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Genre: Community Event

Talent Show Night

Wednesday, October 22 // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter // 6 PM    Join us for a community-based talent show hosted by Hellgate high school students. All types of talents are welcome and encouraged. Proceeds will be donated to the Watson‘s Children’s  Center to support Missoula youth in need of resources. It will be a fun and thrilling night to showcase your talents, gather with friends, and support local youth. We hope to see you there!

Public Lands Party!

Thursday, October 2nd // Doors 7PM // Free and Open to the Public!   Enjoy live local music, free pizza, and an outdoor gear giveaway, and learn about our collective work to protect public lands across the West. No RSVP is needed for this free community event. Know a friend who loves the West like you do? Bring them along! We hope to see you there.Hosted by Advocates for the West with partners Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Bitterroot, Friends of the Clearwater, Great Old Broads for Wilderness Zootown Broadband, The Wilderness Society, Western Watersheds Project, WildEarth Guardians, and Wilderness Watch.

Municipal Candidate Forum

Wednesday, October 1 // 6 PM- 8 PM // Free and Open to the Public!   Local elections are often the least publicized elections we have in this country, yet have some of the largest impacts when it comes to housing affordability, public safety, and so much more! Please join Catalyst Montana and the Missoula Tenants Union on October 1st at the Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC) from 6-8 pm to learn more about these candidates who wish to represent you. Together, we will shine a light on who is running for local office this year and what they stand for (in their own words). We will have candidates running for mayor and city council from every ward in the city present.

Missoula Candidate Forum… with a spicy twist!

Thursday, August 14 // Doors open at 6 PM // Free Admission, All Are Welcome     Join Forward Montana and the Candidates up for Election (there are sooooo many) in W2, W3 and W6 for a Hot Ones Styled Candidate Forum. Get answers to all your burning questions, learn more about WTF city council does and have a chaotically fun time doing it! Don’t live in W2/3/6 do not fear, you can still come and learn more about City Council!

Stories from Home

Friday, September 12 // Doors open at 6 PM // Interactive Storytelling Session at 6:30 PM // Free Admission, All Are Welcome // Light Refreshments    Stories of HomePresented by Soft Landing Missoula, in Honor of Welcoming Week 2025 Join us for an inspiring evening as refugees and immigrants in the Missoula community share what home means to them!”What does home mean to you?” This simple question can spark a profound journey of reflection, especially for those who have experienced displacement or migration. Here in Missoula, the refugee and immigrant neighbors bring rich tapestries of experiences that redefine the concept of home.For the fifth consecutive year, Soft Landing Missoula’s Stories of Home project invites us to explore the diverse and nuanced meanings of home. We delve into the homes left behind and the new ones forged; the homes we aspire to build and those that live on in our memories; the homes found in physical spaces and those discovered in the embrace of community.Join us for an immersive evening featuring a collection of multimedia narratives. For the first time Stories of home will be presented through a series of documentary shorts. We’ll share the stories of individuals who have made Missoula their new home after journeying as refugees and immigrants.The highlight of our gathering will be a moderated panel session with project participants. This intimate dialogue, combined with powerful visual and written narratives, aims to amplify the voices of our new neighbors and illuminate the universal experiences that connect us all – regardless of where we call home.

Furry Meet-Up

Friday, June 20 // 3 PM // Free and Open to the Public! // *In Conference Room (upstairs)   Join us for the Official Missoula PRIDE Furry Meet-Up! Come chatter and chitter with fellow Furs, learn more about the Furry fandom, and have some fun! Friday, June 20th at 3:00 p.m. in the ZACC Conference Room at the Zootown Arts Community Center (216 W Main St., Missoula).

Navigating the Genderverse

Saturday, June 21 // 10-11 AM // Free and Open to the Public! // *In Conference Room (upstairs)   This presentation is facilitated by TransVisible Montana collective members with intention to create a “brave space” for folks to gain education regarding the challenges that misinformation and cis-normative systems create for transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit Montanans.

Missoula Zine Release Party: The Sun Will Rise Again

Friday, June 6 // 7:30 PM // Doors 7 PM // Free and Open to the Public //$5-$20 Suggested Donation    🌞 The 5th Edition of Transcendent Joy Zine is HERE! 🌈This year’s theme? “The Sun Will Rise Again” — a shoutout to the power, joy, and resilience of the LGBTQIA2S+ community 💖 We’re kicking off Pride Month the only way we know how:🎤 Emcee Iris Von Moxxii💃 ISCSM Drag Show🎸 DJ Sticks n’ Stones🌈 Queer joy all around Let’s party like the future is bright — because it is. Allies welcome! Please RSVP!: https://secure.everyaction.com/rjkH9NBhmU-QR99hS7Rkig2

Diversity Day

Sunday, April 13 // Door at 2 PM // Free and Open to the Public!   Come join us on April 13th from 2-4pm at The ZACC for EmpowerMT’s 16th annual Diversity Day celebration! EmpowerMT’s youth leaders were instrumental in helping to extend protection against discrimination to LGBTQ+ community members under Missoula’s Non-Discrimation Ordinance. Since then, the second Saturday in April has been declared Diversity Day to commemorate that victory, honor the impact of youth engagement, and celebrate Missoula’s enriching diversity.  To honor this anniversary, Youth leaders from EmpowerMT are putting on an event to elevate belonging, meaning, wellbeing and purpose through art and expression. Diversity Day festivities will include celebrating personal stories on the theme of creative resistance through speakers and communal art activities. Cecelia Spencer will be our keynote speaker. We will also honor youth leaders across Montana who inspire change in their communities with the 2025 Youth Lead Now Awards. This event will also double as a book drive! We will be uplifting a young person at this event who has created a Diverse Book Library for our office. Book donations that represent a variety of diverse life experiences are welcomed! This is a FREE event!  Register here!  

Inner and Outer Horizons: A Workshop On Landscapes and Philosophy

Monday, April 28 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $5-$20 Sliding Scale   Moments in nature can bring about profound personal changes. Understanding how those changes take place can help us to deepen our relationships with ourselves and the natural environment. During this workshop, participants will explore how basic principles in philosophy align with our transformative experiences of nature. As a group, participants will draw upon the concept of the ‘horizon’ and discuss the ways in which philosophy can mirror our encounters with natural landscapes. Topics will include mind-body dualism, transcendentalism, and ‘reflective practice’. We will try to make sense of nature’s potential to influence personal change with the aim of developing our capacities for insight and landscape appreciation. Matthew-Jack, the workshop’s facilitator, is an environmental philosopher from the UK, currently working and studying at the University of Montana.

  Zootown Arts Community Center

  216 W. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802

  406-549-7555

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The Zootown Arts Community Center is Missoula’s non-profit arts center and supports local and regional artists, performing artists, musicians, and creative spirits by being as transparent and open in our practices as possible, and by being a safe, open, inclusive space in which all community members and visitors can comfortably create, collaborate, and thrive.

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