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Stop by the Visitor Center now through July 29th to view this Lewis & Clark traveling maps exhibit. Visitor Center open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturdays 9am-1pm. Call 406-222-0850 to confirm times.
Attend t
his book launch celebration on Thursday, June 29 at 7pm for wildlife filmmaker Brad Orsted’s debut memoir Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild.
“When Orsted’s fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of his mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt and self-recrimination, fueled by prescription drugs and alcohol. He planned his suicide as his wife, Stacey, searched for a new beginning. She finally found a job in Yellowstone National Park and, with their daughters, Mazzy and Chloe, the pair fled Michigan, looking for refuge and redemption in the 2.2 million acres of glorious American wilderness.
“Through the Wilderness begins in Yellowstone, five months after the family’s arrival in 2012, when, in an alcoholic haze, Brad stumbled into a field of sage and survived a face-to-face encounter with an adult male grizzly bear. For the first time in almost two years, he realized he wanted to live.
“Brad’s ten-year odyssey is about finding the wild inside the human heart. It is a journey of the spirit—a journey to forgiveness and sobriety, to love and life, to memory, and ultimately, to Marley.”
Orsted’s passion for wildlife cinematography and photography has led to work with top networks like: Nat Geo Wild, The BBC, PBS, Nature, and The Smithsonian Channel. He was the assistant director of the award-winning film The Beast of our Time: Climate Change and Grizzly Bears, narrated by Jeff Bridges and featuring Doug Peacock, Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass.
The Gardiner Historic Walking Tour is offered twice weekly through September by Yellowstone Gateway Museum volunteers, beginning June 20. The tour is held on Tuesday & Thursday at 5:00pm, in Gardiner, Montana. Historic research is augmented by stories and historic photographs from the museum’s collections. Tickets are $15/person. Purchase online tickets at www.eventbrite.com or pay cash at meeting place prior to departure.
The tour begins in the small park opposite the Roosevelt Arch in Gardiner . Participants will learn about Gardiner’s prehistory and history, anchored by historic buildings and structures. Hear stories about miners, merchants, hotel and tavern owners, the roles of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Yellowstone Trail, and the challenges faced by residents living on the edge of Yellowstone National Park.
These Guided Tours are approximately 1.5 hours with multiple stops along the way. Please arrive 10 minutes early. Sturdy shoes, water, sunscreen, and a light jacket are recommended. TOURS HAPPEN RAIN OR SHINE!
Join us today as we welcome landscape architect & artist, Caroline Lavoie, to celebrate her exhibit: “Crossing Borders: The Landscapes & Communities of Highway 89”. The event is free and open to the public.
For details & upcoming events:
www.yellowstoneinternationalartsfestival.org/
Elk River Books, 122 S 2nd St, Livingston, presents:
Fishing guide and author Dave Ames will read from and discuss his latest comic novel, Trout Town, Thursday, June 8 at 7 pm.
“Jake Cruz is b
ack from Afghanistan with a war-torn soul. Hardly an hour passes that he doesn’t dream of swallowing his own weapon. The sole reason Jake has to put one foot in front of the other is a tear-stained letter he’s promised to deliver to a person he’s never met in a place he’s never been—the jagged peaks of the ‘Backbone-of-the-World.’
“Nearing the end of his quest, Jake stumbles into Trout Town. He’s looking for whiskey to beat back the chill of a spring snow squall—but what he finds is Wounded Warriors, a program that uses fly-fishing to help ease veterans back into civilian life.
“In Trout Town, fly-fishing is the thread that binds people to place, and 500 million years of Montana history is the needle that pulls the thread. The implacable grandeur of the American west resonates like another character in this book, singing right along with a cast of iconoclasts that include a Blackfeet warrior who whispers with eagles, a banjo-playing exhibitionist, and a burly scientist-philosopher who lives to the sound of one tooth chewing… It’s O.K. to be a little crazy in Trout Town because you’ll fit right in.”
Dave Ames was a fishing guide for 33 years, and is decrepit enough to remember the good old days when boats didn’t have phones. He has written for many magazines and newspapers, including Big Sky Journal, The Los Angeles Times and Fly Fisherman. His books include True Love and the Woolly Bugger, A Good Life Wasted or Twenty Years as a Fishing Guide, Dances with Sharks, and Me, My Cells, and I. He resides in Montana.
When visiting our area, you should book a Yellowstone tour with Yellowstone Dreamin Adventures!! You never know what you might see!!
Living History Day at Yellowstone Gateway Museum
Kids’ Fair
