the Top Hat hosts The Softcore Phonographers, a live electronic surround sound experiment featuring 12 performers and a wide range of sound design techniques, at 7 PM at the Top Hat. $5 donation suggested. The Bonner Milltown Community Council meets at 7 PM in the Bonner School Library, 9045 Hwy. 200 in Bonner. Free.
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Kick off your week with a drink, free pool and a rotating cast of electronic DJs and styles for your booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. This week: Live and Local Hip Hop night with the Convict Clique, Tonsofun with Patricia, Mizz Dominique, Tajhbo and UA. Free. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up.
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nightlife Habitat for Humanity of Missoula presents its Habitat for Humanity 101 meeting, at 5:30 PM in the board room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 549-8210. Show off your hot licks at the Blacksmith Brewery’s open jam night, starting at 5:30 PM at the brewery, 114 Main St. in Stevensville. Free. Call 777-0680. Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night hosted by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com. The Arlee Community Development Corporation meets at 6 PM in the business lab at Arlee High School, 72220 Fyant St. Free. Call 726-5550. Hang with some patriots when the Missoula Patriots hosts a meeting starting with a potluck at 6 PM, followed by a 7 PM program featuring a talk with Montana Rep. Champ Edmunds, plus a performance by Gillette Vaira, all at Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Lane. Free, but bring a dish to share. E-mail zibec@q.com. YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Support Groups, which includes “The Living Peace Support Group” for women who want to continue to heal
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through mindfulness, connection with others and explorations of topics including new tools for living, plus a domestic violence talking circle and a Native American women’s group, which all meet for dinner and fellowship every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. Free. Call 543-6691. The Western Montana Genealogical Society presents the program Ancestor Photos, One Family’s Project, at 7 PM in the large meeting room at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 543-2886. Learn how to unload one properly in the outdoors when nature calls when author Kathleen Meyer reads from her newly published third edition of How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art, at 7 PM at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 549-9010. (See Books in this issue.) Bring your dawgs to Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., to hear about a dog when Dorthy Patent and Bill Munoz host a discussion and singing for Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance, at 7 PM. Free. Call 721-2881. The Missoula County Democrats present its county convention, during its regular monthly central committee meeting at 7 PM in Missola’s City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Visit missoulademocrats.org. Feel the low frequencies in your special place when a UM ensemble of string bass players presents the concert Bass-inYour-Face, at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? In what war did the Battle of Balaclava take place? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Bend your circuits and rewire your receptors when the Badlander hosts its Live and Local night with sets of tropical psych pop and other styles by Shahs, Moses & His Wolverines and 10yoGF, at 9 PM. Free. Mom’s just want to have some punk rock fun when Oakland’s Songs For Moms plays at 8 PM at Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St. $4, all ages. Growl and howl at the system when Santa Cruz, Calif.’s The Devil Makes Three plays a rousing set of punk influenced folk, blues, ragtime and bluegrass at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $15/$13 advance plus fees at Ear Candy Music and online at seafarerentertainment.com.