The Creative and Cultural Economy

"This could be the media-manufacturing hub," said Staggs, the film commissioner with the Montana Film Office. "It could be the place for startups, a place for content, digital-education tools, app makers, designers and coders. You could build Missoula to be the Austin of Montana – the startup tech center. Nobody is serving this industry."

The Missoula Cultural Council produces First Night Missoula each year on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the arts in Missoula. We would love to hear your feedback on how we can improve the festival – even if you’ve never been.

Filmed on location in Paradise Valley, Livingston and Bozeman, Walking Out earns the "Made-in-Montana" label.

"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.