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University & Community Activities for September 26, 2012
10:55 AM - 11:00 AM
Today's Highlight: Today's University and Community calendar is partly sponsored by Humanities Montana who invites you to this year’s Festival of the Book. The Festival features over 75 authors in a variety of readings, panels, exhibits, workshops and more. The Festival of the Book will be held October 4th through the 6th in Missoula. More information can be found at humanitiesmontana.org
The Flathead Valley Community College will kick off the 5th annual Festival of Flavors with a farmers market on Thursday, September 27th, beginning at 6:00 p.m. on the FVCC campus in Kalispell. The evening includes food trucks, food booths, local wineries, local breweries, a soda shop, a pie auction, surprise guests and much more. A series of chef’s table events in support of the FVCC students will continue throughout the following weeks. For complete information regarding each of these chef’s tables, please call 756-3632.
The University of Montana Creative Writing program and the President’s Writers-in-Residence Series invite the public to a nonfiction reading by Susan Cheever. Ms. Cheever was a regular writer at Newsweek and a columnist at Newsday for many years. The reading will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 28th in the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall on the UM campus. For more information, please call 243-5267.
The public is invited to join Montana State Parks for National Public Lands Day at the Milltown State Park, Montana’s newest state park. Volunteers are needed from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. this Saturday to plant native species, remove trash, and work on fences. Afterwards, volunteers will be treated to a free barbeque at 1:30. For event information or sponsorship opportunities, please call Mike Kustudia at 542-5533 or 880-0571.
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is hosting a free, public open house for everyone to see Missoula’s historic 1912 electric trolley. This event will be held on Saturday, September 29th from noon until 5:00. For more information on the trolley or other exhibits at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, please call Bob at 728-3476.
A free art workshop on Found Object Mobiles will take place this Saturday from 10:30 – 12:30 at Living Art of Montana, 725 W. Alder Street in Missoula. This workshop is for anyone facing illness or loss and includes care providers and family members. Call 549-5329 if you’d like more information.
If you need help in locating assistance with food, housing, daycare, support groups or other human services, call 211 – First Call for Help. Trained staff can help analyze unique problems and provide information – or – refer you to the community agencies and programs designed to meet your needs. The number to call again is 211 – or - 549-5555.
If fallen fruit from your fruit trees is making a mess of your yard, then give Garden City Harvest a call at 543-4992. They will come to your yard, collect the fruit and put it to good use by giving it to the Food Bank or the Poverello Center. For more information, check out the website www.gardencityharvest.org or call 543-4992.
To have your event on our University and Community Calendar, please send us the information 10 days in advance by visiting our Web site at mtpr.org or by fax to 243-3299 or mail to Montana Public Radio, The University of Montana, Missoula, 59812.
University and Community Activities are aired at 10:55 am and 12:55 pm Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. University and Community Activities are announcements about the events and activities of non-profit, cultural, and artistic organizations in our broadcast area. Information should be submitted ten days before broadcast date.
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