Corridor January 2017

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Winter

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vibe usa heads back to missoula for second year jackie greene makes music for himself

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Polson’s Fifth Annual FLIC Film Festival By corridor contributor

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january 2017

he Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (FLIC) is unspooling its fifth annual winter film festival during the weekend of Jan. 20-22, at the Showboat Cinema on Main Street in Polson.

FLIC has been recognized as one of the top 15 winter film festivals in the United States by the Audience Awards.

“We’re excited to bring a diverse slate of 61 independent films to Polson and the Mission Valley for the fifth year in a row,” said FLIC co-chair and producer David W. King. “Each year brings with it new cinematic treasures.”

FLIC 2017 will screen full-length features, shorts, animated films and documentaries. FLIC is once again offering a broad selection of international films from countries that include Australia, Canada, Spain, Taiwan, Croatia, France and the United States. In addition, there are 14 films produced in Montana, which is more than in any previous year.

FLIC kicks off Friday, Jan. 20, with an informal gathering from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Lake Bar on U.S. Highway 93 in downtown Polson. Film showings on two screens begin at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Jan. 21, there will be a break in film showings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for a second informal gathering at the Vine & Tap on Main Street. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served each evening.

This year’s standout films include “North of Known”, a stunning feature documentary in which professional paragliders and adventurers Gavin McClurg and Dave Turner attempt a full, unsupported traverse of the Alaska Range by foot and paraglider. Another rich documentary, “The Walk”, produced by Polson’s Jim Ereaux, profiles the Coast to Coast walk across northern England with images and poetry. Narrative stories also are bountiful this year, including “Life Now, Life Then”, another Montana feature in which an introvert recounts the summer of 1994, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father. The weekend is packed with a broad array of short films, too.

Saturday opens at 8:30 a.m. with FLIC’s popular free family movie screening. This year’s film is “Home”, featuring an alien on the run from his own people who makes friends with a girl and tries to help her on her quest. Attendees are encouraged to arrive in their pajamas and enjoy a free breakfast sponsored and prepared by Polson’s Rotary Club.

As with previous years, many of FLIC’s screenings will include question and answer sessions with filmmakers.

The festival closes Sunday, Jan. 22, with a “best of” awards show, which will be held at Showboat Cinema.

Additional information on the festival is being updated online at flicpolson.com and/or Facebook or email info@flicpolson.com.

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stage See the world through VIBE USA event

Venus Villa is a star to watch at this year’s VIBE USA event, which takes place Jan. 10-14 in Missoula. Villa is in her second season with the Washington Ballet.

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by ASHLEY KLEIN

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fter a successful first year, the Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre is bringing back the Vienna International Ballet Theatre, USA (VIBE USA) for an encore and plans call for it to be bigger than its debut in 2016.

“We easily could get to 300 dancers,” said Charlene Campbell Carey, VIBE USA executive director and artistic director of RMBT. According to a news release, “Missoulians will have the opportunity to connect with international dance legends as well as rising stars as they battle it out on stage through the VIBE USA Dance Challenge. In addition, VIBE USA includes a film festival and international diplomacy conference hosted by the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Center.”

An estimated 6,000 people attended the VIBE event last year in Missoula, including dancers, guests, lecturers and artists. Kathy Weber-Bates, a local organizer, expects more this year.

“It couldn’t be a more unlikely destination, but we’ve made it,” Campbell Carey said, noting that “a lot of our people have never seen snow.”

The Olympic-themed dance challenge will run from Jan. 10-14 across Missoula and western Montana, mostly during the days at the University of Montana and throughout downtown each night. It will culminate with the Gala Finale at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Wilma Theatre. All events are free except the Saturday night Gala.

Dancers, the jury and spectators from across the world come for the event and while they’re here, Missoula shows off what it has to offer. The community opens its arms to the influx of people, she said, adding, “Once we introduce people to Missoula they love it.”

Campbell Carey said word of mouth from participants at last year’s successful event created “ripples in all the best possible ways.” People who competed last year shared about their experience with other dancers, and now both new and old competitors are coming in to town for year two’s events.

VIBE 2017 kicks off in downtown Missoula with a block party, which will include family-friendly performances, classes and discussions that will be open to the public.

Montgomery Distillery, the Top Hat Lounge, the Florence building and more will open their doors for amateur dancers and spectators who want to learn the basics of square dancing, hip hop and more.

“Anyone can come see and appreciate the high level that VIBE will have to offer,” Weber-Bates said.

According to a news release, two stars to watch this year will be Andile Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Venus Villa, a Cuban prima ballerina from Havana.

The release continues: “Ndlovu won double gold for both ballet and contemporary dance categories at the premiere of VIBE USA BALLET competition in Montana. Ndlovu began his training in Latin America and ballroom dance at the age of 10 and is in his seventh season with the Washington Ballet. Villa began her training at the prestigious Cuban National Ballet and is in her second season with the Washington Ballet. At the age of 17, she won the Grand Prix at the Vignale Balle Competition.”

Ndlovu will be at the Tuesday night block party at Montgomery Distillery. Catch both Ndlovu and Villa during the finals in the Dennison Theater on Friday, Jan. 13, and performing together at the final VIBE USA Gala on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Wilma.

Dance isn’t the only focus of the week. Campbell Carey said it is a mix of humanities and diplomacy that brings together people. There also is a film festival, and an international diplomacy conference will be hosted by the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Center.

“It’s broader than dance,” she said.

One night, author Laurie Horowitz will host a discussion on her new book at Fact and Fiction Downtown, while films will be presented at the Roxy and the Silver theaters on other nights.

New this year is a discussion on health – both on healthy mental and physical preparation for dancers.

And with superstars flying in for feature events “you don’t know what’s going to happen,” Campbell Carey said.

IF YOU GO

For more information and a list of events, go online to vibe.international/missoula/.

For tickets to the Saturday, Jan. 14, Gala at the Wilma Theatre, go online to thewilma.com/event/vibe-usa-3492/.

The humor flows at MCT this January

By TERRI ELANDER for corridor

january 2017

Have A Glorious New Year!

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View all our special publications at Scenic Carpenter Karl Mitchell modifys a steel scenery piece for “Urinetown: The Musical”. This unit was originally built for “Westside Story” and was recycled for “Camelot,” “Footloose,” “Willy Wonka,” “Tom Sawyer,” and “Last of the Dragons”. Photo by megan brown.

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he Missoula Community Theatre’s selection of plays and the timing of when they are produced is based on several criteria, including the quality of material, the ability to meet the technical requirements and much more. Titles also are important; after all, MCT is a nonprofit organization that must look at the “sale-ability” of its shows. There’s “Les Misérables,” “The Sound of Music,” “Tarzan” and other well-known plays. But “Urinetown: The Musical”? Who came up with that title? And why? The answers are Greg Kotis, who wrote the book, and shares the music and lyrics credit with Mark Hollman. Come see it to find out. Since its debut in 2002, this hilarious satire about municipal politics, a water company and the legal system (How far from reality can you get?) garnered three Tony Awards, among other accolades.

We know January can be a bit of a downer; it’s dark, cold and we can’t fit into our clothes after all the holiday nog and cookies. So why don’t we just laugh through it together? Thus, shows such as “9 to 5 The Musical”, “Clue the Musical” and, “The Drowsy Chaperone” fit perfectly into the postholiday slot at MCT. It also gives us an opportunity to introduce some new fare to our audience.

With that in mind, “Urinetown: The Musical” goes out of its wee … um, way, to do just that. Pun upon pun, song after song, it may just provide the humor that gives your abdominal muscles a good workout from laughing. Yet, the show also has its share of compelling moments, found in the lyrics of “Follow Your Heart”: “When darkness surrounds you and you lose your way, you have your own compass that turns night to day and it’s even with you before you depart. Be still, hear it beating, it’s leading you; follow your heart.”

Another opportunity MCT has taken on is the challenge of reducing waste. MCT’s technical director Theresa Jenson explains that “As a community organization, we recognize the movement toward zero waste in Missoula. As such, we decided to do one production a year in which we really focus on this movement. An important aspect of zero waste is re-use and that is how MCT approaches it. Our goal is to produce the set, costumes, props, lighting and sound for a show using only items that have been used before. As a general practice, we reuse most of what we build anyway, so this isn’t a huge leap, but we really focus our efforts in this direction and help draw attention to the zero waste movement within our community.”

The irony is not lost on us that “Urinetown: The Musical” is our “zero waste” production this season. We think you’re in for a good time at this musical Pee-G parody.

Performances are January 19-22 and 25-29, at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets at mctinc.org, by phone at 406-728-7529 or at the MCT Box Office, M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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events

Winter

Fun-derland

Think outside the box for outdoor winter activities By ashley klein • Photo by Tyler Wilson

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ne man carries a shovel and the rest have mittens stuffed with hand warmers. All have packs stuffed with discs, streams of ribbons trailing behind them as they trudge through the snow.

The temperature on this Saturday morning hovered around minus 10 degrees, but these five men in layers and barely exposed skin weren’t phased. They were here to throw their discs.

On the Friday previous, three people are sliding on the ice as the temperature began to drop. The partially enclosed ice rink mostly kept out the wind, but Carhartt jackets still were zipped to the top as players took turns tossing their stones.

Fresh snow and bitter cold doesn’t stop these folfers and curlers from playing their game of choice. When winter rolls around, these western Montanans find ways to stay active. Here are five activities that are not skiing or snowboarding and are sure to get you out and warm you up this winter.

Disc golfing

Back for its second term after a few years on hiatus at Linda Vista Golf Course in Missoula, members of the “Yeti” league of disc golfers hit the greens, or in this case whites on Saturdays – snow and cold be damned.

“It tends to be more hardcore” in the winter, Garden City Flyers club member Aaron Kinyon said.

The sport isn’t as well known or practiced in the winter as summer, when thousands of western Montanans descend on area courses.

“The primary purpose is to play and have fun,” Kinyon said, “We’d love to see people come out.”

Kinyon said the Garden City Flyers are a great resource for people who want to try out the sport.

Brian Bjortomt, Flyers president, said Missoula Parks and Rec hosts Folf in the Parks on the second Saturday of each month from noon to 3 p.m. January’s outing is set for Jan. 14 at Pineview Park and the trail behind the PEAS Farm.

All that’s needed to practice or play is a disc and some baskets. Linda Vista has an 18-hole course designed by the Flyers that is open for paying players from Nov. 1-Feb. 28, $5 per day payable at the Miller Creek Cafe, and Blue Mountain Recreation Area has an 18-hole course that’s open year-round for free. Bob Ward and Sons in Missoula, Walmart, Sportsman’s Warehouse and the University of Montana bookstore carry discs throughout the year.

More experienced disc golfers, also known as Frisbee golfers or folfers, Duct tape a twoto three-foot long string of balloon ribbon in the winter so their discs don’t get lost in the snow.

Parks and Rec is hosting a Frost Fever Disc Golf Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 11 a.m. According to a news release, the course will play through numerous riverfront parks, and there will be prizes for each division. Divisions include youth, recreational, masters (ages 40-plus) and open, so it’s a way for players of all skill levels to cash in on a prize. Each participant will receive a custom Innova Glow Disc.

For more information, check out the Missoula Parks and Rec website or the Garden City Flyers website.

Curling

If tossing plastic discs isn’t appealing, maybe give a try to throwing some granite on a sheet of ice. On any given mid-morning or early afternoon on Fridays throughout the winter, the outside ice at Glacier Ice Rink is open for curling practice for $10 per person.

The Missoula Curling Club was “born” in 2010. Since then it has grown to more than 150 members. Club teams play on Saturday nights at the rink, in the late-night slot.

Beginning in January, the club has opened a new, three-game “introductory league.”

According to its website, “For many folks who have learned to curl or have played in past seasons we know it is tough to sometimes commit to the full eight-game season spread out over months. … The Intro League runs over six weeks with four teams facing off over the course of the league. Each team will play three times.”

It’s another way for people to try out the sport. All that’s required are warm clothes and tennis shoes. The club has brooms, sliders to put over shoes and rocks.

“Anybody can do it,” club president Barry Bollenbacker said, noting that there’s a good distribution of age and gender for a game that gets people addicted through its strategy.

The Intro League will provide coaches for those who are looking to learn the game.

Individuals can sign up without a team. The cost is $70, which includes ice rental fees and a social membership into the club that covers insurance.

Curling is a “heck of a good time,” Bollenbacker said.

To learn more about curling, visit missoulacurlingclub.com, email missoulacurling@ gmail.com or visit Glacier Ice Rink on a Friday mid-morning or Saturday late-night.

Fat tire biking

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Blue Mountain Recreation Area offers more than just a disc golf course. The 4,900-acre recreation area has dozens of trails for those brave enough to pedal their way through the snow.

And there are plenty of other opportunities for fat tire biking in and around Missoula.

According to the FatBike Missoula group, there are 25-plus miles of mapped area in Twin Creeks/Gold Creek and 12 miles mapped in Deadman’s Gulch. Both are only 15 minutes from downtown Missoula.

For those who want to check it out or even those who want to compete, Marshall Mountain is hosting its third annual Winter Carnival and will include a fat tire bike race.

The event takes place at Marshall Mountain on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m.

To learn more about fat tire biking, visit fatbikemissoula.com. To learn more about the Marshall Mountain Winter Carnival, search for the event on Facebook.

Snowshoeing

Within just a few hours of Missoula there are dozens of places for scenic snowshoeing day trips. Lolo Pass, Discovery near Philipsburg, the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, Holland Lake, Blacktail Mountain and the list goes on.

Missoula Parks and Rec is offering many showshoe trips for kids this winter: Kids Full Moon Snowshoes: For kids 5 and older, a trek under the full moon to a warm campfire with pizza, cocoa and marshmallow roasting. Warm clothing, boots, hats and gloves are required, snowshoes are provided. The first outing is Friday, Jan. 13, from 5-8:30 p.m. and the cost is $12 with a CityCard, $14 without. Meets at Currents Aquatics Center.

Check out area hot springs on snowshoe, including Jerry Johnson and Weir Creek, Lolo Hot Springs, Lost Trail Hot Springs Resort and more. While up U.S. Highway 12 check out the Locsha Lodge. Trails sprawl across western Montana.

Learn more about snowshoeing by visiting Missoula Parks and Rec’s website.

Ice skating

Glacier Ice Rink has many sessions for public skating. Both hockey and figure skates are available for rental during public skating.

Cheap Skate: Every Monday (excluding holidays), $2 admission, $1 skate rentals (Regular admission prices apply to holiday public skating sessions on January 16, February 20 and May 29) Family Day: Every Sunday, $20 admission and skate rentals for two adults and two children, additional children are $3 Senior Skate: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays, time for seniors 55 and older $3 admission and skate rental Homeschool Skate: Second Thursday of every month from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., special skating session for homeschoolers and their families. $3 youth admission and skate rental, $6 adult admission and skate rental Young Skaters: Wednesdays from10:45 to 11:45 a.m. and Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., skating time for young children (around 3-6 years old) to try ice skating or practice their skating skills in a safe, uncrowded environment. Walkers are available for use during these sessions and pucks/sticks are allowed when space permits. $2 young Skater admission and skate rental, $3 chaperone (one per child) admission and skate rental According to the Missoula Parks and Recreation winter guide, Pineview Park also has a small natural ice rink. The rink is open mid-December through mid-February, weather permitting. Public skate is from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., unless it’s closed for maintenance. The rink is reserved for volunteers on weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. and weekends from 9 to 11 a.m. The Children’s Corner is always open. For current rink condition information, check signs at the rink shed daily.

Learn more about ice skating at glaciericerink.com.

There’s a beer named after the Montana-coined term: coldsmoke. In a state known for its powder days, there is ample opportunity for downhill skiing and snowboarding. But if strapping on planks and barreling down a mountain isn’t what will get you outdoors this winter, know that there are more than these five outdoors options. Or, maybe one of these five activities catches your fancy. If so, check it out. Other players are more than ready to share their hand warmers with you.

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January EvEnts ContinuEd January 17

– Barton & Caselli at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson

January 18

– Ken’s Country Combo at Polson Elks 7 pm, Polson

January 19

– Open Mic at Lake Bar 8 pm, downtown Polson

January 20-21

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Minimalist Musician: A life of Jackie Greene

By BRIAN D’AMBROSIO for Corridor

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obust singer-songwriters such as Jackie Greene tie their music to the fullness of presence. Their whole experience transfers deferentially through their fingers, throat and core. The audience can feel the call of this presence, and the journey of both the artist and the listener shines forth. The virtual onslaught of time ostensibly suspends.

“I think that time can be as abstract as you want it to be,” Greene said. “But in my case, time and timing in music is the idea of the attention span and getting someone to ignore for the briefest of moments the chatter around. It’s forgetting about the way a lot of us live now – fast-paced environments. The live show feels like the slowing down of time. It’s not true. But it feels that way.”

Greene’s catalogue of seven albums (most recently, 2015’s “Back to Birth”) provides more than mere proof of his existence; in sum, they are a collection of subtle truths and safe havens, a long table of musical companionship set and waiting for us to sit down.

We are required to listen, and lay our head under the tree of art. Devote your time to the uncomplicated transparency of songs such as “Don’t Mind Me, I’m Only Dying Slow,” and the low key vocals and unpretentious lyrics respond expressively.

“To a large degree it seems like the longer people have been with you, the more invested they are in the show,” said Greene.

Truth and honesty do not sleep. They are two of Greene’s only companions. It’s the honesty of his emotional hook that makes medicine out of pain and makes sunlight out of shade. It’s the truth in him that never pretends to know something that he has not experienced.

“When I’m writing I’m obviously not thinking about the listener, I’m thinking about myself. I know that sounds like a terrible, selfish thing, but it’s for myself first, and once I’m satisfied – though I’m never really satisfied with my work – I can move on … ,” Greene said.

With keen, fiery insight and a strong obligation of troubadour’s truth, Greene’s tales are marked by stories and images and conversations through which he tries to show his inner life.

As individuals we often get bound and wrapped in complicated nets of technological

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connectedness. We are listening for the dings and texts and we are confronted by technology that is increasingly more intrusively each day. The faster we devour it, the less we savor, the less we discern.

“I think simplicity in my music is a reaction to how we live,” said Greene. “I’m 36 and while I’m involved with the technology of the day, I’m still old enough to remember when today’s technology didn’t exist. My music is a reaction to how fast and how insane the information age is affecting us. I believe I make art that is minimalist because of that.

That’s where the aesthetics of its simplicity comes from me. …

“I think there is a yearning for simplicity in an era of all these cheap, easy, complex recording tools. To enjoy a dude singing a song on a guitar and doing it with nothing, and being moved by it, that’s great. That’s all you really need.”

Life is not for waiting. Greene, who is comfortable on a number of instruments, including guitar, piano, organ and drums, would rather meander and seek life than wait for it to majestically appear.

The strength of Greene’s repertoire is not only his ability to isolate his senses and feelings in his lyrics, but that he conveys it all with a voice that’s at once craggy, raggedy, sincere and soulful.

“I believe there are honest singers who believe what they are singing, whether they wrote the song or not. Truth in song has nothing to do with facts. It feels dishonest for me to be singing something that I’m not invested in emotionally, and I’m not good at faking it. … There can be vulnerability, and honesty, and that is what transcends beyond all of the sound, beyond the loud amplifiers, and this and that. Truth is what creates the emotional connection.”

Brian D’Ambrosio is the author of “Shot in Montana: A History of Big Sky Cinema.” He may be reached at dambrosiobrian@hotmail.com.

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The professional touring company will kick off its 50th year with Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park.” The company arrives in Missoula and begins rehearsing for the show at the beginning of January. Opening night on Friday, Jan. 20, will feature a gala fundraiser and anniversary celebration.

According to Montana Rep’s website, “Montana Repertory Theatre was established as a professional touring company in 1967, providing professional theatre to our own and neighboring Western states at an affordable cost.”

A post on the Rep website continues, “The role of the Montana Repertory Theatre, a professional theatre imbedded in the training program in the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of Montana, is unique in that the school and the theatre are intertwined in a mutually supportive partnership, pairing professional actors, directors and designers with our students, giving the students invaluable exposure and opportunities in the professional practice of making theatre.”

“Barefoot in the Park” was first produced on Broadway just over 50 years ago, Montana Rep’s website states.

“Corie and Paul Bratter are newlyweds living in New York City. Corie is an impulsive, independent free spirit. Paul is a levelheaded, conservative young lawyer. As the honeymoon ends and reality sets in, the bliss of marriage turns to comical discord. Corie’s mother arrives as an unexpected guest, at loose ends and a bit loopy. Their situation is further complicated by their eccentric, bohemian neighbor … In the midst of all the craziness and quarreling and misunderstanding, the young couple learns to live together, and meet each other halfway,” a news release states.

The play “is a warm and hysterical comedy, beloved by critics and audiences alike,” the release continues.

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly The untold true story of the African-American female mathematicians at NASA who provided the calculations that helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space, told through the personal accounts of four women known as the “colored computers,” set against the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of five women whose work forever changed the world – and whose lives show how out of one of America’s most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.

Coming Friday, Jan. 6, from Fox Studios starring Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer.

Live by Night: A Novel

by Dennis Lehane Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city’s most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills and notoriety of being an outlaw.

Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa’s Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba.

Ben Affleck is writing, directing and starring in the film with Chris Messina and Sienna Miller that releases Friday, Jan. 13.

American Short Story Masterpieces: A Rich Selection of Recent Fiction from America’s Best Modern Writers

By BARBARA THEROUX for Corridor

edited by Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks Some films are made from short stories (or combinations of stories). This collection of short stories by American writers, originally published in 1989, contains Walking Out by David Quammen. This story is now a Montana-made movie by Alex and Andrew Smith that is heading to the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

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FIRST FRIDAY, Jan. 6: 5-9 p.m., Gallery 709 in Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. Featuring “Make 40” prints, photographs, photomontage, drawings and new meditations by Dennis Kern. 406-541-7100, montanaart.com; 5-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Featuring the 45th annual benefit art auction: “The Art of the Auction” Recognition of artists, 7 p.m. 406-728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org; 5-9 p.m.; E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. Featuring “Memory Breaks Us, Memory Makes Us,” works by Adelaide Gale Every and Elisha Harteis. Live music by Jami Kidd. 406-830-3168, e3gallerymissoula.com; 5-8 p.m.; The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Northwest Blend,” batik on silk by Toni Spencer.

406-543-6393, missoulaartistsshop.com; 5-8 p.m.; 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “4 Ravens Favorites,” the gallery owners curate an exhibition of their favorite pieces. 406-317-1543, 4ravensgallery@ gmail.com.

DRAUGHT WORKS, 915 Toole Ave.: Jimmy Smith, 5-7 p.m., Jan. 1; John Floridis Trio, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 5; Rotgut Whines, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 7; Carla Green Jazz Trio, 5-7 p.m., Jan. 8; Keema & The Keepsakes, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 12; Andrea Harsell, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 14; Heather Lingle, 5-7 p.m., Jan. 15; Love is a Dog from Nebraska, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 19; Casey Kristofferson, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 21; Top House, 5-7 p.m., Jan. 22; Letter B, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 26; The Loose String Band, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 28; Scratchdog Stringband, 5-7 p.m., Jan. 29.

E3 CONVERGENCE GALLERY, 229 W. Main St., bobbealmer.com: Watercolor Saturday class, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Jan. 14, open to all ages and levels, $25; watercolor Saturday class, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Jan. 28, open to all ages and levels, $25; “Soft and Easy Pastels,” 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Jan. 28, open to teen and older and beginner level,

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LOLO COMMUNITY CENTER, 406-369-1839: Five Valley Accordion Jam and dance, 1-4 p.m., Jan. 8, annual meeting, 11 a.m., Jan. 8.

LOLO SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CENTER, 9955 Highway 12, 406-273-0652, 406-529-8633: Lolo Squares beginning square dance lessons, 7 p.m., Jan. 15; Snowflake Ball, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Jan. 21, mainstream and plus, pre-rounds, 7 p.m. Caller and cuer Barry Bartlette.

MISSOULA ART MUSEUM, 335 N. Pattee St., 406-544-0891: Art Associates of Missoula, 10 a.m., Jan. 18, Kate Davis, bird sculptor and photographer with Raptors of the Rockies will entertain us with animated stories in the wild! Art Associates meetings are free and open to the public.

MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY, 301 E. Main St., call 406-7212665 or visit missoulapubliclibrary.org for information on MakerSpace hours, workshops, activities and discussions.

MISSOULA WINERY, 5646 W. Harrier Drive: Western Union Texas Swing Orchestra, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 22, $7.

TEN SPOON VINEYARD AND WINERY, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting room open 4-9 p.m. 406-549-8703, tenspoon.com: Tom Catmull, 6 p.m., Jan. 6; Carla Green Jazz, 6 p.m., Jan. 13; Andre Floyd, 6 p.m., Jan. 20; Larry Hirshberg, 6 p.m., Jan. 27.

THE WILMA, thewilma.com, 877-987-6487: Robert Earl Keen (country, Americana, folk), 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Jan. 16, $30-$35; Brett Dennen (folk, pop), 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $26.

TOP HAT, 134 W. Front St., tophatlounge.com, 877-9876487: Jackie Greene & Anders Osborne, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Jan. 16, $26 in advance, $29 day of show; Kimberlee Carlson/Ron Meissner Jazz Quartet with Chuck Florence, Pete Hand, Ed Stalling, 7-9 p.m., Jan. 18.

TRAIL HEAD, 221 E. Front St., rockymountaineers. com: Rocky Mountaineers, 7 p.m., Jan. 10, Jonathan Beardsley, math professor at UM talks on his multiple hiking and biking adventures.

ZOOTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER, 235 N. First St. W. 406-549-7555, zootownarts.org: AMP Camp: Girls Rock Camp, Mondays and Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m., Jan. 9,

$235/$225 for members. Form a band, write an original song, and perform at Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat Lounge on Feb. 17; glass fusing orientation class, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 11, $20/$15 for members plus cost of glass; Second Friday Gallery opening, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Jan. 13, Featuring the “Desert to Mountain,” series of photography images by Rebecca Sobin and “Scattered Remains,” printmaking works by Julie Gautier-Downs; silk-screening night, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Jan. 13, Free, donations appreciated. Come in with a blank lightcolored shirt, tote bag, or scarf and leave with one of the house designs printed anywhere of your choosing; Collagraph printmaking class, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Jan. 15, $40/$35 for members; “Food Art Fever” after school class, 3:15-5:30 p.m., Jan. 17, ages 8-11; “Food Art Fever” after school class, 2:15-5 p.m., Jan. 19, ages 8-11; Ladies Pottery Painting Night, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 19, 20 percent off pottery. You’re also welcome to visit our neighbors over at the Northside Kettlehouse and bring a beverage into our pottery painting studio. All ages and experience levels are welcome to paint pottery. No reservations necessary, walk-ins only; Bob Ross Night, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 25, $25/$20 for members. Consider coming in flannel, a classic Bob Ross wig, or dress up as Bob’s favorite woodland creature – a squirrel; Comic Club: After School Program, six weeks, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Jan. 27, $95/$85 for members.

UM ADAMS CENTER, griztix.com, 406-243-4051: Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, 3 p.m., Jan. 15, $34.50$47.

UM MUSIC RECITAL HALL, 406-243-6880, umt.edu/music: Celebrate Piano Series IV: Raffi Besalyan, 3 p.m., Jan. 28, tickets $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students; Student Recital Series: Concerto and aria competition, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 29, free.

UM PERFORMING ARTS AND RADIO/TELEVISION CENTER, 406-243-4581, umt.edu/umarts: Montana Repertory Theatre presents “Barefoot in the Park” by Neil Simon.

7:30 p.m., Jan. 21, 26-28 (also 2 p.m. Saturday), Montana Theatre. $20 general, $16 seniors and students, $10 children 12 and younger.

UNION HALL, 208 E. Main St., missoulafolk.org: Missoula Folklore Society contra dance, 8-11 p.m., Jan. 7, Music by Sandy Boys; caller Bev Young. $6 members, $9 nonmembers, under 18 free; Missoula Folklore Society contra dance (Black and White Ball), 8-11 p.m., workshop, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 21, music by Skippin’ A Grrove; caller Morna Leonard. $6 members, $9 nonmembers, under 18 free.

Bitterroot RUSTIC HUT, Florence: Five Valley Accordion jam and dance, 1-4 p.m., Jan. 22.

STEVENSVILLE PLAYHOUSE, 319 Main St., Stevensville.

777-2722: Bluegrass concert with Mike and Tari Conroy, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 28.

Flathead EAST SHORE SMOKEHOUSE, Montana Highway 35, Polson: Barton & Caselli perform, 6 p.m., Jan. 3; Barton & Caselli perform, 6 p.m., Jan. 17; What About Bob Karaoke, 6 p.m., Jan. 24; FOYS LAKE PARK, Kalispell, 406-758-2809: Montana Pond Hockey Classic, Jan. 20-22, third annual event brings three days of competition spread across multiple Montana rinks with the goal of bringing a premiere pond hockey tournament to the region.

LAKE BAR, Highway 93, Polson: Open mic, 8 p.m., Jan. 19.

MARINA CAY, Bigfork: Dave Von Kleist performs, 8-11 p.m., Jan. 6; Brent Jameson Duo performs, 8-11 p.m., Jan. 13; Man & The Box performs, 8-11 p.m., Jan. 20.

MOOSE LODGE, 1735 E. Lakeshore Drive, Whitefish, 406862-3501: Winter Carnival Merry Maker, 6-9 p.m., Jan. 7, $25-$100.

SOUTH SHORE LOUNGE, Polson: RMF DJ, 10 p.m., Jan. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28.

SYMES HOTEL, Hot Springs: Jerry Fletcher (folk, blues, Americana), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 6; Wayo (boogie woogie piano), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 7; The Cutaways (folk), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 13; Friends of Clem (hillbilly, jazz, old country), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 14; Pamela Vankirk (country), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 20; Alex Boey (contemporary rock), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 21; Badger Hound (hill billy rock), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 27; Andrea Harsell (Americana), 8-10 p.m., Jan. 28.

THE RAVEN, Woods Bay on Flathead Lake, 406-837-2836: Annual Polar Bear Plunge, 2 p.m., Parade 1:45 p.m., Jan. 1; Here to Make Friends, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Jan. 27.

WHITEFISH MOUNTAIN RESORT, 3889 Big Mountain Road, Whitefish. 406-862-2900: Valley Demo Days, Jan. 7.

WHITEFISH THEATRE COMPANY, whitefishtheatreco.org: “Always Abba,” 7:30 p.m., Jan. 27, $35.

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