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Famed architect I.M. Pei died on Thursday at the age of 102. The Chinese-American designed notable buildings worldwide, including the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris, the east building at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston; the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland; and more. But his works
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Pedlet season starts May 1 and Great Falls’ pedlet program has garnered national attention. The first pedlet opened at Might Mo Brewing Company in 2017 and this year, there will be more pedlets downtown plus the “suspendlet,” a second story balcony at Elevation 3330 on Central Avenue. The pedlets are extensions of the sidewalk around sidewalk dining into parking spaces
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It’s been 22 years in the making and Great Falls’ newest public house is nearly ready to open. Elevation 3330 is going into the second story of Four Ten Central, also known as the Strain Building. It will feature 24 beers on tap, high-end keg wine plus another 40 bottles on hand, cocktails with dry ice and the city’s first
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Downtown Summer Jam is returning to Great Falls this summer. The Mighty Mo Brewing Company, Fat Tuesday’s and Enbär are continuing the summer concert series and launching the Fourth of July Hootenanny with Granger Smith. The Summer Jam series will again be a three-day musical event June through August. During the concert series, the stage is set up at the
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Former Great Falls Representative Jean Price died Monday. The four-term Democratic legislator had been battling pancreatic cancer. On Monday, the Montana Democratic Party Executive Director Monica Lindeen released the following statement: “Jean’s passing is a reminder to always lend a voice to Montanans who need a champion,” Lindeen said. “Jean encouraged the artist in each of her students and inspired her
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Jim Meinert is retiring after serving as director of The History Museum for the last nine years. Kristi Scott has been hired as the new director and she begins work at the museum March 18. “Her appointment to this position was an outstanding choice by the museum’s board of directors,” Meinert said in a release. Scott served as curator of
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Great Falls made the list of the top 100 places in this year’s ranking by Livability.com. Great Falls made the list for the first time, coming in at 97. Brett Doney of the Great Falls Development Authority told City Commissioners on Tuesday that in the past Great Falls didn’t even make the top 1,000 a few years ago. Billings and
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The Great Falls Original Farmers’ Market is expanding into Central Avenue this year and has launched a new website and logo. Starting in June, the market will expand into Central Avenue from the Civic Center to 2nd Street South. The additional space will accommodate the excess vendor requests the market receives in June and July, according to Erin Borland, chairman
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American vocal quartet, The Four Tops, will perform July 28 at the Montana State Fair and multi-platinum selling Collective Soul plays July 27. The Four Tops quartet, originally called the Four Aims, made their first single for Chess in 1956, and spent seven years on the road and in nightclubs, singing pop, blues, Broadway, but mostly jazz-four-part harmony jazz. When Motown’s
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Rock and Roll group Hairball will take the stage July 30 in the Pacific Steel & Recycling Arena during the 2019 Montana State Fair. “Vocalists Bobby, Kris Vox, and Joe Dandy lead the band through a 2-plus hour, mind-blowing, and drop-dead accurate homage to some of the biggest arena act’s in the world. Van Halen, KISS, Motley Crue, Queen, Journey,
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