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THANKS TO YOU
our adoption rate is
98%
photo by Val Konie
Junior, one-year-old Bulldog mix
When the national average is only 35%, we’re more than proud of our 98% adoption rate. We’re grateful. Thanks to our generous donors and supportive community over the last 50 years, we continue to provide top-notch care and a wide range of services to help pets find and keep forever homes.
Saving Every Animal. Every Time. You can help. To donate or volunteer, please visit myHSWM.org, call us at 549.4796, or stop by the shelter on Hwy 93.
Please sir, may I have another cog? The Whitefish Theatre Company presents a steampunked-out performance of the classic musical Oliver. O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Showing Dec. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 at 7:30 PM., plus Sunday matinees on Dec. 8, 15 and 22 at 4 PM. $20/$18 for seniors/$8 for students. (See Arts.) Be a real globe-trotter at The Barn Movement Studio’s international folk dance classes led by Michael Sweet, where newcomers can explore the folk traditions from the Eastern Europe and Middle East. Partners not necessary. 2926 S. Third St. W. Classes meet on selected Fridays through December from 7:30-9 PM. $3 donation, Wear comfortable sneakers; leave the street shoes at home. Call 5437060 to learn more. The Stumptown Players get heavy with Spirit Control, a drama about an air traffic controller guiding a passenger through an emergency landing. Performances at the KM Theatre, 40 Second St. E. in Kalispell, from Dec. 5–Dec. 7 and Dec. 12–Dec. 14 at 8 PM. $18. Tickets available at stumptownplayers.org. Let the spirit be willing and the flesh rock out when Soul City Cowboys play dancing tunes at Cowboy Troy’s, 2359 Hwy 93 in Victor. 8 PM. No cover. Keep your post-First Friday gadabout classy and sassy when Mendelssohn, The Hasslers, Catamount and Boston Tea Party play Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. 9 PM. No cover.
Cash For Zeppo insists you gotta get down on Friday, Friday, Friday at the Union Club. 9 PM. No cover. Vegas rapper Dizzy Wright puts on the ritz with the Golden Age Tour: School’s Out Edition, and Ambedext, Codependents, Traff the Wiz, Oso and DJ Megatrees are playing hooky, too. Stage 112. 9 PM. $20/$25 for ages 18-20. Tickets at standupmt.com and Rockin Rudy’s. Three Eared Dog and Micah Swanson take to the stage this eve at Sean Kelly’s. 9 PM. No cover. Get messy when Minneapolis outfit American Cream plays the VFW, 245 W. Main St., along with The Juveniles, Thee Hounds and Modality. 10 PM. $4/$6 for ages 18-20. John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up. 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. Get out of the cold and into my heart when Mark Duboise and Crossroads play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9:30 PM to close. No cover. Polyrhythmics, the world-beat eight-piece party posse, roll into the Top Hat, along with Missoula’s own Shakewell. 10 PM. $5.
SATURDAYDEC07 Even stop lights blink a festive red and green for the 11th annual Parade of Lights, which starts in front of the Missoulian on Fourth Street and heads south toward East Alder Street at 6 PM. Food, bonfire, cocoa, caroling and cookies all on tap afterward. If you’re having trouble paying for daycare for the little ones, Missoula’s Child Care Resources offers scholarships. New guidelines mean a family of three can earn up to $2,386 per month to potentially qualify. Call 406-728-6446 or visit childcareresource.org to learn more. Stevi is decking all the halls for A Montana Country Christmas, a two-day celebration with a parade of lights, caroling, decorations, live nativity, music and ole’ Saint Nick. Parade on Fri., Dec. 6 at 6:30 PM, wagon rides on Friday and Saturday evening, Rocky Mountain Bank gala on Sat. at 6 PM, and much more. Check out mainstreetstevensville.com for a full schedule. Have no fear, Krampus ain’t allowed at the Florence Holiday Bazaar. But baked goods, gifts and crafts are, plus a smorgasboard of tasty breakfast and lunch eats. Santa’s gonna be hanging out as well to hear what the kiddos want for Christmas. Florence-Carlton High School. 9 AM. Free, but donations of cash or canned goods to the local food pantry would be appreciated. The crafty denizens of Frenchtown presents a Craft Fair for your
A chilly reception. Miller Creek play the Top Hat, Sat., Dec. 7, along with Baby Tyger. 10 PM. $5.
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