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Three major Helena arts nonprofits offering live performances have taken it in the chops from COVID.

Challenges with Cultivars The long-running native plant cultivar debate stems from concern about their ecological functionality and possible environmental consequences. By Tom Oder ‘Pink Double Delight'.  When the native plant movement began in the 1970s, one of its goals was to educate the public about landscaping and gardening in an ecologically sustainable way. A half-century later, the buy-in has been more than anyone bargained for. Photo by Corine Holtmaat   The growing number of native plant enthusiasts demanded innovations in native flora available at local nurse...

What happens when a conservative, Christian woman in small town Texas learns that her daughter is gender-queer? “By the way, I’m not a girl, Mama. Or, I’m not all girl. I’m a boy, too.” These words, recounted by the mother Trisha Lee, launch the one woman play, “The Pink Unicorn.” It opened as a staged reading at Grandstreet Theatre Thursday, Jan. 28 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 14, with Thursday through Saturday evening shows at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. The topic couldn’t be more timely or urgent. One need look no further than propos...

Grandstreet Theatre will host annual Holiday Benefit virtually By: Alexie Aguayo and last updated 2020-12-17 20:40:15-05 HELENA — Grandstreet Theatre says 2020’s Holiday Benefit will not be your average virtual performance. “We've really been working very hard for the last several weeks to kind of edit together a really beautiful-looking event,” says Jeff Downing, the Artistic Director for Grandstreet Theatre. “It's going to be a step above people singing a song in their living room.” The theatre says they’ve upped their production quality by...