The Creative and Cultural Economy

"I Googled it and found out that it’s huge. My training helped me look beyond the immediacy of what I was doing and branch out."

The Missoula Cultural Council is once again collecting this vital information by participating in the Arts and Economic Prosperity V study. During 2016, MCC board members and volunteers will be present at selected arts events with surveys in hand for audience members.

Anker sees the positive publicity surrounding the film as "soft diplomacy" for Bozeman and the climbing community.

For the first time in its history, the Vienna International Ballet competition will be held in the United States.

This week, The Audience Awards opened submissions for three video contests for Homewood Suites by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton. Filmmakers from around the world are invited to create a one-minute or under video for the three contests.

It’s a place where the creative thinkers can gather to critique one another’s ideas and share expertise, and they see it as offering much more.

His forthcoming book, "Ray Risho’s Ports of Call," will include a large section on Syrian cuisine.

"If you live in Missoula and you look at it, you’ll see something of yourself and Missoula in it. Your version is not going to be my version exactly, but I don’t want anyone to look at this movie and be profoundly alienated by my interpretation of Missoula," he said.

"The Doig collection will continue to establish Montana State University not only as a great school in agriculture and STEM, but also as a land-grant university fully committed to the humanities."

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