My Missoula County

First Night Missoula kicked off this New Year’s with music, dancing and plenty of family activities. The celebration of a new start began at 5:00, with kids games and activities in the University Center and The Wilma Theater.
Not ALL the festivities were geared towards children though. Many musicians and singers came to perform for the New Year’s Celebration.
The [...]

           If you are looking for a good time, baseball and a giant Osprey, Ogren Park is the place to be. Ollie Osprey has been the mascot since he “hatched” in 2002, following the Osprey team around for games and fundraisers.
           
           The Missoula Osprey supports the Missoula area with many of their fundraisers at [...]

Missoula Children’s Theater
 For almost 40 years, Missoula Children’s Theater has been entertaining families. MCT’s goal is to educate children and teens, develop life skills and a love for the performing arts.
                Jim Caron and Don Collins were the founders of Missoula Children’s Theater, but it wasn’t always about the kids. They first started casting kids [...]

Meet Me In Missoula
The Missoula Downtown Association, The Missoula Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and Missoula Cultural Council have joined forces to sponsor a “Meet Me in Missoula ” weekend promotion from May 1st -3rd, 2009.
The community has a number of events scheduled including:

First Friday Art Walk
Opening day at the Missoula Farmer’s Market
Garden City Brewfest
Maggotfest - Rugby [...]

Missoula’s art community has a diverse range of artists, festivals, art walks, theater, music and dance. Downtown Missoula has an abundance of galleries: photography, sculptures, paintings, ceramics, and local crafts. First Friday is a prime showcase of the talent and culture found in Missoula on the First Friday of every month. At least 11 different [...]

One of my favorite things to do on a warm day is to take a walk on Missoula’s Riverfront Trail.
The trail runs along the Clark Fork River through the heart of downtown and goes East to the University and West to Orange Street.
From this trail, you can see Missoula’s amazing scenery, historic buildings, and enjoy [...]

Missoula, Montana was recently named Ninth in the category of “Greenest Commuter Towns” by AARP. This was based on a 2007 Census Bureau Estimate that 8.91% of Missoulians bike or walk to work.
Missoula promotes biking and walking to work with Missoula in Motion - a program designed to help local businesses, institutions and individuals address [...]

If you’re want to keep an eye on Missoula, Montana, here are the best local web cams to help:
Downtown Missoula & View of the “M” on Mount Sentinel - Missoula County Webcam

The Univeristy of Montana’s GRIZ CAM - GRIZ CAM
The Missoula International Airport also has a webcam at FLYMISSOULA
The Missoulian’s webcam & weather forecast - Missoulian [...]

Winter can start to seem a little long this time of year. Take a break for fun and enjoy some of Missoula’s favorite family activities.  
A Carousel for Missoula & Dragon Hollow - is located downtown along the river and is built and maintained by volunteers. According to the Carousel website, “If magic can happen anywhere, it can [...]

Missoula is a culturally diverse community with a broad range of Arts available in the areas of theater, music, dance, festivals and art. Art galleries are a major focus of Missoula’s downtown where you can tour the many galleries anytime and especially on First Friday - the first Friday of every month when the galleries stay [...]