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Chouteau County Performing Arts, in partnership with The Pioneer Lodge, Montana Flour and Grains and Ron and Dee Lohse, are proud to bring you our first annual Pianos Along the Missouri Festival, featuring Steven Hesla. The festival will include an evening concert, at 7PM on Tuesday, March 5th at the Fort Benton Elementary School, and two master classes, for selected students, in Great Falls and Fort Benton. Steven Hesla, piano professor at the University of Montana, inaugurates the new piano...
Chouteau County Performing Arts in partnership with Triangle Communications, present a fun filled journey back to Motown in the 60s. Get ready to get up and dance in the aisles of the Fort Benton Elementary School Auditorium, at 7PM, Tuesday February 12th. These four singers bring back the days of the Four Tops, the Temptations, and so many other greats from the Motown sound. Cushney, David, Pierre, and Darryl bring the harmonies, the solos, and the dance steps which were hallmarks of the 60's....
The Reckoning, By John Grisham Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi’s favorite son--a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed his pastor and friend, the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder weren’t shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete’s only statement about it--to the sheriff, to his lawyers, to the judge, to the j...
You Don’t Own Me By Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke When we last saw Laurie Moran, she had recently become engaged to her show’s former host, Alex Buckley. Since then, the two have been happily planning a summer wedding and honeymoon, preparing for Alex’s confirmation to a federal judicial appointment, and searching for the perfect New York City home for their new life together. But then Laurie is approached by Robert and Cynthia Bell, parents of Dr. Martin Bell, a famously charming and talented physician who was shot dead as he pulled int...
Unsheltered, By Barbara Kingsolver Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it’s so unnerving that she’s arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a stack of unpaid bills and an inherited brick home in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling apart. The magazine where she worked has folded, and the college where her husband had tenure has closed. The dilapidated house is also home to her ailing and cantankerous Greek fat...
Mary’s Little Lamb Daycare Dear Santa, Hello! My name is Georgia. I am 3 years old. This year I’ve been pretty good! The nicest things I did this year were share my blanket with Hudson and let Lauri in my room kind of. I hope you, Mrs. Claus and the reindeer have been well! A few gifts I’m wishing for this Christmas are a Spirit Horse with Lucky and Pru with a Chica Linda Horse. Have a safe trip on Christmas Eve! Love, Georgia Silvan Dear Santa, Hello! My name is Luke. I am 3 years old. This year I’ve been an absolute Angel! The nicest things I...
Christmas Cake Murder, By Joanne Fluke With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden—especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie’s old notebooks and the tale of a woman escaping danger on the streets of New York. Hannah’s surprised by Essie’s...
The library will be open and offering free refreshments from 10-3 during Big Sandy’s Christmas Stroll. Darlene has a cute snowman craft for the kids to make. Also, there will be a book sale (great stocking stuffers). Friends of the Library will be selling raffle tickets on various baskets full of goodies, as well as on another beautiful quilt by Judy! See you this Saturday at the library....
Farm Stories - A Fading Dream , by Loretta A. Johnson THIS MEMOIR starts in the early 20th century as both sets of grandparents are immigrating to the United States from Czechoslovakia. Settling in Chicago, a carpenter and baker, they start to raise large families, just as the lure of settling the West starts to beckon. News spreads that they can realize a dream and become farmers with 160 acres of free land in Central Montana. With no experience in farming, they are naive to the harsh weather and trials. THE STORY begins when the families set...
Texas Ranger, by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle Rory Yates’s skill and commitment to the badge have seen him rise through the ranks in the Texas Ranger division, but it came at a cost – his marriage. When he receives a worrying phone call from his ex-wife, Anne, Rory speeds to what used to be their marital home. He arrives to a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in Anne’s murder. Rory’s only choice is to find the killer himself. He risks his job, his pride, his reputation among everyone he loves t...
June 25, 1876 was a date that triggered intense investigation, debate, and writing regarding Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the "Battle of the Little Bighorn." Recent field investigation has defined types of armaments, strategic positions, and a host of minutia regarding the Seventh Cavalry and participating Indians. No doubt the Indians greatly outnumbered the Cavalry, but also had some advantages in weaponry. The question has long been asked, "How and why did the U.S. Army send...
Stay Hidden, by Paul Doiron A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on an island off the coast of Maine. To newly promoted Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, the case seems open and shut. But as soon as he arrives on remote Maquoit Island he discovers mysteries piling up one on top of the other. The hunter now claims he didn’t fire the fatal shot and the evidence proves he’s telling the truth. Bowditch begins to suspect the secretive community might be covering up the identity of whoever killed the woman, known as Ariel Evans. The contr...
The Other Woman By Daniel Silva She was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason’s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West—a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art res...
A Measure of Darkness by Jonathan Kellerman, and Jesse Kellerman It’s been a busy year for Alameda County Coroner’s Deputy Clay Edison. He’s solved a decades-old crime and redeemed an innocent man--earning himself a suspension in the process. Things are getting serious with his girlfriend. And his brother’s fresh out of prison, bringing with him a great big basket of crazy. Then the call comes in the middle of the night. It’s a bad one. A party in West Oakland. An argument with the neighbors. A crowd in the street. Two guns, firing at random...
Chouteau County Performing Arts in partnership with River Market, present a thrilling evening of Michael Bublé songs staring the tribute trio known as Shades of Bublé. The fun begins on Tuesday October 23rd, at 7PM, at the Fort Benton Elementary School auditorium. Ask three people who Michael Bublé is and you’ll get three different answers. The modern Sinatra who sings and swings on all the standards, the chart-topping pop artist who wrote “Home” and “Haven’t Met You Yet”, the rock-and-roll bad-boy who reinterprets classic Motown and R&B...
Unbound By Stuart Woods In the wake of a personal tragedy, former CIA operative Teddy Fay—now a successful Hollywood film producer known as Billy Barnett—takes a leave of absence to travel and grieve, and lands in Santa Fe in the company of his friends Stone Barrington and Ed Eagle. There, fate hands him an unexpected opportunity to exact quiet revenge for his recent loss, from a man who helped to cover up the crime. But when his enemy wises up to Teddy’s machinations, a discreet game of sabotage escalates to a potentially lethal battle. From...
After Ann By Lisa Scottoline Noah Alderman, a doctor and a widower, has remarried a wonderful woman, Maggie, and for the first time in a long time he and his son are happy. But their lives are turned upside down when Maggie’s daughter Anna moves in with them. Anna is a gorgeous seventeen-year-old who balks at living under their rules though Maggie, ecstatic to have her daughter back, ignores the red flags that hint at the trouble that is brewing. Events take a deadly turn when Anna is murdered and Noah is accused of the crime. Maggie must f...
Twisted Prey By John Sandford Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now more powerful than ever as a U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey series Lucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before. A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully for the U.S. Senate, where Lucas had predicted she’d fit right in. He was also convinced that she’d been responsible for three murders, though he’d never been able to prove it. Once a psychopath had gotten that kind of rush, though, he or she often nee...
Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex’s most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman. At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel with a checkered history. What Thalia wants from Alex are a...
Chouteau County Performing Arts is proud to announce the opening of our 2018-2019 season, with the popular, crowd pleasing favorite, Cold Hard Cash, on Saturday, September 15th, at the Agricultural Center in Fort Benton. This show is presented in partnership with The Governor's Keep, Benton Pharmacy, Big Sandy Pharmacy and The Club House. Come enjoy this season's Pub Night show with no host beverages for all ages. The doors open at 6PM and the music starts at 7PM. Come early for the best seating...
Volume 13, Issue 6 of Montana Lifestyles Magazine featured a story entitled "Arthur." It described how a chihuahua called Arthur savagely charged and drove off a large black bear who was stalking my daughter midday while talking on a cell phone on a private walkway in Juneau, Alaska. Arthur had previously lived in Carter, Montana as a therapy dog for my mother. Large scratch marks on the wood deck were later measured to be only 14 feet from the prey. Arthur died recently, but left no doubt about...
A huge thank you to all of our sponsors that made this possible by all of your donations. This was such a fun activity and adult love to play every week. This went on for 8 weeks with 57 adults participating. The activities includes getting to know Big Sandy better, learning about the library, and learning about music which the theme for libraries this summer “Libraries Rock” The Grocery Store–Karli Phillips; Big Sandy Pharmacy –Karla Whetham;Agri- Prairie Insurance - Jessica Butler and Heather Wolery; Bear Paw Coffee Shop & Deli - Petra Y...
In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carré comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency’s most important Russian mole. Spies have long r...
American Trinity: Jefferson, Custer, and the Spirit of the West, By Larry Len Peterson American Trinity is for everyone who loves the American West and wants to learn more about the good, the bad, and the ugly. It is a sprawling story with a scholarly approach in method but accessible in manner. In this innovative examination, Dr. Larry Len Peterson explores the origins, development, and consequences of hatred and racism from the time modern humans left Africa 100,000 years ago to the forced placement of Indian children on off-reservation schoo...
The Fallen (Amos Decker #4) by David Baldacci Kyf Brewer (Narrator) Orlagh Cassidy (Narrator) David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series featuring detective Amos Decker--the man who can forget nothing. Amos Decker and his journalist friend Alex Jamison are visiting the home of Alex’s sister in Barronville, a small town in western Pennsylvania that has been hit hard economically. When Decker is out on the rear deck of the house talking with Alex’s niece, a precocious eig...