That Arctic Blast which is devastating the central USA is a thousand miles east of us -- we've had our share of that ugly stuff. Our own soft snow came with temperatures above freezing, I'm glad to say. The deer herds are still small in our neighborhood -- that's supposed to be a sign that they're surviving the winter. We haven't seen the Eagles as often -- I think the fish left in the lake are smarter than the ones the Eagles caught.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
NEW! Spitfires of the Spaceways
Watch Dale Arden rescue Flash Gordon for a change!

Charity Alert: Make a resolution as the days get brighter to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: Besides keeping your eye on Hockaday Museum of Art's Website, take a look at what Travel Montana has online about us!

Media Watch: There was a young lady substituting for Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's Countdown last night. Among the important stories, there was one ridiculous trying-to-be-funny-but-failing number about Prince's performance of Purple Rain during the halftime of Super Bowl XLI. ANYBODY who plays a Hendrix-like electric guitar looks phallic -- going on about it makes the commenter look like a putz. Trying to embarass a woman announcer with penile synonyms is acting like a prick. Got it, schmuck?

What's Katie up to in Amsterdam?
WORKSHOPS - Studio 7 - Eerste Nausastraat 7
March 24-25 /March 31 - April 1/ April 7-8 : Three weekend improvisation workshops with Katie Duck / Saturdays and Sundays / 13:00-16:00 / 45 euro / Katie's Website.
This workshop is geared for dancers and performers who would like to break their weekly schedule with classes and sessions in improvisation. End of winter and heading toward the spring in Amsterdam is a good timing to stretch your improvisation legs. Katie will offer discounts for anyone who takes more than one weekend.


Purple Reign
Katie Duck -- Modern Dance's improvisation master, is this artistic field's own version of Duke Ellington or John Coltrane -- She's shown in a digitized frame from a video by fellow dancer Justin Morrison. Check out more of Justin's work at his own wonderful Website.