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THE FESTIVAL FRONTIER • Sun-faded denim, airy ensembles, and an assortment of accessories: These looks ride the line between cowboy cool and free-spirited, just in time for festival fun.

PAY YOUR RESPECTS • Visit war museums and memorials in the West and in the nation’s capital.

WESTERN SLOPE WINE RETREAT • We venture to Colorado’s Grand Valley on the west side of the Continental Divide for a little fruit of the vine and some South African-style hospitality at TWP Winery & Farmhouse.

SIP AND SAMPLE TWP’S WINES

THE CENTENNIAL STATE’S BEST WINES • The Governor’s Cup Reveals Standout Bottles.

OUTDOORSY ADVENTURES IN COLORADO’S GRAND VALLEY

JOHN FORD CLYMER • One of the top illustrators of his day, John Ford Clymer would also become his generation’s finest painter of historic Western America. Curator Tammy Fontaine tours C&I through the artist’s most remarkable exhibition in years.

EXPLORING URBAN INDIGENEITY, CHICAGOLAND STYLE

ART CALENDAR

The Road There • A LOCAL’S GUIDE TO THREE CLASSIC WESTERN ROAD TRIPS

Moab TO Grand Canyon South Rim, UTAH-ARIZONA

Yellowstone Mammoth TO Red Lodge, MONTANA

Albuquerque TO Santa Fe, NEW MEXICO

good as gold • A PAIR OF CLASSIC CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TOWNS OFFER NEW LUSTER FOR WEEKEND WARRIORS AND A WEALTH OF TIMELESS OUTDOOR TREASURES.

THE COUNSEL OF THE SANDHILL CRANES • WE ALL NEED A COMPASS WITH WHICH TO NAVIGATE A LIFE AND FIND A PLACE TO LAND. TRAVELING WITH THE SANDHILL CRANES AND EXPLORING THE WEST VIA FOLLOWING THE GREAT WINGED BIRD, YOU MIGHT FIND YOURS.

MUSIC FROM THE ENCHANTED FOREST • A magical guitar — beloved by Jeff Bridges, James McMurtry, and a certain musical Montana cowboy and Montana Blackfeet Indian — tells the secrets of an irreplaceable forest and just might hold the key to reconciliation and survival.

THE BUFFALO BROKER • For the past decade, Montana’s Fort Peck Indian Reservation has been a critical destination for Yellowstone National Park’s burgeoning population. Just as critically, Fort Peck is returning buffalo to tribes across the West.

GO FISH! • In this installment of our series celebrating rugged work, our correspondent travels outside of the geographic West to learn the very Western value of “sitting on ready.”

Play Ball! • “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” never sounds better than at a storied ballpark. Here are some of our favorite places in the West to catch a game.

THE 2025 AMERICAN RODEO • The richest weekend rodeo ends; competitors eye 2026 prize.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON DIRT • Get ready for a night of elite horsepower and high-stakes arena action. Here’s all you need to know about The American Performance Horseman.

IN THE BUNKHOUSE with RED STEAGALL

HAPPY TRAILS

The Brothers Osborne • The laudable country duo on their upcoming American Performance Horseman show and what’s next for brothers TJ and John Osborne.