If you’re a member of Butte High School Class of 1996, your classmates may be searching for you!
Check out the official BHS Class of 1996 website for information on your classmates, your upcoming reunion, a message board and a whole lot more.
Even if you’re not a ‘96er, check the missing list to see if you know the whereabouts of some of their lost classmates. And kudos to the Class of 1996 for a site well done! Thanks for the link.
Well peeps, we told you that as soon as we were able to eat at MacKenzie River Pizza we would write a review. We had a chance to eat lunch there the other day.
It was very good overall, but we felt rushed by our server especially as the end of our meal neared. They were busy and had people waiting at the door for tables but only a few minutes after we recieved our main course, our server came back and asked us if we needed a to-go box. Honestly, we barely had time to take a bite.
Isn’t it the golden rule that even if they want your table for another customer, they should not make it apparent to you? She was very nice, asking if there was anything we needed, but she came about every two minutes, which also made us feel rushed. It is difficult for one to have a conversation at lunch if you’re constantly being interrupted by a server.
Like we mentioned above, the food was excellent. We both ordered the House Salad for an appetizer which is the same old-fashioned salad with a new twist. They had the brilliant idea of putting grape-nuts and pears on their salad, which made the salad absolutely heavenly.
For the main course, we ordered the Flathead Pizza.
Creamy white sauce with fajita chicken, spinach, garlic, diced tomatoes and mushrooms. It’s even better with bacon.
The pizza wasn’t very big, especially for the price (around $15). However, it was very very good.
We’ll definately be back, but only for special occasions. We recommend that you try out Butte’s newest venue (though you may want to wait until payday).
Alright, I finally got time to sit down at my computer after these hectic couple days.
Don’t Come Knocking made its Butte premiere last night at the Mother Lode Theater. The movie is about a western movie star named Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) who leaves his movie shoot unexpectedly due to problems with the law. For refuge, he calls his mom (Eva Marie Saint), who he hasn’t seen or spoken to in over 30 years, looking for a place to stay. Being the mom she is, she agrees to hide him for as long as needed.
During Howard’s stay, his mom tells him that a girl who he met while shooting a movie in Montana a few years back recently contacted her with some interesting news. Howard impregnated her. He decides to head up to Butte, Montana to try and get in contact with his one-night-stand, Doreen (Jessica Lange), and his son, Earl (Gabriel Mann).
I won’t tell you what happens in case you haven’t seen the movie yet. You’ll definately have to purchase it once it is released.
The movie features quite a few Butte landmarks (such as the M&M, the Finlen Hotel, the Irish Times, and many more). The movie’s cinematography is awesome. However, the plot does have its weak points for sure. I was also unhappy with the language use in the movie, as that made it rated “R” so the youngans can’t enjoy it.
Altogether, it was a good start for Butte’s potential movie career. Any Butte resident should see it for themselves and form their own opinion.
Despite touch-and-go reviews from the critics, the movie will especially resonate with Butte residents. It’s easy to pan a film when you have no connection to Butte or to small-town-life in general. The big city critics were especially harsh. See all of the critic’s quotes at RottenTomato.com’s Don’t Come Knocking page. Noted critic Roger Ebert gave it a thumbs-down, while his partner Richard Roeper gave it a thumbs up and said it was a good film despite its obvious flaws.
Special thanks to Bresnan Communications and Starz Entertainment Group for making the premiere possible.
P.S. – Thanks Delaney for covering for me last night! I was truely exhausted. :O)
Marx was way too tired after all the excitement of the DCK Butte premiere last night to write anything. Don’t worry, his review is coming. Just delayed a little…..
Stay Tuned….
The long-awaited premiere of the full-length movie partly filmed in the Mining City premieres tonight at the Mother Lode Theater. Don’t Come Knocking starring Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange was filmed at various sites around Butte in 2004. The movie premiered in New York and Los Angeles on St. Patrick’s day.
I have the privilege of attending the Butte premiere tonight and as soon as I get back, I’ll write a review.
Check out the D.C.K. websites:
The widely popular MacKenzie River Pizza Company has opened a restaurant in the Mining City. It is located on the corner of Eliz. Warren and Howard, just behind Wells Fargo Bank. A company based out of Bozeman, this is the MacKenzie River Pizza Company’s 12th store in Montana.
When I drove by tonight, it was packed. Butteians are already enjoying the Mining City’s newest venue. As soon as we get a chance to eat there, we’ll post a review.
The St. Pat’s layout is down for this year and things are back to “normal” around Butte Talk.
Stick around, we’ve got some good stuff planned.
Now that all of the St. Patrick’s Day festivities are over, people are just waking up and realizing they have a pounding headache. If you’re planning on fixing the ol’ hangover by going out on the town this afternoon, know that the Butte Police Force and Highway Patrol will still be going strong with as many officers on the streets as there were yesterday.
Have fun and be careful.
The Montana Standard’s webcam must be having some technical difficulties because it has been showing the same graphic for hours now. You can still see what it was like in there earlier today…packed!
Well guys. Here are the pictures from Uptown Butte. Most of these were taken from the SE corner of Montana and Galena. The others were taken while driving around Uptown. Enjoy.
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Enjoy and Happy St. Pats!
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