David Gessner on Theodore Roosevelt
Acclaimed nature writer and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner will present a live-streamed discussion of his latest book, Leave It As It Is: Theodore Roosevelt and the Past, Present and Future of the American Wilderness, on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. The free event will stream on Elk River Books’ Facebook page. […]
Gretchen Minton discusses the Bard in Big Sky
Bozeman author and theatre scholar Gretchen Minton will visit Livingston to discuss her new book, Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country’s Love Affair with the World’s Most Famous Writer, on Thursday, June 25 at 7 p.m., with a live-streaming event on Elk River Books’ Facebook page. Tracing more than two centuries of history, Shakespeare in […]
Toby Thompson on Western Art
Essayist and educator Toby Thompson returns to Livingston with his new collection, Fired On: Targeting Western American Art, on Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m., with a live-streaming reading and discussion on Elk River Books’ Facebook page. The third in a trilogy of collected nonfiction, personal essays and profiles, Fired On joins Thompson’s Riding the […]
POSTPONED: The Center of Everything by Jamie Harrison
Jamie’s reading will be postponed until early 2021, due to publication delays. Livingston author Jamie Harrison will read from her new novel, The Center of Everything, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at Livingston’s Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. Harrison, who wrote the award-winning historical novel, The Widow Nash, as well as […]
Prophecy and Pandemic: Spillover and religious responses to Covid-19
Bozeman authors Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen will live-stream a discussion on the coronavirus outbreak and the dangers of misinformation and religious conspiracy on Thursday, April 23 at 7 pm on Elk River Books’ Facebook page. Betsy is the author of the newly released American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and Public Lands in the […]
POSTPONED: An Evening with Téa Obreht
**Due to the corona virus, Humanities Montana has requested that all April events receiving their support be postponed. We will work with Téa to reschedule her visit to Livingston once it’s safe for everyone to gather again. We appreciate your understanding, and hope you all stay well.** Internationally acclaimed novelist Téa Obreht headlines Elk River […]
John Clayton’s “Natural Rivals”
Elk River Arts & Lectures opens its 2020 lecture series on Thursday, March 12, with a talk by Red Lodge author John Clayton on the origin story of America’s public lands. Clayton’s talk will be based on research for his most recent book, Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public […]
