[calendar] teers can remove barbed wire and silt fencing, clean up trash, and maybe pull some invasive plants, too. Snacks and water provided as well as a kids’ activity. 9:30 AM–2 PM. RSVP at tracy.wendt@umontana.edu. Learn to chill til the next episode at Big Sky Mind Two-Day Meditation Retreat, a weekend of Buddhist practice. This two-day event takes place at the Red Willow Learning Center, 825 W. Kent St., from 9:30 AM–2 PM. Suggested donation of $50-$108 for both days; however, everyone is welcome regardless of ability to pay. To register call 961-5131 or email info@ tibetanlanguage.org. Hear the sheepish story of sheeps in the Bitterroot Valley at the Daly Mansion Spring Lecture Series with Maureen “Mo” Lischke’s lecture, “Ba Ba Black Sheep: Where did they go?” This wild and wooly time is sure to enlighten all who have asked themselves that very same question. 251 Eastside Hwy. in Hamilton. 10 AM. Free. Hop in the crummy with Hippie Dan and head to Forestry Day 2013. The event is held at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula and features a timber sports competition as well as tours of the old-timey mill and logging goodies. 10 AM–4 PM. $3/$2 seniors/$1 students. As part of Bike-Walk-Bus Week, anyone riding a bike, walking, or taking the bus will get in free. The Met: Live in HD presents David Daniels and Natalie Dessay starring in David McVicar’s production of Handel’s most popular opera, Giulio Cesare. I hope Caesar and Cleopatra can finally make this thing work. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 10 AM. $20/$18 seniors/$15 students. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and morrisproductions.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. Have the kids celebrate National Poetry Month by attending the Missoula Writing Collaborative Writing Workshops taught by the state’s Poet Laureate Sheryl Noethe. For kids 7– 12. Fort Missoula, Officer’s Row, #28. 10:30–noon. Free. Call 5493348 or 360-5664. 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. See some elephants and have a pony ride or two at the Shrine Cir-
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cus in the Adams Center, but steer clear of them clowns. 11 AM, 3 PM and 7 PM. Tickets available at stores including Orange Street Food Farm and Safeway. They also are available at the Adams Center the day of the show. Help get the UM Recycling Shed back in order after the Earth Week festivities, from 1–3 PM. Do it! The Hamilton Players presents The Women, a very feminine play that gives men the chance to understand the fairer sex and offers the fairer sex a chance to nod in agreement. 2 PM. 100 Rickets Rd. $15. Bare Bait Dance Company presents Springboard, a dance event that features individual performances with oranges, boxing and cowboy boots. Yowza. Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. 2 PM. $12/$10 advance at ddcmontana.com. (See Arts.) Everybody cut, everybody cut down to the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St., for the Missoula Community Theatre’s production of the song and dance classic, Footloose. 2 PM. For cost and more info visit mctinc.org. The ZACC hosts its 3rd annual Last Best Printfest, an event which features a portfolio exchange, art opening and demos. 3 PM until late! 235 N. First St. Free. For a full schedule visit zootownarts.org.
nightlife Living Art of Montana’s 9th Annual The Light Show event is fundraiser with a Bollywood theme, with the a cocktail reception, auction, plated dinner and more. Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 Reserve St. 5:45 PM. $75/person $560 table of eight. Visit livingartofmontana.org. If I wanna take a guy home with me tonight it’s Nuno Business, which plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free. Check out the live auction of incredible ceramic art works at the Clay Studio of Missoula’s fundraiser, Potsketch 2013 Gala. Tunes by the Discount Quartet, food and plenty of attainable art. UC North Ballroom. 6– 10 PM. $50. The Heart to Heart Duo plays the Missoula Senior Center’s Saturday Night Dance, so slide into those glad rags and show the youngsters how it’s done. 705 S. Higgins. 7–10 PM. $5. The Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival is back for two nights of swanky tunes at the Dennison Theatre. 7:30 PM. For a full price list and schedule of performers visit umt.edu/music. With a hearty stamp of approval from the Missoula community via a round of bong rips, Jimmy Smith of The Gourds performs solo tuneage at the Crystal Theatre, 515