Norman Maclean Festival: “The Story of the Blackfoot”

due to the Rice Ridge Fire near Seeley Lake, organizers are relocating events scheduled for the first two days of this year’s festival to the Presbyterian Church in Missoula where the Rev. Maclean once delivered his sermons. The festival celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of “A River Runs Through It,” Robert Redford’s film based on Norman Maclean’s novella. Friday’s offerings begin at 1 p.m. with an afternoon of literary presentations featuring authors Richard Manning, Debra Earling and Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs, and Blackfeet troubadour Jack Gladstone ($25); and a gala dinner at the home of the Big Blackfoot Riverkeeper, featuring talks by Land Lindbergh and Hank Goetz ($125). On Saturday, the church hosts “New Insights on Norman’s Writing” at 9:30 a.m. and a presentation by contributors to Headwaters, an 1996 compilation of short stories, essays and poems, at 1 p.m. ($25). A wine tasting, with hors d’oeuvres and live music, begins at 5 p.m. at Le Petit OUtre Bakery ($35). John Maclean presents “Growing Up Together: The Macleans and the Forest Service,” during a chuckwagon breakfast at the National Museum of Forest Service History. The Roxy hosts a screening of “Shadow Casting: The Making of A River Runs Through It” at 9:30 a.m. ($10); and the festival wraps up with “From the Book to the Big Screen: Making A River Runs Through It” at 1 p.m. at The Wilma, followed by a screening of the famous film ($20).