[calendar] The Grotesque Burlesque Carnival Of Flesh is back and creepysexy as ever, with Cigarette Girls performances and metal from Blessiddoom, Universal Choke Sign and Mahamawaldi. Prizes for your oogiest costume, drink specials, giveaways and more. Dark Horse, 1101 Strand Ave. 9 PM. $5.
Sean Kelly’s downtown, starting at 9 PM. Free.
Make duck soup when Zeppo MT plays dancing tunes at the Union Club, starting at 9 PM. No cover.
Lolo Hot Springs Resort hosts the weekly TomBourine Show, plus you can get your soak on and rent a cabin. 9:30 PM. No cover.
Codependents emcee a raft o’ local hip-hop, including Wormwood, Rude, Tonsofun, Traff the Wiz at the Woolgather Project at the Palace, starting at 9 PM. Free.
Emcees Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truthspeaker spit rhymes as Latyrx at the Top Hat, starting at 10:30 PM. $13/$11 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, the Top Hat and tophatlounge.com/ events. (See Music.)
Celebrate All Saint’s Day by letting Muzikata soothe your soul at
Tell Greg Ginn to bite it when ‘77 Oi legends Tossers, Cunts and Wankers play the VFW, along with Black “Shramana” Flag, Fearless Vampire Killers as Bad Brains and Dicklips, a Blink 182 tribute. Up the p0nx! 9 PM. $3.
SATURDAYNOV02 Prep for the Day of the Dead parade with the ZACC, where’s there’s a sugar skull workshop, crepe paper marigold-making and face-painting before heading downtown to the parade. 235 N. First St. 2 PM. Free, donations appreciated. Call 549-7555 to learn more. The Google Developer Group Missoula hosts DevFestMT, two days of workshops and lectures from mobile software developers, professors and business folk. Washington Education Center, 8 AM-6 PM. $100/$50 for college students/$25 for high schoolers, includes meals. Check out DevFestMT.com.
Veterans interested in advocating for others in the court system are invited to the third annual Missoula Veterans Court mentor training at the UM Law School. Classes are on Sat., Nov. 2 at 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM and Tue., Nov. 5 at 5:15 and 8:30 PM. Call 258-4728 or email bdesmond@mt.gov to learn more.
University Village Community Center’s 14th season of monthly sessions for parents and kids to dance and see professional performances. Instruments and snack provided. 10:30 AM, with dancing at 11 and guest musician around 11:20. $3.50 per child, $2 for additional kiddos. Free for parents. Call Jen at 370-0300 to reserve a spot.
Stay true to your root vegetables with the Heirloom Winter Farmers Market, which offers produce, honey, crafts and more, in the Floriculture Building on the Western Montana Fairgrounds. 10 AM-2 PM on Saturdays.
The whole durn family is invited to Missoula Art Museum’s Saturday art workshop. This edition will explore constructing willow sculptures with artist Christine Joy; adults will want to help younger kids with cutting tools. 11 AM-12:30 PM. Free, but pre-registration two days in advance is required. Call 728-0447 or email lily@missoulaartmuseum.org.
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FIRST FRIDAY Bozeman sculptor Christine Joy presents her willows and red osier branches for your contemplation at Missoula Art Museum. Reception from 5-9 PM, gallery talk at 7. Beer and wine available for purchase. Missoula Art Museum seeks creative folk to serve as volunteer art guides. Meet with an exhibiting artist and learn about guiding opportunities at 3 PM. Contact Renee at reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org to learn more. It won’t even cost $5 when the Clay Studio of Missoula presents Hot and Ready, a group show of ceramic pottery and sculpture by UM MFA candidates. 1106 Hawthorne St., Unit A. 5:30 PM. Perhaps you’ll spot your lost Lenore when the 4 Ravens Gallery hosts The Black Bird, A Raven-Inspired Artist Invitational, with works by Courtney Blazon, Dan Towell, Sheila Griebe and many more. 248 N. Higgins Ave. 5 PM. The mysterious E3 Convergence Gallery opens for the first time, with live music and “unique art.” 229 W. Main St. 5 PM. Emerge from the chrysalis when Nonda Gaylord shows her work in Transformations at Prudential Montana Real Estate, 314 N. Higgins Ave. 5 PM. The One Day in Missoula photo exhibit celebrates all things Garden City with an opening reception at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. 5 PM. (See this week’s feature story.) Artists including Wesley Delano, Jonathan Marquis, Adelaide Every, Anneke Ayres and David Miles display their works at the Riverside Cafe, 247 W. Front St. 5 PM. The Union Club hosts Art in the Bar with painter Emily Meyers, from about 5-7 PM, with live music to follow. Consider the mightiness of the pen when the Artists’ Shop presents calligrapher Amity Parks and her small-scale works that combine photos, collaging, recycled layers and various techniques.
Calligrapher Amity Parks displays her multimedia works at the Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Reception on Fri., Nov. 1, from 5–8 PM.
127 N. Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Taste the bacon rainbow when Courtney Blazon exhibits new works drawn on recycled grocery bags at Upcycled, 517 S. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM.
It’s like the Avengers, but with less spandex when Christopher Dufala, Perry Haas and Richard Smith present Ceramics Now: An Unexpected Band Ceramic Heroes at the Brink Gallery. 5-8 PM.
Painter Laura Blaker exhibits her latest works in Missoula Neighborhoods, on display at A&E Architects, 222 Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Mary Beth Percival and Monte Dolack present Honoring Our Montana Wild Lands, a retrospective celebrating the Treasure State’s wilderness. Reception at Monte Dolack Gallery, 139 W. Front St., from 5-8 PM, with refreshments and music from Jordan Lane. It’s a gosh-darn family reunion when the Dana Gallery hosts Four Generations of Art, with AM Stockhill, Marie Leibenguth-Stockhill, Michael Stockhill, Martin Leibenguth and Bowen Green. Reception from 5-8 PM. George Gogas presents a new series of eye-dazzling acrylic paintings in the Gold Band Series. Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. Reception from 5-9 PM. Let them eat cake at Jennifer DuToit’s paper installation, Rice For Dessert. Reception at Noteworthy, 101 Higgins Ave., from 5:30-8 PM. Cake not included, but there will be cookies and wine. All the cool kiddos should check out Mismo Gymnastics’s Friday Night Children’s Party, where ages 5-plus play games and explore obstacle courses with guidance. This month the UM Griz Cheerleaders will be performing. 1900 W. Broadway St. 5:30-9:30 PM. $25/$20 for members, plus $10 for additional siblings. Limited to 80 kids, so zoom over to mismogym.com or call 728-0908 to sign up ahead of time. Guitarist Will Bluefield serenades your ears as part of First Friday at the North Valley Public Library in Stevi. 6-8 PM. No cover. Break past the gender binary along with artist Sarah Tancred, an MFA candidate who’s crushing middle-class socially constructed gender norms in America. Media: “Wax, hair,” but it looks less icky than it sounds. Reception at Frontier Space, in the alley by Sean Kelly’s, from 6-9 PM. Grab your finest “Miami Vice” outfit for the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies’ exhibit at River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art, 317 Main St. in Stevensville. 6-9 PM.
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