Karl Lengel

1 week ago | ypradio.org | Karl Lengel

Shakespeare in the parks opens Henry the V this week at the Duck Pond in Bozeman, the second of its major productions touring under the Big Sky this summer. Elsewhere, established companies and new ventures are presenting shows, running summer camps, and making sure the show goes on. NOVA Theatre in Billings is wrapping its second season at the former Venture Theater location on Montana Avenue. Over the past weekend, NOVA opened its production of Pride and Prejudice.

1 week ago | ypradio.org | Karl Lengel

For years, nonprofit arts agencies have been building partnerships across audiences with subscriptions, across artists and talent through residencies and repertory companies, and recently across the nonprofits whose missions might align with a particular production's subject matter. In the coming weeks, we'll present some previews of the upcoming cultural season and the creative ways our artists and the organizations that support them are finding to keep the arts alive under the Big Sky.

2 weeks ago | ypradio.org | Karl Lengel

Karl:What was the inspiration for a theater in Billings anyway named the Babcock? Matt:So my understanding is, so it, I'm trying to remember the specific name, but it was the, I wanna say the Billings Opera House. It was on the other side of the tracks downtown here. And it burned down in the early 1900s.

3 weeks ago | ypradio.org | Karl Lengel

Nate, thanks so much for taking some time with us today. Organic farming. Numerous farmers who were asked about it, told the AP that they've stayed away from the certification because it's costly, and not enough to combat climate change. It appears to be losing cachet in the marketplace. Is that the status in Montana currently? It's not the status Karl, in Montana nor the status in the United States. Let me just throw a few statistics at you. In Montana in 2023, we had 323,000 certified organic acres.

3 weeks ago | ypradio.org | Karl Lengel

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