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Stage 112. April 18-19 and 2526 at 7 PM, plus 2 PM matinee on April 26. $15/$13 in advance at the Downtown Dance Collective, ddcmontana.com or 214-0097. Your paramour will appreciate your thriftiness at the Cheap Date Night, where the Missoula Public Library screens a free, recently released motion picture. Doors open at 6:45 PM and close at 7:15. Enter from the Front Street side of the building. Free. The UM Percussion Ensemble and Islanders Steel Drum Band will en-snare your heart with the spring percussion concert. Guest artists include Lalo Davila on timbales, Casey Cangelosi on marimba and David Gluck on drumset. Dennison Theatre. 7:30 PM. $11/$6 seniors/$5 students. Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 7:30-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more. Take our junior arts editor out for a spin when the Western Union Swing Band plays classic country and swing dance tunes at the Eagles Lodge. 2420 South Ave. 8 PM. No cover. The Hot Springs Artists Society hosts Pony Conan, who takes you for a folky ride at the Symes Hotel. 8-10 PM. Passthe-hat donation. Get the 411 on kickin’ back when Nashville 406 plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9 PM. Get totally housed when DJs Kris Moon, Mike Stolin and Hotpantz bump beats for another edition of I’ll House You. Badlander. 9 PM. No cover. Bozeman’s own Doctors of Geography will groove in the right direction at the Palace, along with the Boxcutters and Birddogs. 9 PM. No cover. Wear your toughest dancing shoes when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails play Sean Kelly’s, along with Kayla Hutchins. 9 PM. No cover. Party down, Garden City
style, when Zoo City plays tunes at the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent Ave. 9:30 PM. Get galvanized into action when Band In Motion plays the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Get equipped to party when raucous duo Shovels and Rope, with Michael Trent and the badass Cary Ann Hearst, play the Top Hat, along with Parker Millsap. 10 PM. $16/$13 in advance at the Top Hat and Rockin Rudy’s.
Celebrate Earth Day by getting some fresh air at the Superfun(D) Run 10K, 5K and 1-mile, which starts at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, 8985 Highway 200 in Bonner. Race day registration from 7:30 to 9 AM at the church, $25/$23 for Run Wild Missoula members. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Run free at the monthly dance at the American Legion Hall, 825 Ronan St., with tunes from the Wild Coyote Band. 7-
11 PM. $7. Call 240-9617 to learn more. You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. I like big buttes and I cannot lie, so you other brothers
better not deny the Big Butte Challenge and Trifecta at Hell Roaring Gulch, which includes a one-miler, 5K and 11K (do ‘em all for the trifecta). 8:30 AM. Check out buttespissandmoanrunners.com. Baby got Back from Bridger, the annual run with distances ranging from 3 to 17.5 miles, all starting at the Bridger Bowl parking lot. 8 AM. Water provided at the finish, but you’ll need your own transportation
Weird Missoula presents another end-of-the-month party at the VFW, this time with Modality (“endorsed by Carl Sagan’s ghost”) and Ancient Forest, Copilot Eyedrops and J. Sherri. 10 PM. $3.
SATURDAYAPRIL19 Check out all the good things in small packages with the second annual {mini} benefit gala at the ZACC, which includes a itty-bitty cocktail hour with Montgomery Distillery, weensy chef challenge and panel of celebrity judges. 5 PM. $45. Call 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.org to learn more. The International Wildlife Film Festival promises to make your heart sing, with several films screening April 1219 at the Roxy, plus special events throughout the week. $7 per film/$5 seniors/$5 students/$3 kids 12 and under. $75 for festival pass. Visit wildlifefilms.org. The annual Kyi-Yo Powwow gets on down at the Adams Center, with Grand Entry at 7 PM on Friday, followed by dancing, children’s village and more on Saturday. $5/$12 for weekend pass. Free for ages 65-plus or 6-under. Check out griztix.com. You’ll bear-ly stand the suspense at the annual Grizzly Triathlon, which includes a 1,000-yard swim, 20K bike ride and 5K trail run. Takes place at the University of Montana campus, along the Kim Williams Trail and on Highway 10. Check out grizzlytri.com or call Giles at 406-543-2532 for info.
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