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A bit tied up at the moment. LA psych-pop band Fever the Ghost plays Stage 112 Sat., March 1, at 10 PM. $10. Visit the Stage 112 Facebook page for more info.
Carlo will juice up the joint at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. Now free. Raise your Cheerwine or just make do with Mountain Dew when North Carolina rock outfit The Ends plays the Palace. 9 PM. No cover. Commune with your inner party vibe when Joan Zen plays the Union Club, starting around 9 PM. No cover. Party with the cream of the crop at the Best of Open Mic showcase, with Eli Gillman, Sierra Kamplain, Matt Gaydos, Mark Chase and Doug Hoelbinger. Sean Kellys. 9 PM. No cover. Colorado’s Dear Rabbit hops into town to play experimental baroque pop, along with J. Sherri, Ancient Forest and Jacob Milstein. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. No cover. (See Music.) Break out like the measles when singer-songwriter Austin Jenckes plays the Top Hat, along with Cody Beebe and the Crooks. Top Hat. 10 PM. $5. LA pysch-pop outfit Fever the Ghost creates hazy visions at Stage 112, inside the Elk’s at 112 Pattee St. 10 PM. $10. Visit the Stage 112 Facebook page for more info.
SUNDAYMAR02 UM’s India Week kicks off with Ganesh Vasudeva, giving a Bharata Natyam classical Indian dance performance at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 6 PM. Free.
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The Missoula Children’s Theatre winter performing arts class presents the fruits of its labors with the original musical, Peter and Wendy: A Fanciful Flight to Neverland. MCT Center for the Performing Arts at 3 and 5 PM. $5-$9, tickets at MCTinc.org, the 200 N. Adams St. box office and 728-7529. It’ll be just like that chill art class you took senior year with Mrs. C.Dubs, except you don’t have to hide your drink in a Mountain Dew bottle during Art on Tap at Montgomery Distillery. Go from blank canvas to frameable work of art. 2 PM. $32. Email artontapmissoula@gmail.com or call 241-2208 to learn more. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk and old standards. Feel free to just sit a spell and listen, too. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free. Allons-y to the Alliance Francaise de Missoula Cine Club, which screens the charming film Camille Redouble at the Missoula Winery. 4 PM. $2/free for Alliance members.
nightlife The stars are bright, through all the night—oops, wrong state. Hamilton Players present the classic musical Oklahoma! at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM. $15/$8.
Warm up with an ale or two whilst Leon Young heats up the joint at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. No cover. Dun dun dun dunn! The Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven week continues with a screening of Immortal Beloved at the Wilma at 7 PM. $10. Plus, get your pre-party on with orc dorks at the Top Hat from 56:30. Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free.
MONDAYMAR03 Discover the post-Lewis and Clark expeditions they didn’t teach you about in school when Peter Stark reads and signs his new history book, Astoria. Roxy Theater. 7 PM. It adds up that you ought to check out Ganesh Vasudeva’s lecture and demonstration, “The Mathematics of Indian Classical Dance,” part of India Week at UM. Open Space Theatre in the PARTV basement. 10:40 AMnoon. Rasa O’Neill presents Therapeutic Yoga for Wellness and Healing, with gentle stretches, breath work and guided meditation. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent St. Mondays from noon to 1 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in. Ongoing class. Call 721-0033 to learn more.