OCTOBER 27 HELENA — EXPLORATIONWORKS'S 5TH ANNUAL "NIGHTMARE AFFAIR." Adult costume party and banquet at the Gateway Center.
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Fly over to the Bridger Raptor Festival, October 5-7 in Bozeman
OCTOBER 28 "WICKED WORKS," a Halloween Festival for the whole family.
NOVEMBER 10 BILLINGS — BILLINGS SYMPHONY: BIG BAND SALUTE TO USO. Tribute to those who have served in the Armed Forces. Alberta Bair Theatre.
NOVEMBER 22 BOZEMAN — HUFFING FOR STUFFING THANKSGIVING DAY RUN. www.huffingforstuffing.com
NOVEMBER 23-24 AND DECEMBER 8-15 WARE NEAR LEWISTOWN — NORTH POLE ADVENTURE CHEW-CHOO. www.montanadinnertrain.com
BEST EVENTS FOR FALL 2012
SEPTEMBER 21 MILES CITY — JOHNNY RAWLS BLUES REVUE www.confluencemt.com
SEPTEMBER 20-22 BILLINGS — "DIGGING UP ROOTS" GENEALOGY CONFERENCE with nationally known D. Joshua Taylor. www.montanamsgs.org/conferences.html
SEPTEMBER 28 LIVINGSTON — HARVEST CELEBRATION DINNER (with renowned area chefs and locally grown food). Chico Hot Springs. www.westernsustainability exchange.org
OCTOBER 5-7 BOZEMAN — BRIDGER RAPTOR FESTIVAL centers around raptor migration and a Golden Eagle count. www.bridgerraptorfest.org
BOOK FESTIVALS OCTOBER 4-6 MISSOULA —MONTANA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK Visit www.humanitiesmontana.org for the schedule.
OCTOBER 18-20 BILLINGS — HIGH PLAINS BOOKFEST. Email cskinner@billingsymca.org for more details.
OCTOBER 21 DEER LODGE — PUMPKIN SUNDAY AT GRANT-KOHRS RANCH. Pick your own pumpkin and paint it.
OCTOBER 22-28 MISSOULA — MONTANA CINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST. www.wildlifefilms.org
NONPROFIT NEWS
OCTOBER 13 BIG TIMBER — THE SWEET GRASS HEALTH AND WELLNESS HOSTS THE RAW DEAL RUN AND FUN WALK—a 6M Run, 3M Run and Walk, and 1M Kids Run. Prizes and Halloween costume contest. To register go to www.sghw.org or call 406-932-3090.
OCTOBER 26, 27, 28 KALISPELL — CHRISTMAS AT CONRAD MANSION. Enjoy the elegance of the holiday season with music, arts and crafts, champagne & hors d'oeuvres. Features the valley's finest craftspeople and their best creative work. All proceeds from the event benefit the Conrad Mansion. See www.conradmansion.com
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NOVEMBER 10 BOZEMAN — WILLING WORKERS LADIES AID celebrates its 100th year of community service with a play, auction, and raffle fundraiser at the Gallatin Gateway Community Center. Visit http://GallatinGatewayCommunityCenter.com or call 406-763-4865.
Page 56 of the Spring issue features a custom glass and log steam shower designed by architect REID SMITH; the builder is actually Big Sky Builders of Big Sky, not Blue Ribbon as mentioned.
Page 80 of the Spring issue, LIDO VIZUTTI'S name was misspelled on the photo.
JEFF ERICKSON is the photographer of the beautiful image on page 96 of our Summer issue.
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