[calendar] “dudecore” ensemble Total Combined Weight, plus Bad Times XL, starting at 9 PM. Down in the Palace you can get your bass music kicks with Phoenix’s multi-genre electronic duo At Dawn We Rage, plus local DJs the Milkcrate Mechanic and Tygerlily, with visuals by ir8prim8. $19/$16 advance plus fees at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy Music, and the KBGA office. Louie Bond & Western Union provide the western swing, you provide the moxie to ask Clarette from Accounts Receivable to attend. Hideout Bar, 942 Hub Ln. 9 PM. Free. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 2734733. Holler at your freaky Aunt Bessie and let her teach Cousin Skooch how to French while country dance music makers Blue Collar do work at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free. Hoe a row and sidle up to Bungles the friendly moo-cow at Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine. St., for an
evening of fine tunesmithery with the Josh Farmer Band. 9 PM. free. Now that we’ve had some time to get know each other, perhaps we should meet the Union Club and listen soulful sounds of Zeppo MT, hmm? 9 PM. Free. John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up.
SATURDAYFEB.16 Jump around at the Zoo Music Awards Showcase Hip-Hop/Spoken Word Showcase at Feruqi’s, 318 N. Higgins Ave., with Big in Japan, Frodie, Hemingway, Traff the Wiz and more. 10 PM. $10 wristband required. Includes all the other Zoo Music Showcase events this evening. Get a hit of exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from at 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240.
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Get your taxes organizado by UM student volunteers who are certified to do taxes at the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, for anyone making less than $50,000. Gallagher Business Building Rm. L26. 9 AM–5 PM. Free.
Met: Live in HD presents Verdi’s Rigoletto, an opera about a man’s effort to pleasure all women. Seriously. I’ve tried, it’s impossible. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 10:55 AM. Tickets available at Rockin’ Rudy’s or at morrisproductions.org.
ZACC, 235 N. First St. You can choose from mugs, plates, other fun, weird and wacky things for your house. If you’re brave: fuse glass, or handbuild with wet clay too, every Sat. at noon. Buy one get one for 50 percent off. Prices vary.
Get musical while finding your flow when Brian Baty leads a live music Vinyasa yoga class, which features music by Nathan Zavalney, this and every Sat. from 9:30–10:45 AM at Inner Harmony Yoga, 214 E. Main St. Ste. B. $10 drop-in/$8 students drop-in, with various prices for punch-card holders. Call 581-4093 or visit yoga inmissoula.com.
Music is an aeroplane so share the gift of it with the chilluns at Kids’ Vibrations, a 45-minute funtime featuring local musicians, dancing and playing instruments. Downtown Dance Collective Studio 113, 121 W. Main St. 11–11:45 AM. Donations accepted.
Learning to Paint with Hailey Schofield teaches students ages 7 to 11 the basics of color mixing, color use, paint application and composition using both tempera and acrylic paint on paper and canvas. 12–1:30 PM. $45/40 members. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org.
Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM Sat. and also at 2 PM Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
Check out the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s performance of the timeless classic Aladdin. Performances take place at 3 and 5 PM. For ticket info visit mctinc.org.
The Missoula Winter Market is a family-friendly market much like the Saturday markets, but indoors and during wintertime! Come and enjoy local crafts, artisans, food and entertainment every weekend at 10 AM. 2036 Mullan Rd. Visit missoulawintermarket.com. For anyone facing illness or loss Living Art of Montana hosts a writing workshop called Embrace by local artist Lori Mitchell. 725 W. Alder #17 (Warehouse Mall). Free. Visit livingartofmontana.org or call 549-5329. Pick a lady already, Duke! The
Never fear lovers of fresh, local vittles, the Heirloom Winter Market at the Missoula County Fairgrounds in the Floriculture Building offers you remedies of local produce, meat, baked goods, jam, honey and so much more. 11 AM–2 PM. Bring your significant other for a date or bring the family down to paint ceramic pottery at the
nightlife The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival screens, you guessed it, documentary films throughout the day and evening at the Wilma and Crystal theatres. For a full schedule and prices visit bigskyfilmfest.org. (See Feature.) End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W.