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SUNDAYAUGUST04 Get your Sunday rawk on when San Francisco’s Wild Moth, along with Boise’s Ditch Tigers, Idahoans Avair and our own Buddy Jackson and The All-Hail play the ZACC, 235 N. First St. Expect facial hair, sonic chaos, sweert jamz and tight jeans. 7-11 PM. All ages, alcoholfree. $5. Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads a spiritual message at the Carriage House in Hamilton, 310 N. Fourth St., at 10 AM every Sun. Free. Call Barb at 375-9996. Take a chill pill and ride a pony during the Carousel Sunday Market, every Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM. Produce, psychic readings, live food, music, kids’ activities and, yes, pony rides, are all going down. Artist Lisa Hofman is set up on the street corner outside the Import Market at Broadway and Ryman to sell prints and cards from original paintings. Proceeds go to the Humane Society of Western Montana. 10 AM-2 PM. 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. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, fiddles, banjos, dobros, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk, old standards, etc. Folks who want to play or just listen are encouraged to come. For more information, call John at 3812483. Free. Singer-songwriter Kristi Neumann plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., to wind down your Sunday funday. 4-6 PM. I already know whether you’re going to attend the Psychic Fair, hosted by Water Lilies’ Body Mind Spirit store, 1537 S. Reserve St. Opens Friday from 4-9 PM, Saturday 11 AM-8 PM, Sunday 11 AM-5 PM.
nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Mis-
soula 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. Pizza/music/beer lovers (and that oughta be near all of you), it’s that time once again: Total Feast, the fundraiser for the nonprofit, all-ages Total Fest, includes all-you-can-eat Biga pizza and $1 beer. 5-9 PM. 241 W. Main. $10. Check out totalfest.org. 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. Put some centripetal motion into your Sunday when Western Union plays the Top Hat from 7-9 PM. No cover, all ages. After all that pizza and beer, enjoy a Total Feast digestif at the VFW, where Hammshandy and The Hounds play starting around 7:30 or 8 PM. A very special guest (Bauhaus cover band, hint, hint) plays also. Cover TBA.
Those looking for motherto-mother 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.
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. Argue whether “xi” really counts as a word during Missoula Public Library’s Scrabble group, which meets in the board room on Monday nights at 6. Boards and nerds, I mean competitors, included. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.
Npustin’s KwKwusm Theatre Project presents the Third Annual Native American Playwriting Festival, Aug. 5-9, which kicks off with Trickster and Dirty Corner, by Victor A. Charlo and Zan Agzigian, and includes The Hell Gate Treaty: We Are This Land by Jennifer Finley and The Dink Brothers, by Julie Cajune and Jennifer Finley. All performances are at 7 PM at the Hangin’ Art Gallery in Arlee. Free will donation. Check out npustin.org. 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. John Sporman and Travis Yost do the jailhouse rock when Next Door Prison Hotel plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., from 7-10 PM. Free. 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 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.
TUESDAYAUGUST06 The Western Montana Fair and Rodeo is the jam every summer: vikings to nosh on, sheep to pet, bulls to battle, Zipper rides and flirtin’ with boys. But you know what? The demo derby is where things get really real. Check it all out at the Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave., today through Sun., Aug. 11. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com. Dance cuz everybody’s watching at the American Cabaret Style bellydance class at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St.
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.
MONDAYAUGUST05 Sensational country music sensations Gloriana attack your aural sense with country tunes that make you question your musical sensibilities. Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Doors at 8 PM, 9 PM. $22/$18 advance. Visit tophatlounge.com, the Top Hat or Rockin Rudy’s.
If the summer daze has a hold on you, get up on your feet and head to the Jazz and African Dance Workshop at River Street Dance Theater, 421 N. Second St. in Hamilton. Workshop is open to ages 7 to adult. Call 363-1203 for schedule and info.
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