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INSIDE • Fourth of July celebrations • Day on the Lake: Daytrippin’ the Flathead • Best brunches with a brew • Catch a flick under the stars

Cowboy Christmas RODEO SEASON KICKS INTO GEAR ACROSS MONTANA

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World Harmony Under the Big Sky

INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL July 17-20, 2019

MISSOULA, MT

Visit ChoralFestival.org for more information

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Beers and brunch

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Feast for the eyes ........................... 4

Breweries get in on brunch ......... 20

Floating in Glacier ........................... 6

Art near and far ............................. 21

Independence Day events ............. 7

Missoula’s culinary scene ............ 22

Daytrippin’ Flathead Lake ............ 8

Missoula Outdoor Cinema ........... 23

McMurty firing on all cylinders ... 12

Port Polson Players bring laughs 23

Rodeo roundup .............................. 14

Calendar of events ....................... 29

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Feasts for the eyes

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MEA ANDREWS

With mountains in the distance and deer below on the golf course, the views at The Keep Restaurant are some of the best in Missoula. From this perch you can see the thousands of trees that keep the city so green.

Five spots with food or drinks and great views too MEA ANDREWS

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eople-watching in Missoula is a fine summer pastime and there are many places to enjoy the sport, whether at a street-side bistro table or a bench in a park.

Sometimes, though, a mountain

or river is a more inviting backdrop, with good food or good drink to enjoy too. Here are a few suggestions for spots where the sights are as satisfying as the sustenance.

VENUE: FINN and PORTER, 100 Madison St., Missoula VIEW: River, fisher people, dogs swimming, tubers floating, paddle boarders, birds hunting for fish, Mount Sentinel and the “M.” Finn & Porter, inside the DoubleTree by

Hilton hotel, has one of the blue-ribbon outdoor dining decks in Missoula. The first sunny days of the year usually prompt hopeful queries, “Is the deck open yet?”

The deck overlooks the Clark Fork River, a hub of activity all summer long. In hot weather, scores of tubers and floaters pass by as they cool off with the flow. Across the river is the Bark Park, with good views of happy dogs and owners swimming, fetching and romping together. Gaze off the deck’s rail and you might see a fly-fisher patiently

casting for a bite or kids exploring rocks along the river.

The menu at Finn & Porter is one of the best in Missoula, with something for everyone, hors d’oeuvres to small plates to fillyou-up dinners: antipasti, shrimp, oysters, fish, steak, salads and gourmet pizzas are popular. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails, and the deck is open as weather permits.

If the deck is full, many indoor tables have nice views too.

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Mountain Range. You can see the top of Lolo Peak, at 9,000-plus feet high, nine miles away.

Closer — just across Highway 12 — is the entrance to Traveler’s Rest State Park, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition stopped in 1805 as it headed west, and then again in 1806 on its return trip.

Native peoples used this area for centuries before them.

The distillery closes at 8 p.m., late enough to get a hint of what sunset lights on the mountains will look like.

Cloud formations are stunning when they appear in the blue skies of the valley.

And of course, the distillery has a full complement of adventurous and satisfying cocktails, made with their own spirits, like “The 847,” made with honey-huckleberry vodka, huckleberry syrup and lemonade, or “Up the Crick,” made with gin, house simple syrup, grapefruit juice and basil.

The distillery offers a charcuterie board of fancy meats and cheeses for $15, or bring your own snacks for the cocktail hour. Some people buy a burger at the Lolo Creek Steak House on their way up to the distillery and eat it while sipping a treat from the drink menu.

VENUE: RIVER EDGE RESORT, 168 S. Frontage Road, off I-90, Alberton VIEW: Walkers, campers, birds, Clark Fork River.

This restaurant-bar-motel-campground compound is an oasis on the Clark Fork River just 30 minutes from Missoula, offering a snapshot of gorgeous mountain and river views and wildlife. It is family-owned, casual and peaceful, with good food and drinks in a beautiful setting.

The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner; the dinner menu spotlights steaks, burgers, chicken, prime rib, seafood and pork, with many gourmet options (hickory smoked elk burgers; blackened steelhead alfredo pasta).

Thirsty? Try the $8 “Brew Crate,” a sampling of six Montana craft beers. The pours are large enough for two people to share. Or there’s a full-service bar if a cocktail is more to your liking.

A bonus are the trails around the property. Visitors can explore the river and compound before or after a meal to work up an appetite or work off a few calories.

VENUE: TEN SPOON VINEYARD AND WINERY, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, Missoula VIEW: Vineyards, deer, birds, kids, friendly resident dogs, Mount Jumbo.

The tasting room of this winery is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the summer from 4 to 9 p.m., with live music every Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. The location is stunning: grapes ripening on nearby vines; dusk lights on Mount Jumbo; a large grassy area where kids roam and deer mingle; and landscaping and flowers to greet visitors.

It’s a lovely and luscious spot near the Rattlesnake Wilderness.

Ten Spoon wines are the featured fare here, of course. A flight of four will give you a taste of several, or just choose one to sip outside or inside. The winery offers an hors d’oeuvres plate to purchase and enjoy, or feel free to bring your own picnic or snacks. Food trucks often are parked onsite, including Rollin’ Bytes brick-oven pizza, which makes handcrafted pies to order.

Don’t be surprised if you meet the vineyard’s greeter dogs, Ranger and Scout. They don’t beg but they’re available if a pizza crust tumbles their way.

Mea Andrews is a retired Missoulian reporter and editor who has lived in Missoula since 1978.

The private Holt Heritage Museum and its surrounding property offers a lush green landscape off the deck of the Lolo Creek Distillery in Lolo. The foothills and mountains around Lolo Peak complete the gorgeous view.

VIEW: Missoula from above, city lights, bright greens of the golf course, deer, Snowbowl ski area and surrounding mountains.

The Keep has an outdoor patio and big-windowed indoor lounge and dining rooms with stunning panoramic views of Missoula proper and the mountains and hills that hug the city’s north edges and beyond. There’s no better spot to get a sense of the rugged wilderness that makes Missoula such a special spot.

Right below the restaurant is the Highlands golf course, so the surrounding greenery stays lush all summer long.

As the day cools you may spot a fawn searching for tender nibbles. The setVENUE: THE KEEP RESTAURANT, 102 ting sun offers a light show year-round.

The Keep’s restaurant menu is one Ben Hogan Drive, Missoula

of the best fine-dining options in Missoula; the lounge and outdoor patio menu is more casual but fits the summer season perfectly. Crab cakes, grilled sirloin, fresh salads, grilled fish, and more than 15 starters that could be a meal by themselves are some of the selections.

Wine, beer and fancy cocktails quench a summer thirst.

VENUE: LOLO CREEK DISTILLERY, 6610 U.S. Highway 12, Lolo VIEW: Lolo Peak (a peek at it, anyway) and the surrounding foothills and mountains, Traveler’s Rest State Park.

The outdoor deck at this popular distillery faces south, looking into the Bitterroot Valley and the Bitterroot

Mount Sentinel and its “M” are the backdrop off the deck at Missoula’s Finn And Porter restaurant, which has a view as good as its food and cocktails.

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Float Glacier Country’s rapid rivers this summer PATRICK REILLY

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he Flathead River bounds Glacier National Park to the south and west, and each summer, thousands of visitors take in the scenery from the waves. Rafters and paddlers on this Wild and Scenic River can expect to see towering cliffs, crystalline waters and, if they’re lucky, a grizzly bear on the bank or a bald eagle gliding up the canyon.

Depending on the time of year and the stretch of river, the journey can be a leisurely float, a sluice through Class IV and V rapids, or both.

For a guided experience on these waters, the following West Glacier tour companies have got you covered:

tions for visitors in the decades since.

Guides lead rafting and kayaking trips ranging in length from a few hours to four days. On some, they’ll also grill dinner or help cast for trout. Other trips focus on fly fishing, giving travelers time to haul in Westslope cutthroat trout, rainbow trout and mountain whitefish. They also have the option of staying in an onsite cabin. To learn more about what he and thousands of other visitors experienced, visit www. glacierraftco.com.

WILD RIVER ADVENTURES: Another long-time institution on the Flathead, Wild River was started under a different name by George Mumalo in 1974. He once guided then-vice president George H.W. Bush in Glacier, and mentored several GLACIER RAFT COMPANY: This outfit of Wild River’s current guides and staff started guiding rafting trips on the Flat- members. They lead fishing and rafting head in 1976. It’s cultivated plenty of op- trips of varying lengths and intensities,

and offers guided horseback rides with serves meals in a red caboose and houses Swan Mountain Outfitters. Visit www. guests in a lodge and onsite cabins. It’s riverwild.com. also well-connected to the nearby river, offering several rafting, kayaking, padGLACIER GUIDES AND MONTANA RAFT dleboarding and fly-fishing trips. VisiCOMPANY: This firm has one foot in the tors looking to hone their wilderness Flathead and one foot on dry land. It of- skills can take lessons at its Glacier River fers rafting and fly-fishing trips of vary- School, which offers courses in rafting, ing lengths and intensities — including an kayaking and paddleboarding, river resovernight “Star Party Float” in August, cue, and wilderness medicine, as well as timed to coincide with the Perseids me- youth river camps for kids and teens. Visit teor shower. Clients have plenty to do off www.greatnorthernresort.com.

Before hitting the river in your own raft the river as well. The firm guides horseback rides, hiking trips and bike rides up or kayak, visit Flathead National Forest’s Going-to-the-Sun Road — at least until website, https://www.fs.usda.gov/activit opens to traffic in June. Many of these ity/flathead /recreation /wateractivities/, outings can be combined. Visit www.gla- for information on river access points and cierguides.com for more information. boating regulations.

Also visit cleandraindry.mt.gov to enGREAT NORTHERN WHITEWATER RAFT & sure you’re in compliance with the State of RESORT: Named for the railway that built Montana’s laws regarding aquatic invasive Glacier National Park, Great Northern species.

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hether you want to stay close or go a little farther, Western Montana has plenty of options for fun things to do this Fourth of July. Here’s what we’ve rounded up as of press time!

42nd annual Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration hosted by The Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula.

The pancake breakfast, put on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Museum, starts the celebration from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Entertainment and festivities, which also benefit the Friends, begin at 10 a.m. and include music by Kevin Van Dort, Bases Covered and Smith and McKay All Day. A welcoming ceremony at noon will celebrate Independence Day with the singing of the national anthem and a presentation of the flag by VFW Post 209 and American Legion Hellgate Post 27 Honor Guards.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for students, $15 for a family, and children younger than 6 and members of the Friends of the Museum are free. The pancake breakfast is $5 for adults and $20 for a family and includes admission for the day.

Southgate Mall Fourth Fest, 6-11 p.m. Southgate Mall. Free live music by Reverend Slanky, Missoula City Band and surprise headliner, local food trucks, beer garden, kids’ activities, fireworks at 10:30 p.m.

19th annual Collector’s Sale to benefit Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Building T-316, Fort Missoula. 5496280 or 549-4817.

Polson’s Fourth of July parade and fireworks, downtown Polson.

Parade, noon, fireworks, dusk.

Seeley Lake Fourth of July celebration. Theme is “Destination Seeley Lake.” Pancake breakfast, 7 a.m., Seeley Lake Fire Hall; pig

roast, noon, Mission Bible Fellowship. Parade through downtown Seeley, 2 p.m. with the Seeley Lake Community Foundation named this year’s grand marshal. Festivities continue throughout the afternoon including the annual Duck Race down the Clearwater River starting at 4:30 p.m. The celebration wraps up with fireworks over Seeley Lake that start at 10:30 p.m.

Hamilton Fireworks display, dusk, Ravalli County Fairgrounds.

Grateful Nation Montana’s Freedom 5K Run/Walk, 9 a.m., 191 Mill St., Bigfork. Visit Gratefulnationmontana.com.

Bigfork’s Fourth of July Parade, noon, downtown Bigfork.

Ovando’s Fourth of July Celebration. Called “The Biggest Taste of Old Time Americana, by the Smallest Old Town.” Ovando stands proud decorated in red, white and blue with flags flying everywhere. Including a Fourth of July Parade whose theme every year is “Everybody participates! Nobody watches;” with more horse entries than humans; patriotic speeches in front of the museum and lunch where the town’s volunteer fire department serves up a slab of beef so tender you don’t even need a knife.

Visit ovandomontana.net.

Florence Volunteer Fire Department picnic and fireworks, Florence Community Park. Picnic, 5 p.m. Hot dogs and hamburgers provided; bring potluck dish to share.

Fireworks, 10:15 p.m. florencefire.us.

Ranger Walk and Talk at Milltown State Park, 1-2 p.m., The first Ranger Walk and Talk will feature Milltown State Park Manager, Michael Kustudia. Kustudia will tour guests around the Confluence area as he talks about the many threads of Milltown State Park’s history. Special attention will be given to the illustrious visitors who passed through the confluence on the Fourth of July 213 years ago.

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The community of Polson and Flathead Lake in an aerial view.

LARRY MAYER, GAZETTE STAFF

Day on the Lake KURT WILSON, MISSOULIAN

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Flathead Lake offers fun for everyone EMILY PETROVSKI

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hat better way to spend a hot summer day than at the lake? Put on the tunes, pack up some snacks and head up to Flathead Lake for a day trip or weekend getaway.

Enjoy the drive up to the lake and maybe take a stop at one of the trails along the southern end of the lake, but make sure to have your tribal recreation permit since much of it is within the boundary of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Flathead Reservation.

With 13 fishing access sites along the lake itself and state parks and campsites dotting the area, there are options for everyone. If outdoor activities aren’t your jam, catch a show at one of the three live theaters around the lake, nosh on great food at the local eateries or do some shopping at local boutiques or galleries.

Head to Polson first and check out the Miracle of America Museum or Flathead Historical Museum to get a feel for the sense of place.

The best way to experience the fun of the Flathead is on the lake, so be sure to get out on the water, whether it’s a jet ski, paddle board, a rented boat or one of your own!

Try your hand at fishing or just spend a day on the water.

There are plenty of picnic or camping spots dotting the lake as well as delicious eateries tucked into the surrounding area. Stop at one of the roadside stands for the delicious

Horses graze on a ridge of Wild Horse Island high above Flathead Lake last summer.

KURT WILSON, MISSOULIAN‌

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SUZY BOGUSS T H E W H I T E B U F FA L O D A R R E L S CO T T MIPSO • THE STEEL WHEELS

WITH Patty Griffin SHAKEY GRAVES • BOBBY BARE COLTER WALL • VALERIE JUNE

AND MANY MORE! WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

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An eagle feather headdress was given to Bud Cheff to honor Flathead leader Eneas Conko on display at the Ninepipes Museum in Charlo, a great stop on the way up to or back from the lake.

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Downtown Bigfork, closed to traffic for a summer gathering.

locally grown fruit, especially during the infamous cherry season!

Whether you’re just at the lake for a day or decided to stay over at one of the many campsites or cute hotel/B&B options, explore the communities around the lake as well.

Check out the scene in historic downtown Bigfork and do some shopping or check out the local art work at the many galleries. There are plenty of scrumptious food options here as well, including Flathead Lake Brewing Company if you want views of the lake and Echo Lake or Pocketstone Cafes if you’re looking for a great breakfast. Sweet Peaks Ice Cream shop is also a tasty treat.

In addition to more fabulous outdoor options, there is also Whistling Andy Distillery, The Flathead Ford Museum and the Bigfork Summer Playhouse if you want to catch a great live show.

If you’re passing through town, or heading onto the next part of the adventure, stop at Buzzin’ Bagels for coffee and seasonal bagel options and carry on down the road, continuing around the lake or up to Kalispell or Whitefish if you’re making this a longer trip.

Continue around the lake to the smaller communities on the west side of the lake.

Stop into Mission Mountain Winery in Big Arm for a tasting or get out to Wild Horse Island.

On your way back home, be sure to stop by the National Bison Range. Take the longer scenic route if you have the time in your day. Talk to the friendly people at the welcome center or grab an interpretive map and follow along with the landmarks. What you will see changes day by day and hour by hour, including bison to coyote, bears,

EMILY PETROVSKI‌

Bison are, of course, one of the many animals you may see at the National Bison Range, though there are plenty of others if you keep your eyes and ears open. pronghorn and a plethora of birds, but the landscape is beautiful regardless.

Early mornings or evenings are your best bet for great viewing in the summer. Berries come into full fruit along Pauline’s Creek by the end of summer, making it a prime spot to see black bears. Orioles, spotted towhees and other birds will be out and about feeding on the berries as well.

Enjoy your drive back home, refreshed and ready to gear up for your next adventure.

Flathead Lake, which is approximately 30 miles long and 16 miles wide, was once called Salish Lake.

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t is not fate, nor coincidence that James McMurtry’s back at it, hitting the open road the only way he knows how: on all cynical cylinders.

Perhaps it’s the only option of a biting tunesmith who has formed his livelihood from poking the heartland’s hidden, unpleasant parts. Indeed, McMurtry has secured support through his style of Americana, an enduring gift of resonance tightly wrapped with an emotionally-charged lyrical knot.

“Well, the job keeps us (the band and I) energized and motivated and it’s the best job we can get,” said McMurtry, 57. “The songs are re-arranged a bit in terms of dynamic flow and we play a mix of all the records.”

Touring, he said, is like an unending sort of confirmation.

“Years ago, you would go on tour to promote records, but that stopped happening after the mailbox money stopped arriving.

Now you make records to promote touring.

These days, if you get a song on an HBO series, well, that’s like what Top 40 radio used to be — in front of gillions of people and collecting royalties. Before Napster, you had to learn how to tour cheaply and drive to a show on two axles. Now I get to stand at the merch table and shamelessly promote myself.”

Born in Texas, McMurtry found his purpose while living in San Antonio in his twenties, where he worked as a house painter, actor, bartender and occasionally singer, performing at amateur songwriter’s events and open mics. He plays a solo acoustic show weekly at the Continental Club in his hometown of Austin.

“Austin is the place to be for me as long as I’m working,” said McMurtry. “I can work either coast in three and a half weeks, come home, take a week off, and still have a life.

If I lived in, say, Virginia, I’d be out on the road for eight weeks at a time.”

Many singer-songwriters are driven by a painful memory, a haunting fear, or an unconscious belief. There are hundreds of circumstances, values and emotions that can drive a musician. McMurtry’s guiding life force is simply to play hard, play to his own mood and play until there is nothing left to utter.

“There are a lot of young people at the shows now,” said McMurtry, “Kids whose parents have turned them on. It’s multigenerational now.”

From the dilapidated to the decorous, McMurtry has stumbled across just about every venue perceivable. “Sometimes you’ve got to play them because it’s the only game in town,” he said.

McMurtry said that the road’s become

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THE CYNICAL CYLINDERS OF JAMES MCMURTRY Americana singer-songwriter still touring, making new music the true measurement of success; that’s just fine, because his rollicking sounds and sardonic-infused lyrics were meant to be heard personally and fully amplified.

“In most of the Rocky Mountain states, the people, they move a lot easier,” said McMurtry. “When you are out East, it’s harder to get them out of their seats and get them moving around and having a good time. Sometimes they just sit their staring and you don’t know what they are thinking, and that can get awkward. Music is a kinetic experience and you are supposed to be moving. I do solo gigs sometimes — there are times when we can’t get the band out of Texas — I’m driving around doing solos, and those tend to be seated and much more difficult. You cajole them into it and remind them that the space is best suited for dancing.

“Music doesn’t sound good in front of the stage anyhow. The best spot is next to the console where the sound gets mixed. I try to coax people into dancing with a song like “Choctaw Bingo.” Since nobody wants to dance or offend anyone, I tell them that this song is about a cartoon and if you dance and they get pissed, it’s what they get for sitting on the dance floor. Outdoor festivals are much more problematic; the hippies got old and bring their lawn chairs. The VIP is near the mosh pit and they look miserable, talking on their cell phones and sending texts. To dance, you need to be in front of somebody in their lawn chair. People start

dancing in front of the VIP and lawn chair section, and you have a melee. Then the staff gets to be important once a year.”

Starting with the release of his first album in 1989, “Too Long in the Wasteland,” McMurtry has never been driven by the need for approval. His approach to songwriting remains casual and unhurried; he keeps images of his life on the road in his head.

“I usually get a line and I write it down and I don’t finish songs on the road, because there is no time or energy. On the road, you drive until six in the morning.

You may have time for one HBO show, then there is the sound check, then dinner, and then you are loading the damn van. There is no time to sit down and write a song — unless it forces itself.

“I will take down a line or two and jot it down on the cell phone and come back to it.

It’s all on computers and cell phones these days and you can write the whole record on an iPhone 3GS. (The album) “Complicated Game” was largely assembled from scraps, and it took me 20 years to write, piecemeal.

Not by writing every day. The paper boy verse (in “You Got to Me”), that verse first came to me some years ago. I was stuck on it and I shelved it and I’d come back to it a year or two later and I knocked it out in time for this record.”

Perhaps it is no fluke of nature that, James’ son, Curtis McMurtry, is navigating a path akin to his father’s.

“He’s off to a better start than I was at his age. I’m hoping we can cross paths in Memphis and I can crash his gig in Memphis. He’s every bit a songwriter or even better than I am. In his 20s, he had a better grasp in music and a degree in music. I had a narrow focus when I was in my 20s. He can arrange chords and strings and I can learn a lot from him. We are going to do a show of musician families called legacies coming up. And it’s pretty scary, because I have to learn his songs, and he knows intervals and chords that I never learned.”

McMurtry may rightfully be heralded as one of the gems of Americana music, a steward of thump and verse who refuses to compromise his personal demeanor or public art with a shortcut. Indeed, not many others have seen more of our landscape or depicted its failures, foibles or optimism through song more vividly than McMurtry.

“Every now and again, there will be a piece of road we never have seen or a mountain,” said McMurtry. “We’ve got the Sierra Blanca Mountains, along Interstate 10, and you see it from a different light, zigzagging across the country. There are different times of the year, different seasons, and even different crops. You always notice things, like where they are growing corn where they used to grow cotton.”

James McMurtry performs at the Top Hat August 10.

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Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo August 15-17, Flathead County Fairgrounds

Over 250 competitors in the PRCA and WPRCA will meet in Kalispell during the county fair that starts August 14. The rodeo, which began in 1902 with livestock shows and horse racing, has grown into the fairground’s flagship event which will showcase the sport’s top talent, along with the Indian Relay Races that have been a main attraction to the county fair for nearly 30 years.

“The appeal of the rodeo and the relay races comes from a lot of things,” said Mark Campbell, the manager for the NW Montana Fair and Rodeo for the past nine years. “It’s that western heritage that’s put on display in an exciting fashion. It’s a social event, with some people coming here for the past 40 years. There’s also that element of danger that keeps people on the edge of their seat.”

Rusty Wright rides on Believe Me of Kesler Pro Rodeo at the 2018 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo.

Rodeo roundup JOSH HOMER, BURNING EMBER PHOTOGRAPHY

FOR THE ‘COWBOY CHRISTMAS’ SEASON

PAUL HAMBY

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ummer in Montana means lots of things to lots of people, but for the cowboys, it can feel like Christmas morning. Rodeo season kicks into high gear and whether you’re participating or just a rodeo lover, we’ve roped up our picks for the best local rodeos to check out.

Bigfork Rodeo

Jul. 5-7, Bigfork Rodeo Grounds Cowboy Christmas will come to Bigfork for the second year, with the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association agreeing to sanction the event in February 2018. Following Bigfork’s Fourth of July celebration, which includes a parade with an “American Heroes” theme, veterans and active duty military will be given free admission on the first night of the rodeo.

Drummond Kiwanis PRCA Rodeo

July 7, The American Legion Rodeo Grounds in Drummond The rodeo kicks off with the VFD pancake breakfast from 7:30-11 a.m. at the east end of Front Street. Slack events start at the rodeo grounds at 9 a.m. At noon there will be a parade down Front Street before a “Quick Finish” art auction at the rodeo grounds at 12:30.

Rodeo events pick back up at 2 p.m. The day concludes with another art auction.

Lane McGill leaves his horse after roping his calf in tie-down roping during slack at the Kiwanis rodeo in Drummond last year.

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Beau Nordahl of Bozeman, gets flipped off of Bottoms Up during the first night of the 2016 Missoula Stampede PRCA Rodeo.

TOMMY MARTINO, MISSOULIAN

A saddle bronc rider falls off his horse during the Helmville Labor Day Rodeo in 2017.

REBEKAH WELCH, MISSOULIAN

Helmville Labor Day Rodeo Sept. 1-2, Helmville Rodeo Grounds

NRA competitors will meet at the “biggest little rodeo in Montana” to close out the summer for the 55th time. Spectators will gather onto a wooden grandstand that has stood for over 90 years and, following a renovation funded by local support, will continue with the rodeo into another century. Among the events will be Mutton Bustin’, a fan favorite with rodeo’s next generation trying to beat the eight seconds while riding a sheep.

Don Harrington Rodeo

August 2-3, The Butte Vigilante Rodeo Grounds The Butte Vigilante Saddle Club, one of the oldest saddle clubs in the state, and the Northern Rodeo Alliance will host the Don Harrington Rodeo during the Butte-Silver Bow County Fair that starts August 1. This will be the second year that the rodeo and county fair have occurred together after being separate events for several years. Stock will come from Red Eye Rodeo out of Deer Lodge.

According to Butte Vigilante Saddle Club President Dan McGee, if last year was an indication, they expect another great turnout this year.

“The rodeo and the county fair belong together,” he said.

Blast in the Bitterroot

August 9-11, Ravalli County Fairgrounds Montana’s Make My Day Mounted Shooters, along with the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, will present the second Blast in the Bitterroot. Over the course of three days, competitors from across the Northwest will mount up and fire in pistol, shotgun and rifle classes. Riders will use real firearms loaded with black powder cartridges, harmless for spectators, but deadly for their balloon targets.

“It’s just you, and your horse. And since

there’s no judges, it’s an honest sport,” said Montana’s Make My Day Mounted Shooters vice president Ken Jones.

The club has shooters from 20 to 70 years old, both men and women alike.

“The way the club looks, it really seems like a sport for old guys and young women,” said the 68-year-old Jones.

Jones and club president Sharae Cunningham are currently looking volunteers for the event. Those interested can call (406) 2124660 or email uluckyhorseu@yahoo.com

Rockin’ RC Fair and Rodeo

Aug. 28-31 Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT Local ranch hands will have a chance to showcase their skills prior to the NRA competitions, which begin August 30. Starting Wednesday night, ranchers from around the state will compete in loading, branding and wild cow milking. With a turnout of nearly 20,000 in 2018, manager Melissa Saville aims to attract 25,000 this year to enjoy both the rodeo and the 8,000 exhibits planned for the county fair.

The Rockin’ RC Fair Rodeo is also offering free gate passes in exchange for four hours of volunteer work in preparation for the fair. Those interested can call (406) 363-3411 or email fairgrounds@rc.mt.gov for more details.

Missoula Stampede Rodeo

August 7-10, Missoula County Fairgrounds The Missoula Stampede Rodeo, with a history going back to 1915, will be a major piece of the Western Montana Fair running from August 7-11. Events include the PRCA Xtreme Bulls event, with a $10,000 first prize, and the PRCA Ram Rodeo. Competitors include Parker Breding and Beau Nordahl, who both ranked in the top 10 bull riders for the PRCA Montana circuit.

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‘BRUNCH EXTRAVAGANZA’ Breweries get in on the act with eclectic eats and beermosas PETER FRIESEN

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t wasn’t so long ago that the idea of pulling up to your favorite brewery on a Sunday morning meant you were either early, or ready to get in some good day-drinking.

The slow but expansive addition of brunch offerings around Missoula, though, has made the mid-morning beer run into a raison d’etre, or an excuse to spend yet one more weekend day at your favorite brewery.

Starting around three years ago, brunch expanded from, you know, actual restaurants that stuck to breakfast sandwiches, pancakes and coffee (with an occasional sighting of mimosas or bloody marys) to more ornate affairs that begged photos of your plate and your beermosa. It was really the natural extension of Montana’s brewery culture — spend Saturday afternoon on the Draught Works deck after a hike, then head back Sunday morning for a pre-hike beer and breakfast.

There’s now five breweries (including Missoula’s lone cidery) serving brunch, whether through their in-house kitchens or partnered with food trucks.

That’s about half the breweries in town, depending on whether you count all the KettleHouse locations separately.

“It’s kind of a brunch extravaganza,” deadpanned Western Cider co-owner Matt LaRubbio.

He started serving brunch last summer, when Western Cider was partnered with food truck Take It or Leave It. Response was good enough that they planned on doing it again in 2019, but switched to food prepared by Tia’s Big Sky chefs.

“Cider lends itself to brunch,” LaRubbio said. “We don’t offer cocktails on a regular basis, so for us it’s a great chance to show how diverse cider can be.”

That’s a large part of the brewery-brunch magic; ex-

BEST BETS FOR BREWS AND BRUNCH Bayern Brewing

Tagline: The best place to go on a rainy day, or if you’re really craving sausage.

Location: 1507 Montana St. Time: Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Food: Edelweiss Bistro.

Drinks: Beer cocktails, coffee and any beer on tap.

Missoula’s authentic German brewery comes paired with Edelweiss Bistro, an authentic Bavarian café that features locally grown and purchased meat, eggs and vegetables, with seasonings and sauces imported from Germany.

Their Biers and Brunch menu features skillets, German-style quiches and breakfasts of poached sausage, cherry compote pancakes and German rye toast.

Drinks include radlers (beer-juice combos), shandies (ditto) and bloody marys all made with Bayern beers.

Conflux Brewery

SARA DIGGINS, MISSOULIAN‌

June Moore, right, and Oscar Pena dig into their johnnycakes, chalupas and Scotch egg for brunch at Gild brewpub on a recent morning. periencing your favorite local beers in new drinks, whether simply mixed with orange juice or stirred together with bitters, lemon or rosemary.

Every brewery that serves brunch in Missoula offers at least some basic beer cocktails, from variations on mimosas and bloody marys to more complicated affairs like Gild Brewing’s Micheladas, which have six or seven ingredients and huge bunches of herbs sticking out of the glass.

Draught Works started serving brunch in 2017 in a similar manner to Western Cider.

They’d been partnered with Burns St. Beastro food truck and were interested in expanding to brunch service.

Kori Christianson, marketing manager at Draught Works, said it was suggested by an employee, who’d visited a brewery brunch in another town and thought it could work in Missoula.

“It was something people were really interested in in the beginning,” Christianson said.

The Draught Works brunch started to give people an alter-

native brunch experience, according to Christianson, who has definitely noticed the steady growth of brewery brunches around town.

“I think it’s grown really organically,” she said. “It benefits all of us, definitely.”

Plus, Christianson pointed out, it’s a fun undertaking for the brewery employees as well.

“We do a lot of testing inhouse for the brunch cocktails, which is a fun job,” she added.

“It can be really bad, and then we try again.”

Christianson estimated about half of their brunchgoers opt for alcohol with their food, and wasn’t surprised it’s become as popular as it has.

Same with LaRubbio, who pointed out brunch classics like mimosas and Bloody Marys easily translate to beer and cider cocktails.

Whenever people imbibe then, at least it’s with some tasty food.

As Western Cider’s tasting room manager Ellie Costello put it: “Missoula’s a really good town for easy, laid-back weekends.”

Tagline: The downtown spot, the best place to eat if you left your car in front of the Union Saturday night.

Location: 200 E Main St. Time: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Food: Special brunch menu from Conflux’s kitchen.

Drinks: Beer cocktails, coffee and any beer on tap.

Conflux’s kitchen turns to Southerninspired brunch fare for the weekends, serving up shrimp and grits, fry bread and Creole eggs Benedict, along with some tasty-looking vegetarian and vegan options.

They also feature some beer cocktails, with a twist on the Arnold Palmer and bloody mary with their Chili Nelson Ale. Conflux also does half-pours of all of their tap beers, which are a great way to pace yourself before noon.

Draught Works Brewery

Tagline: The Missoula classic, a must for anyone who prioritizes deck seating over all else.

Location: 915 Toole Ave Time: Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Food: Burns St. Beastro food truck Drinks: Beer cocktails, coffee, any beer on tap The original brewery-food truck brunch pairing hasn’t slowed in popularity since its 2017 inception. The Burns St. Beastro food truck slings a slightly more limited menu of the same qual-

ity as the permanent restaurant, with some favorites (like biscuits and gravy) alongside a meaty brunch toast (avocado, fried egg and tomato) and rotating specials.

The drinks are more straightforward, but high-quality, putting simple twists on classics. Take their recent shandy, made with Hefeweizen and ginger beer.

Gild Brewing

Tagline: The only one you could feasibly go to on a first date and it wouldn’t be totally weird; also the most Instagram-worthy if that’s your thing.

Location: 515 S Higgins Ave. Time: Sundays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Food: Special brunch menu from Gild’s kitchen.

Drinks: Beer cocktails, coffee, any beer on tap.

The newest entrant into the brewery brunch game is Gild, which opened last summer on the Hip Strip. Their kitchen slings street-style Mexican food, with brunch items like breakfast tacos, enchiladas and chorizo Scotch eggs.

The drink menu is the most complex here, though it doesn’t quite break the bank. Their beer cocktails top out at six or seven ingredients and come with honey-and-spice coated rims. They also feature sake as a mimosa and bloody mary mixer.

Western Cider

Tagline: The hidden gem, might give Gild a run for its Instagrammable money.

Location: 501 N. California St. Time: Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Food: Rotates, summer 2019 is a menu from chefs Kim and Shelby of Tia’s Big Sky. Drinks: Cider cocktails, coffee, any cider on tap.

In their second brunch season, Western Cider has partnered with the chefs from Tia’s Big Sky, to branch out from their usual authentic Mexican flavors.

The menu so far consists of savory bread pudding, with green chili, ham and poached eggs and a Parmesan scone topped with scrambled eggs, bacon and arugula.

The cider is made into bloody marys, mimosas and other fruit-forward cocktails and, as co-owner Matt LaRubbio pointed out, cider is a great alternative to those who don’t drink beer, whether for the gluten content or taste.

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hether you’re visiting Montana or live here and have visitors coming to town, museums and art centers can provide a break from the otherwise non-stop outdoors activities available. In some cases, there are world-class sculptures to see in outdoor parks that make for good road trips.

Missoula Art Museum Missoula The MAM makes for an engrossing (and air-conditioned) stop. There are plenty of exhibitions to comb through, too. “Border Cantos/Sonic Border” by Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo is a multimedia installation on the timely issue of immigration and migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Linda Maria Thompson’s “Emigrant Memoir” explores the issue of migration across two generations of her family. John Hitchcock’s “Bury the Hatchet/Prayer for My P’ah-Be,” uses music, printmaking and indigenous stories to immersive effect.

Outside, Clarice Dreyer’s “In the Garden” occupies the art park with fairytale-like sculptures in cast bronze and aluminum.

Admission is free, hours are TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

made for art Near and far, Montana is

Miracle of America Museum Polson This sprawling property has thousands of vintage artifacts of Americana to check out, from diminutive collectibles to vintage motorcycles, tanks and boats.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 2 to 12, and free for those under 2.

Montana Museum of Art & Culture Missoula The museum on campus has two galleries with two distinct draws. First is the collection of works from the trove owned

by William A. Clark, the copper king.

Those are on view in the Meloy Gallery through Aug. 31.

Photographer and University of Montana professor Matt Hamon traveled the West and to Iceland for his exhibition, “Ratljóst.” The images, with dramatic low light, re-imagine the landscape as both beautiful and imposing. The title translates to “sufficient light to find one’s way.”

The photographer’s work has been featured in art exhibitions around the world, as well as news media like CNN and the Guardian.

The exhibition opens on July 12 and continues through Oct. 31 in the Paxson Gallery.

Admission is free. Note that summer hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 12-3 p.m. and Friday from 12-6 p.m.

Hockaday Museum of Art KURT WILSON, MISSOULIAN‌

Lola Hunter, a volunteer from Florida, carries an armload of twigs through a doorway while working on the “Tree Circus” sculpture at the Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild art park in Lincoln in 2017. Hunter has worked with artist Patrick Dougherty on two other sculptures and jokingly calls herself a “Dougherty groupie.”

Kalispell The Plein Air Painters of America sent artists out into Glacier National Park to capture the park’s beauty on site and in the moment last fall, when the color is the most dramatic. Stop in and see the results through Aug. 3 at the museum.

Tippet Rise Art Center

Sculpture in the Wild Lincoln This art park, nestled in the forest just outside Lincoln, is here to give you an excuse for a quick and scenic daytrip, as though you needed an excuse to take a

drive through the Blackfoot.

The park, free and open to the public from “dawn until dusk,” is populated with large sculptures built by artists from around the world. The work is all contemporary, yet is often quite whimsical.

Patrick Dougherty’s “Tree Circus” looks like a fairytale house stitched from tree branches; and Cornelia Konrads’ “Bridge” appears to falling apart right before your eyes. (It’s wonderful to photograph but you should not walk on it by any means.)

You can see most of the pieces in a 90-minute self-guided walk, providing enough time to get food in Lincoln.

Check the website, sculptureinthewild. com, for a schedule of their musical performances and in July and August. In July, they have music on Thursdays, and in August, “Shakespeare in the Wild.”

TOMMY MARTINO, MISSOULIAN‌

Montana Museum of Art and Culture Curator Jeremy Canwell points out the restoration work done on 19th-century painter Jules Dupré’s “Animals Crossing a Bridge” earlier this year on the University of Montana campus.

Fishtail No, this isn’t in western Montana, but the drive is worth it if you’re so inclined.

This 12,000-acre ranch is located outside Fishtail, roughly two hours’ drive east and south of Bozeman. The site is home to large-scale sculptures. Very large. The most iconic ones — the abstract, clamshell-shaped “portals” — are more than 20 feet high.

You can take a tour by van or by hiking or biking. The sculptures are deliberately placed a good distance apart, so if you want to see them all, it’s best to take a van unless you’re an experienced biker who can log a lot of miles on ranch road during a day. There’s also food for purchase on site.

A limited number of visitors are allowed each day, so it’s important to book in advance at tippetrise.org.

There’s no accommodations on site, but plenty of hotels and campgrounds on the way.

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Culinary scene grows in Missoula KEILA SZPALLER

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ou can certainly cut into a juicy steak in Missoula and bite into a tasty burger.

“We have some fine ones,” said Barb Neilan, executive director of Destination Missoula.

But newcomers who believe beef might be the extent of the options in the city with a “Keep Missoula Weird” motto will be mistaken.

“They don’t expect the high level of food that we have and the high level of chefs that we have here,” said Neilan, who hosts press writers to the culinary scene, from food trucks to fine dining.

You might find frog legs with a fried egg at the Burns St. Bistro, Serbian plum dumplings at the Missoula Farmers Market, and Vietnam noodles at one of the signature events at downtown’s Caras Park, Out to Lunch or Downtown ToNight.

“Both events are perfect for enjoying some of the most delicious food trucks in the area and are a great way to experience all downtown has to offer,” said Lincoln Mansch, with the Downtown Missoula Partnership, in an email.

Here’s a sampling of some of the

events in Western Montana this summer where you can embark on a food and beverage adventure filled with sauteed shishito peppers, beermosas, fried meatballs and cheese curds, and other deliciousness.

Weekends: Downtown Farmers Markets Missoula counts two farmers markets that run Saturdays in the summer and into fall. The Clark Fork Market operates 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May 4 to the end of September and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in October. Look for the farmers and colorful carrots just east of Caras Park downtown off the river.

At the north end of Higgins Avenue, the Missoula Farmers Market has made a push this year to appeal to people who might be looking for a meal, not only a bunch of scallions or bouquet. Market manager Florie Consolati said shoppers will find a baker who competed in Gordon Ramsay’s MasterChef, a husband and wife team mixing up homemade chai and mango lassis, and coffee roasters from Ronan who make their own charcoal and

serve free coffee at last report.

“This was a focus of ours this year was to really expand our food and drink options,” Consolati said.

Don’t pass up the offerings from the Lange Family Farm, another new vendor doing breakfast burritos and other treats.

“I got this mushroom strudel from them that was off the hook,” Consolati said.

Weekdays: Out to Lunch and Downtown ToNight At lunch time, head to Caras Park for some free live music 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday in June, July and August. “Out to Lunch offers the very best in mobile food service with a wide variety of delicious options,” notes the Downtown Missoula Partnership. Find Arabian cuisine, “berry bowls” and more.

Head back to Caras for dinner and more live music from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday in June, July and August. Grab dinner and ice cream from one of the vendors and a brew from the Bud Light beer and wine garden. Choose from a pizza cart, Thai food, barbecue and many more options.

Fourth of July

Head to Fourth Fest at Southgate Mall from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the mall parking lot. (The mall closes at 6 p.m. on July 4.) Check out the local food trucks and beer garden.

If you’re interested in local history and pancakes, try the 4th at the Fort Celebration hosted by the Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Enjoy a pancake breakfast that benefits the Friends and is put on by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Prices in 2018 were $5 for adults or $20 for a family and include admission.)

A welcoming ceremony starts at noon, and the day at the Fort also includes four to six food trucks.

Western Montana Fair

The fair isn’t just about chickens that resemble punk rockers and thrilling rides. It provides its own brand of culinary creations in the form of fried meatballs, fry bread, curly fries and other related indulgences.

“The fair is kind of its own unhealthy deep-fried food festival,” said Matt Lautzenheiser, executive director of the Historical Mu-

seum at Fort Missoula.

The tasty gut bombs like Vikings and corn dogs also support nonprofits. For example, Lautzenheiser said fried cheese curds bring in $20,000 for the Friends of the Historical Museum.

“That’s the beauty of it. It’s not only a culinary experience, but it’s an opportunity for our local nonprofits to raise money. In some cases, it’s their major fundraiser for the year,” Lautzenheiser said.

You’ll pay for the finger foods, but admission to the fair is free.

The fair starts 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 7, and closes 10 p.m. Sunday, August 11. The fairgrounds are located at 1101 South Ave W.

Beer Fest and Greek Food

Grab gyros, Greek fries and baklava at the Montana Greek Festival on Friday and Saturday Sept. 6 and 7. The times tentatively will run 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday and noon to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church at 301 S. 6th St. W. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the Montana Brewers Association holds a Fall Rendezvous Beer Festival at Caras Park.

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issoula Outdoor Cinema is heading into its 17th year strong, with an array of movies for the 2019 season selected from more than 200 suggestions from Facebook fans. This year there will be family friendly flicks, classic cinema and more adult-oriented features as well.

Starting July 6, Missoulians will pack into the Head Start playground at 1001 Worden Ave. around sunset for the community-oriented screenings on Saturdays. The event is free, though a $5 per individual, $10 per family donation is recommended.

Sponsors generally cover the costs associated with running the outdoor cinema, committee chair Rachel Caldwell told the Missoulian. The donations support the work of the North Missoula Community Development Corporation (NMCDC), such as low income housing and restoration projects on the north and westsides.

The committee asks the group’s Facebook followers which movies they’d like to see.

Then they “duke it out” at a picking party among the committee members. Caldwell said she’s excited for the 80s classics they’ll be showing this year (Footloose and Steel Magnolias are on the schedule).

“That’s my generation of movies,” she laughed.

The Greatest Showman starts the season off with a bang. “It’s meant to be seen on

a big screen,” Caldwell said. The breakout hit musical from 2017 stars Zac Efron, Zendaya, Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams.

Moana, Footloose and Goonies are all coming to the outdoor big screen this year as well. Goonies was the top pick from the outdoor cinema’s Facebook fans.

French Connection and Priscilla Queen of the Desert are the two R-rated options this year. Box office sensation Black Panther will close out the season on August 24. Start times are dependent on sunset.

“It’s such a cool free event,” Caldwell said. It opens up an activity for everyone, she noted. “People are just so happy to be there,” she told the Missoulian.

Caldwell said she loves to be able to provide a free Saturday activity that’s open to the whole community. She opined that Missoula is generally really good about having free or low priced events available.

“There’s something for everyone,” Caldwell said of this year’s line up. Though animated features usually do the best, there are some classics, some selections for adults and some that are great for date nights.

When choosing the movies, they try to include at least one that everyone would be interested in, she said. Check out the schedule and line up some of your top picks for a fun, affordable summer evening activity.

Port Polson Players serve up laughs

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he Port Polson Players are honoring “The Master of Broadway Comedy,” Neil Simon, who passed away last August with his comedic masterpiece The Sunshine Boys.

The show, playing July 5—14, was nominated for a Tony award for Best Play, with critics saying, “The show glitters like fireworks on the Fourth of July.”

Lewis and Clark, The Sunshine Boys, were a successful Vaudeville comedy duo.

During the later years of their 43-year run, they stopped speaking to each other.

Clark, now an old man struggling with memory loss, reluctantly accepts an offer to reunite the team for a CBS special on the

history of comedy.

Laughter abounds as they recreate their classic Doctor Sketch, which ends in chaos.

The play’s wrap-up is pure Simon, mixing humor, wisdom and poignancy.

Produced by the Players in association with the Mission Valley Friends of the Arts.

The Sunshine Boys continues the Players 44th season. Curtain time Wednesdays through Saturdays is 8:00 pm, with Sunday matinees at 2:00.

Tickets are $19 for adults and $18 for senior citizens and students; group rates are available. Call 406-883-9212 or go to the Players web site at PortPolsonPlayers.com for information or reservations.

NOW PLAYING Date July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24

Movie Greatest Showman French Connection Goonies (Facebook Vote) Priscilla Queen of the Desert Footloose Moana Steel Magnolias Black Panther

HUCKLEBERRY FESTIVAL AUGUST 9-11, 2019 Trout Creek, Montana 5pm Friday to 4pm Sunday 120 + Arts & Craft Booths www.huckleberryfestival.com FREE ADMISSION

Family Friendly: Alcohol & Tobacco FREE Dogs Welcome, On Leash Only

Rating PG R PG R PG PG PG-13 PG – 13

Start Time* 9:32 PM 9:28 PM 9:22 PM 9:14 PM 9:05 PM 8:54 PM 8:43PM 8:30 PM

Length 1hr 45m 1hr 44m 1hr 54m 1hr 44m 1hr 47m 1hr 47m 2hr 57m 2hr 14m

FRIDAY: Talents of D & D Music.

DanceXplosion!. Dog Dancing.

Miss Huck/Mr. Huck Finn Talent Contest.

Trout Creek Country Music Show.

SATURDAY: Pancake Breakfast.

5K Run for Fun. Huckleberry Parade.

Dog Agility Demonstration.

Homesteaders Pentathlon.

Albeni Falls Pipes & Drums.

Swing Street Big Band.

Festival Auction.

Pie-Eating Contest.

SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast.

Worship Service.

Music TBA. Kid’s Games.

Horseshoes. Dog Agility Competition.

Kids Dog Agility Fun Match.

Jam, Jelly and Dessert Contest and More!!

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Flathead Lake Festival of the Arts July 27 & 28 35 talented artisans from Montana and surrounding states!

polsonchamber.com or (406)-883-5969

Photo by Pete Ramberg Summer 2019

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Here’s where to find us this summer…..

Bigfork Village Market Mon 5-7:30 Whitefish Farmer’s Market Tues 5-7:30 Ronan Farmer’s Market Thurs 4-7 Polson Farmer’s Market Fri 9-1 Mission Falls Market in St. Ignatius Fri 5-7 We plan on attending once a month (dates found

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Open House Week July 1st—7th from 10-4

Kalispell Farmer’s Market Sat 9-12:30 Creamery Open Mon-Sat 10-5

Sun 10-4

208 1st Ave E, Polson 406-883-0343

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August 2-4 2019 Friday, Aug. 2 8 am Golf Scramble 8 am–noon Fishing Derby 7:30 pm Bulls & Broncs Rodeo 9 pm

CO Ed Softball Tournament

10 am

Car Show

7:30 pm

Open Rodeo and Something New & Fun

9 pm

Street Dances

Street Dances

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Sunday, Aug. 4

VFW Pancake Breakfast 3 on 3 Basketball 39th Annual Mission Mountain

9 am 10 am 12:30 pm

Volleyball Tournament at the City Park Theme: Big Parade Registration From Disco Big Parade down Main Street to Hip Hop

Classic Run *5K & 10K

3 pm

Open Rodeo and Wild Buffalo Riding

Nightly 50/50 DrawiNg Benefits the Ronan

Pioneer Days Scholarship Fund

Visit or Like Ronan Pioneer Days on Facebook for locations and any schedule changes

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406-883-2129

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Polson’s Theatre on the Lake

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Polson’s Theatre on the Lake

FRESH FLOWERS DELIVERY WEDDINGS EVENTS HOME DECOR LANDSCAPING OUTDOOR LIVING

44th Summer Theatre Season Neil Simon’s Comedy

The Sunshine Boys JULY 5 - JULY 14

John Mercer’s Musical Comedy

Tonight on Wild Horse Island JULY 18 - AUGUST 4

The Players Pay Tribute To Neil Simon’s Fabulous Comedy 111 3RD AVE E. POLSON, MT 406-319-2229 alpinedesignsmt.com

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The Sunshine Boys JULY 5 - JULY 14 Wed. Thru Sat. 8:00 Curtain Sunday Matinees at 2:00

Jones-Hope-Wooten Comedy

The Savannah Sipping Society

AUGUST 8 - 25

Wed. Thru Sat. 8:00 Curtain Sunday Matinees at 2:00

406-883-9212 PortPolsonPlayers.com

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1 Mile Marker, Hwy 35 E Polson, MT 883-5794 Open 7 days a week

406-883-9212

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FLATHEAD LAKE polsonchamber.com or (406)-883-5969 NEW & UPSCALE RE-SALE North Face • Dakine • Home Decor • Gifts Clothing • Jewelry • Formal & Wedding Dresses Made in Montana CALL FOR WINTER HOURS AND EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS

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Home Floor Covering Polson stone & tile

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July 1-7

Flathead Lake Cheese Open House 10-4 pm off Hwy 93; flatheadlakecheese.com

July 4

4th of July Parade at noon in downtown Polson followed by fireworks at dusk

July 13-14

Mud Run for Boy’s and Girl’s Club at Polson Fairgrounds; runsignup.com/race/MT/Polson/PolsonMudRun

July 20-21

Polson’s Only Design Center 322 Main St. | Polson, MT | 883-2247

Homefloorcovering@gmail.com

Open Tues-Sun at 11 am Saturday at 1 • Monday at 4 Checkout buffet 11-2 pm

South Shore Lounge Open Daily at 11 am • 883-2553 DJ Friday & Saturday nights at 10 pm

Mention ad for free drink - $3 or less - 1 per customer

109 Anchor Way, Polson, MT 59860 Off Hwy 93 after light on right - 883-4048

Live History Days at Miracle of America Museum, 36094 Memory Lane, Polson; 883-6264 or miracleofamericamuseum.org

July 20-21

Polson Main Street Cherry Festival 9 am Sat and 10 am Sun; 883-3667 or flatheadcherryfestival.com

July 27-28

Flathead Lake 3 on 3 Basketball Tourney, downtown Polson; theflatheadlake3on3.com

July 27-28

5th Annual Flathead Lake Festival of Art 10-6 pm at Sacajawea Park, Polson; sandpiperartgallery.com

August 9

Flathead Lake Bio Station Open House; flbs.umt.edu

August 9-11

Summerfest in Polson with many activities including car show, concerts, cruise and music; andersonbroadcasting.com

August 10

Cruisin By The Bay Car Show in downtown Polson; andersonbroadcasting.com

August 10

48th Annual Sandpiper Art Festival on courthouse lawn 10 am, Polson; sandpiperartgallery.com

August 10

Polson Rotary Festival for Youth Chili Cookoff at Riverside Park 11-2 pm; 883-1842

August 16-17

Flathead Lake Blues Festival; flatheadlakebluesfestival.com

August 17

Small Town Girl Market at Polson Fairgrounds; smalltowngirlmarket.com or 274-7979

September 7

21st Annual Polson Fly-In at Polson Airport 8 a.m.

November 29

Polson’s Parade of Lights and Art Walk in downtown Polson

December

(First 3 weekends) Lights Under The Big Sky at Lake County Fairgrounds in Ronan, MT; bigskylights.org

Jan 24-26, 2020

Flathead Lake International Cinemafest in Polson, MT; Flicpolson.com

Be listening and watching for concert acts and dates at the new Flathead Lake Regatta Amphitheatre; andersonbroadcasting.com

Polson Chamber of Commerce 402 1st St. E., Suite 102 (across from Courthouse)- Polson, MT 406-883-5969 • polsonchamber.com

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Flathead Summer Events

Thru August (last Tues each month) Tours & Tidbits presented by Salish Kootenai College; 275-4983 July 1-7 - Flathead Lake Cheese Open House 10-4 pm off Hwy 93; flatheadlakecheese.com July 2 - Barton & Caselli at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson

July 19-21 - Good Old Days in St Ignatius, MT

July 20-21 - Live History Days at Miracle of America Museum, Polson; 883-6264 or miracleofamericamuseum.org July 20-21 - Polson Main Street Cherry Festival 9 am Sat and 10 am Sunday; 883-3667 or flatheadcherryfestival.com

July 3-7 - Arlee Pow Wow Celebration in Arlee; arleepowwow.com

July 22-27 - Lake County Fair at Lake County Fairgrounds in Ronan, MT

July 4th - Polson Main Street 4th of July Parade starts at 12:30 pm with fireworks at dusk.

July 23 - What About Bob Karaoke at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson

July 4 - Singing Sons of Beaches at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson on the back patio with a special Greg Devlin Celebration of Life

July 25 - Singing Sons of Beaches at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson

July 7 - Classic Country Jamming at Polson Elks 2-5 pm July 9 - What About Bob Karaoke at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson July 11 - Singing Sons of Beaches at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson July 11 - Caselli’s Crew featuring Will Peterson at KwaTaqNuk

July 25-26 - Caselli’s Crew featuring Tamela at the KwaTaqNuk out on the deck at 7 p.m.

July 27-28 - Polson 3 On 3 Basketball Tourney; theflatheadlake3on3.com July 27-28 - Annual Flathead Lake Festival of Art 10-6 pm Sacajawea Park in Polson

July 13 - Amish Auction 9 am in St. Ignatius, MT

August 1 - Singings Sons of Beaches at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson

July 13-14 - Mud Run for Boy’s and Girl’s Club at Polson Fairgrounds; runsignup.com/race/MT/Polson/PolsonMudRun

August 1 - Sunlight Black Band at KwaTaqNuk

July 16 - Barton & Caselli at East Shore Smokehouse at 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson July 18 - Singing Sons of Beaches at East Shore Smokehouse 6 pm, Hwy 35 Polson

August 2 - Sunlight Black Band at KwaTaqNuk August 2-4 - Ronan Pioneer Days at Lake County Fairgrounds in Ronan, MT August 4 - Classic Country Jamming at Polson Elks 2-5 pm

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JUNE 30‌ Rebelution, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, KettleHouse Amphitheatre, 605 Coldsmoke Lane, Bonner. California reggae, hip-hop and rap Tickets $32.50$37.50, available at logjampresents.com.

JULY 1‌ American Aquarium, 7:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $15.50 in advance, available at logjampresents.com. All ages.

JULY 1-2‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Idaho Falls, 7:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 5433300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

JULY 2‌ Bill Bowers, award-winning actor, writer, teacher and mime presents in multi-media performance, “All Over the Map” 7:30 p.m., MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 728-7529, MCTinc.org.

JULY 3‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Idaho Falls, 6:35 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 5433300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

Missoula City Band Concert featuring a patriotic prelude, 8 p.m., Bonner Park.

Visit missoulacityband.org.

JULY 3-7‌ 121st Arlee Esyapqenyi (Celebration). Includes dance and singing contests, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, a parade, powwow, food and more. Visit arleepowwow.com for more information.

JULY 4‌ 42nd annual Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration hosted by The Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula.

The pancake breakfast, put on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Museum, starts the celebration from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Entertainment and festivities, which also benefit the Friends, begin at 10 a.m. and include music by Kevin Van Dort, Bases Covered and Smith and McKay All Day. The will also be model trains and ham radios, old-fashioned children’s games, food trucks and cold beer, a scavenger hunt (for adults, too), living history tours of the lookout, schoolhouse, Drummond Depot, Trolley Barn, and locomotive, historic steam-engine sawmill demos, antique engine displays, Missoula Fire Trucks,

historical surveying and Montana genealogy, craft vendors, horse-drawn wagon rides, special goings all day at the Homestead Cabin with games, hands-on activities, and demonstrators, miniature ponies and farm animals.

A welcoming ceremony at noon will celebrate Independence Day with the singing of the national anthem and a presentation of the flag by VFW Post 209 and American Legion Hellgate Post 27 Honor Guards.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for students, $15 for a family, and children younger than 6 and members of the Friends of the Museum are free. The pancake breakfast is $5 for adults and $20 for a family and includes admission for the day.

Southgate Mall Fourth Fest, 6-11 p.m.

Southgate Mall. Free live music by Reverend Slanky, Missoula City Band and surprise headliner, local food trucks, beer garden, kids’ activities, fireworks at 10:30 p.m.

19th annual Collector’s Sale to benefit Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Building T-316, Fort Missoula. 549-6280 or 549-4817.

Polson’s Fourth of July parade and fireworks, downtown Polson. Parade, noon, fireworks, dusk.

Seeley Lake Fourth of July celebration. Theme is “Destination Seeley Lake.”

Pancake breakfast, 7 a.m., Seeley Lake Fire Hall; pig roast, noon, Mission Bible Fellowship. Parade through downtown Seeley, 2 p.m. with the Seeley Lake Community Foundation named this year’s grand marshal. Festivities continue throughout the afternoon including the annual Duck Race down the Clearwater River starting at 4:30 p.m. The celebration wraps up with fireworks over Seeley Lake that start at 10:30 p.m.

Hamilton Fireworks display, dusk, Ravalli County Fairgrounds.

Grateful Nation Montana’s Freedom 5K Run/Walk, 9 a.m., 191 Mill St., Bigfork. Visit Gratefulnationmontana.com.

Bigfork’s Fourth of July Parade, noon, downtown Bigfork.

Ovando’s Fourth of July Celebration. Called “The Biggest Taste of Old Time Americana, by the Smallest Old Town.” Ovando stands proud decorated in red, white and blue with flags flying everywhere. Including a Fourth of July Parade whose theme every year is “Everybody participates! Nobody watches;” with more horse entries than humans; patriotic speeches in front of the museum and lunch where the town’s volunteer fire department serves up a slab of beef so tender you don’t even need a knife. Visit ovandomontana.net.

JULY 5‌ Opening of the Port Polson Players’ Neil Simon comedy “The Sunshine Boys,” Theater on Flathead Lake. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. through July 14.

Symphony Night at the Farm, 5:30 gates, 7:30 p.m. show, Rebecca Farm, Kalispell. Join the Glacier Symphony for an evening of music with an “American Salute,” a repertoire of patriotic and familyfriendly music. gscmusic.org/symphonynight-at-the-farm, 406-407-7000

JULY 5-7‌ Whitefish Arts Festival. Artists from across the country are represented in the 40th annual Whitefish Arts Festival. Metal sculptures, paintings and photography, woodworking, pottery, jewelry, clothing and home decorations are just some of the featured fine arts. All of the art is handmade. Visit whitefishartsfestival.org/.

Bigfork Summer Pro Rodeo. Bigfork Rodeo Grounds, 2840 Montana Hwy 82. Friday and Saturday gates open at 5:30 p.m., shows start at 7 p.m. Sunday gates open at 3:30 p.m., show starts at 5 p.m. Food vendors, kids area, live music each night after rodeo. bigforkrodeo.com.

JULY 6‌ The Glacier Challenge and Whitefish Lake Run, 8 a.m., City Beach, Whitefish.

3.1 miles, 8.1 miles. 32.3 miles, 47.1 miles.

Visit 406running.com.

Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 9:32 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Greatest Showman.” Suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family donation. nmcdc.org/programs/ outdoor-cinema.

JULY 9‌ Northern Rockies Heritage Center presents “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Laughin’ to Keep from Cryin,” presented by Bill Rossiter, retired instructor of Literature and Humanities at Flathead Valley Community College, 7 p.m., Heritage Hall, Fort Missoula. Call 728-3662 or visit NRHC.org.

Color block printing series with Christa Carleton, Tuesdays through Aug. 6, 6-8:30 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $140. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

JULY 10‌ Missoula City Band Concert featuring the Sweet Adelines, 8 p.m., Bonner Park.

Visit missoulacityband.org.

Glass fusing orientation, 5:308:30 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $65, $60 members.

Johnny Louis, SIPA USA/TNS‌

Rodrigo y Gabriela perform at Fillmore Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2014. They will perform July 12 at The Wilma.

549-7555, zootownarts.org.

The Struts Young and Dangerous Tour with The Glorious Sons, 6:30 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show, The Wilma. $25, available at logjampresents.com.

Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance, 7-10 p.m., Missoula Senior Center, 70-5 S. Higgins Ave. Music by Skipping’ A Groove; caller Round Robbin. $6 members, $9 nonmembers, 18 and under free. missoulafolk.com.

JULY 10-13‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Orem, 7:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 543-3300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

JULY 11‌ Slightly Stoopid How I Spent My Summer Vacation 2019 Tour, 5:30 p.m. doors, 6:30 p.m. show, KettleHouse Amphitheater, Bonner. $350-$39.50, available at logjampresents.com.

Thursday!Fest, 5-8 p.m., Second Avenue East between First and Second Streets East, Whitefish. Music by the Mike Murray Duo plus crafts, face painting, food court, beer and wine garden and more.

406-253-6923.

JULY 12‌ Rodrigo Y Gabriela Mettavolution Tour, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma. $37.79-$47.79, available at logjapresents.com.

JULY 12-13‌ Arts in the Park, Depot Park, Kalispell.

Flathead Valley’s premier arts, crafts and music festival held in Kalispell’s historic downtown Depot Park. Over 100 local and visiting artists and craftsmen offer their unique and quality works for sale.

Food and beverage vendors from around the valley provide delicious treats. Live

musical entertainment. Visit hockadaymuseum.org.

JULY 13‌ 17th annual Amish Community auction, 9 a.m., 2917 Allison Road, St. Ignatius. Quilts, tools, flowers, handcrafted items, cabins, sheds, furnitur and more.

406-218-4885, 406-745-4395.

“Exploring Collagraph” with Bev Glueckert, 2-4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $45, $35 members. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 9:28 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “French Connection.” Suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family donation. nmcdc.org/programs/ outdoor-cinema.

Philipsburg 46, 46 mile bike race, 8 a.m., 106 E. Stockton, Philipsburg. Visit mtbmissoula.org/philipsburg-46/.

Ninth annual Big Sky Bash Concert featuring Great White with Shauney Fisher, Dead Fervor and Devon Waide, gates open 5 p.m., show goes 6 p.m.-1 a.m., J. Neils Memorial Park, Libby. $25 in advance, $35 at the gate. Benefits the Center for Asbestos Related Disease. Visit http:// donatecardfoundation.org/big-sky-bash.

Lakeside Community Fair. Celebrate 30 years of the annual Lakeside Community Fair this year, with events starting with a pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. and running all day with auctions, an 11 a.m. parade, watermelon-eating contests, duck races, and more. lakesidecommunityclub. wildapricot.org/Lakeside-Annual-Fair.

JULY 14‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Ogden, 5:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 543-3300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

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“Have Fort, Need Mission: Fort Missoula in 1919,” 2 p.m., Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316, Fort Missoula. A guided walk and discussion of the people, issues and events affecting Fort Missoula in the aftermath of World War I. 549-5346.

Fourth annual Polson Mud Run (5K), 9:30 a.m., Polson Fairgrounds, 320 Regatta Road. One hundred percent of your registration fee goes to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County. https://runsignup.com/race/ MT/Polson/PolsonMudrun.

JULY 15-17‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Ogden, 7:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 543-3300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

JULY 16‌ The Robert Cray Band, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma. $42-$47.50, available at logjampresents.com.

JULY 17‌ Missoula City Band Concert featuring the International Choral Festival, 7 p.m., Bonner Park. Visit missoulacityband.org.

“Drag, Drink and Draw” at Western Cider with Zootown Arts Community Center, 5:30-7 pm., 501 N. California. Live models in full drag will pose for attendees; art supplies free and supplied. 5497555, zootownarts.org.

JULY 17-20‌ International Choral Festival. Choirs from around the world are hand-selected to participate based on their musical excellence and variety. Choirs include the Phoenix Girls Choir, Phoenix, Arizona; The Sunday Night Singers, California; Da Capo Coro Gubernamental de Itapua, Paraguay; Daarler Vocal Consort, Germany; Eller Girl’s Choir, Estonia; Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School Children’s Choir, China; Pedavoces, Finland; Pannon Children’s Choir, Hungary; Veus—Cor Infantil Amics de la Unio, Cataloni; University of Montana Chamber Chorale and more. For details, visit choralfestival.org.

Wednesday, July 17, free admission 11 a.m.-2 p.m.: Out To Lunch Concert, Caras Park. 1:30–4:30 p.m.: Choir Crawl, various locations including Conflux Brewery, Dana Gallery, Florence Building Lobby and the Top Hat. 7-9 p.m.: City Band and Youth Concert Bonner Park.

Thursday, July 18, admission with Festival Button 9-11 a.m.: Conductor’s Seminar a the UM Music Recital Hall (presentations by

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conductors from Paraguay, Lithuania and Spain). Afternoon concerts: 2- 3 p.m., UM Music Recital Hall; 3:15- 4:15 p.m., Dennison Theatre; 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Dennison Theatre. Evening concerts: 7:30-9 p.m., UM Music Recital Hall, Dennison Theatre and St. Anthony Parish.

Friday, July 19, admission with Festival Button.

Afternoon concerts: 2-3 p.m., Music Recital Hall; 3:15-4:15 p.m., Dennison Theatre; 4:30-5:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre.

Evening concerts: 7:30-9 p.m., UM Music Recital Hall, Dennison Theatre and St. Anthony Parish.

Saturday, July 20, admission with Festival Button 7-9 p.m: Finale Concert, Adams Center. $20 Festival Buttons can be purchased at Fact & Fiction, Fresh Market, Good Food Store, Orange Street Food Farm Rockin’ Rudy’s and at the Festival Office, 312 E. Pine St.

JULY 18‌ Opening of the Port Polson Players’ musical comedy by John Mercer, “Tonight on Wild Horse Island,” Theater on Flathead Lake. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. through Aug. 4.

Thursday!Fest, 5-8 p.m., Second Avenue East between First and Second Streets East, Whitefish. Music by Smart Alex plus crafts, face painting, food court, beer and wine garden and more. 406-253-6923.

July 18-20‌ Montana 200, Montana Raceway Park, 3790 US-93, Kalispell. The threeday event starts with practice, then heat races the next day. The final day of racing presents the main racing event. facebook.com/mtracewaypark.

JULY 19‌ Cowboy Bob and Gypsy Dust, 10:15 p.m. show, The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Free. All ages.

July 19-20‌ Artists in Paradise. The Paradise Center. Visit Sanderscountyarts.org.

JULY 19-21‌ Darby Logger Days. A family event featuring expert competitors performing skills of days gone by. Contact the Darby Loggers at loggers@darbyloggerdays.com. Visit darbyloggerdays.com for more information.

St. Ignatius Good Old Days. Music, food booths, arts and crafts and more.

See St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce on Facebook.

JULY 20‌ Darby Strawberry Festival. 79th annual old-fashioned ice-cream social with

music by local musicians, vendors and raffles. Contact 406-381-5114.

Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 9:22 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Goonies.” Suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family donation. nmcdc.org/programs/outdoor-cinema.

JULY 20-21‌ Miracle of America Museum’s Annual Live History Days. The museum is open each day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in Polson. Visit miracleofamericamuseum. org or call Gil at 406-883-6264 for details.

Polson Main Street Cherry Festival.

More than 100 vendors converge on downtown Polson, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday. Visit flatheadcherryfestival.com.

JULY 21‌ Windermere SUP Cup, 4.2 miles standup paddleboard competition on the Clark Fork River. 200 S. Pattee St. Visit supcupmt.com.

JULY 22-24‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Idaho Falls, 7:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 5433300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

JULY 23-27‌ Lake County Fair, Lake County Fairgrounds, Ronan. lakemt.gov/fair/events. html

JULY 24‌ Missoula City Band Concert featuring blasts from the past, 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Visit missoulacityband.org.

JULY 24-28‌ The Event at Rebecca Farm, Rebecca Farm, Kalispell. World-renowned equestrians come to the Flathead Valley every summer to compete in the Event at Rebecca Farm, an equestrian triathlon featuring dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. The event is free to spectators, and is child and (leashed) pet friendly.

RebeccaFarm.org.

Heritage Days, Columbia Falls. Celebrate the heritage and history of Columbia Falls with a whole weekend of family-friendly events. Run in the Boogie to the Bank, attend the parade and carnival, groove at the Barn Dance, flex at the car show, yeehaw at the rodeo, play three-onthree basketball. cfallsheritagedays.com/.

JULY 25‌ Thursday!Fest, 5-8 p.m., Second Avenue East between First and Second Streets East, Whitefish. Music by YYAS plus crafts,

OLIVIA VANNI photos, MISSOULIAN

The Ellerhein Girl’s Choir, from Estonia, performs at Caras Park on July 13, 2016, as a part of the International Choral Festival. face painting, food court, beer and wine garden and more. 406-253-6923.

JULY 25-27‌ Missoula Osprey vs. Billings, 7:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 543-3300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

JULY 26‌ Melissa Etheridge, the Medicine Show, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma. $52-$63, available at logjampresents.com.

Jeff Austin Band with Dead Winter Carpenters, 9:30 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $15 in advance, available at logjampresents. com. All ages.

JULY 26-28‌ Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival, 163 Forest Hill Road, Hamilton. Weekend pass $20 adults, $10 ages 12 and under; single day fee $15 adults, $7 ages 12 and under; Sunday only $10 adults, $5 kids. Celebrate the sounds of traditional bluegrass music with concerts, contests, a Kids in Bluegrass performance, Bluegrass Gospel on Sunday morning and lots of jamming.

Camping is available and food vendors are on site. Call 821-3777 or visit hardtimesbluegrass.com.

JULY 26-27‌ Daly Days Festival. Music, food, fun, crafts and more as a celebration of Hamilton founder Marcus Daly. Visit hamiltondowntownassociation.org for more information.

“Rescue Me!: A Decade of Abandoned and Gifted Art,” Zootown Arts Community Center’s final show on the Northside, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 235 N. First St. W. ZACC will be displaying and selling a huge portion of its stored art. 549-7555, zootwnarts.org

JULY 27‌ Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 9:14 p.m.,

Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.” Suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family donation. nmcdc. org/programs/outdoor-cinema.

Lake Como Triathlon, 8 a.m. A challenging XTerra style race with .9 miles open water swim, 12.6 mile mountain bike and 7.7 miles trail run at Lake Como in the heart of the Bitterroot Valley. Visit lakecomotri.com for more information.

Trampled by Turtles, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, KettleHouse Amphitheatre, 605 Coldsmoke Lane, Bonner Tickets $35$40, available at logjampresents.com.

25th annual Bitter Root Brewfest, 3-10 p.m., downtown Hamilton.

July 27-28‌ Flathead Lake 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Montana’s longest running 3-on-3 basketball tournament. theflatheadlake3on3.com.

Fifth annual Flathead Lake Festival of Art. On the shores of Flathead Lake at Sacajawea Park in Polson from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit sandpiperartgallery.com for more information.

JULY 28‌ “Buffalo Bill‘s Reality Show: The Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, July 1869,” 2 p.m., Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316, Fort Missoula. An illustrated look at the clash between Col. Eugene Carr’s 5th Cavalry and Pawnee Scouts against Tall Bull’s Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. 549-5346.

Missoula Osprey vs. Billings, 5:05 p.m., Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 700 Cregg Lane. Main Office/Team Store, MSO Hub, 140 N. Higgins Ave. Call 543-3300 or visit milb.com/missoula/.

JULY 29‌ Pop Evil, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma. $22, available at logjampresents.com.

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SUNDAYS‌ The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s,”Seussical the Musical,” 2 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

Storytime for ages 3 and older, 1:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-265.

Live music, 6 p.m., Rumour Tap House, 1855 Stephens Ave. Live music, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. Joel Fetveit, Garden Bar, Bigfork.

Kaleidoscope karaoke, 9:30 p.m., VFW, 245 W. Main St. Karaoke, 9 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Free Sunday pool, all day, Union Club, 208 E. Main St. “Bits & Brews: Let’s Game,” 1:30-7 p.m., VFW Post 209 Ole Beck, 245 W. Main St. Free entry; ages 18 and over.

Featuring video-game consoles like the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Along with featured games such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Bros. Super Mario Party, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, PacMan, Street Fighter 2 and more.

MONDAYS‌ The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s,” Seussical the Musical,” 8 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

Moscow Monday, noon-8 p.m., Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. $1 from each cocktail sold donated to a local nonprofit, with the recipient changing each week.

Storytime Empower Place Tiny Tales for ages 3 and under, 1-:30 a.m., 1720 Wyoming St. Open hours in the MakerSpace, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Tuesday Picking Circle 6-8 p.m., Montana Distillery, 631 Woody St, Missoula.

Stringed instrument bluegrass picking circle, every Tuesday at the Montana Distillery.

Raising the Dead, live recorded show of the Grateful Dead, 5 p.m., The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Free; all ages.

Motown on Mondays, 9 p.m., Badlander, 208 Ryman St. DJs Smokey Rose and Mark Myraid spin exclusive remixes, originals and close relatives of your favorite Motown songs.

Karaoke, 9 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Live music, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. Kaleidoscope karaoke, 9:30 p.m., VFW, 245 W. Main St. Open mic, 6-8 p.m., Imagine Nation Brewing, 1151 W. Broadway.

TUESDAYS‌ Tuesday Evening Farmers Market, 5-7 p.m., Farmers Market Plaza, North end of Higgins Ave. Visit missoulafarmersmarket.com.

The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s,” Seussical the Musical,” 8 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

Beginning Flamenco I, 1-2:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre School, 2704 Brooks. Flamenco Montana/Victoria Lenihan Dance. flamencomt.com, 542-9270.

Tiny tales for ages 3 and under, 10:3011 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665.

Imagine Ireland with the Craicers and Friends, 6-8 p.m., Imagine Nation Brewing, 1151 W. Broadway.

Unity Dance and Drum’s African dance class with Tarn Ream and live musicians, 7-8:30 p.m., Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All levels, ages and drop-in dancers welcome. $10 per class, $35 for four classes. 549-7033, tarn.ream@umontana.edu.

Kaleidoscope karaoke, 9:30 p.m., VFW, 245 W. Main St. Live music or karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

Trivia, 7:30 p.m., VFW Post 209, 245 W. Main St. Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St.: Open hours in the MakerSpace, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.; community creative writing workshop in the MakerSpace, 6 p.m.; System Check! 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS‌ Out to Lunch, Wednesdays starting June 5, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Live music, food vendors and children’s activities. 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

Frenchtown Farmers Market,

5-7:30 p.m., eastern side of Frenchtown Elementary school. Food trucks, crafts and live entertainment.

The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s,” Seussical the Musical,” 8 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

F l a m e n c o I I , We d n e s d a y s , 7:30-9 p.m., Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre School, 2704 Brooks. Flamenco Montana/Victoria Lenihan Dance. flamencomt.com, 542-9270.

Kids Yoga for ages 5 and up, 3:30 p.m., North Valley Public Library, Stevensville.

777-5061.

Tiny Tales at EmPower Place, 1720 Wyoming St. 721-2665.

Toddler and baby story time, 10:3011:15 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, Hamilton. 363-1670.

Missoula Public Library: open hours in the MakerSpace, noon-5 p.m.; Middle School Writers Group, 3:30 p.m.

Rocking Country Karaoke, 9 p.m., Dark Horse, 1805 Regent.

Kraptastic karaoke with host Reid Reimers, 9 p.m., The Badlander, 208 Ryman St. Live music, 6 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. Solid Sound Karaoke, Westside Lanes, 1615 Wyoming St. Trivia, 7:30-10 p.m., The Still Room, 1609 W. Broadway.

Trivia, 8 p.m., Silver Slipper Lounge, 4063 U.S. Highway 93.

Trivial Beersuit, 8:30 p.m., Press Box, 825 E. Broadway.

THURSDAYS‌ Downtown Tonight, Thursdays starting June 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Caras Park.

Live music, food and drink vendors. 5434238, missouladowntown.com.

The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s”,Seussical the Musical,” 8 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

African dance class with live drums, Oumar Keita and Djebe Bara, 6-7 p.m., the Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. W., $5.

Nonprofit Appreciation Day, 5 p.m., Imagine Nation Brewing, 1151 W. Broadway.

All nonprofit workers receive half off your first beer. The discount is good all day every Thursday and is only available to nonprofit employees.

Downtown drop-in wine tasting, 5 p.m., La Grotta Bella, 107 W. Spruce (under the Old Post Pub). $12.50; minimum four wines and a different theme each week.

Singing Sons of Beaches, 6 p.m., Thursday starting May 30, East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

Tiny Tales for ages 3 and under, 10:30 a.m.; Lego Club for ages 12 and under, 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Art Club for ages 5-18, North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St., Stevensville.

Live music, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. Rocking Karaoke hosted by Aaron B’Rocks 9 p.m., Dark Horse, 1805 Regent Ave. Karaoke, 9 p.m.-1:20 a.m., Eagles, 2420 South Ave. W. Solid Sound Karaoke, Westside Lanes, 1615 Wyoming St.

FRIDAYS‌ The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s,” Seussical the Musical,” 8 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

Tiny tales for ages 3 and under and story time for ages 3 and over, 10:30 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Preschool story time, 10:3011:30 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, Hamilton, 363-1670.

Open hours in the MakerSpace, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Family Friendly Friday, 6-8 p.m., The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Free; all ages.

Live music, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Live music, Garden Bar, Bigfork.

Live music, The Raven, Woods Bay. Live music, 6-8 p.m., Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

Live music, 8 p.m.-midnight, Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Karaoke, 9 p.m., VFW Post 209, 245 W. Main St. Karaoke, Westside Lanes, 1615 Wyoming St. I’ll House You 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Badlander, 208 Ryman St. I’ll House You is a monthly

party of DJs, drinks and dancing.

Live predator feeding, 4 p.m., Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, 218 E. Front St. Missoula Public Library: Yarns at the Library, noon; watercolor painting, for ages 18 and over, noon; open hours in the MakerSpace, 1-6 p.m.; Young Adult Writers’ Group, 3:30 p.m.;

SATURDAYS‌ Lolo Farmers/Craft Market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Lolo Community Center.

Local farmers, crafters and artisans.

The Bigfork Players presents “The Totally Radical 80’s Revue,” “Oklahoma!,” “Seussical-the Musical,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Wedding Singer” or the “The Hits of the 50s, 60s & 70s,” Seussical the Musical,” 8 p.m., Bigfork Summer Playhouse. For schedule, call 406-837-4886 or visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

Story time, 11 a.m., Barnes and Noble, 2640 N. Reserve St. Story time for ages 3 and older, 10:30 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Live music, 8 p.m.-midnight, Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Live music, 6-8 p.m., Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

Live music, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Live music, Garden Bar, Bigfork.

Live music, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Live music, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. Absolutely DJ night (hip-hop/dance), 9 p.m. doors, Badlander, 208 Ryman St. No cover, ages 21 and over.

Kaleidoscope karaoke, 9:30 p.m., VFW, 245 W. Main St. DJ by RMF Entertainment, Westside Lanes, 1615 Wyoming St. Clark Fork Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 225 S. Pattee St. (Riverside Parking Lot). Over 100 vendors with everything from farm direct products to breakfast and lunch food and drink and children’s activities. Call 396-0593 or visit clarkforkmarket.com.

Missoula Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m., north end of Higgins Avenue by the XXXXs. Fresh local produce, flowers, baked goods from over 100 vendors. Call 274-3042 or visit missoulafarmersmarket.com.

Missoula Peoples Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Higgins and Pine Street. Local art and handcrafted goods. Visit missoulapeoplesmarket.org.

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