When she was in high school, Lotus Porte-Moyel interviewed her neighbor, Ellen Baumler, about being a successful woman. Ellen’s success was measured in history books – she wrote 13 of them about the people and places of Montana and was the historian when it came to its capital city of Helena. But really? She was possibly best known for her good work on ghosts and Montana’s many spooky spots.

In 1965, Montanan pilot Dean Pogreba pulled up into the clouds over North Vietnam and was never heard from again. That left his wife and kids to always wonder: Was he still out there? Over the years, a few clues and stories gave his family hope. Maxine Pogreba lived her own full life before and after her husband died, but without someone to bury, she had to find her own path of grief and memory. Reported and narrated by Charles Bolte, alum of UM Journalism’s graduate program.

Front Row Center Host Keely Larson talks with Monica Grable, arts education director with the Montana Arts Council, to talk about the council's Creative Aging Initiative and opportunities to develop programming for older adults in Montana.

For this episode of ‘Front Row Center,’ host Lauren Korn is in the studio with Barron Peper and Julia Malich of Missoula Sings to chat about “Sing About It!,” an uplifting community song gathering led by internationally acclaimed vocal activist, Melanie DeMore.

Brendon Galbreath’s death was covered by most major news stations in Montana. He died after being pulled over. At first, it wasn’t clear if a cop shot and killed a 21-year-old citizen of the Blackfeet Nation in Missoula or if he died by suicide in that moment. But this isn’t a story about that. It’s about the beautiful moments we share with our friends, the kind that never show up in news stories.

Front Row Center Host Keely Larson talks to Ekaterina Yachmennikova, producer of International Ballet Stars’ North American tour. International Ballet Stars has been touring across the East Coast for 10 years and continues to add stops, including in Montana. On April 21 and April 22, International Ballet Stars brings a performance of Sleeping Beauty to audiences in Great Falls and Missoula, respectively.