The Poser is Montana’s alternative monthly magazine. Poser blends community, creativity, and satire with interviews, fiction, and arts coverage into a format that’s sharper, design-conscious, and just unhinged enough to keep you coming back.
SPRINGDALE, MT- Fans at Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters’ weekend concert said the performance turned strange when the actor-turned-musician appeared to begin formal negotiations with the afterlife over oil rights beneath Hunter’s Hot Springs. Witnesses reported Thornton slipping offstage to arrange black candles around the drained
BIG SKY- The One & Only Moonlight Basin resort confirmed plans Thursday to limit gondola access to guests and construct a magnetic levitation train tunnel connecting the Yellowstone Club directly to northside slopes. The luxury resort, opening November 2025, will begin with “guestfirst scheduling” and a members-only bikini barista
By Dusty Wells BOZEMAN — In a move that officials are calling "innovative" and residents are calling "Thirsty Games," the proposed Bozeman WARD ballot initiative would introduce Water Credits™, a new system designed to "equitably allocate" the city's shrinking water supply — mostly to
Agency Says Body Heat Ensures "Optimal Checkpoint Performance” by Julia Parsons WASHINGTON — With winter approaching, the Transportation Security Administration issued guidance Thursday advising Real ID cardholders to keep their identification warm. "With cooler weather arriving, we want to remind travelers that Real ID cards perform best when maintained
Treated Sewage to Be Applied Exclusively Around Luxury Ski-In/Ski-Out Villas By Dirt Snow BIG SKY — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality approved Big Sky Resort’s proposal Thursday to make snow from treated human waste, with the resort confirming it will be sprayed primarily around luxury ski-
OutKast fans divided as original apology remains unreciprocated. ATLANTA, GA - Twenty-four years after OutKast’s hit “Ms. Jackson” shook family trees nationwide, sources confirm Mrs. Jackson remains defiantly un-sorry. “I heard the song,” she told reporters from her screened-in porch, “but you don’t just rhyme your
Town founder, trailblazer, and first guy to pretend he was from here. BOZEMAN, MT - Before the condos, breweries, and startup bros, there was John Bozeman, a smooth-talking Georgian who showed up in Montana with nothing but confidence and a knack for self-promotion. While Jim Bridger was crossing mountain
BOZEMAN - A mysterious new “Airbnb Citizenship Program” is reportedly offering wealthy parttime residents a fast track to local status, no residency required. According to Poser sources, the Shadow HOA, an invitation-only network of short-term rental owners, is granting “Bozeman Local” privileges to anyone operating three or more Airbnbs
By Java Beanstock BOZEMAN, MT — In baseball, the "Mendoza Line" marks a .200 batting average, the bare minimum for staying in the majors. In Bozeman, a new Mendoza Line has emerged: four dollars for a cup of drip coffee. And according to a Poser analysis conducted entirely inside
Park Service Says No Staff Available to “Apply Seasonal Color Adjustments” YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — As the federal shutdown enters its third week, National Park Service officials confirmed Tuesday that the annual Fall Foliage Program has been suspended, leaving Yellowstone’s valleys stuck in midsummer green. “Normally by October our crews
BIG SKY, MT- Fresh from the Lucchese store and wearing a combined $6,000 in perfectly unscuffed cowboy hats, a visiting family of four announced they were ready to “do Montana right” by settling into patio seating at a downtown steakhouse. Witnesses said the group spent the meal debating which
HELENA, MT — Hoping to outsmart afternoon traffic, area resident Luke Harmon executed a strategic sequence of three rights Monday, successfully avoiding a left turn and unintentionally completing a 97-mile detour. “I hate left turns,” Harmon said, recalling the moment he decided to try his “traffic hack” at the Oak