Charlie Russell’s 150th Birthday Celebration

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Special sales on C.M. Russell items in the MHS Museum Store; C. M. Russell birthday cake; pre-publication sign up for the MHS Press’ forthcoming book, Montana’s Charlie Russell: Art in   the Collection of the Montana Historical Society (publication date September 2014)10 am – Docent in The Mackay Gallery of C.M. Russell Art to answer questions & provide insight into Russell’s work

12 pm – 1 pm - Montana’s Cowboy Artist and the Women in His Life - presentation by Kirby Lambert (Friends of the Society Women’s History Lecture Series - $5 fee)

1 pm – Authors Kirby Lambert & Jennifer Bottomly-O’Looney will be in The Mackay Gallery of C.M. Russell Art to answer questions and provide insight into Russell’s work

6 pm – 8 pm -     Grand Re-Opening of The Mackay Gallery of C.M. Russell ArtCharlie & Nancy Russell Costume Contest – special prizes for the winners!
                                Appetizers & Beverages

6:15 pm - Mike Logan, reading his poems based on C.M. Russell & the West

7:00 pm - Welcome & Introductions from MHS Director Bruce Whittenberg

7:30 pm - Greg Younger, as C.M. Russell telling a story from
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