Museum fundraiser to feature violinist, wildlife writer
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CHARLO – The annual Black Tie Dinner — tie optional — fundraiser for the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana is Thursday, Jan. 19. Guests are invited to take part in an open tour of the museum starting at 5 p.m. and the dinner at Allentown Restaurant in the Ninepipes Lodge starts at 7 p.m. Attendees may make reservations by calling 406-644-3435 or emailing ninepipesmuseum@montana. com.
Dale Burk, a writer-photographer who is the owner and publisher of Stoneydale Press in Stevensville is the evening’s guest speaker. His talk, “Insights Into Montana’s Wildland Heritage,” is a synopsis of the many people, including our own Thurman Trosper and Bud Cheff Sr., who were instrumental in the 1930-1970s era in preserving wild lands, such as the headwaters of the Flathead and the Mission Mountain and Bob Marshall wilderness areas. Burk will also cover the history of the Salish being the first tribe to establish a Native American Wilderness.
Dale grew up in a logging family in northwestern Montana and in 1975 was the first Montana writer to win a prestigious Nieman Fellowship for Professional Journalists to Harvard University. He has written extensively on wilderness, forestry and wildlife themes and is the author of 14 books as well as numerous articles in national magazines and newspapers.
Wai Mizutani, a master violinist and faculty member of Flathead Community College, is the museum’s featured musical entertainer. Mizutani graduated from the Juilliard School of Music and is a former teacher at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in New York. Besides his performances in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, his orchestral performances include the Hong Kong Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and he has been soloist for orchestras including the West Coast Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Sinfonietta in Taiwan, Puccini Sinfonietta in Italy, Moscow Chamber Orchestra and Manhattan Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Arnold Steinhardt, Yo-Yo Ma and Glenn Dicterow.
Blackfoot and Thrivent Financial are the event’s sponsors, and Blackfoot also donates to the silent auction. The live and silent auctions this year are largely based around the evening’s theme of celebrating our wilderness areas. Anyone wishing to donate items is most welcome to call the museum. Monies raised from the event are to provide matching funds towards a grant to install a new heating and air conditioning system and for operational expenses of the non-profit organization. The local 501(c)3 museum, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017, showcases a large collection of artifacts, photographers and memorabilia from the Flathead Reservation and of early Montana.
Call 406-644-3435 to reserve your dinner tickets, which are $50 per person, and pick your choice of three entrees. The museum completed a wonderful season on Nov. 26, 2016 and will reopen to the general public on April 1. For group and school tours during the winter season, call 644-3435.
