<div dir="ltr"><div><div>As you know, there are so many wonderful Earth Week events happening through the weekend and beyond. Climate Smart Missoula has a full list of Earth Day/Week/Month happenings <a href="https://www.missoulaclimate.org/earth-day-2022.html">HERE</a>.  </div><div><br></div><div>We particularly want to highlight this Friday evening event:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Project Earth: a unique multi-media event premiering on Earth Day</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.8667px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The community is invited to the first-ever</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b> </b>production of <i><b>Project Earth</b></i>. Fusing science, music, philosophy</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">,</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> and local activism into one impactful experience, University of Montana faculty</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">, </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">students</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">,</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and community members </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">present an evening of poignant conversations interspersed with large-scale multimedia musical performances. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">April 22, 7:30 PM at the University of Montana’s Dennison Theatre</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">Pre-Concert Discussion @ 6:30 PM with composer, Bryan Kostors</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px"><a href="https://www.umt.edu/music/academics/ensembles/bands/upcoming-events.php" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Detailed Event Information</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;color:black"> and (pay what you can) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px"><a href="https://griztix.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AMONTANA%3APA22%3ASOM0422%3A&linkID=montana&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=&cgc=" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Tickets</a></span></p></div></div><div><br></div><div>Curious? UM music professor James Smart shares more about the event in this <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2022/04/missoula-project-earth/">Missoula Current piece</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see you there!  Amy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Amy Cilimburg I she/her/hers</div><div><br></div><div>Executive Director, Climate Smart Missoula<br></div><div>c: 406.465.1141; o: 406.926.2847</div><div><a href="http://missoulaclimate.org" target="_blank">missoulaclimate.org</a></div><div>PO Box 8945, Missoula, MT 59807<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>