The Missoula Convention and Visitors Bureau presents its Full Moon Dinner Series, which features a multi-course dinner, plus wine and live jazz, at 6:30 PM at the Ranch Club Barn, 8501 Ranch Club Road. $110 per person. Call 5323250 for tickets or visit missolacvb.org/fullmoon. Shoot away when the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, 216 N. Higgins Ave., presents the lecture Photographing Your Child’s Sporting Events with Michael Schweizer, at 7 PM in the quarry of the school. Free. Visit rmsp.com/aboutus/lectureseries.as px for details.
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1000 Hands Buddha Qigong with Libby McIntyre 1000 Hands Buddha is a seated qigong form utilizing simple and elegant hand movements to open and balance the heart energy. This form helps: Reduce fear • Improve sleep • Move towards greater overall health Rediscover your innate noble heart!
Mondays, June 6-27, 6-7:30pm $125.00 includes manual For more information or to register, please contact Kathy Mangan at 406-721-0033 or rwlcmt@gmail.com. For a complete listing of our classes, please visit www.redwillowlearning.org. Sliding scale fee available. Red Willow Learning Center, 825 West Kent Street, Missoula
Strike a pose. Brooklyn’s Eliot Lipp plays electro-funk and other electronic music styles at the Palace Fri., May 13, at 9 PM with several openers during the Palace/Badlander’s Heavy Hitters Ball. $10/$15 for those aged 18–20/$7 advance/$12 advance for those aged 18–20, with tickets at Ear Candy Music and Rockin Rudy’s.
Theatre presents a performance o f Wi l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e ’ 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. (See Theater in this issue.)
111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free.
Figure out what band makes you purr the most when the Top Hat hosts the Hot Cats! Music Showcase, an event featuring five local bands who you get to judge is the best, starting at 8 PM. Tonight’s performers are Richie Reinholdt, Mega Karma, Stan Anglen and Headwaters, Three-Eared Dog and Too Fools On Stools. $5, includes a free drink and a ballot.
Have a meow mix lickoff with some hot beats in the background when Milkcrate Monday’s presents Random Music For Random Kitties, featuring electronic music sets from Logisticalone, Hedg3Hawgg, Dub Budda and the Milkcrate Mechanic, at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.
Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night, which tonight features Lost Boys and Event Horizon at 9 PM. Free. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 9:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from The Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid.
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Red, wine and folk collide when John Sporman and Amy Martin play a set at the Red Bird Wine Bar,
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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 5421471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up.
Axshin Slax sows your seeds into something sustainable when it plays a mix of rock, ska, punk and other styles at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.
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nightlife Let the jam flow openly during 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 signup at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com.
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 Greek mythology, who was the warrior that commanded a group of fighters called the Myrmidons? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) Witness the fluttery phalanges of a pickin’ master when folk musician Leo Kottke plays at 8 PM at the U n i v e r s i t y Th e a t r e . $ 25 / $ 23 advance plus fees with advance tickets at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com. (See Noise in this issue.) Don’t blame me for wearing short shorts when Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Long Long Long plays experimental guitar pop at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Locals Velcro Kicks, The Lion The Tamer and Great Falls’ Grand Cave Experiment opens. $5, all ages. (See Noise in this issue.) Find out who’s the best singer of them all when Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, presents Talent Quest 2011, where you can record yourself singing your best and favorite song, starting with sign-up at 8:30 PM, and recording at 9. The video of your performance will then be submitted to the Talent Quest National Karaoke Singing Contest for a vote. $10 registration fee requested. All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Quell that burning sensation in your friend’s loins with a set of folk when Red Lodge’s Morning Fire plays the Badlander’s Live and Local night at 9 PM. Larry Hirshberg opens. Free. Life ain’t nothin’ but glitches and coinage when New Orleans’ Curren$y plays rap at 9:30 PM at the Top Hat. Shaymlusly Elliterate opens. $15/$13 advance plus fees at Ear Candy Music and Rockin Rudy’s.