THURSDAY JULY 4 Tell your children “I was there” by attending the inaugural Dynamite Dash in Lincoln. The event takes place at Hooper Park and features a 1-mile, 5K and 10K run/walk. More importantly, there is a 1mile beer run. Check out the calendar of events at lincolnmontana.com. Get your grub on, but don’t pig out, and give a girl a call who you wanna take out to Downtown ToNight, where local food and beer vendors as well as local musicians have a good day down at Caras Park. 5:30–8:30 PM. Free to hang and bang, but the grub and beer will cost you a couple ducats. Hand me my glowsticks, Mama wants to jiggle. Dead Hipster Dance Party is tonight at the Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well
drinks from 9 PM to midnight. Send King George packing cuz it’s Independence Day, freedom loving Americans. And what better way to celebrate our freedom than with a trip to see the Fireworks Spectacular, in the parking lot in front of Bob Ward’s at Southgate Mall? The party starts at 9 PM, with music, presentation of colors, the national anthem, and then, kaboom! Fireworks at 10:30 PM. Free. Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform or just sit back and take in the funny. Free. FRIDAY JULY 5 Gander on the wonder that is the art-
works of local creators and handicrafters during the First Friday art stroll, which takes place throughout Missoula galleries and businesses from 5–8 PM. Free. For a list of galleries visit Missoula Cultural Council’s blog firstfridaysmissoula. blogspot.com. SATURDAY JULY 6 Pretty people, fresh num-nums, seas of strollers—it must be summer and time for folks to make the pilgrimage to area farmers’ markets. In Missoula at Circle Square (missoulafarmersmarket.com), on Pine St. (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), and under the Higgins Avenue bridge (clarkforkrivermarket.com), and in Hamilton at South Third and Bedford Streets. Hours vary slightly, but most take place between 8 AM and 1 PM.