Buffalo Bill Center of the West Curators Revise WAHB
by Christina Mancuso - September 17, 2015 After an 1899 trip to a ranch near Meeteetse, Wyoming, in the northwest part of the state, Ernest Thompson Seton published 'Wahb: The Biography of a Grizzly' through a series of three articles for 'Century Magazine,' and then the story appeared in book form in 1900....
O.A.R.S. Pledges $150K in Money, Trips to Get Kids to National Parks
by Tyler Peterson - May 19, 2015 Veteran river outfitter and adventure travel company, O.A.R.S., has introduced a new program to help open up the great outdoors for kids around the country. Starting this year, O.A.R.S. will donate one percent of company sales to the National Park Foundation—the official charity of America's nationa...
NOVA: WILD WAYS Premieres on PBS Today
by TV News Desk - April 20, 2016 NOVA: WILD WAYS premieres today, April 20, 2016 at 9:00 pm ET/ 8:00 pm CT on PBS....
BWW Preview: ADVENTURES BY DISNEY 3 New US Vacations
by Marina Kennedy - March 04, 2016 Adventures by Disney, an award-winning leader in guided group travel worldwide, has announced three new United States vacations available beginning this summer....
Bookworks Presents Shelf Awareness for Readers
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2015 As the classic Tony Bennett song goes, 'You Must Believe in Spring,' though some of us have nearly lost faith. Here are some of our favorite books that pay tribute to the season as we await its arrival....
CBS SUNDAY MORNING Delivers Sixth-Largest Audience Since Advent of People Meters
by Caryn Robbins - March 05, 2015 ?CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD posted year-to-year gains in viewers and delivered its sixth-largest audience since the 1987 advent of people meters, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 1....
Tippet Rise Art Center Announces Highlights of Second Season
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2016 Tippet Rise Art Center, set beneath the big sky of Montana midway between Billings and the edge of Yellowstone National Park, has announced the dates and selected highlights of its next concert season, July 7 through September 17, 2017. The Art Center, which opened in June 2016, is located on a 10,2...
Nat Geo WILD to Present 10 Days of Thanksgiving
by Caryn Robbins - November 05, 2015 Nat Geo WILD's Thanksgiving celebration is an epic lineup of animal adventures that will keep the whole family glued to the couch for 10 days straight. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26...
SWAN LAKE, The Midtown Men, WEST SIDE STORY and More Coming Up This Spring at MPAC
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2017 Scroll down for the latest list of events running April - June at Mayo Performing Arts Center. An additional event will be added in June, with details to be announce shortly!...
Dennis Calkin Releases MEL BOYCE WAS YELLOWSTONE COUNTY CORONER
by Christina Mancuso - October 28, 2016 Dennis Calkin, born in Billings, Montana, graduated from Billings Senior High School and Eastern Montana College, worked for the Billings Gazette, and has completed his new book, 'Mel Boyce was Yellowstone County Coroner': a gripping and potent work about travel, love, family, success and life in ge...
Trends: Where Can I Go Next Week? The New Norm
by Tyler Peterson - July 10, 2014 Travel companies must turn on a dime faster than ever these days. A leading multisport tour operator, Austin Adventures, reports that summer bookings once averaging 40 to 60 days in advance of departure are now coming in under 30 days or fewer this season....
Grand Canyon Visitors Now Get Enhanced Experience
with Just Ahead's Mobile App & Audio Tour Guide
by Tyler Peterson - May 11, 2015 Just in time to take advantage of the May 15 annual re-opening of the Grand Canyon's North Rim facilities (the South Rim is open year-round), Just Ahead (http://www.justahead.com/) has released its newest audio travel guide app for smartphones that makes road-tripping vacationers feel like they have...
PBS to Present 3-Part Series NOVA: MAKING NORTH AMERICA This November
by Caryn Robbins - September 21, 2015 NOVA?s MAKING NORTH AMERICA, premieres on three consecutive Wednesday nights on November 4, 11, and 18, 2015 at 9PM/8C on PBS (check local listings)....
Sneak Peek: PBS's NOVA to Premiere MAKING NORTH AMERICA, 11/4
by Caryn Robbins - October 01, 2015 Mighty, elemental forces molded North America. Fiery eruptions, titanic floods, the grinding of great ice sheets, and massive impacts from space all shaped our land....
New Travel App Like Touring Death Valley with a Ranger in the Car
by Tyler Peterson - March 24, 2015 Imagine touring Death Valley National Park with a park ranger telling stories about what you are seeing, and pointing out things you might otherwise miss....
OARS Catalog Features Adventures for the Whole Family
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2015 Veteran family adventure vacations outfitter O.A.R.S. announces the release of its new Family Adventures Catalog with its 2015 line-up of 21 all-inclusive time-for-a-break options for families....
Bear Lake, Utah's Campfire Grill Restaurant Welcomes New Chef and Updated Menus for the Summer 2016 Season
by Marina Kennedy - April 20, 2016 The Campfire Grill Restaurant, located at Conestoga Ranch, is set to open for the summer season on May 13 with a new chef and new menu creations for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Chef Vincent Liberato, who joins Bear Lake's glamping destination after having been a chef at several fine hotels and rest...
New Montana Arts Center Celebrates Classical Music and Contemporary Sculpture
by Sally Henry Fuller - November 11, 2015 In summer 2016 Tippet Rise, a brand new arts center that celebrates the union of land, art, architecture and music, will open outside Fishtail, Montana, midway between Billings and the edge of Yellowstone National Park....
Smithsonian Channel to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of National Park Service with One-Hour Special
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2016 It began as a radical idea to preserve a mysterious land of “boiling sulpher springs.” Now the National Park Service is 100 years old – with more than 400 places we've seen fit to save forever. Smithsonian Channel will celebrate the centennial with AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS AT 100 premiering Sunday, ...
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK, 11/30
by Caryn Robbins - September 17, 2014 MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK, narrated by Jeffrey Wright, a new one-hour special premiering Sunday, November 30 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel, is produced by Tangled Bank Studios, the film and television unit of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).... ![]() by Caryn Robbins - August 03, 2017 Actors Dave Annable and Gil Birmingham have joined the cast of Paramount Network's first original scripted drama series, YELLOWSTONE starring renown actor and Oscar(R)-winner Kevin Costner and written and directed by Oscar(R)-nominated and critically acclaimed screenwriter Taylor Sheridan ('Hell or ...
Austin Adventures Identifies Latest Trend in Luxury Family Travel
by Tyler Peterson - August 25, 2015 Austin Adventures' legacy of arranging small group, vacations to the world's most enticing destinations for active travel spans more than four decades. This legacy also leads to trend spotting.... |