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The Custer County Art & Heritage
Center has partnered with the Miles Community College and the Miles City
Public Library to bring afternoon and evening programs that explore
wide ranging topics. Past speakers include essayists,
novelists, poets, historians and artists. Past guests include Pete Fromm, Ian Frazier,
Ivan Doig, Marcia Selsor, Allyson Adams, Michael Punke, Chrysti (the
Wordsmith) Smith and James Welch.
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Miles City Speaker's Bureau
2008 Schedule |
Tuesday, January 29th
Noon - Miles Community College
7pm - Miles City Public Library
Tami Haaland - Montana's Historic Poets
The 1920's and 30's were rich years for Montana poetry
but many of the poets from this period are forgotten or have become
remote in our collective memory. Discover and explore the lives and
writings of the more obscure poets who lived and wrote in Montana.
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Friday, February 22
Noon - Miles Community College
7pm - Miles City Public Library
Cheryl Heser - Tea with Dolley Madison
From pre-Revolutionary days as a girl growing up with the Quakers until
1829, when she was in her 60's, Dolley Madison sparkled with humor,
gifted observation and a genuine love of life. Heser will acquaint
us with Montpelier, Madison's life and the personalities and politics of
many leading figures in early America.
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Monday, March 17
1pm - Miles Community College
7pm - Custer County Art & Heritage Center
Dr. Frank Rowland - The Killing of Custer: The Oral Account of the
Northern Cheyenne
Northern Cheyenne tribal member, Dr. Frank Rowland, will present
a lecture based on the oral account of Northern Cheyenne tribal
elders and leaders as to how and why General Custer was killed at
the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. After more than "100
summers of silence" Northern Cheyenne storytellers have begun to
tell their version of the famous battle. An overview of Cheyenne
philosophy will be presented as well as ledger art depicting such
pivotal events as the Washita Massacre and the killing of Custer by
the warrior woman - Buffalo Calf Trail Road Woman.
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Monday, March 24
7pm - Miles City Public Library
Bentgrass Peotry Troupe
Bentgrass Poetry Troupe, a collection of poets
from Western Montana, will perform an anthology of poems. The
troup's six members have been writing poems together for nearly 10
years. They have published two collections of poetry including the
Apricot Room, released in 2000 and a newly released collection
titled the Windfall Season. Their poems cover many diverse
topics including nature, politics, even the passing of loved ones.
Roger Dunsmore, a former UM professor now teaching in Dillon,
started the troupe while he taught American Literature at shanghai
International Studies University.
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Tuesday, March 25th
Noon - Miles Community College
7pm - Custer County Art & Heritage Center
Chrysti "The Wordsmith"
Eating Our Words:
Origins of Sundry Culinary Terms
How is someone "worth his
salt?" Where's the ham in hamburger? How is "cheesecake" both a
dessert and an image of a scantily clad woman? Why "couch potato"?
If you think "easy as pie" is simple, have you ever tried to make
one? "Eating Our Words" is a discussion on the many terms and
expressions that make reference to food and eating. We'll explore history and customs, with an eye on food preparation, food
fads, and the ways in which food appears in our vocabulary. Smith
is the writer and host of the popular radio series "Chrysti the
Wordsmith," which explores the rich and ever changing words in our
English language - the history behind them, how we use them and how
we change them.
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Tuesday, April 8th
Noon - Miles Community College
7pm - Custer County Art & Heritage Center
Kevin Kooistra-Manning - Ghost Signs: A Sign
of the Times
Ghost signs, the hand-rendered painted advertisements on the
side of historic buildings and rock faces reveal past periods of
occupancy and use and give continuity to public spaces, becoming
part of the community memory. What dictated the location of
this advertising and how were the signs adhered to buildings?
Using a power point slide show, Manning addresses these questions
and presents images of some of the most impressive ghost signs in
billings and the Yellowstone River Valley using both historic
photographs from the Western heritage Center archives and
contemporary images of historic advertisements.
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Wednesday, May 14th
7pm - Custer County Art & Heritage Center
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Noon - Veteran's Park Brown takes on the persona of Yellowstone Kelly in a first-person, audience
interactive program. Kelly, born in 1849, served in the Civil
War and then went West where he hunted and trapped along the
Yellowstone River, learning the language of the Sioux. This
colorful Montana frontiersman was well educated, quiet, an expert
guide and rifleman. He served under General Nelson Miles and
fought against noted warriors as Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and
Spotted Eagle, led two expeditions to Alaska, fought in the
Philippines and was a distinguished Indian agent.
Brown has spent over 15 years researching and studying Yellowstone
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COUNTY ART & HERITAGE CENTER
