WEDNESDAY May
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The Bitterroot Public Library, 306 Main St. in Hamilton, presents its Preschool Story Time with the program “Welcome to Fairyland” at 10:30 AM in the Children’s Corner of the library. Free. Call 363-1670.
nightlife Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community UNITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different organization each week. Free to attend. Visit kettlehouse.com. It’s time for Bruce and a brew when Bruce Threlkeld plays Americana and bluegrass at 5:30 PM at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 7770680. Wear your patented magic pants during Hump Night Theatre, an evening featuring music, performances by hypnotist Mark King, magic by Evan Disney, plus appetizers and drink specials, this and every Wed. from 7–9 PM at Deano’s Casino, 5318 W. Harrier. $7. Tap into the DIY vein when the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) hosts the workshop Build Your Own Rain Barrel, which runs from 7–9 PM at MUD’s Headquarters, 629 Phillips St. $20/$10 members. Call 721-7513 to RSVP. Chuckle the night away with a classic comedy about mistaken identity when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 student rush tickets only at the box office the night of the show. Visit mtactors.com for advance tickets. Broadway music and scenes collide with the talents of local teens when the MCT Community Theatre presents East Broadway Rocks! with a performance at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18/$15 children. Call 728-7529 for tickets or visit mctinc.org. Story and song coalesce in a musical about four adults who ask classic comingof-age questions when the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier, presents Edges— The Musical, with a performance at 8:30 PM. $16/$6 students, with tickets at Ear Candy Music, Rockin Rudy’s and by calling 830-3296. 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 Battle of Balaclava took place in the Ukrainian town
of Balaclava during the Crimean War, from 1853–1856. Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays and Ladies’ Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where drink specials mix with music by The Tallest DJ in America every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Join the brotherhood of the jammy sword when 3J Rap Sword plays jam music at 9 PM at the Palace. Also includes a raffle to raise money for the music festival Manifest 2011. Free. I’ll give you my copy of the AP Stylebook if you promise to rock with your dirty smock when Newsfeed Anxiety plays rock with Treehouse, at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.
THURSDAY May
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nightlife It’s all about the biz when UM’s Gallagher Business Building hosts the 22nd annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition, which runs from 5–10 PM. Free. Call 243-4830. Run Ronnie, run: Local folk musician Ron Dunbar plays the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. in May from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. The Bitterroot Public Library, 306 Main St. in Hamilton, presents a meeting of its Fellowship Club, which meets to discuss a book by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-1670. It’s all about musical hugs, but not drugs, when Portland, Ore.’s Keegan Smith and the Fam plays a mix of pop, funk, soul and reggae at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, 101 Marcus St. Free. Call 363-PINT. The Senior Options and Services Lecture Series presents Alzheimer’s Disease: Science, Evaluation and Treament, plus the talk Keeping the Mind Active, from 6–7:45 PM at the Courtyard by Marriott, 4559 N. Reserve St. Free. Shake a peacemaker’s hand when the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center presents an awards celebration for its peacemaker of the year, Jane McAllister, from 6:30–8:30 PM at Lewis and Clark School, 2901 Park St. Free. Call 543-3955 or visit jrpc.org. Get in the know about permaculture—aka permanent agriculture—when local expert Paul Wheaton presents Sepp Holzer Permaculture Films Part 1, featuring screenings of Farming with Nature and Terraces and Hugelkultur, at 6:30 PM in the large conference room of the Missoula
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