The Creative and Cultural Economy

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Sen. Baucus Announces Rocky Mountain Ballet Theater To Perform At Shanghai World Expo

Senator Highlights Montana Ties to Asia-Pacific Region as Part of World Ambassadors’ Tour of Montana Leading up to Butte Jobs Summit

News from Missoula Cultural Council – News and Events for the week of August 23, 2010

Get ready for Germanfest! The annual celebration of Missoula’s sister city partnership with Neckargemund takes place in Caras Park on Sunday, September 12 from 2:00-6:00 p.m., and features German food, beer and music from the Bavarian Echoes.

Missoula writer Sneed Collard III turns publisher for himself, other authors – Bucking Horse Books "Great Reads from the West."

It’s his way of keeping new meaningful regional works alive, and keeping regional talent employed.

Arts-Oriented Development Encouraged through New Sustainable Communities Grant Programs

Under both programs, arts
organizations are eligible to partner with state and local governments,
metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), transit agencies, philanthropic
and non-profit organizations and other eligible applicants to develop
consortia grant proposals.

Butte to launch Montana Folk Festival in 2011

Everything will be the same, except for one thing.

Along the Divide: Ivan Doig weaves Butte, Montana into latest book – “Work Song”

“Some people call Butte the Pittsburgh of the Rockies, but I thought, ‘why not the Constantinople of the Rockies?’”

CraftNet Sketches – June 2010 Volume 6 Number 2

CraftNet is an international network of community colleges devising innovative ways through
partnerships to develop artisan-based strengths into a sustainable growth sector for each of
their service areas.

Celtic Festival Missoula 2010. Cannonballs…. Road Bowling!??, 7/31, Missoula, Montana

It’s not every day that you can toss a small cannonball in a friendly game of Road Bowling. This celtic sport is very similar to golf in that the lowest score for a course wins. Want to know more? Check out our Celtic Road Bowling page.

Best part of waking up: Missoula, Montana band wins $25K grand prize in Folgers coffee jingle contest

Western Montana has a lot of great gourmet coffee roasters. But ask Ethan Thompson about his favorite coffee company and you’ll get one word:

Folgers.

‘Lux Aurumque’ – Virtual Choir — Breathtaking!

Lux Aurumque – a work of 185 voices from 12 countries, and Sleep , merging hundreds of tracks individually recorded and posted to YouTube.