Arts & Culture

Strange trip around the block

By Robert Chaney ● Arts & Culture ● September 6, 2025

The 130-year history of how the Hip Strip keeps Missoula weird.

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From vine to divine

By Ari LeVaux ● Flash in the Pan ● September 4, 2025

Talkin’ tomatoes with the Toddfather.

Empire state of mind

By Cassidy Randall ● Arts & Culture ● August 26, 2025

Logjam Presents’ rise over the past decade has transformed Missoula’s music scene, delivering marquee acts, stunning venues and a national spotlight. It also brought with it a corporate playbook that clashed with the city’s homespun music culture — and caught the attention of a much bigger fish in the game, Live Nation.

The flavor of fire

By Ari LeVaux ● Flash in the Pan ● August 20, 2025

How Argentina-style asado and Blackfeet bison turned a heavy metal festival into Montana’s most epic culinary experience.

Off the information superhighway

By ERIKA FREDRICKSON & Emma White ● Arts & Culture ● August 8, 2025

Walter Kirn’s analog newspaper County Highway trades digital distraction for small-town stories — and he’s bringing his vision of unhurried journalism to Shakespeare & Co. on Saturday.

A bird in the hand

By Sarah Aswell ● Books ● August 5, 2025

Author Brian Buckbee’s bond with a wounded pigeon allows “We Should All Be Birds” to take flight, but the deeper story is one of survival through illness and heartbreak.

Body slams and power chords

By ERIKA FREDRICKSON ● Music ● July 24, 2025

Montana punk meets DIY wrestling at Moshoula — a night of flying elbows, feedback, and full-on chaos.

Native artists, storytellers gather for ‘IndigiPalooza’

By Nora Mabie ● Indian Country ● July 22, 2025

The inaugural festival brings to Missoula more than a dozen Indigenous artists, musicians and writers for panel discussions, live music, an art market and more.

Lineup subject to change (and it always does)

By Jason Cohen ● Music ● July 18, 2025

A quick chat with Scott McCaughey about the Minus 5’s even quicker Montana tour. They headline the Woodtick Music Festival on Saturday.

A taste of home

By Emma White ● Food ● July 16, 2025

Dama Rose is a family-run market offering Halal staples and global ingredients — a place where an international community finds connection, and where the curious can discover something new.