[calendar] S. Higgins Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Enter from the back entrance. Visit greatfreedom.org for more info. Kick back with some whiskey but don’t drink a fifth when Michael-Louis Smith Quartet plays jazz at the Top Hat from 7 to 9 PM. Free. 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.
doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays. Andrea Wright, a UM alum who makes her home in lovely British Columbia, Canada, reads from her first novel, Greenstone Rising, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. Spit out that gum before joining the Missoula City Band rehearsal, every Monday from 7-9 PM in the Sentinel High School band room. All players welcome. Learn more at missoulacityband.org. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30 to 8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness
Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. This class is great for beginners and experienced dancers alike. 6–7 PM. Visit madronadance.wordpress.com. If your attention span rivals that of a flea, maybe check out the Introduction to Meditation Class with Cheryl McMillan, from July 23-Aug. 20, noon to 12:50 on Tuesdays. Red Willow Learning Center, 825 W. Kent St. $40 for the five-week series. Register at redwillowlearning.org or call 406-721-0033. Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited. Noon– 1 PM. Free. Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All
bring “ease, clarity and personal integrity” to every conversation. Every Tue. from 6 to 7:30 PM from July 2 to July 30. Learn more by emailing info@PatrickMarsolek.com. $50/$90 for two people. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. James Lee Burke reads and signs Light of the World, a thriller mystery set on Flathead Lake, starting at 7 PM at Fact and Fiction on 220 N. Higgins Ave. Come hear from other Missoulians about the ties between higher education and our economy at the “Jobs and the Local Economy: What Makes a Campus? How Are They Related?” forum, hosted in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Panelists include UM faculty and city planners. 7 PM.
MONDAYJULY22 It won’t be “just” another Monday when “just” Ron Dunbar plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., from 7 to 10 PM. Free. Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different non-profit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM. Today kicks off a five-day Middle School Art Club camp led by the rock ‘n’ roll artist Cindy Marshall. Ages 11-15 are invited to learn about creating prints and paintings as well as writing poetry, singing songs and telling stories. 1-4 PM each day. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org.
nightlife Show how big your gray matter can get at Super Trivia Freakout. Win a bar tab, shots and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 8:30 PM. Free. Transform into a greater, more flexible version of yourself with Full Moon Flow at The Women’s Club Health and Fitness Center. “Share in a deeply moving, heartopening yoga practice to welcome your internal light within,” complete with glow bracelets and candles. 2105 Bow Street. 5:30-6:30. $12/free for members. The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no
which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What was the seminal hair metal band Poison’s original name? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) “So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow...” Learn to mine great lines from that fabulous mind of yours just like William Carlos Williams when you join other seasoned and novice poets for Poetry Club every Tuesday at 8 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First W. The Montana Musicians and Artists Coalition hosts the Musician Showcase at Stage 112, inside the Elk’s at 112 Pattee St., an evening of tuneful live tuneage made by locals for locals. 8–11 PM. Free. 18 plus. Here, quick, memorize this chorus: “Whoa-oh-oh-oh oh oh, Whoaaaaa,” repeat three times. Now you’re set to sing along when melodic hardcore and pop punk bands play the Badlander tonight. Fort Collins, Colo.’s Convalescents, The Lopez, Albuquerque’s Stabbed in the Back and our own Missoula goofballs Buddy Jackson are on deck tonight. 9 PM. Cover TBA. Get personal with indie folk artists Dwight Smith and Julia Lucille when they play the VFW, 245 W. Main St., at 9 PM. Cover TBA.
WEDNESDAYJULY24 Marco! Polo! Ten-piece Brooklyn power funk band Turkuaz plays the Palace Thu., July 25, with guests, starting at 9 PM. $5, advance tickets at stonefly-productions.com.
Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. Open Mic with Joey Running Crane at the VFW, 245 W. Main, seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free. Call him up and get yourself a slot at 229-0488. Rock the mic when DJ Super Steve rocks the karaoke with the hottest Kamikaze tuneage this side of the hemisphere at the Dark Horse. Are you brave enough to let the computer pick your songs? 9 PM. Free.
TUESDAYJULY23 The winningest USian will get a $25 bar tab at KBGA’s new Tuesday Trivia night, which includes music and picture rounds, plus drank specials. Pro tip: $25 is enough to buy almost everybody in the bar a Natty Light. Free to play. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 8-10 PM. Dance cuz everybody’s watching at the American Cabaret Style bellydance class at the Downtown
knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.
nightlife If early morning grub grabbing isn’t for you, head to the Tuesday Farmer’s Market at Circle Square on the north end of Higgins Ave. Veggies, flowers and pretty people are bountiful. 5:30–7 PM. It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900. Beat the heat with the Cool Water Hula practice sessions, at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., Tuesdays from 6 to 7 PM. The Clark Fork Coalition hosts the hula event on Aug. 3 as a way to advocate for waterways. Learn more at coolwaterhula.blogspot.com. Remember this the next time you have an argument about whether glasses go right-sideup or upside-down in the cupboard. The five-week Compassionate Communication Class at Living Art, 725 W. Alder St. Unit 17., promises to offer tools to
The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information. Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free. Drink from the cup of knowledge during the Socrates Café at the Bitterroot Public Library West Meeting room in Hamilton. Questions are chosen, terms discussed and thoughts given. 7–9 PM. Free. Find your dance and yourself at Turning the Wheel’s Tapestry class, which is a self-expression-filled improvisational bonanza. Headwaters Dance Company studio, 1042 Monroe St. 7:30-9 PM. $10. Proceeds benefit Turning the Wheel’s school programs. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia,
Author Amy Leach reads from the fantastically imaginative Things That Are, a book of essays about everything from beaver dams to intergalactic dust. Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. Free. (See Books.) Food served out of a truck always tastes better, so check out the goods at Out to Lunch in Caras Park, from 11 AM–2 PM. Free to hang out and people-watch, food will cost you. Until the day comes that we can install GPS locators in our kids, do the next best thing and get a free Child ID, at an event hosted by local law enforcement every Wednesday at Caras Park at 11:30 AM. Child IDs record information like fingerprints and contact info, which are needed in case of an abduction and Amber Alert. The Jocko Valley Farmers Market offers treats, produce, tunes and more in The Hangin Art Gallery parking lot, 92555 Highway 93 in Arlee, from 4-7 PM. For more information or to become a vendor, call Kelley at 726-5550.
nightlife Hey, spring is here and TV ain’t exactly pumping out the good stuff these days, so get off your bum for a few and take Cathy Clark’s West Coast Swing Class at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent Ave. 7 PM. $5.
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