Broadcasting from the top of the Carpenter's Union Hall in Butte, Montana. gm@butteamericaradio.org
LISTEN HERE “When I think of the kindness and courtesy shown to me by your citizens I shall carry home the recollections and your Irish brethren will listen to the account of my reception in Butte City.” Quotation by Michael…
LISTEN HERE Hello, this is John Conlan, host of The Rocky Road to Dublin here on KBMF and welcome to this episode of the Harp Without the Crown where I will be discussing the Butte visit of Irish social reformer…
LISTEN HERE Welcome to this edition of the Harp Without the Crown, where I will be taking a look at early Butte history and the Butte Irish community when Eamon de Valera visited Butte on July 26, 1919. De Valera is…
Humanities Montana celebrated it’s 50th year as an organization in 2022, a nonprofit affiliate of the National endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Montana works across the state to encourage, facilitate and fund Humanities centered projects at school, institutions and nonprofits…
Reframing Rural’s mission is to share stories of people and places in rural America in an effort to celebrate culture, preserve history and cultivate curiosity and conversation across geographic, class and cultural divides. The creator, Megan Torgerson, uses her…
Written By Cole Cunningham, directed by Melanie Wendt, starring Sullivan Malouf, Charli Cox and Thea Lingle, Welcome to The Unconscious Mind is a preview of the 5th Annual 10/24 play festival put on by the Orphan Girl Children’s Theater.…
LISTEN HERE “Ireland’s position is not fully understood by the majority of Americans.” Quote from Kathleen O’Brennan at a Finlen Hotel banquet during her stay in Butte in late April,1918. Hello, this is John Conlan, host of the Rocky Road…
LISTEN HERE “I saw no one that seemed to be shocked by my dark presence…no one seemed to feel himself contaminated by contact with me.” Quotation from Frederick Douglass at a Cork City, Ireland Temperance Meeting October 10, 1845. Hello,…
NOORJAHAN PARWANA OF BUTTE HEART ADDRESSES THE PUBLIC DURING A COMMUNITY MEETING ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY The effort to resettle displaced Afghans in Butte, Montana is gaining momentum. To date over 80 Afghan Parolees have been resettled…
LISTEN HERE “ We have been sent over here to ask your help in our struggle for the recognition of the Irish Republic….the Republic which was proclaimed in Easter Week,1916 and established by the will of the people in 1918.”…