Arts & Entertainment

“Company” examines aging, friendships and relationships

Published on Fri, 07/07/2017 - 12:55pm

Love and friendship go hand in hand with the show, “Company” premiering at the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts Friday.

Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” is the story of five couples and Robert/Bobby on his 35th birthday during the 1970s. The piece navigates his relationships with his friends and how he battles between bachelorhood and settling down, through a series of vignettes in this comedic musical.

Shane Center Creative Director Russell Lewis directs and performs in the show. He said he has listened to the show for a long time and is inspired by Sondheim’s work.

Spotlight Calendar July 6 to 12

Published on Thu, 07/06/2017 - 2:19pm

THURSDAY
• Little Jane & The Pistol Whips(Americana/country), Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ, 5:30 p.m.
• Shelly Besler & Tony Polecastro(Americana), Uncorked, 6 p.m.
• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.
• Chad Okrusch (eclectic), Pine Creek Lodge, 7 p.m.
• Christy Hays (Texas Americana), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.

PLAYING WITH FIRE: Fire dancing lights up rainy Chico evening

Published on Thu, 07/06/2017 - 2:17pm

The elements of fire and water converged at Chico Hot Springs Thursday evening during a rainy performance of traditional Polynesian flame dancing.

“We Hawaiian men don’t dress like this for no reason,” So’o Tufaga Jr. joked with the crowd of a couple hundred standing on the Chico Hot Springs lawn.

Artists to show off their skills, crafts during weekend events

Published on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 3:12pm

Art, art and more art, as though we thought Livingston couldn’t get enough there are two events happening this weekend that could change your mind.

First is the Livingston Rotary Club’s Art on the Fly will have auctions, art and music, located right by the artistic and cultural main stay of the town, the trout sculpture in downtown Livingston.

This is the second year of the event fundraising for the Rotary’s various scholarships, camps and local and international philanthropies.

Spotlight Calendar June 28 to July 5

Published on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 2:54pm

THURSDAY

• Little Jane & the Pistol Whips (coutry/Americana), Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ, 5:30 p.m.

• Virginia Warner(blues) and Switchback Jane (folk), Uncorked, 6 p.m.

• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.

• Songwriters Dinner Show with Leone Johnson and Matt Strachan, The Buckhorn, 7 p.m.

• The Crues Experiment (eclectic rock/country), Pine Creek Lodge, 7 p.m.

• Tris Munsick & the Innocents (country), Murray Bar, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

• Matt Ridgeway Trio (jazz), Uncorked, 6 p.m.

Branch and Dean talk music, cystic fibrosis before Livingston show

Published on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 1:16pm

Amid touring the U.S., country singing duo Branch and Dean still have time to talk about family, music and their time supporting cystic fibrosis before their performance in Livingston on Saturday.

Dean Scallan and Steve Branch have known each other since childhood in Florida before moving to Nashville

“It just sort of fell into place for us to sing together,” they said during a Thursday phone conversation.

Local actor says directorial good-bye in performance of ‘Harvey’

Published on Thu, 06/22/2017 - 3:38pm

When your best friend is an invisible, six-foot-tall rabbit people may question your sanity and that is the trouble for the characters in the Blue Slipper Theatre show, “Harvey.”

The first Art Walk to take place Friday

Published on Thu, 06/22/2017 - 3:32pm

Livingston’s first Art Walk of the 2017 summer season begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday and runs until 8 p.m. The Livingston Gallery Association is made up of conventional galleries and other local businesses as well as some shops with locally and

Montana made goods, that support the arts by providing non-traditional exhibit venues.

 LGA will be hosting the next Art Walks on the fourth Fridays of each month this summer. They will be held July 28, Aug. 25 and Sept. 22.

Visit the LGA Facebook page for more information.

‘The Widow Nash’ depicts historic Livingston

Published on Thu, 06/22/2017 - 3:31pm

Depth and breadth of awareness are the hallmarks of the new novel, “The Widow Nash,” by Livingston author Jamie Harrison.

Readers may be familiar with Harrison’s earlier works, the “Blue Deer” mystery series, set in a fictionalized Livingston, as is much of “The Widow Nash.”

But the new book, set just after the turn of 20th century, is a different creature altogether, larger in every sense, with far-flung reach, and an exceptional literary feat.

Spotlight Calendar June 22 to 28

Published on Thu, 06/22/2017 - 3:28pm

THURSDAY

• Tessy Lou and the Shotgun Stars(bluegrass), Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ, 5:30 p.m.

• Wes Urbaniak(pop/folk), Uncorked, 6 p.m.

• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.

• Joshua James(singer/songwriter) with Rivvrs (folk/pop), Pine Creek Lodge, 7 p.m.

• Shotgun Rider(country), The Old Saloon, 8 p.m.

• Charles Ellsworth (western folk), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY

• Livingston Art Walk, Downtown Livingston, 5:30-8 p.m.

• Old Fashioned Barn Dance, Park County Senior Center, 5:30 p.m.