Jake Iverson

6 days ago | billingsgazette.com | Jake Iverson

Did you miss out on getting tickets to Sturgill Simpson in Bozeman? Well fear not, because there's lots to do in Billings this week, too! Fflewddur Fflam and ffriendds at the Babcock and Art HouseThe Banff Mountain Film Festival, the best way to watch a movie and feel like you're exercising at the same time, is at the Babcock at 7 p.m. Friday. The production, which features short films about all things outdoors, hits 40 countries across seven continents on its yearly world tour.

1 week ago | billingsgazette.com | Jake Iverson

Cooper Alan has no time for your country music purity tests. Heck, this guy is so busy he doesn’t have much time for anything. Country music carries with it the burden of expectations. Don’t sound too traditional, or doing anything original. But don’t try too many new things, or you’re straying too far from the roots. Honor the past but look to the present. On one hand, it’s America’s simplest genre. But dig in and you’ll find nothing but complications.

1 week ago | billingsgazette.com | Jake Iverson

Vine Dorian Broken Rope was one of the great artists in Montana history. But if you want to see his work up close, you’ve got to break a few rules. People compared Broken Rope’s paintings to C.M. Russell’s, and his works hung on the walls of Billings luminaries — Mayor Willard Fraser, who transformed Billings into the biggest city in the state, was a known collector. So was Gerald Dunbar, who was a Billings Police officer for three decades and chief from 1968 to 1977.

1 week ago | billingsgazette.com | Jake Iverson

We've got movies galore at Art House and Babcock, a new BST play, a Montana homecoming at the Pub Station and lots more happening this week. Tearing up Ava's picture at the Babcock and Art HouseIt's not Father's Day for two more months, but you can get a head start on the celebrations this weekend. Because at 6 p.m. Saturday the Babcock is showing "Dances with Wolves," one of the great dad movies of its era.

2 weeks ago | billingsgazette.com | Jake Iverson

Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, Beverly Hill is a boulevard in Billings, and you’ll rarely get the two confused. Although if you squint, Montana can start to look a little bit like Southern California, and not just because they totally stole our hillside letters idea for the Hollywood sign. Movies and TV are now big businesses here, and a bill in front of the Montana House of Representatives is seeking to make it an even bigger one.