Zootown Fringe Festival is Missoula's 4th annual performance art Smörgåsbord. Continuing the Fringe legacy that began in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947, the Zootown Fringe Festival will celebrate and honor alternative theater and visual art in various venues throughout Missoula, August 16-20, 2016. 

The Zootown Fringe Festival is a platform for self-produced, non-juried, un-censored performances!  View the Fringe schedule online here !

Bring out your best Tarzan call of the jungle, because the Missoula Community Theatre is holding open auditions on August 28 for Tarzan the Stage Musical! The audition will take place at MCT Center for the Performing Arts on the third floor. Children ages 10-15 audition from 12:30-2 PM, and those ages 16 and above audition from 2-4:30 PM. This is a highly physical show. Actors with tumbling skills are encouraged to audition. Call 728-7529 for more info.

In conjunction with Thames-Coromandel and Whangarei Friendship Force groups, join Friendship Force for an exchange to New Zealand November 3 - 26, 2016. Enjoy a seven day tour of the North Island, two weeks of home hosting, and travel with new friends!  Email Gwen Harfst , or call at 360-481-0901 to learn more and reserve your place.

Radius Gallery's 2nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition features 100 exquisite artwork by 61 artists surrounding the theme, "The Changing Moment."  Artworks were selected by three distinguished jurors:  Kristi Scott,  Hadley Ferguson, and  Liz Dye. This exhibition is on view through September 16.

Visit Radius Gallery at 114 E. Main and online.

Wood Engravers Network Triennial Exhibition

June 9 - September 17,  Paxson Gallery

Dramatic Moments: Frederic Remington's Early Engravings, 1882-1895

June 9 - September 17,  Meloy Gallery

Please visit MMAC's website for more info.

VonCommon Artist Collective calls for artists to respond to the theme, "This is What Democracy Feels Like."  With this art call, artists are encouraged to create an expression of how they perceive and exercise democracy as a living breathing concept. Information about the art call and how to submit is available online here.

Deadline: September 11, 2016

Radius Gallery invites artists to submit their original artworks to its third annual Holiday Show. Last year's show was very well received by gift buyers and collectors alike-with over 100 artworks sold! This year's show promises to be even bigger and better. Find out all details online here. Deadline: September 25, 2016

Join MCT as we celebrate our past (that's you), present (that's you, too!) and future (we hope that's YOU!) volunteers. Open to the general public so all are welcome!

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Missoula Cultural Council is hiring for a part-time Administrative Assistant.  This position will provide clerical support to the Missoula Cultural Council, and serve as the liaison with the city of Missoula Public Art Committee (PAC). Job closes on August 19, 2016.

Read the whole job description here.

Founded by classical-guitar enthusiast David Feffer five years ago, Crown Guitar Fest has turned the arty, well-heeled town of Bigfork, Montana into an international center for the study and appreciation of the guitar. The week-long event takes place at Averill's Flathead Lake Lodge, August 28-September 4, 2016.

For information about the Artists in Residence, the workshops, and the festival lineup, visit Crown's website.

Purchase your tickets by calling 855-855-5900.

The MAM, city of Missoula and Adventure Cycling celebrated the completion of a three-year design and fundraising process for the Missoula Art Park with a groundbreaking ceremony, where nine "honorary shovelers" in bright orange hard-hats dug into the ground. Read more here!

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