Christy Hays’ Love Letter to Butte, Montana

Austin folksinger serenades onetime mining town in new video

"...gifted in vivid lyrical portrayals, bought a house in Butte last summer and spent months falling in love with..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Being Evel

Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc

"...hardscrabble roots amidst the coal-mining, alcohol, and fisticuffs of Butte, Mont., to his early deal with Honda motorcycles, which..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bodies, Rest & Motion

"...Arizona desert community of Enfield to, of all places, Butte, Montana, Nick decides to hit the road alone, offering..."

May 28, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...cold and wet, finally gave way to summer. In Butte, moisture still hangs in the air, pulling the grit..."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

International Competition

Documentaries

"...the lynching of labor agitator Frank Little in 1917 Butte, Montana, is an astonishing document: part art and part..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Day Trips: Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park

Paddling the Rio Grande

"...buses at the Far Flung Outdoor Center in Study Butte at 8am for the short drive to the river...."

March 20, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Last call for summer fun

"...Major League Lacrosse Championship, Aug. 19, Frisco www.visitfrisco.com Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta, Elephant Butte State Park, N.M., Aug. 19-20..."

Aug. 14, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Marijuana Coast to Coast

Hot pot news from California and Washington, D.C.

"...David Williams, a member of a growing collective in Butte County, had his home raided by police without a..."

July 8, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Don't Come Knocking

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

"...who’s still lighting up a diner in dusty downtown Butte, Mont. Howard’s on his own this time. Enter Sky..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Day Trips

"...cooler weather makes hiking more of a joy. Study Butte is the perfect base camp with several motels and..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Shanghai Noon

"...Noon opens with Roy and gang perched atop a butte overlooking the train trestles below. He's using a crude,..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 2-8

"...Mary MacLane (1881–1929), known as the "Wild Woman of Butte, Montana," authored shocking, scandalous books. In I Await the..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Cost-of-living increases are making local artists do more with less

"...The Unbridgeable Distance, a ritual and meditation on the butte and the willow created in collaboration with dancers Anne..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Untapped Austin Releases Full Beer List

Forget about 2016 with 334 brews

"...Fresh Squeezed – India Pale Ale – 6.4% Black Butte XXVII – BA Imperial Porter – 11% Armory XPA..."

April 28, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Untapped Festival Austin Untaps Beer List

Check off your brewery bucket list in one convenient location

"...Doppel Dinkel Bock, weizenbock Fresh Squeezed, American IPA Black Butte Porter, American porter Deep Ellum Brewing Co., Dallas, TX..."

March 30, 2015 Food Post by Eric Puga

Letters at 3AM: BigBoy's 'Slap Noir'

James BigBoy Medlin's 'Slap Noir' changed my life in a most concrete fashion

"...West, Fla., to Bellingham, Wash.; from Ruidosa, Texas, to Butte, Mont. – and many a town in between. But..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line

Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland

"...he says. There are some other less-known counties, like Butte, where they have programs very similar to his program...."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Beer Convenience

Finding great craft brew selections in unlikely places

"...an event with representatives of Ommegang, Duvel, Young's, Deschutes, Butte Creek, and Kingfisher...."

June 24, 2011 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

The Starlight Theatre Restaurant and Bar anchors downtown Terlingua

"...sign on FM 170, five miles west of Study Butte (pronounced "stud-ee beaut"), points up the mountain to "Terlingua..."

March 25, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

A guide to the Big Bend region of Texas

"...Study Butte is a good place to stop for gas and..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Love Stories In This Town

Ward has a heart for women, and these stories underscore that fact

"...nearly real themselves, in all their ambivalence and agony. "Butte as in Beautiful" captures the bathos of everyday life,..."

April 10, 2009 Books Review by Melanie Haupt

Page Two: Workingman's Blues

The real history of labor and union organizing is ignored and largely unknown

"...two women, and 12 children died. Nov. 13 – Butte, Mont.: A Western Federation of Miners strike was crushed..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Miles Davis

"...of "On the Corner," "One and One," and "Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X" with those found on the original album,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis

An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns

"...Texas. Texans talk about the Big Bend, Terlingua, Study Butte, Lajitas, Marfa. They seemed like mythical names out of..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Virginia & Montana Update

"...of 11am EDT) and counting. In Silver Bow County (Butte), a Democratic stronghold, votes are still being counted but..."

Nov. 8, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Who's Buying the Votes?

The C&E reports show whose money is funding which campaigns

"...Beverly Griffith, who lists her current address as Crested Butte, Colorado.) Opposing the props, the Committee for Austin's Future..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Election Notes

The C&E reports show whose money is funding which campaigns

"...Beverly Griffith, who lists her current address as Crested Butte, Colorado.) Opposing the props, the Committee for Austin's Future..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

The Searcher

Wim Wenders on his sense of the right direction

"...More than half of the film takes place in Butte, Montana, which I discovered in the Seventies...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...probably the same roads that they'd traveled, around Crested Butte ......"

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...Flow), one in Seattle (Police Beat), and another in Butte, Mont. (Who Killed Cock Robin?)...."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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