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The Girl in the Glass Box By James Grippando Miami attorney Jack Swyteck lands in the heart of the contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who fled to America to protect her daughter and save herself, in this timely and pulse-pounding thriller that explores the stories behind the headlines from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter Beatriz escaped bloodthirsty gangs, random...
In conjunction with the Chouteau County Community Coalition and Backpack Buddies Program, the Jeff Reichlet Memorial Library will be serving lunch on Thursday afternoons, through August 1st, before the Summer Reading Program. No restrictions or income requirements. Lunch will be brown bag lunch that will include a sandwich, fruit, snack and water....
For the first time in Big Sandy the Big Sandy Library will sponsor a lunch program that coincides with the summer reading program. Librarian Darlene Cline wrote and received a small grant from the Chouteau County Community Coalition and the Back-Pack Buddies Program which will allow the library to serve a paper sack lunch for students in the reading program. They received enough money so they can serve 60 children lunch on Thursdays at noon. There are no restrictions or income requirements. Any child wanting to be in the reading program at the...
The Jeff Reichelt memorial Library invites you to join us for their Summer Reading Programs. They start June 11 and will run until August 2. Pre-K Story Time and craft is on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Kindergarten through 6th grade story Time is on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. Fridays they will be holding Lego Club at 11:00 a.m.. Weekly Attendance is encouraged by not mandatory. Prizes will be handed out for attendance and worksheet participation for story times. Adult Summer Reading is available anytime during the weeks. The contest challenges...
The Enemy of My Enemy by W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV A month ago, Cronley managed to capture two notorious Nazi war criminals, but not without leaving some dead bodies and outraged Austrian police in his wake. He’s been lying low ever since, but that little vacation is about to end. Somebody--Odessa, the NKGB, the Hungarian Secret Police?--has broken the criminals out of jail, and he must track them down again. But there’s more to it than that. Evidence has surfaced that in the war’s last gasps, Heinrich Himmler had stashed away...
Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career in publishing. Then real life got in the way when she left college and returned to her small Michigan hometown to care for her sick mother. Years later, stuck in a dead-end job and an unsatisfying relationship, Winnie has concluded that dreams were meant for others. She consoles herself with binge-watching the British television series that she loves, Beauchamp Hall, enthralled by the sumptuous period drama...
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards—including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize—returns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval. Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it’s so unnerving that...
Chouteau County Performing Arts welcomes back spring and the Piatigorsky Foundation for a free concert at The Grand Union Hotel, at 4 PM, on Sunday, April 28th, featuring clarinetist Igor Begelman. This show is put on in partnership with the generous guest houses on Fort Benton including, The Main Street Casita, The Wake Cup B&B, The River House, Emily's Vacation Cottage and The Franklin Street Guest House. Evan Drachman established The Piatigorsky Foundation in 1990 in honor of his grandfather Gregor Piatigorsky, who deeply believed in the...
Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage, love, family, and friendship that is infused with her warm and engaging earthy humor and generous heart. One enchanted summer, two couples begin a friendship that will last more than twenty years and transform their lives. A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston’s most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts, Adam Stanley and...
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende New York Times and worldwide bestselling “dazzling storyteller” (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil. In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident—which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their...
Chouteau County Performing Arts in partnership with Fort Benton Realty and Taylor Motors, proudly present a night music with the incredible singing talent of O Sole Trio, on Monday April 8th, at 7PM at Fort Benton Elementary School Auditorium. O Sole Trio's show, Bravissimo Broadway, combines classic show tunes from the most beloved Broadway musicals, with their own breathtaking and unique arrangements. The performance includes highlights from shows such as Les Misérables, West Side Story, and...
Seeing Red, by Sandra Brown Kerra Bailey is a television journalist on the rise, and she’s hot on the trail of a story guaranteed to skyrocket her career to even greater heights: an interview with the legendary Major Trapper. Twenty-five years ago, The Major emerged a hero from the bombing of the Pegasus Hotel in downtown Dallas when he was photographed leading a handful of survivors out of the collapsing building. The iconic picture transformed him into a beloved national icon, in constant demand for speeches and interviews--until he s...
Past Tense, by Lee Child Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what’s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment, close by, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure. They are stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. It’s a strange place...
War Hawk, by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spinoff adventure from New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood Tucker Wayne’s past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes to him for help. She’s on the run from brutal assassins hunting her and her son. To keep them safe, Tucker must discover who killed a bri...
The Recipe Box, By Viola Shipman Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha “Sam” Mullins felt trapped on her family’s orchard and in their pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star’s New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed. When the chef embarrasses Sam, she quits and returns home. Unemployed, single, and defeated, she spends a summer working on her family’s orchard cooking and baking alongside the women in her life--including her mother, Deana, an...
Why Not Tonight, By Susan Mallery Natalie Kaleta will do anything for the artists at her gallery, including risk life, limb and the effect of humidity on her naturally curly hair. Braving a downpour to check on reclusive Ronan Mitchell, Natalie gets stranded by a mudslide at his mountain home, where the brooding glass artist reveals his playful side, sending her inconvenient crush from under-the-radar to over-the-top. After a secret tore apart his family and made him question his sense of self, Ronan fled his hometown for Happily Inc, but the...
Chouteau County Performing Arts, in partnership with The Pioneer Lodge, Montana Flour and Grains and Ron and Dee Lohse, are proud to bring you our first annual Pianos Along the Missouri Festival, featuring Steven Hesla. The festival will include an evening concert, at 7PM on Tuesday, March 5th at the Fort Benton Elementary School, and two master classes, for selected students, in Great Falls and Fort Benton. Steven Hesla, piano professor at the University of Montana, inaugurates the new piano...
Chouteau County Performing Arts in partnership with Triangle Communications, present a fun filled journey back to Motown in the 60s. Get ready to get up and dance in the aisles of the Fort Benton Elementary School Auditorium, at 7PM, Tuesday February 12th. These four singers bring back the days of the Four Tops, the Temptations, and so many other greats from the Motown sound. Cushney, David, Pierre, and Darryl bring the harmonies, the solos, and the dance steps which were hallmarks of the 60's....
The Reckoning, By John Grisham Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi’s favorite son--a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed his pastor and friend, the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder weren’t shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete’s only statement about it--to the sheriff, to his lawyers, to the judge, to the j...
You Don’t Own Me By Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke When we last saw Laurie Moran, she had recently become engaged to her show’s former host, Alex Buckley. Since then, the two have been happily planning a summer wedding and honeymoon, preparing for Alex’s confirmation to a federal judicial appointment, and searching for the perfect New York City home for their new life together. But then Laurie is approached by Robert and Cynthia Bell, parents of Dr. Martin Bell, a famously charming and talented physician who was shot dead as he pulled int...
Unsheltered, By Barbara Kingsolver Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it’s so unnerving that she’s arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a stack of unpaid bills and an inherited brick home in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling apart. The magazine where she worked has folded, and the college where her husband had tenure has closed. The dilapidated house is also home to her ailing and cantankerous Greek fat...
Mary’s Little Lamb Daycare Dear Santa, Hello! My name is Georgia. I am 3 years old. This year I’ve been pretty good! The nicest things I did this year were share my blanket with Hudson and let Lauri in my room kind of. I hope you, Mrs. Claus and the reindeer have been well! A few gifts I’m wishing for this Christmas are a Spirit Horse with Lucky and Pru with a Chica Linda Horse. Have a safe trip on Christmas Eve! Love, Georgia Silvan Dear Santa, Hello! My name is Luke. I am 3 years old. This year I’ve been an absolute Angel! The nicest things I...
Christmas Cake Murder, By Joanne Fluke With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden—especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie’s old notebooks and the tale of a woman escaping danger on the streets of New York. Hannah’s surprised by Essie’s...
The library will be open and offering free refreshments from 10-3 during Big Sandy’s Christmas Stroll. Darlene has a cute snowman craft for the kids to make. Also, there will be a book sale (great stocking stuffers). Friends of the Library will be selling raffle tickets on various baskets full of goodies, as well as on another beautiful quilt by Judy! See you this Saturday at the library....
Farm Stories - A Fading Dream , by Loretta A. Johnson THIS MEMOIR starts in the early 20th century as both sets of grandparents are immigrating to the United States from Czechoslovakia. Settling in Chicago, a carpenter and baker, they start to raise large families, just as the lure of settling the West starts to beckon. News spreads that they can realize a dream and become farmers with 160 acres of free land in Central Montana. With no experience in farming, they are naive to the harsh weather and trials. THE STORY begins when the families set...
