<html><head><style>@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .oEQ55c { width: 100% !important;} .zhwgeb { width: auto !important;} .MHCHNe { max-width: 100% !important;} } </style></head><body><div dir="ltr"><table style="background-color:white;padding:0 20px!important" role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr height="0"><td colspan="3"><span style="padding-top:0;font-size:0;line-height:0;color:#007b83;background-color:#007b83;display:none;overflow:hidden;max-height:0">This month in the newsletter: Final call for storytellers, get your tickets, Stewardship ticket info, call for Board members, meet the poster artist and the soundtrack to Tell Us Something. Read time:…</span></td></tr><tr><td></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="600"><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;background-color:#007b83" bgcolor="#007b83" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#fff;width:100%" bgcolor="white" width="100%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;text-align:center" align="center"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#fff;vertical-align:top" width="100%" bgcolor="white" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:26px 20px;word-break:break-word"><a class="" href="https://www.tellussomething.org/shop/close-to-the-edge-live-event-missoula-march-26-2024/"><img src="cid:ii_lsapbfy711" alt="TUS_YourStoryMatters-cropped.jpg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; width: auto; max-width: 200px; height: auto; max-height: 100px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="136" height="100" class=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#007b83;width:100%" bgcolor="#007b83" width="100%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:10px;text-align:center" align="center"><table class="oEQ55c" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:middle;display:inline-table;width:50%" width="50%" valign="middle"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:10px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0" class="oEQ55c"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:275px" class="zhwgeb" width="275"><img src="cid:ii_lsaokv2x3" alt="Patches of vegetation poke out from snow covered earth in the foreground. An inversion dominates the background. 📷 Marc Moss February can be a tough month in Missoula." style=" -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block; font-size: 13px; height: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 275px; " width="270" height="269" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="oEQ55c" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:middle;display:inline-table;width:50%" width="50%" valign="middle"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:10px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0;text-align:center;color:#ffffff" class="">This month in the newsletter: Final call for storytellers, get your tickets, Stewardship ticket info, call for Board members, meet the poster artist and the soundtrack to Tell Us Something. Read time: about 4 minutes. <br><br>2024 February <div>Tell Us Something Newsletter</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#f8f9fa;width:100%" bgcolor="#f8f9fa" width="100%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:25px;text-align:center" align="center"><table class="oEQ55c" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;display:inline-table" width="90%" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.4;text-align:center;color:#202124" class=""><div style="text-align:left"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">Gray skies, blustery wind, unpredictable weather. In the dead of winter, a harbinger of spring for me is always my favorite Missoula event. Well, besides Tell Us Something, of course! The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is where I met many of my friends when I first moved to Missoula back in 2003 as a volunteer at BSDFF. I volunteered there for 7 solid years, sometimes as much as 90- hours/week, and fell in love with documentary film storytelling. I’m sure I’ll see some of you there this year, and look forward to seeing you again in March for the spring Tell Us Something event.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%" role="presentation" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top" width="100%" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:10px 25px;padding-top:25px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="button" style="border-collapse:separate;background-color:#007b83;border-radius:4px;line-height:100%;padding:8px 24px" class=""><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#007b83" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#007b83;border:none" valign="middle"><a href="https://bit.ly/2024-February-TUS-newsletter" style="display:inline-block;background-color:#007b83;color:#ffffff;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;line-height:20px;letter-spacing:0;margin:0;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none" target="_blank" class=""><span style="display:block;min-width:10px" class="">Read on the Blog</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#f8f9fa;width:100%" bgcolor="#f8f9fa" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0 5px;text-align:center"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%" role="presentation" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top" width="100%" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:10px 25px;word-break:break-word" class=""><p style="display:block;margin:0 auto;border-top:solid 1px #dadce0;font-size:1px;width:100%" width="100%"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#f8f9fa;width:100%" bgcolor="#f8f9fa" width="100%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding-top:25px;text-align:center" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" role="presentation" width="85%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:85%;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><td><table class="oEQ55c" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="50%" style="display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;padding:10px;vertical-align:top" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0" class="oEQ55c"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:250px" class="zhwgeb" width="250"><a class="" href="https://www.tellussomething.org/shop/close-to-the-edge-live-event-missoula-march-26-2024/"><img src="cid:ii_lsaotly34" alt="An abstract, grey-toned painting depicts a man with antlers standing on a roof, inviting viewers to decipher its symbolism and hidden narrative. AI prompt by Marc Moss. Image generated by Bard." style=" -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block; font-size: 13px; height: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 250px; " width="235" height="162" class=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:0;text-align:left;color:#3c4043" class=""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:22px;letter-spacing:0px">Final Call for Storytellers</span><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Have you ever danced on the precipice, heart pounding, exhilaration battling terror? Share your "Close to the Edge'' moment! We're searching for true, unscripted stories - the near misses, the triumphs, the tumbles that redefined your limits. Whether it's scaling a mountain, facing down a fear, or confronting a life-altering truth, your vulnerability could spark connection, ignite courage, and remind us all that we're more than we think. This isn't about perfection, it's about the raw, the real, the uniquely you. </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dare to bare your soul and touch the hearts of others. Pitch your story now and tell your "Close to the Edge'' story. The stage awaits.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">The pitch deadline is February 17th, 2024</span></strong>.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Pitch by calling 406-203-4683. As always, our Deaf friends can pitch by emailing <a href="mailto:info@tellussomething.org?subject=%22Close%20to%20the%20Edge%22%20Story%20Pitch&body=Hi%20there%2C%20Programming%20Committee!%0A%0AHere%20is%20my%20pitch!%0A%0ABeginning%3A%0A%0AMiddle%3A%0A%0AEnd%3A%0A%0A%0AThanks%20so%20much!" target="_blank" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">info@tellussomething.org</a></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="oEQ55c" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="50%" style="display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;padding:10px;vertical-align:top" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0" class="oEQ55c"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:250px" class="zhwgeb" width="250"><a class="" href="https://www.tellussomething.org/shop/close-to-the-edge-live-event-missoula-march-26-2024/"><img src="cid:ii_lsaoyyai5" alt="A Painting Of A Woman in a red hoodie in profile. Smaller dark figures appear to stand on the edges of yellow leafy plants. Painting by Linds Sanders" style=" -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block; font-size: 13px; height: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 250px; " width="235" height="165" class=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:0;text-align:left;color:#3c4043" class=""><h1 class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:31px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
<span style="font-size:16px;font-weight:400;text-align:left">Join us on March 26 for another incredible evening of live storytelling. This time around the theme is “Close to the Edge”. Connect with your neighbors, and be swept away by the captivating, mesmerizing stories of the Missoula community. This is more than an event – it's a shared experience that sparks curiosity, fosters understanding, and ignites your cultural spirit. Don't miss out! Secure your tickets now and embark on a journey that is close to the edge.</span>
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