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1 month ago | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
The Co-Lab for Civic Imagination is, at its core, an experiment in what’s possible. It’s built on the idea that art isn’t just about reflection — it’s about creation. What if, instead of merely reacting to crises, communities had the space and resources to imagine something better? What if they could take those ideas and make them real?That’s the driving force behind the Co-Lab, an initiative housed at the University of Montana but designed to work far beyond it.
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1 month ago | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
The ZACC’s signature Mini Show Art Auction started as a scrappy, DIY fundraiser in a Northside basement. Under then-Executive Director Kia Liszak, it was an intimate sit-down dinner where guests bid on 12-by-12-inch artworks and mini-desserts to support the growing arts nonprofit. As the ZACC expanded, so did the event, moving to The Wilma and then the fairgrounds, evolving into larger, themed benefits. Even the mini-art got a little bigger.
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2 months ago | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
On Jan. 7, Missoula International School teacher Gillian Kessler called her sister in California. Her sister, also a teacher, let her know that the Santa Ana winds were raging, and that her school in Pasadena was waiting to hear if it would have to shut down.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
The roots of queer theater are complex and inherently obscure (and I’m no expert in the history). But it’s fair to say that LGBTQ+ communities have faced unequal and unsafe (see: violent) treatment for a long time. And it’s clear that the stage has provided a space to reflect queer issues of the day — though often it’s been a reflection constrained by law.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
thepulp.org | Max Savage Levenson |Kate Whittle |Arren Kimbel-Sannit |Erika Fredrickson
We see you, you last-minute shopper. We know you by the panic in your face like you’re the last person on Earth searching for signs of life. We recognize the way you shamble down the street like the walking dead. Don’t worry, it’s all going to be OK, because your failure to get holiday gifts ahead of time is just an opportunity in disguise. Businesses in Missoula and beyond have tons of great, easy stuff for whatever holiday you celebrate.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
A body recovered from the Clark Fork River on Oct. 13 has been identified as Eva Masin Prather, a 43-year-old mother of two who had been missing for more than nine months. After Prather disappeared from her Missoula home in the early hours of Dec. 30 last year, organized search parties spent weeks looking for her. The Facebook group “Search for Eva” jumped from several hundred members to around 2,300 in less than two days.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
thepulp.org | Arren Kimbel-Sannit |Erika Fredrickson |Matthew Frank
All eyes are on Montana this election season. But over the next two weeks voters in the state will do a lot more than decide whether to re-elect longtime incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, the race that’ll likely determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Montanans also face myriad consequential choices in races for the governorship, the state Supreme Court, the Legislature, and other offices and seats at the state and local levels.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
Artist Hadley Ferguson has made a name for herself in Missoula — and across the state — as a prolific painter and muralist. And over the past two decades, she has continued to create an impressive body of work for which she’s pushed herself both in scale and technique — even when her body began to fail her. It was in 2009, only four years after she completed her first major Missoula mural, “Heart of Missoula,” that Ferguson began experiencing neurological issues: numbness and muscle tightness.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
thepulp.org | Erika Fredrickson
This story is excerpted from About Town, a weekly newsletter spotlighting Missoula arts and culture. Subscribe!This weekend, the Montana Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Roxy Theater with an expanded selection of fictional films from around the world. The first one I previewed, 8 Minutes 20 Seconds, takes place 8 minutes and 20 seconds before the Earth loses access to sunlight, focusing on one man and the people he loves.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
thepulp.org | Matthew Frank |Erika Fredrickson
CHICAGO — We at The Pulp have exciting news to share!Last night, at the Independent News Sustainability Summit, The Pulp was awarded “New Business of the Year” by LION Publishers. 🏆The national recognition comes less than a year after we launched this nonprofit Missoula news organization. We’re blown away. From the judges of the 2024 LION Sustainability Awards:The Pulp’s smart startup strategy offers valuable lessons for established news organizations.
