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LETTERS

BOOTS, BUCKLES & BOLOS • Jim Arndt’s new photo-filled book goes all in on some of our favorite items of Western wear. And it’s bolos for the win.

BRITISH COLUMBIA’S WILD WEST • Alberta’s got Calgary and lots of cowboy cred, but the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of Canada’s westernmost province boasts a historic gold rush trail, heritage cattle ranches, and a rollicking rodeo culture attracting more and more year-round travelers.

BRITISH COLUMBIA’S CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST COWBOY COUNTRY

EASTERN WESTERN • This understated and beautiful movie about an immigrant family gracefully flips the script on the story of the westward journey.

PAIN AND PRIDE AT HEART MOUNTAIN • Eighty years after Japanese Americans were freed from imprisonment at the end of World War II, a former incarceration camp in Wyoming honors their suffering and unflagging spirit.

HEART MOUNTAIN AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE

COORS WESTERN ART EXHIBIT & SALE • This year’s show marks the first time the prestigious Denver event will be held in the National Western’s spectacular new headquarters.

GAIL FOLWELL TAKES THE LEAD • Colorado sculptor Gail Folwell has created a remarkable memorial for the National Western Stock Show’s new headquarters, adding another iconic piece to her dynamic portfolio.

AMERICAN MODERNISM AT THE AMON CARTER • For the first time ever, pivotal pieces of American modernism from the extraordinary Charles Butt Collection are on view in Fort Worth, Texas.

ART CALENDAR

BILLY BOB ROCKS THE HOUSE • From being frontman in his band, The Boxmasters, to being landman Tommy Norris in Taylor Sheridan’s oil-intrigue hit, Billy Bob Thornton gets frank about surviving poverty, staying true to yourself, and pursuing happiness — and really good tobacco.

C&I FAST PITCH WITH BILLY BOB THORNTON

CATCHING UP ON LANDMAN

MAN ON A MISSION • Trailblazing Westerner Pete Coors talks the “Best 16 Days in January” as Denver’s National Western Stock Show celebrates 120 years and kicks off its most impressive era yet.

Love Language • Renowned Native American artist Dyani White Hawk’s new exhibition is a labor of love that shows her creating at the top of her game and placing community front and center.

SEAN HEAVEY’S HOMESTEAD PHOTOGRAPHS

HOME IS WHERE THE LAND IS • In a sense, the Homestead Act merely codified the westward push that was already taking place out west.

DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOMESTEADING EXPERIENCE.

SEAN R. HEAVEY ON HIS HOMESTEADER PORTFOLIO

THE LAND ETHIC OF HIS GRANDPARENTS • In a speech to the 2025 Big Sioux River Stewardship Summit in Sioux Falls, author Barry H. Dunn, the 20th president of South Dakota State University, laid out the key to the future for grandchildren everywhere.

THE SCENE • FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS FASHION WEEK SHOWCASES WESTERN STYLE STERN STYLE

IN THE BUNKHOUSE with RED STEAGALL • Red Steagall sits down with renowned Western artist and former Cowboy Artists of America president

HAPPY TRAILS

John Carter Cash • Johnny Cash’s son continues to keep the family’s musical tradition alive on his own terms with his terrific new album Pineapple John.