Foam molds, wax liners and chunks of bronze are scattered around Kalispell Art Casting in Evergreen. While each piece may look insignificant by itself, together they are part of the foundry’s largest project ever. One of the people behind the project is Bob Spaith, a Canadian artist who helped design 15 larger-than-life bronze horses that will be displayed in Calgary, Alberta this summer to memorialize that city’s iconic stampede.

 

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Nothing satisfies my hunger more than Asian food. And when I am looking to get my fix the combination of salty, sweet and spicy is usually what I am after. Usually I turn to either pork or chicken when deciding what to have as the main protein but recently, instead of the usual, I decided to go with beef and I think I may have a new favorite ... Mongolian beef!

To get started you will need to gather the following ingredients ...

 

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LAKESIDE – Looking at one of Frank Bauer’s paintings is an interactive affair. Initially, a viewer sees color and possibly a portrait, but getting closer, it becomes evident there is more happening. Even closer, and there’s a sudden realization that the entire canvas is covered in thousands of painted lines the width of angel hair pasta.

And, after staring at the painting for a few minutes, a viewer might just realize his or her nose is nearly pressed to the canvas, examining the intricacies of color and light.

 

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Click the image or use the arrows to see photographs of "33 Variations" cast members as they prepare to take the stage before an evening performance.

For over 30 years, the Whitefish Theatre Company has brought performing arts to life: community and children’s theater productions, a concert music series featuring talent from as far as Ireland and Africa and a variety of film festivals. The theater’s home, the I.A. O’Shaughnessy Center, sits at center stage in the community, 1 Central Ave., and has helped transform the identity of downtown as a cultural hamlet.

 

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Among the various landscape and figure paintings scattered in the studio of Nick Oberling and Jennifer Li, one piece sticks out. A delicate silver violin sits unfinished and, every once in awhile, Oberling will lift it off the workbench and awkwardly affix it to his easel.

Oberling will be doing that more often in the next few weeks because the decorated violin is due to arrive at the Glacier Symphony and Chorale’s office by May 1. There it will be gathered up with 11 other violins to be auctioned off this summer as a fundraiser for the symphony, now in its 29th season. Before the auction, however, the 12 violins will be placed on display throughout the valley.

 

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The rich history of climbing and trekking in Glacier National Park is the subject of a historical exhibit being introduced at the Museum at Central School in Kalispell.

An opening reception for the exhibit, “Mountaineering in Glacier Park,” is on Friday, May 4 from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit offers an in-depth look at the history of mountaineering in Glacier through a video presentation, photographs, old newspaper stories and a rock wall built to display the gear used for mountaineering.

“The idea is to share the colorful history of the north valley with the rest of the Flathead,” Museum Director Gil Jordan said.

Glacier Mountaineering Society created the display, which is the result of a partnership between the First Best Place Task Force’s Discovery Square in Columbia Falls and the Museum at Central School. It's the second in a historical series focused on Northwest Montana. In 2013, a display featuring the Bob Marshall Wilderness, which is now on display at Discovery Square, is scheduled to come to Kalispell.

The Museum at Central School is located at 124 Second Ave. E. in Kalispell. Call 756-8381 for more information.

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Twenty-four students of The Culinary Institute of Montana at Flathead Valley Community College spent over 900 combined hours last week preparing for the 100th Anniversary Titanic dinner which took place April 13 at the college. The exquisite seven-course dinner represented one of the many opportunities our college’s culinary arts program provides our students to learn valuable catering skills through hands-on, real-world experiences. My students showcased their skills and talents beautifully as they prepared and presented the historic meal.

 

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Feet raced across a scuffed floor in a second story studio in downtown Whitefish. Each stomp, kick and move was matched by the beat of a nearby boom box, and watching it all was Dance Elements instructor Amy Arriaga.

Arriaga, 30, is originally from California where she first began dancing as a kid. Early on she grew a liking to hip hop, back when it was called street funk. Arriaga said dancing came naturally and soon she realized that “I never wanted to do anything else.” While in California she started teaching, before moving to the Flathead Valley in 2000. After a few years in Montana, she started her own dance school, with a focus on jazz and hip hop.

 

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