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SPARK!
Any Given Child Missoula
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Visit our website to learn more about this Kennedy Center initiative to ensure equal access to an arts education for Any Given Child
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First Friday Gallery Walk
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The next First Friday is April 1, 2016, from 5-8 pm. Visit here for the most up-to-date information about gallery exhibit openings and other events
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Missoula Events
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Plan your annual events a year in advance!
The
Missoula Cultural Council, the
City of Missoula, and
MissoulaEvents.net have teamed up to bring you
Missoula's long-range event planning calendar. Visit
here to list your event.
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MCC Arts & Cultural Directory
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Calling all Artists and Cultural Organizations
Did you know that the Missoula Cultural Council maintains a public database on our website of visual and performing artists as well as galleries, art organizations and cultural venues in Western Montana?
Visit the Directory page of our website and follow instructions to get registered to update all your information.
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Art & Economy
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Missoula's art and cultural nonprofits are collectively a $39.9 million industry. Learn more here.
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MCC Members
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Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
The Rembrandt
Gallagher Western Montana Charitable Foundation
Charles Engelhard Foundation
Missoula Federal
Credit Union
Missoula Parking Commission
The Rudolf Nureyev
Kay Cassens
Community Medical Center
Phil Hamilton
&
Janet Whaley
Sun Mountain Sports
Max and Betty Swanson Foundation
L.E.A.W. Family Foundation
PayneWest Insurance
The Beverly Sills
A&E Architects Bayern Brewing Beaudette Consulting Engineers Fact and Fiction First Interstate Bank JCCS NorthWestern Energy Roemer's Tire Factory Western Montana Clinic
The Mark Twain
Bernice's Bakery
Boone Karlberg
Cathy Capps
&
Tom Rickard
Dye & Moe
First Montana Bank
Headwaters Printing
Muralt Family Foundation
Montana Ace Hardware
Nutritional Laboratories
Republic Services of Montana
Sirius Construction
Zip Beverage
4 Ravens Gallery A Carousel for Missoula The Artists' Shop Barney Jette Jewelry Design Boyle, Deveny & Meyer Brink Gallery The Clay Studio of Missoula Dana Gallery Doc's Sandwich Shop e3 Convergence Gallery Flaherty Financial Services Galusha, Higgins and Galusha Mark Heyka Hide & Sole Historical Museum at Fort Missoula Humanities Montana International Choral Festival Doug & Caryl Klein
L.A. Design & Pirnie Art Showroom Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce Missoula Art Museum MCT, Inc. Missoula Children's Theatre/Missoula Community Theatre Missoula Downtown Partnership Missoula Economic Partnership Missoula Independent Missoula Writing Collaborative Montana Art & Framing Montana Public Radio Montana PBS Montana Museum of Art & Culture Monte Dolack Gallery Cherie Newman Opportunity Resources Portico Real Estate Nancy Seiler Studio & Gallery String Orchestra of the Rockies Terrazas Law Offices The Bookstore at UM UM Gallery of Visual Arts Jim & Marci Valeo Zootown Arts Community Center
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MCC 2016 Calendar
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January
Germanfest Committee meeting
March 29
MCC Awards Luncheon,
Doubletree Hotel
May 29
New Zealand Day
June 19 The Last Best Solstice at Bess Reed Park by the Holiday Inn
June 30
First Night artist application deadline
July First Night Selection Committee meets
August 31
First Night notifications sent out
September 11
Germanfest in Caras Park
October - Arts & Humanities Month
November - First Night Spotlight preliminary rounds begin at local High Schools
December 31
First Night Missoula 2017
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The Missoula
Cultural Council
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Board of Directors
President
Frankie Flaherty
Vice-President
Greg Boris
Immediate Past President
Pam Walzer
Treasurer
Micki Frederikson
Secretary
Gwen Landquist
Directors
Laura Bovard
John Combs
Greg Johnson
Greg Nemoff
Katie Patten
Inay Todd
Jacque Walawander
Staff
Executive Director
Tom Bensen
Program Director
Matt Anglen
Public Art Coordinator
Grace Stopher
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IN MISSOULA...
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The 2016 Missoula Cultural Council Arts & Culture Awards Luncheon is Tuesday, March 29, at the Doubletree Hotel from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This year's awardees are:
Cultural Achievement: John Driscoll, Missoula Symphony Association; Individual Artist: Kendahl Jan Jubb, watercolor painter; Arts Educator: Dorothy Morrison, K-5 music teacher at Lewis and Clark Elementary School; Business Support for the Arts: Flanagan Motors; and Cultural Vision: The Clay Studio of Missoula. For more information, or to purchase luncheon tickets, visit here.
Zootown Arts Community Center
will celebrate small things with its
4th Annual {mini} Show Benefit
at Missoula's newly renovated historic Wilma Theater on March 26. This gala event will bring together Missoula's creative community to celebrate all things mini, from mini dessert auction, a mini silent and live art auction, and more! The Mini Show art opening will occur in the ZACC gallery on March 11. This is an annual fundraiser for the Zootown Arts Community Center. For more information, visit
here
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 Thesis exhibitions by University of Montana Master of Fine Arts graduate students Tressa Jones, Kate Lund, and Aja Mujinga Sherrard will be displayed March 10-24 in UM's Gallery of Visual Arts. An opening reception for the exhibits will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on March 10 in the GVA, which is located on the first floor of UM's Social Science building. For more information, call gallery Director Cathryn Mallory at 243-2813 or email here.
All 37 works (plus the sonnets) of William Shakespeare performed in one evening? Since Shakespeare himself concluded that "brevity is the soul of wit," he would likely enjoy The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). It has become one of the most popular productions of modern theatre, and the Missoula Community Theatre is proud to present the show March 10-20 at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available at www.MCTinc.org, by calling 406-728-7529, or at MCT's Box Office. Ask about special seating in the "Bard's Bar" or Daniel Singer's master class.
 The Missoula Art Museum
presents John Buck: Free for All through March 12; Gennie DeWeese: The Process of Painting through May 21; Modernist Ceramics From MAM's Permanent Collection, featuring work of Frances Senksa, Val Knight, and Maxine Blackmer through May 21; Gesine Janzen: Floodplains through June 25 (pictured here); Larry Thomas:
Ammophilia
through July 23.
 The
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
presents
George Gogas: Odyssey,
March 3 - April 23 in the Meloy Gallery; and
Presence: Rudy Autio and Henry Meloy,
March 3 - April 23 in the Paxson Gallery. Pictured here is "Adrift" by Rudy Autio.
The
Mansfield Center at the University of Montana
has announced its
Spring 2016 Brown Bag Lecture Series
for the community. The lectures reflect the center's mission to promote an understanding of Asia, public affairs and ethics. Topics of this semester's lectures include wildlife conservation in Southeast Asia, renewable energy and human health, and the connections between language and culture. All sessions will be held from 12:10-1:00 p.m. The lectures are free and open to the public. On Tuesday, March 8, in UC Room 332:
"The Confluence of Renewable Energy and Human Health: Putting Ourselves to Work for a Human-Powered Future," Bradley Layton
, director, Missoula College Energy Technology Program.
a
quintessential Irish-
Am
erican
band
,
on March 12 at 8:00 p.m. at the UM Dennison Theatre in
Missoula.
Living Art of Montana
presents the
"Cancer, Courage & Creativity"
workshop for anyone who has or has had cancer. It runs Wednesdays through April 13 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Living Art studio. Call 549-5329.
 The Radius Gallery
is living in The Last Best Dream: Surrealism, Here & Now.
Come see for yourself how these bold and brilliant artists seize and respond to the legacy of Surrealism-a stylistic and philosophical approach
to art formalized nearly a hundred years ago that looks to the unconscious
mind as the wellspring of creativity, with imagery that is
characteristically uncanny, paradoxical and outlandish. Open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm. And if you can't yet make the trek downtown, check out some of the astonishing work at www.radiusgallery.com.
This is the last week to join local artist Nancy Seiler's winter Art Workshops. The Final course in the Nature Journaling Series covers moths on Saturday, March 12, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Learn to draw and paint different natural history topics and be ready to go outside this spring with your nature journal to record what you see with more confidence. Nancy Seiler also offers Open Studio for $25 on March 8 and March 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All workshops are located at 330 Brooks St. in Missoula (one block east of Caffé Dolce). Classes are limited to 10. To sign up, please email here or call 370-1254.
 The Montana Book Festival is now receiving submissions for this year's festival in Missoula, September 21-25. Visit here to apply.
Writing at Work
, a conference hosted by the
University of Montana Creative Writing Program
, is slated for Friday, March 11. The conference, which connects UM students with successful, creative professionals who use their liberal arts education in their working lives, will be held from noon to 5 p.m., in the University Center Theater. It is free and open to the public. For more information call 243-5267 or email
here
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 Fact and Fiction hosts author Rick Bass at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, for a reading and book signing. He will be reading from his
selection of short stories, "For a Little While." Find out more about this event here.
1864, a most bloody year in the
American Civil War
. Abraham Lincoln has issued an order forming 6 regiments of infantry to be filled by volunteers from the Prisoner of War camps filled with Confederate prisoners. On March 12, Come witness the return of these brave former Confederate soldiers who put on the blue and came west to escape the harsh conditions of the prisoner of war camps. Come see what life in the army was like, and visit with the men who defended the frontier. Learn about how you can become a part of this living history outfit at
Cabelas
, 3650 Brooks Street.
The University of Montana is pleased to present
"
All in the Timing
," a modern comedy classic from a playwright the New York Times called "a master of fun." This sampling of six short comic plays runs in the Masquer Theatre of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center on campus March 15-19, 2016. Find out more here.
The
Art Associates of Missoula
monthly meeting will be held Wednesday, March 16, 10:00 a.m. at Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main St, Missoula.
Courtney Blazon
will be sharing her colorful illustrations inspired by fairy tales, poetry, natural history and the animal world. Art Associates meetings are free and open to the public. For more information please call Susie at 544-0891.
University of Montana
hosts the an
nu
al
International C
ulture & Food Festival
from 12:00-5:
00 p.m. on March 20 at the University Center. The event is a
n extravaganza where guests can visit colorful display booths
fe
aturing countries around the world; thrill in a five-hour International Culture Show featuring music, song and dance
seldom seen in Missoula; visit Children's World with crafts, storytelling, games and other interactive events; watch films from the Montana International Children's Film Festival; and savor delicious food from all corners of the globe
in the Food Bazaar, with over 20 food booths offering
culinary specialties, most of them handmade. Tickets are available at the door the day of the event or in advance from Foreign Student and Scholar Services by calling 243-222
6.
Tell Us Something
presents Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me?, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wilma Theatre. Call 546-3855 or email
here
for more.
For more information about arts events in the Missoula area, visit our website.
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ELSEWHERE IN MONTANA...
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The Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation presents the second annual Strum and Drum concert fundraiser returns to Salish Kootenai College on March 9, featuring
featuring the Mike Murray Band. Call 862-3608.
A class teaching the rhythms of the
African hand drum, or djembe, will be given by master drummer Dr. Bob Sherrick, on Saturday, March 12, 2016 from 12:30- 2:00 pm at the
Imagine Health Gather Room, 305 1st Avenue West, Columbia Falls. The class is open to everyone; no prior djembe drumming skill is required. If participants do not have a drum, please contact Marti Kurth via email at [email protected] and a drum will be provided. Fee for the class is a sliding scale between $5-10. Bring your drum and ear plugs, this class is going to be loud! For more details call Leslie Yancey of
Afro Fusion Dance at 748-6778.
The
Glacier Symphony and Chorale
and
Alpine Theatre Project
join forces to present
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
March 11-13. All concerts at
Whitefish Performing Arts Center
, 600 E. 2nd St. Whitefish. Friday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 13, 3 p.m. Visit
here
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The
Carbon County Arts Guild
of
Red Lodge
presents the
Carbon County Student Exhibit
in the Main Gallery through March. The Carbon County Arts Guild and Depot Gallery is located at 11 West 8th Street, Red Lodge, Montana. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
For more information, call the Guild in Red Lodge at 446-1370.
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts in Livingston presents Jesus Christ Superstar, March 4-26 Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. Weekend matinees at 3:00 p.m. Call 222-1420 or email here.
The
Glacier Symphony and Chorale in
Kalispell annually awards music scholarships to students in grades 9 to 12 including graduating seniors. The program encourages student participation in the Glacier Symphony and Chorale and assists those student musicians in pursuing a career or an avocation in music. The award of scholarships is based on musical ability and potential as determined by the Scholarship Committee. Individual scholarships will be in the range of $250 to $1000. Eligible students will have played with the Glacier Symphony for at least three concerts during a regular season or be on the permanent orchestra substitution list, or have sung in the Glacier Chorale. In addition, when funds are available, "at-large" scholarships may be provided to outstanding music students who show exceptional ability but have not yet had the opportunity to perform with the GSC. Scholarships must be used by students to further their musical career through camps, private lessons, or college tuition. Applications are available on the GSC website
here by clicking the Education tab. They must be postmarked by April 8, 2016 to be considered and should be mailed to: GSC Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 2491, Kalispell, MT 59903 or delivered to the GSC office at 69 N. Main Street in Kalispell.
The
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture in
Bozeman presents
Above the Fruited Plains by
Dwayne Wilcox, in the Jessie Wilber Gallery; and
New Works by
Ben Pease in the Lobby Gallery. Both exhibits run through April 29.
For complete information about arts and entertainment throughout the region, visit www.livelytimes.com.
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NATIONALLY...
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Have We Been Playing Gershwin Wrong for 70 Years?
The New York Times, March 1, 2016
It is one of the most famous pieces of American music - but for 70 years orchestras may have been playing one of its best-known effects wrong... continue reading
Archaeology's Information Revolution
The Atlantic, March 3, 2016
Archaeology, as a way of examining the material world, has always required a certain deftness in scale. You have to be able to zoom in very close-at the level of, say, a single dirt-encrusted button-then zoom out again to appreciate why that one ancient button is meaningful. Any given artifact is simultaneously at the center of its own history, and representative of a much larger story, too... continue reading
Selfies Are More Dangerous Than You Think
Huffington Post, March 3, 2016
Admit it, you've got plenty of selfies taking up space on your smartphone's camera roll. Millennials spend an estimated one hour every week taking selfies, and if this continues, they're on track to taking 25,700 selfies in their lifetime, according to one study. That's a lot of face time... continue reading
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INTERNATIONALLY...
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Author Thought a $200k Literary Prize Was Spam
BBC News, March 3, 2016
An Australian author says she "fell off her chair" when she discovered an email about a $150,000 (A$207,000; £106,000) literary award was not a hoax... continue reading
28 Fascinating Photos from the Sony World Photography Awards Finalists
The Washington Post, March 3, 2016
Before the winners are announced in March and April, take a look at some of the best entries... continue reading
Swiss Under Pressure Over Art That Jews Were Forced to Sell
The Art Newspaper, March 3, 2016
Pressure is growing on Swiss museums to accept that works of art sold by Jewish refugees to help them escape from the Nazis were forced sales, and that the works should therefore be returned to their heirs... continue reading
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As the official cultural agency for Missoula, MCC provides the community with resources for the development and promotion of arts and culture, maintains Missoula's sister-city relationships with Neckargemund, Germany and Palmerston North, New Zealand and produces the annual First Night Missoula celebration on New Year's Eve. For more information, please visit our website www.missoulacultural.org.
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