Trail Listening Post

Mike Smith welcomes Julia Tai, Music Director of Missoula Symphony to The Lunchbox . The  new season for Missoula Symphony kicks off with "Struggle & Triumph" September 23rd & 24th at the Dennison Theatre in Missoula.  This will be an evening of power, emotion, and triumph, featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha Overture, which draws inspiration from the 1855 poem The Song of Hiawath...

Abby Huseth, Deputy Director of Climate Smart Missoula stops by the Lunchbox to chat with Tommy about their upcoming event. The 5th Annual Climate & Energy Expo is a FREE, family friendly event happening at Caras Park in Downtown Missoula Saturday, September 23rd 10am to 2pm.   This event will feature local solar installers, climate and sustainability organizations and businesses, an electric...

Montana Area Music Association (MAMA) co-founder Maria Zepeda stops by the Lunchbox to visit with Tommy about the 4th Annual Miles of Music happening September 10th on the University of Montana campus in Missoula. ·          MAMA’s mission is to empower musicians through education, collaboration, and performance opportunities in efforts to strengthen the greater Montana music community. Miles of M...

Michael Legg, Artistic Director of the Montana Repertory Theatre and Rep actor Stephen Blotzke stop by the Trail lunchbox for a visit with host Mike Smith. Established in 1967 and currently celebrating its 57th season, The Rep serves as the resident professional theatre for the University of Montana. Performances of the season opener The Odyssey will take place at The Zootown Community Arts Center...

Mike Smith is joined in the Trail1033 studio with Jason Mandala, Farm to School Director with Garden City Harvest. The annual garden party is freshest party of the summer, happening Thursday August 17th at The PEAS farm in Missoula. Presented by the Good Food Store this event will include an all-local meal, grown with love right here in Missoula with a menu prepared by Silk Road and Missoula-made...

Mike Smith chats with Deborah Stapley Graham  about the 2023  International Choral Festival happening in Missoula July 19-22.  Choirs from around the world are hand selected to participate in this event based on their musical excellence and variety. The  international choir visitors stay with welcoming hosts across Missoula throughout the Festival, sharing friendship, food, stories, and song. The...

Randy Katen, legendary Montana skateboarder and founding member of N-Men and Jeff Ament,  bassist of the  Pearl Jam stop by the Trail1033 morning show  with an update on the new Clinton Skate Park Project, expected to break ground in 2023. The goal of the project is to create a positive gathering space for local kids. The skate park will bring renewed energy to Missoula County’s Clinton Community...

Melanie Brock with the Missoula Midtown Association stops in to chat with Mike Smith regarding an upcoming event  for the Midtown Master Plan. One of the primary objectives for The Missoula Midtown Association is interacting with business, community and government to help guide redevelopment, growth, and positive improvements to Missoula‘s Midtown. Early in the planning process, community members...

David O'Dell, NEW Executive Director of the Missoula Symphony visits with Mike Smith about the season finale concert. The inaugural Broadway concert was such a success in 2022, The Missoula Symphony has made it an annual tradition!  This year, Missoula Symphony will partner with Montana native Curt Olds and his creative talents and show-stopping tunes known as Black Tie Broadway. The orchestra wil...

Becca Syltie-Riggers, 2022 winner of SPOTLIGHT  drops by the studio to play LIVE on Trail1033. SPOTLIGHT is an annual teen singing competition hosted by Arts Missoula during the annual New Years Eve celebration, Missoula on Main. A Big Sky High School Senior, Syltie Riggers began her journey as a musician at the age of 5, learning the violin Over the years she's participated in the Big Sky Aeseria...

Long-time dear friend of Trail 1033 Gary Gillett, Band Director of Missoula City Band drops into the LUNCHBOX with Mike Smith to chat about Missoula Gives 2023. Missoula Gives & Bitterroot Gives, an initiative of the Missoula Community Foundation, is a 26-hour celebration of the Missoula and Ravalli communities. It is a day to celebrate and support the role nonprofits and donors play in making...

New Executive Director of Soil Cycle, Elisabeth Davidson, stops by the Trail studio to chat about her organization's participation in Missoula Gives 2023. Missoula Gives & Bitterroot Gives, an initiative of the Missoula Community Foundation, is a 26-hour celebration of the Missoula and Ravalli communities. It is a day to celebrate and support the role nonprofits and donors play in making our M...

Udo Fluck, Director of Arts Missoula Global joins Mike Smith during the LUNCHBOX  on Trail1033. The FINAL movie in the World View Film Spring Series is Monday May 8th 7pm at the Roxy Theater. This screening is FREE and open to the public Bride & Prejudice (India 2004) is a modern adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, that features the lives of four unmarried daughters...

Emily Englund and Danielle Dimmick stop by the Trail studio to chat about Dubbers Care Foundation, one of 190+ nonprofits participating in Missoula Gives 2023. Missoula Gives & Bitterroot Gives, an initiative of the Missoula Community Foundation, is a 26-hour celebration of the Missoula and Ravalli communities. It is a day to celebrate and support the role nonprofits and donors play in making...

Mike Smith visits with Marcy Allen, Executive Director of Missoula Community Foundation. Missoula Gives & Bitterroot Gives, an initiative of the Missoula Community Foundation, is a 26-hour celebration of the Missoula and Ravalli communities. It is a day to celebrate and support our nonprofits. The event kicks off 5pm Thursday 5/4 end Friday 5/5  6pm with online giving at MissoulaGives.org With...

Carrie Richer, Director of IWFF, stops by the Trail studio to chat with Mike Smith about the upcoming festival. This year, IWFF explores the theme of Fight or Flight . This year’s theme is Fight or Flight: referring to the physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat. The 2023 selections celebrate stories illustrative of all that it takes to surviv...

Udo Fluck, Director of Arts Missoula Global drops by the lunchbox to chat with Mike Smith about the World View Film Series kicking off Monday 2/13 7pm at The Roxy Theater.    Like Water for Chocolate (1992 Mexico) will be screened FREE to the public, the first of four films in the series themed "Cultures in Love". Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic drama based on the debut novel of the same na...

Executive Director of Arlee Rehabilitation Center (ARC), Filip Panusz joins Mike Smith on air to chat about the ARC upcoming fundraiser. ARC is a trailblazing animal rescue that fights youth suicide, domestic abuse, and trauma on the Flathead Reservation, bringing people and rescue dogs together. Other programs include: The Flathead Reservation Spay/Neuter Taskforce, low-income veterinary support...

Missoula Symphony Music Director, Julia Tai and Guest Theatre Director Rosie Ayers, stop by the Trail1033 studio to chat with Mike Smith during The Lunchbox. The annual Missoula Symphony Family Concert is happening January 28th in Missoula. "The Mountain That Loved a Bird" is a beautiful story of friendship and renewal. This well-loved story by American author, Alice McLerran, set to music by Puli...

Mike Smith visits with Michael Legg, Artistic Director of Montana Repertory Theatre. "Hearth: A Yuletide Tale" continues at the University of Montana Masquer Theatre until December 11th. On a cold December night, a young boy wanders off into a world of rag-pickers, tramps, and buskers struggling to survive the winter. As they share their songs and stories, he hatches a plan to help them. But one w...

Julia Tai, Music Director of the Missoula Symphony stops by the Trail1033 studio to chat with Mike Smith. Join the Missoula Symphony November 4th & 6th as they honor a legendary composer from our own community—the former distinguished professor of composition at the UM, Donald Johnston. His Symphony No. 4 “Lewis and Clark Symphony” exemplifies the brave spirits of the first explorers and the s...

Mike Smith visits with Director Morissa Maltz, an artist and filmmaker, Maltz studied visual arts Columbia University. Her art, film, and performance work have been shown at MOCA, Los Angeles and galleries internationally. MTFF film "The Unknown Country" has been hailed by Indiewire as “a stunning spiritual companion to Terrence Malick and ‘Nomadland’”. The film directed by Maltz features Montana...

Mary McCourt of NAMI Missoula stops by the Lunchbox to visit with Mike Smith about the upcoming event to create awareness of mental health conditions This will be NAMI Missoula's first walk to bring together people of all ages to combat stigma, raise funds, and promote awareness of mental health conditions. The event starts 12:30pm on Sunday , September 18th at Silver Park in Missoula, featuring a...

Mike Smith visits with John Samuel Brown, Festival Director of the Montana Book Festival taking place in Missoula September 15-19. After a 2 year hiatus, this celebration of the written word is once again an in-person event. This year, the Montana Book Festival has partnered with the Missoula Public Library, along with MCAT and the ZACC, to bring over 50 authors from around the region and around t...

Guest Jo May Salonen, Executive Director of the Missoula Symphony joins Mike Smith to chat about the final concert of the season. The Missoula Symphony, in partnership with Black Tie Broadway Presentations, is proud to bring MY FAIR BROADWAY, BROADWAY'S BEST HITS IN CONCERT to Missoula audiences! A dynamic concert of some of Broadway's most treasured music, it features selections from OKLAHOMA, RA...