Trail Listening Post

The Trail's Robert Chase is joined by Tarn Ream from Festival of Remembrance and is treated to a special live performance.

Hayden Grotz from Watson's Children Center and the PEAK Tennis Director, Scott Potter, came by The Trail to talk with Robert Chase about their Annual Tennis Pro-Am happening next week. 100% of the proceeds go to support Watson Children's Shelter and their mission to provide safety, nurturing, and stability to children and families through quality services and trauma-informed care.

Dori Brownlow and Bob Wilson from the Sentinel-Kiwanis Club join Robert Chase on The Trail's Non-Profit Spotlight to talk about their annual apple sale through the end of October.

Open AIR's Stoney Sasser sits down with Robert Chase to talk about their latest event. Don't miss Translating Place , an interdisciplinary art exhibition featuring 18 artists selected for the inaugural year of Open AIR, a new place-based Artist-in-Residence program headquartered in Missoula, MT. 

Montana Renewable Energy Association's Executive Director Andrew Valainis stopped by The Trail to talk with Robert Chase about Missoula's 2nd Annual Clean Energy Expo.

Folk-Rock trio TopHouse joins Tommy live on the Trail Lunchbox in advance of their farewell concert as they pick up and head to Nashville to further peruse music. Listen as two of the band members arrive late due to a paint recycling event coupled with less-than-ideal traffic conditions - the situation made for a contagiously fun and comedic opening sequence live on the radio. Enjoy!  Follow TopHo...

Emma Schwartz and Renee Ross stop by from the UM School of Theatre & Dance school to discuss their upcoming production. "The Wolves" is an affecting snapshot, realized with intensity and humor, of the moments when youth and adulthood start to blend.

Jon Sand from Missoula in Motion dropped by The Trail to talk about "Walk & Roll Week" in Missoula. This week is the 28th annual celebration encouraging Missoulians to walk, bike, or ride the bus around town. 

Executive Director Katie Deuel from Home Resource stopped by to talk about Spontaneous Construction 2019 on Saturday, September 14th. What is Spontaneous Construction, you ask? "SponCon" has become an annual Missoula tradition that gives contestants seven hours to use their choice of Home ReSource materials to build the most beautiful, functional, and creative pieces they can dream up.

Jay Parade - Jimmy Soft Streak - Wallow Dirty Mae - Hollow Echo Hill Band - Some New Story   Josh Mcnz - Cambridge   Mark Ian Project - Make It Better Ballroom Thieves  - Tenebrist Life The Hunter - All I Want To Do David Tyler Fox - Echos From A Distant Moon Lamp Post Delight - The Janitor's AM   This edition of the New Show aired live on September 10th, 2019 on The Trail 1033-FM. 

Author Kelley Provost came by to tell us about  We Leave the Flowers Where They Are , a new collection of memoirs written by contemporary Montana women. For each book sold, The Zootown Arts Community Center and Humanities Montana will each receive one dollar. The public is invited to a launch gala with the authors on Friday, September 13, at the Downtown Dance Collective, and they can join them fo...

Laura Millin is the Missoula Art Museum Executive Director, and she popped by to talk about the ongoing exhibit,  Bury the Hatchet . Artist John Hitchcock's exhibit is based on the American Frontier and plays off the theme of the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. He will be in town on Saturday, September 14th at 1 PM for a special presentation "Indian Country Conversations."

SPARK! is a community-wide partnership working to expand arts programming in Missoula County Public Schools. SPARK! Executive Director Sienna Solberg provides details about Special Arts related events that will be happening in downtown Missoula on September 14th to get kids involved in hands-on art projects.

Michael Legg is in his first season as Artistic Director of Montana Repertory Theatre. He sat down with The Trail's Mike Smith to discuss their season opener Go. Please. Go.

Global and Cultural Affairs of Arts Missoula and The Roxy Theater present Worldview: Cultures on Display. Director of Global and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Udo Fluck, provides a preview of the first film  Basquiat on September 9th sponsored by IRC. 

Kris Holmes, the community development manager for the American Cancer Society Montana, stopped by to talk about their upcoming Monopoly Ball.

From the Trail 1033 archives, an unedited live broadcast as part of our Trail Live Session series from December of 2017 with Jeff Austin Band. The interview and performance, hosted by then midday host Alanya, took place at the Logjam Presents Venue, Top Hat Lounge in downtown Missoula. Conversation and performance from Jeff Austin including a cover of a Todd Snider tune.   

Heather Kreilick, owner of Lake Missoula Tea Company , visited Bitaco Tea, the only tea farm in Colombia. While on her trip learning about the inner-workings of Bitaco and their commitment to their community, sustainability, and quality tea..She took a few minutes to catch up with us here in Missoula! You can learn more about their visit HERE

Make-A-Wish Walk For Wishes comes up Friday, June 14th at Fort Missoula Regional Park. Here are both the details and the inspiration.

Out to Lunch and Downtown Tonight kick off next week. Lincoln Mansch of the MDA stopped by to talk about the history of the events and who's playing next week.

It's the first time ever for this Saturday's Missoula Choffee Con. Coffee and chocolate and it's a fundraiser for Missoula Rotary. The organization's Margaret Parson stopped by to fill us in.

Felicia Saunders, volunteer for Missoula Aging Services, stopped by to talk about their annual jewelry sale coming up this Saturday (June 1st).

Tanya Call, Artistic Director of Cohesion Dance Project, talks about Thursday night's performance of Art Inspiring Art at Dennison Theater on the UM campus and her visit to work with schoolkids in Victor. 

Brian and Ken from H.O.G. stopped by to talk about a Poker Run coming up June, 1st. It's the 7th annual "A Ride To Remember" and it's a benefit for  Nation Of Patriots.

Always a pleasure to have Udo stop by the Trail studio and share his insight (and travel tips). Here are the details on the next movie in the World View: Cultures in Harmony series,  The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble .