Art

What does it take to build a career as a ballerina in Ennis, Montana? For Austyn Coleman, a dancer who won’t turn 14 until May and has earned a spot in the prestigious Chautauqua Institute’s Summer Workshop, the answer comes down to one word, dedication. 

Valentine’s Day is a day of connections and this year the Ennis Arts Association (EAA) provided that connection across the generations when they brought local 4H students together with residents of the Madison Valley Manor to create special gifts for each other to commemorate the day. 

Seventy percent of the time, Dammit Lauren’s Lauren Jackson is a full-time musician in Southwest Montana. Armed with a bass guitar and a big instantly recognizable voice, Jackson has dedicated her life to music, which nowadays means 30% of the time she is supplementing her income working behind a bar. 

The Madisonian is pretty stoked to have a new columnist coming onboard in the coming weeks. Ben Larson, a self appointed “historian of weird and forgotten,” working musician and not quite cowboy poet will be joining the team to give you a little history, entertainment and a whole lot to think about a couple times a month.

“I’m cold,” the five year old girl shivered as he hoisted her onto his back in the backpack that he carried her up the snow drifted road in. The sun was setting and the temperature was dropping into single digits quickly. The wind chill was well below zero when you factored in the 35 mile per hour wind in their face.

Those attending the Ennis Arts Association’s 2nd Annual “ Blooms and Brushes “ Garden Tour were treated to Gardens in Ennis and Jeffers that were enhanced by amazing local Artists and also by the beautiful quilt creations of the PieceMakers of the Madison.  The Gardens- large and small— all had us want to go home and try harder.  The Artists pro

In 2017 Dallas Alexander killed an Islamic State gunman in Iraq from two point two miles away earning him the distinction as the sniper with the longest confirmed kill in history.