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Climate change, national parks among the themes at this year’s 39th International Wildlife Film Festival

music: robert cray brings Spontaneity, improv, and unstructured artistry to missoula art: Exhibit at MMAC explores visionaries rudy autio and henry meloy

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ream jobs are as unique as the people envisioning them. Some dream of power and prestige, while others feel driven to teach or heal. Some want to bring sustainable transportation to the masses.

John Bonewitz rolled into his dream job while on bicycle tour two years ago. He stopped at Free Cycles Missoula to repair his bike. Like a magnet, Missoula lured him back and Free Cycles’ executive director offered him a position as shop director. The free-spirited wanderer from Texas found home as well.

Now Free Cycles’ home is threatened. The warehouse owners made an agreement with Free Cycles that if it can raise $1.1 million in six months, it can purchase the property, instead of a developer that wants to put up condos.

“That space, I really can’t imagine a better home for (Free Cycles),” Bonewitz said. “It’s right on the bike path, centrally located, close to downtown, close to the Poverello Center, close to the pre-release center – we get a lot of those guys coming in – it’s close to the university.”

So the race is on to raise the money. Organizers are using different methods to get the word out, including art sculptures and pop up shops. They spent a blustery spring day at Caras Park building a sculpture out of old wheels while bringing awareness to their cause.

“We have hundreds of recycled wheels. We decided to haul a load of them all with bicycle power downtown to this hill and construct our first wheel dome.”

Bonewitz knows the nonprofit will continue to serve Missoula no matter what, bringing sustainable transportation options to Missoula, which is a dream come true for him.

Tyler Wilson is a Missoula-based photographer whose work is often featured in Corridor. His #NoFilter project debuted in January 2015 and features portraits and mini, unfiltered stories by Krista Ness of people from across Missoula. To view more of Wilson’s work, visit CorridorMag.com.

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Then in May, The Wilma & American Rivers will partner to help bring the Wild & Scenic Film Festival back to Missoula for the first time in more than five years. It happens May 6 at The Wilma. That will showcase environmental and adventure films with a river conservation theme. Some filmmakers will make a splash with films about some rivers close to home, including the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone.

And as though to counter-balance all those festivals in the first half of the year, The Roxy hosts the Montana Film Festival on Oct. 6-9, 2016. This will be its second year.

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Perhaps most important of all, the festivals encourage people in and around Missoula who are already making films or who will make films one day. New filmmakers will get their start in Missoula’s theater seats as they realize what a storyteller with a camera can do. It raises the level of the arts in western Montana. It helps make Missoula the artsrich city that it is.

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“Vine & Tap” moves to new location on Polson’s Main Street

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ne of the newest businesses on Polson’s Main Street is the Vine & Tap, a bar in Polson, MT. Opened on July 1 of last year, the Vine & Tap offers a selection of signature cocktails, fine wines by the glass, craft beers on tap, imported bottled beers and Tapas. It also carries an extensive selection of retail wines, hand-made cigars and fine chocolates.

Though a new face in a new location, the Vine & Tap really started over 20 years ago when Joe and Gerry Browning purchased a flower shop in downtown Polson with the intent of revitalizing it with new products and services. They were very successful and the Terrace Flowers and Gifts became a Main Street staple. A wine shop was added several years later. It was not only a place where one could find fine wines, but where the customer could find knowledgeable people to assist in choosing or learning about different wines.

Again the plan was a success.

One problem that continued to crop up was the inability to do in-house wine tastings at the shop. The only thing to do would be to open some sort of tavern or bar to accomplish that. It just so happened that 218 Main Street was for sale. Built in 1910, the building had housed many bars during its 100+ years standing; the most recent one being the iconic Wolf Den. The Brownings jumped in and the Wolf Den was closed in February of last year and “Vine & Tap” was born.

The Brownings did a complete top to bottom remodel of the inside of the building. The old building was also in much need of a face lift including windows, doors and signage. Tables were crafted from repurposed lumber from the area; a turn of the century safe and antique cabinet from the old Northern Pacific Shipping Depot were put on display and a welcome sign was fashioned from hammered copper pipes from the Wolf Den. The vision was starting to take shape.

But the Vine & tap wasn’t just about commerce. The vision was to create an upscale yet comfortable place for people to gather without feeling like they were in a “bar;” a place where everyone young and old could gather for a drink and a visit with friends, relatives, or co-workers. The Vine & Tap has become just that place. In addition to a quiet place for a drink with friends, it has also become a destination spot for birthday parties, holiday gatherings, painting classes, meetings, book clubs and, of course, wine tastings.

Owning a business in a small town like Polson is challenging. Customer service, creativity and diversification of product choices are keys to success.

Inside the Vine & Tap you will also find a retail wine shop, chocolate store and a great selection of cigars. The Browning’s pride themselves in using as many Montana breweries, distilleries and wineries as possible; also supporting local Montana industries.

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Crown scholarship winners mentor future musicians

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here are new opportunities in northwestern Montana to learn guitar thanks to Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation and its partners.

“A week that will change your life” is the vision the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation offers to guitarists who attend its annual summer Guitar Workshop in Bigfork.

The Crown of the Continent holds an annual summer Guitar Workshop in Bigfork. Now, three former Crown scholarship winners who have attended that workshop are giving back to their community through a new guitar program offered through the Bigfork ACES, an after-school program for kids in fourththrough seventh-grades.

Cathy Hay, program director for Bigfork ACES, said the after-school program has been in existence since 2013, when it received a grant through the department of education. “We run ACES programs in Bigfork, Swan River, Deer Park, Marion and Kila,” she said.

She says that Arin Lever, Crown Festival manager, came to the Bigfork ACES looking to collaborate and start a kids’ guitar program that would dovetail with the already existing ninth- through 12th-grade guitar class, taught at Bigfork High. The goal of the initial six-week program was to give kids the opportunity to see if they wanted to pursue learning to play the guitar.

“It’s the perfect age to introduce kids to guitar because they are at a pivotal point where they are learning about who they are and what interests them,” Lever says, adding that a huge part of the program’s success has come from a generous donation provided by the annual Bigfork Brewfest event coordinated

by Hilary Shepard. The donation was used to purchase take-home guitars for students that are stored at the Bigfork ACES building so kids can continue to practice.

Professional guitarist Tim Torgerson was tapped to teach the class. A singer/ songwriter, Torgerson began playing guitar when he was 12 and has studied the instrument for over 30 years, playing in bands and in solo gigs. Currently he plays lead guitar with a band he calls Creation Highway, consisting of his wife, Alex, on vocals, his daughter Elle on keyboards and accordion, and his son Joseph on bass and guitar.

Torgerson, who was awarded a scholarship to the 2011 Crown workshop says it has been instrumental in improving his playing skill and opened doors to his career as a teacher. “I didn’t realize how (the workshop) would improve my playing and how I would skyrocket as a performer. Now I add teachermentor to my list of skills and I really enjoy it.”

Torgerson also teaches guitar through a new program at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, and was tapped to teach the beginning guitar course for this summer’s Crown Workshop.

Helping Torgerson with the Bigfork ACES are his 13-year-old son, Joseph, who started out playing bass guitar and after attending the Crown in 2015 on a scholarship and has found a new interest in acoustic guitar; and Ben Russell, a senior at Bigfork High who attended the guitar workshop last summer on a Crown scholarship offered by Flathead Lake Brewery.

About half of the kids in the guitar class are part of the ACES program and any child in the community is able to participate, with some kids coming from as far as Kalispell. “We are not exclusive,” Hay said.

“The kids love the classes, they’re excited and seem to remember to bring their guitars on lesson days,” Hays says, adding that she hopes some of the kids might be ready to perform in the upcoming Cowabunga fundraiser to be held in Bigfork on April 15-17. Extending guitar education opportunities for youth year-round has been a long time goal of the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation, says Lever. “We love our annual August-September Workshop and Festival and we’ve hosted many short workshops in local schools, but there was still some room to grow and make a difference in our local youth musician community. Thanks to some amazing local sponsors and educators, that dream has become a reality.”

She says the Crown has its sights set on a bigger vision to partner with other communities across the Flathead Valley and organizers definitely plan to offer another Beginner and Beyond guitar class in Bigfork in Fall of 2016.

Currently, the foundation sponsors 10 or more scholarships for teachers, performers and students to attend the annual, week-long workshop. This year it will be held Aug. 28 to Sept. 4, 2016.

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Exhibit at MMAC explores two visionaries

By Lucy Beighle

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hen I was a kid, my brothers and I had a jigsaw puzzle of the Signs of the Zodiac. It was circular, so there was no right way up or down—a factor my mother may have taken into consideration as her three offspring were very cognizant of fairness. And depending on which way you looked at it, you saw a different perspective and a different protagonist, if you will. The Montana Museum of Art & Culture’s current exhibition in the Paxson Gallery celebrates two artists, one of them nationally renowned and locally beloved: Rudy Autio. It is Autio’s glazed stoneware plates that bring me back to my childhood memory. They’re fantastic. And I would be surprised if there were any way to tell which way was up besides the artist’s signature which is placed in the imperative right hand “corner” of the large circular piece. But otherwise, you could rotate the plate and see a different story and view from every angle. Horses, figures, outstretched limbs, the flowing circular movement within his pieces blend together but also seem to stand alone depending on your physical point of view. My brothers and I could look at it together without arguing.

But Autio’s stoneware plates are just a handful of the pieces on display.

Surprise, a quintessential Autio stoneware vessel, has the same fluid quality as his plates, as do his brightly colored acrylic paintings and woodcut prints. In the 1990s, Autio strayed from his typical medium of ceramics and stoneware, and ventured into woodcut printmaking which required carving away material from blocks of wood. These rarely-seen woodcut prints and blocks are part of the MMAC exhibit.

The exhibit also includes pieces by Henry Meloy, another major Montana artist and for whom the Meloy Gallery is named. A quote from his notebook is on display on the wall of the exhibit that says “A work of art is the crystallization of thought, which once it has been given form and shape in the present, will always stay ‘alive’…” The works on display are portraits, all of them untitled, but many of them depicting the famous actress Katharine Cornell whose assistant, Ruth Aine, was Meloy’s long-time love interest. I like the image of these pieces, these people, always staying “alive.”

Interestingly, the Montana Museum of Art & Culture has numerous oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, sketches and sculptures by Meloy on permanent loan from the Henry Meloy Educational Trust. But the pieces selected for this exhibit are “graphite on paper” or pencil on paper, to a neophyte like me. The juxtaposition with the brightly colored and bold Autios is striking. It works. And it works well. Come and see for yourself.

“Presence: Rudy Autio and Henry Meloy” is on exhibit through April 23, 2016, in the Paxson Gallery in the PARTV Building on UM Campus, and is exhibiting in conjunction with “George Gogas: Odyssey” which shows in the Meloy Gallery. In addition to the exhibition, MMAC will also be hosting a public docent tour Thursday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the PARTV Center.

MMAC academic-year gallery hours are noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday. The museum is open to the public with a suggested $5 donation. For more information call 406-243-2019 or visit http://www.umt.edu/montanamuseum.

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Amanda Wilner practices drawing with Michael Small.

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t’s Tuesday evening and time for open figure drawing at Bitterroot College.

The studio is quite warm in deference to the nude model and artists are busy at their easels. The model has struck a pose on the 5x8 carpeted, wheeled platform built to serve this exact function. Lights are positioned to illuminate some planes of her body and shadow others and she is nestled into a few yards of crumpled sheeting to add texture to her smooth skin and help compose her figure in the open space.

Artist Amanda Wilner works at one of the easels. Wilner coordinates open figure drawing offered through Bitterroot College’s community education program. Organized differently from most other art courses, ‘open’ means there is no instructor. Wilner does find and hire a model. The artists in attendance then share the model’s fee. There are no additional fees and artists can drop in on sessions, no need to register or attend the entire series.

Wilner volunteers to organize the twice-monthly sessions for a variety of reasons. As an artist, she works alone in her studio and getting out to draw keeps her in contact with other artists. “I want more people to be interested in drawing and the college is providing a great community service by offering this opportunity to artists in the valley,” she said. The group effort is also economical.

Wilner would hire a model for just her own use, but appreciates sharing the cost with other artists.

Participating in the open studio also achieves Wilner’s goal of being a lifelong learner, “The human body is beautiful and complex and drawing it helps advance

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my skills, skills that I can apply to any medium.”

During the two-and-a-half-hour studio session the model creates ten 2-minute, six 3-minute, three 10-minute, and two 20-minutes poses. Artists need to be organized to be ready to draw all of the poses. Shorter poses come first and offer the artists the opportunity to warm up and for the model to hold, albeit briefly, a more difficult pose. Longer poses allow the artists time to hone their drawings.

If you enjoy drawing and would like to work with a live model, the open studio is something to consider. If you haven’t drawn much, you’ll want to begin by taking basics of figure drawing before attempting the human figure in an open session. Wilner plans to continue to offer open figure drawing in upcoming continuing education programs.

The continuing ed program presents a robust slate of art courses including: colored pencils for non-artists, introduction to drawing, painting, and watercolor along with the aforementioned basics of figure drawing and open figure drawing.

There is also a noontime Artists along the Bitterroot brown bag lecture series coordinated by artist Kathleen Sheard.

Open figure drawing take place this session every other Tuesday, 5:30-8 p.m.

Remaining dates this session are April 12 and 26, May 10 and 24. For more information on any Bitterroot College art course, visit the college’s webpage at www.umt.edu/bitterroot-college.

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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

by Sherry Turkle A necessary topic and welcome addition to psychological / sociological non-fiction. This is Turkle’s niche; she’s able to discuss our modern communication crisis without sounding pessimistic or repetitive. Reclaiming Conversation is constructed from case studies, intimate interviews, and helpful glimpses into Turkle’s personal communication habits. You’re guaranteed to reflect on your relationship with (or reliance on) technology.

[NON-FICTION/SOCIOLOGY; Penguin Press, October 2015, $27.95, hardcover]

Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir

by Tom Hart Tom Hart, Eisner-nominated and celebrated graphic artist, shares his foggy passage through grief after his two-year-old daughter unexpectedly dies. Rosalie Lightning unfolds in brief memories, shaky conversations, and is threaded together by Hart’s understated illustrations. A devastating story told with affecting grace.

[GRAPHIC NON-FICTION; St. Martin’s Press, January 2016, $19.99, hardcover]

52 Men

by Louise Wareham Leonard Louise Wareham Leonard’s 52 portraits tell the story of the “fictional” poet Elise McKnight’s life against a backdrop of the men who have entered it. Her recollections, elegant in their precision, range from hilarious to heartbreaking. With striking economy, 52 Men captures what is most beautiful and ugly about growing up and seeking intimacy. The sex is both great and terrible. These vignettes ask readers to reexamine memory, hurt and healing, and the myriad ways we can, cannot, and long to be loved.

[AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION; Red Hen Press, August 2015, $15.95, paperback]

Listen, Liberal: Or, Whatever Happened to the Party of the People?

By Shakespeare and Company’s

Kim Hutcheson, Garth Whitson & Genevieve Crow

By Thomas Frank Political historian and columnist Frank examines the Democratic Party’s drift from a party of the working class and New Deal principles to a party of the professional, elite class, and it’s utter capture and identification (and subservience to) this class. Frank traces how this happened, much of it under the leadership of the Democratic Leadership Council and Bill Clinton, and how it continues to this day, leaving the party essentially unable, and unwilling, to address critical issues (such as income inequality) that affect the working people who once constituted the Democratic Party’s natural base of voters.

[POLITICS; Metropolitan, April 2016, $27.00, hardcover]

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Spontaneity, improv, unstructured artistry are part of what he brings to the stage

BY BRIAN D’AMBROSIO

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april 2016

he only thing that is ultimately real about Robert Cray’s journey is the step that he is taking at the moment. That’s all there ever is.

While he could talk about the history of the blues – its artifacts or linear links, its seminal discovered recordings, the blind troubadours and their periods of great turbulence, or all of the origins that have inspired his own path – he talks about the now.

He talks about spontaneity, improv, the unstructured artistry of the performance and how it differentiates from night to night.

“For me, I’m not going to play solo like the way I did it last night,” said Cray. “For me, it’s about what you feel tonight and you have to be in the moment, and you have to speak your mind right now. Everyone in the band is listening to one another, and we don’t know exactly how the songs or the solos might go, or how the group of musicians in the song might go. We let that happen right there on the spot. The tempo might be different, or the improvisations are left open. And the improvisation part, it isn’t just the thing of the old jazz cats – a lot of the blues guys do it.

“For us as a group, and for myself, it feels as if we are still starting off and we are still having so much fun. It’s a lot like it was when we first started. We worked as a team and we get along well. When we hit the stage to see what kind of magic we can bring, we throw away the set list and stand in the wings, and head out, and the rest is just winging it. The thing about the magic is that we leave the songs loosely put together and that spontaneity keeps it all lose and fun and exciting.”

Teamwork is an art form to Cray, as much a feat of significance as composing a song. He realized early on that a smooth joint effort, though it obviously required work, only maximized his own odds for success.

“There are things that I will present to the band or that they will present to me, and everyone has an input in the finality of the recordings or performance and how we get to that musical state.”

While the Georgia-born Cray no longer lives in the Pacific Northwest, his roots grew generously out of its music scene in the late 1970s.

“When I was there in the Pacific Northwest, it was great,” said Cray. “I moved from Tacoma to Eugene, Oregon, with Richard Collins, our bass player. There was a band called The Nighthawks – David Olson (drummer) was a part of it – and they were all playing in different forms of music this band. Universities have great music scenes around them, and we’d go to Curtis Salgado’s house and check out the record collection. I had the chance to meet in Portland people like Paul deLay, Dover Weinberg, and lots of other great musicians. Portland had a great jazz scene. It was all under the radar, but it was a slamming scene. The musicians were all tuned in and helped one other.”

“I started playing music in 1965 and I played the piano for a couple of years. When I was 15, 16, a couple of friends and I started listening to Buddy Guy and B.B. King, and we did that after school, and we had this fantasy about being blues artists. We’d buy the albums for two bucks each in the discount bins. Music was our world. I graduated high school in 1971 at Lakes High in Tacoma and for our high school graduation we picked Albert Collins to play Tacoma’s Pacific Lutheran University. Albert Collins walked through the crowd with his long guitar cable. Albert was a big influence on me and so was Freddy King, Otis Rush.”

Cray said that to him the art of performing is about honor, knowledge and being grateful for what is – grateful for being.

“It’s always challenging when you don’t know what to expect, but you just deal with it. There were days of tossing sleeping bags on people’s floors and we were just happy to do the next gig. It all started getting better and better – gradual graduation. We are still going and still having fun.

We have teenage minds, I guess.”

Staying focused as both a performer and person is important to Cray. Exposure to diverse recordings helps him regain and strengthen that sense of purpose.

“I think to do that you have to keep your mind open to all things,” said Cray. “We share music and we hit the vinyl records stores a lot. I’ll listen to everything from Thelonious Monk to classical music to country. The band has different tastes in music, and we keep our ears open and minds fresh. I try not only to listen to the guitar, but I listen to the saxophone, the vibraphone and all different types of things. When I get home, I shut it down and I’m not constantly thinking about music. I try to save up some new energy and new ideas when I hit the stage.”

The performer’s surest path to success is to minimize distractions and sway attention.

“Some venues present more of a challenge and you really have to work at getting attention and getting the people to come to you for the stories you are going to tell. If that’s the case, I’ll bring the volume. Work the volume. Play quiet or bring it up load. I like the clubs with the beer right at your feet, all sweaty. Every venue is different, and they all have to be approached in their own way.”

Resolved, contagious blues and a rollicking, exuberant mission is what transports Cray and his band higher than the pack.

“Sometimes I look for that challenge of capturing the audience’s attention and I bring them to it. I’ll play something really quiet and everybody hears themselves and then I’ll play something soulful or rocking, and that gives it a good mix.”

The Robert Cray Band performs April 10 at the Wilma Theatre in Missoula.

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By Lucy Beighle

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he Missoula Symphony Orchestra will close the 61st season with a grand season finale concert full of life and color as they perform two pieces by Maurice Ravel, “Concerto in G Major” for piano and “Pictures at an Exhibition.”

Missoula Symphony Orchestra Music Director Darko Butorac describes “Pictures at an Exhibition,” as “the perfect piece to end the season.”

It was originally written by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky as a 10-movement piece for piano. His inspiration was the artwork of his friend Viktor Hartmann, an influential artist who died of an aneurism at the young age of 39, leaving behind a legacy of over 400 paintings. The music depicts an imaginary tour of this art collection. “Each of the movements is a tone painting of the actual image,” says Butorac. “For example, the painting “The Catacombs” is depicted by stark chords in the brass, representing the shock of entering deep into the cold burial site transformed into sound; and “The Gnome,” a painting of a little gnome running clumsily with crooked legs, is represented by lurching music with frequent stops and starts. When you read the title of the movement and then hear it, it’s easy to visualize the inspiration,” he says. Maurice Ravel arranged the piece for a full orchestra a few years after Mussorgsky’s composition, and this arrangement is the most commonly performed for orchestras according to Butorac.

The first half of the concert presents Ravel’s masterpiece concerto in G major for piano. “It’s directly influenced by Gershwin’s Concerto in F, so the

pianist katherine chi joins the missoula symphony orchestra for the season finale on april 23-24. courtesy photo.

audience can expect a French twist on 1930’s Jazz, and some serious pianistic pyrotechnics,” says Butorac. “It’s a Brazilian work, super rhythmic, very world music—the audience is in for a treat.” World-renowned pianist, Katherine Chi, will also be joining the orchestra.

Chi will also be performing at the final show in the three-concert Cabaret Series at the Top Hat on April 29. She is known, according to MSO Executive Director John Driscoll, for her intense and daring performances, marvelous expression and keen wit. “A perfect combination for a cabaret show,” he says.

“These shows have been incredibly successful. We bring in some of the world’s finest musicians and the audience gets to experience them in an intimate setting—the feedback all season has been tremendous.” Guests have the option of dinner on-site beforehand, and drinks are served throughout the evening.

The Cabaret Series is in addition to the MSO’s regular season of five pairs of concerts, plus the Symphony in the Park, the Chorale Concert and the Family Concert MSO’s season finale concert, “Pictures of Power,” takes place on Saturday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 24, at 3 p.m. in the Dennison Theatre on the University of Montana campus. Tickets are available online at missoulasymphony.org, by phone at 721-3194, or in person at the Symphony office at 320 East Main Street. For more information on the MSO, the Season Finale Concert, or the Cabaret Concert, visit missoulasymphony.org.

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alinese master musician I Made Lasmawan will be in Missoula in April to perform with students at the University of Montana School of Music.

Then, 10 music students will head to Bali in May for a study abroad program, and instead of checking into a hotel, they’ll live in Lasmawan’s community.

“We’re actually living in a village in central Bali,” said Robert LedBetter, professor of music and director of percussion studies at UM. “So it’s a cultural experience, living in a village where most of the food we eat is going to have been grown right there in the village.”

In the 20th century, universities expanded their percussion ensembles to incorporate world music, said LedBetter, at UM for 25 years. He began the tradition in Missoula in 1992 by bringing steel drums from Trinidad, and it’s grown since to culminate in an annual World Rhythms Concert taking place this year on April 30 with a focus on Bali.

“We will be bringing in Balinese master musician I Made Lasmawan and master dancer Ni Ketut Marni to perform with the UM Jaya Budaya Gamelan orchestra,” LedBetter said. “The concert will also be a fundraiser and kickoff for a study abroad trip to Bali in May and June.”

After bringing instruments from Trinidad to the School of Music, LedBetter started a West African group with drums from Guinea and Ghana. In 2003, he traveled to Ghana and further developed West African drumming at UM, and a couple years later, he went to Brazil and returned to start a Brazilian ensemble.

“I have a passion for world music,” LedBetter said.

Along the way, he also created the Balinese gamelan, and a traditional naming ceremony termed the UM group Jaya Budaya, or “victory culture.” A “gamelan” is a group of traditional Indonesian percussion instruments, and blending old and new is a theme at UM. James Rubich, a senior music education major, said LedBetter adheres to tradition in music while pushing students to be on the cutting edge. The percussionist appreciates that his professor pays attention to musical roots while keeping an eye on modern developments.

“So you’ll take lessons from him, and you’re learning old traditional style drumming, but at the same time, you’re going to be on the forefront of new literature,” Rubich said.

With so many different cultures in the mix, LedBetter alternates the music featured at the World Rhythms Concert. This year, the concert will offer tunes from the UM Salsa Band, with some of the top horn players in the jazz program, as well as music from the Brazilian ensemble, Cuban drum ensemble, and West African djembe ensemble.

The concert will center on Bali. In that regard, LedBetter said authenticity in musical and cultural education is key, with a Balinese musician and dancer, a couple, to meet with the students. The duo from Indonesia is based in Colorado, and Lasmawan visits Missoula off and on to teach music.

Lasmawan is based in Colorado, but he’s from Bali, and he visits Missoula off and on to teach music.

“I’m a firm believer in having a master musician in that field come teach us instead of just having me with my knowledge,” LedBetter said. “I’m always trying to learn, too. It’s fascinating for me as a percussion teacher to constantly be learning with my students.”

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Hall Of Fame drummer Ed Stalling will be performing with multiple groups this year. Photo by Ken Stolz.

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azzoula, Missoula’s community jazz festival, is a musical rite of spring.

Big bands, small combos, bebop, samba, scat, swing and more showcase outstanding local talent.

The 12th annual Jazzoula, April 18-22, will feature four nights (Monday through Thursday) of great, instrumental and vocal jazz in a relaxed nightclub-style setting. It all takes place at St. Anthony Parish community hall, 217 Tremont (at the corner with Woodford).

Doors open at 6 pm with food and full bar available. Music starts at 6:30 pm with four or five bands each night, including University of Montana Jazz Program combos. Sets average 35 minutes and there will be table seating as well as concert seating.

Jazzoula is an all-ages event.

The festival originated as the brainchild of Bruce Micklus (Rockin Rudy’s owner), the Missoula Blues and Jazz Society, along with the UM Jazz Program. It started in the basement of the Wilma and has grown ever since and helped to nurture Missoula’s flourishing jazz scene.

As one of Montana’s longest running jazz festivals, it is a celebration of jazz and community, inspired by the desire to have a place where the amazing jazz

musicians of the Missoula area can share their talents.

Jazzoula is an all-ages event and even features a number of very young talents, “The Youngest Divas,” students of voice instructor Melody Anderson.

Tickets are $12; $10 student/senior: or get a four-night pass for $25 ($20 student/senior), available at Rockin Rudy’s (542-0077; 237 Blaine St., Missoula) and at the door.

Among the highlights this year is a tribute to the music of Sarah Vaughan and Wes Montgomery by singer Kimberlee Carlson with Ron Meissner on guitar. And the popular Canta Brasil will return with bossa nova, samba, choro and more.

Two percussionists will be honored with the 2016 Missoula Blues and Jazz Society Hall of Fame award: Drummer Ed Stalling and Bob LedBetter, the UM percussion professor and leader of the Islander Steel Band.

Jazzoula 2016 is sponsored by The Missoula Independent; Boyle Deveny and Meyer; and the Missoula Blues and Jazz Society.

For more information, contact Rockin Rudy’s at 406-542-0077 and check the Jazzoula Facebook page.

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By Stacie Duce

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or 24 years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has been touring nearly non-stop with an original cool cast of musicians who remind the world that singing to swing in pin-stripe suits and debonair hats has never gone out of style.

Four years ago, the band celebrated the holiday season with highenergy performance at the Hamilton Performing Arts Center. On April 8, they return to cap the 12th season presented by the Bitterroot Performing Arts Council. It will be the last show presented by the series founder, Monica Grable, who has announced her departure from her position as executive director.

“I can’t think of a better way to wrap up our 12th season or my 12-year run,” Grable said. “Big Bad Voodoo is a very fun, high-energy, very accessible and universally loved group and so it will be a blast to have a full house.”

Few tickets remain for the Saturday night show in Hamilton and subscribers in attendance four years ago are thrilled for their return.

“They are fantastic at what they do and after their Christmas show, what we mostly heard was, ‘Please bring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy back so we can hear more of their stuff,’” Grable said. “With more than a dozen albums, they have a lot of work to share with the audience, so it will be a thrill to have them back.”

More than a simple tribute to a bygone era, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s horninfused arrangements have introduced the genre to new generations of fans with reminders why the classic style is akin to patriotism. The band has performed for three U.S. presidents and at America’s beloved events such as Superbowl half-time shows, Thanksgiving parades, favorite late-night talk shows and television dancing competitions. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s music has been included on soundtracks for film as well as featured on television shows and sitcoms. The band has performed with distinguished symphony orchestras.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has been touted for respecting America’s unique art form that fuses classic jazz, swing and Dixieland sounds. But it’s their energy

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has been touring for 24 years and returns to Hamilton on April 8 to cap the 12th season presented by the Bitterroot Performing Arts Council.

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and creative arrangements that bring down the house.

Front man Scotty Morris provides style, vocals and a sense of humor audiences love. He’s joined by his band of brothers: Andy Rowley on baritone saxophone, Kurt Sodergren on drums, Dirk Shumaker on double base, Glen Marhevka on trumpet, Karl Hunter on saxophones and clarinet, Anthony Bonsera on trumpet, Alex Henderson on trombone and Joshua Levy providing rhapsody glue on piano.

“They practically live on their tour bus and that unity comes through on their music,” Grable said. “We are so happy to have them come back to make unforgettable memories all over again.”

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy wraps up Season 12 for the Bitterroot Performing Arts Series, which also included blues guitarist Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, classical legends David Finckel and WuHan, mesmerizing Parson’s Dance, the renowned Kronos Quartet and Solas who performed at the Dennison Theater.

“The caliber of artists we’ve hosted this season is truly representative of Monica and her amazing work over the years,” said Peggy Tonon, president of the board of directors for the council. “The vitality of our organization is due, in no small part, to Monica’s years of tireless dedication and leadership for which we are so grateful. It hasn’t been easy and we recognize her sacrifices over the years to make the series a success.”

The board will celebrate Grable as well as the future of the organization at a “Spring for the Arts” fundraising event on Saturday, April 23, in Hamilton at the St. Francis Community Center.

For more information about remaining tickets to the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert or the fundraising event, contact the Bitterroot Performing Arts Box Office in Signal Square – 127 W. Main Street in Hamilton, by phone at 406-363-7946 or online at www.bitterrootperformingarts.org.

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Climate change, national parks among the themes at this year’s 39th International Wildlife Film Festival

By Lance Nixon

“Seed: The Untold Story” is an American film by Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz. It is about “seed keepers” who protect humans’ 12,000-yearold legacy of saving seeds.

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Austrian Herbert Ostwald’s “Giraffe – Up High and Personal” delves into the secret social life of Africa’s iconic gentle giants.

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here’s something new in store for people taking in the International Wildlife Film Festival this month in Missoula – an increasing awareness of the species holding the camera.

Organizers say that’s apparent in the films showing in this 39th year of the festival, April 16-23, as more and more filmmakers document not only wildlife, but how humans affect the natural world.

When University of Montana bear expert Chuck Jonkel started the world’s first wildlife film festival in Missoula back in 1977, it was partly to provide a space in which filmmakers and biologists could puzzle over important issues for biologists, for filmmakers and also for wildlife.

Some films were interfering with animal or manipulating habitat in order to drive the narrative or create drama instead of simply documenting nature, said Mike Steinberg, executive director of the International Wildlife Film Festival that kicks off later this month at the Roxy Theater.

“There was a need, in Jonkel’s mind, to have a forum where scientists and filmmakers could have that interplay,” Steinberg said. “We started as a very pure event. It was just about wildlife and wildlife filmmaking.”

Though other wildlife film festivals have come along – including the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in Wyoming and a notable one in Bristol in the UK called Wildscreen – the Missoula festival is the oldest and longest-running.

But it’s changing with the times, as those taking in the films will see during this year’s festival, set for April 16-23. As in recent years, most of the films and events will take place in the historic Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. in Missoula, which the festival purchased in 2002 to anchor the event and serve as its home.

The festival increasingly reflects the fact that the people funding wildlife films are not solely interested in nature films that help viewers understand something such as animal behavior. This year, look for more “hybrid” films that include humans as they explore the natural world.

Steinberg said two themes have emerged in the mix of films at this year’s

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Our First Friday event will run from 5:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m., featuring original work by artists Monte Dolack, and Mary Beth Percival. We will be providing beverages and light snacks.

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In “Ulin,” filmmaker Leo Plunkett of the United Kingdom examines forest destruction in lowland Borneo and in indigenous Dayak community’s effort to preserve endangered ulin trees.

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festival: climate change and national parks.

Justin Haider, who is helping to organize the event, said some there were 54 films lined up for the festival as of mid-March. Some are full-length feature films and some are only a few minutes long, he said. And the larger-than-the-animalin-the-lens focus will be readily apparent, Haider said.

“It’s definitely progressing a little bit more in that direction,” Haider said. “It’s pretty apparent that there’s a lot of films that don’t deal directly with wildlife. But we have a lot of films about human/wildlife interactions.”

Steinberg and Haider said a title that suggests that sort of theme is a film called, “How to Let Go of the World: and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change.”

Another is “Polar Bear Summer,” from Germany. A film about biologist E.O. Wilson and his work, “E.O. Wilson: Of Ants and Men,” also will address topics such as climate change.

“The Pursuit of Hippo-ness,” from the U.S., describes itself as a postmodern nature film from the U.S. about how culture and conservation collide. “Racing Extinction” follows activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.

“Muerte Es Vida” (Death is Life) from the UK examines the connection between death and nature.

Haider said the festival really lives up to its international billing, with films on deck not just from the United States, but also from Austria, the UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Paraguay, South Africa.

The idea of national parks developed as a theme without any serious planning on the part of the festival. America’s National Park Service began a full century ago this year, in 1916.

“It’s the 100th anniversary of the Park Service,” Steinberg said. “We thought we should honor that. It’s just fortuitous that there area number of great films about national parks, and they’re not all American films.”

Find a complete schedule of the events online and descriptions of the films online at wildlifefilms.org.

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It’s not all at the roxy...

Most of the action takes place at the Roxy Theater during Missoula’s 39th annual International Wildlife Film Festival – but not all.

WildWalk Parade 2016 takes place Sunday, April 17, starting at noon and is free and open to the public. Participants ine up at 11:30 a.m. at the Big Red XXX’s (100 Railroad St. W.) and will “dance, crawl, swing and slither” through downtown Missoula on Higgins Street, organizers promise, ending at Caras Park for WildFest, which continues from 12:30 to 3 p.m. That event is also free and open to the public, featuring live entertainment, face painting, concessions. A free concert with The Salamanders is also on deck.

In addition, the festival has scheduled a free presentation at the University of Montana by renowned marine biologist and underwater filmmaker Rick Rosenthal entitled “El Nino: An Ocean Mystery.” The multi-media event will explore the impact of El Nino on ocean life and climate. It takes place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at UC Theater.

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wild scenery returns Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes to Missoula in May

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ark your calendars: For the first time in more than five years, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival will return to Missoula on May 6. It will take place at The Wilma, organizers said in a press release.

The Missoula event will feature films celebrating natural beauty while highlighting environmental issues.

American Rivers, a conservation organization working to protect and restore rivers nationally, will bring the festival to Missoula, where films that focus on rivers are part of the lineup. Some of the films deal with Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone, the Snake and the Colorado River.

“With the Clark Fork running right through the heart of downtown and amazing rivers all around us, Missoulians know the value of our rivers,” said Todd Frank, owner of the Trial Head and a sponsor of the film festival. “The Wild & Scenic Film Festival will give local river lovers a chance to watch some top-notch inspirational films and also the opportunity to take action to protect some of Montana’s most treasured waters like the Smith River and Rock Creek.”

Montana currently has four Wild & Scenic Rivers, according to American Rivers – a 150-mile stretch of the upper Missouri and the North, Middle and South Forks of the upper Flathead. All were designated Wild & Scenic Rivers in 1976. In part the film series celebrates the 40th anniversary of those federal designations to protect four Montana rivers.

But the implication of the festival in its news release is that more work could be done to protect Montana’s rivers.

“By showing inspirational films about how individuals saved rivers in other regions of the country, we hope to inspire residents of the Missoula Valley to do the same here,” said Kascie Herron, Northern Rockies conservation associate for American Rivers.

The festival will include the Montana premiere of “Our Local Epic,” a film about the first descent of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River canyon. In part it’s about one man’s efforts to get the river protected as Wyoming’s first Wild & Scenic river. The river flows through one of North America’s deepest canyons and was once considered an ideal location for an enormous dam. The film stars Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and examines the river in light of such history as the flight of the Nez Perce and the experiences of modern paddlers.

Other films on deck for the festival include “The Important Places,” an award-winner abut a father-and-son expedition down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Another film, “Legacy,” describes fishing guide Jack Dennis’s work to help protect more than 400 miles of the Snake River and its tributaries near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 2009.

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival began in 2003 at the leading of the South Yuba River Citizens League, a watershed advocacy group based in Nevada City, California. The festival was named in celebration of the group’s winning “Wild & Scenic” status for a 39-mile stretch of the South Yuba River in 1999.

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Christopher Titus returns to the Top Hat

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t almost sounds like a consumer warning – Don’t try this at home! – except that the warning is about something pretty ordinary that is, for many people, not that traumatic: parenthood.

But it furnishes good material for a comedian.

Stand-up artist Christopher Titus’ new “Born With A Defect” act comes to the Top Hat Lounge on Sunday, April 24. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.

Titus’ press releases promise “a wild ride through his personal life, proving why he isn’t qualified to be a father and why childless couples win.”

Titus performed at the Wilma last year, but this is an all-new show, though it touts the same “innovative and edgy” fare that his audiences like – why owning a Lamborghini is better than having children, for example. His promo materials also vow to serve up plenty of “dysfunctional personal anecdotes.”

At his website, www.christophertitus.com, Titus promises the show hold benefits: “If you’re a parent it is therapy. If you are childless it is the best birth control you will ever have.”

Also, Titus says he plans to film the show in April in Eugene, Oregon.

Missoula will get to see it live instead of waiting for the DVD.

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the down and dirty

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zayn “mind of mine”

 standout tracks: pillowtalk rear view wrong

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corridor music review

By Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times

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ne Direction famously hated being referred to as a boy band. But if the term didn’t fit the mega-popular British group that recently went on hiatus, the problem — at least from the outside — had less to do with the word “boy” than with the word “band.”

Here was a musical outfit, originally assembled on the British edition of “The X Factor,” that always seemed to view its music as an afterthought. Not that its records weren’t great — most of them were.

But you never got the sense, even (or especially) at its winningly offhand stadium gigs, that the work of writing and singing and playing was of much concern. Far more important was choosing the right pair of skinny jeans or telling the perfect joke to crack up the other guys onstage.

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ar more important, that is, to everyone but Zayn Malik. A year after he quit One Direction (which likely led to the remaining four members hitting pause), this 23-year-old singer has become the first of the bunch to release a solo record. And listening to “Mind of Mine,” due Friday, it seems clear that Zayn left not because he couldn’t handle the pressure of global stardom, as he intimated at the time, but because he wanted to get serious — really serious — about music.

A moody, deeply textured R&B album with vibe to spare, “Mind of Mine” sounds as if it was designed to showcase the effort and inspiration that went into it. Where 1D aimed to charm, Zayn wants to impress; instead of goofy puns, he’s dealing in intricately voiced piano chords. (So many fancy chords here.) About half the time, he convinces you he’s made the right choice.

There’s more to Zayn’s new identity than legit musician. You need look only at the magazine covers he’s posed for lately to know that he’s getting in touch with his steamy, lover-man side, a quality he’d never have been able to explore in 1D, given the group’s tween-heavy fanbase. And like all former tween idols, he’s eager to be seen as a grown-up, which is one reason he drops so many F-bombs here.

There’s also the intriguing matter of his Muslim faith, a true rarity in Western pop that he seems to acknowledge in one track, “Flower,” with a lovely vocal melody sung in Urdu.

But mostly “Mind of Mine” emphasizes signs of complexity: the elaborate synth swirls that float through “She,” for instance, or the careful layering of soft-funk guitar lines in “Bordersz,” one of several cuts cowritten and produced by Malay, who’s best known for his work on Frank

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Ocean’s Grammy-winning “Channel Orange” album.

Even when Zayn strips down the music for “Fool for You,” a relatively spare piano ballad, he fills the space with ornate vocal runs, flexing a skill for which there was never much use in 1D. Basically, you’re unlikely to hear a more detailed album this year, and certainly not from whichever of Zayn’s former bandmates goes solo next.

All that fine-tuning doesn’t mean that Zayn’s music comes out utterly unique. As was true with 1D, the influences here are remarkably easy to spot, be it Ocean (in the dreamy “It’s You”), Miguel (“Truth”) or the xx (“Drunk”). Prince hangs over the whole project too, detectable in everything from Zayn’s falsetto to his stylized renderings of song titles: “PiLlOwT4lK” and “BeFoUr” and so on.

In 1D, though, the band’s copycat moves (aping songs by Journey, the Who and others) felt in keeping with its take-the-easy-way approach. On “Mind of Mine” you’re hearing how hard Zayn is trying to get inside the music that moves him, to understand and reproduce its virtues.

With 18 tracks on the deluxe edition, the album can wear you down with all its finely wrought sophistication, even when Zayn is singing about taking your clothes off. No One Direction record could ever be described as a slog, but that’s what “Mind of Mine” becomes by the trippy “Lucozade,” in which he recounts sipping an energy drink while “blazing on that newfound haze.”

Hearing those words, you might find yourself needing a smoke break yourself, even as you admire Zayn’s commitment to his work.

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SOUNDCLOUD MIX OF THE MONTH

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kaytronik

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Kaytronik, aka Karizma, is a producer and DJ who has been active as both a solo artist and member of The Basement Boys since the 1990s. In his guest appearance March 25 on Solid Steel Radio Show, Kaytronik served up a groovy, soulful mix that included artists such as Common and Michael Jackson.

This mix was released just ahead of Kaytronik’s latest LP, ‘Thee,’ which is out on R2 Records now. Do yourself a favor and check out the work of a legendary producer who will surely be around for many more years to come.

soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-2532016-hour-1-kaytronik

rjd2 “dame fortune”

 rjd2 gets in touch with his soulful side on what is perhaps his most inspired work in years

asking alexandria “the black”

 “the black” is a blistering release that heralds the debut of new singer Denis Shaforostov

parachute “wide awake”

 parachute’s fourth album is more of the same- bland, radiofriendly pop rock.

laney jones “laney jones”

 jones’ debut album is an intoxicating mix of folk and bluegrass delivered with understated grandeur

april 2016

film Summer Camps at

The Roxy

By Eliza Oh

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hese days it’s tough to find ways of keeping your child stimulated, especially once school lets out for summer. Sports, music lessons, fence painting – balancing fun and responsibility can be tough. Luckily The Roxy Theater’s got you covered!

For summer 2016, the Roxy Film Academy has returned with five educational camps ready to accommodate middle and high schoolers of different interests and abilities. Are you sick (but secretly proud) of your eighth-grader’s awful jokes? RFA’s Silly Cinema camp will provide a proper microphone. Is your child grooving in the aisles at the Food Farm? Let them instead use that energy on camera with the Dance on Film course in midAugust. With the ever-bustling Roxy theater in your backyard, creative answers are always right around the corner. Different hobbies intermingle with quality cinematographic training and budding skill sets to make your child see the world a little differently and treat it with the respect it deserves.

From July 18-22, children can take part in Silly Cinema, where they’ll engage with local comedians who will teach them the process of sketch-writing and how performance on camera differs from stage acting. Throughout the fourday class they’ll learn the value of preparedness as well as how best to cultivate and utilize different comedic skills such as timing, attention to detail, and how to find that perfect punchline. Gather at the Roxy theater on Friday, July 22, to watch the impressive product of your child’s hard work and dedication.

On Aug. 1, The Cooking Show brings adolescent chefs right to the source while they work alongside Jason McMackin of Burns St. Bistro with harvesting ingredients from a local farm and cooking it on-camera. The final cooking shows will premiere on Friday, Aug. 5! From farm to kitchen to table to screen,

they’ll learn how an honest day’s work can leave you with a good taste in your mouth and a warm feeling in your belly.

Who’s that in the anchor chair? It’s your kid! From Aug. 8 until the Roxy premier on Aug. 12, RFA offers Breaking News!, a mockumentary course where creativity and straightforward delivery combine. With the help of KECI, Special FX artists, and local actors, your child will learn the art of professionalism and the enjoyment of hyperbole in one fell swoop.

From Aug. 15-19, Dance on Film offers campers the chance to get their wiggles out with a slew of professional dancers and MASC artisans. Not only will they practice their balance with a flair, they’ll get a chance to choreograph, design costumes, and film a performance worthy of Bollywood to premier at the Roxy on Aug. 19. Bring on the chiffon!

Have you heard? GIRLS ROCK! MUSIC VIDEOS will be running from Aug. 22-26, taking interested girls on a wild ride to develop and conceptualize a music video which they will then location scout and film during ZACC’s Girls Rock Camp. You can watch this on-screen rock’n’roll daydream at the Roxy on Aug. 26.

Roxy Film Academy summer camps are a local and convenient way to start your youth on the path to responsible and knowledgeable young adulthood.

Classes are Monday - Friday, dropoff between 9 and 9:30 a.m., class from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and from 3-4 p.m., a fun film and popcorn to say good bye!

Each Friday at 5 p.m. you can enjoy your child’s hard work at the Roxy Theater, which can be found at 718 South Higgins Ave. and reached at 406-728-9380.

To sign up for camps please visit montanafilmacademy.com.

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Sally Field makes most of ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’

By Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times

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S

ally Field has always had a rare presence on screen: a gift for being both lovable and utterly vulnerable.

In “Hello, My Name Is Doris,” a notvery-interesting movie that’s elevated

by Field’s performance, the title character could easily have fallen into caricature: an older woman who dresses in quirky retro clothing, lives in a Staten Island house cluttered with a lifetime’s collected possessions and develops a sadly unrequited passion for a man at work who’s half her age.

You know, watching the film, that Doris will be humiliated before things begin to look brighter; that she will feud with and make up with her best friend (Tyne Daly); that there will be the usual jokes about older people and technology; and that, in general, the characters will behave like scripted people rather than real ones. (Every line spoken by Wendy McLendon-Covey’s nasty sister-in-law character, for example, feels like a rough draft.)

And yet, “Hello, My Name Is Doris” is at times quite moving, because of the way Field and the character merge. Doris, who’s taken care of her sick mother for many years (the film begins with the mother’s funeral), has a not-quite-verbalized sense that life has passed her by. You see it in the way she gazes, open-mouthed, at her workplace crush (Max Greenfield) — you want to close the mouth for her, as it makes her so achingly defenseless — or in how she clings to the clutter in her house, as if it might somehow bring back happier days.

Field, carrying the movie on her shoulders and handing it to us for our approval, makes us root for wistful Doris. Single-handedly, she makes the movie work. I didn’t always believe Doris’ behavior, but I knew I wanted to see her smile again.

hello, my name is doris

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apr EVENTS CALENDAR

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To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 1 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Betty’s Divine, 509 S. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Interdimensionalism” by Rashid Abdel Ghafur. Intricate representations of spatial confluence. 721-4777, bettysdivine.com.

1 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., The Bike Doctor, 1101 Toole St. Featuring “Of Bikes and Men,” bike art by B.MartiNez, beer and live music by Jeff Carroll.

1 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St. Featuring “group de brink: bye,” group exhibition featuring Renee Adams, James Bailey, Jack Dempsey Boyd, Eric Carlson, Andy Cline, Marlo Crocifisso, Christopher Dufala, Theo Ellsworth, Jen Erickson, Justin Gibbens, Andy Kemmis, Steven Krutek, Athena Lonsdale, Jonathan Marquis, Jack Metcalf, Lauren Tyler Norby, Jenny Parker, Trevor Parr, Brandon Reintjes, Patricia Thornton, Tim Thornton, Shalene Valenzuela, and Lena Woosner. 728-5251, thebrinkgallery.com.

1 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Personal Mythology: Symbols, Myths and Affirmations,” collection by

Georgia Mann that includes vessels, small figures, pendants. 317-1543, 4ravensgallery@gmail.com.

1 First Friday, E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St.: Featuring “Winter on Van Buren Bridge,” “New Year’s Day in Greenough Park,” “Lolo Peak,” photos

by Donna Finstad.

1 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., Gallery 709 in Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. Featuring “Native Plants on the Landscape” new acrylics by local artist Nancy Seiler. (406) 541-7100, montanaart.com.

1 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main St. Featuring “The Last Best Dream: Surrealism Here and Now,” featuring 2-D and 3-D works by James Todd, Stephanie Frostad, Monte Dolack, Courtney Blazon, Stephen Glueckert and 10 other artists. 5417070, radiusgallery.com.

1 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Looking Up, Looking Down,” paper collage by Jennifer Ogden of Hamilton. 5436393, missoulaartistsshop.com.

1 First Friday, 5-9 p.m., E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. Featuring “My Inner World,” paintings

by Ivette Kjelsrud. Opening reception, April 1, 5-9 p.m. with music by Jordan Lane. “Winter on Van Buren Bridge,” “New Year’s Day in Greenough Park,” “Lolo Peak,” photos by Donna Finstad. 830-3168, e3gallerymissoula.com.

1 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Join Abbie Miller at 7 p.m. for a walk through her exhibition Exit Strategies. Miller will talk about the process of making her large-scale installations and how she engages the gallery space.

728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

1 Art Guides, 7 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Hear artist Abbie Miller talk about her large vinyl biomorphic sculptures at First Friday.

If you are interested in volunteering with MAM’s education programs, please come to the training.

For more information, contact Renée Taaffe, Education Curator, 728-0447 Ext. 228 or reneet@ missoulaartmuseum.org.

1 Charlie Parr, 9 p.m., The Badlander, 208 Ryman St. Tickets $12 in advance, $14 day of show, available at TicketFly.com, the Badlander box office or by calling 877-435-9849.

1 National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo)-As part of MPL’s Poetry to the People series of events, the library will be participating in NaPoWriMo(National Poetry Writing Month), a project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.

The library invites poets who wish to share their work to email their poems to crystalk@missoula. lib.mt.us for posting on the library’s Facebook page.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

1 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime - stories for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; watercolor painting drop-in class, featuring an individual

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approach for skill, and a group focus for subject and compositional techniques, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers in grades 9-12, 3:30 p.m.; “Intro to Java Programming for Teens,” class, 5-5:55 p.m., registration required. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

1 Irish music session, 6-9 p.m.; Band in Motion, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

1 Larry Hirshberg, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

1-2 Paydirt, 9:30 p.m.-closing, Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

2 Jess Steven Hughes signs “The Wolf of Britannia, Part I and Part II,” 1-7 p.m., Hastings, 2501 Brooks St. 2 Tom Catmull’s Radio Static, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

2 Rotgut Whines, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

2 Family Storytime - stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 11 a.m.; “Computer Programming Through Minecraft” Makerspace class, 1-2:30 p.m., ages 8-13, space limited, registration required; Altered Books Workshop, come give discarded books a second life as a piece of art during MPL’s “Altered Books Workshop,” which meets in the Large Meeting Room. All books and art materials are provided, and this event is open to all ages and abilities, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

2 Missoula Folklore Society contra dance, 8-11 p.m., Union Hall, 208 E. Main St. Beginner workshop, 7:30 p.m. Music by Skippin’ a Groove; caller Bev Young.

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2 The Loose String Band, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 3 Dan Dubuque, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 3 Family Storytime – stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 2 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

4 Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; “Computer Fundamentals,” 6 p.m., registration required.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

4 John Rosett and Company (jazz), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 4-8 Spring Break Mornings Art Camp with Barbara Morrison, 9 a.m.-noon, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Ages 7-11; $112.50/$125. Enjoy a week of learning art history the fun way! Starting with prehistoric cave paintings and rock carvings and moving through frescoes, mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, Chinese brush paintings to European modern abstract and cubist paintings, young artists will spend the week exploring art throughout time.

Each morning campers will focus on a different era and medium. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

5 Library Peeps Show contest deadline - final day to

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drop off your entry at the Children’s Desk for the annual Library Peeps Show Contest, a competition where participants create a shoebox sized diorama using Peeps candy in order to showcase a literary allusion or theme. For more information, visit http:// tinyurl.com/mplpeepsshow. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

5 Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, 4-6 p.m.; Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

6 Open Hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Peeples Choice Voting-Vote for your favorite entry in our Library Peeps Show during Peeple’s Choice Voting, which runs from April 6-16. Stop by the Children’s Department to view entries, and pick up a ballot to choose your favorite. “My iPad” computer class, 12:30-1:30 p.m., registration required; Middle School Writers’ Group, share your poems, stories, and novels, get and give feedback, and play with words, 3:30 p.m.; jewelry making workshop, 6-7:30 p.m.; Socrates Café, 7-8:45 p.m. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

7 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club, for all ages up to 12, LEGOs cover the floor in the dragon rug area, 3:30-5 p.m. Missoula Public Library,

301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

7 John Howard’s comedy night open mic, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

7 Hemlock on their Groove Adult Tour with Ektomorf, Blessiddoom and Resurgence, 8 p.m., Dark Horse, 1805 Regent. $5.

7 Country Line, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 7 Double Punch Thursday, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

7 Spiritual Living open interactive discussion group, 1 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 370-9909.

8 Basses Covered, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

8 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime - stories for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; watercolor painting class, any level, featuring an individual approach for skill, and a group focus for subject and compositional techniques, noon-2 p.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon–2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers and aspiring writers ages 16-19, sShare your words, talk about everything under the sun, 3:30 p.m.; “Intro to Java Programming for Teens,” 5-5:55 p.m., registration required; WorldWide Cinema, free foreign film, “Secrets of War” (Netherlands), 7 p.m. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

8 Irish music session, 6-9 p.m.; Zeppo MT, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

8 Bob Packwood, piano and MJ Williams, vocals and

trombone, perform, 6-8 p.m., Radius Gallery, 114 Main St. Plus exhibit of jazz portraits by wood engraving artist James G. Todd Jr. Tickets $10, limited seating. RSVP to 541-7070 or lisa.simon@ radiusgallery.com.

8-9 Troublesome, 9 p.m.-closing, Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

9 Family Storytime - stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 11 a.m.; “Computer Programming Through Minecraft” Makerspace class, 1-2:30 p.m., ages 8-13, registration required. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

9 Michael Trew, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 9 Joan Zen, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

9 John Floridis, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

9 Saturday Family Art Workshop: “Handmade Books” with Amy Friedman, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Explore a variety of simple bookmaking techniques to create your own unique, handmade books. From simple cereal box books to more complex accordion-style books, there will be several choices for the entire family to work with and get lost in the creative process. The whole family is invited to make art together. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

9, 23 Open Figure Drawing, non-instructed, 3-5 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $8/$10.

These sessions provide artists an opportunity to draw from a live model. Some supplies (newsprint and charcoal) are available for use. Participants must be 18 years or older. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum. org.

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9 “Effective Workplace Communication” class with Aimee Ryan and Patrick Marsolek, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $80. Register at innerworkingresources.com/Workplaceplace.

9 Styles & Complete, 9 pm., The Badlander, 208 Ryman St. Tickets $15 in advance, $17 day of show, available at Ticketfly.com, the Badlander box office and by calling 877-435-9849.

9 Appalachia String Band, 1-3 p.m., Hangin’ Art Gallery, Highway 93, Arlee.

10 Charlie Welty, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 10 The Ed Norton Big Band, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7.

10 Friends of Missoula Public Library Appraisal Fair, 1-4 p.m., expert appraisers from across Montana will be available to evaluate the price of your antiques and collectables for $10 per item of $15 for two items. Proceeds support library programming.

Family Storytime – stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 2 p.m.; Literary Trivia-In partnership with Zootown Brew, MPL has created a family-friendly trivia night called “Literary Trivia,” 6:30-9 p.m. at Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

11 Open Hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Brown Bag Book Club, noon-1 p.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; “Beginning WORD” computer class, 6-7 p.m.; “Eat Your Words with Poems from Scratch,” 6:30-8:30 p.m.; poetry workshop with poet and cooking school instructor Emily Walter that meets for three Monday nights in April, registration required. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

11 Larry Hirshberg (singer, songwriter), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 12 Open Hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, -4-6 p.m.; Lolo Branch Reading Activity, ages 3-6, 4:15-5 p.m., call 273-0451 Ext. 211 for additional information. Community Creative Writing Workshop

in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m. 2nd Tuesday MPL Book Group discusses “Thunderstruck & Other Stories” by Elizabeth McCracken, 7 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

E. Main St. Featuring “The Last Best Dream: Surrealism Here and Now,” featuring 2-D and 3-D works by James Todd, Stephanie Frostad, Monte Dolack, Courtney Blazon, Stephen Glueckert and 10 other artists. Plus handmade monster costumes by Theo Ellsworth and Daniel Scott Morris. 541-7070, radiusgallery.com.

17 Way Cool Music, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave.

12-May 17 After School Art Adventure III, Tuesdays, 3:45-5:15 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $45/$50; ages 7-11. Explore memories though printmaking with Janaina Marques-Vieira. Thinking about the place we live and its relationship to people’s tradition, students will create prints using collagraph techniques as an art form. With hands-on printing, creative thinking, and visual learning strategies, students will embark on an adventure to explore memories. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum. org.

15 Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio with Ron Meissner, Pete Hand and Micki Signer, 6-8 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

17 Montana Old Time Fiddlers, 1-5 p.m., Poor Henry’s, Clinton.

13 Open Hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; “Android Smartphones” computer class, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Afternoon Matinee at Missoula Main, free film, classics and recent features, 2 p.m.; Middle School Writers’ Group- In this group for grades 6-9, you can share your poems, stories, and novels, get and give feedback, and play with words–and enjoy some after-school snacks, 3:30 p.m.; Jewelry making workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.; 2nd Wednesday Book Group discusses “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Cheryl Strayed, 7 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

13 President’s Lecture Series, 8 p.m., Dennison Theatre, UM. Featuring “Civil Liberties in America Today” by Anthony Romero, executive director American Civil Liberties Union. Umt.edu/president/events/lectures.

13 Marc Beaudin promotes his poetic travel memoirs, “Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 721-2881.

14 Local Yokel, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 14 Country Boogie Boys, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

14 Double Punch Thursday, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

14 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club, for all ages up to 12, LEGOs cover the floor in the dragon rug area, 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

14 Zach Deputy, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 14-17 Annual AAUW-PDK used book sale hosted by the Missoula Branches of American Association of University Women and Phi Delta Kappa, Orchard Homes Country Life Club, 2537 S. Third St. W. Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, the bag day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Donations can be dropped off April 11-12 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 543-5975, 549-3538.

15 Closing reception, 5 p.m., Radius Gallery, 114

15 Nashville 406, 9:30 p.m.-closing, Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

15 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime - stories for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; watercolor painting class, drop-in class for any level, featuring an individual approach for skill, and a group focus for subject and compositional techniques, noon-2 p.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers and aspiring writers ages 16-19. Share your words, talk about everything under the sun, do fun writing exercises, 3:30 p.m.; “Intro to Java Programming for Teens,” 5-5:55 p.m., registration required; Cheap Date Night, free feature film, 7 p.m. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

15 Irish music session, 6-9 p.m.; Cash for Junkers, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

16 Russ Nasset and the Revelators, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

16 Universal Choke Sign, Undun, Arctodus and ENDever, 9 p.m., Dark Horse, 1805 Regent. $5.

16 Jameson and the Sordid Seeds, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 16 Art on Tap, noon-3 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

16 Malarkey, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

16 Missoula Folklore Society contra dance, 8-11 p.m., Union Hall, 208 E. Main St. Beginner workshop, 7:30 p.m. Music by Weatherwood; caller Roy Curet. Mfs. org.

16 Classical music concert, “J.S. Bach. Mass in B Minor,” 7:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier Church, 410 W. Pine St. Presented by Bitterroot Baroque. Tickets $30 general, $10 students, or pay as you are able, available at the door.

16 Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m.; Computer Programming Through Minecraft Makerspace class, ages 8-13, 1-2:30 p.m., registration required; “WordSongs: Bringing Poetry to Life,” a Montana Conversations program presented

by Humanities Montana that is a dramatic, high energy, interactive, and intimate performance of poetry and music designed to invigorate and rekindle passion and interest for poetry, 2-3:30 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

17 Family Storytime – stories for children of all ages, and caregivers, 2 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

17 Celebrate Piano Series V: Lomazov & Rackers piano duo, 3 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Tickets $20 general, $15 seniors and $10 students, available at griztix.com. Visit lomazovrackers.com.

18 Tom Catmull (Americana singer/songwriter), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 18 Peeps Show contest winners announced today; Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; “Intro to Email” computer class, 6-7 p.m.; “Eat Your Words with Poems from Scratch,” 6:30-8:30 p.m., registration required.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

19 Final Round of Book Madness at the Big Sky Branch begins today, - This year’s “March-Madness” style tournament pits book characters from books of eight genres in successive rounds until one character reigns supreme. Vote online at http://tinyurl.com/ bookmadness. Winners will be notified by phone or email. Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Young Adult Volunteer Orientation, learn about ways to volunteer, play some games to learn new skills, ages 13-19, 3:30 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, 4-6 p.m.; Lolo Branch reading activity, ages 3-6, 4:15-5 p.m.

Call 273-0451 Ext. 211 for additional information.

Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m. Community Game Night, gamers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

19 Art Guide Training, 5 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Learn about Holly Andres’ photographic process, followed by a lecture on Montana Modernism with Collection Manager and Registrar Ted Hughes. If you are interested in volunteering with MAM’s education programs, please come to the training. For more information, contact Renée Taaffe, Education Curator, 728-0447 Ext. 228 or reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org.

19 University of Montana Opera Theatre presents a Spring One-Act Festival, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Featuring “The 4 Note Opera” by Tom Johnson and “The Proposal” by Milton Granger. $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 544-2991.

19 Montana Modernists reception, 6 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Members can mingle and enjoy a drink and a delicious appetizer by the James Bar before the 7 p.m. talk by Ted Hughes. Members’ Events are designed to let you interact and exchange ideas and opinions with artists, collectors, teachers, and others who shape and influence the art world.

728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

april 2016 19 Montana Modernists: Gennie DeWeese by Ted Hughes, 7 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Come sit spellbound and listen to MAM Collection Manager and Registrar Ted Hughes talk about quintessential Montana artist Gennie DeWeese. This is the first in a series of lectures that will occur over the next few years that are aimed at providing an art historical context to artists who were active in developing Montana modernism during the years after WWII. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum. org.

20 Art Associates of Missoula, 10 a.m., Education Center of the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St, Missoula. Pam Caughey, encaustic and mixed media ‘experimental’ artist will be sharing her art and process! Art Associates meetings are free and open to the public. 544-0891.

20 University of Montana Opera Theatre presents a Spring One-Act Festival, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Featuring “The Beautiful Galatea” by Franz von Suppe and “The Old Maid and the Thief”

by Gian-Carlo Menotti. $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 544-2991.

20 Open Hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; “Acrylic Painting Class” for beginners in the MakerSpace, noon-2 p.m., class is free, but painting supplies cost $3 per student, registration required. “Discovering MPL Databases” computer class, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Middle School Writers’ Group, 3:30 p.m.; Jewelry making workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

20 Teen Artist Workshop: “Mr. Potato Head Self Portraits” with Jim Heath, 4-6 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Create a 3-D portrait using clay. You will be given a featureless clay head shape and then learn to create specific features to resemble your own. Mirrors and clay will be provided. Teens have a terrific opportunity to meet and make art with a professional artist. Artists share examples of their work and present teens with new art concepts and approaches to making art. 7280447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

20-21 Luke Bryan with Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch, 7:30 p.m., Adams Center, UM. Tickets available at all GrizTix locations, online at griztix.com or call 888-666-8262.

21 University of Montana Opera Theatre presents a Spring One-Act Festival, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Featuring “The 4 Note Opera” by Tom Johnson and “The Proposal” by Milton Granger. $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 544-2991.

21 Double Punch Thursday, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

21 Spiritual Living open interactive discussion group, 1 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 370-9909.

21 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, 10:30 a.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club, for all ages up to 12, 3:30-5 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch Family Movie Night, 6 p.m. Call 626-2730 to find out the title of the movie.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665,

missoulapubliclibrary.org.

21 Caroline Keys & Friends, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 22 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime - stories for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Watercolor painting class, featuring an individual approach for skill, and a group focus for subject and compositional techniques, noon-2 p.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers and aspiring writers ages 16-19, 3:30 p.m.; “Intro to Java Programming for Teens,” get hands on experience learning the Java programming language during this class, 5-5:55 p.m., registration required. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

22 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main St. Featuring “Surface & Substance: Intersections in Clay” honoring 11 world class ceramicists. 541-7070, radiusgallery.com.

22 Irish music session, 6-9 p.m.; Idle Ranch Hands, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

22 University of Montana Opera Theatre presents a Spring One-Act Festival, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Featuring “The Beautiful Galatea” by Franz von Suppe and “The Old Maid and the Thief”

by Gian-Carlo Menotti. $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 544-2991.

22 David Horgan and Beth Lo, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

22 45th annual BASH Family FUN Night, 5 p.m., Sister Rita Mudd Activity Center Free admission and free KidZone activities. Food trucks, live and silent auction. Mcsmt.org.

22 Andre Floyd, 6-8 p.m., Hangin’ Art Gallery, Highway 93, Arlee.

23 Andrea Harsel, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 23 Gladys Friday, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

23 Way Cool Music, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

23 Deadline to pick up Peeps Show entries today.

MoneySmart Week April 23-30. Call us at 721BOOK (2665) or visit missoulapubliclibrary.org for more information on planned events. Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m.; Computer Programming Through Minecraft Makerspace class, ages 8-13, 1-2:30, registration required. Discussion with Montana’s Poet Laureate Michael Earl Craig, 2-3:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7.

25 Open Hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; “Internet Searching” Computer Class, 6-7 p.m.; “Eat Your Words with Poems from Scratch,” poetry workshop with poet and cooking school instructor Emily Walter, 6:30-8:30 p.m., registration required. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

25 Sean Michael Devine (alternative country folk), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 26 Open hours in the MakerSpace time allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, 4-6 p.m.; Lolo Branch reading activity, ages 3-6, 4:15-5 p.m. Call 273-0451 Ext. 211 for additional information. Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m. System Check!

The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

27 Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; “Stream Your Music” computer class, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; “Be Up-Cycled” tool demo day in the MakerSpace, 12:30-1 p.m. and 1:30-2 p.m. Stop by and enjoy a demonstration of the MakerSpace’s Cricut Cutter just in time for Mother’s Day card making; Afternoon Matinee at Missoula Main, free film, classics and recent features, 2 p.m.; Middle School Writers’ Group, 3:30 p.m.; Jewelry making workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

27 Mansfield Center Spring 2016 Lecture Series, 12:10 p.m., UC Room 330. “Sports Diplomacy: Engaging Youth Across Nations” with American delegates from the 2016 SportsUnited Professional Exchange Program in Laos. Free and open to the public. 2432965.

28 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club, for all ages up to 12, 3:30-5 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch Book Club, 5:45 p.m. Call the branch at 626-2730 for additional information.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

28 Double Punch Thursday, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

24 Tom Catmull, 5-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave.

28 President’s Lecture Series, 8 p.m., Dennison Theatre, UM. Featuring “Who Stole the American Dream?”

by Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor, Emmy award-winning PBS Frontline producer/correspondent. Umt.edu/ president/events/lectures.

24 Western Union (country, swing orchestra) with Louie Bond, David Horgan and DR Halsell, 6-8 p.m.,

28 Basses Covered, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave.

24 Family Storytime – stories for children of all ages, and caregivers, 2 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

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29 The Captain Wilson Conspiracy, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

29 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the Large Meeting Room, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime - stories for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; watercolor painting class, noon-2 p.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers and aspiring writers ages 16-19, 3:30 p.m.; Intro to Java Programming for Teens, 5-5:55 p.m., registration required.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

29 Irish music session, 6-9 p.m.; Mudslide Charley, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

30 Josh Farmer Band, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

30 Travis Yost, 6 p.m., Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room hours, 4-9 p.m.

30 Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m.; Computer Programming Through Minecraft Makerspace class, ages 8-13, 1-2:30 p.m., registration required; author Beth Hunter McHugh reads from her book “The Actor, “ 3-4 p.m.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

30 Frederico Brothers, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 30 Beth Hunter McHugh signs her novel “The Actor,” 3 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St.

May 1 String Orchestra of the Rockies presents “War and Peace” featuring Ian Swensen, guest leader and violin soloist, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Tickets available at 243-4051 or online at griztix. com.

3 Contemporary Collectors Circle: Acquisition Event, 5:30-7 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Join the CCC for an evening of fun and wonderful food with Holly Andres. CCC membership dues help purchase works for the MAM collection annually. Stay for Holly’s lecture immediately following the CCC Event. To join this group and attend this and other art excursions throughout the year, contact Theodore Hughes, Collection Manager and Registrar at 7280447 Ext. 222 or ted@missoulaartmuseum.org.

3 Distinguished Artist Lecture: Holly Andres, 7 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free.

Artist-in-residence and Montana native Holly Andres, whose work was recently featured in the New Yorker, will deliver a lecture on her cinematic photographs.

728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

7 24th Annual Garden City BrewFest, noon-8 p.m., Caras Park. 75+ local and regional taps. Must be 21+ taste beers. $12 to taste beers (includes commemorative glass and 2 tokens); additional tokens 2 for $3. Live music and food vendors. missouladowntown.com.

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Dakha Brakha

April 28 • 7:30 p.m.

O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 1 Queen Nur, 7 p.m., Libby Memorial Center. The interactive performance of the nationally known, award-winning storyteller presents timeless tales from African oral tradition. (406) 293-9643.

1 Chris Evans at The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

1 Dan Dubuque, 8-11 p.m., Marina Cay, Bigfork.

2 Dummy Derby and Winter Brewfest, 1-5 p.m., Whitefish Mountain Resort. Tickets $20-$25 for brewfest ($5 for under 21 and designated drivers); free for derby, which starts at 4 p.m. (406) 862-2900, skiwhitefish.com.

2 The Met in HD: “Madama Butterfly,” 10:55 a.m., Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. Tickets $5-$20. The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning and

critically acclaimed series continues with Puccini’s masterpiece, featuring Kristine Opolais as the spurned geisha. (406) 862-1228, whitefishpac.com.

2-3 Creston Auction and Country Fair, 9 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday. General merchandise hits the block Saturday, with the RV, marine, auto, farm and equipment sale Sunday. The 50th anniversary of the annual benefit for

the Creston Volunteer Fire Department also offers art and crafts, rummage and bake sales, raffles, and hot food and beverages both days. (406) 250-7396, crestonfire.org.

5 Barton & Caselli, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

6 WOW Wednesday, Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson.

april 2016 7 Wilderness Speaker Series: “This is the Crown of the Continent, Our Home” with Rick Graetz, 7-8:30 p.m., Flathead Valley Community College Arts and Technology Building, Room 144, 777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell. Presented by the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation and Montana Wilderness Association. (406) 284-1747.

8 Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition presents “Perspectives on Islam” with University of Montana professor Samir Bitar, 12:30 p.m. at North Lake County Public Library, Polson, and 6 p.m. at Mission Valley United Methodist Church, 70715 U.S. Highway 93 just south of Ninepipes (potluck precedes presentation at 5:30 p.m.).

(406) 745-4259 or 745-3303.

8 Reception: “Who’s Teaching Whom?,” 5-7 p.m., Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery, 306 Main St., Polson. The multi-media show featuring the artwork of students from local schools and their teachers is on view through April 15. “ParksN-Rec,” a non-juried show open to all artists, opens April 16. (406) 883-5956, sandpiperartgallery.com.

8 Reception: “Wilderness Connection,” Bigfork Arts and Cultural Center, 525 Electric Ave. On view through April 30.

(406) 837-6927.

8 John Dunnigan at The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

8 Nick Spears, 8-11 p.m., Marina Cay, Bigfork.

8-9 Dark Horse Band, 9 p.m., Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort, Paradise.

8-10 Bigfork Community Players present “Dearly Departed,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $5-$15. The Turpin family in the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt puts the “fun” in dysfunctional and funeral. (406) 837-4885, bigforkcommunityplayers.com.

9 Pond skimming, 2:30 p.m., Whitefish Mountain Resort. (406) 862-2900, skiwhitefish.com.

9 Glacier Fiddle Festival, Smith Valley Grange, 9:30 a.m. U.S. Highway 2 West, Kalispell. Free. (406) 387-5282.

9 Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter in concert, 7:30 p.m. Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell. Tickets $12-$15, available at brownpapertickets.com.

The multi-instrumentalist duo from San Francisco performs on Celtic harps, the Swedish nyckelharpa, Ukrainian bandura,

bouzouki, cittern and more. (406) 7559255.

13 Bob Starkel Karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

13 WOW Wednesday, Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson.

13, 20 Adult workshop: “Porcelain Totems” with Julie Christopher, 6-8 p.m.

Wednesdays, $95. (406) 883-5956, sandpiperartgallery.com.

14-17 Whitefish Theatre Co. presents “Tribes,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $8-18, $10 Thursday for preview night. As the only deaf member of his sharp-tongued family, Billy has spent much of his life feeling out of place. But when he falls for Sylvia, a woman on the brink of deafness, tensions reach an all-time high in this provocative and touching play about membership in your tribe and what it means to finally be understood. (406) 862-5371, whitefishtheatreco.org.

15 Cowboy Ball, 5:30 p.m., Polson Fairgrounds. Tickets $40, available at Wild Horse Framing, Gull Printing, Crow’s Nest Gallery or fairgrounds board members. Fundraiser includes silent auction, prime rib dinner buffet, live auction and music by Shodown. (406) 883-1100, 261-2861 or 261-8731.

15 Award-winning songwriter Norman Foote, 7 p.m., Libby, Memorial Center.

(406) 293-9643.

15 Pedacter Project, 8-11 p.m., Marina Cay, Bigfork.

15-16 Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition presents the movie “Paper Tigers,” noon Friday at Salish Kootenai College Arlee/Charlo Theater, Pablo; and 10 a.m. Saturday at Entertainer Cinema, 410 Main St., Ronan. Panel discussion on adverse childhood experiences and their effects on future behaviors to follow Saturday show. (406) 745-4259 or 7453303.

15-17 Cowabunga Variety Show, 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $10 adult, $6 student/child, available at Electric Avenue Gifts, Bigfork Drug and elementary/middle school office. Enjoy music, dance and humorous acts from local talent of all ages. Proceeds go to local youth programs. (406) 250-5594.

16 Spring Swing Fling Thing, 6:30-10 p.m., Salvation Army Community Center, 110 Bountiful Drive, Kalispell. Free. Dance or listen to the music of the Swingin’ on

High Big Band. (406) 257-4357, Ext. 246.

17 Tom Catmull and Martha Scanlan with Jon Neufeld, 7 p.m., Rex Theatre, Thompson Falls. Tickets $20 in advance at D&D Liquor, $25 at the door. Proceeds go to Sanders County Community Development Corporation. (406) 8274810.

20 WOW Wednesday, Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson.

21 Open mic at Lake Bar, Highway 93, Polson.

21-23 Whitefish Theatre Co. presents “Tribes,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $8-18. As the only deaf member of his sharp-tongued family, Billy has spent much of his life feeling out of place. But when he falls for Sylvia, a woman on the brink of deafness, tensions reach an all-time high in this provocative and touching play about membership in your tribe and what it means to finally be understood. (406) 862-5371, whitefishtheatreco.org.

22 Mission Valley Live presents The Great Kaplan, 7 p.m., Polson High School. Tickets $13 in advance at R&R Healthcare Solutions, Ronan True Value, First Interstate Bank and Vine & Tap; $15 at the door; free for kids 18 and younger. The illusionist performs music, juggling and deadpan comedy in the vaudevillesque spectacle. (406) 8872739, missionvalleylive@gmail.com.

22 Opening reception: “Parks-N-Rec,” 5-7 p.m., Sandpiper Gift & Gallery, 306 Main St., Polson. The non-juried show open to all artists is on view through May 22.

(406) 883-5956, sandpiperartgallery. com.

22 Dan Bubuque at The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

22 Kevin Van Dort, 8-11 p.m., Marina Cay, Bigfork.

22 Dark Horse Band at Branding Iron, Charlo.

23 Tenth annual CASA Golf Scramble, 9 a.m. registration and 11 a.m. shotgun start, Polson Bay Golf Course.

Barbecue celebration and auction to follow. Cameron at (406) 883-8230 or polsonbaygolfcourse@gmail.com.

24 Taste of Bigfork, 2-5 p.m., downtown.

Tickets $40. Stroll from venue to venue for wine, music and food. Proceeds benefit Flathead Habitat for Humanity, Bigfork High School wrestling team and the Bigfork Area Chamber of Commerce.

(406) 837-5888, bigfork.org.

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25 Bandstand Boogie featuring the Diamonds, 7:30 p.m., Flathead High School auditorium, 644 Fourth Ave. W., Kalispell. Tickets $15-$75.

Since the release of “Little Darlin” in 1957, the Diamonds have learned the durability of classic rock and roll music is as much about the future as it is about the past. (406) 752-0605, flatheadvalleyliveonstage.org.

26 Bob Starkel Karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

27 WOW Wednesday, Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson.

28 Dakha Brakha in concert, 7:30 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $14-$28. The awardwinning quartet from Kiev performs folk melodies and rhythms that are driven by propulsive drums, accordion, cello, mouth harp and layered vocals. (406) 862-5371, whitefishtheatreco.org.

29-30 “Death by Chocolate,” 7-10 p.m., Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell. Tickets $55, $100 for two. Guests become crime-solvers when a murder occurs at the mansion amidst wine, hors d’oeuvres, music and chocolate desserts. Join a cast of Hollywood A-listers at the “Ocean’s 11” Wrap Party, circa 1960. (406) 755-2166, conradmansion.com.

30 Mission Valley Trades Fair and Business Expo, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Polson High School.

Presented by Anderson Broadcasting, the annual event offers over 100 vendors with food, fun and information. (406) 883-5255, andersonbroadcasting.com.

30-May 1 Glacier Symphony presents “Master Cellist and Ravel,” 7:30 p.m.

Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Flathead High School Performance Hall, 644 Fourth Ave. W., Kalispell. Tickets $10-$34. The American Mix season concludes with master cellist Robert deMaine, principal cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in a repertoire that includes Herbert’s “Cello Concerto No. 2,” Korngold’s “Cello Concerto in C” and Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe Suites.” (406) 407-7000, gscmusic.org.

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big bad voodoo daddy april 8 • 8pm hamilton performing arts center

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 2 Roarin’ ’20s Gala, 7-11 p.m., Daly Mansion, 252 Eastside Highway, Hamilton. Tickets $35 each. Grab your gangster, flapper and bootlegger friends and dance to the sound of the Ed Norton Stomperz during this fundraiser for the Mansion Preservation Trust.

Prohibition-era evening also includes a no-host bar, silent auction, raffle, games and a chance to win a Daly horse race. 363-6004, Ext. 2.

8 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, 8 p.m., Hamilton Performing Arts Center, 327 Fairgrounds Road. Tickets $33.50-$43.50.

Wrapping up the season in grand style, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy returns to bring down the house with their infectious energy and high-powered horns. 363-7946, bitterrootperformingarts.org.

6 Artists Along the Bitterroot Spring Brown Bag Lecture Series: “Coefficient of Expansion and Why That Matters” with Amy Knight, noon, Bitterroot College, 103 S. Ninth St., Room 116, Hamilton. Free. 531-0853.

9 Ravalli Republic Ultimate Garage Sale and Swap Meet, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Ravalli County Fairgrounds, 100 Old Corvallis Road, Hamilton. Admission $1 or a canned food donation. 363-3300.

6 Humanities Montana presents “Chinese in Montana” with Ellen Baumler, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Darby Community Library, 101 S. Marshall St. Free. 243-6022.

9 Ten annual Wilderness Gathering and Fundraiser, 6-9 p.m., Hamilton City Hall Community Room, 223 S. Second St. Speaker Kylie Paul presents “Citizen Scientists and their Quest for the Holy Hair: Collecting Data on the Wildest Critters in the Bitterroot.” This open house supporting the Selway Bitterroot Frank Church

7 Humanities Montana presents “A Jesuit Window on Life in Montana” with Sally Thompson, 7 p.m., Lolo

Community Center. Free. 243-6022.

Foundation also includes hors d’oeuvres, desserts, wine, beer and a silent auction featuring guided flyfishing and rafting trips, a Doug Cox saddle, and local handmade items and services. 396-3607.

10 Five Valleys Accordion jam and dance, 1-5 p.m., Rustic Hut, Florence. Admission $3-$4. 370-8452.

13 Artists Along the Bitterroot Spring Brown Bag Lecture Series: “The Process: From Inspiration to Creation” with Cynthie Fisher, noon, Bitterroot College, 103 S Ninth St., Room 116, Hamilton. Free. 531-0853.

15 Opening ceremony at St. Mary’s Mission, 10 a.m., Stevensville. 777-5734.

17 Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association Festival, noon-10 p.m., Lone Rock School, 1112 Three Mile Creek Road, Stevensville. 821-3777, mtbluegrass.com.

20 Artists Along the Bitterroot Spring Brown Bag Lecture

Series: “Incorporating ‘Creative Play’ into Daily Life” with K.J. Kahnle, noon, Bitterroot College, 103 S Ninth St., Room 116, Hamilton. Free. 531-0853.

24 Five Valleys Accordion jam and dance, 1-5 p.m., Rustic Hut, Florence. Admission $3-$4. 370-8452.

22 Reception: Tyler Bradt, “Off the Edge,” 7 p.m., Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St., Hamilton. Through Oct. 13, the exhibit features the extreme athlete, adventurer, world record-holder and filmmaker from the Bitterroot Valley. 363-3338, ravallimuseum.org.

27 Artists Along the Bitterroot Spring Brown Bag Lecture Series: “A Wilderness Adventure” with Annie Allen, noon, Bitterroot College, 103 S Ninth St., Room 116, Hamilton. Free. 531-0853.

30 Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio with Ron Meissner, Pete Hand and Micki Singer, 6-8 p.m., Bitterroot Brewery, Hamilton.

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WHEN SNACKS COLLIDE

Beer and potato chips overflowed onto a Florida highway, causing a temporary closure, when a Budweiser beer truck and a Frito-Lay potato chip truck collided in a night-time accident. According to authorities, the driver of the Frito-Lay truck had stopped on the shoulder of the road when the Budweiser truck struck. The impact caused consumable debris to scatter on the road, creating hazardous conditions until the beer and chips could be removed. No injuries were reported. (WHIO)

AN EFFIGY TO TRUMP ALL EFFIGIES

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the Weird

During recent Holy Week celebrations in Mexico, a large effigy of United States presidential candidate Donald Trump was burned alongside demons, devils, dragons and other symbols of evil. The effigies, known as Judases, are meant to represent Jesus’ victory over biblical evil and the burning of them symbolically cleanses corrupted souls.

Reviled political figures are not new to the ceremony, and this year’s event also featured President Obama with a Cuban flag and an Islamic State fighter with a Kalashnikov rifle.

(Washington Post)

DON’T LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY

A Saudi man was arrested for flying a rainbow flag in his yard, unaware that it symbolized support for gay pride. The man claims he only purchased the flag because one of his children thought it was pretty, and had no idea what it represented.

Homosexuality is strictly prohibited in the conservative country, punishable by death, and the man was soon arrested by the Saudi religious police. He has since posted bail after an investigation, and the flag removed. (Al Bawaba)

WHOLE WORLD BLIND

In a literal interpretation of Iran’s “eye for an eye” Sharia law, a man’s eye was gouged out as retribution for an acid attack. Accused of blinding another man in an acid attack, the perpetrator was sentenced to lose both his eyes as punishment, though removal of the second eye has been delayed. Under Islamic “qisas” law, victims have the power to personally inflict punishment, have it performed by a medical professional, or to pardon the accused. Human rights groups have decried the practice, a punishment that stems from Iran’s crackdown on acid attacks after an increase in assaults. (Independent UK)

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The Missoula Independent, Boyle Deveny-Meyer & The Missoula Blues & Jazz Society

Present

2016 Honoring 12th Annual Hall of Fame award winners

BoB LedBetter & ed StaLLing Monday April 18th thru Thurs April 21st.

Four nights of the finest Jazz musings featuring over 25 groups & 100 different musicians.

St Anthony’s Church-Parish Center 217 Tremont - Full Bar-Big Time Fun Doors open 6pm • Music starts 6:30pm TickeTs $12 Single Night $25 Season pass $10 Senior/Student $20 Senior/Student Available at Rockin Rudy’s Updates & schedules on Jazzoula Facebook page or at Rockin Rudy’s.

rockinrudys.com RECORD HEAVEN • VINYL - RECORDS • TURNTABLES 821 S. HIGGINS • 542-1104 • Mon-Sat. 11-6 Sun 11-4

WORLD HEADQUARTERS • CDS - GIFTS • JEWELRY - CLOTHING 237 BLAINE • 542-0077 • Mon-Sat 9-8 Sun 11-7