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Erika Fredrickson

Erika Fredrickson was the Missoula Independent’s arts editor for a decade, helping cultivate the voice, perspective, and about-town sensibility that made the Indy a local institution. From the day it closed in 2018, she worked to bring independent journalism back to Missoula, while also freelancing, podcasting, music-making, and publishing a zine.

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Whistling past the switchboards

By ● Big Sky Film Fest ●
It took director Rachael L. Morrison a decade and a cache of forgotten cassette tapes to let a blind phone hacker finally tell his own extraordinary story. The film, ‘Joybubbles,’ screens at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Lessons from ‘Wood Street’

By ● Big Sky Film Fest ●
Film director Caron Creighton and organizer LaMonte Ford on the Oakland encampment that took the state of California to court — and what their story means for cities like Missoula. ‘Wood Street’ premieres at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Light it up

By ● The Gulp ●
The Classic Spanish Coffee is a dramatic and delicious cocktail served at Missoula’s new coffee and cocktails bar inside the historic Florence building — a downtown landmark undergoing a revival.

Written in the land

By ● Books ●
Sally Thompson’s ‘Black Robes Enter Coyote’s World’ grew from her work on the Clark Fork Superfund case. But the book itself reaches back to the first encounter between the Salish and Jesuit missionaries, where radically different ways of understanding land collided — with consequences that continue to unfold.

No reservations needed

By ● Music ●
Montana knows Tom Catmull’s Last Resort from years of brewery gigs, but the trio’s debut offers something new: 12 catchy roots pop originals with stories that sneak up on you.

Concrete dreams

By ● Books ●
With his new book “Grit to Grind,” Missoula skater-turned-photographer Andy Kemmis tells the story of how a few kids with decks and nowhere to ride built a statewide skatepark movement.

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