November Corridor

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Missoula printmaker Jack Metcalf turns his studio into an open-ended performance space each First Friday music: comic actor jeff daniels is serious about songwriting music: missoula symphony gets romantic

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iving in downtown Missoula has its tradeoffs. Your apartment may be tiny, but Caras Park is your backyard.

“It’s spacious and the rent’s not any higher because of it, so that’s nice,” said Lindee, sitting on the left. She was enjoying a crisp fall afternoon with Hazel, a Missoula newcomer.

Lindee has found her home in Missoula. She came to Missoula because her sister was living here and she wanted to see her and help out with her niece. But she had a plan. “I was going to stay in Missoula where it’s cheap to live for six months, learn Spanish, learn to ride a bike and go bicycling across South America. And now it’s six years later and I’m still here.”

Meanwhile, Hazel’s story is just beginning. A month ago she moved to Missoula from Bozeman, “just because I feel like there is more going on here in terms of music and culture,” she said.

The aspiring tattoo artist, just moved into a feminist collective.

She intends to do some community outreach about feminism, queer theory and gender.

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

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rtist Jack Metcalf prefers to surprise and startle visitors who come to his Missoula studio, Real Good, on First Fridays.

He’s staged fake horse races with a live announcer, Dadaist bingo games, hosted country music singers and more, all while weaving in his instantly recognizable print-making.

Despite its location over on the Westside, far off the beaten path for artwalkers, Real Good has spent its first year cultivating an audience for its interactive exhibitions. In this month’s cover feature, we take a look behind the scenes to see what Metcalf has been getting at all these months.

Classical fans will find plenty to savor in the month of November. The Missoula Symphony Orchestra has lined up Romantic masterworks by Schubert, Beethoven and Prokofiev. In this month’s issue, MSO artistic director Darko Butorac discusses the importance of rhythm in music, and how that

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discipline can be applied to any craft worth mastering. Over at the University of Montana, Philip Aaberg, an acclaimed pianist and Chinook native, will perform.

In this issue, he talks about how the unique sense of place in Montana still influences his music.

Classical isn’t limited to campus area, though. Down in the Bitterroot Valley, two experienced musicians will play “Bitterroot Baroque.” Contemporary dance is making a stop south of Missoula as well, as Bare Bait Dance Company brings its original, evening-length work, “Happier with a Hoover,” to Hamilton.

Up in the Flathead area, meanwhile Polson and Bigfork looking ahead to the holiday season with art walks and the decorating of trees.

Cory Walsh, Editor

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Polson events abound in November and December

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he Polson business community invites everyone to the new Lake County Parade of Lights and downtown open house on Friday, Dec. 4, with special promotions at the local businesses, refreshment and the Crow’s Nest and Sandpiper Art Walk. Businesses will have their share of art, whether it through visual arts, music, collections or food. The Crow’s Nest and the Sandpiper Gallery will be having a festive evening at its galleries on Main Street.

Schools, nonprofits, churches and local civic groups are invited setup along the sidewalks to do fundraising, caroling and awareness of their organizations.

You can also warm up at the bonfire and come chat with your neighbors.

At 6 p.m. the Lake County Parade of Lights will begin on the streets of downtown Polson. If it moves and has lights, it’s an entry. This year’s event will include all of Lake County and be a huge community event showcasing what the county has to offer. Trophies and prizes will be awarded. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive at the parade and light the downtown Christmas tree at Glacier Bank. Elves will be handing out bags of fruit and nuts for the children.

For more details on the parade, please call Jackie at 883-5800 or stop by Jackie M’s Footwear and pickup an entry form.

The holiday raffle is also in full swing at the participating downtown Polson businesses with your purchases counting towards winning one of four $500 gift boxes full of gift certificates from the participating businesses. The drawing will be Thursday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. in front of Jackie M Footwear.

The open house will continue on Saturday, Dec. 5, with lots of great businesses to shop, wonderful restaurants to eat in and the view of beautiful Flathead Lake.

Here are some additional events that happening: The Ninepipes Museum Fall Bluegrass Gala to support the Ninepipes Museum, will be on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 7-9 p.m. at the Leon Community Clubhouse featuring Leftover Biscuits. Food and refreshments will be served from 5:30-6:30 with beer and wine available to purchase. Contact Kathy at 644-3435.

Mission Valley Live presents Chinook Winds on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Ronan Performing Arts Center. The professional resident wind quintet of the Great Falls Symphony has been praised for its excellent choice of literature, technical proficiency and wonderful artistry. On Friday, Dec. 11, Jason Farnham will perform at Polson High School. His music has been described as a mix of George Winston, Victor Borge, Beethoven and Schroeder from “Peanuts.” Email Missionvalleylive@gmail.com or call 887-2739.

“Night at the Museum” – Thursday, Nov. 12 . Featuring “America Over There: America’s involvement in WWI, the war to end all wars,” plus a tour of rare artifacts revolving around this subject. Then on Thursday, Dec. 10, there’s “Tora-Tora-Tora,” three days after the remembrance of the “day that will live in infamy” plus a tour of related artifacts in the museum display. At the Miracle of America Museum, Highway 93 outside Polson at 6:30 p.m.; Gil at 883-6264 for more information.

The Sandpiper Art and Gift Gallery will have its holiday show and sale from Monday, Nov. 16, through Thursday, Dec. 24. Sandpiper Gallery members present a large selection of art and crafts for all your holiday decorating, giftgiving and celebrations. For more information, go to Sandpiperartgallery.com.

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or more than three decades, the quaint little village of Bigfork, tucked away on the northeastern shore of Flathead Lake, has been home to one of the most charming holiday traditions around – the Elves Decorating Day and the Holiday Art Walk. A surprising number of people unfamiliar with the village drive right by Bigfork, assuming that the businesses lining Highway 35 are all there is to the town. Nothing could be further from the truth, as just a half mile east of the highway lies Electric Avenue, the nucleus of this vibrant community. In just a few blocks, you will find unique shops, world-class restaurants, a performing arts center renowned for its summer playhouse and seasonal community theater, and, at last count, 14 galleries displaying everything from significant Western art to photographs to contemporary jewelry designs. To drive by is to miss one of Montana’s true gems.

Over 30 years ago, a group of locals decided that they should coordinate the holiday decorations, and started a tradition that now spans an entire day of festivities. On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, locals and visitors of all ages meet at the Bigfork Inn at 8 a.m. for coffee, cocoa and donuts, and then split up into teams to transform the town into Montana’s Christmas Village. Each and every building is draped with live evergreen garland wrapped with colored lights – nearly all upgraded to LEDs now. Small pine trees are dressed with red velvet bows and tied to lampposts and pillars. Several dozen hand-painted wooden “elves” are hung in strategic locations, and a 40-foot tree is erected and decorated

in front of Bjorge’s Gallery, at the north end of Electric Avenue. In just a few hours, it’s all done and the Elves gather at the Garden Bar to warm up with a bowl of chili. Some stay, while others head off to different venues for the Grizzly-Bobcat game, always held on this very same day.

At 4 p.m. the stage is set for the next event in this jam-packed day – the Holiday Art Walk. Galleries and retail shops alike – now fully decorated – open their doors for an evening of festivities including live music, painting demonstrations, fine art, strolling carolers and refreshments. There’s something to be had for nearly everyone, whether you’re searching for stocking stuffers or a grand painting to hang over the fireplace. And, of course you’re always more than welcome just to look if you’re not in a buying mood. At 7p.m., the shops empty out and everyone heads out on the street to the town tree at Bjorge’s, which is ceremonially lit after a live reading of Clement Moore’s classic, “A Visit from St. Nick.” A few Christmas carols later, friends and family make their way home, full of the joy of the season. All are welcome at each and every event held on this day, so consider making the drive to Bigfork and kick off your holiday in a grand fashion.

For a complete list of holiday events, go to the Flathead Valley section of the calendar in this month’s Corridor.

- Courtesy of Derek Vandeberg of Bigfork

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Missoula-based artist MaryAnn Bonjorni’s mixedmedia sculpture, “Upper and Lower worlds,” will be on display at the Missoula Art Museum for her exhibition, “Legends are History.” photo courtesy of mam

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aryAnn Bonjorni is, in no particular order, a painter, drawer, sculptor, educator, and cowgirl. In fact Bonjorni’s 25 years of working as a range rider, ranch hand, and professor equally informs her artmaking and locally known public persona. She has taught in the University of Montana’s School of Art for the past 22 years and inspired hundreds of students and young artists with her passion for creative expression. MAM is proud to present this local artist who has worked with consistency and zeal in the Missoula art community for more than two decades.

Bonjorni’s visual language is distinct — she combines and re-appropriates found objects and painting to create work that explores the romance, customs, and everyday lore of the West. The found objects are secondhand kitsch and run the gamut of taxidermy animal parts to Virgin Mary statues, trophies, or puzzles. Bonjorni challenges the institution of painting with the combination of these objects onto a two-dimensional surface framed like a traditional painting.

The works hang on the wall and are viewed as a traditional painting, but the two-dimensional picture plane is shattered in the vein of Robert Rauschenberg’s combine paintings.

Bonjorni is known best for her attention commanding large-scale works, but the 16 works that make up the “Legends Are History” series are on a much smaller scale and fit perfectly into MAM’s Morris and Helen Silver Gallery.

Her deliberate and disciplined work ethic results in a tight series of work that requires contemplation. Taut formal compositions hold the sparse elements of each artwork together. The innate symbolism of the found objects used produces tension between each other within the confines of the frame and creates an open narrative. In her artist statement, Bonjorni concludes, “These works do not present ideas about utopia or a particular agenda about who we are and what we do as Westerners because, in my view, we have and continue to botch the deal and that is why, ultimately, these works are admittedly tragic and a little bit sad.”

“Legends Are History” is a traveling exhibition that is touring the state through the Montana Art Gallery Director’s Association and was organized by the Gallery of Visual Arts at the University of Montana. It will be on display at the MAM from First Friday, Nov. 6, through Jan. 2. There will be an artist reception on First Friday from 5-8 p.m., and a gallery talk the next day at 7 p.m. Both are free.

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Human body in motion has much to offer, for experts and newbies

By Pamela Erickson

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ecently, I was speaking with a male friend over a beer after work and mentioned the upcoming dance concerts in Hamilton.

His response to my inquiry was “Oh no, I don’t go to the dance concerts. I just do not get it.”

Of course, I encouraged him to try again, hoping that this next concert could convert him to the wonder of watching the human body move in unusual ways, whether there is an easily accessible interpretation or not.

When we dance enthusiasts see a dance concert we have a background of experience to place the concert within an acquired artistic framework. I have to confess that although I am a lifelong dancer and a dance teacher for over 30 years, I often get caught up in ridiculously small details and can miss the point of an entire dance. At those times, I am both chagrined at my own ineptitude and impressed with the questions and the analysis of dances that audience members articulate in the “talk-back” sessions after performances. First-time attendees can make the most astute observations and ask the most probing questions.

My advice to anyone first experiencing dance or attending yet again to see if they could enjoy a dance concert is to first relax and allow the visual and sound aspects wash over you. Experiencing art by allowing the form to just sink

in is the first step to understanding. So go to the theater, the art galleries and museums, the symphony, and to dance concerts. Maybe you will get drawn in to an experience of a lifetime.

In Hamilton, we have the opportunity to see an easily understood and thoroughly enjoyable concert of modern dance presented by Bare Bait Dance on Nov. 14.

Bare Bait Dance is a professional contemporary modern dance company based in Missoula. Now in its fifth season, BBD is touring “Happier with a Hoover,” artistic director Joy French’s latest evening-length dance concert.

The show takes a humorous and nostalgic look on feminine fixations, societal expectations of beauty, and passé advice from self-help pioneers in the 1960s.

A playful but poignant tribute to women’s struggle for perfection, “Happier with a Hoover” will charm audiences of all ages.

Bare Bait Dance will present “Happier with a Hoover” on Saturday, Nov. 14, at River Street Theater, 421 N. Second St., Hamilton. Tickets are available at Chapter One Bookstore or at the door. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 seniors, and $8 for students.

Pamela Erickson is owner of the River Street Theater

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Girl Waits With Gun

by Amy Stewart Based on a true story, Stewart brings us the tale of the formidable Kopp sisters and their assertive response to repeated harassment from a malicious factory owner.

“Girl Waits With Gun” contains plenty of suspense to hold the plot together, but a mild enough storyline to showcase the memorable eccentricities of the characters. You’ll be anticipating a sequel by the last page.

[FICTION; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, September 2015, $27.00, hardcover]

Furiously Happy

by Jenny Lawson Jenny Lawson returns with a follow-up to her first memoir with the sort of twisted and effortless humor that will make you spit out whatever drink you’re consuming, warrant a box of tissues nearby, and lead you to question your own sanity. Who better to tackle a topic like mental illness than a collector of costumed roadkill?

[MEMOIR; Flatiron Books, September 2015, $26.99, hardcover]

Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show

by Daniel de Vise The perfect holiday gift for your aunt, uncle, grandma, or hipster niece, this well-written, often eloquent chronicle is just what fans of the show have waited for. There are more surprises here than you might expect, and de Vise doesn’t skimp on the details. While a full-length biography of the great Don Knotts is yet to appear, this book is the closest we have, and every fan of “The Andy Griffith Show” – and the great actors and writers who made it come alive – will treasure it.

[BIOGRAPHY; Simon and Schuster, Nov. 2015, $26.00, hardcover]

Girl In the Woods: A Memoir

By Shakespeare and Company’s Kim Hutcheson and Garth Whitson

by Aspen Matis The title is apt, because this author really was a girl – just a sheltered-her-whole-life college freshman –when this story unfolded. Raped in a dorm room by an acquaintance her second night of college, Matis dropped out the next spring (this was 2009, three years before Cheryl Strayed’s book “Wild” appeared) to heal herself by walking the entire Pacific Crest Trail. Do we need another memoir about the PCT? Perhaps so. An extraordinarily well-written, searching book by a young woman, for young women.

[MEMOIR; William Morrow, Sep. 2015, $24.99, hardcover]

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polsonchamber.com or call (406)-883-5969 photo by Pete Ramberg “Think Snow” Exhibit of tools and toys of winter. Rare snow vehicles pre-owned by Glacier Park, horse drawn sleighs, ice harvesting, kids toys.

Great Selection of Refrigerators

Downtown Polson, Montana ART WALK and the PARADE OF LIGHTS 6 pm, Main Street

Friday Evening Dec. 4, 2015

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Demonstrations, Drawings, Bonfire, Pictures with Santa, Special Promotions, Refreshments, Music, Dance

Great Family Fun!

Lake County Parade of Lights

36094 Memory Lane - Polson, MT • 3/4 Mi S of US 93 & Mt 35 Jct.

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This fabulous, energetic and fun Quintet are resident wind quintet of the Great Falls Symphony since 1992. Their performances have been praised for their excellent choice of literature, technical proficiency and wonderful artistry.

November 11 at Ronan Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Questions? email missionvalleylive@gmail.com or call 887-2739. Tickets may be purchased at R&R Healthcare Solutions, Ronan True Value, First Interstate Bank, or The Vine & Tap

For entries in Parade Jackie 883-5800

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November Events Each Wednesday - WOW Wednesday Wine Tasting at Vine & Tap, downtown Polson 6 p.m.

Each Thursday - Diane Torres on the Piano at Finley Point Grill 6:30-8:30 pm in dining room Each Friday - Doug & Debbie Karaoke at Sports Page, Polson, MT 9 pm November 7 - Ninepipes Museum Fall Bluegrass Gala; 644-3435 November 11 - Mission Valley Live Presents “Chinook Winds” at Ronan Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m.; 887-2739 November 11 - Bob Starkel Karaoke at Finley Point Grill, Hwy 35, MM6 at 6 p.m.

November 12 - “Night at the Museum” America Over There; Miracle of America Museum 6:30 pm - FREE; 883-6264 Gil November 12 - Half & Half at Lake Bar, Hwy 93 7:30 pm November 13 & 14 - Lucky 13 SALE downtown Polson. Watch for Lucky 13 Poster in store windows!

November 16 - Holiday Show and Sale at Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery November 18 - Kens Country Combo at Polson Elks 7-10 pm Nov 19 & 20 - Mission Bay Christmas Gift Store 2 p.m. each day; 312 Montana Landing Polson; 883-5139

Art Walk and Christmas Specials December 4 & 5 Downtown Polson

November 19 - High School Open Mic 6-8:30; adults 8:30 at Lake Bar, Hwy 93 November 24 - Bob Starkel Karaoke at East Shore Smokehouse 6 p.m., Hwy 35 November 25 - Lil’ Gladys at Lake Bar, Hwy 93 7:30 p.m.

November 28 - Flathead Lake Cheese OPEN HOUSE 10-4 pm, Off Hwy 93 Polson, MT November 28 - SHOP SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

Lake County Parade of Lights December 4 6 pm Downtown Polson If it has lights and moves it’s an entry. Showcase all Lake County has to offer!

Non-profits, churches, civic organizations, school groups - you can come setup Friday 4-6 and Saturday 10-4 on sidewalks for Downtown Polson at no charge to share information about your organization or do some fundraising.

Parade info contact Jackie 883-5800

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AT 4 P.M. Locally Sourced Ingredients Catering Available Locally Crafted Montana Brews Package Liquor Store Each Thursday 6:30 - 8:30 Diane Torres Piano Music November 11 - What about Bob Karaoke 6 p.m.

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Hayrides, trolley, great prizes!

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Go to Jackie M’s Footwear, Vine & Tap and the UPS Store to enter into the drawing, each time you spend $250.00. Drawing will be held December 17 at 5 p.m. in front of Jackie M’s Footwear, Main Street, downtown Polson.

Purchases count from October 9 through December 17 at 5 p.m.

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Skill Slapstick Jeff Daniels, best known for his comedic acting, takes songwriting and live performance seriously.

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usic isn’t all fun and games to actor Jeff Daniels.

Best known for his role as Harry Dunne opposite Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas in the “Dumb and Dumber” movies, Daniels believes that music is no laughing matter – or, at least, not totally.

If art is the process of constant testing to see whether a person is doing an action genuinely or whether they are a phony – Daniels’ sincerity passes muster. He respects the craft of storytelling, adores acoustic guitars (he has an eponymous signature edition), and he has been experimenting with harmony ever since he anxiously awaited the results of acting calls in New York City.

“It’s a battle and I acknowledge it,” said Daniels, 60. “It’s the big elephant in the room. I am known for ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ and now I’m doing this. I need to figure out how to challenge the audience and deliver, because many of them who are out there, they don’t expect me to be very good.

“An actor with a guitar, well, that’s a tough sell and it generally doesn’t work. I guess the barrier would be that lots of actors and others have tried their hand in music. Burt Reynolds. Telly Savalas. Terry Bradshaw. William Shatner. I spent 25 years just playing with friends, playing on the back porch, before I ever played out. Others have tried it, and people stayed away in droves.”

Music is not one of Daniels’ short-term projects. A theatre and drama major in college in his home state of Michigan, he eventually gravitated to New York in 1976, where he acted on and off Broadway. He arrived with a Guild D-40 from Herb David’s Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and an old Buick. After 25 years as a closet singer, songwriter and student of the guitar, in 2001, Daniels took to the stage for the first time as a musician to play a fundraiser for the Purple Rose Theatre Company, a nonprofit theater group he founded in Michigan in the early 1990s.

“I remember seeing my first concert at the Bottom Line in New York,” said Daniels, the son of a small-town Michigan lumber company owner and mayor. “I saw Arlo Guthrie. And at the time, there were a lot of musicians who were into storytelling, like Arlo Guthrie, and who were very funny. Back then, it was okay for musicians to entertain and be funny.

“At one point, my guitar became my best friend. It kept me sane in a very insane business. The business has a lot of loneliness, depression and rejection. You are struggling with something that you want, but you just don’t get. You swear it’s going to work – and it doesn’t. It was a time when the only person who believed in me was me. You would sit in a room on 23rd Street and just question why you were even there. And for me, the guitar was the calm at the center of the storm.”

Daniels’ approach to music is fundamentally uncalculated, almost Zen-like; he is achieving without trying to achieve anything. In 2001, Daniels started playing a 1934 Martin C-2 archtop whose broken top had been replaced with a soundboard of Adirondack spruce, in effect converting it into an orchestra model. Since then he has released six CDs, recorded approximately 80 originals, and has been on the road with his son, Ben, traveling and playing hard. And perhaps most importantly, every step of the journey he has been receptive to learning.

“You can’t do 17 serious songs,” said Daniels, “especially if you are the guy from ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ ” said Daniels.

“You have to be able to be funny, and you either know how to do it or you don’t. You can do something funny and segue into “Grandfather’s Hat,” where the laughter has relaxed and softened the audience. ” Now a good artist tries to do whatever his art is without calculation, without affection – and Daniels’ guitar picking and conversational storytelling is natural and spontaneous. His songs can be touching, funny, or good old-fashioned screwball.

It’s evident that Daniels has plenty to express, an overabundance of feelings to convey.

“I’ve got about 300 songs that have stayed in the notebook for a reason,” said Daniels. “There are some that you don’t think would be of any interest, but they end up being part of the show. You learn to write bad ones to get to the good ones.”

Adjusting to the lifestyle, the ups and downs, and the schedule of the musician hasn’t been too hard of an adaption.

“I’ve been on the road for 20 years,” said Daniels. “They don’t shoot movies at my house. And it’s great to be playing a different part of the country every night.”

Daniels said that music provides him with a distinct sense of freedom and self-regulation that sets the medium apart from the movie industry.

“As an actor, you are at the mercy of other people and you are always waiting to decide if you are good enough,” said Daniels. “With music, you are not waiting for anyone else’s approval. And the songs have to work. When you are shooting a film, you may think it’s good, you may know it’s good, but when it’s over, it’s over when they say cut and wrap. And when the movie comes out – it’s there movie. You realize that it is no longer yours anymore. It’s theirs. The acting business is inconsistent, what works, what doesn’t. Your songs are constant and your songs you can keep.

Daniels speaks affectionately about guitars and music and of his respect for the technique of songwriting, and he has no delusions of grandeur when explaining what he can and can’t deliver.

“I’m not James Taylor or Bruce Springsteen or someone who you would want to hear their greatest hits,” said Daniels. “I don’t have that. People are generally hearing all of it for the first time.”

Daniels said that creativity is greater than inactivity and that imagination and full presence are the true order of things.

“It really is all about that night, that crowd, that show, and the right here and right now,” said Daniels. “I’m excited to be living an artistic, creative life. Others’ definition for success doesn’t interest me. If it works, it’s gold.”

All awkwardness in art is a kind of hesitation. In the performance of any art, the artist must get rid of their hesitation.

Daniels is still shaking off any sentiments of self-doubt. That may sound strange considering that he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: “Terms of Endearment” (1983), “The Hours” (2002) and “Good Night, and Good Luck” (2005). But, ultimately, people want to know if he is an actor who makes music or a musician who acts?

“I’m a guy who is interested in changing things up,” said “When I was acting in New York, I liked it when every character was a different character. In Hollywood, you don’t see that, they want Tom Cruise to be Tom Cruise. I’ve enjoyed the different roles, from ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and ‘Gettysburg’ (role of Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain). After I received the Emmy for ‘The Newsroom’ (and the part of Will McAvoy), 36 hours later, I was beginning the shooting for ‘Dumb and Dumber To.’ It is all for the fun and the joy and the art of it.”

Jeff Daniels appears at the Top Hat Lounge on Nov. 15. Tickets are sold out. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Go to tophatlounge.com for ticket information.

Brian D’Ambrosio lives and writes in Helena. He is the author of “Warrior in the Ring: The Life of Marvin Camel, Native American World Champion Boxer.”

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in the Baroque Bitterroot Concert features French, German, and early Italian music for violin and harpsichord

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itterroot Baroque and the Ravalli County Museum are co-sponsoring a lively concert of music for violin and harpsichord played by justretired St. Louis Symphony Orchestra violinist Lorraine Glass-Harris (sister of Missoula’s Fern Glass-Boyd) and Missoula harpsichordist Aneta Panusz who plays keyboards for String Orchestra of the

Rockies.

These two Friends will indulge their great love of Baroque music by giving the Hamilton audience a varied program of French, German, and Early Italian music for violin and harpsichord. The program includes some lovely solo French harpsichord music by Jacques Duphly; a sonata by the peerless Italian violinist, Arcangelo Corelli, and moving a generation later – another sonata by the French virtuoso, Jean Baptiste Senaillé. Another treat will be a trip to 17th century Germany and the work of one of Germany’s first virtuosos, Johann Schop, with his hauntingly beautiful working of the Lachrimae Pavan.

The museum makes the concert a particularly festive event with its annual Gallery of Trees and extensive and historic Advent calendar display, much of it right from museum director Tamar Stanley’s expansive family collection. In addition, many community members bring their vintage calendars to add to the display. Newly crafted Advent calendars – some based on historic techniques, some quite modern – created by several local schools and service groups are available at a silent auction. Enjoy both displays and the silent auction, in the

concert hall as you partake of light hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine during the pre-concert reception.

Glass-Harris, violinist, newly retired from a 43-year career with the St. Louis Symphony, has enjoyed an active performance life in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. Specializing in performance on both modern and Baroque violin, Glass-Harris was twice featured as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin and has appeared as guest artist with the Southeast Baroque Trio, the Kingsbury Ensemble, in Symphony Baroque, Rarely Performed Music, and in festivals in France and Canada. With her husband, James Harris, she co-founded L’Esprit de Music, devoted to the performance of the music of the Baroque on period instruments.

Panusz has taught piano and theory at the University of Montana’s School of Music, most recently as adjunct visiting assistant professor. Her expertise is music theory, collaborative piano, and harpsichord performance. Panusz performs regularly as an accompanist for UM faculty and students, and especially enjoys performing Eastern European and early music. She has served as the harpsichordist for the String Orchestra of the Rockies since 2008.

The concert will take place on Friday, Nov. 13, at the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St., in Hamilton. The reception starts at 6 and the performance is at 7. Tickets are $25 general admission and $20 for museum members.

- Courtesy of BitterrootARTS.org

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Pianist and Chester native Philip Aaberg draws on his roots

By Lucy Beighle

Celebrated pianist Philip Aaberg grew up in the small town of Chester. The landscape has always influenced his work.

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alking with Philip Aaberg is like talking to an old friend. A wise and fascinating friend, who just happens to have been nominated for a Grammy and an Emmy for his piano performance and composition.

During a conversation, Aaberg explained his music style, technique and influences, and why his music is described as “capturing the sweeping landscape of the West.”

“I grew up, and still live in, the town of Chester, Montana, population 800, so I was influenced by the clear skies, the rivers and the mountains. I grew up listening to Gregorian chants, rock ‘n’ roll, classical, and I’ve been influenced by all of them. I’ve written and improvised my whole life, so I bring that spirit to classical music. My music is who I am,” he says.

When asked what the audience can expect from his upcoming concert on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the University of Montana, Aaberg mentioned the 11 CDs he has composed and recorded from which he draws pieces. “Depending on how the piano responds and how the audience responds, I choose pieces accordingly.

The root of the word of concert is ‘with’ and I respond to the crowd and to the acoustics.” It is safe to say, therefore, the concert that will take place here has never been performed before and never will be heard again — reason enough to want to go.

Aaberg describes himself as a “composer of place,” and is often commissioned to write site-specific pieces. He was recently commissioned by the Montana Famers Union to write a piece for their 100th anniversary, so he took a piano into a wheat field in the high plains, and composed there. “The views are much

greater, the vistas wider, and the sky plays a big part. There are great differences in landscapes, and that can be represented in music. You can hear a train from 20 miles away crescendo. And the wind is important — I might represent that by fabricating it with a synthesizer, and mountains are more iconic in the distance.

The way you build your melodies is impacted by your landscape. An open landscape, for example, might be represented by an open fifth. If you stand in the river, the sound is changing, it’s not static, that can also be represented musically.”

Aaberg says that when composing a piece about a place he also reads poetry about it, and learns the history. “It all has an impact on the composition,” he says.

“Philip has such universal appeal,” says UM piano faculty member Steven Hesla, who along with faculty member Christopher Hahn was responsible for bringing Aaberg to Missoula as part of the UM School of Music’s Celebrate Piano Series. “His unique style honestly paints an audible picture of Montana — you’ll be able to sit back and envision some of the most beautiful landscapes our state has to offer.”

Philip Aaberg will perform on Nov. 18 in the Dennison Theatre on the University of Montana campus. His concert is the third in the five-part Celebrate Piano Series, starting with two Pianissimo performances, and ending with concerts by Tanya Gabrielian in January, and piano duo Lomazov and Rackers in April. For tickets to Aaberg or for any of the concerts in the Celebrate Piano Series, go to griztix.com, call 406-243-4581, or stop by the UM Arts Box Office.

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Missoula symphony’s November concert features timeless selections

by Lucy Beighle

Violin soloist Yuriy Bekker will perform works by Prokofiev, Schubert and Beethoven with the Missoula Symphony Orchestra.

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he Missoula Symphony Orchestra is performing a concert fit for Valentine’s Day this month, as it returns to the stage for the third concert of the season, “Timeless Romance.” Music director Darko Butorac describes the show as “evocative, expressive and sublime; nothing less than romantic.”

The concert begins with a symphony by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev inspired by the Classical style, meaning the music of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. “Prokofiev writes catchy melodies and exciting, fast music – this is a fun one to open the concert,” says Butorac.

Next up is Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. It was written in 1822, when Schubert was 25 and the two movements are commonly thought to be the best he ever penned. No one really knows why it was not completed, but Butorac has a thought: “One of my teachers shared a beautiful, compelling and poetic theory. In works such as these, Schubert touched the very core of humanity, he went so deep that God had to stop him from going any farther. And so he died at the tender age of 31.” Like Beethoven, the work is dramatic, but more moody, darker, and with gentler contrasts. It is more lyrical, a hallmark of what we now

call Romantic music.

The final piece on the concert is what Butorac describes as “maybe the most sublime thing ever written for the violin.” He describes the Beethoven Violin Concerto as “large,” as there are three movements that cast the soloist dramatically against the orchestra. “It is virtuosic, but at the same time gives numerous opportunities to the soloist to showcase the color of their instrument, with many lyrical, soaring melodies,” he says. “The orchestra does not merely play back up but becomes an equal partner in the dramatic dialogue, forceful and very aggressive at times. Simply, it’s one of the best pieces ever written.”

Joining the orchestra for this piece will be critically acclaimed violin soloist, Yuriy Bekker. “Yuriy is a top-notch performer and musician – this piece is a perfect means to showcase his talent,” says Butorac. And a perfect ending of a romantic concert.

“Timeless Romance” takes place on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Dennison Theatre. For more information on the Missoula Symphony Orchestra or to purchase tickets call 406-721-3194 or go to missoulasymphony.org.

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t don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.”

Irving Willis came up with this memorable lyric for Duke Ellington back in 1931 as a poetic way to perfectly describe the key to a performance that clicks, that grooves, that keeps the listener’s attention from the very first note until the last chord – rhythm.

So much of our lives is based around rhythm.

We define life or death by the pulse of our heartbeat. We like to measure time in equal amounts – we even managed to universally agree on splitting a rotation of the earth into 86,400 equal amounts – in this case, seconds.

We seek rhythm in our lives, we embrace habit, and function best in routines. And now we even have phone apps that measure our circadian rhythms.

And, it is also happens to be the key to mastering an instrument. From a purely technical point of view, playing well is executing a series of physical gestures at a very specific time. Think of playing two different notes on a violin. Our right hand sets the bow above the string, while one of the left hand fingers positions itself perfectly above a give note. The right wrist and arm move in sync and the string begins to vibrate. We reach the end of the bow, the left hand shifts subtly to a new pitch as the right hand initiates a crossing of a string and a new sound is created. That’s quite a complex procedure to just play two sounds. Now imagine a whole piece filled with all kinds of notes, and add articulation, voicing, dynamics and expression on top of that. It is not exactly a walk in the park.

This means we can’t just enjoy music while practicing. We must break down a complex gesture to its minimum bare essentials, and focus on executing them at the exact strike of a metronome – that merciless arbiter of time.

We have to go very slowly at first, perhaps at a quarter of the tempo at which we wish to play the piece. It takes patience, and it is one of the few disciplines that we cannot simply master by Googling.

This is why playing an instrument is so important – it is a great way for a young person to appreciate the attention to detail and patience it takes to hone a craft. And the same lesson can be applied to any skill – analyze the gesture, practice perfect timing slowly, synthesize and get faster.

So next time you want to perfect your jump shot, play the tuba, or figure out how to dice a carrot without going to the emergency room, just sing some Duke Ellington: “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!”

Darko Butorac is in his ninth season as music director of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra.

The MSO’s second concert of the season, “Timeless Romance,” takes place on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Dennison Theatre. For tickets and more information go to missoulasymphony.org, call (406) 721-3194 or visit the office at 320 E. Main St. in Missoula.

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Missoula printmaker Jack Metcalf turns his studio into an open-ended performance space each First Friday

By Cory Walsh Printmaker Jack Metcalf makes multiples of his artwork for installations and performances. These were portraits of his son, Dash. photos by Tommy Martino.

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n First Friday, the most unconventional scene in Missoula’s busy arts community is not far from downtown, on a discreet dead-end block on Hawthorne Street on the Westside.

At Real Good art space, a carnival-like atmosphere with a conceptual bent, is likely taking place in printmaker Jack Metcalf’s rental studio.

He’s built an interactive shooting range, hosted absurdist bingo games, or a Dadaist version of Twister. There was no game mat, only cut-out circles that could be moved during the midst of the game, tying participants into yoga-like poses.

Twice now, he’s invited MaryAnn Bonjorni, a University of Montana art professor, and her “Icon-o-Clash” artists to come and deface (or improve) thrift store paintings.

He hopes to “have the community open up to possibilities that art can be more than an object on the wall, a sculpture on a pedestal, or a performance you sit in a theater and watch,” he wrote in an email. “Typically, I want to find new ways to shift from having passive spectators to active/ willing participants, without seeming forced (though, self-admittedly not always successful).”

He wants to “creat(e) an environment that fosters innovation by blending creative disciplines/ formats in new and exciting ways.”

“All the Pretty Horses,” a game that he’s brought to Butte, was perhaps the most surreal.

It involved a miniature horse-racing track, small enough for two pet rats to “race” at their own pace, live emceeing by a local actor pretending to be “Percival Limburger,” a race-track announcer from Boca Raton, Florida, and betting from the audience.

All of these scenes were surrounded by and emblazoned with Metcalf’s instantly recognizable print and design work, which use humor and sometimes caricature to get his point across.

“I always try to think of a way I can segue it into something unpredictable, whether it’s a contestant on a game show, or horse racing,” Metcalf said.

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etcalf likes to take a long view of his art form, looking back to its past and its contemporary siblings.

“I think of printmaking as a technology that really impacted our lives,” he said. “The Gutenberg Press, for instance, making the Bible available for the masses.”

“I think there’s definitely a link between the printing press and the contemporary tweet or Instagram - using technology to spread a message to impact as many people as you can and make things readily available,” he said.

One of his printmaking instructors at UM, Elizabeth Dove, said Metcalf taps into that history by taking advantage of printmaking’s repetition, except he uses its ability to distribute art and not information, all the while raising questions about authenticity.

“What does it mean to be authentic and have multiples?” she gave as an example.

His influences are all over the map, including Guy DeBord and his book, “The Society of Spectacle,” in which he encouraged the use of detournement – a situationist technique encouraging artists to hijack viewers’ attention from the distractions of commercial society.

And there’s less high-brow ones, like comedy team Tim and Eric and their absurdist television

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show, “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” and “Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule.” Or even the early work of gross-out comedian Tom Green at his weirdest.

He likes to think of the Canadian oddball “as (a) contemporary pop culture situationist, but especially interesting when compared to the more historical/scholarly writings of Guy Debord, or Walter Benjamin, or even John Berger.”

He doesn’t want the humor, though, to overwhelm his other interests.

“While I do not want Real Good to be viewed as a purely entertainment venue, but as a creative/unpredictable space, that questions and explores artistic possibilities,” he said.

But entertainment frequently plays a role.

For instance, the announcer at “All the Pretty Horses” wasn’t really an announcer. It was Jeff Medley, a frequent winner of reader polls for “best actor” in the city.

Medley said some of his “favorite characters and experiences have come out of it. Percival Limburger was born here,” he said, referring to his recurring announcer character.

While acting typically puts him on stages removed from the audience, the ground-level interactions at Real Good have their own charms to Medley.

“There’s not a lot of rehearsal time, so you just have to commit to being this person and see what happens and adjust as needed. Or dive in a little further if it starts to get strange.”

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etcalf grew up mostly in Hollywood, North Carolina, and “came of age” in Savannah, Georgia. His father, Michael Metcalf, is an engineer who worked in product design for companies like Chrysler, where he helped build handicapped-accessible vehicles, and Proctor and Gamble, where among other things he designed adult diapers.

“He’s very meticulous,” Jack Metcalf said. “He redid the siding on our house when I was growing up. He had this elaborate pulley system so he could do it all by himself.”

“I feel like he was very creative in his problem-solving,” he said. “He was definitely more practical than I am, and still is.”

His mother, Deborah Metcalf, is a special education teacher who also brought a creative bent to her work.

When he was a kid, he helped her build a set for a lesson plan on the anatomy of the human head.

“She made the outside of her door look like a giant ear and people had to crawl through the ear canal to enter the classroom, and then there were all the parts of the inside of your head,” he said.

Metcalf earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from East Carolina University, and then went back to school to study architecture at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He grew disinterested in the subject, though, and dropped out after two years. After a few years off, he moved to Missoula to get his master’s in fine art at UM. Even in his student years, he tried to bring multi-disciplinary elements to his work: whether dancers or musicians or actors.

He appreciates other art forms, but isn’t interested in attempting them himself in an

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amateurish way.

“If I need dancers, I’m not going to dance, I’m going to go get the best dancers. Or if I need an outfit made, I’ll find the best seamstress I can find and collaborate with her on what I want,” he said.

He collaborates with them on concepts, and creates the visual aspects of the exhibitions, whether making large prints or building sets, like that miniature horse-racing track, which came complete with grandstands.

“I have a large skill set with printmaking and woodworking and drawing and graphic design.

I always have something. I haven’t abandoned creating or something like that,” he said.

In retrospect, the signs of things to come at Real Good were seen in “Synthetic Spring,” his 2013 thesis project.

It involved a Kickstarter for $2,500 and the rental of the Crystal Theatre. He built an elaborate stage based on his printmaking style, upon which dancers from a local troupe performed. He hired a seamstress to make costumes that also reflected the hard-edged, blackand-white visual theme he’d generated. There was a DJ. He hired Medley to play “Jack Metcalf” on opening night, and gave him a set of parodic artist’s statement gibberish to tell visitors in lieu of any straight answers.

He even made stamps and water bottles with the “Synthetic Spring” logo.

After moving through the performance area, viewers reached the “inner sanctum.”

There was something even more absurd: a homemade machine designed to turn 30-foot drawings into confetti. It’s built with rotisserie motors, a garage door opener, a windshield wiper motor and a row of scissors rigged up to the machines.

And so viewers saw “a highly detailed, never-documented drawing that was slowly being destroyed,” he said.

Dove said the whole project raised questions about repeated experience, from the dancers to the music to dialogue. “He’s drawing attention to the notion of what’s authentic,” she said, or what genuinely constitutes a unique experience.”

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etcalf still has that machine over at Real Good, which he opened in September 2014 to serve as a workspace and a staging ground for his First Friday openings.

One thing it is not is a proper commercial gallery. He typically doesn’t have anything for sale, and often has small prints that he gives away.

“What he’s doing in terms of opening up the space for all these different kinds of approaches and activities, that sort of generosity in a noncommercial way is very unusual,” Dove said.

To keep it sustainable and heading in a direction he prefers, he works other jobs.

He teaches 100- and 200-level art classes as an adjunct at UM, and also tends bar at Al’s and Vic’s a few nights a week.

“It definitely supplements my income and I’m not too worried about making a killing here,” he said.

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Metcalf’s studio includes all of his print-making equipment, in addition to other items like a 100-yearold letterpress that he uses to make promotional materials. photo by Tommy Martino.

At the Real Good openings, he does live T-shirt printing, where viewers can bring a shirt or buy one, and select on his designs or one by fellow printmaker David Miles Lusk.

He does commissioned work, like a shirt for KBGA and he sells greeting cards and does odd carpentry jobs.

“I made a lady a yard-sale poster the other day,” he said. “I’m not above anything.”

Dove said his work ethic is staunch, and he holds an almost romantic notion of the artist as a transformative figure, in his case dedicating himself to creating a community space.

Metcalf does have works planned that will filter out into the gallery world, such as a joint exhibition with fellow UM adjunct Steve Krutek at the Brink in January. He’s shown there before, and also had works included in the Missoula Art Museum’s annual Benefit Art Auction.

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e doesn’t worry too much about whether the events will seem confusing.

“I don’t think what I’m doing is offensive. I don’t think what I’m doing is cruel or mean to anybody,” he said.

He acknowledges that there are always a few people who seem weirded out or reluctant to take part.

“They want to be a spectator and not a participant. But the people who come here regularly develop an idea of what goes on here, so I think they’re slightly prepared for what goes on here,” he said.

His work has a puckish sense of humor that can sometimes be ambiguous in its targets.

In November, Real Good is hosting an exhibition called “E-I-E-I-O,” which is a collaboration with his 2-year-old son Dash. It consists of large-scale white and red crayon drawings on black paper. And his son, apparently, is an abstract expressionist. While initially seeming to be a joke about the easiness of abstract expressionism, it’s really a comment on the “anyone could do that” attitude that sometimes greets the form.

In December, he and studio assistant Halisia Hubbard are building a fake arcade with fake old-school games.

“They’re going to have people inside them. So there’s going to be the claw game, where it’s actually somebody’s hand coming up. There’s the joystick, but the joystick is kind of arbitrary to where the hand goes. And then we’re going to have a fortune teller, kind of like in that movie, ‘Big,’ where Tom Hanks gets a wish, but instead there’s going to be Jeff Medley standing there reading people their fortune,” he said.

There will be Tetris, too, he explained while laughing, but without computer graphics of blocks plummeting down a screen.

“There’s going to be a hand dropping random cubes,” he said.

Real Good is located on the Westside at 1205 Defoe St. No. 1. It’s only open on First Fridays. For more information, go to realgoodartspace.com.

On Nov. 6, there will be a reception for “E-I-E-I-O,” a series of large-scale abstract expressionist drawings on Metcalf’s 2-year-old son, Dash.

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Hyper Puppy

Brooklyn jazz collective Snarky Puppy bring tireless musical interests on the road.

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he Brooklyn jazz collective Skinny Puppy grew out of the University of North Texas and its well-reputed music program, and all have a serious appetite for collaboration and voracious musical appetites, including but not limited to jazz, world, classical, pop, soul, R&B and funk.

In keeping with their name, their approach to these genres falls on the ultrabright, upbeat side of fusion, not the more nebulous forms of the genre: Think more Headhunters than Medeski, Martin and Wood.

In a good indication of their range, they didn’t win a Grammy for jazz, they won it for “best R&B performance,” for their cover of the song “Something” with vocalist Lalah Hathaway, off their 2014 album, “Family Dinner, Vol. 1.”

It’s most definitely an R&B tune, and the win could be attributed in large part to Hathaway’s improvisation-heavy performance, complete with a section in which she sings in multiphonics without any effects.

Brooklyn jazz fusion collective Snarky Puppy will bring their sprawling jazz fusion sound to the Wilma Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

While the sprawling collective includes almost 20 members. The iteration hitting the road is League (bass), Nate Werth (percussion), Bob Lanzetti (guitar), Mark Letteri (guitar), Robert Searight (drums), Justin Stanton (keyboards and horns), Mike Maher (trumpet) and Chris Bullock (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet).

The group’s most recent album, “Sylva,” was recorded with an orchestra, Metropole Orkest. It’s unlikely to hear any tunes from that record, but instead their usual, ever-changing set list, which is different for every show. (You can however, stream “Sylva” on their website, snarkypuppy.com and buy albums directly.)

Snarky Puppy will play the Wilma Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 18, with an opening set by Missoula blues band Three-Eared Dog. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8. Tickets are $26 in advance and $30 the day of show.

This concert was moved to the Wilma from the Top Hat, and all tickets will be honored. For more information, go to thewilma.com.

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Zappa tours Zappa Dweezil to play his dad’s album ‘One Size Fits All’ in its entirety

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rank Zappa’s son, Dweezil, is back on the road, keeping his dad’s utterly inimitable music alive in concert halls.

Dweezil and his sextet Zappa Plays Zappa will make another stop in Missoula on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Wilma Theatre, their first show here since 2012.

The occasion this year is the 40th anniversary of “One Size Fits All,” the last album Frank recorded with his band, the Mothers of Invention.

The band will perform the record in its entirety, followed by another 70-plus minutes drawn from Zappa’s sizable catalog. “ ‘One Size Fits All’ is one my favorite records for a number of reasons,” Dweezil said. “The material on the record has incredible arrangements and instrumentation. It features a great non-traditional orchestral rock sound on songs like ‘Inca Roads.’ There are extremely difficult interlude passages to perform in that song and the intervallic vocal melody with speedy phrasing is

also quite difficult. Besides the complexity of the arrangement the song also allows for beautiful improvisation. It is a hallmark of my father’s writing style, which allows the music to become unique in front of each live audience who witnesses it. I am looking forward to playing this album in its entirety because of these challenges but also because the album contains many of my favorite songs. ‘Andy,’ ‘Florentine Pogen,’ Po-Jama People,’ ‘Sofa,’ and ‘San Ber’dino.’ ” Backing Dweezil are Scheila Gonzalez (saxophone, flute, keyboards and vocals), Ben Thomas (vocals), Chris Norton (keyboards, vocals), Kurt Morgan (bass) and Ryan Brown (drums).

Zappa Plays Zappa will perform at the Wilma Theatre on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8. Tickets are $30 to $75. Seating options include general admission standing, general admission seated, and a VIP soundcheck access that starts two hours before the show. To buy tickets, go to the thewilma.com.

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joanna newsom “divers”

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Joanna Newsom plunges into historical details on new album

by RANDALL ROBERTS, Los Angeles Times

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oanna Newsom issued her fourth album, “Divers,” this fall, and since releasing her previous one in 2010 she’s experienced a series of life changes.

Five years ago, she’d already collaborated with Van Dyke Parks and performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall but had yet to appear as narrator and actress in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film “Inherent Vice.” She’d jumped homes from Nevada City, California, to New York City, where she drew inspiration for “Divers” from the city’s kaleidoscopic back story.

Newsom recently relocated to Los Angeles to make a home with her husband, comic actor Andy Samberg, at a place called Moorcrest. A grandly peculiar, mosaic-filled home in Hollywood Hills, its former occupants include movie star Mary Astor and actor-director Charlie Chaplin.

She spent four years working on “Divers,” a work so lyrical and precisely rendered that Hollywood obligations and a Disney-esque mansion seem like passing concerns. Carrying its own cinematic grandeur, the album’s 11 songs feature characters both historic and fictional, including Private Poorwill, King Tamanend and a military brigade called the 101st Lightborne Elite. The footnotable references and labyrinthine lines are presented in a package in which every syllable is sacred, each note filled with a sense of the possible.

Focused listening is rewarded.

She described the setting of “Divers” as “a place where history and humanity is concentrated and layered.” It sounds like the city but jumps through time and space.

Combined, said Newsom, the overarching set of connections that built “Divers” asserted itself not long after she started writing for the album. “I started realizing that I was returning to the same collection of ideas over and over again, narratively, and I was approaching them in different ways,” she said.

“This song, I might be approaching the set of ideas in a fantastical way, and in that song, I might be approaching them in a very straightforward way. This one I might be approaching them from a first-person or autobiographical perspective, and this song I might be approaching them from a much more sort of zoomed-out, almost disembodied, omniscient narrative perspective.

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“I started to feel that all the songs were connected in that way,” she added. “Almost that they were all asking the same question.”

At the musical center of “Divers” are Newsom’s primary instruments, the harp and her soaring voice, which are augmented at various times with electric guitar, piano, drum kit, bouzouki, trombone, violin, musical saw or, in the case of “Time, As a Symptom,” the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Newsom expanded her own instrumentation to include the clavichord, harpsichord and Mellotron. In a new twist, she also added classic synthesizers and immersed herself with engineer Noah Georgeson in the art of mixing the album’s many frequencies into a sonically cohesive whole. It was recorded by Georgeson and Steve Albini.

“I think I had the sense that this was an album that was going to become itself in the mix – that there were so many disparate elements and strange sort of piles of options that had accumulated, not all of which would have ended up being useful,” she said.

This whirlwind of creative curiosity is partially what drew the contemporary composer-arranger Nico Muhly to collaborate with Newsom on the album’s first song, called “Anecdotes.” Noting what he called her fearlessness, Muhly (best known to the general public for his work on films including “Margaret” and “The Reader”) described Newsom in an email as “a mistress of structure and of governing time; the listener feels on a journey with a responsible guide.”

Take the second song on “Divers,” called “Sapokanikan,” the original name for what is now Greenwich Village.

Musically, the piece mixes Brecht with the Baroque, hinting at “Hejira”-era Joni Mitchell. Opening with a gentle, timeless tangle of piano and snare drum, the song defiantly avoids the contemporary, dotting through decades with each measure as lyrics reference Tammany Hall, hunters of the future and a mysterious woman named Florry Walker. It approaches bombast but retreats, moves into a drunken waltz and spins in circles as Newsom harmonizes with herself before finishing in a different musical environment entirely after just over five minutes. It’s all very studied and cosmopolitan, which makes sense.

“New York was useful as sort of a case study for some of the things that I wanted to talk about,” said Newsom. “There’s a lot of binary stuff on the record – pulling.” She describes what she called “obvious boldface” themes like “time, space, life, death, but a lot of the songs are occupying or trying to cross the border between those two opposing forces, and I feel like the idea of the city, which in some songs is named – New York – and in others songs is not named, is sort of a character.”

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Newsom, 33, sublimely articulate about her tastes and approaches, was born and raised in Nevada City, one of three children in a family whose distant relation is Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. She knew she wanted to be a professional musician at an early age and gravitated toward the most unwieldy of instruments, the harp, while also studying piano. After studying composition at Mills College in Northern California and recording two early EPs, the artist signed to the respected Chicago label Drag City, which over the years has been home to iconoclastic artists including Will Oldham, Jennifer Herrema and Pavement. Her 2004 first album, “The Milk-Eyed Mender,” marked the arrival of a similarly inventive and equally uncommercial voice.

It was around this time that Muhly first saw Newsom perform, at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. “My roommate and I had arrived early, and Joanna wheeled her harp out and started singing ‘Bridges and Balloons,’” he recalled. “We were mesmerized and basically dumbstruck about how great and weird and genius the whole thing was.”

Detractors tend to focus more on that weirdness. Those looking for Beatles-esque verse-chorus-verse resolution, for example, are in for some trouble. Her lyrics seem written not only to be sung but also to work on the page, and she’s more than willing to sacrifice singalong ease for expository conceits. Lines are stitched together with an expert’s hand, then brought to life through a confident voice that can reach and hold notes one moment and squawk the next.

Newsom moved further from pop structures on her second album, “Ys,” an angular, challenging work produced and arranged in collaboration with Parks that confirmed her promise. Its success carried her away from smoky clubs into concert halls, including a memorable performance at Disney Hall in 2007.

“Divers” is no less challenging than either “Ys” or 2010’s “Have One on Me.” But it is, said Newsom, the most thematically linked album she’s done, even if narrative strands are hardly chronological. Rather, Newsom describes the work as “a sort of narrative loop.”

“Each song is running a leg of the relay and then passing the baton to the next song, but they’re all ultimately circumnavigating something.”

Unlocking the album’s secrets, like all of Newsom’s work, requires intentional listening.

She returns, though, to the notion of time, the ways in which it interacts with a plot of land and the people who inhabit it. In typically descriptive language she calls these souls “stuck together and squashed together, living and dying and making noise and smelling weird and falling in love, creating beauty and fighting with each other and all that. It’s so saturated there.”

The same could be said for the immersive “Divers.”

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SOUNDCLOUD

MIX OF THE MONTH solid steel radio show:

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Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel Radio Show is a great place to hear mixes assembled by a wide range of talented DJs, and this month is no exception, with a mix from Avalon Emerson that is sure to make your head bob.

Emerson had this to say about this mix: “I recorded it on one of the last hot and sunny Sundays on a Urei 1620LE, Bozure 201, Technics, borrowed CDJs, a filter and a TR8. Now that it’s definitely sweater weather here in Neukölln, maybe some of that warm atmosphere comes off wherever people listen to it. This one’s got a lot of personal favorites, unreleased treats, drum machine jamming, weirdo new and old things, etc. My last mixes have been live radio shows, which are fun and loose but more snapshots of what I’m playing at the time. This time around I tried to compose a mix while keeping its entirety in mind.”

The result is both eclectic and cohesive, and Emerson’s unique tastes take center stage in this uniquely satisfying mix.

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young galaxy “falsework”

 “falsework” is a satisfyingly dreamy ride through the landscapes of pop and new wave.

the neighbourhood “wiped out!”

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maia vidal “you’re the waves”

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Big Sky film school Roxy academy trains next generation of movie-makers

By Becca Sayre

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stablished in 2005, the Roxy Film Academy provides hands-on skill building to empower students of all ages with filmmaking skills. This month, the academy has several continuing programs for aspiring filmmakers to build upon and expand their skills.

“What I Bring to the Table” is a weekend film- and media-making series for middle and high schoolers that aims to make healthy, globally conscious living accessible to all. Students enrolled in the program have been learning about sustainable living and healthy eating while working to create related documentaries and instructional cooking shows with the help of RFA filmmakers and nonprofit partner organizations.

In October, students worked with Blue Sky Stewardship to learn and document not only where food comes from, but also how to grow delicious meals in their own backyard. Student filmmakers are working to document the story of Missoula’s counter food culture and the process of bringing healthy food to the dinner table on a fixed income. They’re also filming three cooking shows with the help of Burns St. Bistro chefs Walker Hunter, Jason McMackin and Jessica Fetzer.

“The program so far has been an incredible experience – it’s really something to see teenagers take such ownership and initiative with a project. That was the goal all along, to inspire healthy, conscious food choices through handson experience, so kids really are coming to their own conclusions about what and how they eat. They really have some cool work to show for it,” said Lily Gladstone, education coordinator for the academy.

The completed work will screen just in time for Thanksgiving, with a couple of different options for viewing. On Friday, Nov. 20, as a part of the Roxy’s Hootenanny Festival for kids and families, the cooking shows and videos will screen with Magnolia Pictures’ acclaimed documentary “A Place at the Table.”

A second screening will take place on Sunday, Nov. 22, as part of the Missoula Community Development Corp.’s community feed, where the meals inspired by the student’s work will be served. To further encourage bringing healthy food to everyone in our community, the “What I Bring to the Table” screening is also a fundraiser for Double SNAP Dollars. The program launched

earlier this year to increase the community’s ability to purchase healthy, delicious foods from the Missoula Food Co-op, Clark Fork Farmers Market and Missoula Farmers Market. The program gives a one-to-one match up to $10 per trip on all produce and other whole foods purchased through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

All of the completed student work will be shared with participating nonprofits to generate marketing and outreach materials for their own further growth and development.

For older students interested in learning filmmaking, the RFA’s Production Intensive continues on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15. In this installment, the last for 2015, students will learn the ropes of as a production assistant before being given exclusive internship positions on a real feature-film set.

“Walking Out,” a new film by Missoula-based filmmakers Alex and Andrew Smith (“Winter in the Blood,” “The Slaughter Rule”) based on the short story by David Quammen and starring Matt Bomer (“White Collar,” “American Horror Story,” “Magic Mike XXL”) will be shooting in central Montana throughout the winter months. Production Intensive students will learn ahead of time on-set protocol; how to use a headset effectively, how to read a call sheet, set jargon, chain of command, and how to handle common set pieces. Though the work is far from glamorous, production assistants are the foundation of a functional, well-run film set.

“It’s a little crazy how quickly Montana’s film and media production scene has grown in the last couple of years – we need to grow with it. It’s such an incredible boost to local economies when a film or series or commercial rolls through town. The Production Intensive series is hoping to grow a really dynamite work force in film and media, so productions can hire more crew locally. They won’t do that if we can’t rise to industry standards, which only takes practice and a bit of new language,” Gladstone said.

The Roxy Filmmaking Academy continues to offers opportunity for Missoula’s aspiring filmmakers. If you’re interested in learning more or signing up for a class visit montanafilmacademy.com.

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Facts and

Fictions Truth is elusive, slippery in entertaining ‘Truth’

photo courtesy Lisa Tomasetti/Sony Pictures Classics via AP

By JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press

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here’s a scene in “Truth,” James Vanderbilt’s crisp, absorbing new film about the doomed 2004 CBS story on then-president George W. Bush and his National Guard service, where execs are doing something utterly mundane. They’re looking at a calendar, scheduling a broadcast.

Between sports and fluffy specials, there aren’t many dates available for the potentially explosive “60 Minutes II” story. Unless, someone asks, it could be ready to air in just a few days? Producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett, at her jittery, high-octane best), agrees, knowing how tough that’ll be, but up to the challenge. And we all shudder, because we know what happened. Maybe, if there had been more time for reporting, things would have been different?

Later, there’s a moment when a decision must be made within seconds, literally, about where to make a crucial cut.

Again, we watch it happen, and we suck in our breath.

Movies about the craft of journalism – how the sausage gets made – aren’t always nail-biters. Credit goes to Vanderbilt (who also penned the script) and his cast – Blanchett, Robert Redford, and Stacy Keach especially – for making a cracklingly entertaining newsroom film about an endlessly thorny story, to say the least.

Not that everyone will find “Truth” perfect, or close. The film is based on one point of view: that of Mapes, who lost her job in the fallout and on whose own book the script is based. CBS does not fare well here. But Vanderbilt seems less interested in finding an ultimate answer – Mapes still maintains the story was accurate – than in the process of how these waters got so muddied. With the exception of Dan Rather, who anchored the fateful story, apologized for it and stepped down soon after, his characters are nearly all flawed. And with the exception of one 11th-hour speech highly critical of Viacom, CBS’s parent company, the film largely avoids temptation to be too preachy.

We meet Mapes at the pinnacle of her career, acclaimed for reports like one on the abuse at Abu Ghraib. One day, a tip lands in her inbox. She assembles a crack research team to probe just how Bush got into the Texas National Guard in the first place – which kept him from Vietnam duty – and then whether he fulfilled the terms of his service.

Mapes’ report hinges in part on documents that would have come from an early 1970s typewriter. The morning after the report, pride and congratulations are in the air.

It doesn’t last. CBS is hit with claims that the memos were faked. Questions are raised about fonts and superscript.

Mapes and her crew race to defend their reporting.

As everything spirals out of control, Mapes tries to point out that “the documents were a small part. They weren’t the whole story.” But nobody wants to hear that.

Two terrific speeches stand out. One is delivered for all it’s worth by Blanchett, who tells an investigating panel just how difficult and unlikely it would have been for someone to fake the documents. Another is heartbreaking. It comes just after a key source – Bill Burkett, played with great crustiness by Keach – has been put through the wringer on camera by a CBS team desperate to deflect blame. Burkett’s wife (Noni Hazelhurst) laces into the journalists for throwing her husband to the lions. It’s a searing moment.

The acting is uniformly excellent. Most interesting is Redford. Without attempting to imitate, he captures Rather’s drawl and good-natured derring-do. It’s a hugely appealing performance, but whether the role itself is accurately drawn might be another question.

In the end, the film is a fascinating look at investigative broadcast journalism and how it intersected with electionyear politics in one relentlessly slippery case. “Questions help reporters get to the truth,” Mapes tells her young son.

At least in this case, the film seems to be saying, the very definition of “truth” is elusive.

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An assassin is hired to kill a political leader in Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien’s visually gorgeous, deeply felt historical martial arts tale.

Not rated • November 13 • Roxy Theater

Spectre Daniel Craig reprises his role as James Bond, tracking down a sinister organization led by Christoph Waltz in his first turn as a Bond villain.

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To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 6 Jones and Fischer, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 6 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Featuring “Legends are History,” by MaryAnn Bonjorni. Gallery talk, 7 p.m. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

6 First Friday opening, 5-9 p.m., Gallery 709 in Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. Featuring “Lumino City” by painter M. Scott Miller. 541-7100, montanaart.com.

6 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Ceretana Building, 801 Sherwood. Featuring potters, painters, dancers, woodworkers, yoga instructors, tattoo artists and more. (515) 520-1081.

6 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Betty’s Divine, 509 S. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Knee Deep in Creation,” mixedmedia scrap art. 721-4777.

6 Artists’ reception, 5-8 p.m., The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Wood Fired Ceramics” from the Clay Studio’s anagama kiln. 543-6393, missoulaartistsshop.com.

6 Client Appreciation Night/First Friday, 5-7 p.m., L.A. Design, 337 E. Broadway. Featuring handcrafted historical treasures from Missoula Lampworks’ Tom Parcheta and new original paintings by Terry Lee. 6 Opening reception, 5-9 p.m., E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. Featuring “Spirit of the Universe: The Black Light Show,” glow-in-the-dark paintings by Mike Huberman and Nathaniel Luke Smith.

6 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Bathing Beauties, 501 S. Higgins Ave. Featuring “BeCAUSE,” jewelry by Jeanne Auen, a benefit for the Missoula Food Bank.

(Bring canned or non-perishable food items).

6 First Friday Art Show, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Elements

Board Shop, 225 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “From the Crows Point of View,” a Willard Wonderland Art Show organized by students from Gwen Hoppe’s independent art class (Savannah Goodman, Sierra Gehring, Julian Simpson, and Tonja Kicking Woman) with live music by Lisa Waller’s music class, “Cats off Broadway.”

6 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., the Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St. Featuring “Duets,” joint exhibition by Wesley Delano and Jack Dempsey Boyd. 728-5251, thebrinkgallery.com.

6 First Friday reception, Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Featuring “A Decade of Thanks,” photos of the bakery from the past ten years by Christine Littig, Marco Littig and Courtney Sowa. 728-1358.

6 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “The Blackbird Encore”

featuring work by Marion Lavery, Traci Isaly, Wendy Anderson, Ariel Bleth, Brenda Wolf, Mary and Max Oelschlaeger, Julie King, Carol Weber, Flori Engbrecht and gallery partners. 317-1543, 4ravensgallery@ gmail.com.

6 First Friday Art Opening, 5-8 p.m., Glacier Sotheby’s, 321 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Missoula Neighborhoods,” by Missoula painter Laura Blaker.

6 Addison Groove, 9 p.m., the Real Lounge, 112 Pattee St. Ages 18 and over. Tickets available at Ear Candy Music and ticketfly.com.

6 President’s Lecture Series, 8 p.m., University Center Ballroom. Featuring “What is the Legacy of the 1960s?” by Michael Kazin, professor of history, Georgetown University. Umt.edu/president/events/ lectures.

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6 Amy Ragsdale reads and signs her memoir “Crossing the River,” 5:30 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com.

6 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family story time stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon- 2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12, 3:30 p.m.; “Introduction to Programming in Java for KIDS (MakerSpace),” for ages 9-12, 4-4:50 p.m.; “Introduction to Programming in Java for TEENS (MakerSpace), 5-5:50 p.m.; World-Wide Cinema, free independent film based on the novel “Heroic Measures” by Jill Ciment (USA), 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

6-7 Holiday bazaar, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Collectables, crafts, Scandinavian treats, silent auction and more.

543-3219.

6-7 Holiday market, Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, 130 Sixth St. E. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday. Crafts, seasonal ornaments, raffle, silent auction and more. 728-8546.

7 Bazaar, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Florence/Carlton Community Church, 20075 Old Highway 93, Florence. Lunch, bake sale, handmade items, silent auction and pony rides.

7 Saturday + MaryAnn Bonjorni, 10 a.m.-noon, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Join exhibiting artist MaryAnn Bonjorni for a gallery talk in her exhibit. Her visual language is distinct.

Bonjorni combines and re-appropriates found objects and painting to create work that explore romance, customs, and everyday lore. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

7, 14 “Exploring Drypoint Intaglio” with Bev Glueckert, noon-4 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $75/$67.50. At the first class, you will have the opportunity to learn and work with intaglio techniques, cutting or incising lines and designs onto PETG plastic plates. Plates are then inked, wiped, and run through the press. The next class will expand on what was already learned and then move to multicolor designs and chine collé (decorative or colored papers that enhance the print). Experimentation is encouraged. All materials provided and all are non-toxic. Bring any sketches or designs you’ve been working on. No experience is needed. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

7-8 Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids’ Sake, Westside Lane and Fun Center. Theme is “Get in the Game.” Features a tail gate, bowling, pizza and more. For more information or to obtain a team packs, call 721-2380.

7 “Computer and Device drop-in Assistance,” 10 a.m.-noon; Family storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m.; Humanities Montana

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Speaker Ellen Baumler “How We Miss Them.” The historian, storyteller and award-winning author weaves a ghostly web in a thought-provoking journey to Montana’s most “spirited” places, 2 p.m.

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

7 Frederico Brothers, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 7 Ultimate Indoor Craft Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., University Center Ballroom, $1 admission.

7 Harvest Ball, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 2 1/2 miles west of Lolo on Highway 12. Mainstream and plus dances; pre-rounds, 7-7:30 p.m. Caller Steve Sullivan; cuer Barry Bartlette.

Thanksgiving food drive. 273-0141, 239-6732.

7 Pottery sale, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. 549-7555, zootownarts. org.

7 Missoula Folklore Society contra dance, 8-11 p.m., University Center Ballroom. Beginner workshop, 7:30 p.m. Music by Out of the Woods; caller Mark Matthews. $6 MFS members, $9 non members.

Missoulafolk.org.

7 Comedian Gabriel Iglesias’ “#FluffyBreaksEven Tour,” 7:30 p.m., Adams Center, UM. Tickets $32-$97, available at griztix.com, by calling 243-4051, or at The Source, Worden’s Market, Southgate Mall and MSO Hub. 8 “Frozen” sing-a-long, noon, 3 and 6 p.m., MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 Adams St. Tickets $10-$12, available at Rockin’ Rudy’s or singalongmissoula.com.

Photo by Delphine Ettinger

8 Ed Norton Big Band, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7.

8 Five Valley Accordions, 1-4 p.m., Rustic Hut, Florence. $3 members, $4 non-members.

8 Band in Motion, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 8 Family Storytime – stories for children of all ages and their caregivers, 2 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

9 Electronics Exploration: Want to learn about small electronics platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Snap Circuits or littleBits? Try them out during Electronics Exploration. We welcome participants from absolute beginners to electronics enthusiasts working on projects, 3-7 p.m.; “Beginning WORD,” an introduction to word processing including how to create a document, manipulate the text and font, use templates and a few fun tricks - registration required, 6 p.m.; Author Nikki Manning presents “Historic Underground Missoula”, illustrated with slides and artifacts from her exploration of Missoula’s underground vaults and tunnels. 6:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

9 Five Valley Accordions, Rustic Hut, Florence.

9 Larry Hirshberg, singer-songwriter, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 9 Jones and Fischer, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9 Honoring Veterans Dance, 8-9:30 p.m., Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 2 ½ miles west of Lolo

on Highway 12. Red, white and blue. 273-0141, 239-6732.

10, 17, 24 ZACCercise, noon, Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $5 suggested donation.

Spend the lunch hour with the ZACC getting in your daily dose of exercise! Wear whatever you need to wear in order to exercise: whether that means flannel, high-heels, 80’s clothes, or yoga pants! We’ll be moving our bodies to music — but this is not Oula. It is not Zumba. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

10, 17, 24 “Image Transfer and Collage,” 6-8 p.m., , Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $20/free to members. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

10 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club, 4-6 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m.; “Intro to Programming in C and C++ in the MakerSpace,” four week intro to C and C++ programming languages for ages 13 and up. Class capped at six participants; call 721-BOOK for details and to register, 6-7 p.m.; Community Creative Writing Workshop: in the MakerSpace-writing as a form of Making. Open, drop-in environment focusing on creative writing workshop process, 6-7:30 p.m.; 2nd Tuesday MPL Book Group discusses “The Tiger” by John Vaillant, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

11 Merritt Tierce reads from her novel “Love Me Back,” 7 p.m., Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 5499010, shakespeareandco.com.

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12 Ten Skip Stone, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 12 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; R.E.A.D. Dogs: practice reading with a dog trained to listen, 3 p.m.; Computer & Device drop-in Assistance: got a phone, tablet, or operating system that’s driving you nuts? Drop-in for some one-on-one help, 1-2 p.m.; MakerSpace: Upcycled Autumn Décor, paint, glue and assemble a quick project to decorate for fall, 1-2 p.m.; Big Sky Branch Movie Marathon - Big Sky Branch continues its marathon with the second film in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins as the buildup to the theatre release of the final installment on the 20th, 4 p.m. at Big Sky Branch in Big Sky High School; LEGO Club, for all ages up to 12, LEGOs cover the floor in the dragon rug area, 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

12 Glass fusing orientation class, 6-8 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $20/$15 for members plus cost of glass. This introductory class will cover the basics of glass — from how the kilning process works to slumping, fusing, mold-making, and glass aftercare. Once you have attended this fun night of glass fusing you’re welcome to come in anytime and work in our Glass Fusing Studio. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

12 Greensky Bluegrass, 7 p.m., Wilma Theatre. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, available at ticketfly.com.

12 Dusk, 9 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 13 Psychobilly and burlesque act Big John Bates, $8 to $10, 18 and up, 9 p.m. show time, Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. 13-14 Dakota Poorman Band, 9:30 a.m.-2 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 13 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family Storytime stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts

craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12: come listen, share your work, do fun writing exercises, 3:30 p.m.; “Introduction to Programming in Java for Kids (MakerSpace)” for ages 9-12, 4-4:50 p.m.; “Introduction to Programming in Java for Teens (MakerSpace),” 5-5:50 p.m.; Cheap Date Night, free feature film, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

13 Silk-screening night, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Free, donations appreciated. Come in with a blank shirt, tote bag, or scarf and leave with one of the house designs printed anywhere of your choosing. If you get any compliments on your print (which is inevitable) throw some change in the donation jar. No registration necessary — just come on by! 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

13 Open studio, 6-9 p.m., VonCommon, 1909 Wyoming Suite 7. See what the VonCommon art collective’s members have been working on.

Theatre. Tickets $28 in advance, $32 day of show, available at ticketfly.com. 728-2521, thewilma.com.

16 Next Door Prison Hotel with musicians John Sporman and Travis Yost, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 16 “QuickBooks 2014 Payroll,” Jamie Ballas of Anderson ZurMuehlen CPAs and Business Advisors teaches QuickBooks 2014 Payroll in lecture style, with a one-hour break for lunch. All attendees receive a free manual. Call to register as space is limited, 721-BOOK, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Electronics Exploration, learn about small electronics platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Snap Circuits or littleBits? Try them out during Electronics Exploration. We welcome participants from absolute beginners to electronics enthusiasts working on projects, 3-7 p.m.; “Intro to Email,” learn the basics of creating an email account, writing a message, including attachments, sending, and receiving messages- registration required, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

14 Saturday Family Art Workshop: “Found Treasures, Found Art with MaryAnn Bonjorni,” 11a.m.-12:30 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free.

Explore how someone’s throwaways can be turned into a an art treasure of your own by adding color, objects and your personality to found junk art.

Please arrive early to be ensured a spot in these workshops. All materials are provided. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

17 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Young Adult Volunteer Orientation, learn about ways to volunteer, play some games to learn new skills, 3:30 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club, 4-6 p.m.; “Intro to Programming in C and C++ in the MakerSpace,” for ages 13 and up. Class capped at six participants; call 721-BOOK for details and to register, 6-7 p.m.; Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.; Gaming for Grownups, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

14 Union Gospel Missoula hosts a Thanksgiving meal for those in need of a hot meal and fellowship, 2 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St.

17 Comedian Ralphie May, 8 p.m., Wilma Theatre.

Tickets $20-$40, available at ticketfly.com. 7282521, thewilma.com.

14 Kimberlee Carlson Trio, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave.

18 Grammy-winning jazz collective Snarky Puppy, 8 p.m., Wilma Theatre. Tickets $26 in advance, $30 day of show, available at ticketfly.com.

13 Second Friday Gallery opening, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. featuring landscape and indoor scenes by Erin K. Huffman. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

13 Jewelry sale and fundraiser, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Valentine Community Center, 2811 Latimer St.

14-15 Ohrmann Museum and Gallery open house, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., two miles south of Drummond on Highway 1.

14 Computer and device drop-in assistance, 10 a.m.noon; Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

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

15 Tom Catmull, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works 915 Toole Ave. 15 Old-Time Fiddlers, 1-5 p.m., Eagles, 2420 South Ave. 16 The Richard Thompson Trio, 8 p.m., the Wilma

18 Mansfield Center Brown Bag Lecture, 12:10-1 p.m., University Center 326/327, UM. Featuring “Peaceful Islam, or, Much Ado About Isis” with Dr. Abdelilah Bouasria, Arabic instructor at the Defense Critical Language and Culture Program. 243-2695.

18 Celebrate Piano Series III featuring Philip Aaberg, 7:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre, UM. Tickets $15-$35, available at 243-4581 or griztix.com.

18 Excel class, covering the basics of working with Microsoft’s spreadsheet program. Topics include entering, moving and copying data, using formulas, formatting, and print preview. Registration required, 12:30 p.m.; Middle school writers – for writers and aspiring writers in grades 6-9, to get and give good feedback, play with words, 3:30 p.m.; “Open Jewelry Studio: Holiday Bracelets,” with MakerSpace mentor Irene Pritsak, 6-7:30 p.m.; “Intro to Email,” learn the basics of creating an email account, writing a message, including attachments, sending, and receiving messages – registration required, 6 p.m.; 2nd Wednesday Book Group discusses “The Adventures of Augie March” by Saul Bellow, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

19 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Seeley Lake Branch Book Group discusses “Cat’s Eye” by Margaret Atwood, 11 a.m.; tour of Missoula Public Library, MPL offers monthly tours so that community leaders and the general public can learn more about the vision for a new building, noon p.m. Space is limited, sign on the website missoulapubliclibrary. org; Computer and device drop-in assistance, 1-2 p.m.; Big Sky Branch Movie Marathon and Costume Contest Bash – Big Sky Branch continues its marathon with the third film in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins as the buildup to the theatre release of the final installment on the 20th. Dress up as your favorite character and enjoy refreshments.

Best costume wins Carmike Theatre tickets, 4 p.m. at Big Sky Branch in Big Sky High School; R.E.A.D. Dogs: practice reading with a dog trained to listen, 3 p.m.; LEGO Club, for all ages up to 12, LEGOs cover the floor in the dragon rug area, 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

19 Head for the Hills, 9 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 19 President’s Lecture Series, 8 p.m., University Center Ballroom. Featuring William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University, “Shakespeare 451: Shakespeare, Ray Bradbury, and Humanities Teaching Today.”

Umt.edu/president/events/lectures.

18 Teen Artist Workshop: “Secondhand Secrets” with MaryAnn Bonjorni, 4-6 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. MaryAnn Bonjorni, a painting and drawing professor at UM, will keep you entertained with a variety of art-making tricks encouraging you to think differently about the way you create. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

19 Black Mountain Moan, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave.

18 Art Associates of Missoula monthly meeting, 10 a.m., Montana Museum of Art and Culture, PAR/TV Building, UM. Featuring “The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper 1949-1992.” 544-0891.

20-21 Paydirt, 9:30 p.m.0-2 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave.

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

19 Julie Bug and Northern Exposure, 9 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave.

20 Holiday open house and members event, 6-8 p.m.,

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Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Enjoy an evening of food, libations, music, and of course, art. This is a great opportunity to learn about our new classes and programs. Meet the family of staff, board members, educators, interns and volunteers. True to the ZACC spirit, you’ll also have an opportunity to create small trinkets in the pottery studio, glass fusing studio, and print shop.

549-7555, zootownarts.org.

20 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family storytime stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library – an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12, 3:30 p.m.; “Introduction to Programming in Java for Kids (MakerSpace)” for ages 9-12, 4-4:50 p.m.; “Introduction to Programming in Java for Teens (MakerSpace),” 5-5:50 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

21 Computer & Device drop-in assistance, 10 a.m.noon; Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

21 Dean & Riley, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works 915 Toole Ave. 21 Country act Copeland with Eisley and We Are the City, Stage 112, 112 Pattee St., stage112.com

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Searching,” how to use the internet to effectively find what you are looking for; includes security tips registration required, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

21 Annick Smith reads from her travel memoir, “Crossing the Plains with Bruno,” 7 p.m. Grizzly Claw Trading Co., Seeley Lake.

23 The Acousticals with Richie Reinholdt, Chad Fadely, John Parker and Andy Dunnigan, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave.

21 Missoula Folklore Society contra dance, 8-11 p.m., Union Hall, 208 E. Main St. Beginner workshop, 7:30 p.m. $9, $6 MFS members. Music by Boys in Burlap; caller Amy Letson. missoulafolk.org.

23 Thanksgiving Dance, 8-9:30 p.m., Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 2 ½ miles west of Lolo on Highway 12. 273-0141, 239-6732.

22 Gabrielle Tushbery, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 22 Five Valley Accordions, 1-4 p.m., Rustic Hut, Florence. $3 members, $4 nonmembers.

22 Western Union, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7.

22 String Orchestra of the Rockies presents “Dido: Queen of Carthage” featuring Kimberly James, mezzo-soprano, and the University of Montana Women’s Chorus, 7 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Tickets available at 493-2990, sormt.org.

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

23 MakerSpace: Electronics Exploration. Want to learn about small electronics platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Snap Circuits or littleBits? Try them out during Electronics Exploration. We welcome participants from absolute beginners to electronics enthusiasts working on projects, 3-7 p.m.; “Internet

24 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club, 4-6 p.m.; “Intro to Programming in C and C++ in the MakerSpace” for ages 13 and up. Class capped at six participants; call 721-BOOK for details and to register, 6-7 p.m.; Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 pm.System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

25 Free computer class, registration required. Call for topics and to register 721-BOOK, 12:30 p.m.; free matinee, classic film, 2 p.m.; Middle school writers – for writers and aspiring writers in grades 6-9, to get and give good feedback and play with words, 3:30 p.m.; early closure, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

25 Kimberlee Carlson with Chuck Florence, Ron Meissner and Pete Hand, 7-9 p.m., Top Hat, 124 W. Front St. 27-28 The Tomcats, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., Sunrise Saloon,

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1101 Strand Ave. 28 Live music with Christopher Paul Stelling, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works , 915 Toole Ave. 28 Computer & Device drop-in assistance, 10 a.m.noon; Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

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

29 Luna Blue, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave.

30 “MakerSpace: Electronics Exploration,” learn about small electronics platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Snap Circuits or littleBits? Try them out during Electronics Exploration. We welcome participants from absolute beginners to electronics enthusiasts working on projects, 3-7 p.m.; “Advanced WORD Skills,” if you are familiar with WORD, join MPL to learn some advanced skills and explore the resources of the WORD tool ribbon-registration required, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

December 3 Stomp the Catbox, 9 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave.

29 Handel’s “Messiah,” 7:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre, UM. Free. 243-6885, choralfestival.org. or umt.edu/ music.

30 Russ Nasset, honky-tonk and blues singersongwriter, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave.

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november 14-15 whitefish performing arts center & bigfork center for the performing arts

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 6 Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation hosts Voices of the Wilderness art exhibit and silent auction, 7 p.m., Outlaw Convention Center, 1701 Highway 93 S., Kalispell. Tickets $15 in advance at bmwf.org/events, or $20 at the door.

Keynote speaker is author and educator John Fraley.

6 Classical guitarist Steve Eckels in concert, 7 p.m., Flathead Valley Community College Theatre, Arts and Technology Building, Room

139, 777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell. Free. (406) 756-4813.

6 Toast of the Town, 5:30 p.m., Four Corners Restaurant, Highway 37 and Highway 93, Eureka. $15 includes cup and first beverage.

Enjoy an evening of wine tasting served in handcrafted wine cups, food and a silent auction benefit the Sunburst Community Service Foundation. (406) 297-0197.

6 Doug and Debbie Karaoke at Sports Page, Polson.

6-7 Holiday bazaar, 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Heritage Museum, 34067 U.S. Highway 2, Libby. Artisans from northwest Montana and Idaho fill the aisles of the museum with an array of handcrafts such as jewelry, wood crafts, holiday decor, candies, baked goods, candles and home goods. The historic Sylvanite cookhouse serves meals and

desserts Friday and Saturday. (406) 293-7521.

7 African hand drumming class by Bob Sherrick, 12:30-2 p.m., Imagine Health, 305 First Ave. W., Columbia Falls. Fee is a sliding scale between $5-$10. No djembe drumming skills are required. Bring your drum and ear plugs. If you do not have a drum, contact Martin Kurth at martik@centurylink.net and a drum will be provided. Leslie Yancey of Afro Fusion Dance, (406) 748-6778.

november 2015 7 Annual harvest dinner, 4-7 p.m., Mission Valley United Methodist Church on Post Creek Hill, St. Ignatius. Donations will benefit food pantries in Ronan and St. Ignatius. Nancy Williams, (406) 261-5025.

7 Fall Bluegrass Gala: “Chili, Brews and Blues,” 7-9 p.m., Leon Hall, 984 Leon Road, Charlo. $15 per person for food and music; $10 per person for music only. Leftover Biscuits entertain at this fundraiser for the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana. Food will be served 5:30-6:30 p.m. Beer and wine are available for purchase.

Kathy, (406) 644-3435.

7 Marine Corps Ball, 5 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 1840 U.S. Highway 93 S., Kalispell. Tickets $45.

Celebration of the 240th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Marine Corps also honors the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Guest speaker is Rondo Scharfe, Navy veteran and Iwo Jima survivor. Roy Wilhelm and the Ashley Creek Ramblers perform. (406) 2492448, flatheadmarines.com.

7-8 Glacier Chorale presents “A Heritage of Song,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St., and 3 p.m.

Sunday at Flathead High School Performance Hall, Kalispell. Tickets $15-$34, free for youth through grade 12. The season debut, conducted

by Micah Hunter, reflects the variety of musical influences and tendency toward self-reliance and innovation that characterize much of our American heritage. Works by Psalter, Beach, Barber, Copland and other composers will be featured. (406) 407-7000, gscmusic.org.

7-8 Black Curtain Theatre presents “The Other Place,” 7:30 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $8-$10. Juliana Smithton is a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. But nothing is as it seems, as piece by piece, a mystery unfolds.

(406) 862-5371, whitefishtheatreco.org.

8 “Groovin’ on a Sunday Afternoon” with Lil’ Gladys, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $10 in advance.

Intimate musical experience showcases the vocals of Kelley Sinclair with guitarist Doug Ruhmann from the band Gladys Friday. The duo performs in the center’s lobby while raising money for nonprofit organizations; food and beverages are available for purchase. (406) 249-1748, bigforkcenter.org.

11 Mission Valley Live presents Chinook Winds, 7 p.m., Ronan Performing Arts Center, 421 Andrew St. N.W. Tickets $15 at the door, $13 in advance, $75 for the Mission Valley Live series, available by emailing missionvalleylive@ gmail.com or calling (406) 887-2739. As the professional resident wind quintet of the Great Falls Symphony, the group presents chamber music throughout Montana.

11 WOW Wednesday, 5-8 p.m., Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson. $9. Different wines are showcased each week.

11 Bob Starkel karaoke, 6 p.m., Finley Point Grill, Highway 35, Polson.

12 Reception: Winter Members’ Salon and “Wild

and Free Photographs of North American Wildlife” by Donald M. Jones, 5-7 p.m., Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Jones, a world-renowned wildlife photographer, shares authentic experiences of the wild through Dec. 31. He discusses his adventures in capturing the images in his exhibit at 4:30 p.m., just prior to the reception.

Also continuing through the end of the year is the annual Members’ Salon showcasing works

by Hockaday artist members. (406) 755-5268, hockadaymuseum.org.

12 “Montana Women Writers” with Caroline Patterson, 2 p.m., Lincoln County Library, 220 W. Sixth St., Libby. Patterson provides a survey of Montana women writers, from early Native American writers through homesteaders and settlers into the mining days and the progressive era of Montana. Patterson wraps up her program with the survey of contemporary poets, memoirists and fiction writers who have helped reinterpret and re-envision the landscape of the American West. (406) 2436022.

12 Night at the Museum: “America Over There,” 6:30 p.m., Miracle of America Museum, Highway 93 outside Polson. Free admission but donations welcome. Learn about America’s involvement in World War I including a tour of rare artifacts from the war to end all wars. Gil, (406) 883-6264.

13 Scott Kirby in concert, 7 p.m., Lincoln County High School Auditorium, 312 Ninth St. E., Eureka. Tickets $12 adults; free for students 18 and younger. Kirby highlights the worlds of classic ragtime, New Orleans jazz and blues.

Sunburst Community Service Foundation, (406) 297-0197.

13 “Girls Night: The Musical,” 8 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $40. Hot off its sensational off-Broadway debut, this touching and riotous “tell-it-like-it-is” musical follows five female friends as they relive their past, celebrate their present, and look to the future on a wild and hilarious night out. Held in conjunction with Ladies Night Out in downtown Whitefish. (406) 862-5371, whitefishtheatreco.org.

13 Doug and Debbie karaoke at Sports Page, Polson.

13-15 Holiday Extravaganza, 1-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sunday, Majestic Valley Arena, 3630 Highway 93 N., Kalispell. Over 100 vendors from around the Pacific Northwest sell jewelry, Western wear, fine art, pottery and food to sample and purchase.

(406) 755-5366 or 877-755-5366.

14 Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana tours led

by Bud Cheff Jr., 1 p.m., 69316 U.S. Highway 93, Charlo. Each half-hour tour is limited to 20 people. Call (406) 644-3535 to reserve a spot.

14 Vintage Whites Christmas Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Flathead County Fairgrounds, 265 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. $5 at the door.

Over 100 vendors selling vintage, antique, repurposed and vintage-inspired handmade goods as well as lots of vintage Christmas

inspiration. (406) 270-2712.

14 Hot Springs Artists Society Gala, 6-9 p.m., Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St., Hot Springs. Sample wine, cheese and chocolate while bidding on silent auction items. (406) 741-2361.

14-15 Judy Collins in concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St., and 7 p.m. Sunday at Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $29-$39. For five decades, Collins has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs and a firm commitment to social activism. The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions.

Now 74, she is a modern-day Renaissance woman who is also an accomplished painter, filmmaker, record label head, musical mentor, and a speaker for mental health and suicide prevention. (406) 730-2817, singerandsimpson. com.

15 Hunter’s Widow Holiday Bazaar, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Polson Elks Club, 512 Main St. Admission is free but nonperishable food donations will be collected for the Ronan and Polson food banks.

(406) 883-1695.

15 Flathead Valley LIVE on Stage: Pianissimo!, 3 p.m., Flathead High School, 644 Fourth Ave. W., Kalispell. Tickets $15 or $75 for series.

The piano faculty and students from the University of Montana School of Music presents Pianissimo!, a concert that features a variety of musical styles with multiple pianists playing multiple pianos and even an acrobatic grizzly bear. flatheadvalleyliveonstage.org.

18 WOW Wednesday, 5-8 p.m., Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson. $9. Different wines are showcased each week.

18 Ken’s Country Combo, 7-10 p.m., Polson Elks, 512 Main St. 19 Open mic, 8 p.m., Lake Bar, Highway 93, Polson.

20 Champagne gala for Festival of Trees, 5:30 p.m. with live auction at 7 p.m., Bigfork Museum of Art and History, 525 Electric Ave. 20 Flathead Valley Community College string students concert, 7 p.m., FVCC Theatre, Arts & Technology Building, Room 139, 777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell. Free. (406) 756-4813.

20 Doug and Debbie karaoke at Sports Page, Polson.

21 Holiday art walk, 4-7 p.m., downtown Bigfork.

Fifteen galleries offer refreshments and door prizes. (406) 837-5429.

21 Bigfork elves decorate for the holidays, 8 a.m., with tree-lighting ceremony, 7 p.m., Bigfork Inn, 604 Electric Ave. (406) 837-5888.

21-22 Glacier Symphony presents “Grand Canyon Suite,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Flathead High School Performance Hall, 644 Fourth Ave. W., Kalispell. Tickets $15-$34 (free for youth through grade 12). Up-and-coming

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young flutist Sooyun Kim joins the orchestra in Christopher Rouse’s evocative “Flute Concerto.”

The repertoire also includes Charles Griffes’ “The White Peacock” and “Grand Canyon Suite”

by Ferde Grofe. (406) 407-7000, gscmusic.org.

24 Bob Starkel karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

27 Doug and Debbie karaoke at Sports Page, Polson.

27 Christmas City of the North Parade & Christmas Tree Lighting, 6 p.m., downtown Kalispell. Colorful Christmas floats, community bands, antique fire trucks and horse-drawn wagons are just some of the parade participants. Santa and Mrs. Claus make their first visit of the season and invite all kids to join them for the tree lighting ceremony in Depot Park after the parade; then it’s off to the Kalispell Center Mall, where there’s milk and cookies for everyone. (406) 758-2803.

27-29 Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead Holiday Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Flathead County Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Kalispell. Free admission. Shop for the holidays and get a taste of true Montana culture. Dozens of area artists and craftsmen showcase their talents.

(406) 253-8145, acfguide.com.

27-29 “The Nutcracker” presented by the Northwest Ballet Co., 2 and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $20-$22, $15 for children 12 and younger. (406) 755-8100, (406) 755-0760, northwestballet. com.

28 Conrad Mansion Christmas Holiday Tea and Tour, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., 300 Woodland Ave., Kalispell. Tickets $30, reservations required.

(406) 755-2166.

28-29 Elks Christmas Craft Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Kalispell Elks Lodge, 1820 U.S. Highway 93 S. Over 30 tables are laden with holiday gifts and decorations, baked goods, jewelry, and new crafts at the eighth annual show. Lunch of chili and cornbread is available both days. (406) 885-4124.

DECEMBER 2 Holiday Wine Stroll, 5-8 p.m., Marina Cay Resort, Bigfork. Tickets $10. Event includes wine tasting, appetizers and local crafters.

2 WOW Wednesday, 5-8 p.m., Vine & Tap, Main Street, Polson. $9. Different wines are showcased each week.

3 Whitefish Theatre Co. presents “Mary Poppins” preview, 7:30 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $10 at the door.

Based on the classic film, Mary Poppins is the story of a mysterious nanny who magically appears in Edwardian London to care for Jane and Michael Banks. Adventure abounds as she whisks them away to meet dancing chimney sweeps, shopkeepers and an array of colorful characters. (406) 862-5371, whitefishtheatre. org.

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photo by Jen Delong

B/ROOT EVENTS CALENDAR

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bare bait dance company november 14 river street dance theatre

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 6 Singer and pianist Russell Perri, 6 p.m., North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St., Stevensville. Free. Light refreshments.

777-5061.

6 Montana Bricolage Artists Show, Higher Ground Brewery, 518 N. First St., Hamilton. Art by 11 fiber artists will be on view through November with an opening reception on Nov. 6 from 6-8 p.m. 360-0658.

6 Story time for kids ages 3-5 with Jennifer Crawford reading “Sheep and Sleep,” 10:30-11:15 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

6-8 Holly Jolly Artisan Show and Sale, noon-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, Hamilton. Admission $3. The mansion is decorated for the holidays. Three floors are full of handmade art and craft items. 363-6004, Ext. 3; dalymansion.org.

6-8 Hamilton Psychic and Healing Fair, 2-8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Between the Worlds, 205 W. Main St., Hamilton. Features practitioners who will offer a range of services including tarot, clairvoyant and past-life readings, aura photography, Reiki and energy work. 363-2969, hamiltonpsychicfair.com.

7 Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association Hootenanny, 1-5 p.m., Stevensville Playhouse, 319 Main St. $4, free for ages under 12. Bluegrass musicians of all ages offer an afternoon

of music to benefit the playhouse. 821-3777, mtbluegrass. com.

10 Open computer and iPad lab, 2-3:30 p.m.; Writers Group with John Robinson, 6:30-8 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

11 Veterans Day observance, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St., Hamilton. Following the laying of the wreaths is a courtroom presentation with refreshments to follow. 363-3338, brvshmuseum.org.

12 Lego Club, 3:30-5 p.m.; Fellowship Club discussing “Out of This World: Thinking Fourth Dimensionally” by Neville Goddard, 6-7:30 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

12 “The Dog Soldier Ledger Book: Art as a Source for Indian History,” 6 p.m., Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St., Hamilton. Free. 363-3338, brvshmuseum.org.

13 Story time for kids ages 3-5 with storyteller Karen Fields, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Special Families (Jess, 210-2937), 6 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

13 Baroque concert and Gallery of Trees reception, 6 p.m., Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St., Hamilton. Elegant beginning to the holiday season features music by Bitterroot Baroque. The evening kicks off the silent auction of trees

decorated by local businesses and organizations. Bid on a tree, listen to great music and welcome in the season. 3633338, brvshmuseum.org.

14 Bare Bait Dance Company will present contemporary original dance works, River Street Dance Theatre, 421 N. Second St., $8-$10. (406) 363-1203.

17 Socrates Café with facilitator Kris Bayer, 7-9 p.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

18 Toddler and baby story time, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

19 Brown Bag It! book group discussing “The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee” by Marja Mills, noon; Cribbage Club, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

20 Story time for kids ages 3-5 with Jamie Ogden reading “We’re Thankful We’re Together,” 10:30-11:15 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

20 David Finckel and Wu Han in concert, 8 p.m., Hamilton Performing Arts Center, 327 Fairgrounds Road. Tickets $40. Musical America’s 2012 Musicians of the Year, cellist Finckel and pianist Han rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. 363-7946, bitterrootperformingarts.org.

20-21 Bitterroot Art Guild Christmas Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Ravalli County Fairgrounds Event Center, 100 Old Corvallis Road, Hamilton.

Local artisans and crafters share creations at the 45th annual show. 961-4740.

21 Festival of Wreaths, 6-8 p.m., Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, Hamilton. Tickets $25. Benefit for the Humane Society features decorated swags, wreaths, centerpieces and antique ornaments; a few special items will be sold by sealed bid. Refreshments and self-guided tours of the mansion are available. 363-5311, daymansion.org.

24 Writers Group with John Robinson, 6:30-8 p.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

25 Todder and baby story time, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; closes at 3 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton.

363-1670.

28 “Forbidden Bitterroot” concert fundraiser, 7 p.m., Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. Forbidden Bitterroot is the Hamilton Players’ roast of the Bitterroot Valley. Between sets of long-form improv and song parodies, no beloved icon – man, woman or business – is safe. Adult content. 375-9050, hamiltonplayers.com.

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world

YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER

In an unusual scientific discovery, DNA paternity testing showed that a man’s unborn twin was the actual father of his son. The anonymous couple gave birth to a son through a fertility clinic, and soon discovered their child had a different blood type than physically possible from either of them. This discrepancy prompted further genetic testing which revealed that the father was a chimera, a rare condition with dual genetic codes due to extra genes from a fetal twin being absorbed in utero. (Australian Women’s Weekly)

SOMETHING FISHY

Around

the Weird

In Michigan, a man was injured in an attack by his girlfriend, who was armed with a mounted fish. According to police, the couple had been drinking while the man was drawing a sketch of a mounted sailfish on the wall on the home. At some point the woman angrily moved the fish, which fell and broke, causing an argument. She then hit the man on the head with the fish, and cut his hand with its sharp nose. (MLive)

HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR

Liverpool police have identified, but are still searching for, the culprit in connection to a theft of a delivery trailer containing 20,000 British pounds worth of biscuits. The biscuits, commonly known as cookies in the United States, were stolen directly from the docks of a Burton’s Food Limited factory in the bold and unusual heist. (Liverpool Echo)

POWER OF THE DARK SIDE

A local government seat for a Ukraine city council election was won by “Emperor Palpatine,” a 25-year-old man who works as “emperor” for “LLC Palpatine Finance Group” and dresses as the ominous “Star Wars” villain on a regular basis. Aleksandr Borovik, his legal name, was one of almost 50 candidates that used “Star Wars” names in the election. The city, Odessa, has been struck with other inspired events including the arrest of a man dressed as Chewbacca, accompanied by Darth Vader, and the changing of a Vladimir Lenin statue into a Darth Vader monument in response to a new law demanding removal of communist remnants. (The Guardian)

JUMP THE SHARK

After a series of bad rainstorms and flooding, an Alabama woman woke to discover a dead shark washed up in her front yard. The floodwaters had been knee-deep before receding and revealing the creature. Her husband plans to bury the carcass somewhere else on the property.

(WALA)

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The Ultimate Indoor

[craft sale] fun gift ideas

Be sure to attend the largest craft sale in Western Montana to get a head start on your holiday shopping. You’ll get great gift ideas from over 70 different craft fair vendors

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art

denouement “Splash� (oil on canvas) by Ivette Kjelsrud of Huson. she will show her work at Eclipse Engineering in Missoula next month. see more of her work, go to ivezart.com. to submit your art to denouement, contact us at editor@corridormag.com

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