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ASPEN nonprofit provides toys and shelter during the Christmas season

While some enjoy Christmas festivities, volunteers for ASPEN will be making sure area women are safe during a stressful time of year.

ASPEN (Abuse Support Prevention Education Network) is a Livingston nonprofit that offers crises counseling, support and emergency shelter for women and children escaping from domestic or sexual violence. The facility is open every day of the year regardless of the holidays.

Lincoln Holiday Sale features new and experienced crafters

The Lincoln Holiday Sale on Thursday will be buzzing with creative types, some are not new to selling crafts while for others its their first time.

This is the third year of the sale and it features sixteen different crafters making more traditional holiday fare such as ornaments and cold weather accessories. There will also be pet supplies, jewelry, art and clothing.

For Annie Liebscher selling her hand-made mittens is a new experience.

Teen to make movie debut Sunday

A Park High School student will be premiering two short films at the Livingston Film Series event Sunday after years of practice with the camera.

Sam Saarel, currently a senior in high school, will be featuring films about the Powder Puff football game this past fall and another on preserving public lands.

Saarel would often walk around in the woods with his twin sister, Larissa, as children, making their own adventures. When he was around 12 years-old he realized he wanted to document those moments to share with everyone.

Comedian brings God’s humor to Livingston Saturday

Principal and comedian, God and laughs; Kyle Yamada finds a way to mix all those aspects of his life into one funny show.

Yamada, who will be at the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts on Saturday, is bringing observational humor with a Christian flare in his act, “God Has a Sense of Humor.”

After graduating from college, he went to Los Angeles to be near his sister who was an actress. He soon discovered his knack for comedy and went from there.

“A producer met me at another comedy show and said I was good. After three months, I was touring and doing stand-up.”

Locals create satirical and ‘eye-conic’ card game

Have you ever wanted to buy a game that was not only made by locals but also makes fun of our president and the current condition of the United States? Well that particular game is coming out soon.

Eye Con is a card game created by four local friends with various careers, with the idea of satire and fun.

The goal of the game is to match the “icons” on the cards to another. The player with the least amount of cards is the winner.

Katabatic Brewing pairs beer with life

Katabatic Brewing has been expanding their brewing capacity for the past three years since it opened and  now the company is working toward creating more of a community presence.

Coming up this week includes a Saison Cook-off and a Books and Brews event, both hosted with the idea that things are better when they are paired with beer.

Co-owner LaNette Jones said the company has been able to expand its brewing capacity while also expanding their number of employees. This includes someone to takeover more of the taproom events.

Ace Hardware offers night out event

Livingston’s Ace Hardware will host a night to celebrate the women in the community who want a night out and also enjoy fixing up their home.

On Tuesday, there will be a Ladies DIY Night Out at the hardware store with free massages, caramel tastings and a photo booth as well as demonstrations.

Ace Hardware Office Assistant Emily Olson said the company is doing the event to celebrate the women that shop there.

“Because it seems like these kind of places are always kind of a man thing,” Olson said, trying to emphasize that there are so many women that shop there too.

Montana Women For presents movie night

A local women’s organization began a Friday movie night a few weeks ago, hoping to evoke conversations about class and environmental issues.

Montana Women For, a local activist group, began the movie night at the Livingston-Park County Library on  Oct. 20 and it will be going until Nov. 17.

The past documentary films include “Tomorrow” and “From the Ashes.”

Halloween week hosts ghoulish talks and mysteries

Fans of fantasy and people happy for horror can look no further this week with several Livingston venues hosting a variety of Halloween-related events.

Starting Thursday at the Livingston-Park County Library is speakers from the Livingston Supernatural Society on the topic of “Do ghosts exist?” According to library information, Peggy, Joseph, and Justin Weisgerber will talk about the tools they use, findings and warnings of the supernatural. The event will take place at 6 p.m. at the Library, 228 West Callendar Street. For information call 222-0862.

Montana map donated to museum

On Thursday evening, the Yellowstone Gateway Museum was donated an 1883 Montana map from the Curated Closet, while the Livingston Depot received a World War II nurse uniform.

The items were donated last evening during a Network Live event at the business.

Gateway Museum Director Paul Shea said Tuesday he hasn’t gotten much of a chance to examine the map but it does show Montana when it was still a territory and it was made by the General Land Office.