Arts & Entertainment

Spotlight Calendar March 30 to April 5

Published on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 2:02pm

THURSDAY
• ‘Women in History: Montana Women Writers,” Livingston-Park County Public Library, 6 p.m.
• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.
• Luke Winslow-King (jazz/folk), The Attic, 7:30 p.m.
• Kalyn Beasley (Wyoming songwriter), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.

Summit Academy takes on murder mystery Saturday

Published on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 2:41pm

Summit Christian Academy students play over-the-top characters during their Murder Mystery Dinner event in the play, “Murder Me Always,” planned for Saturday.

The academy is in its second year of hosting the dinners as a way to raise money to support the academy along with allowing the students a fun time to act.

Academy school board member Guy Olson said the kids are playing very over-the-top characters, but with a twist, as the characters play another character playing a character.

“If that makes any sense,” Olson laughed.

Spotlight Calendar March 23 to 29

Published on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 2:25pm

THURSDAY
• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.
• Trivia, Pine Creek Lodge, 7 p.m.
• Erin & The Project (indie soulternative), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.

Spotlight Calendar March 16 to 22

Published on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 2:08pm

THURSDAY
• Humanities MT community conversation: Hunger and Food Security, Katabatic Brewing, 5:30 p.m.
• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.
• Erin & The Project (indie soulternative), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.
• Buzz Cason and Robert Cline Jr. (country/rock), The Attic, 8 p.m.

Film that was shot locally is shown at SXSW festival

Published on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 2:06pm

A film shot in Livingston, Paradise Valley and Bozeman’s Hyalite Canyon was shown at the South by Southwest festival in Austin that began Friday.

The SXSW festival and conference, which celebrates film and innovation, included “Walking Out,” a film about a young boy and his father braving the wilderness. It was filmed by Montana brothers Alex and Andrew Smith in the fall of 2015. The brothers shot the film around Paradise Valley, Livingston and in Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman.

Spotlight Calendar March 9 to 15

Published on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 2:52pm

THURSDAY
• Quenby (country/ Americana), Katabatic Brewing, 5:30 p.m.
• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m.
• Raina Wallace (singer/songwriter), The Office Lounge 7 p.m.
• Erin & the Project (indie soulternative), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.

Ambition and glamour plus a Latin flair comes to the stage with ‘Evita’

Published on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 2:47pm

Latin flavor along with grand stage design and an even bigger cast, sets the stage for the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts’ production of “Evita.”

“Evita” a musical written by famous playwright Andrew Lloyd Webber is set from the 1930’s to 1952 in Buonos Aires, Argentina following the true story of  a young Eva Perón as she used cunning, beauty and unyielding ambition to take her from the slums to actress to president’s wife as well and to her eventual death. During a time in Argentina when politics were often tumultuous and violent, she was loved and loathed by many.

Montana Manouche brings unique jazz blend to Livingston

Published on Thu, 03/02/2017 - 2:39pm

Incorporating the sounds of jazz and traditional string instruments, Montana Manouche is strumming their way into Uncorked over the weekend.

The band was created in 2012 when Nancy Padilla, founding member and violin player, fell in love with the idea of gypsy jazz.

Gypsy jazz, or string jazz, is unlike traditional jazz in that it is made up of only string instruments such as stand-up bass, guitars and violins.

Spotlight Calendar March 2 to March 8

Published on Thu, 03/02/2017 - 2:36pm

THURSDAY
• Fashioning Montana: Victorian and Edwardian Era, Livingston-Park County Library, 6 p.m.
• Speaker Series: A History of Floating the Yellowstone, Pine Creek Lodge, 7 p.m
• Trivia, Mint Bar, 7 p.m
• Kalyn Beasley (Wyoming songwriter), Murray Bar, 8 p.m.

Livingston Hoot announces line-up, including R&B artist, fiddlers for summer show

Published on Fri, 02/24/2017 - 3:54pm

Grammy-winning artist Jon Cleary will star in the 2017 Livingston Hoot this summer and The Quebe Sisters will open the show as the artists bring unique sounds to the popular summer event. 

The Hoot, going on its fourth year, is introducing the New Orleans R&B artist to the stage along with a trio of fiddlers.