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Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America’s most legendary photographers. The exhibition Ansel Adams: A Legacy consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.

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Ansel AdAms A legAcy 130 Original Photographs // Opens October 7 Missoula art MuseuM // Free expression. Free admission. MAM would like to thank the sponsors that supported this definitive exhibition by one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most legendary photographers.

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issoula’s always had a little extra spunk. We’re not sure if it’s an extra rib or a sixth toe, but whatever it is, we’re glad it exists. It brings Missoula to the forefront of the Montana arts and culture scene. With its eclectic people, easy access to the outdoors and more musicians, writers, artists and actors than any other city in Montana; we couldn’t be more proud of our town.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011 By TOM BENSEN

OH, the Humanity

id you know that October is National Arts and Humanities Month? And were you aware that it has existed since 1993? I wouldn't blame anyone who let this slip by. We live in the "Information Age," and are so bombarded by information - some of it important, and some of it not so much that it is impossible for us to remember it all. And furthermore, you might say, we live in culturally rich Missoula, so maybe we don't need to take a month to celebrate what we celebrate all year long. That said, here's some more information. Americans for the Arts, the nation's largest non-profit arts agency, coordinates Arts and Humanities Month, the largest such celebration in the nation. It began as a week-long event in 1985, initiated

by the National Endowment for the Arts, and became a month-long celebration a decade later. The National Arts Awards are presented in New York City each October. "Creative Conversations" are organized in communities throughout the nation - local gatherings of engaged citizens that are part of a grassroots movement to elevate the profile of arts in America. In addition, arts and humanities events are posted at the Americans for the Arts website to raise awareness and to encourage all Americans to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives, and to actively participate in the arts and humanities in their communities. If you visit http:// maps.artsusa.org/nahm/, you can see what people are doing all over the country this month to acknowledge and to celebrate the

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arts. Missoula events are included as well. Posting an event on this site is a quick and easy process. Ken Egan, executive director of Humanities Montana, talks about arts and humanities as two sides of the same coin. In his words, they "represent the full spectrum of what makes us human, creative, insightful, communal. The 'arts' refer to performance of music, painting, sculpture, dance, theater, literature, and more. The 'humanities' refer to the reflective arts— philosophy, history, ethical discussion, literary criticism - stimulated in part by the arts." With that in mind, it is interesting to see what October looks like in Missoula. At the risk of omitting several programs planned for the month, I can recommend the following upcoming events:

•M ontana Festival of the Book, October 6-8 at the Holiday Inn Downtown, Wilma Theatre, and Missoula Public Library •A nsel Adams: A Legacy at the Missoula Art Museum, with First Friday opening reception October 7 •W ar Torn: The Art of Ben Steele at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture, with a First Friday reception October 7 •M ontana CINE. October 17-23 at the Roxy Theater and University of Montana These events skillfully combine the reflective with the visual and/or performing arts, each showing the full power of creative human expression. They, along with all the other events occurring in Missoula this month, are all a good way for us to join in the national celebration. Enjoy the arts, the humanities, and October!

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a legacy

Ansel Adams By JOE NICKELL of the Missoulian

ince its founding in 1975, the Missoula Art Museum has carved out a regional niche by focusing on the boundarypushing work of influential yet often not widely recognized regional artists. On October 7, it will open the doors on an exhibit of instantly recognizable images by the most famous photographer in American history. Even those few who have never heard the name of Ansel Adams probably have seen a handful of his photographs. His breathtaking black-and-white landscape, “Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park,” might be more widely viewed than the well-traveled vista it depicts. Another hauntingly beautiful image, “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico,” has been reproduced in countless books and magazines, on postcards and calendars – and in more than 1,300 prints produced by Adams himself, a single one of which sold at auction five years ago for $609,600. While art historians may argue over which 20th century photographer had the greatest influence on the development of the photographic arts, the name of Adams holds a singular prominence in American popular culture. Thus, even for those who own coffeetable tomes of Adams’ work, the opportunity to view 138 original prints by the late master will surely draw throngs to the Missoula Art Museum over the coming months. “This is a really huge deal for us,” said Laura Millin, the MAM’s executive director. “This is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime type opportunity for Missoula.” Indeed, it is an opportunity only afforded

due to the fact that the owners of the prints, Thomas and Lynn Meredith, own a ranch in the Ovando area, and thus hold a special affinity for Missoula and the surrounding area. Thomas Meredith acquired the set of prints from Friends of Photography, a San Francisco organization formed in 1967 by Adams and several other prominent photographers. When the organization and its Ansel Adams Center for Photography went bankrupt in late 2001, Meredith – a former top executive at Motorola and Dell by day, and avid environmentalist by passion – decided to purchase the collection in order to keep it together as a single group. The large-scale prints represent Adams’ own hand-picked best prints of a lifetime of images. In addition to his famous landscapes – including the aforementioned images as well as such photographs as “The Tetons and the Snake River,” “Aspens,” and “Monolith, The Face of Half Dome” – the exhibit will also feature Adams’ talents as a portrait artist, and includes candid portraits of Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Georgia O’Keefe, and others. Since it changed hands a dozen years ago, the collection of photographs has toured to numerous museums around the country. But Meredith said that he is particularly pleased to see it finally land in Missoula. “It has really been a gift to us, every time this goes into a new city, to see the impact on the local communities,” said Meredith. “We have a very fond connection to Missoula because we live so close, so it will be particularly pleasing to us to see that impact here.”

October 7, 2011 – April 15, 2012

Exhibition Opening: October 7, 5-8 PM Gallery Talk: Bruce Hamilton of the Sierra Club, October 7, 7 PM Major Sponsor: Sierra Club and the Montana Chapter of Sierra Club Producing Sponsor: First Security Bank Media Sponsor: Missoulian and Montana Radio Company

Film Sponsor: Missoula Public Library Education Sponsor: Rocky Mountain School of Photography

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Ansel Adams, 1973, photo courtesy of Neil Chaput de Saintonge.

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ANSEL ADAMS

Legacy on display

“Ansel Adams: A Legacy” opens at the Missoula Art Museum on Oct. 7 with a reception from 5-8 p.m. Bruce Hamilton of the Sierra Club will present a gallery talk at 7 p.m. The exhibit runs through April 15, 2012. Numerous events and programs related to the exhibit will take place in the intervening months. All events take place at the Missoula Art Museum unless otherwise noted. All events are free and open to the public. They include: “Art, Science and Wilderness: The Photography of Ansel Adams,” a lecture by Steven B. Jackson, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. “Ansel Adams,” a documentary film screened at the Missoula Public Library, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. “Ansel Adams: The Making of a Photograph,” a lecture by Neil Chaput de Saintonge, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. “National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” a film screened at the Missoula Public Library, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. “On Ansel Adams – A Journey in Life and Work,” a lecture by David Spear, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.

“Tone and Time,” a Saturday Family Art Workshop with David Spear Photography, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “American Photography: A Century of Images,” a documentary film screened at the Missoula Public Library, Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. Free guided tours will also be held at 12 p.m. on Oct. 15, 22, and 29; Nov. 5, 12, and 19; and Dec. 3, 10, and 17.

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Ansel Adams Exhibition Events, Lectures, Films, Classes, Parties, and Tours

issoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America’s most legendary photographers. The exhibition Ansel Adams: A Legacy consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master. We cannot overstate Adams’ role in the construction of a contemporary visual language to interpret nature. Adams married his craft with an intense love for the environment and his deeply rooted expressions will not be lost on our Montana audience. As he once stated, “I make photographs for personal expression. If it is used for the cause—why, I’m very happy.” The San Francisco born photographer was raised in a nurturing and cultured environment by parents who believed in the Transcendentalist ideas of individuality and the direct union with God in nature. Bored and disheartened by school as a boy, Adams instead found intellectual freedom in the liberal arts, his father arranging tutelage in studies including ancient Greek and the piano. Adams fell in love with nature and his ability to capture its truest qualities on film when he first visited Yosemite National Park on a family vacation. It was in Yosemite Valley that he took his first photographs with his first camera, a Kodak Box Brownie. Adams life was devoted to his work, turning out meticulously produced images of the American West and its National Parks. Adams sought to express the spiritual connection between the earth and its inhabitants through his photographs in the hopes of convincing others of the necessity of preserving National Parks.

Adams’ passion for photography and the American wilderness had a tremendous impact on the public perception of America’s wild lands, and the art that allowed him to share its beautiful and inspirational landscapes with the world. Lobbying with his own photographs as motivators for environmental protection, Adams dedicated himself to the untouched landscape as a spiritually redemptive power. He believed human beings best understood their world and themselves if seeing themselves in proportion with, rather than in opposition to, nature. A technical master, his revolutionary development of the zone system gave photographers more control over the resulting images than ever before and remains a staple of photography. As one of the first and most resolute believers that photography was a tool of fine art and not merely a means of documentary, he was hugely influential in the practice both in its technical advancement, and in its evolution into an established medium of fine art. In addition to the large number of landscape photographs, this exhibit will also feature Adams’ talents as a portrait artist, and includes candid portraits of Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Georgia O’Keefe, and others. Like his landscapes, his interest in portraiture transcended mere documentation and captured the essence of the sitter’s character. Adams once said, “To photograph truthfully is to see beneath the surface and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live in all things.” Regardless of landscape or portraiture, the exhibition elucidates an artist who is deliberate in his practice, with a clear vision and a deep appreciation of the natural world.

Adams died on April 22, 1984 at the age of 82, four years after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the land. Six months after his death, Congress passed legislation designating more than 200,000 acres near Yosemite as the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area. A year later, an 11,760-foot mountain on the boundary of Yosemite National Park was named Mt. Ansel Adams. This private collection of photographs is on loan courtesy of Lynn and Tommie Meredith. We are grateful for their faithful support, and applaud their advocacy of education and their commitment to continue to celebrate the legacy of this iconic photographer. The exhibition will serve as the core for the Fifth Grade Art Experience, which is co-sponsored by the Art Associates of Missoula. In its 25th year, the Art Associates of Missoula have focused on artists providing guided tours of the exhibitions with a hands-on experience for every fifth grade classroom in the county of Missoula. It is understood that this exhibition is an educational opportunity for art appreciators of all ages and is supported by an extensive series of public programs including lectures by regional scholars, panel discussions, films, and free public tours by area artists. MAM would like to thank our Major Sponsor the Sierra Club and our Producing Sponsor First Security Bank. We would also like to thank the additional exhibition sponsors: the Montana Chapter of Sierra Club, Missoulian, Montana Radio Company, Lamar Advertising, Missoula Public Library, and Rocky Mountain School of Photography.

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Dr. Kelly Dennis is the author of Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching (Berg, 2009) and of numerous articles on photography and contemporary art. She is Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Art History at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.

define the twentieth-century American West. Audrey Goodman is the author of Translating Southwestern Landscapes and Lost Homelands, both published by the University of Arizona Press, and the recipient of fellowships from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center and the Huntington Library. She is currently Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University in Atlanta. For nearly seven decades, Ansel Adams dedicated unfaltering energy to wilderness conservation, primarily through his seminal relationship with the Sierra Club. Bruce Hamilton, Sierra Club’s Deputy Executive Director, will speak about this profound relationship at 7 PM. Join us at MAM for First Friday from 5-8 PM. View exhibitions in six galleries, sample delicious wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages. Thanks to the Missoulian for their support of MAM’s First Fridays. Free Admission.

Join distinguished scholars Dr. Kelly Dennis and Audrey Goodman for a discussion about Ansel Adams. Sponsored by the Western Literature Association, 3:45-5 PM, free.

Ansel Adams and the West, in Theory Lecture by Dr. Kelly Dennis Although Ansel Adams’ photographic legacy is indisputable, the nature of that legacy remains in contention. For many, Adams’ iconic mid-century photographs of a pristine and seemingly unpopulated American West became symbolic of aestheticized and depoliticized landscape photography. Yet, contemporary artists remain beguiled by landscape aesthetics even as they are beset by political and environmental concerns. Dr. Dennis examines some of Adams’s best-known images in relation to contemporary artists’ revisioning of the West.

Visualizing the “Human Element”: Ansel Adams as Portraitist Lecture by Audrey Goodman

Although known primarily as a nature photographer and wilderness advocate, Ansel Adams also made striking images of artists, writers, immigrants, and indigenous people. This talk explains how Adams redefined the form and meaning of portraiture by cultivating the nature of repose in his subjects and seeking the human in inhuman landscapes. In the process, Adams secured his own position among modernist photographers and promoted the personalities and places that would

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Sunday, October 2, 2011 and 1956 and his technique of exposure and development control called the “Zone System” in 1941. Wilderness: Ansel Adams was a strong advocate for the preservation of wilderness. Through his photographs, publications, lectures and legislative campaigning, he strove to help preserve the Nature that he so reverently photographed and treasured. Steve Jackson is Curator of Art and Photography at the Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University. He has a Masters of Fine Art in photography and printmaking from the University of Florida and 26 years experience as a museum curator. As an adjunct professor with the School of Film and Photography at MSU since 1984, Jackson teaches two courses on the history of photography, a class on photography theory/criticism and senior capstone projects.

October 15 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Renée Taaffe Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Renée Taaffe has been an art educator and artist for too many years to mention. Since 1999, she has been Curator of Education at the Missoula Art Museum. She received her MFA from Washington State University in 1995 and her BFA from UM in 1992. ANSEL ADAMS

Bruce Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director, Sierra Club, San Francisco, California Bruce Hamilton has worked for the Sierra Club for 30 years. He started as a local organizer in the Northern Plains states, and then served as National Field Director and later National Conservation Director. He has been involved in designing and implementing campaigns to promote Smart Energy Solutions, preserve America’s Wild Legacy, and support Safe Healthy Communities at the local, state, regional, federal, and international levels. He is presently heading a team to develop and implement a Sierra Club program for protecting native plants and animals from climate change called Designing Resilient Habitats. Hamilton served on the Environmental Support Center Board of Directors, the Apollo Alliance Steering Committee, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Advisory Council on Sustainable Economies. He is presently a Director of the Wildlands Endowment Fund and a Member of the World Commission on Protected Areas.

Prior to joining the Sierra Club staff, he was the Field Editor of High Country News. He received a B.S. summa cum laude in Wildlife Biology and Natural Resources Administration from Colorado State University in 1973.

October 12 Art, Science, & Wilderness: The Photography of Ansel Adams Lecture by Steven B. Jackson, 7 PM, free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Art: Ansel Adams’ commitment to photography as an aesthetic medium helped to increase recognition for the photography as an art. Along with his close friends Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston, Ansel Adams established several academic programs and workshops that taught the process and aesthetics of photography. Science: Throughout his long career, Ansel Adams wrote and published numerous articles and books on the photographic process. He published a five volume “Basic Photo Series” between 1948

October 17 Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film Enjoy this film at 6:30 PM at the Missoula Public Library in conjunction with the Ansel Adams exhibition. Visit www.missoulapubliclibrary. org for details on the films. All films are free and sponsored by the Missoula Public Library. American Experience presents Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film, written and directed by Ric Burns and coproduced by Sierra Club Productions and Steeplechase Films. For the centennial of the artist’s birth, Burns has created an elegant, moving, and lyrical portrait of this quintessentially American photographer. The documentary weaves together archival footage, photographic images, dramatic readings of the artist’s own writing, and interviews with leading photographers, historians, curators, naturalists, as well as Adams’s family, friends, and colleagues, to tell the story of a man who was at once a visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique, and an ardent crusader for the cause of environmentalism. Excerpt from PBS American Experience.

October 22 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Eileen Rafferty Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Eileen Rafferty believes in making meaningful work and discovering something new every day. She combines her lifelong study of photography with modern technology to explore memory and visual culture through her photographs, writing, mixed media, and videos. She has worked as a freelance photographer, educator, and custom darkroom printer and earned a BS in Physiology and an MFA in Photography/ Film. Rafferty currently lives in Missoula, Montana where she makes photographs, teaches, has a consulting business, runs a magazine called Butterflies & Anvils, and searches for all life’s big and little answers.

October 26 Ansel Adams: The Making of a Photograph Lecture by Neil Chaput de Saintonge, 7 PM, free. Sponsored by Rocky Mountain School of Photography. In 1973, Chaput de Saintonge had the opportunity to study with Ansel Adams and learn his technique known now to all professional photographers as the “Zone System”. This system for exposing, processing, and printing images enabled the black and white photographer to achieve a richer tonal range than ever before possible. He will introduce us to a number of Adams’ photographs and explain the techniques that Adams employed to achieve the results he desired. Chaput de Saintonge will share his experiences with Adams and how they set him on the path to becoming a photographer and teacher himself.

October 29 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Kathy Eyster Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Kathy Eyster is an outdoor photographer, specializing in landscape and macro subjects. She also teaches photography at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography and The Lifelong Learning Center, both in Missoula. In addition, Eyster’s images have been published in magazines and calendars, and she has served as technical editor for three books about Adobe Photoshop®. Eyster is a native of Illinois but has called Frenchtown, Montana, home for the last 15 years. She has a Master’s degree in British Literature from Northern Illinois University.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011 November 5 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Neil Chaput de Saintonge

Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Neil Chaput de Saintonge, founder and co-owner of Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, has been teaching photography for over 35 years. He is well known for his technical knowledge of photographic equipment and photographic process, as well as his enthusiasm and love of teaching. As a young photographer in 1973, Neil had a unique opportunity to study with famed photographer Ansel Adams, and learn his technique known now to all professional photographers as the “Zone System”. Since that time, Neil has taught Adams’ techniques to thousands of photographers in classes and workshops. Neil’s photographic interests include ballet, documentary, sports, and landscape.

November 7 National Parks: America’s Best Idea “Great Nature” (1933-1945)

Enjoy the film at 6:30 PM at the Missoula Public Library in conjunction with the Ansel Adams exhibition. Visit http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org for details on the films. All films are free and sponsored by the Missoula Public Library. The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background - rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy. Excerpt from PBS The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a six-episode series produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan and written by Dayton Duncan.

November 9 On Ansel Adams - A Journey in Life & Work Lecture by David Spear, 7 PM, free. Sponsored by Rocky Mountain School of Photography

Spear will cover a range of information about Adams including aspects of a lonely upbringing, his influences in the arts and music, the development of his craft as a photographer, and the legacy he has left for others to follow. It touches on his politics, his beliefs, his strong opinions about art and process. Spear compares his way of seeing and thinking through the f/64 group to those working in other parts of the world. It is a fascinating path linking photography, history, and tradition.

November 12 Saturday Family Art Workshop: Photography ~ Tone & Time with David Spear, 11 AM-12:30 PM

Participants will take a close look at

selected Ansel Adams prints and then move to the classroom to explore the wonders of photography. This workshop uses a handson approach to exploring the camera, its history, and use, including picture taking and simple processing techniques. Please pre-register to be ensured a space. Workshops are for all ages. Children under age 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 406.728.0447, ext 228 or register at missoulaartmuseum.org, $5/per participant.

November 12 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Keith Graham

Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Keith Graham is a southern gentleman, who grew up in Mississippi during the 1960s, did his undergraduate work a Vanderbilt in Nashville, and was a freelance photographer for two years in Atlanta before heading to Switzerland. There he studied philosophy and theology before returning to the states to do graduate work in journalism at the University of Missouri. For more than 20 years, Graham worked at the Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News and the Roanoke Times where he worked as a photojournalist, picture editor, designer and director of photography. Graham worked for magazines and had a contract with Black Star picture agency. For the past 12 years, Graham has been a professor at the University of Montana’s School of Journalism where he is the director of the Photojournalism/ Multimedia program. He is currently working on two documentary projects.

November 19 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Michael Wilder

Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Michael Wilder’s father, also a photographer, showed him a Cibachrome print in1974. The process had just become commercially available and he knew right away – this was incredible – a window for making beautiful images. Wilder worked on the process with his biochemist skills – and in what seemed no-time, he had printed a body of work for photographer Kenneth McGowan that opened at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in 1976. New York photographers had not seen color prints like these, and Wilder was suddenly printing for photographic legends: Mary Ellen Mark, Hans Nanuth, Robert Ketchum, Andre Kertez, Paul Caponigro, Alex Webb, and more. He thought, if only he could print for the master: Ansel Adams. They talked. Wilder made a print – and then Adams died. Wilder had most contact with his

transparencies later, for shows and a book. He continues to print Cibachrome (now called Ilfochrome) at his studio near Hamilton – even in a digital world.

December 3 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Marcy James Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography.

December 10 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with John Calsbeek Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School

of Photography. John Calsbeek is the Preparator & Assistant Curator at MAM. He earned a BFA from the University of Montana in 2003. Calsbeek ran the UC Gallery and was the Gallery Director at Gallery Saintonge, Missoula before finding his place at MAM.

December 17 Ansel Adams Exhibition Tour with Ted Hughes Take a tour of this special exhibition with a photographer or curator who has unique insight into the art and life of Ansel Adams. All tours are at 12 PM and are free. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Ted Hughes is the registrar at the Missoula Art Museum. He holds a BFA in Painting from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and a Masters in Art History from the University of Montana.

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Ray hertz (bottom) and Jake spencer at mobash skatepark in downtown missoula.

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MOBASH BROS.

SKATEPARK MARK

BY: MARK Mullendore PHOTO BY: Tyler WILSON

uck carcass!” These are words of advice that Jake Spencer, a local skater with a schnozz reminiscent of the skating great Tony Hawk, offers to other skaters young and old. As a novice skater myself, I tracked down Jake and his skater bro, Ray Hertz, at Missoula’s MOBASH skatepark in hopes of discovering the secret to their skating ability. The skatepark turned me onto skating and these two guys have been there as models of skating excellence. Hopefully understanding their mentality will unearth what it means to “huck carcass” and maybe even unlock my inner skate beast. For local skaters, MOBASH provides sanctuary – a safe haven where they can enjoy smooth riding conditions and dangerous obstacles while protecting the rights of pedestrians. From the dawn of skateboarding, skaters have been saddled with the rebel stereotype. The expansion of pavement not only freed urban society of dusty roads but also created an environment where skateboards can be ridden with little regard for the general public. Jake and Ray, who skate as a daily ritual, fit the “skater punk” persona, but not because they try to. They accept the stereotype because they’re stricken with an irresistible ability to skate very, very well. The skatepark gave impetus to my own skating odyssey. Constructed in 2006, MOBASH is an $800,000 facility nestled alongside the Clark Fork River just south of the Orange Street Bridge and is the creation of the Missoula Skatepark Association. Since my hometown, Missoula, had evolved to the point of having a skatepark, I wanted to not only support it, but also to ride it. Jake and Ray both hail from small Montana towns, Jake from Plains and Ray from Potomac. Both towns offer little to the skateboarding youth. Jake recalls how the road he grew up on became littered with skating props such as ramps, rails and boxes. Cars wanting to pass would have to wait while the props were temporarily moved out of the way. For both skaters the long ago projects of building and moving props remain fresh in their minds and remind them of how fortunate they are to have a stellar park such as MOBASH.

Today Jake and Ray are, as they call it, “getting fat” on the skating terrain available to them in Missoula. And, though they are young up-andcomers, both have roots that reach deep into skating’s heritage. I found it interesting that when asked what skater they look up to, both answered not with a new star, but with a classic: John Cardiel. When I got into skating, the skate films I watched over and over were, in geologic skateboard time, brand new. Jake and Ray are inspired by films that far predate my experience, such as those by the Bones Brigade and a famous filmmaker named P-Stone, who made such films as Beer Slave, Beer Helmet, Keg Killer, and Shotgun. I suppose back then skating was less about skating and more about being different. Today, skating is mainstream with companies like Nike, Adidas, Red Bull, and Levi’s marketing directly to consumers who were once on the fringe. While Jake and Ray know their history, they are also in tune with what’s new, and they agree that Missoula needs “more core little kids who show us the true meaning of being gnarly.” True carcass huckers? So, in my first outing as an alternative sports commentator, I want to thank these two athletes for showing me a glimpse of how great skaters live and what they think. These guys are into gas station corn dogs, cutting the roofs off cars, and learning to “drift” on a moped. They get pumped on new things that make moms nervous. Still, they maintain a strong sense of tradition, even to the point of singing 80s The Cars songs to their girlfriends. Whatever “huck carcass” means, one thing remains certain: Jake and Ray will continue to inspire novice skaters like me to push their ability to the edge and then launch into a new realm of possibility.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

THE SIP

BY: HEATHER THUESEN PHOTO BY: TAYLAR ROBBINS

ater: the most basic element of life; three molecules held together through simple chemical bonds. There is nothing that water does not touch somehow; it is the wellspring of vitality for all of the earth - plants, animals and humans - it’s what differentiates our planet from every other and makes ‘life’ possible. For humans in particular, this extraordinary compound refreshes, chills, sustains, and bonds every living soul on our beautiful planet. With water there is life and with life there is “culture” - Latin cultura, literally cultivation. It is the inspired expression for sharing not only geography but belief, attitudes, values and goals; through the senses, through growth and through nurturing. Our explorative human species has as many varied expressions of culture as there are uses for water, and one of the most compelling uses for water is as a beverage. Water can be consumed plainly as itself or have as many flavors as there are personalities on the planet. It can be infused with herbs and fruits, born of grains, brewed, mulled, seethed, soaked, steeped, you name it. Want to feel like a rock star? Sip something with caffeine, taurine or guarana and start riffing air

guitar like the next Hendrix. Feel like you’re falling down a rabbit hole? Sip a soporific (think Chamomile tea), and tame your inner Mad Hatter with a little more Caterpillaryou’ll be smiling like the Cheshire in no time. With a kaleidoscope of ingredients, water becomes a beverage that can range from medicinal to nutritional to purely pleasurable. Regardless of how it is consumed, beverage plays a starring role in our daily lives. Through the base element of water, beverage has evolved to bond human culture in every point in history spanning the entire planet. Spin a globe and stop randomly on any land mass and there is a story of culture revolving around beverage. An alpaca herder sips on coca leaf tea and makes a ceremonial offering for the prosperity of his family in the hills above Lake Titicaca in Peru, while a family in the Argentinean countryside passes around a gourd of yerba maté, sipping from the bombilla while preparing a meal together. In South Africa, a descendent of the Khoisan tribe enjoys the medicinal benefits of Rooibos tea, while in Shanghai a grandmother sips the tea her grandson has poured for her during their weekly chayi. In fair Verona, a new father-in-law toasts his daughter, a deep glass of raisiny Amarone raised high,

and the new couple sips their first wine as husband and wife, while a group of friends in New Zealand rowdily celebrate an All Blacks Rugby win sipping well—over a few pints of beer. In the United States, a child enjoys the rare treat of a cold root beer soda while he fishes off of his father’s dock, while in Istanbul a mother sips her coffee prepared az şekerli, little sugar, while her own mother turns over her cup to read her future in the grounds. Sip by sip and soul by soul, the world is pulled together as a culture of beverage, and throughout history, people have made a place to indulge in these beverages. After hunts and journeys, tribes have gathered around fires to share refreshment in beverage, celebrating victory and mourning defeat while in ancient times, philosophers gathered in the agora, expounding theories and drinking spring water and wine from their skyphos. Later, throughout much of the Orient and Europe, the rise of coffee and tea houses was subject to bans out of fear that a place of gathering and connection would inspire subversive talk, and whispers of scandal. But the beverage culture prevailed, whether behind a secluded whiskey-soaked speakeasy or an open air terazza. No matter how individual we are, we

want to gather, to drink our beverages in places that we can speak of the revolution in our hearts, of the puzzles in our minds, to banter and laugh in intimacy and camaraderie, to connect to the world while our every day hustle and bustle strives to drive us further into the isolation of our social networks, mobile devices and our lonely but portable lifestyles. We want to pause, and drink in the sense of community that makes us feel whole, feel needed and be filled with the bonds of kinship. And that is why “The Sip” was born, a place for those thirsting and questing for global and human connection, to make exploration of how hydrogen and oxygen can be swirled into an abundance of variety; a concoction for every taste, and a reason to “bond”. Here, we hope you’ll find a community, a beverage culture, an alchemic elixir of life. At the very least we hope to bring you a bit of history, a recipe or two, and both intriguing and amusing information on the three little molecules that bond together to make human bonding just a little easier. Wanna grab a drink? Heather.thuesen@liquidplanet.com www.liquidplanet.com www.facebook.com/bestofbeverage

Sunday, October 2, 2011 By MIKE LAKE

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ver wonder what makes your iPhone tick? The software that runs Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is called iOS. Currently, iOS 4 is the brain behind these devices. This October (unofficially), Apple is due to release not only iOS 5, a new operating system for these devices, but they also plan to unleash a newly redesigned phone appropriately named the iPhone 5. As of this writing, Apple has yet to give the world a definitive date as to when either of these technological wonders will actually hit the streets, but rumor suggests that Apple will release them both in time for the Christmas shopping rush, presumably before Thanksgiving. The iOS developers already have their hands on a beta version. So if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a developer, get out there and get an early version before your friends do. An Apple rollout event scheduled tentatively for October 4th will likely display the new phone and the new OS with all its new tech candy. This could mean the package deal will be available to the public as early as mid October. In a developerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference in July of this year, Scott Forstall, Senior VP of iOS Software, gave a demo of the biggest changes to iOS 5 among which are new built-in apps that sync subscriptions to magazines and newspapers right to your iPad. In addition, he announced a multitude of new gestures to control the touch screen, and my personal favorite, a new system for controlling those pesky push notifications and text messages that constantly interrupt gaming sessions and other productive endeavors. Forstall boasts 200 distinctly new features for iOS 5, and that is a lot. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure if I even know 200 things about the current version of iOS. To learn more about these changes and iOS 5, you can check out the video of the conference at http://events.apple.com. edgesuite.net/11piubpwiqubf06/event/. New Apple CEO Tim Cook has his hands full trying to keep a wrap on the fabled iPhone 5. In September of this year, an Apple employee reported a stolen prototype of the new device from a San Francisco bar. Why it was at a bar in the first place is anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guess. You would think that after a similar incident prior to the iPhone 4 release back in 2010, Apple would have learned its lesson. Apparently not. This brings up an interesting conversation: Is Apple doing this on purpose? Is there such a thing as bad press? Clever iPhone stunts included, iOS is the most widely used mobile platform on the planet boasting over 200 million iOS devices sold worldwide since 2008. Apple iOS claims 44% of the mobile market while Android comes in second at 28%. With the exciting changes on the horizon for iOS 5, Apple is likely to maintain its mobile market domination.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

A Tale of “Terroir”

here are two countries in South America that produce exceptional wine of value. Chile and Argentina are known by wine lovers from around the world for producing great wine that’s affordable. While these two countries run parallel to one another, they produce very different styles of wine. I have a great wine from each country that I enjoy and will share with you. But first a little background. In the world of wine, the word “terroir” is used when describing wine, vineyards or well-known wine regions. Simply stated, terroir defines a sense of place. When winemakers talk about their wines and refer to terroir, they are suggesting that the wine expresses the personality of the earth. The geography, geology and climate influence grapes on a vine. Subtle yet unique nuances are imparted as a result of terroir and may exist only in one small block of land. In California, Napa Valley’s most famous vineyard, To Kalon, is a perfect example of wine country terroir. Ancient Greek for “the highest beauty,” this vineyard provides the Robert Mondavi Winery with most of the grapes for its world-class Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve and is the exclusive source of Sauvignon Blanc. As personal relationships with wine evolve, the term terroir, becomes both romantic and powerful. In Chile, the Colchagua Valley is on the west coast of South America and enjoys a Mediterranean climate that is somewhat unique when it comes to wine country terroir. Chile is a melting pot of European influence that runs north to south on the west coast of South America and is 2,600 miles in length, but it is only 100 miles wide at its widest point. German, Spanish, English and French people have taken up residence and enjoy this wonderful Mediterranean climate. The Colchagua Valley wine region has four clearly defined seasons, which is rare and exists at only four other locations around the world: the Mediterranean coast, the California coast, the Cape of Good Hope and the southeast coast of Australia. The climate in Chile falls somewhere in between that of California and Bordeaux. Rich aroma and flavor in the wines of this valley are the result of Pacific maritime influence and

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breezes from the Andes Mountain slopes that move through the vineyards. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Carmenère are the most widely planted red grape varietals in the Colchagua Valley. In 1996, Chile exported 100,000 cases of wine to the United States, and today that number has increased to 7 million cases. The quality and value of wines from Chile speaks for itself, which is duly noted by the increased exports. Chilean wines adhere to the European Union label requirements. The wine must contain 85 percent of the grape variety, vintage and domaine of origin (D.O.) that is indicated on the label. Argentina is the largest wine-producing country of South America and the fifth largest producing country in the world. With 300 days of sunshine and an average of only eight inches of rain each year, the Argentineans have established an elaborate irrigation system fed by runoff from the snow-capped Andes Mountains. In the mid-fifteen century, the Jesuit missionaries began making wine in the Mendoza region of Argentina. The Uco Valley of Mendoza produces mainly Malbec, Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon. Argentina is widely recognized throughout the world for outstanding Malbec wines that offer a real bargain for the wine consumer. With 600 vineyards, the Mendoza region comprises more than 70 percent of the total 500,000 vineyard acres planted in Argentina. The grapes in the Mendoza region are planted at high altitude near the base of the Andes Mountains. With hot days, cool nights and breezes from the mountains, this region produces beautiful fruit that is concentrated and naturally acidic. The result is excellent wine that is balanced and well-structured. When you read the label on the bottle of Argentinean wine, the grape that is listed is 100 percent of that varietal. The Malbec wines from this region offer tremendous single varietal focus, and in the hands of a great winemaker, will leave a memorable finish on your palate and in your mind. In tasting both the 2009 MontGras Quatro blend from Chile and the 2009 Salentein Killka Malbec from Argentina, you will discern a very distinct style of

winemaking. The difference in these two wines is very representative of Chilean and Argentinean wines. Chilean wines have a tendency toward big, rich, full-bodied wines whereas Argentinean wines typically are concentrated, focused and a bit less refined. Both of these wines are outstanding examples of South American wines of exceptional value.

2009 MontGras Quatro Blend from Chile From Viña MontGras, this Chilean wine is a blend of 50 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 20 percent Malbec, 15 percent Carmenère and 15 percent Syrah. This wine is a deep ruby color in the glass and offers aromas of fresh-roasted coffee, dark fruit of black currants and cherries and leather with a hint of vanilla. When you smell this, you know you want to taste it, and you won’t be disappointed. On the palate, this wine is full-bodied, rich, soft, supple and round with a nice balance of fruit and acid, which allows it to pair well with food. This wine is not so big and over-extracted that it will overpower you or your food pairing. The Quatro serves up a long, luscious and lingering finish and costs less than $15 at Liquid Planet. Pair this wine with grilled top sirloin or prime rib.

2009 Salentein Killka Malbec from Argentina From Mendoza, this Argentinean wine is flamboyant, fruit forward, spicy and perfectly tannic. In your glass the wine has a deep purple hue with darker streaks of purple when held up to the light. Dark plum and blackberry with a bit of sweet vanilla meet the nose. This wine has great fruit, balance and structure on the palate. Don’t forget about the wonderful silky tannins this wine offers. The Killka has not been overly manipulated in the winemaking process, and this is one of its best qualities. Pair this wine with rib eye or filet mignon and a red wine reduction or green peppercorn sauce. This Argentinean wine is also available at Liquid Planet for under $15. Both Liquid Planet wines receive the WineGuyMike™ Seal of Approval® Connect with WineGuyMike™ on his blog at www.wineguymike.wordpress.com Facebook at WineGuyMike Twitter at @ WineGuyMike.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

MISSOULA’S

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Festival of the Book

12th Annual Humanities Montana

October 6-8, 2011 Bonnie Jo Campbell

ontana’s annual five ring literary circus is here again! The twelfth annual Humanities Montana Festival of the Book celebrates the literature of the West by showcasing over 80 authors in a variety of readings, panels, exhibits, demonstrations, signings, workshops, entertainments, receptions, and other special events, October 6-8, in downtown Missoula. This year the Western Literature Association presents its annual conference in conjunction with the Festival, October 5-7. As in years past, the Montana Festival of the Book will feature some of the most important voices of the West, including award-winning authors Thomas McGuane, Mary Clearman Blew, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jonathan Evison, Alan Heathcock, Melanie Rae Thon, Rick Bass, Montana Poet Laureate Sheryl Noethe, Richard Manning, William Kittredge, and many more. Nearly all events are free and open to the public and venues include the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park, the Wilma Theatre, the Missoula Public Library, and the Missoula Art Museum. And don’t miss out on some special Festival events, like the annual Readers’ & Writers’ Reception, the kick-off celebration for Poetry in Motion, free movies at the Wilma Theatre, and the fourth annual Festival Poetry Slam. The Humanities Montana Festival of the Book has become a signature event in the state. Major 2011 Festival sponsors already include the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Montana Arts Council, the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, and the Missoulian. Humanities Montana is Montana’s independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities Montana grants, Speakers Bureau, and other programs have served Montanans since 1972. The Montana Center for the Book, a program of Humanities Montana, is Montana’s affiliate of the national Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

Thomas McGuane

Alan Heathcock

Mary Clearman Blew

Jonathan Evison

Sunday, October 2, 2011

authors & presenters Dan Aadland is a rancher, writer, horse breeder, and retired teacher. His books include In Trace of TR: A Montana Hunter’s Journey, The Best of All Seasons: Fifty Years as a Montana Hunter, and Sketches from the Ranch: A Montana Memoir. He is also a contributor to West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. Aadland lives in Absarokee. David Abrams is a novelist, short story writer, reviewer, and book

evangelist with the popular blog The Quivering Pen. His stories and essays have appeared in Esquire, Narrative, Glimmer Train and Connecticut Review, among others. His first novel, Fobbit will be published by Grove/Atlantic. Abrams lives in Helena.

William M. Adler’s The Man Who Never Died is a biography of legendary songwriter and American labor hero Joe Hill. Adler also wrote Land of Opportunity and Mollie’s Job, and has contributed to numerous publications including Esquire, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Texas Monthly, and the Texas Observer. He lives in Denver, CO.

Kim Anderson is the associate director, programs for Humanities

Rick Bass

Montana.

David Ash is the publisher and poet behind the Haiku for Life® series. His more serious haiku have been published in such journals as Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, Simply Haiku, and Four and Twenty. He lives in Mukilteo, WA. Warner Bair returned to Montana after retiring from a long career

as a practicing attorney, prosecutor and judge in Arizona. He began his Anonymous Man mystery series with Kismet and his newest release is The Manse. Bair lives in Deer Lodge.

Mary Jane Nealon

Phyllis Barber’s newest release is the memoir Raw Edges. She also wrote How I Got Cultured: A Nevada Memoir and Parting the Veil: Stories from a Mormon Imagination. Barber was a member of the faculty of the Vermont College MFA in Writing Program and also taught at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She is a co-founder of the Writers at Work Conference in Park City, Utah. Barber lives in Denver, CO. Rick Bass is the author of more than twenty-five books of fiction and nonfiction, including, most recently, The Heart of the Monster with David James Duncan and the novel Nashville Chrome. His fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others. Bass’s memoir Why I Came West was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. He is also a contributor to West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. He lives in Missoula and the Yaak. Dave Batchelder is the founder of the new Montana book publishing operation, Geyser Books, in Missoula.

Mary Clearman Blew’s memoir This Is Not the Ivy League is new this James Lee Burke

fall. She is the author of an earlier memoir, Balsamroot, the acclaimed essay collection All But the Waltz, the novel Jackalope Dreams and she was the editor of When Montana and I Were Young: A Memoir of a Frontier Childhood. Blew is the winner of a Western Heritage Award and the Western Literature Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award. She has also twice won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award—once in fiction and once in nonfiction. Blew is a professor of English at the University of Idaho and lives in Moscow, ID.

Shann Ray

Judy Blunt’s memoir Breaking Clean won the Pen/Jerard Award,

Mountains and Plains Nonfiction Book Award, Willa Cather Literary Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book. Her book of poems, Not Quite Stone, won the Merriam Frontier award. Blunt is a contributor to West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. She teaches nonfiction in The University of Montana’s creative writing program and lives in Missoula.

Christine W. Brown is an architectural historian with over ten years’

experience documenting and evaluating rural properties. As outreach and education director at Montana Preservation Alliance, she promotes the preservation of Montana’s historic buildings and places. She is co-author with Chere Jiusto of Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana. Brown lives in Helena.

Melanie Rae Thon Montana Poet Laureate Sheryl Noethe/MISSOULIAN

Sunday, October 2, 2011

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2:30 pm

Someone Else’s Story— Biography

Remembering Max Crawford: His Life and Work 1938-2010

West of 98: Living and Writing the American West

Dan Aadland—In Trace of TR William Adler—The Man Who Never Died Mary Cappello—Swallow Donald Hardy—Shooting from the Lip Mod: Ken Egan In an age when everyone has their own reality show and variations on the memoir are endless, there are still a humble few who would rather delve into and share information about someone else. Four practitioners of the fine art of biography talk about their craft.

Bull Trout’s Gift Germaine White

The Jocko River flows through the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. For thousands of years the Indians lived along its banks, finding food and medicine in its plants. Now, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes are working hard to save the bull trout and they’ve created a beautifully illustrated book and DVD that explains their efforts. Germaine White of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes presents a wonderful overview of the book and the project, giving people of all ages a rich insight into the culture, history, and science that will transform past wisdom into future good.

Thomas Savage’s Savage Anatomy Sue Hart—Professor, MSU-Billings Karl Olson—Librarian, Missoula Public Library O. Alan Weltzien—Professor, UM-Western

The conclusion of Savage’s first novel, The Pass, suggests that founding a ranch exacts a high toll. In Lona Hanson, set between 1928-33, we witness the continuing cost of a ranching dynasty through the grim story of the protagonist. Lona vows to hold on to her legacy, the 20,000 acre ranch founded by her great grandfather, no matter the challenges. Savage’s plot suggests that a ranching dynasty most likely will destroy itself, and while the novel retains a modicum of sympathy for her, Savage’s hard focus shows Lona losing her humanity as she clings to her legacy. A panel of Savage scholars will discuss the author’s love/ hate relationship with ranching and the west.

Beef Torrey (WLA) Robert Stubblefield (WLA) William Kittredge—The Willow Field Jon A. Jackson—No Man’s Dog

Max Crawford, author of over a dozen novels, was born near Mount Blanco, Texas, but lived, for much of his life, in Montana. He studied at the University of Texas and Stanford and his early novels were published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Atheneum. The University of Oklahoma Press published his most recent novels, Wamba and Eastertown. Though his work gradually fell out of favor with East Coast publishers, his novels and his character were legendary to many lovers of western literature. Longtime friends William Kittredge and Jon Jackson, and literary scholars Beef Torrey and Robert Stubblefield will discuss the man and his work.

1:00 pm James Lee Burke: New Perspectives on his Fiction A joint WLA/MFB session

James Lee Burke responds to papers by Leonard Engel (Quinnipiac University), Lynn Houston (SUNY Orange), John M. Gourlie (Quinnipiac University) and Brett Westbrook (Independent Scholar).

The Online Salon: Are Blogs and E-Magazines Taking Over the Literary Conversation?

David Abrams—The Quivering Pen Jenny Shank—New West Magazine Keir Graff—Booklist’s Likely Stories Craig Lancaster—A Mind Adrift in the West As literary coverage by paper and ink continues to shrink (goodbye Seattle PostIntelligencer, so long LA Times Book Review) virtual real estate seems to grow. These panelists are novelists as well as bloggers, critics, reviewers, and literary pundits. How do their heads accommodate so many hats? And what are their favorite literary websites?

2:00 pm The Coen Brothers’ Cinematic West: A Conversation

Writers from every state west of the Mississippi got together to explore what it means to each of them to have grown up in the West and how they see the Western identity changing, in a new anthology called West of 98. The anthology’s co-editor, Russell Rowland will lead an all-star discussion among contributors, including Dan Aadland, Rick Bass, Judy Blunt, William Kittredge, Melissa Kwasny, Kim Saknussemm, Robert Wrigley, and Willard Wyman.

Let Me Tell You A Little Something About Myself—Memoir

authors & presenters James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, is the author of twenty-nine novels and two collections of short stories. His most recent novels include Feast Day of Fools and The Glass Rainbow. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Best American Short Stories, New Stories from the South, The Southern Review, Antioch Review, and Kenyon Review. He lives in Missoula. Bonnie Jo Campbell grew up on a small Michigan farm with her

mother and four siblings in a house her grandfather built. She received her MA in mathematics and her MFA in writing from Western Michigan University. She has won the AWP prize for short fiction; a Pushcart Prize and was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction. Her most recent novel is Once Upon a River. She now lives outside Kalamazoo, MI.

Mary Cappello is the author of Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them. Her three previous books of literary nonfiction are Awkward, a Los Angeles Times bestseller; Called Back, a critical memoir on cancer that won a ForeWord Book of the Year Award and an Independent Publisher Book Award; and the memoir Night Bloom. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction and a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Rhode Island. She lives in Providence, RI.

Phyllis Barber—Raw Edges Mary Clearman Blew—This is Not the Ivy League Mary Jane Nealon—Beautiful Unbroken Louise Wagenknecht—Light on the Devils Mod: John Clayton

David Carpenter has published one book of poems, three books of

The popularity of memoir continues to grow—with both readers and writers. As the field of “narrative nonfiction” explodes, this panel will explore the evolution of the memoir in the past 20 years and what has prompted these four women to share their stories.

Cara Chamberlain’s most recent book of poetry is Hidden Things. She

Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana Christine Brown Tim Ferris Chere Jiusto

Explore the hayloft, stalls, and hardware of a Montana barn and you will learn much about the state’s farm and ranch traditions. Crib barns, with walls of timber stacked like Lincoln logs, show the influence of French-Canadian and Scandinavian immigrants. Gambrelroofed barns, which shed heavy snowfall and provide roomy haylofts, tell of the long Montana winters that necessitated ample hay storage. Tack rooms, once filled with harnesses and gear, tell of workhorses given shelter in heavy-duty stalls nearby. Hand Raised recognizes these invaluable buildings, encourages their preservation, and honors the ranch and farm families that built them.

3:30 pm Altered Books Workshop

A joint WLA/MFB Panel

Dana McMurray

Scholars Neil Campbell (University of Derby), Susan Kollin (Montana State University), Lee Clark Mitchell (Princeton University), and Stephen Tatum (University of Utah) discuss the western films of the Coen Brothers. Catch the panel and then take in free showings of two of their iconic Western films, Blood Simple and Fargo.

Librarian Dana McMurray will lead workshoppers, taking books that are days away from the dumpster and giving them a brilliant second life as ART. The library will provide lots of books, magazines, art materials (all kid-safe), plus music and snacks! All ages are welcome and all varieties of creativity are honored.

nonfiction, three collections of short fiction and four novels. His last four books have garnered six literary awards, four in Canada and two in the United States. His latest book, A Hunter’s Confession, is an account of hunting history and culture in North America, complete with many hunting stories from his own experiences with bears, wolves, cougars, moose, deer and wildfowl. He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.

is a graduate of the Purdue University creative writing program whose work has appeared in CutBank, The Spoon River Poetry Review, The Southern Review, The MacGuffin, The Front Range Review, and other journals. She teaches freshman writing at Rocky Mountain College in Billings.

Glen Chamberlain’s first collection of short stories, Conjugations of the

Verb To Be has just been published. She has won a Pushcart Prize, the first Gilcrease Prize for fiction, and the Rona Jaffe Award for both fiction and creative nonfiction. The Rona Jaffe Foundation has called her “one of the most promising women writers in the nation.” She lives in Bozeman where she teaches writing at Montana State University.

Eduardo Chirinos, an internationally acclaimed voice in Latin American letters, is the author of sixteen books of poetry as well as volumes of academic criticism, numerous essays, translations, children’s books, and occasional pieces. Chirinos’ newest volume of poetry is Written in Missoula. He has also written A Brief History of Music, No Nightingales on My Finger, Fourteen Types of Melancholy, The Smoke of Distant Fires and While the Wolf Is Around, winner of the XII Generation of ’27 Poetry Prize. Chirinos teaches at The University of Montana and lives in Missoula. Benjamin L. Clark writes the popular book collecting blog “The

Exile Bibliophile: Adventures in Book Collecting.” His blog was listed as a top 10 book collecting blog by Rare Book Review (UK). He has also written guest posts for the “Fine Books & Collections” magazine blog. He contributes to the websites Collecting the Modern Library and BookScans: The Evolution of American Paperbacks, 1939-1959. He is a former curator with the Oklahoma Historical Society and currently serves as the executive director of the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney.

John Clayton is a journalist and essayist, and the author of The

Cowboy Girl, a finalist for the 2007 High Plains Book Awards. His work also appears in the new collection West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. Clayton lives in Red Lodge.

Rick Craig’s The Last Mountains is his first novel. His short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals and he has won a Fiction Fellowship from Writers@Work and the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award. Craig spent twelve years teaching kayaking, mountaineering and other backcountry travel skills around the western United States, as well as in Mexico, Alaska, Chile and East Africa. He lives in Missoula.

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authors & presenters Kathy Dunnehoff has written several novels and screenplays. She

recently decided to take back a manuscript from her literary agent and form a small e-publishing business, Blue House Publishing, to launch her novel The Do-Over. She teaches at Flathead Valley Community College and lives in Kalispell.

Debra Magpie Earling’s newest book is The Lost Journals of Sacajewea,

a story and a work of art on display at the Missoula Art Museum. Her novel Perma Red won the Western Writers Association Spur Award, WWA’s Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for Best First Novel, a WILLA Literary Award and the American Book Award. Her publications also include stories in The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories, Circle of Women: Anthology of Western Women Writers and Wild Women: Anthology of Women Writers. Earling is associate professor of creative writing at The University of Montana and lives in Missoula.

Ken Egan is the executive director of Humanities Montana. Mayor John Engen became Missoula’s fiftieth mayor on January 3, 2006. He graduated from Hellgate High School and The University of Montana and lives in the Rattlesnake Valley.

Jonathan Evison’s newest novel is the highly celebrated West of

Here. His debut novel All About Lulu won critical acclaim, including the Washington State Book Award. Evison was awarded a Richard Buckley Fellowship from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. He now lives on an island in western Washington.

Kelly Kathleen Ferguson is the author of the memoir My Life as

Laura: Or How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself. Her work has appeared in Mental Floss, Poets & Writers, The Gettysburg Review (for which she received a Pushcart nomination), McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and Brevity, among other publications. She received her MFA from The University of Montana, and is currently working on a PhD in creative nonfiction at Ohio University in Athens, OH.

Tom Ferris maintains his own studio in Helena, Montana, but since 1995 has also worked as an archival photographer for the Montana Historical Society. Tom’s work is in many private collections in the United States and overseas and has been collected by the Ministry of Culture in France and the Shimada Museum in Japan. Janet Fox’s newest release is Forgiven, a sequel to her debut last year with the young adult novel Faithful. Fox has written for Highlights for Children and Spider magazines; her award-winning nonfiction middlegrade book, Get Organized Without Losing It continues to be a top seller. She lives in Livingston. Mark Gibbons has published six books of poetry. A new collection, Forgotten Dreams, is due out in 2012 from Foothills Publishing. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Mark lives in Missoula and works for the Missoula Writing Collaborative. Karen Gonzales is the Children’s Librarian at the Missoula Public Library.

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Making a Case for the Planet— Environmental Advocacy

When Less is More— The Short Story

Mountain Wildflowers for Young Explorers

Rick Bass—The Heart of the Monster Richard Manning—Rewilding the West SueEllen Campbell, WLA Mod: Michael Branch, WLA

What happens when the writer’s craft is called into service for the good of the planet? Authors Rick Bass and Richard Manning, and scholars SueEllen Campbell and Michael Branch discuss when writing about the environment turns to advocating for the environment.

How Old Are You Anyway?— Kid’s Books

Janet Fox—Forgiven Keir Graff—The Other Felix Dorothy Patent—Saving Audie Will Weaver—Checkered Flag Cheater Mod: Dana McMurray In a simpler time there were children’s books, books for teens and books for adults. Now there are Books for Young Readers, Middle Grade, Elem Fiction and Young Adult, not to mention comic books for adults. Four authors talk about the challenges of and criteria for targeting the right audience—be they 9 or 90.

Storytime Join every kid’s favorite stuffed bear, Corduroy, along with Festival favorites Snow White and Grumpy for storytime!

Glen Chamberlain—Conjugations of the Verb To Be Alan Heathcock—Volt Shann Ray—American Masculine Melanie Rae Thon—In This Light Mod: David Abrams The death of the short story—again! Despite countless headlines and literary essays (which are, of course, themselves dead) the short story continues to thrive. This year some of the strongest, most vibrant fiction around is found in short story collections. Four masters of the form discuss its allure.

Horses, Hookers, and Hellions: Montana Stories

Wanda Rosseland—The Montana Cowboy Lael Morgan—Wanton West Ed Kemmick—Big Sky By and By Stories about the West are often a little bit wild and woolly, just like the people drawn to settle here. Three new books explore the odd, the untamed, the taboo West.

The Wild, Wild West of Publishing David Ash Kathy Dunnehoff Keir Graff Craig Lancaster Mod: Dave Batchelder

E-Publishing, Pub on Demand, Independent Publishing, Boutique Publishing—the options are dizzying. Four authors who have experimented with a variety of publishing options talk about the confusing landscape with the head of the new start-up publishing company Geyser Press, David Batchelder.

Sharon Lamar

It takes luck, courage, and stick-to-itiveness, along with a bit of talent to write and illustrate a book. Intent on connecting children with nature, teacher turned author Sharon Lamar shares her story of creating her new book, Mountain Wildflowers for Young Explorers: An A-Z Guide. She’ll offer insight and tips, with visual aids, on how you can turn an idea into an illustrated book.

Call To Action—Books with a Social Conscience

Dorothy Patent—Saving Audie Shannen Rossmiller—The Unexpected Patriot Kay Whitlock—Queer (In)Justice Mod: Ginny Merriam Three writers whose nonfiction works tackle animal cruelty, terrorism, and the criminal justice system, discuss the challenges involved in crafting stories that not only inform or entertain, but change hearts and minds.

Turning On Books: Exploring E-Books and E-Readers Suzanne Reymer Jan Zauha

Are you confused about electronic books and reading devices, or stuck in a Kindle rut? Explore current reading technologies, choices, and developments with two technology enthusiasts. Get your hands on e-readers like the Kindle, iPad, Nook, and Kobo. Find out about phone applications and other options. Learn about the latest e-book statistics and speculate with us about what the future holds for books, festivals, authors and readers as the world of print meets the electronic screen.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

discussion panels - saturday - 10/8 2:30 pm I’m in a Western State of Mind— The Novel Bonnie Jo Campbell—Once Upon a River Jonathan Evison—West of Here Joe Henry—Lime Creek Jenny Shank—The Ringer Mod: Kim Anderson

What constitutes literature of the West? Is it setting? Is it mood? Or maybe it’s a marked absence of drawing rooms and skyscrapers? Four writers whose latest works redefine “western lit” in different ways talk about the distinction, and whether it matters or not.

When I Was a Rabbit Classroom Corrections, When, How, and Why (or Why Not)? Missoula Writing Collaborative lead by Poet Laureate Sheryl Noethe and MWC Chair Jason Neal

The wizards at the Missoula Writing Collaborative—who can spin gold out of children’s heads—talk about how to encourage creativity, imagination, self-confidence and a love of language.

The World As We Find It—Journalism Donald Hardy—Shooting from the Lip Brian Kahn—The Common Good Ed Kemmick—The Big Sky By and By Judy Muller—Emus in Egnar Mod: Ginny Merriam

Whether reporting from the battlefield or profiling a small town in Montana, journalists interpret the world they encounter. Five professionals talk about how journalism has changed over their careers; what lured them into the business in the first place; and the difference between interviewing a subject, writing a profile, and authoring a book.

Steampunk Art Workshop Karen Gonzalez

Get ready for some Steampunk fun! What is Steampunk? Think steam engines with a science fiction/fantasy element. Everyone aged 10 and older, come in and create the perfect Steampunk accessories, gadgets or jewelry.

The Lost Diaries of Sacajawea Debra Magpie Earling Peter Koch

Debra Magpie Earling and Peter Koch, the creators of the haunting art book The Lost Diaries of Sacajawea, were introduced to each other, fittingly enough, at another exhibit at the Missoula Art Museum in 2005. Since much of the state was then in the throes of Lewis & Clark bicentennial fever, the collaboration seemed inevitable. Earling and Koch will discuss the collaborative process of the next five years and their individual motivations to explore this topic.

4:00 pm Adventures in Book Collecting Benjamin L. Clark

Whether you are an advanced collector or simply an accumulator of reading matter, everyone will learn something about books and book collecting in this fun, informational session with a collector who is just beginning to hit his stride.

Ed Lahey Karaoke

Poets and poetry lovers alike pay tribute to Montana’s great poet, Ed Lahey. Grab a copy of one of Ed’s poetry collections or pick one up at the bar (copies available) and share a favorite poem with the crowd. Open mic, everyone welcome.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Free events Thursday - 10/6 Missoula Public Library sponsors kids’ bookfest activities! FREE 10:30 am: Tiny Tales Celebrates the Book 3:30 pm: Lego Club, Create A Scene from a Book Fact & Fiction Downtown, 220 N. Higgins FREE 5:00 pm: Missoula Writing Collaborative Celebration. MWC writers teach kids to love to write! Come hear them read their own stuff & celebrate MWC founder Sheryl Noethe’s new Poet Laureateship.

The Wilma Theatre, 131 S. Higgins, FREE 7:30 pm: WLA/MFB Distinguished Achievement Award Reading by Thomas McGuane

Friday - 10/7 Mountain Line Transit Station, 200 West Pine, FREE 4:30 pm: Poetry In Motion Kickoff Reading & Reception. Poetry reading and celebration of poetry on Mountain Line Buses.

The Top Hat, 134 W. Front, FREE 7:30 pm: Poetry Slam with Tahj Bo. Cash prizes.

Saturday - 10/8 The Wilma Theatre, 131 S. Higgins, FREE 7:30 pm: Gala Reading with Bonnie Jo Campbell, Montana Poet Laurete Sheryl Noethe and Mary Clearman Blew.

authors & presenters Keir Graff is the author of four novels for adults, including The Price of Liberty, which was a finalist for the

Society of Midland Authors fiction prize. Graff’s first book for young readers, a middle-grade novel called The Other Felix, has just been released. By day, he is the editor of Booklist Online and lives in Chicago, IL.

Fred Haefele’s newest collection of essays is Extremeophilia. His writing has appeared in Outside, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, American Heritage, Salon.com, Montana Magazine and Newsday. Haefele has received literary fellowships from The Fine Arts Work Center, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Stanford University. He is the author of the award-winning motorcycle memoir Rebuilding the Indian. Haefele has taught creative writing at the University of Montana and at Stanford, where he was a Jones Lecturer. He lives in Missoula.

Donald Loren Hardy served for 18 years as Senator Alan K. Simpson’s press secretary and chief of staff. He then went on to serve as director of government affairs at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of Shooting from the Lip: The Life of Senator Al Simpson. Now retired, Hardy engages in humanitarian efforts overseas and resides in Red Lodge.

Sue Hart has taught English at Montana State University-Billings for over forty years. She has published

widely on western literature and has served as both a discussion leader and speaker for Humanities Montana. She is the recipient of a Governor’s Humanities Award, a Governor’s Award for AIDS Education, the Montana Historical Society’s Trustees Educator’s Award, a PEN Award for Syndicated Fiction, and most recently, a WILLA Award. She lives in Billings.

Alan Heathcock’s fiction has been published in many of America’s top magazines and journals,

including Zoetrope: All-Story, Kenyon Review and the Harvard Review. His stories have won the National Magazine Award in fiction and have been selected for inclusion in the Best American Mystery Stories anthology. Volt, a collection of stories, was named by Publishers Weekly as a debut to watch for 2011, a New York Times editors’ choice and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Heathcock has been awarded fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and is currently a literature fellow for the state of Idaho. He teaches fiction writing at Boise State University and lives in Boise, ID.

Joe Henry is a renowned lyricist who has had his words performed on more than a hundred recordings

by artists ranging from Frank Sinatra and John Denver to Garth Brooks and Rascal Flatts. In addition to his many music awards, Henry also received a National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation “for the celebration of the natural world in his work,” and the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. He also earned his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Lime Creek is his first work of fiction. Henry lives in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.

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authors & presenters Jon A. Jackson’s novels include No Man’s Dog, Badger Games, La Donna Detroit,

Hit on the House and The Blind Pig. He has been writing “Fang Mulheisen” crime novels since the publication of The Diehard in 1977. Jackson lives in Missoula.

Chere Jiusto has worked in the fields of Montana history and culture for over twenty years, most recently as the director of Montana Preservation Alliance. She is the author of Montana Mainstreets: A Guide to Historic Hamilton and her newest book, a collaboration with Christine Brown and Tom Ferris, Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana. She lives in Helena. Brian Kahn, the author of Real Common Sense, hosts the award-winning public

radio program, Home Ground: Changes and Choices in the American West. He is a recipient of the 2009 Montana Governor’s Award for the Humanities. His diverse background includes work as a Montana ranch hand, collegiate boxing coach, politician, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, director of the Montana Nature Conservancy, and documentary filmmaker. He is a lawyer/environmental mediator, journalist and writer and he lives in Helena.

Ed Kemmick, one of Montana’s leading journalists, is the author of The Big Sky

Richard Manning is an award-winning environmental author and journalist. His most recent books include Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape and Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization. His essays and articles have appeared in Harper’s, Wired, Los Angeles Times, American Scholar and High Country News, among others. Manning lives in Missoula. Thomas McGuane has resided in Montana for more than 40 years. He

received an MFA from Yale University and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He is the author of ten books of fiction including Ninety Two in the Shade and his most recent novel Driving on the Rim, the short story collection Gallatin Canyon, two books of non-fiction The Longest Silence and Some Horses, and he has written several feature films including Rancho Deluxe and The Missouri Breaks. He lives in south west Montana where he and his family raise cattle and horses.

Neil McMahon’s newest novel is L.A. Mental. He is the author of ten other novels, including Dead Silver and Lone Creek, which take place in and around Helena and four thrillers starring Dr. Carroll Monks. McMahon lives in Missoula.

By and By: True Tales, Real People and Strange Times in the Heart of Montana. Kemmick is the City Lights columnist at The Billings Gazette and lives in Billings.

Dana McMurray is the youth services associate at the Missoula Public

William Kittredge’s classics of Western literature include The Collected Short

Ginny Merriam graduated from The University of Montana School of Journalism and worked as an award-winning reporter and editor at the Missoulian for 20 years. She has also taught reporting and editing as an adjunct professor in the journalism school. In 2006, she went to work for the City of Missoula and Mayor John Engen as the communications director for the city.

Stories of William Kittredge, Owning it All, The Nature of Generosity, Taking Care: Thoughts on Storytelling and Belief, We Are Not in This Together, Hole in the Sky, and The Willow Field. As co-editor with Annick Smith, he created Montana’s landmark literary anthology The Last Best Place. He is a contributor to West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. Kittredge is a regents professor emeritus of English at The University of Montana and lives in Missoula.

Tahj Bo Kjelland is a poet and musician, artist and activist, student and father, and poetry slam majordomo. He lives in Missoula.

Joanna Klink is the author of three books of poetry, They Are Sleeping, Circadian,

and the newly released Raptus. The recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, she has been teaching in the creative writing program at the University of Montana since 2001. Klink is just returning to Missoula after three years in Boston, where she served at the Briggs-Copeland Poet at Harvard University.

Peter Rutledge Koch has printed well over a hundred books and hundreds of broadsides and fine art prints, including the exceptional The Lost Journals of Sagajewea. His works have been the subject of major solo exhibitions at The New York Public Library, The San Francisco Public Library, The Widener Library at Harvard University, The Yellowstone Art Museum, The Montana Museum of Art & Culture and the Missoula Art Museum. In 2005 he created the CODEX Foundation to preserve and promote the arts of the book. Koch teaches the history of the book as a work of art at the University of California, Berkeley.

Martha Kohl, the daughter of an anthropologist, has had a longstanding

interest in ritual. Her newest work is I Do: A Cultural History of Montana Weddings. She has worked at the Montana Historical Society since 1995. The author of several articles and the project manager for the Society’s award-winning textbook, Montana: Stories of the Land, Kohl currently works in the Outreach and Interpretation program as a historical specialist and she lives in Helena.

Melissa Kwasny is the author of four books of poetry, including The Nine

Senses, released this year. She is also the author of Toward the Open Field: Poets on the Art of Poetry 1800-1950 and co-editor, with M.L. Smoker, of I Go to the Ruined Place, an anthology of poems in defense of global human rights. She is the 2010 recipient of the Montana Arts Council’s Artist’s Innovation Award. Kwasny lives outside Jefferson City.

Sharon Lamar is an illustrator and educator with a special interest in enriching elementary science education through outdoor investigations. Her new book is Mountain Wildflowers for Young Explorers: An A to Z Guide. Lamar also writes and illustrates her own natural history books to use in her classroom and shows her watercolor paintings at juried art shows. She lives in Condon. Craig Lancaster’s newest novel is The Summer Son. His debut novel, 600 Hours of Edward, was a 2009 Montana Book Award Honor Book and a High Plains Book Award winner. Lancaster grew up in Texas and after two decades of wandering—Alaska, Arkansas, Ohio, California, Washington—he’s happy to hang his hat in Billings.

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Kathleen Meyer is the author of the international bestselling outdoor guide

How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art that’s been widely embraced by the outdoor community, with more than 2.5 million copies sold, in seven languages. She also wrote her Rocky Mountain adventure memoir, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife. Meyer lives in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley.

David Mogen’s most recent memoir is Honyocker Dreams. He is the coeditor of

Frontier Gothic: Terror and Wonder at the Frontier in American Literature, and author of Wilderness Visions: The Western Theme in Science Fiction Literature and Ray Bradbury. Mogen is a professor of English at Colorado State University. He lives in Fort Collins, CO.

Lael Morgan, a journalist whose work has appeared in the Christian Science

Monitor, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, and Washington Post, is the author of Wanton West: Madams, Money, Murder and the Wild Women of Montana’s Frontier and several historical books, including Art and Eskimo Power and Good Time Girls of the Alaska–Yukon Gold Rush. She teaches media writing at the University of Texas– Arlington. Morgan lives in Saco, ME.

Judy Muller is an associate professor at the Annenberg School for

Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California and is the author of Emus Loose in Egnar: Big Stories from Small Towns. She also wrote Now This: Radio, Television, and the Real World. Muller is an NPR commentator and has worked as a correspondent for ABC, CBS, and PBS, winning numerous Emmy awards and, in 2010, the prestigious Peabody Award. She lives in Los Angeles, CA and Norwood, CO.

Mary Jane Nealon is the author of Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse’s Life. She is

also the winner of the 2010 Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction and has written two collections of poetry, Immaculate Fuel and Rogue Apostle. She lives in Missoula.

Sheryl Noethe is Montana’s newly appointed poet laureate. She is the

recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Montana Arts Council Fellowship, the CutBank Hugo Prize in Poetry, and the Emerging Voices Award from New Rivers Press. She has also received an honorable mention for the Pushcart Prize. After winning the American Academy of Poets Award and a McKnight Fellowship, she published her first collection of poetry, The Descent of Heaven Over the Lake. Her second collection, The Ghost Openings was awarded the Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Award and the William Stafford Poetry Prize. Her most recent collection is As Is. Noethe is also founder/artistic director of the Missoula Writing Collaborative. She lives in Missoula.

Karl Olson works for Missoula Public Library and Missoula Public Library Foundation. He enjoys dreaming up new ways to bring Montana literature to life.

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authors & presenters Robert Pack, Abernethy Professor of Literature and creative writing

emeritus at Middlebury College, is currently Distinguished Senior Professor at the Honors College of the University of Montana. He is the author of nineteen books of poems, most recently Laughter Before Sleep. Pack lives in Condon.

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Holiday Inn Ballroom B/C

Holiday Inn Ballroom D

Holiday Inn MT Boardroom

Holiday Inn Yellowstone Glacier

WLA conference sessions

Someone Else’s Story Biography

Thomas Savage’s Savage Anatomy

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent’s career as a nonfiction author has

spanned almost four decades, with more than 130 published books, mostly science and nature titles for young readers. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Washington Post/ Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award for the body of her work. Her latest book, Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance, tells the story of a dog rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting operation. Patent lives in Missoula.

Bernard Quetchenbach is the author of two poetry collections, The

Hermit’s Place and Everything As It Happens, and two poetry chapbooks. His poems and essays have appeared in magazines including Stone’s Throw, Terrain, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Montana Arts and Culture Magazine and Isotope. He is on the editorial board of the new online magazine Pellucid Duck. Quetchenbach lives in Billings, where he teaches at Montana State University.

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Lunch

1:00 pm James Lee Burke: New

Reading - Fiction

12:30 Remembering Max Crawford: His Life and Work 1938-2010

Reading - Nonfiction

West of 98: Living and Writing the American West

Let Me Tell You A Little Something About Myself Memoir

WLA conference sessions

Reading - Fiction

4:00 pm Reading - Fiction & Memoir

Reading - Hunt and Peck

Perspectives on his Fiction

2:30 pm

Shann Ray is the author of the story collection American Masculine. He

holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Alberta. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Narrative Magazine, Story Quarterly, and other publications. He teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University and lives in Spokane, WA.

Lois Red Elk is a poet, actor and teacher. She is Dakota/Lakota, born and raised on the Ft. Peck Reservation in Montana. Her poetry has been published in numerous anthologies and she has worked in motion pictures, television and on stage. Our Blood Remembers is her first collection of poems. She lives in Wolf Point. Suzanne Reymer is consulting statewide librarian for the Montana

Bull Trout’s Gift: A River Project Presentation

Louise Wagenknecht Phyllis Barber Glenn Chamberlain

Alan Heathcock Melanie Rae Thon Shann Ray

Judy Muller Mary Cappello Fred Haefele Jenny Shank Robin Troy Neil McMahon

Reading - Nonfiction

Kelly Kathleen Ferguson David Mogen Martha Kohl

Dan Aadland David Carpenter Will Weaver

5:30 - 7:30 pm Reader’s & Writer’s Reception, The Florence, 111 N. Higgins, 2nd floor, Open to all, $20 7:30 - 10 pm m.c. Tahj Bo’s Poetry Slam, The Top Hat, 134 West Front Street

State Library. She has a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Washington and considers herself a technology enthusiast and skeptic. Reymer is an e-reader omnivore, having owned Kindles, Nooks, Sony Reader and Kobo e-readers as well as an iPad. She lives, and scrolls, in Billings.

Wanda Rosseland’s love for horses and cattle took root on her

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grandfather’s ranch when she was just a child. When she realized many of the old cowboys and their stories were slipping away, she began to compile stories for The Montana Cowboy. Rosseland writes for Guideposts and Angels on Earth. She lives in Circle.

Shannen Rossmiller, author of The Unexpected Patriot, was a mother

of three and a Montana municipal court judge when she assumed the role of online terrorist-hunter after 9/11. Her work led to the founding of a new field of espionage known as cyber-counterintelligence, and today she works closely with the FBI to find and prosecute terrorists. Rossmiller lives in Conrad.

Russell Rowland is the co-editor, with Lynn Stegner, of West of 98:

Living and Writing the New American West, an anthology of essays and poetry from writers across the West. He is the author of the novels In Open Spaces and The Watershed Years. He is also the fiction editor for New West Magazine. Rowland lives in Billings.

Kris Saknussemm is the author of the critically acclaimed novels

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Holiday Inn Ballroom B/C

Holiday Inn Ballroom D

Making a Case for the Planet Environmental Advocacy

How Old Are You Anyway? Kid’s Books

When Less is More The Short Story

Horses, Hookers & Hellions Montana Stories

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Jenny Shank’s novel The Ringer, was a finalist for the Reading the

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Melanie Rae Thon has two new works out this year, the novel The

Voice of the River and the story collection In This Light. She is also author of the novels Sweet Hearts, Meteors in August, and Iona Moon, and the collections Girls in the Grass, and First, Body. Thon teaches in the creative

Mary Jane Nealon Jonathan Evison Joe Henry

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WLA conference sessions

Holiday Inn Yellowstone Glacier Storytime 9:30 come meet Corduroy, Snow White and Grumpy

Reading - Poetry

Bernard Quetchenbach Alan Weltzien Cara Chamberlain

Lunch

Zanesville, Private Midnight and Enigmatic Pilot, along with a collection of short stories Sinister Miniatures and a portfolio book of paintings, The Colors of Compulsion. He is a contributor to the anthology West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. Saknussemm lives in Henderson, NV. West Book Awards sponsored by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications, including Prairie Schooner, Alaska Quarterly Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Onion, Poets & Writers, CutBank, Rocky Mountain News, and The Huffington Post. Shank is the Books & Writers Editor for New West Magazine. She lives in Boulder, CO.

Holiday Inn MT Boardroom

Call to Action Books with a Social Conscience

I’m in a Western State of Mind - the Novel

Reading - Fiction

Mountain Wildflowers for Young Explorers Presentation

Reading - Poetry

When I Was a Rabbit Classroom Corrections, When, How, and Why (or Why Not)?

Richard Wheeler Willard Wyman

Maya Jewell Zeller Lois Red Elk Melissa Kwasny

Reading - Poetry Eduardo Chirinos Joanna Klink Robert Pack

Adventures in Book Collecting Presentation

7:30 pm GALA - Bonnie Jo Campbell, Sheryl Noethe, Mary Clearman Blew

Sunday, October 2, 2011

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Holiday Inn Three Rivers Rooms

Holiday Inn Atrium

WLA conference sessions

Bookstore Exhibits

Missoula Public Library

authors & presenters wilma theatre

Floating. Troy received her MFA from The University of Montana and she is now associate professor of English and director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University. She lives in Guilford, CT.

Louise Wagenknecht is the author of the memoir Light on the Devils:

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Coming of Age on the Klamath and White Poplar, Black Locust. Her writing has appeared in American Nature Writing, The River Reader, Ring of Fire: Writers of the Yellowstone Region, and High Country News. Wagenknecht worked for the Forest Service for more than 30 years. She lives in Leadore, ID.

Lunch WLA conference sessions

Bookstore Exhibits

2:30 pm 4:00 pm

The Online Salon

12:30 BLOOD SIMPLE Screening

Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana

2:00 The Coen Brothers in the West

3:30 Altered Books Workshop

FARGO - Screening 6:00 Blood Simple Screening

5:30 - 7:30 pm Reader’s & Writer’s Reception, The Florence, 111 N. Higgins, 2nd floor, Open to all, $20 7:30 - 10 pm m.c. Tahj Bo’s Poetry Slam, The Top Hat, 134 West Front Street

Holiday Inn Three Rivers Rooms

Holiday Inn Atrium

WLA conference sessions

Bookstore Exhibits

Missoula Public Library

Will Weaver is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of works for adults and young adults. His newest volume is the memoir The Last Hunter: An American Family Album. His most recent YA novel is Checkered Flag Cheater. Weaver is one of the five 2011 National Book Awards judges in the youth lit division. He lives in Bemidji, WI.

O. Alan Weltzien has been following Thomas Savage’s trail for many years. He published a pair of articles concerning Savage and has helped bring Savage’s novels back into print. Weltzien wrote the introduction for the newly released Lona Hanson, Savage’s second novel. He has authored, edited, or co-edited six books, most recently To Kilimanjaro and Back, a chapbook of poetry. He lives in Dillon, where he is an English professor at The University of Montana Western. Richard S. Wheeler, author of over sixty historical novels, holds the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement in Western Literature and he is a five-time Spur Award winner. His newest novel is The First Dance: A Barnaby Skye Novel. Former newspaperman and book editor Wheeler hangs his hat in Livingston. Germaine White is the information and education specialist for

the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources Department. In an effort to benefit bull trout in the Jocko River drainage, the tribes have undertaken a large-scale watershed restoration project and they have created an illustrated storybook Bull Trout’s Gift to spotlight the importance of bull trout and its relationship with the Salish and Pend d’Oreille people. White has also taught Native American Studies courses at Salish Kootenai College. She lives in Pablo.

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writing and environmental humanities programs at the University of Utah and lives in Salt Lake City, UT.

Robin Troy’s newest novel is Liberty Lanes. She is also the author of

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Kay Whitlock is a Montana-based feminist writer, organizer, and OTHER VENUES

consultant. She is co-author with Joey L. Mogul and Andrea J. Ritchie of Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States. She is the former national representative for LGBT Issues for the American Friends Service Committee, a former co-chair of the board of directors of the National Gay Task Force and a former chair of the Lesbian Rights Committee of the National Organization for Women. She lives in Missoula.

Robert Wrigley is the author of seven collections of poetry including

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Lives of the Animals, which won the 2004 Poets’ Prize, Reign of Snakes, winner of the 2000 Kingsley Tufts Award and most recently, Beautiful Country. He is a contributor to the anthology West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. Wrigley teaches writing at the University of Idaho, and lives in Moscow, ID.

Willard Wyman’s newest novel is Blue Mountain and it marks the

Lunch Reading - Fiction Warner Bair II Rick Craig Craig Lancaster

The World As We Find It Journalism

Bookstore Exhibits

Turning on Books - Exploring E-Books and E-Readers

Steampunk Art Workshop

Reading - Fiction & Nonfiction Shannen Rossmiller Kathleen Meyer Kay Whitlock

7:30 pm GALA - Bonnie Jo Campbell, Sheryl Noethe, Mary Clearman Blew

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return of Fenton Pardee, the veteran guide and packer who figured so memorably in High Country, his acclaimed first novel named Best First Novel and Best Novel of the West by the Western Writers of America. He is also a contributor to West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West. A former literature instructor and dean at Colby College and Stanford University, he is headmaster of The Thacher School and lives in La Honda, CA.

Jan Zauha is a reference librarian at Montana State University in Bozeman and a leader of three book groups in the Bozeman area. She has a Master’s in Library Science from the University of Iowa and a Master’s in Literature from Clark University in Worcester, MA. Her research interests include e-books, reading devices, and the public performance of literature. Zauha and her Kindle live in Bozeman. Maya Jewell Zeller’s first book of poems is Rust Fish. Other work has appeared widely, in places like High Desert Journal, West Branch, Cincinnati Review, and Bellingham Review. Zeller teaches English at Gonzaga University and lives in Spokane, WA.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Festival of the Book

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Montana Songwriters Festival and Original Song Contest

aturday night October 8, will be a big night for country music fans at the Sunrise Saloon in Missoula. Three top BMI songwriters responsible for numerous country and pop hits, Bill LaBounty, Kendell Marvel and Tim James, will be performing some of their biggest songs and telling the stories that inspired them during the first annual Montana Songwriters Festival. The writers are coming to Missoula from Nashville thanks to Eagle 93 Country Radio and a limited number of tickets are on sale now at the MSO Hub for $18. Bill LaBounty’s musical direction was clear by the age of 19, when he was signed with his rock band to RCA Records. The Pacific Northwest native then took his act solo, recording an album for Twentieth Century Fox Records, followed by three albums for Warner Bros. Records, which spawned the pop hits “Never Gonna Look Back” (with James Taylor), “Livin’ It Up” and “This Night Won’t Last Forever.” Bill’s most recent album The Right Direction, co-produced with Robbie Dupree, enjoyed success in Europe and Japan with featured singles “The Right Direction” and “Mr. O.” He also established himself as a

songwriter for other artists, with successes that span almost two decades. Over the years his resume includes cuts by an array of pop and country artists including Jimmy Buffett, The Judds, Steve Wariner, The Temptations, Brooks & Dunn, Patti LaBelle, Steve Goodman and Phoebe Snow, Peter Cetera and Tim McGraw, among others. An accomplished keyboardist and synthesist, LaBounty has worked in the studio with such artists as James Taylor, Jennifer Warnes, Patti LaBelle and Peter Cetera. In 1983, while working in Nashville, LaBounty met his wife, songwriter Beckie Foster, which led to a joint career in Nashville and Los Angeles and resulted in Steve Wariner’s #1 record The Weekend and Peter Cetera’s No Explanation, the end theme for the movie Pretty Woman. His hits include Robbie Dupree’s “Hot Rod Hearts,” Michael Johnson’s “This Night Won’t Last Forever,” Steve Wariner’s #1 records “Lynda and I Got Dreams,” “Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart” (a Grammy-winning record by Alison Kraus and Shenandoah), Tanya Tucker and Delbert McClinton’s “Tell Me About It,” “Tequila Talkin’” by Lonestar, the #1

Shenandoah single “I Want To Be Loved Like That” and Brooks & Dunn’s “Rock My World (Little Country Girl).” To date, he has had over 100 songs recorded by other artists, resulting in 25 BMI Awards, including 10 Million Performance awards. Born and raised in Southern Illinois, Kendell Marvel started playing the guitar at the tender age of five. He spent the rest of his childhood playing and singing in local bars. Kendell moved his family to Nashville in the summer of 1998 to pursue a career in country music. The first song he wrote when he got to town was the top five hit “Right Where I Need To Be” for Gary Allan. He has been cranking out country music hits ever since, including numerous hits by Jake Owen, including “Startin’ With Me,” “Yee Haw,” and “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You.” Other hits include “Tougher Than Nails” by Joe Diffie, and “Twang” by George Strait. He has also had cuts by Lee Ann Womack, Trace Adkins, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Jamey Johnson and many others. Tim James started his musical career on the West Coast playing the Bakersfield style of music in clubs and dance halls in Los Angeles and up and down the coast, opening for such acts as Leroy Parnell, Big House and Toby Keith. Tim later moved to Middle, Tennessee, where he signed his first publishing deal. Tim has enjoyed many major label artist cuts including the fiveweek number one single “My List” recorded

by Toby Keith. “My List” went on to become the most-played song for the year 2003 and inspired the book, My List: 24 Reflections on Life’s Priorities, published by McGraw-Hill also in 2003. Tim has had songs featured in film and television and also has had songs recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Jeff Bates, Tim Rushlow, Mark Wills, Josh Gracin, Darius Rucker, Chris Young and Billy Ray Cyrus. He has also had Top Ten singles with “It’s Good To Be Us,” recorded by Bucky Covington, “Holler Back,” the debut from The Lost Trailers, and “Love Like Crazy,” recorded by Lee Brice. In addition to the performance of the three songwriters on October 8, Eagle 93 has been inviting western Montana songwriters to submit an original song for the Original Song Contest. The top ten songs that were chosen by a panel of judges were performed by their writers at the Sunrise Saloon on Friday September 30. The best song was chosen from those performances and the writer will win a special workshop with LaBounty, Marvel and James and have the opportunity to perform their song on stage with the Nashville songwriters during their performance on October 8. The entire event is part of a series of performances by the three writers in Great Falls, Helena, Butte and Missoula promoted by Cherry Creek Radio and BMI. For more information or to purchase tickets visit the MSO Hub Box located at 140 North Higgins in downtown Missoula or call 543-3300.

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OCTOBER EVENTS

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com

CHILDREN

1 “Cat in the Hat” reading, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www. familiesfirstmontana.org. 4 Mismo, 11 a.m., Families First Children’s

Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org.

5 Toddler playgroup featuring “Paint Play,” 11

13 Screening of “Race to Nowhere,” 7 p.m., Roxy Theatre, 718 S. Higgins Ave. Hosted by Potomac School. For tickets, visit www. potomacschoolmontana.us.

13 Peace & Justice Film Series featuring “Mother: Caring for 7 Billion,” 7 p.m., University of Montana, UC Theatre, donations accepted. Visit peaceandjusticefilm.org/2011fall/index.html.

14 World-Wide Cinema featuring “The Colors of the Mountain,” 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Call 721-2665.

a.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www. familiesfirstmontana.org.

17 “Ansel Adams,” a documentary 6:30 p.m.,

6 “Fit Kids,” 11 a.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org.

17-23 Eighth annual Montana CINE International

11, 25 “Fun with Yoga,” 11 a.m., Families First

Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org.

12 Toddler playgroup featuring “Leaf Art,” 11 a.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www. familiesfirstmontana.org.

15 Weekend activity featuring leaf collages, Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www. familiesfirstmontana.org.

19 Toddler playgroup featuring “Buried

Treasure,” 11 a.m, Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org.

21 Pirate-themed face painting, noon-2 p.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www. familiesfirstmontana.org.

22 Weekend activity featuring Jolly Roger,

Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www. familiesfirstmontana.org.

26 Toddler playgroup featuring “Fun with

Costumes,” 11 a.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Call 541-PLAY or visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org.

27 Children’s Hand Drumming series with

Matthew Marsolek of Drum Brothers, 7:30-8:30 p.m., 515 W. Front St., $55 for five-week series, $12 single classes, $80/$18 child and parent together. For children in grades 3-6. Call 531-8109 or visit www.drumbrothers.com.

FESTIVAL

7-9 Tamarack Festival and Brewfest, Seeley Lake. Call Kevin Wetherell or Heather Layman, (406) 677-2880, or visit www.seeleylakechamber.com.

FILM

6 Peace & Justice Film Series featuring

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

Film Festival, Roxy Theater and the University of Montana, $7 general, $6 seniors, $5 students with valid ID, $3 ages 11 and younger, $40 all-screen pass. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 728-9380. Visit www.wildlifefilms.com for information and a complete schedule.

18 University of Montana Faculty and Guest

Artist Recital Series featuring Fern Glass Boyd, cello, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall, $12 general, $8 students and seniors. Call 243-4581 or visit www.ummusic.org.

20 Peace & Justice Film Series featuring

“Food Inc.,” 7 p.m., University of Montana, UC Theatre, donations accepted. Visit www. peaceandjusticefilm.org/2011fall/index.html.

26 Afternoon matinee featuring “Invasion of the

Body Snatchers,” 2 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Call 721-2665.

27 Peace & Justice Film Series featuring

“Shorts Night!” 7 p.m., University of Montana, UC Theatre, donations accepted. Visit www. peaceandjusticefilm.org/2011fall/index.html.

29 The Missoula Community Chorus presents

“Sing-a-Long Sound of Music,” 1 p.m. matinee for children and 7 p.m., Wilma Theatre, 131 S. Higgins Ave., $12.50 for matinee, $20 for night, free for ages 6 and younger. Ages 12 and younger must be accompanied by adult. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, MSO Hub, www. singalongmissoula.com or (406) 241-5239 (call noon-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday or Friday). Hosted by Mark Heyka. Both shows feature costume contests. Visit www.singalongmissoula. com.

FOOD

3 First Monday to benefit the Flagship Program,

5-8:30 p.m., Scotty’s Table ,131 S. Higgins Ave. Enjoy a local beef or veggie burger, house cut fries and local beer for $15. All proceeds will benefit Flagship. Call 532-9829.

HEALTH

CALENDAR

University of Virginia, 8 p.m., University of Montana, University Theatre.

14 Tango Nights with Patrick Marsolek and

Grace Hodges of Tango Helena, Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., $7 per class, $15 entire evening, $5 Milonga only. Beginning tango, 7 p.m.; intermediate tango, 8 pm.; Milonga, 9 p.m. Call 541-7240 or visit www.ddcmontana.com.

LIT

1 Diane Smith reads and signs TheNewRural.com, 7 p.m., Grizzly Claw Trading Co., Seeley Lake. Call (406) 677-0008. 1, 15 Writers Anonymous, 10 a.m., Missoula

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

11 Missoula Public Library Book Club, 7

p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Discussion of The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Call 721-2665.

13 “The Future of Books” panel discussion, 7

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

14 The Creative Writing Program at the University of Montana 2011 Fall Reading Series, 7 p.m., UM, Turner Hall, Dell Brown Room. Featuring Zachary Lazar, author of three books, most recently the novel Sway and the memoir Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder, reading both fiction and nonfiction. Call Karin, 243-5267, or email karin.schalm@mso.umt.edu.

S. Higgins Ave., $22 in advance, $24 day of show. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, 1-877-4-FLY-TIX, www.ticketfly.com or www.knittingfactory.com.

4 Andy Frasco and Javier Ryan perform, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $2.

18 Neil McMahon reads and signs L.A. Mental,

6 Rehab performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 6 University of Montana School of Music presents

at Foothills Publishing, leads a reading and discussion, 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Call 721-2881. 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Call 721-2881.

19 Third Wednesday Book Group discusses

Innocents Abroad, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Call 721-2665.

27 Montana Museum of Art & Culture presents a lecture and book signing by Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman, authors of the New York Times best-selling book Tears in the Darkness featuring the story of Montana artist Ben Steele, in conjunction with War Torn: The Art of Ben Steele, 7 p.m, UM, Montana Theatre. Call 243-2019. 28 Flora Wong signs Long Way Home, 4-6 p.m.,

Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Call 721-2881.

24 Women’s fitness workshop, 9 a.m., Iron Sport

6 Planned Parenthood of Montana benefit dance,

Problem of Impiety: Is Anything off Limits for Us?” by Cora Diamond, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy and professor of law,

3 STRFKR performs, Badlander, 208 Ryman St. 4 Hank III performs, 8 p.m., Wilma Theatre, 131

17 Michael Czarnecki, poet and publisher

9 “Ansel Adams,” a documentary film, 7 p.m.,

10 President’s Lecture Series featuring “The

3 University of Montana School of Music presents a Junior Student Recital Series featuring Arik Sabin, oboe, and Clint Whittle, oboe, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall. Call 243-4581 or visit www.ummusic.org.

4 University of Montana School of Music presents a Junior Student Recital Series featuring Tully Olson, trumpet, and Campbell YoungbloodPetersen, percussion, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall. Call 243-4581. Visit www.ummusic.org

University of Montana, University Center, Fact & Fiction. Call 243-1234.

Library, 301 E. Main St. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra team up for a 1956 romantic comedy. Call 721-2665.

1 Insane Clown Posse, 8 p.m., Wilma Theatre, 131 S. Higgins Ave., $27. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, 1-877-4-FLY-TIX, www.ticketfly.com or www.knittingfactory.com. 2 10 Years with guest Redlight King, 7:30 p.m., Wilma Theatre, 131 S. Higgins Ave., $17.50 in advance, $20 day of show. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and www.ticketfly.com.

29 Bob Bassett signs Story of Isaac, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,

12 Afternoon Matinee, 2 p.m., Missoula Public

MUSIC

5 William M. Adler discusses his book, The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Icon, 7 p.m., Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W.

Care conference, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., St. Patrick Hospital, Broadway Building conference center. Visit www.saintpatrick.org

LEARN

Westside Lanes, community meeting room, 1615 Wyoming St. Open to all singles 45 and older. Call 721-5019.

1 Shane Clouse & Stomping Ground, Union Club, 208 E. Main St.

p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St.

13 “Hearing the Voice” fourth annual Palliative

Fitness Club, 103 Tyler Way, Lolo. Call Meredith Patterson, 381-8444.

21 Singles of Missoula social, 7-8:30 p.m.,

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Second Wind Reading Series, 5

“Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space,” 7 p.m., University of Montana, UC Theatre, donations accepted. Visit www. peaceandjusticefilms.org/2011fall/index.html. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave., $3 suggested donation. Written and directed by Ric Burns and co-produced by Sierra Club Productions and Steeplechase Films. Call 549-1142.

8 Spontaneous Construction and Home Resource birthday party, 1515 Wyoming St. All-day building contest in which contestants can use any materials at Home Resource to build the best thing they can in six hours. Call 541-8300 or visit www.homeresource.org.

MISC.

6-9 p.m., Florence Building, Governor’s Room, 111 N. Higgins Ave., $50, $20 with student ID, $500 reserved tables. Event features music by Tom Catmull and the Clerics, guest speaker Stacey James, no-host bar, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, line dancing lessons, raffle and door prizes. Buy tickets by calling 830-3483 or at the door.

U.S. Air Force Band workshops, 2:10 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall. Esteemed members of the premier ensemble of the U.S. Air Force offer clinics on their specialty areas to UM students and the general public. Call 243-4382 or visit www. ummusic.org.

6 University of Montana School of Music presents the U.S. Air Force Band, 7:30 p.m., UM, University Theatre. Featuring The U.S. Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, the Air Force’s premier musical organization based in Washington, D.C. Call 2434382 or visit www.ummusic.org.

7 Wylie & The Wild West perform, 8 p.m., University of Montana, University Theatre, $16 in advance, $18 at the door, free ages 14 and younger. Tickets available at GrizTix locations, 1-888-MONTANA, MSO Hub, or www.griztix.com. 7 Chele Bandulu performs, Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover. 7 Family Friendly Friday with The Unknowns, 6 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Free.

7-8 University of Montana School of Music presents the Montana/Idaho Clarinet Festival, UM, Music Recital Hall. Call 243-2155. 8 Saturday Night Shuffle Series featuring rock

Sunday, October 2, 2011 night, Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St., $3.

8 Cold Hard Cash and The Cigarette Girls

perform, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St.

8 Cash for Junkers performs, Union Club, 208 E.

Main St.

8 University of Montana School of Music presents the Montana/Idaho Clarinet Festival featuring the UM Symphony Orchestra with guest artists Else Verdehr, clarinet, and Walter Verdehr, violin, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall, $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. Call 243-4581 or visit www.umt.edu/umarts. 8 University of Montana School of Music

presents an All-State String Workshop. For more information, call Dr. Margaret Baldridge, 243-6112.

9 Friend of the Seven Smart Fellers and Paul Lee Kupfer perform, 8 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St.

10 University of Montana School of Music

presents a Senior Student Recital Series featuring Ian McLean, horn, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall. Call 243-4581 or visit www.ummusic.org.

11 Miranda Lambert performs, 7:30 p.m.,

University of Montana, Adams Center, $32.25$47.25 plus fees. Tickets available GrizTix outlets including the Adams Center Box Office, The Source at the University Center, Worden’s Market, Southgate Mall and the MSO Hub, www.griztix. com or 1-888-MONTANA.

12 Buster Blue and The Boxcutters perform, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., $5.

13 University of Montana Symphonic Wind

Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., UM, University Theatre, $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. Call 243-4581 or visit www.ummusic.org.

13 Voodoo Horseshoes perform, Union Club, 208 E. Main St.

13 Grieves & Budo with Prof & Type, 8 p.m., Top

Hat, 134 W. Front St., $12 in advance, $14 day of show. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, 1-800-514-3849 or www.tickets300.com.

14 University of Montana School of Music

presents a Senior Student Recital Series featuring Courtney Mostad, soprano, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall. Call 243-4581 or visit www. ummusic.org.

14 Tom Catmull & The Clerics perform, Union Club, 208 E. Main St.

15 Russ Nasset & The Revelators perform, Union Club, 208 E. Main St.

15 Martyparty of PantyRaid performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., $10.

16 Chamberlain performs, 10 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., $8.

19 Zach Deputy and Javier Ryan performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., $7 in advance, $10 day of show.

20 Moo-Got-2 performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $5

20 DJ Mermaid, Union Club, 208 E. Main St. 21 Beyond the Pale performs, Union Club,

208 E. Main St.

21 University of Montana School of Music

presents the fourth annual Pianissimo!, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall, $20 general, $10 for students and seniors. Call 243-4581 or visit www. ummusic.org.

21-22 The Wild Coyote Band performs, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 2520 South Ave. W.

22 Lefty Lucy performs, Union Club, 208 E. Main St.

22 Eric Tollefson performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., $7.

22 Saturday Night Shuffle Series featuring experimental night, Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St., $3

22 University of Montana School of Music

presents a Senior Student Recital Series featuring Myra Nurre, soprano, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Rectial Hall. Call 232-4581 or visit www. ummusic.org.

24 Five Finger Death Punch Share the Welt Tour

with special guests All That Remains, Hatebreed and Rev Theory, 7:30 p.m., University of Montana, Adams Center, $29.75. Tickets available at GrizTix.com, 1-888-MONTANA, MSO Hub, and The Source at the University Center.

25 University of Montana School of Music

presents a Student Recital Series featuring the UM Student Chamber Music Recital, 2:10 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall. Call 243-4581 or visit www.ummusic.org.

26 Leon Russell performs, 8 p.m., UM, University

SPORT

1 Griz Football vs UNC. Tickets available at GrizTix outlets and MSO Hub.

15 Griz Football vs PSU. Tickets available at GrizTix outlets and MSO Hub.

29 Griz Football vs WSU. Tickets available at GrizTix outlets and MSO Hub.

VISUAL ART

1 Ed Jenne signs his poster of Missoula, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Call 721-2881. 1 Printing Press Inaugural Monoprint workshop

with Bev Glueckert, 1-3 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $10 suggested donation. Call 728-0447 or visit www. missoulaartmuseum.org.

4 Art Guide training, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. For those who want to further their training or experience. Call 7280447 or visit www.missoulartmuseum.org.

Workshops are for all ages, but children ages 7 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Call 728-0447, Ext. 228, or register at www. missoulaartmuseum.org.

8 The Lost Journals of Sacajawea discussion with Debra Magpie Earling and Peter Koch, 3 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Reception to follow. Call 728-0447 or visit www. missoulaartmuseum.org. 8 Intermediate Porcelain: Fingertips to Form with Carla Potter, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne, Unit A, $80 members, $90 nonmembers. Call 543-0509. 12 Art, Science & Wilderness: The Photography of Ansel Adams lecture by Steven B. Jackson, 7 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Call 728-0447 or visit www. missoulaartmuseum.org.

12 Teen Open Studio Night, “Mixed Media Self-Portraiture” with Anna Lemnitzer, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. For ages 13-18. All supplies provided. Call 728-0447 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org.

Theatre, $29.50 in advance, $32 day of show. Tickets available at Adams Center, Southgate Mall, The Source, Worden’s, MSO Hub 243-4051 or griztix.com.

5, 12, 19, 26 Open Figure Drawing,

non-instructed, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $5/$7. Participants must be age 18 or older. Call 728-0447 or visit missoulartmuseum.org.

15-16 Basic Intaglio Printmaking with Bev

26 MKVR performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 27 The Blue Scholars and Bambu perform, Top

6 University of Montana School of Art presents a visiting artist lecture by Mike Feeney, 5:10-6 p.m., UM, Social Science Building Room 356. Exhibit reception follows in the gallery of Visual Arts, 6-7 p.m. Call 243-2813.

20 Artini, “Outsider,” 5:30-9 p.m., Missoula Art

Hat, 134 W. Front St., $12 in advance.

28 Joan Zen performs, Union Club, 208 E. Main St. 28 University of Montana Faculty and Guest

Artist Series featuring Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh, oboe, 7:30 p.m., UM, Music Recital Hall, $12 general, $8 students and seniors. Call 243-4581 or visit www.ummusic.org.

28 Iration performs, 8 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W.

Front St., $15 in advance, $17 day of show. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, 1-800-514-3849 or www.tickets300.com.

29 Pinky and the Floyd performs, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., $10, $8 with costume.

29 Halloween Bash with Zeppo MT, Union Club, 208 E. Main St.

PERFORMANCE ART

1, 7, 8 Artist in Residence Kate Morris presents

Venn Diagrams or “The Bee Play,” 8 p.m., Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., $10 general, $8 students and DDC members. Call 541-7240 or visit www.ddcmontana.com.

7 First Friday reception, 5-8 p.m., The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St. Featuring “Road Warrior,” an exhibition by Mary Ann Bonjorni, a professor of drawing at the University of Montana during the school year and a range rider for a cattle association during the summer. Call 728-5251 or visit www.thebrinkigallery.com. 7 First Friday reception, 5:30-7 p.m., Bernice’s

Bakery, 190 S. Third W. Featuring works by Linda Browning and her aunt Germaine Trenary who participated in a plein air painting workshop in France. Call 728-1358.

7 First Friday reception, 5 p.m., Upcycled – A

Salvaged Chic Boutique, 517 S. Higgins Ave. Artist Carol Lynn Lapotka of recreate will present her fall line of skirts made from recycled sweatshirts and notebooks from photo albums and books.

7 First Friday reception, 5-8 p.m., Missoula Art

4-8, 11-15 The Elephant Man, 7:30 p.m.,

Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Bruce Hamilton, Sierra Club’s deputy executive director, will speak about his relationship with Ansel Adams, 7 p.m. Scholars Dr. Kelly Dennis and Audrey Goodman discuss Adams, 3:45-5 p.m. Call 728-0447 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org.

6 Missoula Homegrown Stand Up Comedy open

7 First Friday, 5-7 p.m., Families First Children’s Museum, 227 1/2 W. Front St. Featuring Missoula Writing Collaborative. Call 541-PLAY or visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org.

University of Montana, Montana Theatre, $20 general, $16 seniors and students, $10 ages 12 and younger. For tickets and information, call 243-4581 or visit www.umtheatredance.org.

mic, Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Sign up by 9:30 p.m.

7 Festival of the Book Poetry Slam, 8 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St.

7 National Theatre’s “One Man Two Guvnors” by Richard Bean, 7:30 p.m., Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, Shakespeare & Co., www. morrisproductions.org or (406) 322-2589. Based on “The Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldoni with songs by Grant Olding. 8-9 University of Montana School of Theatre

& Dance presents “UM Dancers on Location: A Site-specific Dance concert,” noon, UM Oval. Call 243-4581 or visit www.umt.edu/umarts.

7 First Friday reception, 5-8 p.m., The Artists’ Shop, 304 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Forever Barbie,” mixed-media show using recycled Barbie dolls by artist Mary Byers of Hamilton. Call 5436393 or visit missoulaartistsshop.com. 7 First Friday reception, 5-8 p.m., Yellowstone

Photo, 321 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring Anne Cruikshank’s photography from France. Call 728-7637 or visit www.yellowstonephoto.com.

8 Saturday Family Art Workshop featuring “Festive Folded Books” with Susie Risho, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $5. In conjunction with the Festival of the Book, Susie will lead participants in creating a simple folded book. Pre-register to be ensured a space.

Glueckert, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $67.50/$75. Call 728-0447 or visit www.missoulartmuseum.org. Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. A look at the “Outsider” art of Alva Gene Dexhimer with a gallery talk by MAM exhibitions curator Stephen Glueckert at 6 p.m. Music by Shahs and Pterodactyl Plains, and creepy crawly Halloween art-making. Costumes encouraged. Call 728-0447 or visit www. missoulaartmuseum.org.

25-Nov. 29 Preschool Art Start with Allie DePuy, 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $49.50/$55, $10 drop in. For ages 3 1/2 -5. Call 728-0447 or visit www. missoulaartmuseum.org.

25-Nov. 29 After School Art Adventure Session with Bev Glueckert, 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $45/$55. For ages 7-11. Call 728-0447 or visit www. missoulaartmuseum.org.

26 Ansel Adams: The Making of a Photograph lecture by Neil Chaput de Saintonge, 7 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. In 1973, Chaput de Saintonge had the opportunity to study with Ansel Adams and learn his technique, known now to all professional photographers as the Zone System. Sponsored by Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Call 728-0447 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org.

26 University of Montana School of Art presents a visiting artist lecture by Mark Grote, 5:10-6 p.m., UM, Social Science Building, Room 356. Artist reception will follow in the Gallery of Visual Arts, 6-7 p.m. Call 243-2813.

29 Remembrance workshop with Bev Glueckert and Gretchen Strohmaier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $10 suggested donation. In conjunction with Missoula’s Festival of the Dead events, Partners Hospice and MAM are co-hosting this workshop. Call 728-0447 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org.

30 Day of the Dead Wire Figures with Barb Morrison, 12-2 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., $10. For ages 8 to adult. Call 728-0447 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

OCT. 29 TEAM UP MONTANA

T Wednesday, Oct. 26 University Theatre Missoula Montana All Ages • Reserved Seating Doors 7pm • Show 8pm Tickets available at: Adams Center • Southgate Mall Wordens • MSO Hub (406)243-4051 & online at: GrizTix.com or jadePresents.com

eam Up Montana started in 2009 when the St. Patrick Hospital Foundation, KPAX, and the Missoulian joined with Griz Football to produce the first “Pink Game”. Many “pink” initiatives are around to help with breast cancer research and getting the word out about early detection—but Team up Montana wanted to keep the money local, and directly pay for those items that can make a direct difference in a cancer patient’s life. At first, Team Up Montana was just geared toward breast cancer, but it has expanded in 2011 to include all cancers. 100% of the money raised from Team Up Montana goes into a St. Pat’s Foundation Fund called the Cancer Compassion Fund to help those who are struggling to afford their treatments, the increasing costs of some of the chemotherapy drugs, the money for gas to and from treatment and more. This money stays local and goes to help support mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, neighbors, friends. Executive Director of the Foundation Mike Bullard says, “I get to see where this money goes and who it affects, and sometimes get to talk to them about their situations. It is very personal and very powerful to hear their stories and how this effort has helped them. I’m extremely proud of what we do— but we are just scratching the surface. The need is growing. The more individuals who get involved with Team Up Montana, the more help we can provide. ” This year’s Team Up Montana event takes place on Saturday, October 29, when the Griz take on Weber State. Ways to help support this effort include:

• Wear pink to the game! • Buy a 2011 pink jersey, (with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Team Up Montana) at these locations: • The UM bookstore • Universal Athletics • Fact and Fiction • MSO HUB • The St. Patrick Hospital Gift Shop • Online at teamupmontana.com • Make a donation in one of the boxes at the Griz games, or contact the St. Pat’s Foundation 327-3111

• Buy a raffle ticket to be a “Griz for a Day.” The trip includes a trip with the Griz as they play Northern Colorado in 2012. You get to fly with the team, hotel accommodations, tickets to the game and $5,000! Visit teamupmontana.com for more information. Bullard says, “We have the ability to truly make a difference in the lives of Montanans battling cancer. It takes a team effort and you can be a part of that team. On Oct., 29th – Be loud – wear pink – and support Team up Montana!”

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event Tickets available at the MSo Hub for october 2011

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ylie & the Wild West: W Friday, Oct 7

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agle 93 & Budwesier – E Montana Songwriters festival: Saturday, Oct 8

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iranda Lambert Concert: M Tuesday, Oct 11

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ontana Wine and Beer Festival: M Friday, Oct 28

rizzly Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony: G Friday, Oct 14

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ound of Music Sing-a-long: S Saturday, Oct 29

ive Finger Death Punch Concert: F Monday, Oct 24, 2011

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Griz Football vs UNC: Oct 1, 2011

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Griz Football vs PSU: Oct 15, 2011

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Griz Football vs WSU: Oct 29, 2011

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Fashion

destination missoula the heart of missoula

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ocated on the Clark Fork River and home to a historic district is downtown Missoula. Known for its charming brick buildings, locally owned coffee shops and a pedestrian friendly environment, downtown is also making a name for itself as the hub of fashion in Missoula. While downtown Missoula has long been a hot spot for shopping, during the last few years it’s been steadily earning its reputation as the place to spend the day shopping with your girlfriends and perusing local shops. And it’s no wonder. With nearly 80 new businesses opening in the last two to three years, it offers the most extensive options for shopping and dining in the city, whether you’re looking for the perfectly tailored suit, classic piece of jewelry or the season’s hippest new styles. But the best part: it has heart. Julie Hilley, owner of MkLAREN agrees. She opened her boutique on Higgins Avenue in downtown in April of 2008. And you better believe its location was intentional. “There is no better place to be that downtown Missoula,“ said Hilley. “The heart of Missoula is located downtown, so that’s where I wanted the shop to be.” Plus, it’s an area of Montana that’s looked to for the latest trends. “Downtown Missoula is a fashion destination because Missoulians tend to be on the cutting edge,” said Paige Livingston, owner of One Eleven. “We’re a liberal, artfocused community and I think we have a lot of flexibility and imagination.” Helping create the atmosphere of community in downtown is the Missoula Downtown Association, a private, nonprofit, membership-based organization that works to support and enhance the vitality of the downtown area. “People are drawn to downtown for a variety of reasons,” said Linda McCarthy, Executive Director of the Missoula Downtown Association. “It’s beautiful,

clean, busy, fun, exciting and enjoyable. Plus, it’s a great place for new entrepreneurs.” MkLAREN is in good company with other local shops, like One Eleven, Nolita, Clover, The Green Light, Mood, Betty’s Divine, Zoo City Apparel, Station 26, Desmonds, MSO Hub, Cloth & Crown and Betty’s Divine on the Hip Strip. Each shop has its own style of fashion, ranging from higher end investment pieces to fitted blazers and ofthe-minute seasonal styles. “We have a fabulous assortment of boutiques in downtown Missoula,” said Hilley. “Each owner has their own personality that lends itself to offering shoppers a great variety of choices. We complement one another with being very unique in our selection of fashions.” And while downtown Missoula offers outdoor dining, live music and recreation on the Clark Fork River and Kim Williams Trail, it has an added benefit: gift cards. “Gift cards make great gifts because sometimes it can be difficult to find the right fit for the recipient and the choices are varied and abundant,” said McCarthy. “Plus, the variety of consumer choices associated with the gift card is much greater than any other option in the state of Montana.” Downtown gift cards are available at the MDA Office at 218 East Main and are redeemable at more than 160 businesses who are members of the Missoula Downtown Association. It’s safe to say that downtown Missoula will continue to grow and solidify itself as the place to shop for locals and visitors, especially as many stores reach out to customers through trunk shows, participation in First Friday Gallery Night and hands-on work with their clientele. “We love our customers,” said Hilley. “We strive very hard to make it fun to shop. I have always felt that customer service is preeminent to good businesses. If you offer the best it comes back to you in many ways.” After all, shopping is not just for the fashion. It’s also for the fun of it.

“ Downtown Missoula is a fashion destination because... We’re a liberal, art-focused community and I think we have a lot of flexibility and ~Paige Livingston, owner of One Eleven imagination.”

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Clover Studio earrings

Betty’s Divine shoes

Clover Studio belt

FALL IN LOVE WITH ACCESSORIES By Taylar Robbins Betty’s Divine necklace One Eleven purse

Sunday, October 2, 2011

music

in missoula

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PUDDLE OF MUDD Tuesday, Nov. 29, Wilma Theatre

ansas City’s Puddle of Mudd is a driving force of modern rock. Their major-label debut “Come Clean” has sold over 5 million copies. With countless number 1 hits in mainstream rock charts and over 9 million records sold to date, Puddle of Mudd doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. Two decades of music has left Puddle of Mudd as one of the most prominent bands in current hard rock. Their most recent cover album release, “Re:(disc)overed”, focuses on songs of the past. The band plans to re-release their two first albums, “Stuck” and “Abrasive”, in late 2011. Puddle of Mudd’s highly anticipated upcoming tour has fans biting at the chomps for more. Their new tour has Doug Ardito rejoining the lineup in what is expected to be a tour for the ages. Doors - 7:00 p.m. • Show - 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $25.00 General Admission Tickets are available at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 877-4-FLY-TIX, Online at www.Ticketfly.com or www.KnittingFactory.com. Produced By Knitting Factory Presents – www.KnittingFactory.com General Admission, All Ages

BATTLES Tuesday, Oct. 11, Wilma Theatre

OCTOBER NOVEMBER MIRANDA LAMBERT Tuesday, October 11, Adams Center Performs, 7:30 p.m., University of Montana, Adams Center, $32.25-$47.25 plus fees. Tickets available GrizTix outlets including the Adams Center Box Office, The Source at the University Center, Worden’s Market, Southgate Mall and the MSO Hub, www.griztix.com or 1-888-MONTANA.

Five Finger Death Punch Saturday, October 24, Adams Center With special guests All That Remains, Hatebreed and Rev Theory, 7:30 p.m., University of Montana, Adams Center, $29.75. Tickets available at GrizTix.com, 1-888-MONTANA, MSO Hub, and The Source at the University Center

Leon Russell

Monday, October 26, Adams Center

ussell began his musical career at the age of 14 in the nightclubs of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his group The Starlighters, which included J.J. Cale, Chuck attles is comprised of drummer John Stanier of Helmet and Tomahawk, guitarist/ Blackwell and Johnny Williams, were instrumental in creating the style of music keyboardist Ian Williams of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress, guitarist David known as the Tulsa Sound. After settling in Los Angeles, he studied guitar with Konopka of Lynx. All members bring their honed-in musical skills of past glory to James Burton. Known mostly as a session musician early in his career, as a solo artist he Battles. The Tras and EP C EPs were both released in June 2004 on Cold Sweat and has crossed genres to include rock and roll, blues, and gospel music, playing with artists Monitor respectively. The B EP followed on Dim Mak in September 2004. The Atlas EP as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, George Harrison, Delaney Bramlett, Ringo Starr, Doris Day, followed in early 2007, followed in turn by the band’s proper full-length debut, Mirrored, Elton John, Eric Clapton, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Badfinger, Tijuana in May 2007. Brass, Frank Sinatra, The Band, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, and The Rolling Stones. As a member of Phil Spector’s studio group, Russell played on many of the most Doors - 7:00 p.m. • Show - 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $16.00 General Admission popular songs of the 1960s, including some by The Byrds, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Tickets are available at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 877-4-FLY-TIX, Bobby “Boris” Pickett, and Herb Alpert. He can be seen in 1964’s “The T.A.M.I. Show”, Online at www.Ticketfly.com or www.KnittingFactory.com. playing piano with “The Wrecking Crew” (an informal name for the top L.A. session Produced By Knitting Factory Presents – www.KnittingFactory.com musicians of the 1960s), sporting short, dark, slicked-back hair, in contrast to his later General Admission, All Ages look. Soon after, he was hired as Snuff Garrett’s assistant/creative developer, playing on numerous #1 singles, including “This Diamond Ring” by Gary Lewis and the Playboys. He played xylophone and bells on the 1966 single “The Joker Went Wild”, sung by Brian Hyland and penned by Bobby Russell (no relation to Leon). He also worked sessions with Dorsey Burnette and Glen Campbell on Campbell’s 1967 album Gentle on My Mind, where he was credited as “Russell Bridges” on piano. and multi-instrumentalist Beau Charron.

Performs, 8 p.m., UM, University Theatre, $29.50 in advance, $32 day of show. Tickets available at Adams Center, Southgate Mall, The Source, Worden’s, MSO Hub 243-4051 or griztix.com

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Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe with Special Guest: Anders Osborne

Thursday, Nov. 3, Wilma Theatre

arl Denson has led a storied career as a multifaceted recording and performing artist who first came to prominence as a member of Lenny Kravitz’ band debuting on his first release, Let Love Rule, and staying on for the next five years. While developing a following overseas, he joined Fred Wesley’s band, touring and recording with him on multiple releases. This led to five straight ahead jazz albums by Denson on Minor Music, the last of which was released to rave reviews and featured Karl in a trio setting with Miles Davis alumni Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. In 1993, Denson joined DJ Greyboy in creating Greyboy Records and released the legendary acid jazz staple, Freestylin. Out of that collaboration, Denson formed The Greyboy Allstars, which became world renowned as the ultimate groove band, spreading their “West Coast Boogaloo” style worldwide. Denson took this formula to the next level by putting more emphasis on vocals and adding some funk, R&B and hip hop elements. It turned out to be a winning combination, which set KDTU on the top of the heap in the touring world from 1999 through 2005, selling over 250,000 records to date. “My style is based in dance,” shares Denson. “I love the idea of creating something that naturally makes people want to move.” KDTU has headlined and performed at U.S. Festivals including Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, All Good Music Festival, Wakarusa Music Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival and many more. Global festival appearances include the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, North Sea Jazz festival in Holland, Moscow Jazz Festival in Russia, East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in Australia and the Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe has shared the stage with acts as diverse as Jack Johnson, D’Angelo, James Brown, Dave Matthews Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Allman Brothers, Keene and Maroon 5. Denson’s latest release, Brother’s Keeper, continues his artistic evolution fusing sounds from Rock to Funk to Afrobeat. Meshell Ndegeocello (bass) and Marc Ford (guitar, Black Crowes, Ben Harper) are just some of the special guests on the album. Denson notes, “I’m not one to live in the past. I am very much a forward thinker. Brother’s Keeper is a continuation of my general worldview, which is that we should be loving each other, having fun and taking care of one another.” He concludes, “This record is the culmination of all my life’s work up until now.”

Doors - 7:00 p.m. • Show - 8:00 p.m. Tickets On Sale NOW: $22.00 General Admission. All ages. Tickets are available at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 877-4-FLY-TIX, Online at www.Ticketfly.com or www.KnittingFactory.com. Produced By Knitting Factory Presents.

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Friday, Nov. 11, Wilma Theatre

haron Jones was born Sheron Lafaye Jones in Augusta, Georgia on May 4, 1956. Her mother moved to Brooklyn soon thereafter, however Jones was sent down south for a few months every year to stay with her family. As a child, she and her brothers would imitate the songs and dances of James Brown, who shared their hometown. Like many rhythm and blues entertainers, she began performing in church at a very young age where her voice would find a lifelong home and inspiration. As a teenager in the early nineteen seventies, she began singing outside of the church in talent shows and with local funk groups. Later she would make her living with a combination of sporadic session work as a mostly anonymous voice on various dance records (sometimes credited as Lafaye Jones), singing with wedding bands, and a handful of day jobs which included stints as both a prison guard at New York’s notorious Riker’s Island, and an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank. In 1996, she was called in to sing back-up at a Desco Records studio session for 70s soul legend Lee Fields. 100 Days, 100 Nights, slated for a much anticipated release in September of this year, is arguably their greatest achievement to date. With much more extensive songwriting and arranging contributions from the members of the band, the songs take more distinct and well-crafted forms, enabling a deeper more soulful return to traditional Rhythm and Blues roots. However, it is the raw fire and soul which Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings consistently pour into their music that will make this record an irreplaceable part of many people’s lives.

Doors - 7:00 p.m. Show - 8:00 p.m. Tickets On Sale NOW: $22.00 General Admission. All ages. Tickets are available at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 877-4-FLY-TIX, Online at www.Ticketfly.com or www.KnittingFactory.com. Produced By Knitting Factory Presents.

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THE

SPORTS PAGE

Do you consider yourself a sports nut?…junkie?…fanatic?…crazy? Well if you do, then this monthly feature column is for you. Our team of “sportoholics” are going to bring you a monthly feature on the cultural side of sports. Those neurotic endeavors that only true sports fans appreciate or even understand. Maybe we will give you a new way to appreciate sports that will make your family roll their eyes at you as if you have reached a new low. Or we will just give you a reason to smile knowing that you are not the only one that does the crazy things you do in the name of being a fan. Heck, you may even show this column to your spouse once or twice to prove you’re not alone.

Twitter gives sports fanatics instant

Satisfaction T

o help you get started, we offer you the following suggestions of Twitter accounts you should follow immediately for the best in sports news and gossip:

General Espn - @espn NCAA - @NCAA

Baseball Major League Baseball - @MLB Buster Olney - @Buster_ESPN Keith Law - @keithlaw

Football Adam Schefter, ESPN @AdamSchefter Chris Mortensen, ESPN @mortreport John Clayton, ESPN @ClaytonESPN Fantasy News @NFL_FantasyNews

Basketball NBA @NBA

Hockey Bob McKenzie, TSN @TSNBobMcKenzie Pierre LeBrun, ESPN @Real_ESPNLeBrun

Local University of Montana - @UMGRIZZLIES Missoula Osprey - @ospreybaseball Missoulian - @missoulian

o have you caught the social media bug? Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, & Youtube are just some of the more popular social media platforms out there searching for your time and devotion. However, maybe your like me, one of the last remaining holdouts. I mean really…why would I want to open my life to every “Joe” out there in the online universe? Katie Couric said it best, “No one gives a rat’s ass whether I’m about to eat a tuna sandwich.” Well sports fans, I found a reason to go to the dark side! If only I would have found out the power of microblogging sooner. I may have actually won my fantasy football league last year. I might have saved money on that big college football game I went to and paid full price for. Heck, I may have even sounded smarter among my friends when we were having one of those “which team is better” debates. The possibilities are endless for the benefits this new found treasure has brought into my sports life. Long live Twitter! Yes, its true. I am now devoted to Twitter. It started so innocently two months ago. Took only a few minutes really. A sports news website teased me at the Major Baseball trading deadline to check out a well informed writer who had up to the minute trade gossip on Twitter. So I logged on, created an account, and got hooked. It was so easy, even for a technological goof like me. Two hours later, I was “following” (see I even speak the language now) well over 30 different Twitter accounts in all sports. The trading deadline, although still important to me,

By ace was not even the priority anymore. I was following it all…. baseball, hockey, football, college…you name it. And it wasn’t just journalists. It was teams, schools, bloggers, fans, and anyone or thing that was associated with my sports interests. Twitter is now firmly entrenched in the sports landscape. Every major sports team or franchise is tweeting. Most every major sports journalist or news outlet has a twitter presence. Many of the players or athletes are using twitter. Colleges and Alumni are tweeting. You get the idea. The bottom line is you decide who or what you want to follow. Every tweet of those you choose comes on your screen and you don’t have to tweet back. You can just take it all in. The content is rich with real time in game updates, features, opinions, promotions, and breaking news. I use it for sports news. Need to know if that running back is going to play with a sore knee? Follow the right person and you will probably know before that fantasy team lineup is due on Sunday morning. Want to know the starting lineup for your favorite baseball team prior to the game starting? I bet your team tweeted it early in the day. Desire to be the first to know where the big Free Agent is going to sign? Chances are, he tweeted his choice before the big media outlets reported it. Now I have to warn you this is addicting. Twitter is not for the faint hearted. If you do it right, no sports fan can tweet just once. After all, how else are you going to get a leg up on the competition to win that fantasy football league of yours?

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featuring live music by

Tom Catmull and the Clerics Thursday, October 6 / 6-9pm Florence Hotel / Governor’s Ballroom music / dancing / no-host bar / hors d’oeuvres raffle / door prizes / silent auction

FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE IN MONTANA

Planned Parenthood of Montana Benefit Dance

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presents

Cirque Mechanics: Boom Town Sunday, October 9 3pm and 7:30pm Hamilton Performing Arts Center

Boom Town is full of the lore and adventure of the Old West. Revel in the excitement & wonder at the astounding acrobatics! For more info call 363.7946 or visit www.bARTc.org.

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