The Creative and Cultural Economy

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Thinking of Missoula because I’m heading back in 3 weeks — so I wrote this: “Missoula, thanks for being here!”

The thing I like the most about Missoula is this feeling I have here that everyone somehow decided that being friendly and spreading a little warmheartedness around would make the world a better place — and so, for the most-part, folks interact with that MO.

Backroads of Montana – A Video Road Map of Montana’s Wonder, It’s People and Places

Since 1991, the Backroads crew has traveled across Montana visiting its unique people and places.

From Evel to Elouise Cobell: Montana-made documentaries to stream

Whether you want to revisit the life story of Butte native Evel Knievel or the story of the Milltown Dam’s removal, Montana filmmakers have crafted immersive stories of all kinds.

It’s coming!: The International Wildlife Film Festival will be Virtual April 18-25

By purchasing an IWFF Virtual Pass, you lift up our 43-year-old film festival and our home, the Roxy Theater who are committed to presenting quality cinema year-round to the Missoula community.

Investing in the Creative Economy is a Boon to Artists and Communities

It all started with a pie chart.

An Anthem for Our Time – Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard Addresses COVID-19 on New Song ‘Life in Quarantine’

Singer-songwriter has been performing daily livestreams for his fans

Bigfork, Montana author Mae Schick releases ‘The Lookout Woman’

The U.S. Forest Service manual stated only two acceptable reasons to leave the mountain — a death or the need to see a dentist.

‘Leiser’s Footsteps’ – How Jewish immigrants helped build Montana

Did you know that Bob Marshall (Bob Marshall Wilderness) was a Jew?

Why Bozeman, Montana-based David Quammen Is Not Surprised – He wrote ‘Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic’ in 2012

The 2012 book charts the ecology and spread of “zoonoses,” diseases transmitted between animals and humans, and sounds the alarm for serious political and public health actions to prepare for future pandemics.

Montana Career Opportunity – Book Illustrator – The Christmas Menorahs: How A Town Fought Hate

Artist sought to create new illustrations for re-printing of an award-winning children’s book about the true story of how Billings, Montana, fought anti-Semitism during the holiday season of 1993 (The Christmas Menorahs: How A Town…

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