[calendar] nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of 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 8303296 and visit missoulawinery.com.
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See the triumphant result of the kids’ work at summer day camp during the Missoula Children’s Theatre performances of King Arthur’s Quest, with showings at 3 and 5 PM on Sat. and Sun. Call 406-728-7529 or register online at mctinc.org. Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., hosts the ever-mellow Aran Buzzas for live tunage from 4 to 6 PM. Free. Is it chicken fajita or chinese chicken? Anywho, Canadia’s sweethearts, Barenaked Ladies, bring cheeky and sentimentally sweet Hawt Traxx™ to the Big Sky Brewing Co. stage, with Ben Folds Five and Guster. 6 PM. $50. Tickets available at ticketweb.com. Explore the idea of open intelligence and the peace, happiness and
skillfulness that exists within you during the Balanced View open meeting, which runs every Sun. from 6-7 PM in the meeting room of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Enter from the back entrance. Visit greatfreedom.org for more info.
ing a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. $3 Fireball specials. Call 721-1798.
Quenby and the West of Wayland wanna hear your hips sing with the country swing at the Top Hat from 7 to 9 PM. Free, all ages.
Pretend like you know how to pronounce montepulciano d’abruzzo while you enjoy the live tunes at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., from 7 to 10 PM. This week with the very magical Larry Hirshberg.
Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Josh Farmer, The Vanguard Combo and Front Street Jazz. Free. It won’t be champagne, cocaine or flying in a plane giving you a kick, but classic Broadway musical performance during Anything Goes, with showings at the Hamilton Playhouse at 8 PM. $15/$8 for children 12 and under. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize dur-
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Those looking for mother-tomother breast feeding support can find it when the La Leche League meets every first Mon. of the month at 10 AM and every third Monday of the month at 6 PM at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. Fifth St. W. Free. Children and babies are always welcome. Anyone affected by epilepsy can come to the Epilepsy Support Group at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins Ave. 2– 3:30 PM. Free. Call 721-0707.
little deuce coupe When I was growing up, there was a picture of my father—a former car mechanic—that sat on a coffee table by the front door. He was sitting inside of an old dragster, with smoke billowing from the tires. I grew up on stories of him climbing inside of the massive engine bays of '56 Chevys and dismantling an engine in a matter of hours. When I turned 16, I got my first car, a 4x4 Nissan SUV, and promptly turned around and traded it for the car of my dreams—a rear-wheel drive Toyota hatchback. It might not sound like much to you, but it was everything I could’ve hoped for. I parked the car in the garage, and over the next few years I pulled the engine and transmission, rebuilt the top end, and managed to get it up to 420 hp at the wheels. Every time I do one mod, I decide it's time to do another. In the eight years I've owned it, I've driven it less than 5,000 miles. It's still sitting in my
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feels so good to spend five hours waxing and buffing a giant slick of metal, only to park it in the garage and cover it up. But taking pride in what you drive is as old as, well, driving. This Friday and Saturday is the annual Garden City River Rod Run, which is one of the biggest car shows in the state. More than 200 hot rods are expected, and if WHAT: Garden City River Rod Run it’s anything like last year, there should be around 3,000 spectaWHERE: Caras Park/Higgins Ave. tors. On top of the five-hour WHEN: Fri., June 28, 5 to 11 PM and Sat., June 29, 11 AM to 4 PM “show and shine,” where spectators get a chance to look at their HOW MUCH: Free to spectate, $35 to compete reflection in cherry red paint, there will be a “hot rod parade,” garage, while I wait for parts to be delivered. Every- likely to include the ungodly sound of a 454 bouncone I know, including my parents, thinks I'm crazy for ing off redline. Us car guys have learned not to spout buying a car like that in a state where winter lasts 10 vaguely sexual and incoherent phrases like “bored and stroked” and “Holley four barrel 600 CFM” for months out of the year. Loving cars is the most self-destructive and self- fear of drawing confused looks. But for one weekserving bad habit out there, outside of major drug end, the town—and the language—is ours. — Eben Wragge-Keller abuse, that is. It’s hard to explain to someone why it
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