Auto + Marine

Let the Road be Your Runway

Test driving the 2027 Kia Telluride Article by Marko Capoferri | Photography by Rick Szczechowski Hop in the new 2027 Kia Telluride, and you’ll feel well cared for.  For starters, the safety features available in the Telluride are unmatched: from blind-spot detection and custom camera and mirror-integrated video displays, to safe exit assist technology (to let you know if the coast is clear when opening doors, a key feature as more and more Missoulians take to the roads on bicycles), among...

Beauty

Self Care, Style, & Connection

Missoula's Dry Bar is a luxury treat with posh products Article by Julianne Bitely | Photography by Rick Szczechowski Dry Bar is bringing everyday glamour to Missoula with blowouts, “up-tinis,” and a posh place to be pampered while connecting with friends. Unlike regular hair salons, Dry Bar specializes in blowouts—think camera ready hair but without the astronomical price or months in advance scheduling. You can choose from their selection of styles, add ons (like deep conditioning treatments...

Fitness

Fitness Is Our Fashion

The Montana Senior Olympics is the stage for style for our seniors Article by Jennifer Ferenstein | Photography by Rick Szczechowski Paige Berriochoa comes from a sports family, growing up playing volleyball and competing in track and field events. After a stint in Houston working in pro sports event planning, she moved West, landed a job at Missoula Parks and Recreation, and started a family.  As event director for the 40th annual Montana Senior Olympics (MSO) being held in Missoula this...

Style + Beauty

In the Mood for Something Stylish

Sarah Allen, owner of Mood Boutique, is a trusted source for what to wear in Missoula Article by Emma Trotter | Photography by Rick Szczechowski Opening the door to Mood Boutique, the first thing I hear is a customer raving about how much she loves the store. “Half of my wardrobe is from you,” she tells the owner, Sarah Allen. “Mood’s my go-to.” Today, the customer is wearing dark jeans paired with Scout earrings, both from Mood, and she’s also holding a couple tops from Z Supply. “I need...

Education

The Message Within Music

Children who get to experience music early in life are introduced to big concepts in exploration Article by Marko Capoferri | Photography by Rick Szczechowski There’s a lot of science that shows the benefits of music lessons for kids. From increased brain function and cognitive development, to enhanced motor skills and pattern recognition, music can be an accelerant for a variety of nuts-and-bolts life skills.  You can read the studies and learn a lot, for sure. You can hear it straight from...

Entertainment

Ball & Pins

Westside Lanes & Fun Center Article by Chelsea Lyn Agro Sometimes you just need to beat the heat when that August heat sweeps low into the valley. Westside Lanes & Fun Center, if you've never been, hits you almost simultaneously with its dark entrance and cool air and you know already that you'll want to stay put for a few hours. And if you have kids, all the better. Kids Bowl Free is a summer program that allows children ages 2 to 15 to play two free games daily throughout the summer months...

Life + Culture

Pancake the Llama

Article by Shelby Humphreys When my husband bought our home, the property came with some extras: a detached garage with a shop, a small barn, and a llama. That’s right, a female llama. Although we were the ones signing the deed, over the years we came to understand that we were just visitors on the land that she watched over for nearly 26 years. We were told that the llama’s name was “Pancake.” I’m not sure how she got that name, but looking at her rough coat, it made sense. She hadn’t been...

Local Services

Nothing Fishy About Travis

Blue Reef is Missoula's tropical fish store, and Travis Homme is the expert you want to know Article by Marko Capoferri | Photography by Rick Szczechowski Of all the things to have a slightly unhealthy fixation on, keeping tropical fish is probably quite low on the list of something your friends and family will worry about. Be careful, though: it just may become a way of life.  This is pretty much what happened to Travis Homme, owner and operator of Blue Reef, a shop on Missoula’s West Side...

Sports + Recreation

The Park with All the Perks

The Big Sky Horse Park creates community for riders and horse admirers alike Article and Photography by Chelsea Lyn Agro If you've ever ventured catty corner from a track meet at Big Sky High School to see where a galloping horse was going on a random Saturday in summertime, you might have been wonderfully welcomed to the Big Sky Horse Park.  There truly is no greater invitation than hearing the thundering of horse hooves making way through a freshly mowed cross-country course, or seeing...

Sports + Recreation

Kicking It in Missoula

2026 marks the 50th soccer season for the Missoula YMCA Article by Marko Capoferri | Photography by Rick Szczechowski Soccer is an international pastime, as baseball is here in the States. In some countries around the world, soccer is as beloved as music or food: it’s just a part of the culture, inextricable, like language. Whatever the name— fútbol in Spain, sakkā (サッカー) in Japan, sepak bola in Indonesia—soccer has a foothold across the globe.  When thinking about the microcosms of...