the night in debut performance
SWAN VALLEY – With standing room only at the Hungry Bear Bar & Grill, the Swan Song Trio made their debut singing together for the first time Saturday night. While local singers Mikayla Kay, Lin...
Author of "If It Sounds Good..." sounded good at OBC
SEELEY LAKE – Richard Manning is no stranger to Seeley Lake or to Alpine Artisans' literary events. Former journalist and author of 11 books, he has written about environmental issues, the American...
Tour of the Arts comes to Valleys this weekend
Alpine Artisans' popular Tour of the Arts returns for its 18th year with over 15 artists at work in their studios, galleries and museums scattered throughout the Seeley-Swan and the Blackfoot...
AAI 2 Valleys Stage resumes concert series
SEELEY LAKE – The Quarteto Nuevo concert Sept. 26 was a concert of firsts. This was the first 2 Valleys Stage (2VS) concert in 18 months, the first 2VS concert hosted by a local business and the...
Grain by Grain, A quest to revive ancient wheat, rural jobs and healthy food
You are what you eat. If you care about your health, small town survival in farm and ranch country, opportunities and how ingenuity and hard work by one individual can make a real difference, you owe...
Commemorative poster featured at the Loon & Fish Festival
SEELEY LAKE – At this year's Loon and Fish Festival, attendees can purchase a commemorative Loon and Fish t-shirt poster. Graphic Artist Kris Gullikson created the poster with all but one of the t-s...
2 Valleys Stage returns for 2021-2022 Season
After a quiet year of hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, 2 Valleys Stage is coming out full swing with an exciting season of jazz, Celtic, classical, comedy, brass and world music. These performances follow the season opener of Montana Shakespeare in...
Seeley Lake students take the stage in "Spotlight"
SEELEY LAKE - Students from Seeley Lake Elementary and Seeley-Swan High School showed off their talents at "Spotlight," a talent show featuring acts from both schools in the high school's small gym...
Students dance their way through a world tour
OVANDO - Students at Ovando School gave audience members a taste of all seven continents as they explored various cultures through the medium of dance during the school's May Day Tea event in the...
Loon & Fish Art Show and Festival returns
SEELEY LAKE - After taking a year off due to COVID-19, Alpine Artisans, Inc.'s (AAI) Loon and Fish Art Show and Festival will return for 2021 with a new date. Instead of taking place Memorial Day...
Chris La Tray draws large Zoom audience
SEELEY LAKE – Chris La Tray's website identifies him as a Métis writer and storyteller but publication of his "One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large" projected him...
Open Book Club presents Chris La Tray April 10
SEELEY LAKE – Join Chris La Tray and the Open Book Club via Zoom Saturday night at 7 p.m. as La Tray reads his amusing poetry from his collection of life in Montana titled "One-Sentence Journal:...
SSHS student artwork featured in Gallery 83
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School art students had the opportunity to have their work showcased in a public forum at Gallery 83's Open House Friday, March 26. Brandy Wyckoff, art teacher and...