Bring your instruments of entertainment, but leave the drum kits at home, as Polson’s East Shore Smoke House, half a mile north of the Finley Point turnoff on Highway 35, hosts a weekly “semi-unplugged” Blues Jam from 8–11 PM. Free. Call 887-2096. Bowling and karaoke go together like Sarah Silverman and Ann Coulter during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Lest ye think all bands that might be heard on The Blaze are dude-brah conventions, dig on Aroarah, four ladies of the night who beckon you to the Palace Lounge, where they play at 9 PM with Rooster Sauce and Celestial Chaos. $6. Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosterone and booze-fueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969. The price of well drinks plummets, laptops hit the stage, and a tsunami of pure unabashed booty dancing hails your arrival every Thu. at the Badlander, where Dead Hipster DJ Night rewards you with rock, indie, crunk, electronica, pop and more at 9 PM. $2. Join Sandy Bradford and Mark Souhrada when they host the jam at Los Caporales in Columbia Falls at 9 PM. Call 892-5025. Missoula’s most ballady balladeer, Russ Nasset, graciously picks up a gig at the Old Post Pub, playing every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free. Landslide hosts open mic night at the Bandit Saloon in Columbia Falls every Thu. and Tue. night, starting at 9 PM. Free. Bassackwards Karaoke turns your world sideways in a good way every Thu. at 9 PM at Deano’s Casino on Airway Boulevard. Free. Call 531-8327. Award-winning Minnesotan bluegrass glistens like an egg wash over the deep Irish loaf that is Sean Kelly’s when The High 48s get the party started at 9:30 PM. Cover TBA. Call 542-1471. That down-home bluegrass flava just don’t come any more dependably than when it’s dished up by local pickers Pinegrass at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.
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See if you can catch an artist in the act of creation at various outdoor locales around Missoula starting today as the Dana Gallery kicks off its seventh annual Paint Out, which runs until July 23. During the event, 23 painters hailing from states like Idaho, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Illinois and Montana will take their work outdoors and problem solve their way to a final product as they deal with the chaos that is mother nature. As of now, locations are unknown, but keep your eyes out for these artists around Missoula, specifically on July 18 and 19. Free. Additionally, an exhibition of the finished pieces hits the Dana Gallery on July 23. Call 721-3154. Here’s a call to artists for the Traffic Signal Box Project, your chance to deface public property in the name of art, so you’ve got until Fri., July 24, to submit your proposal. Visit www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=854, or go hassle someone at City Hall.
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The Missoula Public Library hosts a preschool storytime geared toward children 3 to 6 years old every Fri. at 10:30 AM. This week, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train by Howard Zinn. Just kidding (did I need to tell you that?). Free. Call 721-BOOK. If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply preliterate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Has your 6 year old been acting despondent lately, especially because you wouldn’t let
them go to that one punk show at the Palace Lounge a few weeks back? Well, here’s the solution: Kiddopalooza, a free children’s music festival that runs from 2–8 PM in Caras Park. Kid friendly acts like Anna Ballew and Ellie Nuno, Amy Martin, Vera and Wartime Blues play during the festivities. But that’s not all, there’ll also be a Blackbird Kid Shop Dance Party, Childbloom Guitar Ensembles, as well as pony rides, a live art creation exhibit followed by an auction, and a quiet time story tent. Barbeque food and beer will also be available for adults to purchase. Visit www.familiesfirstmt.org or call 721-7690. Free. The Opera House Theatre in Philipsburg offers three running productions this summer: The Vaudeville Variety Show, Butterscotch and Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her are staged every week from Thu.–Sun. at varying times throughout the season. $17/$9 under 13. Visit operahousetheatre.com, or call 859-0013. If high school English class isn’t exactly nurturing your inner poet, bring all that angsty verbiage to the Missoula Public Library every Fri. when the Teen Writing Group meets at 4:30 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
nightlife Bead lovers rejoice when Ruby’s Inn hosts a bead show starting at 5 PM. The show will feature Czech pressed glass, seed beads, stone, pearls, ceramic, acrylic, bone, metal and a wide variety of other beads. Free. The show runs through July 19. The Can’t Hardly Playboys pick ‘em old and new—as long as it’s acoustic folk and rock—every Fri. from 6 to 8 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463. Follow the evolution of freeride trail bike riding on Teton Pass, from its illegal beginnings to its now legal status, during 6:30 and 8 PM screenings of Freedom Riders, a documentary about a group of Wyoming bike riders and how their once illegal trail systems soon got the thumbs up from the U.S. Forest Service. Roxy Theatre. $10/ advance with tickets at Missoula Bicycle Works, Bicycle Hanger, Bike Doctor, Big Sky Bikes & Fitness, Backcountry Racks, Edge of the World, Strong Water Kayaks, Hellgate Cyclery and Ear Candy Music. Visit www.freedomridersthemovie.com. Every Fri., Dianne Keast offers tips on taking care of yourself with the class Basic Self Help EFT Acupressure at 6:30 PM. Free. Call 2258504. Also on Thu. Russ Nasset picks ‘em hard, and helps you process all that food and booze, when he plays the Keep Restaurant at 7 PM. Free. Sick of taking your date to the bars? Try something different when The Missoula Public Library hosts its 7 PM Cheap Date Night film presentation, with tonight’s movie TBA. Free. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. Call 721-2665. Landslide slides on over to Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, for a show at 7:30 PM. $5. Barbeque food will also be available for purchase. Call 541-8463. Imbibe your Friday night with a drink, or two, and the Lifers, who play the High Spirits Club and Casino in Florence, 5341 U.S. Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Sidestep any traps that may be in your way and revel in the tunes of the Wild Coyotes, who play Missoula Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Whitefish’s Alpine Theatre Project presents the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. $12–37. Call 862-SHOW or visit alpinetheatreproject.org. Live music of an unspecified nature shakes things up at 8 PM at The Raven in Bigfork, 39 Orchard Lane, which should add some spice to the Walleye Fish Fry as well. Visit sleepeatdrink.com. Local reggae-influenced rockers Pluto’s A Planet gets the crowd irie when they play an early show with local indie-rock darlings March of the Black Queen at the Badlander at 9 PM. $5.