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Up to mischeif. Comic book maker Jeffrey Lewis and his band The Junkyard play folk and garage rock at the Palace, 147 W. Broadway Ave., Mon., Nov. 12, at 10 PM. $7.
Stan Lynde (any relation to Paul Lynde?) signs his book The Big Open at Fact & Fiction. 220 N. Higgins Ave. 1–3 PM. You can’t read-a my poker face, so don’t even try at the High Stakes for Hospice Poker Tournament at the Elbow Room, 1025 Strand Ave., where 100 percent of the funds raised benefit the Hospice Care Foundation. 1 PM. $50 buy-in, mulitple buy-ins allowed. Visit hcfmissoula.com. A milkman with five daughters faces a plethora of problems. Luckily, there is a plethora of tunes, too, with the production of Fiddler on the Roof by UM’s Schools of Music, Theatre & Dance at the Montana Theatre in the UM PARTV Center. 2 PM. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org. You’ve been letting regret and fear plague you far too long, mister or missus. Head down to the Holiday Inn for the More to Life Weekend to learn how to make clear decisions and release resentments. Perhaps you’ll figure out how to unlock your life’s meaning. Starts Fri., Nov. 9, at 7 PM and continues through the weekend at 9 AM Sat. and Sun. $450 with early registration/$495 after Fri. Nov. 2. Scholarships available. (If you’re not happy with results you get your money back.) Call 406-396-2433 for more info.
nightlife Mudslide Charlie brings some blues and the like to Draughtworks Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. from 5–8 PM. Free. The Workers work the room at Blacksmith Brewing Co. in Stevi at 6 PM. Free. The Kevin Van Dort Trio is three times more fun than you were gonna have otherwise, so check it at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6–8:30 PM. Free.
Get britchalicious with Britchy— the folk-Americana duo consisting of 907Britt and Richie Reinholdt—when you head down to the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, at 6 PM where you will also be greeted with wine and Biga antipasto plates (until they run out). Or bring your own food. Check out Ten Spoon’s FB page for more info. Free.
More events online: missoulanews.com The Zootown Idol high school talent show not only benefits the First Step Resource Center it also boasts loads of talented teens singing their guts out. 7 PM. $10/$5 students. Scientist, adventurer and writer Jon Turk presents Synchronicity and the Sacred Space, a storytelling and dance piece that probes the strange landscape where scientific thought encounters the unknown. The author of The Raven’s Gift and a Bitterroot resident worked with Boston’s Weber Dance Company to create this piece, which you can check out at the Downtown Dance Collective at 7 PM. $20/$15 “dancer’s rate.” (See Arts) The Heart to Heart Duo plays the Missoula Senior Center’s Saturday Night Dance, so slide into those glad rags and show the youngsters how it’s done. 705 S. Higgins. 7–10 PM. $5. The Reeled Out comedy show features John Howard, Mike Beers, and Nick Hartford performing at the Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $7. Salute local veterans and celebrate your relative freedom at the Missoula Symphony Orchestra concert American Salute with special guest, actor J.K. Simmons, who does narration. 7:30 PM. $15-$22. Visit missoulasymphony.org.
Pianist and singer Vienna Teng has a name built for stardom and chops to go along with it. Check out her chamber-folk jams at the Bitterroot Performing Arts Series at the Hamilton Performing Arts Center. 8 PM. $27.50/$22.50. Visit bartc.org. Learn to tango like you were born to do it at Tango Night at the Brick Room down at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main, at 8 PM. All levels welcome and no experience necessary. $10 per person/$16 per couple. A portion of the proceeds from this dance will benefit The Boys & Girls Club of Missoula. Call 541-7240 for more info or go to ddcmontana.com. No need to bow down to the Row here, Bless this House is a night of house music with local DJs Hendawg, PandAura, HAuLi and Atom. Palace. 9 PM. Free. Absolutely with DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo is the de facto dopest DJ duo in town. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2 for 1 Absolut drinks until 11 PM. Free. The Soul City Cowboys are experts at “dancing and general partying.” If that sounds dope to you head to Fergie’s Bar in Hot Springs. 9 PM. Free. Stuart Jackson lays it down so you can pick it on up at Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St. 9 PM. Free. Had enough surprises this week? Then check out Tom Catmull and the Clerics who perform tunes to steal lovers by at the Union Club. 9 PM. Free. ShoDown puts on a country music party show for all you all dancers and Bud Light drinkers at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9:30 PM. Free. DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of
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