Trail Listening Post

Jeff Ament joins Mike Smith to discuss "Our Village", the Missoula Community Pre-Show, and Festivities. Over 30 local nonprofits are participating in the festival, each bringing an interactive, family-friendly activity or sharing a visual display. Activities range from face painting, art projects, and lawn games, to instrument building, bicycle repair demonstrations, photo booths, and various amazing displays. Our Village will be a fun and engaging space for Montana-led nonprofit organizations to connect, Pearl Jam fans, and the greater Missoula community to share their work. We hope to see you there! Event details - https://tinyurl.com/22s466xb

Our friend Bob Wire is joined by Hudson, Sophie, and Riley to chat and play some songs leading up to their weekend show at Imagine Nation Brewery. Separately, they’ve played shows all around western Montana, and stages
as far flung as Napa, California, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. This summer, Missoula honky
tonker Bob Wire and his singing/songwriting progeny will be playing a full show together for
the first time.
Hudson James and Sophie Therriault will team up with Bob at Imagine Nation Brewing on
Saturday, July 27, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, for a unique and entertaining family affair. All three are
prolific songwriters and seasoned entertainers, so the show will have plenty of high points and
the trio promise a few surprises.
Hudson, a graduate of the U of M Theater Arts program, is currently living in Chicago, where he
plays frequent solo shows between auditions and rehearsals for local plays. While living in
Missoula, he appeared in several theater productions, both for university plays and
independent theater companies. He also toured with the Montana Repertory Theater.
Sophie, also a graduate of UM, made a splash in Missoula with her singing partner, Jalynn
Nelson, when their duo, Red Dress, appeared in the First Night Spotlight finals two years in a
row. They released a CD in 2017. She works full-time in Missoula and plays occasionally at art
galleries, breweries, and other intimate venues, and is currently recording a new album of
originals.
Bob Wire is a stalwart Missoula entertainer who’s been playing local stages for nearly 30 years.
He characterizes his country-tinged rock as “Maximum Honky Tonk,” and his bands, the
Fencemenders, the Magnificent Bastards, and Bob Wire and the Bob Wire Trio featuring Bob
Wire, have included some of Missoula’s most talented musicians. He’s opened for Brad Paisley,
Marshall Tucker Band, and the Old 97s, among others. Bob continues to play solo shows around
the area, and writing and recording songs in his home studio, the Hilltop Basement Recording
Complex.

Artistic Director of Montana Repertory Theatre, Michael Legg, stops by the Tail1033 studio for a visit with Mike Smith. 

Inspired by the vibrant local businesses along Missoula's iconic Hip Strip, Hip Strip Hijinks presents a series of five new 10-minute plays written by nationally renowned playwrights. April 25-27 and May 2-4.

Patrons will meet up at GILD Brewing and then walk to five nearby establishments, including the lively atmosphere of Betty’s Divine and the eclectic vibes of Ear Candy, to watch plays that are designed to capture the essence of their host businesses and to offer an immersive and theatrical experience after hours.

The five plays will be performed in Betty’s Divine, Ear Candy, GILD, Le Petit Outre, and Compass Barbershop. 

Pick what you pay pricing structure ($5-$50)…details & tickets: Montanarep.com 

 Established in 1967 and celebrating its 57th season, The Rep serves as the resident professional theatre for the University of Montana. 

IWFF Festival Coordinator Lizzie Archer share s her exciting of the kick-off of the 47th Annual International Wildlife film Festival in Missoula , April 20-25! The WildWalk Parade and WildFest are happening in  in Downtown Missoula April 20th.

Nature lovers of all ages are invited to join a perennial favorite, the WildWalk, and dress up as their favorite
flora or fauna and walk, hop, or crawl toward the X's on North Higgins. The parade culminates with WildFest, a celebration with vendors, food trucks and music.  Appearances by the Roxy Executive Director Mike Steinberg, the Guest Programmer Lívia Campos de Menezes, Wildwalk Founder Craig Menteer, and Mayor Andrea Davis. There will also be a chance to take a picture with IWFF’s latest commission, a mobile, modular sculpture of a Nudibranch (a colorful group of sea slugs with their gills on the outside) created by this year’s Artist in Residence, Shelby Baldridge.

The IWFF was founded  by bear biologist, Chuck Jonkel in 1977 at the University of Montana, IWFF is the longest-running film festival of its kind.  The mission of IWFF is to promote awareness, knowledge, and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people, and nature through excellence in film.

Tickets and film descriptions: wildlifefilms.org

IWFF Guest Programmer, Livia Composdemenezes drops by the Trail1033 studio to visit with Mike Smith.
The 47th Annual IWFF is happening at The Roxy Theater in Missoula, April 20-25. This years festival includes over 70 films, with the mission of 
promoting awareness, knowledge, and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people, and nature through excellence in film.

IWFF was founded by bear biologist, Chuck Jonkel in 1977 at the University of Montana, IWFF is the longest-
running film festival of its kind. In 2002, the festival purchased the historic Roxy Theater as its home. In 2013 the Roxy launched its year-
round screening series and began an extensive collaboration with the university, businesses, and
community, serving a diverse, all-ages population with broad programming.

Tickets and film descriptions: wildlifefilms.org

Rhett Miller stopped by to chat with Mike about 30-plus years of the Old 97's, songwriting, the Blackfoot River, and more. He also played a couple of songs from their new album American Primitive. Thanks Rhett!

Sarah Calhoun Red Ants Pants Founder, stops by the Trail studio to announce this years' festival lineup.  The Red Ants Pants Music Festival is a 100% homegrown, volunteer-driven event based in a community of 900 people with the goal of bringing good folks together to celebrate rural Montana.

The festival is a program of the 501(c)(3) Red Ants Pants Foundation. Their mission is to develop and expand leadership roles for women, preserve and support working family farms and ranches, and enrich and promote rural communities. Proceeds from the festival help fund Red Ants Pants community grants, timber skills workshops and Girls Leadership Program.

Come connect with good folks and celebrate rural Montana! A limited number of tickets are on sale for the 2024 Red Ants Pants Music Festival coming up July 25 -28th on the Jackson Ranch in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. 

Details and tickets at: redantspantsmusicfestival.com

Arts Missoula  Executive Director Heather Adams stops by for a visit with Mike Smith at the Trail1033 studio.
Arts Missoula is proud to present Dancing with Arts Missoula Stars; A Benefit for Arts Missoula. Local Missoula celebrities will be paired up with local professional dancers to bring you this night of guts and glory.  

8 teams work for 7 weeks on a routine in a variety of styles, that will knock your socks off.  Teams will have the ability to raise funds for Arts Missoula through donations made from their website, artsmissoula.org. The most successful fund raiser, takes home the mirror ball trophy.  

Silent Auction, cocktail hour and live music from Missoula Jazz Collective will start the evening off before the event begins at 7:30pm at The Wilma

Tickets & details: artsmissoula.org

Cartography Comes Alive is an exciting event series proudly brought to you by Xplorer Maps and hosted by Mandela Leola van Eeden, Lead Storyteller at Xplorer Maps and the charismatic host of The Trail Less Traveled.

This FREE event is happening March 20th 5:30pm-7pm at Xplorer Maps in Missoula, MT

With over a decade of experience as an expedition lead leader and guide in the Grand Canyon, Mandela has a unique perspective on the wonders of this majestic landscape. In a remarkable feat in 2020, Mandela swam an impressive 225 miles of the Grand Canyon, skillfully navigating the rapids and calm waters of the Colorado River using a river-board during a 15-day expedition. In this captivating presentation, Mandela will lead you on an immersive journey through the Grand Canyon's breathtaking whitewater, fascinating geology, diverse ecology, rich human history, and the profound experience of swimming the river amidst the challenges of the global pandemic.

Don't miss this chance to embark on a virtual expedition that promises both excitement and valuable life lessons. Space is limited, arrive early!
Xplorer Maps, 1245 S 3rd St W, Missoula, MT 

First Night Spotlight, presented by Arts Missoula as part of Missoula On Main is a longstanding tradition and special event.

Each year, area teen talent comes together to perform on a big stage heading into NYE. 

This year's winner, Olivia Marble will join us live on the Trail Lunchbox at 12-noon today [2/29/24] for a live performance and conversation about the experience.

Listen Live at Trail1033.com and send us your words of encouragement to pass along to Olivia by texting the studio line at 406-604-1033.

Follow Olivia on Instagram @livmarblemusic

The Trail lunchbox - Weekdays at 12-noon on the Trail 1033 is proudly sponsored by The Olde Dairy & The Trough 

Big ups to MCAT for broadcasting and live streaming the show - Watch it in full on MCAT's YouTube Channel