By JOE NICKELL - Much of the psychological subtext of Tennessee Williams’ play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” has to do with the fluid boundary between fantasy and reality. For actors performing the play, there’s a whole other level of reality to deal with – and his name is Marlon Brando...
By JOE NICKELL - Kevin Michael Connolly is well-accustomed to the mechanics of the stare. First comes the surprised glance, followed by the double-take. Then comes the furtive (or not-so-furtive) gaze, the question unmistakable in the eyes: What am I seeing? What has happened to this man? The...
By CHRISTY LEMIRE - LOS ANGELES – With “Public Enemies,” all the pieces would seem to be in place for an epic gangster drama: director Michael Mann, who has an affinity for complicated criminals; stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, who are famous for immersing themselves in their roles...
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Friday, July 3 art 30th annual Whitefish Arts Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Park Side...
By MICHAEL JAMISON / Photographed by LINDA THOMPSON WHITEFISH – “Zip One clear;...
Friday, June 26 art Missoula Art Museum’s Montana Triennial Exhibition opening...
WEST GLACIER – Former Red Bus drivers, aka gearjammers, and their families are...
By VINCE DEVLIN / Photographed by TOM BAUER - WOODS BAY – As fish stories go,...
By JAMIE KELLY - Harry Koyama has never lived outside of Montana, but the story...
By JAMIE KELLY M. Scott Miller is a patient man. Since moving back to his hometown...
By JOE NICKELL - It’s officially billed as the Montana Triennial, but the show...
The city of Missoula Public Art Committee wants artists who live in Missoula County...
Leslie Van Stavern Millar is passionate about the things she loves. She’s a proud...
FRIDAY, July 3 The Badlander, 208 Ryman: The Inhumans HIGH SPIRITS, Florence:...
By JAMIE KELLY - The art, artistry and artisanship of the Native America flute...
Most of us know Russ Nasset as the front-man for longtime Missoula musical stalwarts,...
FRIDAY, June 26 eagles, 2420 South Ave.: The Jimmy Snow Band, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Hangin...
By MICHAEL JAMISON - WHITEFISH – Can you spell b-r-a-v-u-r-a? How about s-u-p-e-r-l-a-t-i-v-e?...
By JAMIE KELLY - Ogallala, Neb., population 5,000, is “50 miles from the nearest...
By MICHAEL JAMISON - WHITEFISH – Jake and Charlie are just a couple of Irish...
By JAMIE KELLY - Message to adults who’ve forgotten what it’s like to be...
Opening this week “Whatever Works” *** – After the failure of his career,...
MISSOULA Carmike 10 541-7469 “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” “Public...
By CHRISTY LEMIRE - LOS ANGELES – “My Sister’s Keeper” is a shameless...
By CHRISTY LEMIRE - LOS ANGELES – So the best-picture race will be twice as...
By SUSAN LARSON - NEW ORLEANS – Driving the River Road to the National Hansen’s...
By JOYCE DOYLE - Seems like everybody is rediscovering the library lately. We...
By Margaret Webb Pressler - What makes a good book? A lot of people say it’s...
By JAMIE KELLY - The media around the turn of the 20th century was a fearsome...
By BRUCE DeSILVA - Wyoming game Warden Joe Pickett isn’t the most heroic crime...
By Adam Jadhav - In college, my buddies and I took pride in getting the most beer...
By KATE MURPHY - Party season is here – graduations, reunions, showers, weddings,...
The blueprint of modern mixology was sketched out during the pre-Prohibition days...
By KATE MURPHY - With all this talk about swine flu and my own battle with flu...
By Dave McIntyre - Climate change has the global wine industry terrified. The...
By LOU KESTEN When Nintendo introduced its portable DS system in 2004, many longtime...
By LOU KESTEN - In the movies, the horror genre covers a surprisingly wide range...
By LOU KESTEN - If you’re at all interested in online gaming, you need an Xbox...
By JAMIE KELLY - The video game that’s all the rage in the bars and pubs these...
By FRAZIER MOORE - NEW YORK – An appraisal of a veteran talk-show host and...
By LYNN ELBER - LOS ANGELES – In a neat bit of promotion, Jay Leno’s last guest...
By FRAZIER MOORE - NEW YORK – Twitter, the Web site that asks what everybody’s...
By MATTHEW BROWN - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – Before the national forests...
By ALEX PHAM - For nearly a decade, television makers have been asking consumers...
| Bakers offer tips for terrific pie |
Pie. Is there anything better than a first forkful of flaky pastry crust, stained bright purple and dripping with juicy berries? Eating it is divine, but making a good pie is a completely different story. Deceptively simple by design – just a mix of flour, fat, salt, sugar, water – pie crusts are as straightforward as recipes get. |
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| Fawcett poster was the perfect girlfriend |
Farrah Fawcett introduced me to sex. Well, not her personally. No, it was that poster. You know the poster. Tight red swimsuit, mountains of blonde hair, metallic-blue eyes that screamed, “Hi, you’re not man enough.” |
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