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July 15: Community Road Work Update

Community Road Work (July 15 – 19)

  • MT 64 Tiger Grant Project
    • MDT is aware of striping changes that have affected travel in the area. The issue has been temporarily addressed and MDT maintenance crews are working to permanently remove the striping in some areas. We appreciate your patience as we work toward a resolution.
    • Sign installation will continue in several project areas. Grading operations west of the intersection of US Highway 191 (US 191) with Montana Highway 64 (MT 64) are expected to be completed this week, weather and other factors permitting. While grading operations are underway, drivers can expect single-lane closures, and flagger-controlled traffic. Please plan for extended delays.
    • Shared-use path realignment near Huntley Drive is anticipated to begin this week. This work will require single-lane lane closures and flaggers. Please plan for delays.
  • Turn Bay North of Gallatin Gateway
    • Grinding and rumble strip operations will take place this week on US Highway 191 (US 191) north of Gallatin Gateway. Drivers can expect reduced speeds, a 12-foot width restriction, and single-lane closures with traffic controlled by flaggers Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Two lane traffic will reopen after 7 p.m. Travelers can expect delays.
  • South of Spanish Creek South
    • Crews will be conducting delineator work. This work will take approximately one day to complete, however the date has yet to be determined. Flaggers and pilot cars will be present and 15-minute delays can be expected while delineator work is conducted.

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Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery: July Showcase – Big Sky and the Gallatin Canyon Plein Air Show

Don’t miss the Plein Air Paintings of Big Sky and the Gallatin Canyon, at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery running all of July. Works from various artists and some pieces from Kids Plein Air will be featured throughout the month.

Last month, twenty-five artists from across the nation descended on Big Sky and the Gallatin Canyon for plein air painting at the second annual Paint Under the Big Sky event. Painting landscapes From Spanish Creek through Big Sky and down to Taylor Fork, in one or more sittings, these painters captured local scenery with emotion and passion.

Stop by to say hello and see these beautiful and unique interpretations of this corner of Montana.

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Marty Pavelich, instrumental in bringing skating rink to Big Sky, dies at 96

BIG SKY – Marty Pavelich, a Detroit hockey legend who won four Stanley Cup championships, was a member of the famous 1980 Team USA Hockey Olympic team before retiring to Montana to ski and fish, died late Thursday, June 27 at his Big Sky home. The second-oldest surviving National Hockey League player was 96. Pavelich, who was still skiing 100 days a year in his early 90s, had contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in May, per news reports.

Pavelich, a native of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, who moved to Big Sky in 1993, was instrumental in bringing a seasonal skating rink large enough for hockey to the resort community. The rink was named for Pavelich in 2022. In February, the 13th annual Marty Pavelich Game was played on it. Before the rink was built, hockey was played on a flooded grass field with wooden planks.

“I’ve been here 30-some years in the northern part of our country and no hockey,” Pavelich told the Michigan newspaper chain Mlive when the rink was christened. “I called the local sportswriter, took him to lunch and said, ‘how about writing about hockey?’ and now we got two enclosed rinks in Bozeman and over 1,000 kids playing hockey and the same thing happened here. I thought we got to give these kids an opportunity.”

Article courtesy of 406 MT Sports

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Gibson Guitars presents Music in Big Sky!

Gibson Guitars, based in Bozeman, MT, is pleased to announce the launch of the all-new Big Sky Music Calendar. This calendar will serve as the complete guide to music events in all of Big Sky. The aim is to have this calendar be a one-stop site that serves locals and visitors. further energizing our community, and inspire the local artist community. Go check it out at the link above, bookmark it, and stay up to date on all of the exciting music Big Sky has to offer!

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June 25: Community Road Work Update

TIGER GRANT/Community Road Work

  •  Grading operations will begin near the intersection of Montana Highway 64 (MT 64) and US Highway 191 (US 191). Drivers should plan for reduced speeds, single-lane closures, and delays while grading activities are completed. Grading work will take approximately two weeks to complete, weather and other factors permitting.
  • Concrete crews will complete ADA ramps along the bike path between Andesite Road and Big Pine Drive. The path will be closed in sections as crews while concrete work is completed, minimal to no traffic impacts are expected.
  • Rural Improvement District 395 is scheduled to have Treasure State complete the following work the week of June 24th (Monday through Friday).
    • South Fork – small area milling and asphalt patching and asphalt shoulder repairs
    • Ousel Falls – Town Center – localized milling and asphalt patching
    • Ousel Falls – Town Center to Crown Butte – asphalt overlay

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July 3 at Courtney Collins Fine Art: American Tapestry by Lane Timothy

Where the complexity of the American West comes alive through the curiosity & works of Lane Timothy.
We invite you to explore a collection of Native Americans, as well as cowboys and farmers, each embodying unique stories, traditions, and legacies that have shaped the landscape of the West.
American Tapestry symbolizes the rich history and culture of the United States woven together from various threads of different ethnicities, traditions, and historical events. A metaphor representing the complex and multifaceted nature of the American experience and contribution of different groups over time. This underscores the idea that the nations identity is built from a variety of sources creating a cohesive and intricate whole. Perhaps in theory, or in a better world, a tapestry of Unity. A world where the timeless wisdom of the Native American elders meets the rugged spirit of the cowboy on the open range. Through his painting, Lane has captured the essence of resilience and deep rooted heritage versus forgotten truths.
Creative Director: Robyn Woodhall
Exhibition runs from 07/03/2024, 5:00pm – 7:30pm through 07/17/2024

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2024 Big Sky Wildflower Festival

Grow Wild’s Big Sky Wildflower Festival Promises a Week of Learning, Creativity, and Thoughtful Exploration of the Outdoors

Grow Wild is hosting their first annual Big Sky Wildflower Festival out of their native plant demonstration garden, Crail Gardens located at 2100 Spotted Elk Road, Big Sky, MT from July 8 to July 12. There will be speakers with diverse backgrounds speaking on topics that range from creating native pollinator habitat to the vital relationship between riparian habitat and native trout. For the creatively inclined, there will be workshops on nature photography, watercolor and flower arranging-and with Crail Gardens as the backdrop, inspiration won’t be hard to come by. For a bit of competition, join Grow Wild that night at the Big Sky Farmers Market for their Noxious Weed Bouquet Contest and show off what you’ve learned. Lastly, for those who love to learn about the natural world on foot, there will be a wildflower and weed identification hike, a walk in the woods with their resident forester (and board chair), and an amazing opportunity to learn about relational foraging from a current PhD Candidate in Indigenous and Rural Health at MSU. Grow Wild is elated to share these unique experiences and learning opportunities to the community all for free. A full schedule of the festival can be found at their website, growwildmt.org/events as well as registration links for a handful of events, as some have limited capacity.

Grow Wild is an environmental non-profit that began in 2004 and has been serving the Upper Gallatin Watershed ever since. Their mission is to conserve native species through education, habitat restoration, and collaborative land stewardship. They envision functional and healthy ecosystems that are sustained by an informed and engaged community and believe their Wildflower Festival is the perfect opportunity to continue the pursuit of creating such a community.

Contact Abby Butler at conservation@growwildmt.org or by phone at 402-913-4411 for further questions.

 

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Songs From The Sky: A Celebration of Original Music – May 22nd – 24th

The songwriter has always been the heartbeat of music. The soundtrack of our lives starts with a person pouring their heart out with an idea and a guitar. A simple act can then snowball into a piece of music that changes our lives forever. Songs From The Sky will allow Big Sky residents and visitors to celebrate national and local songwriters May 22nd-24th.

May 22nd

Lone Mountain Ranch and Lone Mountain Land Company are partnering to offer an unprecedented evening of music featuring some of Nashville’s most notable songwriters in Big Sky on the Ranch. Hear the stories and the inspiration behind the songs you know and love with dinner at Horn and Cantle, followed by a writer’s round featuring:

Barry Dean – “Pontoon” Little Big Town

Marc Holman – “Don’t Think Jesus” – Morgan Wallen

Lori McKenna – “Girl Crush,” Little Big Town, “I Bet You Think About Me,” Taylor Swift

Steve Moakler – “Angel Singin’” Reba McEntire

Travis Wood – “’98 Braves” Morgan Wallen

May 23rd

We want to celebrate and highlight the local songwriters thriving in our Big Sky community. As such, we’ll follow Wednesday’s showcase with a local writers’ round in the style of Nashville’s iconic Bluebird Cafe on Thursday the 23rd at Block 3 to open our hearts and listen to the incredible music created by people in this special town.

May 24th

Friday, May 24th, will shift to the Tips Up for a show from Bozeman-based rock n’ roller’s The Love Darts.

May 24th, the focus moves to the Waypoint and features a celebration of music in film. Featuring films Stop Making Sense, ____, and _____, it will be a day to highlight the impact of music in the cinematic space.

Come celebrate the art of the songwriter here in Big Sky as Songs From The Sky takes its inaugural flight…

Barry Dean

Barry Dean takes nothing for granted. Even after earning a Grammy nomination for Tim McGraw’s “Diamond Rings and Old Barstools” and topping charts with four No. 1 singles, he remains awe-struck each time he hears a song he wrote on the radio. Dean still can’t help but think of how he seemed destined to work a 9-to-5 in Kansas––a fate that now seems preposterous, given his track record: two No. 1 singles for Little Big Town, “Pontoon” and “Day Drinkin'”; “Think a Little Less,” which topped the charts for Michael Ray; “Heartache Medication which hit #1 for Jon Pardi; Ingrid Michaelson’s Top 40 smash “Girls Chase Boys”; and an ever-growing list of country and pop successes including cuts with Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, George Strait, Amy Grant, Brothers Osborne and more prove that Dean is doing exactly what he was made to do.

Lori McKenna

From her home base in Boston, Lori McKenna has carved out an enviable niche for herself as one of Nashville’s most in-demand songwriters while maintaining a prolific and remarkably consistent career as a solo artist. The release of her anticipated album, 1988, adds to a series of landmark years for McKenna and follows three widely acclaimed albums: 2016’s The Bird & The Rifle, 2018’s The Tree and 2020’s The Balladeer, of which the Associated Press praised, “McKenna has by now long established herself as one of the best songwriters working in any genre. And she does it again and again,” while The Tennessean asserted, “one of the sharpest pens in modern country and folk songwriting.”

In addition to her career as a solo artist, McKenna continues to enjoy success as one of the music industry’s most in-demand songwriters. In 2023, she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song for co-writing “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” performed by Taylor Swift. In 2017, McKenna became the first woman to win the Academy of Country Music’s Songwriter of the Year award and the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year award two years in a row. She also won back-to-back Grammys for Best Country Song: for “Girl Crush,” performed by Little Big Town, in 2016, and “Humble and Kind,” performed by Tim McGraw in 2017. In 2021, McKenna won her third Best Country Song Grammy for co-writing “Crowded Table,” performed by The Highwomen, with Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby. She was also nominated for all-genre Song of the Year as a co-writer for “Always Remember Us This Way” (Lady Gaga) and “Beautiful Noise” (Brandi Carlile/Alicia Keys). In addition, McKenna has written songs for a multitude of award-winning artists, including Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Dan + Shay, Little Big Town, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, Meg Moroney, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Hailey Whitters. McKenna celebrated her 3rd number 1 song in 2024 with Parker McCollum’s “Burn It Down.”

Steve Moakler

Steve Moakler is a country music singer/songwriter with Pennsylvania roots.  More than 15 years into his career, with a series of acclaimed albums, songwriter cuts with Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Ben Rector, Reba McEntire, Larry Fleet, Mackenzie Carpenter, and more, and cross-country tours with Old Dominion, Willie Nelson, Dan + Shay, and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in the rearview, his new album Make A Little Room presents a recipe for something different.  A life of unforgettable moments savored in the spaces between. Writing or co-writing all ten songs on Make A Little Room, a set steeped in uncommon wisdom emerged and delivered with a spark of enlightened electricity.  Just as spacious in approach as in theme, it features an easy-going, rootsy, front-porch pop spirit, as tender vocals alive with gratitude join a bare minimum of bright, breezy guitars.  Throughout, Moakler wraps himself in the freedom of the here and now.  His 7th studio album features the title track and lead song, “Make A Little Room,” as well as tracks “Let’s Go To The Lake,” “Numbered,” and “’ You Being You,” all available now.

Travis Wood

Travis Wood is an award-winning songwriter and producer who signed a publishing deal with Creative Nation in 2019—2023; he earned his first Billboard Country #1 song with Parmalee’s “Girl In Mine.” A native Canadian, he has additionally penned 9 Canadian #1 singles, several of which were consecutive hits for James Barker Band.  In 2024, he earned his first AIMP Award – Publisher’s Pick with “‘98 Braves” (Morgan Wallen) and an additional Rising Songwriter of the Year nomination. Wood has earned additional cuts and releases from Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis, Jake Owen, Scotty McCreery, Chris Lane, Corey Kent, Ella Langely, Ashley Cooke, and more with his unique perspective and hit songwriting ability.

Mark Holman

Big Loud Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have signed chart-topping songwriter Mark Holman to a co-publishing deal. Hailing from Ewing, Illinois, Holman found an early love for music through his older brothers and began writing and producing in 2008. Making the big move to Nashville in 2014, he scored his first #1 hit as a songwriter on Florida Georgia Line’s 2018 smash, “Simple,” and now has two singles at Country radio – Cole Swindell’s “Single Saturday Night” + Maddie & Tae’s “Woman You Got” – along with over 60 cuts from artists across a range of genres, including Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen, HARDY, Gary Allan, Three Days Grace, The Struts, Blue October, Halestorm, and Art of Dying.

 

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BSCO Public Trails

With Spring kicking into gear and Summer fast approaching, we wanted to highlight the incredible 36 mile trail system that is available for hiking, biking, walking, skiing, families, and our four legged furry friends. Follow this link HERE to see all of the trails available and learn more about what BSCO does to keep these maintained and accessible here in Big Sky.

 

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