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RECREATION YOU T H CAMPS
JUNE 16 AUGUST 22 Open to Grades K-5 Each week, campers have the opportunity to take part in swim instruction, wtness activities, and outdoor adventures to go along with an activity theme. www.umt.edu/youthcamps | 406.243.5295 campusrec.youthcamps@umontana.edu
Glamour is one of those things that we need in life, but often dismiss as frivolous. When I say glamour, I don’t necessarily mean wearing expensive ballgowns or rolling up in a pricey car or walking a red carpet. Glamour is enjoying a state of being fun and fancy, according to whatever your definition of that might be. My definition of glamour is reading Elle while painting my toenails and drinking pink gins. (Pink gin recipe: good gin, on the rocks, with just a dash of bitters.) Or sometimes I make an evening out at the Golden Rose a bit more special by dressing up in a jumpsuit and faux-fur stole. Your definition of glamour might be putting on a sports jacket and a bolo tie and taking a special someone out to dance. Or just finding a clean shirt. WHAT: Spring Must-Have Fashion Show WHEN: Sat., April 26 from 4-6 PM WHERE: Florence Hotel lobby HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: missouladowntown.com/ play/missoula-fashion-week
It’s nice to feel glamorous and fashionable once in a while, even in hyper outdoorsy, all-four-seasons-at-once western Montana. It’s also nice to find practical but stylish things to wear on a day-to-day basis. I mean, hey, there’s no reason you can’t hike the “M” wearing a tutu over jeans—I’ve seen people do it.
APRIL 25-27, 30 | MAY 1-4, 7-11 WED-FRI 7:30 PM | SAT 2:00 & 7:30 PM | SUN 2:00 & 6:30 PM
So while we might not think of Missoula as a fashion hotspot, we can still foster creativity in our closets. The inaugural Missoula Fashion Week, organized by the Missoula Downtown Association and local boutiques, includes in-store events, craft-
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ing workshops, Project Selvedge fashion design contest and the Thirstgear Pedal Pub cocktail-andboutique tour on April 27. The biggest event is the 2014 Spring Must-Have Fashion Show at the Florence Hotel on April 26. You probably won’t have to elbow Anna Wintour away to get a close-up view of the action, which is all the better, really. Maybe bust out a nice outfit or piece of jewelry you’ve been saving for a special occasion while you hobnob with local style enthusiasts. Just check the weather forecast first. —Kate Whittle
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Ten Skip Stone plays folky country stuff while you sample the goods at the Top Hat dinner show. 7 PM. Free. Get into the May Day spirit when the Grand Industrial Band, a new performance collective, presents an evening celebrating free speech and local historic labor activists with music and speeches. Crystal Theatre. 7 PM. $2. (See Agenda.) It ain’t the wallflower who gets to take home the cutie, so get out there on the floor for the Country Two-Step dance class with Cathy Clark of NW Country Swing. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Due to popularity, there are now two levels: beginning twostep from 6:45 to 7:30, intermediate two-step from 7:45 to 8:30. Live band starting at 9. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday
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Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Dance your way to a free mind and an open body at Missoula’s Ecstatic Dance. Inner Harmony Yoga. 8 PM. $8. Visit turningthewheel.org. The Comedy Road Trip with Derek Sheen makes a stop at the Broadway, 1609 W. Broadway St., along with Billy Anderson and Aaron Kirby. 8 PM. $10. Check out standupmt.com. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover. It’s going down, I’m yelling timber when the Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax
and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight; women get in free before 10. Shakewell and Greenstar play tunes to get loose and wild at the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM. Free. Portland’s indie-rock-feelingsy outfit The Hague plays the VFW, along with Rose Gold, No Fancy, The Hounds and Judgment Hammer. 10 PM. Cover TBA.
FRIDAYAPRIL25 Get up close and personal with the First Cousins sketch comedy and improv show at the Stensrud Playhouse, 314 N. First St. W. 8 PM and 10 PM. $15. Beer and wine available. Check out stensrudplayhouse.com. Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W.