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FIRST FRIDAY Artists for Social Change presents a short play called The Year of Baldwin by local playwright Leah Joki and a discussion afterward, plus there could be some performance art and commentary about the upcoming elections (Wait, what?). MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins. at 7 PM. Free. Get your First Friday fix at the Buttercup, 1221 Helen Ave., where Martha Elizabeth’s collection of marbled paintings and floral photography Still Blooming is on display. The reception runs 3–5 pm and offers free snacks and coffee. The show will be up for the month of November. Artists Judith Billingslea, Joan Popper Freedman and Sandy LaForge have thrown off the shackles of the real world and created art for us to behold in the exhibition Journey of Sages at Computer Central, 136 E. Broadway Ave. 5–7:30 PM. Free. Listen to big-time artist Ric Gendron, a member of the Arrow Lakes Band of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville, and Ben Mitchell, curator, this First Friday for a discussion of “how new and old illuminate the foundations of creativity.” MAM, 225 N. Pattee St. Artist talk is at 7 PM and the First Friday event runs 5–8 PM. Free. Works generated at Living Art of Montana grief and illness workshops are on display for the exhibit Expressions of Healing at the Warehouse Mall. 725 W. Alder St. 5–8 PM. Free. Get an eyeful of Hibernean hues at Graehme Atkinson’s show Retrospective of Celtic Art at Prudential Montana Real Estate, 1020 South Ave. W. 5–8 PM. Free. Check out the woodworking by Ovando’s Jerry and Martha Swanson in their exhibition SwanWoods: The Art of the Salad Bowl. The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Renee Couture’s exhibit it may take longer seeks to uncover and understand the conflict between activists and the timber industry in the good old Pacific Northwest. The Brink Gallery, 11 W. Front St. 5–8 PM. Free. (See Arts) Artiste Lauren Monroe shares her works during her First Friday show at Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St. 5–8 PM. Free.
The Magpies share their shimmery selves all month as they kick off week one of their VFW residency, with the delightful I Hate Your Girlfriend and The Plurals (who kick the cheez). 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. Free. The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams, just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about
Art by Barbara Morrison
The Lando 2013 Calendar Release Party features the photography of Andy Kemmis and the visage of dad, husband and Twinkie lover Lance Hughes. Stockman’s Bar (yes that one), 125 W. Front St. 5–8 PM. Free. (See Spotlight.) Take a knee, Coach Shane displays works at Bella Sauvage Day Spa, 629 Woody St., some Festival of the Dead works, some just straight up cray with a serving of south-of-the-border snacks and beverages. 5–8 PM. Free. Primrose Montessori School’s Fall Art Show has a gagglepuss of scary creatures, glittery princesses, monsters, memories of loved ones, not to mention magical masks. Mercantile Deli, 119 S. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. The artists of Bound By Glory Tattoo hope to spellbind you with their original works on display at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. It may or may not be B. Martinez’s birthday, but her exhibit Forest for the Trees is mos def on display at Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.
it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible. 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign-up. Post-folk is a thing and Horse Feathers does that thing at The Top Hat, with openers Dewi Sant. 9 PM. $10. Meet the devil and get countrified when Mark DuBoise and Crossroads perform at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent Ave, 9:30 PM. Free. Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “in Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign-up by 9:30 PM to perform or just sit back and take in the funny. Free.
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The old man still gots it, so check out the works of Monte Dolack at his namesake gallery at 139 W. Front St. from 5–8 PM. Free. Check out the varied styles of Kendahl Jan Jubb, James Hewes and Suzanne Mingo, which include ceramics, photos and watercolors at Murphy-Jubb Fine Art, 210 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 200. 5–8 PM. Free. Forget teaching your pig to bark at strangers, instead take a gander at the Dana Gallery exhibit Young Guns III by what they’re billing as nine of the West’s rising young stars 5–8 PM. Free. Check out the works at the newbie gallery 4 Ravens, 248 N. Higgins Ave., where resident artists share a variety of mediums including ceramics, furniture, photography, traditional basketry, forged metal, stone, kiln-fired glass and leather. 5– 8 PM. Free. The query, Hey Tex, where’d you park your horse? comes to mind at the Old Hat exhibit by M. Scott Miller and Brian Herbel at Studio D, 420 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. In the photography exhibit Art of Building, photos of the current Habitat for Humanity project display the beauty of craftsmanship. A&E Architects, 224 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Drink in the fun of Bob Phinney’s MonoPrints at Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Tacoma’s Mary Mann and Joni Joachims display oil and watercolors at the Catalyst Cafe, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Don’t bring any Cool Whip or take a bite of the Silver Gelatin Prints by Ray Nelson. Darkroom of Montana, 135 W. Front St. 5– 8 PM. Free. Christian Ives must know people, because he’s got members of the Missoula Symphony playing tunes at his painting exhibit Symmetry. House Design Studio, 133 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Get a taste of all sorts of artistic bents at the exhibit of Mark Mesenko (photography), Andrea Zielinski (crystal jewelry),
Russ Nasset done gone and cured ya of your tremors with a sweet shot of country hits up at The Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.
FRIDAYNOV.02 The Fundraising Psychic Fair benefits Montana Integrative Therapies, an organization which secures funds for those seeking alternative therapies. The event features three days of psychic and healing services. Between the Worlds, 205 West Main St., Hamilton. 2–9 PM.
Randy Zielinski (acrylic) at the Dawn Maddux Railroad Gallery, 100 West Railroad St. 5–8 PM. Free. If you still “want your MTV” like I do, check out music videos by Austin Valley and Kyle McAfee at the MCAT studios, 500 N. Higgins Ave., featuring local musicians being sweet and acting rad. 5–8 PM. Free. Up with the world and up with the ladies at Suite 406’s exhibit The Spirit of Women by a group called Fabulous Montana Women. 101 E. Broadway Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Transformations and contrasts in shape and form are on the menu at Reconfiguring Relics by Ellie Duncan at Rising Tides Gallery inside Bathing Beauties, 501 S. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. laurie e. mitchell’s exhibit Alternative Holiday Trees sounds like a fine idea becuase having trees in your house is goofy to begin with, people. Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Katrina Farnum displays her photos of native landscapes and plants at Garden Mother Herbs, 345 W. Front St., but that’s not all; a bevy of other equally talented artists join her for an evening of art, fire and marshmallows. 5–9 PM. Free. Barbara Morrison's Day of the Dead works appear at Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan Street from 5–9 PM. Free. Z-Man, aka Zamon, brings his surreal paintings to Badlander, 208 Ryman St.. 5– 9 PM. Free. Philadelphia artists Andrea Marquis and Paul Swenbeck have collaborated on an installation called Night Shade in the Blue Hour at The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne St. Ste. A. 5:30–9 PM. Free. If you fear the unknowable, steer clear of Dave Wilson’s exhibit Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dave Wilson But Were Afraid to Ask at FrontierSpace (located in the alley between Spruce and Pine one block west of Higgins Ave.). 6–9 PM. Free.
Government librarian Susanne Caro’s lecture is going to rock: A Short History of the Goodwill Moon Rocks discusses what happened to the moon samples collected by Apollo 11 and Apollo 17. Mansfield Center on the UM campus. 6 PM. Free. Dang, it’s already holiday bazaar season, and me still with fireworks yet to be set off. Check out the Holly Jolly Craft Show and Sale at the Daly Mansion in Hamilton for that perfect gift for your Grandma Jean or yourself. Noon–6 PM. Get your First Friday fix at the Buttercup, 1221 Helen Ave., where Martha Elizabeth’s collection
of marbled paintings and floral photography Still Blooming is on display. The reception runs 3–5 pm and offers free snacks and coffee. The show will be up for the month of November. Meet the good eggs from the Montana Innocence Project during their Open House. Perhaps you can lend a hand and help improve Montana’s justice system, too, hmm? UM School of Law, Castles Center. RSVP at 243-6698 or info@mtinnocenceproject.org.
nightlife The Girls Way, 1515 Wyoming St. Ste. 300, hopes to teach the young the ways of locution and forensic