Photo by Ben Allan Smith, MISSOULIAN
Newcomers’ guide to
arts
Located at the base of the mountains and along a river, Missoula is a college town whose small geographic size works in your favor. If you wanted, you could start a Saturday by grabbing some locally roasted coffee, head up into a national forest or wilderness area, cool off in the water and then hit a brewery, concert or art show without leaving a radius of five miles or so. Granted you don’t have to do all that in one day, but you could if you wanted. Part of the reason there are so many options is that it’s home to the University of Montana, the state’s liberal arts flagship, and so the city has for decades cultivated a culture of
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Missoula Newcomers’ Guide 2021
Photo by Tom Bauer, MISSOULIAN
CORY WALSH cory.walsh@missoulian.com
