🤠 What's going on in Bozeman & a Mountains Walking giveaway

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Congrats to our Pure Barre giveaway winner - Alexandra Trunnell! 🎉 Just sent you an email with the details.

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Pure Barre is celebrating its 25th anniversary this Saturday morning, June 27th, and you’re invited to join the party.

They're hosting an open house with three complimentary classes at:

There will also be in-studio retail discounts, membership specials, drinks, and snacks throughout the morning.

Whether you’re already a regular or have been curious to see what Pure Barre is all about, this is a great opportunity to try a class, meet the community, and celebrate a great local business.

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💙 Support local mental health initiatives at a benefit concert for the Milton Menasco Foundation at the Eagles Ballroom this Thursday June 25th. The evening features live music from Stilgone and Still Fools, with all proceeds supporting the foundation’s mission of helping people improve their mental health through community, outdoor recreation, and connection. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:00pm. Details.

💼 Featured Job: Big Sky Ski Education Foundation is hiring an Executive Director to lead the strategic growth, operations, fundraising, and community partnerships of one of Montana’s premier winter sports organizations. The position offers a salary range of $110k-130k and the opportunity to shape the future of youth skiing and snow sports in Big Sky. Apply here.

👩‍🎨 This week, we’re highlighting Kelsey Dzintars as our local artist of the week! A Bozeman-based painter, muralist, illustrator, and tattoo artist, Kelsey creates vibrant, nature-inspired work at the intersection of adventure, conservation, and creative expression. Through paintings, murals, tattoos, and illustrations, Kelsey invites viewers to connect more deeply with the natural world and the stories it holds. You can find her work on Instagram @kelseydzintars or visit her website here to see more of her work!

🥤 Stop by the MSU Library lobby from 3:00pm-4:30pm for Root Beer Floats. Community members, students, and campus visitors are invited to enjoy a free root beer float while helping welcome incoming MSU freshmen to campus. Details.

📚 Country Bookshelf welcomes bestselling outdoor writer Kevin Fedarko at 6:00pm for a conversation with Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of Trust for Public Land. Details.

🧘 Wild Wisdom Collective has a Solstice Sound Bath from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Led by board-certified music therapist Trina Rainey, this guided experience combines meditation, relaxation, and immersive sound to help participants unwind and reflect. Advance registration is required. Details.

🌲 Triple Tree Watering is happening from 8:30am-9:30am, giving volunteers a chance to help care for new plantings near the Triple Tree Trailhead. Details.

🧘 Start your Tuesday with a special Your Yoga x Portal collaboration at 7:00am featuring a relaxing Yin Yoga class led by Mari. Details.

🦉 Meet some of Montana’s most impressive birds of prey at the Raptor Meet & Greet from 10:00am-11:00am at the Museum of the Rockies. Details.

👕 Studio Wheelhouse is hosting a Clothing Collage workshop from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Learn how to upcycle and customize clothing using sublimation printing by selecting imagery, printing it, and transferring it directly onto fabric. Details.

🌻 The Bozeman Farmers’ Market returns to Lindley Park from 5:00pm-8:00pm, bringing together local growers, ranchers, artisans, food vendors, nonprofits, and musicians for an evening of community and local flavor. Details.

🌦️ Learn how to read and predict the weather during Introduction to Meteorology & Weather Forecasting, a two-part MSU After Hours course meeting this Tuesday and Thursday from 6:15pm-8:15pm in Norm Asbjornson Hall. Details.

🌿 Gallatin Watershed Council’s latest Riparian Walk happens from 6:30pm-8:00pm with an educational tour of Trout Unlimited’s Lower Mandeville Creek restoration project. Details.

🧡 Take a midyear pause and join Soul Trust Ignite’s Q2 Connect & Reflect Workshop from 3:00pm-5:00pm at Kiln. This guided workshop is designed to help you reflect on the last quarter, reconnect with what matters most, and realign your priorities for the months ahead. Details.

🎶 Field & Stream Lodge’s Backyard Music Series continues from 5:00pm-7:00pm with a live performance by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Acker. Details.

🤝 Kiln hosts Konnect at Kiln from 5:00pm–7:00pm, bringing together entrepreneurs, remote workers, nonprofit leaders, and community members for an evening of facilitated networking and meaningful conversation. Enjoy light bites, drinks, and structured opportunities to make new connections while strengthening ties across the Bozeman and Gallatin Valley communities. Details.

🎵 Bridger Brewing’s Bozeman Music Night returns from 5:30pm-8:00pm with a live performance by local folk band Walcrik. Details.

🎨 Paint a Mountain Wildflowers scene from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Hyatt Place Bozeman by the airport, in a guided paint-and-sip class with Grace from Ain’t A Better Way to Paint. Details.

🎶 Wednesday night music at the Tune Up Bar starts with rock, soul, and R&B songwriter Dustin Tucker from 6:00pm-8:00pm, followed by folk, country-blues, and Americana troubadour Tyler John Kraehling from 9:00pm-11:00pm. Details.

🎉 Head to downtown Belgrade for Belgrade Summer Nights, a free community block party happening from 6:00pm-8:30pm on Broadway Street in Belgrade. Enjoy live music, food trucks, local vendors, drinks, and family-friendly activities while connecting with neighbors and celebrating the community. Details.

🧵 Studio Wheelhouse is hosting Slow Stitch from 7:00pm-8:30pm, a relaxed community stitching circle where you can get guidance on your embroidery, mending, sewing, or other fiber projects while connecting with fellow makers. Details.

🐝 The International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health, and Policy comes to MSU from June 25th through June 27th, bringing together researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, nonprofits, and conservation advocates from around the world. Details.

⚡ The Library is hosting an Intro to Laser Cutting class from 10:15am-11:45am in The Work Bench. Participants will learn the basics of laser cutting and get hands-on experience with the library’s new xTool laser cutter. Registration is required. Details.

🌽 Watch Bozeman’s police officers and firefighters settle the score in the annual Police vs. Firefighters Cornhole Showdown from 4:30pm-7:30pm at The Market. The family-friendly fundraiser features a double-elimination cornhole tournament, $3 tacos, $3 Mountains Walking beers, a bounce house for kids, and lots of patio-side summer fun. Details.

🌿 Time for another Farm Party at Bodhi Farms from 5:00pm-8:00pm! Bring friends and family for an evening on the farm with BBQ, local beer and spirits, regional wines, sodas, and more. Details.

🎶 Visit the 1889 Barn with live music from folk and country-blues troubadour Tyler John Kraehling. The bar opens at 5:00pm, Mo’Bowls food service starts at 5:00pm, and music begins at 6:00pm. Details.

🦆 The Bozeman Duckie Race returns to Bogert Park from 5:00pm-7:00pm for an evening of family-friendly fun benefiting Cancer Support Community Montana. Buy a duck for a chance to win local prize packages, enjoy BBQ, raffles, a bounce house, and community activities, then watch thousands of rubber ducks race for the finish line. Details.

🏫 Celebrate the start of summer at the Little Bear Schoolhouse Museum’s annual School’s Out Summer Event from 5:00pm-8:00pm in Gallatin Gateway. It’s a free, family-friendly evening featuring vintage games, a pie walk, turtle hunt, museum tours, croquet, cornhole, local vendors, homemade ice cream, lemonade, walking tacos, and rides on the historic merry-go-round. Details.

🧶 It’s Makers Night at Stix Yarn from 5:30pm-7:00pm, where you can bring your knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery, mending, needle-felting, or other creative projects for an evening of making and conversation. Details.

🏔️ Beringia is hosting a Granite Peak Talk at 6:00pm with Beartooth Mountain Guide Lindsay Fixmer. Learn about Montana’s highest peak, get tips for preparing for the hike and climb, and hear what to expect on one of Montana’s most iconic treks. Details.

🧗‍♀️ The She Sends Collective is teaming up with The Mountain Project for a free Community + Climb Night from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Women and TGNC climbers are invited to come climb, connect, and meet new friends, with snacks, drinks, music, glitter, and more. Details.

🎸 Thursday night music at the Tune Up Bar starts with bluegrass, folk, and rock group Bitter Roots Revival from 6:00pm-8:00pm, followed by Last Thursday Quartet from 9:00pm-11:00pm. Details.

🍤 Learn the art of Spanish Paella during a cooking class with Chef Ben at Bridger Kitchens from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Details.

🤠 Get ready for another week of the Valley View Rodeo at 7:00pm at the Fairgrounds. Watch cowboys and cowgirls compete in events like bull riding, barrel racing, and more. Details.

🎶 Bozeman Hot Springs welcomes New Mexico-based alternative folk singer-songwriter Benny Bassett from 7:00pm-10:00pm. Details.

💙 Support local mental health initiatives at a benefit concert for the Milton Menasco Foundation at the Eagles Ballroom, with live music from Stilgone and Still Fools. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:00pm. Details.

🎬 The Emerson hosts a free screening of MEND at 7:30pm, a documentary following adaptive athlete Jesse Alberti’s journey from Montana’s rivers to the backcountry of Alaska. Details.

Today, we’re highlighting Cash, a 9-year-old boy looking for his forever home 🐶

Visit Heart Of The Valley Animal Shelter to meet Cash any time Tuesday through Sunday, from 12pm-5:30pm.

This week, we’re giving away a $25 gift card to Mountains Walking Brewery! (On Instagram @mountainswalkingbrewery)

The giveaway runs from today until next Sunday, 6/28, at 11:59pm, and we’ll announce the winner in next Monday’s newsletter.

All you have to do to be entered into this week’s giveaway is be subscribed to this newsletter, and reply to this email with the word “MOUNTAINS”!

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See you on Thursday for our weekend preview of what’s going on in Bozeman this weekend 👋

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