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Earning his stripes. Big Gigantic plays the Wilma, along with Ill-Esha, Thu., Sept 12. Doors at 7 PM. $22/$20.50 in advance plus fees at Rockin Rudy’s, 866-468-7624 or knittingfactory.com
Celebrate 10 years of the UM Farm to College program today on the UM Oval, with an anniversary celebration dinner from 4:30-7 PM. $10.25/$8.75 for kids 6-12/$3 for ages 2-5. UM students can use their meal plans, too.
The World Affairs Council of Montana presents:
Educating the Next Generation of Global Citizens Montana Global Educator of the Year Award Reception featuring a Distinguished Speaker Program with
Mr. Brandon Busteed Executive Director for Gallup Education Monday, September 9th - 7:00pm Governor’s Ballroom, Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave., Missoula MT Global Educator of the Year Award honoring
Geoff Habel, Great Falls High School
nightlife Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Big Gigantic ain’t no small deal when the duo plays their genre-blending provocative, danceable sound at the Wilma tonight, along with Ill-Esha. Doors at 7 PM. $22/$20.50 in advance plus fees at Rockin Rudy’s, 866-4687624 or knittingfactory.com. Get the down-low on how exporting Montana coal affects us and Chinese folks during From Otter Creek to Asia: The Coal Hard Truth about Coal Export from a Concerned Chinese Citizen. Beijing resident Lifeng Fang will give a talk on how to reduce coal use. North Underground Lecture Hall. 7 PM. Climate change has affected humans before and by golly it’ll do it again, so consider this when Doug Peacock reads from In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: A Renegade Naturalist Considers Global Warming, the First Americans and the Terrible Beasts of the Pleistocene. Shakespeare and Co, 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM.
presented by Lt. Governor Walsh
Mark the 20th annual Unity World Day of Prayer with an interfaith service at the Unity Church of Missoula, 546 South Ave. W. This year’s theme is “Living Well: Nurturing Mind, Body and Spirit.” 7 PM.
Open to the public. Admission: $5-Council members and students; $10 non-members. Dessert reception included.
Barnaby Wild just might cut loose at the Top Hat dinner show, playing from 7-9 PM. Free.
For more information visit: www.montanaworldaffairs.org or call 728-3328.
Rock into the night when .38 Special brings its Southern rock to the Adams Center
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on the UM Campus at 7:30 PM. $25 plus fees, available at GrizTix locations, 1-888MONTANA or umt.edu/griztix. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Fight for your right to belt out tunes at the Dark Horse’s Combat Karaoke, hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free. Crash your car into a bridge, I don’t care when carousing to hip tunes and underground tracks at Dead Hipster Dance Party. 9 PM. Badlander. $1 well dranks til’ midnight, lifelong memories for free. Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. 1609 W. Broadway St. Free to attend. Take a chill pill, brocephus, with Aaron Williams of In Walks Bud at Stage 112’s Acoustic Nights. 10 PM. Free, 21-plus. Say hi to Carol for me. Submit events by 5 PM on Friday to calendar@missoula news.com to ensure publication in print and online. Include the who-what-when-wherewhy and a picture, if you would be so kind. Alternately, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit events online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight event on the right of the front page at missoulanews.com.