[calendar] Bowie tribute band Glass Spiders play a show at the Top Hat, a fundraiser for Missoula Community Radio. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $5 min. donation at the door. Spokane’s hottest country outfit, the Ryan Larsen Band, whoop it up at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. No cover. They’re the Michael Jordan of swingin’ honky tonk, except they’re white. Cash for Junkers play the Union Club, 9:30 PM. No cover. Purple rock out Texas-style at Stage 112, with special guests TBA. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $5, 18 and over.
nightlife Alt-country mad scientist Danny Barnes uses the banjo in ways you never could have imagined. At the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com. (See Music.) Jazz chanteuse Kimberlee Carlson enchants with her trio featuring Ron Meissner, Pete Hand and Micki Singer. Draught Works Brewery, 5–7 PM. Free. It’s metal night, Finnish style. Nightwish are
ister visit missoulacareerfair2016.eventzilla.net. For more info call 406-728-7060. Join the March for Meals and show your support for Meals on Wheels during March. Pick up a donation form at Missoula Aging Services, 337 Stephens Ave. Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a cause each week. Family friendly, noon–8 PM.
The Confluence of Renewable Energy and Human Health: Putting Ourselves to Work for a Human-Powered Future features associate professor Dr. Bradley Layton leading a discussion on how our energy consumption habits are at odds with human health concerns. UC, room 332. Noon–1 PM, free and open to the public.
nightlife The Craicers and Friends wield a musical shillelagh with their traditional Irish tunes at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 1151 W. Broadway, 6–8 PM.
SUNDAYMARCH06 Bring your best puh-puh-puh-poker face to the Texas Hold ‘Em tournament, a fundraiser to support the Missoula Downtown Foundation. Elks Lodge, 112 Pattee St., 2 PM. $100 single buy-in or $1,000 sponsor table. Prizes for top ten finishers. Sign up at missouladowntown.com/poker. The Mrs. Butterworth vs. Log Cabin debate heats up when the Sons of Norway host their Scandinavian Pancake Breakfast. Proceeds go to scholarships for attendees of the Norwegian language camp in Red Lodge this summer. Sons of Norway Nordic Pines Lodge, just south of Missoula on Hwy. 93 S. 9 AM–1:30 PM. $7. Can I get an amen? Dance Church is in session on Sunday mornings. Dancers of all abilities are welcome at this mellow, guided class that lets you move like nobody is watching at the Downtown Dance Collective, 11 AM–noon, $5. Something’s Afoot wraps up with a matinee performance at the Hamilton Playhouse. It’s murder, mystery and comedy as the guests in an English mansion disappear one by one. 2 PM. $15 at the Hamilton Players box office. Pass your hand-me-downs along to another family and pick up some fresh togs for the kids at the Missoula’s kids’ clothing swap. Bring gently used, quality items to the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library. Clean clothing can be brought at 2 PM, swapping commences at 2:30. Free. Working, based on the Studs Terkel book, continues at the Stevensville Playhouse with a matinee performance at 2 PM. For tickets, visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org. The Little Prince continues with a matinee peformance at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. 4 PM. $18/$16 seniors/$8 students. Visit whitefishtheatreco.org. A silent auction raises funds for Madeleine Renee Roseboom, a 21-month-old who passed away after a brief illness. The benefit will help her parents with medical bills, funeral costs and other expenses. The Missoula community is invited to attend. Stage 112 at the Elks Lodge, 4–7 PM. The Contact Improv Jam is open to those of all abilities interested in exploring movement improvisation. At the Downtown Dance Collective every Sunday from 4:30–6 PM. $5.
“Dude. Let me borrow your comb.” Breathe Carolina play house music at Monk’s Fri., March 4. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:30. $12/$10 advance at 1111presents.com or Rockin Rudy’s.
joined by Sonata Arctica and Dutch rockers Delain at the Wilma. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. $32.50–$175.00 at thewilma.com. Here’s your one-way ticket out of Squaresville. Jazz Martini night offers live, local jazz and $5 martinis every Sunday night at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.
MONDAYMARCH07 Dan Dubuque plays slide guitar and Charango at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7–10 PM. Free. Employers, registration is open for Western Montana’s Career Fair, held Thu., April 28. To reg-
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nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, two hours of Jerry Garcia and Co. 5–7 PM. Free, all ages. Top of the Mic, Missoula’s own battle of the bands, returns. Solo acts, duos and bands compete for $1,000 cash. The Badlander, 9 PM. No cover.
TUESDAYMARCH08 Save Our Smith is a fundraiser to help protect the Smith River from a proposed copper mine. Food, drinks and music by Tom Catmull’s Radio Static. Free.
Get those thumbs limbered up! The Official MPL Gamers Club meets to play Wii and Xbox 360 in the YA dept. at the Missoula Public Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM. Two-step the midweek blues away at Country Dance Lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7–8:30 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info. You some kinda wise guy (or gal)? Prove it at the Quizzoula trivia night at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To get you warmed up, here’s a trivia question: Who is Rev. Horton Heat’s longtime bassist? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.