Billings Press Releases
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Teepee Raising at Bair Museum -May 2nd
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 04/30/2008 | | Award Winning FFA Students from Pryor Celebrate Crow Culture
Bair Family Museum
11 am, Friday, May 2, 2008
Montana’s Indian Education For All funding allows Montana school systems to bring the Plenty Coups FFA lecture/demonstration program to individual schools around the state. read more | |
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Yellowstone Art Museum’s Summerfair moves to Rocky
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 04/11/2008 | | Approximately 100 artists and community groups will participate in the Yellowstone Art Museum’s 30th Annual Summerfair on Saturday and Sunday, July 12 & 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rocky Mountain College’s football field located at 1600 Poly Drive. read more | |
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Spirit of the American West
Fine Art Show & Sale at the Billings Depot
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 12/31/1969 | | Mary Williams Fine Arts of Boulder, Colorado is pleased to invite you to the 10th annual “Spirit of the American West” Fine Art Show & Sale, in Billings for the first time this year. We are bringing a vast inventory of fine antique prints, oil paintings, vintage posters and more. This show will feature important American antiques from artists such as Karl Bodmer, George Catlin, Jo Mora, John James Audubon and Thomas Moran. We will also be bringing work from our group of over 30 rocky mountain artists, notably Steven Lee Adams, John Austin Hannah, Mary Roberson, Stephen Smalzel and Alison Dearborn Rieder. We will also have our exclusive line of reproductions – vintage movie posters, railroad posters and national park maps. Themes such as Western Americana, Natural History, Native Americans, Sporting, Fly Fishing, Botanicals, Mountain Landscapes, National Parks, Winter Sports and more. A portion of the proceeds from this show will be donated to the Yellowstone Park Foundation. A rare Yellowstone print will be raffled to benefit the foundation, as well.
The show will run from May 8 through May 10, 11am-8pm, at the historic Billings Depot, 2310 Montana Avenue. 406-656-7273. To browse our inventory, visit www.MaryWilliamsFineArts.com
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Lily Tomlin Headlines ABT GALA
Comedian in Billings June 28!
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 04/10/2008 | | Lily Tomlin to Headline ABT Gala 2008
One-woman tour de force of comedy performs in Billings this June
The Alberta Bair Theater for the Performing Arts is proud to announce Gala 2008 - an evening with one of America’s foremost actors and comedians – Lily Tomlin, Saturday, June 28, at the Alberta Bair Theater. read more | |
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Ballet Folklorico comes to ABT!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 04/02/2008 | | BALLET FOLKLORICO
Presents “Quetzalli de Veracruz”
At the Alberta Bair Theater in April
BALLET FOLKLORICO will make its Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement at 7:30pm, April 29. Tickets are on sale now.
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Bair Family Museum Opens in May
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 04/07/2008 | | BAIR FAMILY MUSEUM opens May 1st.
Come walk in Charlie’s shoes!
A trip to the Bair Family Museum allows visitors to step into the home of one of Montana’s most prosperous families. read more | |
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HMS Pinafore sails into Billings!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/24/2007 | | THE HMS PINAFORE
AT THE ALBERTA BAIR THEATER
THE CARL ROSA OPERA will make a return visit to Billings with their production of HMS PINAFORE at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, April 22 read more | |
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Diavolo returns to Billings!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/24/2008 | | DIAVOLO DANCE COMPANY will make its Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, April 15. read more | |
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Mannheim Steamroller at ABT!!!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/23/2008 | | The Fresh Aire Music of Mannheim Steamroller
Created, arranged and produced by Chip Davis
The state-of the art musical extravaganza Mannheim Steamroller come to the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings for one night only on Thursday, April 24, 2008! read more | |
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Glenn Miller Orchestra returns to Billings!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/21/2008 | | The Glenn Miller Orchestra returns to the stage of the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement at 7:30pm on Saturday, April 5. Tickets are $31, $26 and $16 for students.
The concert is sponsored by Best Western Clock Tower Inn and Yellowstone Public Radio.
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Lark Chamber Artists perform American Music at ABT
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/22/2008 | | The Eileen Orser Outstanding Performance Series presents the Lark Chamber Artists, in concert at 7:30pm, Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Alberta Bair Theater. The quartet will perform a unique concert of work by contemporary American composers along with guest percussionist Yousif Sheronick.
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Little Women - The Broadway Musical
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/21/2008 | | Little Women - the Broadway Musical will make its Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement, 7:30pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008.
The show is a part of the First Interstate Bank Family Series.
Little Women is sponsored by Crowne Plaza Billings and KULR 8 TV
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AMA Grand National Championship in Billings
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/01/2008 | | Recreational Action Sports Entertainment and MetraPark are pleased to announced that AMA Racing has selected Billings as one of two cities to be awarded a Grand National Championship Singles race in 2008. It is the first time in the history of the American Motorcycle Association Championships that Montana has been included as part of the series. read more | |
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Alissa Rose
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/28/2008 | | Soprano Alissa Rose is a native of Billings, Montana whose multi-faceted career has taken her around the United States and abroad. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, after having spent three years in Germany, where she sang at the State Theaters in Osnabrück, Münster, and Bielefeld, as well as singing with the West German Radio Chorus. read more | |
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This Common Secret
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 12/31/1969 | | Susan Wicklund and Alan Kesselheim will read from the book and offer a question and answer session
at 7pm on Monday, February 25 at the Parmly Billings Library, sponsored by the YMCA Writer’s Voice.
The event is free and open to the public. read more | |
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Jeffrey G. Kitto Biography
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 03/28/2008 | | Jeffrey Grant Kitto, tenor, makes his Rimrock Opera main stage debut as Nemorino in Elixir of Love. read more | |
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Alissa Rose Biography
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 03/28/2008 | | Billings native Alissa Rose’s multi-faceted career has taken her around the United States and abroad. She recently completed her Doctor of Music Arts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and currently lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. read more | |
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Downtown Billings Supports Bike Patrol
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/31/2008 | | Downtown Billings Alliance supports Billings Police Department Bike Patrol
Billings, MT, Jan. 29, 2008: The Business Improvement District and the Downtown Billings Association, referred to as the Downtown Billings Alliance, recently allocated $2500.00 toward the purchase of winter gear, bike bags, flashlights, and helmets in support of the Billings Police Department Bike Patrol. The Downtown Billings Alliance has long supported the efforts of the Billings Police Department and the Bike Patrol.
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International Guitar Night returns to ABT!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/24/2008 | | INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT makes a return visit to Billings at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement at 7:30pm, Monday, February 11.
The concert is sponsored by Crowne Plaza Billings and Yellowstone Public Radio.
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT is the longest-running "mobile guitar festival" in North America. Each year, IGN founder Brian Gore of San Francisco is joined by three of the world's foremost acoustic guitarists to perform their latest original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting.
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6th annual High Plains BookFest - The Call of the
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/17/2008 | | 6th Annual High Plains BookFest: The Call of the Wild
October 16-19, 2008 – Billings, Montana
A Call for Proposals!
The YMCA Writer’s Voice and the Billings Cultural Partners are pleased to announce the theme of the 6th Annual High Plains BookFest, The Call of the Wild. read more | |
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BLUE HEAVEN - new novel by C.J. Box
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/16/2008 | | C. J. Box, Blue Heaven
7:00pm, Wednesday, January 30
Barnes & Noble
Two children go on the run in the woods of northern Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder. In a ranching community populated
by L.A. transplants, the kids soon find they don’t know whom they can trust among the hundreds of retired Southern California cops who’ve given the area its nickname, “Blue Heaven.” This is the break-out novel from the award-winning author of the Joe Pickett series. C. J. Box is the author of eight novels.
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Peter Pan the Musical
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/11/2008 | | PETER PAN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL,
AT THE ALBERTA BAIR THEATER
PETER PAN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL will make its Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement on Saturday, February 2. read more | |
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Wrecked by Roseneath Theatre
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/09/2008 | | The ABT Education Department presents two school matinee performances of Wrecked, a play from Canada’s Roseneath Theatre Company. The two, 60 minute performances of Wrecked take place on Monday, January 28 at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm at the Alberta Bair Theater. Tickets are $5/person and can be purchased in advance or at the door on the day of the shows. The performance is recommended for students in grades 9-12. A question and answer session with the actors immediately follows each show.
Wrecked tackles the issues of alcohol abuse in the lives of teenagers and their families with intelligent humor, subversive wit and candid reality. read more | |
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Ian Tyson returns to Billings
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 12/03/2007 | | IAN TYSON RETURNS IN CONCERT TO BILLINGS
Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi award winner, Ian Tyson, is celebrating 5 decades of performance in 2008 with a full schedule of concerts, a television special, and final preparations for release of a children’s book based on his song La Primera. read more | |
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Addy An American Girl Story
American Girl Tea Party & Show!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 12/03/2007 | | Addy, An American Girl
Special Event
3:00pm, Sunday, January 27
Inspired by the Addy books by Connie Porter, the Seattle Children’s Theater brings to life the story of Addy, a nine-year old girl growing up in slavery during the Civil War.
www.sct.org
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Jamie Adkins
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 01/15/2008 | | JAMIE ADKINS will make his Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement on Friday, January 18 read more | |
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Eric Bibb
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 12/23/2007 | | Blues guitarist ERIC BIBB will make a return Billings at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement on Wednesday, January 23. Tickets are on sale now.
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BARRAGE
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 11/12/2007 | | BARRAGE will make a return visit to Billings at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement on Thursday, January 10. Tickets are on sale now
Barrage – A high-octane fiddle-fest that features an international, multi-talented cast performing an eclectic mix of music, song and dance. read more | |
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A Christmas Carol
Celebrate the Holidays at ABT!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 11/12/2007 | | Celebrate the Holiday at the Alberta Bair Theater!
A Christmas Carol
7:30pm, Wednesday, December 19 read more | |
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An Evening of Story and Music
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 11/12/2007 | | The YMCA Writer’s Voice presents:
Russell Rowland and Friends: An Evening of Story and Music
7pm, Wednesday, December 12
Parmly Billings Library read more | |
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The Producers
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 11/11/2007 | | THE PRODUCERS, the new MEL BROOKS musical, will make its Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited one evening engagement at 7:30pm, Wednesday, November 21. Tickets are on sale now at (406)256-6052. read more | |
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Montana Virtuosos
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 10/31/2007 | | The Billings Symphony Orchestra is proud to present Montana Virtuosos, a showcase of three outstanding Montana Association of Symphony Orchestra (MASO) 2007 Young Artist Competition participants – pianists Nicole Ficek and Ashlee Young, and cellist Helene Werner under the direction of guest conductor Laura Jackson former Assistant Conductor and American Conducting Fellow of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 10, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. at the Alberta Bair Theater. “Concert Cues”, a twenty minute interactive discussion of the evening’s musical selections with Marvin Granger and the three guest soloists, begins at 6:45 p.m., and is free to all ticket holders. read more | |
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BCP Receives Chamber Pick 6 Award
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 10/30/2007 | | The Billings Cultural Partners Golden WestFest, a month-long series of events that showcase Billings' cultural community and rich western heritage, is the recipient of the Billings Chamber of Commerce Pick 6 Campaign. read more | |
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Carlos Nakai
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 10/29/2007 | | Native American flutist R. CARLOS NAKAI and composer/ guitarist WILLIAM EATON will make their Billings premiere at the Alberta Bair Theater for a limited, one evening engagement at 7:30pm, on Saturday, November 17. read more | |
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ABT Cherish the Ladies
A Celtic Christmas comes to the ABT!
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 10/29/2007 | | The Alberta Bair Theater has just added a special holiday presentation,
Celtic Christmas with Cherish the Ladies, 7:30pm, Thursday, December 6, 2007. The concert promises to be an outstanding evening of holiday music and Irish dancing by this outstanding Celtic group and five additional Irish musicians and dancers! Tickets are now on sale.
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EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY
EVIDENCE, A Dance Company, will make its Billings premiere at the ABT
| | | Category : Press Release | | Published : 10/29/2007 | | Praised by The New York Times as “one of the most profound choreographers of his modern dance generation,” Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence Dance Company blends African, modern, ballet and social dance styles to tell stories that illuminate fundamental aspects of the human experience. read more | |
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Golden WestFest
Celebrates Western Influence on Arts
| | | Category : Event Article | | Published : 10/05/2007 | | The Billings Cultural Partners (BCP) is pleased to announce the first annual Golden WestFest which showcases Billings' cultural community and rich western heritage. read more | |
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