[calendar] 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. The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons prior at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com. 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 Front Street Jazz. Free. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during 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.
MONDAYJULY14 The always ramblin’ Travelin’ McCourys stop at the Top Hat to play bluegrassy tunes. Showtime at 8 PM. $30. Visit tophatlounge.com.
Calling all dramaturges and auteurs, the Missoula Colony 19 brings together playwrights from July 12-19 for workshops, readings and performances with folks like Deb Laufer, Julia Jordan, Molly Rice
and Salina Chatlain. This year’s focus is on women writers. To learn more, check out montanarep.org. (See Theater.) The Words with Wings day camp offers creative teens a chance to work one-on-one with professional writers on the UM campus and go on neat field trips around Missoula. July 14-18 and/or July 21-15, with morning or all-day sessions available. $175 for morning sessions, $275 for daylong camps. Learn more at missoulawritingcollaborative.org or call 549-3348.
Red Willow Center for Health and Healing Grab that ol’ trombone and head on over to Sentinel High School’s band room, where the Missoula City Band rehearses from 7-9 PM to practice before the Wednesday concert at Bonner Park. Call 7282400, ext. 7041.
Welcomes Joel Lankford, CBP To our practice Joel Lankford, CBP is available for appointment at Red Willow on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Singer-songwriter Kristi Neumann warms your heart while vino warms your liver at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., from 7-10 PM. No cover. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30 to 8:45
Call 529-2190
Therapeutic Yoga for Wellness meets for a dose of gentle yoga to ease your anxiety, chronic fatigue or other maladies. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Noon-1 PM. $40 for six classes/$9 drop-in. Call 721-0033. Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners/those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $1.25.
nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages. Let’s get physical, physical, at the Zumba Fitness Classes at Lolo School cafeteria. Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7 PM. $2/free for Lolo residents. Register by calling Kathy at 273-0451. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.
SEELEY LAKE SEPT. 5–7, 2014
FREE fun for the whole family on the shore of Seeley Lake near Lindey’s Prime Steak House. ALL WEEKEND LONG
Camping, guided hikes, tours, family friendly activities, food, and more. Live music featuring: FRIDAY, SEPT. 5
Jack Gladstone SATURDAY, SEPT. 6
Kung Fu Kongress,
Mission Mountain Wood Band www.wildmontana.org/50th missoulanews.com • July 10–July 17, 2014 [31]