The Creative and Cultural Economy

Along with Pavelka, the Bray is welcoming 11 other summer residents from places like Korea, Canada, Sweden and various cities throughout the U.S.

Out of roughly 140 applicants, the Bray chose only 21 artists to fill both short- and long-term residencies.

Today is the anniversary of D-Day, the first day of the most technologically ambitious wartime invasion in history. Essentially the Allies built a harbor in England and transported it across the English Channel to Normandy….

"We wanted every facility (listed in the brochure) to be a ‘Wow,’ " said Anne Boothe, executive director of the PhillCo Economic Growth Council, who worked to create the trail.

"Those quilts are fantastic, and the workshop brought attention to La Veta," says shopkeeper Karen Bayci, 47. "People like that have been a blessing to this community."

Missoula Cultural Council logo Today is Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day – a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service, and has been observed at the end of May…

"We were just talking," says Don Matlock, one of nine adult actors with the Hamilton Players who have parts in the movie. "We all wish they’d had a class like this when we were in high school."

Here you can spend a day, a week, a month, or even years seeing, learning about, and purchasing beautiful handmade art, and perhaps even shaping some of your own.

In Missoula… There will be a meeting of the Palmerston North Sister City Committee tonight, May 16 at 5:00 p.m. in the Missoula Children’s Theatre Conference Room. To help promote awareness of Missoula’s sister city…

http://missoulacvb.org/events.php

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