[calendar] 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. Tom Catmull and the Clerics will dazzle you with rays of light when they play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., starting at 9:30 PM. Free. Don’t confuse your beef pasties for your sparkly pasties when the Cigarette Girls Burlesque entertain you, along with the pretty 17 Mile and very pretty Dodgy Mountain Men, starting at 10 PM. Top Hat. $5.
SATURDAYMAY18 Don your caps and gowns, kids, and put those years of sneaking in flasks to good use, it’s time for the 2013 University of Montana Commencement Ceremony, starting at 10 AM in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. This year’s speaker is Jim Messina, chief campaign manager for President Barack Obama and a ‘93 UM graduate. He’ll tell you how to make political science and journalism degrees worthwhile, I reckon. Take a two-day toodle and clear your noodle at the 43rd annual Tour of the Swan River Valley, a supported bicycling tour that leaves Missoula via Hwy. 200 and swings on up to Seeley Lake before heading over to Flathead Lake and returning to base. Food, baggage arrangements and accommodations are all handled by tour organizers—just bring your self and your bike. Visit missoulabike.org. (See Mountain High.) Pretty people, fresh numnums, seas of strollers, a man eating a waffle barehanded—it must be summer and time for folks to make the pilgrimage to area Farmers’ Markets. In Missoula at Circle Square (missoulafarmersmarket.com), on Pine St. (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), under the Higgins Avenue bridge (clarkforkrivermarket.com) and in Hamilton at South Third and Bedford Streets. Hours vary slightly, but most take place between 8 AM and 1 PM. Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240. Veg out with your carrot out during the Hamilton Farmers Mar-
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ket, where folks can purchase all sorts of dee-lish local goodies from area farmers. Third and Bedford Streets. 9 AM to 12:30 PM. 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 yogainmissoula.com.
As part of New Zealand Day f est i v i ti es , Kar l Ran g i k aw h i t i Leonard, a Maori master weaver and performer as well as Fulbright scholar and visiting Flathead Valley Community College professor, presents his knowledge about traditional Maori art and culture. Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. at 6 PM. Free. Hold on, there just might be a big wave of fun at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., when the Flood Band plays that folky stuff starting at 8 PM. Free.
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. Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W., Ste. F. 11–11:45 AM. Donations accepted.
A b s o l u t e l y, w i t h D J s K r i s Moon and Monty Carlo, is like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2.
Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
Vacation is all you ever wanted so start your summer solidly with Couches, The Magpies, BOYS and Armaund Hammer, at the VFW, 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. $3.
Former State Rep. Diane Sands presents a talk on Thai elections, and how they impact women in that country, at Jaker’s, 3515 Brooks St., starting at 11:30 AM. Hosted by the Missoula League of Women Voters. The historic, working Moon-Randolph Homestead, 1515 Spurlock Road, hosts a public meeting to update its 10-year strategic plan, starting at 1 PM. Lunch provided for those who RSVP. Call 406-728-0451, or learn more at the homestead’s Facebook page. (See News.) Take the kids to learn about critters when Jessie Castaneda of Animal Wonders presents lessons with live animals starting at 2 PM at the Alberton Senior Citizen Center, 1.6 miles west from Petty Creek Exit 77 on Interstate 90.
nightlife 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. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Sip on some well-fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Put on some shades and stay cool as a cucumber when Russ Nasset plays Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-8 PM. Free.
Here’s your chance to show up Buford Uling Davis when Mark Duboise and Crossroads play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., starting at 9 PM, with mechanical bull riding. 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 273-4733. Ask that nice fella from HR to dance when Zeppo MT lights up the Union Club, starting at 9 PM. Free. Celebrate that commencement by boogying with The Hasslers, Trees and Ryan Bundy at Stage 112, inside the Elk’s at 112 Pattee St., 9 PM. $2.
SUNDAYMAY19 Tom Attard will soothe man and beast when he plays Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 4 to 6 PM. Free. No more excuses, Mr. Beergutsen, it’s time to pedal your patoot to work and win prizes for yourself and your company, not to mention you may just drop a few pounds during the Commuter Challenge. This year Missoula in Motion has made this event two weeks long, so you have a full two weeks to, uh, get ‘er done. Final day is Sat., May 25. Visit missoulainmotion.com. Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the Internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads