Butte diehard Butch Gerbrandt practiced engineering for 38 years, but at heart, he’s still an English major. Returning to his roots at age 70, poetry became his thing. Butch wants poetry to be comprehensible – no esoteric mood verse, no high-falutin’ intellectual pretense. He tells a story, and you feel it. Both humor and passion will grab you. Both rhymes and free-verse will amuse or stimulate you. Prepare to be entertained and challenged.

The Brown Bag presentation will begin at noon on Wednesday, June 10^th, 2026, and will last about an hour. The presentation will be held in the auditorium at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, located at 17 W. Quartz Street. Guests are encouraged to bring a sack lunch. Coffee and water will be provided.

Brown Bag Lunches are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Upcoming lectures will focus on topics of local interest. For more information, contact the Archives at (406)782-3280.