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fuses slick Brazilian moves with modern techniques for her AfroBrazilian Dance Class, which takes place every Wed. at 6 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing. Learn to bump and grind, shimmy and shake and strut your stuff like a pro every Wed. evening at 6 PM during a Burlesque Dance Class at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. Call Kelli Neumeyer at 531-2482. Green Drinks, the monthly meetup for the eco-boozy set, begins at 7 PM at Sean Kelly’s, where you might find a job, make a friend, develop a plan for world domination or simply find joy at the bottom of a pint glass. Free. Author and Alaskan Seth Kantner reads from and signs his memoir, Shopping for Porcupine, at 7 PM at Seeley Lake’s Grizzly Claw Trading Company, where refreshments will be served. Free. Author Wendy Parciak presents a reading from her novel Requiem for Locusts at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-2665. With $100 up for grabs, your eightperson-maximum team’s gonna need some extra ginko as the Badlander hosts Death By Quiz, eight rounds of pop culture trivia with a focus on music, at 9 PM. Free.

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this week’s also-known-as-theMissoula-Group-Shower trivia question: On the evening of Sat., May 30, as anarcho-roots melodies were belted forth by The Devil Makes Three in the Palace Lounge, the impenetrable crowd worked up such a furious lather that sweatcomprised rain commenced to drizzle on dancers and musicians alike. Great, now they’ll never come back… Hate smoky pool halls? No sweat— and no smoke—but plenty of girl power: Head underground at 9 PM every Wed. when The Palace, 147 W. Broadway, presents Ladies’ DJ Night. Free. This Missoula legend has nothing to do with ground beef: Wasted Wednesday at the Top Hat offers unlimited tap beer and M-Group at 10 PM and the wisdom you’ll gain is worth the $7 cover many times over. Call 728-9865. Longevity is the man’s secret weapon: DJ Dubwise spins mad flava all over the ladies’ drink specials starting at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799.

THURSDAY June

Explore movement as an avenue for deeper self-understanding every Thu. at 9 AM when Hillary Fu n k We l z e n b a c h h o s t s a n Authentic Movement Group at Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. $25/session. RSVP 541-2662. Try a high energy, low impact workout on for size every Thu. at noon at the Downtown Dance Collective, where African Boogie gets you sweating with the basic body forms found in African dance. Call 5417240 for pricing.

School’s out early, which means it’s time for the Teen Zine Club, which meets every Thu. at 2:30 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First Ave. W., for the continuing adventures of the self-publishing and somewhat famous. $10 per month. C a l l 239 - 7718 o r e - m a i l info@slumgullion.org.

nightlife It’s time for dinner and a show with several hundred friends as Caras Park hosts this week’s Downtown ToNight at 5:30 PM, a celebration with food vendors, kids’ activities by Mismo Gymnastics and

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At least they’re finally differentiating the two: Weeds & Poisonous Plants is the name of the botanical nuisance extravaganza at the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge, which begins at 6:30 and features a chance to kick it with four state and county experts on weeds. Free. Call 329-1346. Bring your axe—or banjer for you backwoods types—and reminisce about music’s goodle days at the weekly Old Timey Music Sessions at Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., every Thu. at 7:30 PM. Free. Call 726-3765 or 8806834. Unity’s a beautiful thing, especially when it takes place in front of 1,100 people: Cypress Hill’s B Real and Bone Thugs N Harmony’s Bizzy Bone stop in at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM, as part of their “Unite The Mic” Tour. $23.50 plus fees. Join the ranks of the Missoula Metal Militia, led by Athens, Ohio’s Skeletonwitch and locals Undun and Heliana, at the Palace Lounge at 9 PM. $3. (See Noise in this issue.) The heavens open, the price of well drinks plummets and a tsunami of pure unabashed booty dancing hails your arrival every Thu. at the Badlander, where Dead

Hipster DJ Night rewards you with rock, indie, krunk, pop and more at 9 PM. $2. What’s with all the Maine bands hitting town this week? Who’s watching our borders? Anyway, the Jason Spooner Trio plays Sean Kelly’s at 9:30 PM. Cover TBA. These are days meant for camping. I mean, the warm breeze, the blazing sun that jolts you from your tent at 7 AM, the babbling brook waiting to usher you into wakefulness, the subterranean fungi waiting to bust forth into your wicker basket. It’s almost too much, so you ought to take advantage of our state’s brief measure of relative vacancy. In another two weeks, it’ll all be over with the arrival of the hordes. Not to detract from any of the aforementioned events, of course. I still urge you to attend all of them as well. And, of course, send your event info by 5 PM on Fri., June 5, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Comrade Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 5434367. And for Peet’s sake, don’t submit events through our website. Just don’t do it.

Congratulations and Way to Go! Alessia Carpoca & Summer Nelson

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Are those tears of sadness, or tears of joy? Tears of joy. I’m celebrating Barbie’s 50th anniversary. She still looks great - like she just came out of the box.

music by Joan Zen. Free. Call 543-4238.

Mode of Sustainable Transportation: Biking and walking How many days did you commute by sustainable transportation to work in April? 15 days Why do you choose to use sustainable transportation to commute to work instead of driving alone? I am originally from a big city (Rome, Italy) where walking and public transportation are part of the culture. It just comes naturally. Profession: Teacher of set and costume design at the University of Montana What is Alessia’s prize for being April’s winner? $100 Good Food Store gift card

Mode of Sustainable Transportation: Biking with some walking and occasional carpools How many days did you commute by sustainable transportation to work in April? 20 days Why do you choose to use sustainable transportation to commute to work instead of driving alone? It’s a simple, enjoyable way to reduce my impact and promote health and well-being. Profession: Public interest environmental attorney What is Summer’s prize for being April’s winner? $100 Adventure Cycling gift card and a free membership

What about Ken? I’m pretty sure Ken is gay. Word on the street is he hangs around Barbie just to get the guys.

Enjoy our outside seating bring in some friends and soak up some summer! Something New Is Always Happening At The Horse 501 N. Higgins • Smoke-Free!

GRAND TOTALS

Beer of choice? Missoula's finest: Bayern Pilsner.

2,571 Days 3,295 Members 172,240 Member Reports 9,232,265 Miles 7,475,519 lbs CO2 Total Miles Biking: 2,020,532 miles Walking: 451,228 miles By Bus: 1,055,536 miles Carpooling: 5,437,131 miles Telecommuting: 197,661 mile Other: 121,836 miles