Hollywood 101. Little Feat Benefit Concert for MAPS: Media Arts in the Public Schools Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Wilma Theatre in Missoula.

MAPS http://www.mediarts.org , founded by former Hollywood producer Peter Rosten in Corvallis in 2004, teaches high school students how to write scripts and produce, film and edit commercials, movies and music videos.

Little Feat lends a hand for media arts in schools

Peter Rosten still talks like a Hollywood insider. A former television and movie producer who retired to Montana in 2001, Rosten discusses “green-lighting” projects and acting like he’s the head of a production studio. He says his current work is the same as creating a “pilot episode,” a test show television networks judge before picking up a full series. And Rosten does more than just talk like he’s still in the entertainment industry—he acts like it as well, treating MAPS: Media Arts in the Public Schools, which he founded two years ago, as if it’s a multi-million-dollar prime-time program rather than a promising school-to-work program for Montana teenagers.

Little Feat performs a benefit concert for MAPS Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 PM. $30. Tickets are available at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy Music and the UC Box Office. For more information, visit http://www.mediarts.org.

by Skylar Browning

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