Adams Center, along with Talib Kweli and Big K.R.I.T. Doors at 7 PM. $39.50 plus fees for general admission floor seating. Advance tickets sold out. Perhaps we’ll grab our pitchforks and take down the corporate food industry after Wenonah Hauter reads her expose, Foodopoly, at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM.
October 24–October 31, 2013
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. Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows. 1515 Dearborn. 8–10 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. 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. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. Free to attend. If you wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy, head on over to the Dead Hipster Dance party to rub up against sexy beasts and carouse to hip tunes and underground tracks. 9 PM. Badlander. $3 cover. $1 well dranks til’ midnight, and remember, the last edition of Dead Hipster is on Halloween. (See Arts.) Dead leaves and the dirty ground. Greensky Bluegrass plays the Top Hat Tue., Oct. 29, along with Fruition. 9 PM. $15/$13 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy's, Ear Candy or tophatlounge.com/events.
SeaCats come all the way from Washington to play pop rock for y’all at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover.
snazzy at the Top Hat, with tunes from 6:308:30 PM. No cover.
Bozeman’s singer/songwriter fella Micah Swanson plays Stage 112’s Acoustic Night, starting at 9 PM. Free.
THURSDAYOCT24 Author John Keeble reads from his new scientific intrigue novel, The Shadows of Owls, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM.
nightlife Acoustic tunemeisters Ten Skip Stone play Montgomery Distillery for your evening’s pleasure. 6 PM. Free.
Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Be a bird of paradise when Rio plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover. Put some zen into your jazz when the JoanZ Quartet performs sultry standards at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, 6-8 PM. No cover. The Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio gets all
Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 8 PM, plus specials on wings, pizza, domestic pitchers and $7 Harvest Moon pitchers. Better hit the thrift shop so you can pop some tags before heading to see Seattle hiphoppers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the
Sir Mix-A-Lot will inform everyone at the Top Hat this evening that he cannot lie about liking big butts. 10 PM. $15/$13 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat. 18-plus. Let down your hair, princess, and proceed to the VFW, where Minneapolis’ stonery, psychedelic Magic Castles trip some daisies, along with Couches, Skin Flowers and Boys. 10 PM. $3/$5 for ages 18-20.
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