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Scenic Overview A history of Hollywood in Montana, from Eastwood to Alexander Payne

art: Exhibition of Chinese objects opens at Ravalli County Museum music: Chris Robinson Brotherhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vintage, Psychedelic Rock Vibe

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18 7 #nofilter ��3 from the editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 christmas village comes alive ��5 flathead festivities ��6 touching the surface ��7 holiday pops! ��11 chris robinson brotherhood ��12 when jazz was king ��14 november reads ��16 scenic overview ��18

12 4 pianos, 8 hands ��24 start-up theater ��26 missoula events calendar ��30 nw montana events calendar ��34 bitterroot events calendar ��36 sudoku ��37 crossword ��37 around the weird ��38 denouement ��39

The majority of “The Revenant” was shot in Canada, but the crew shot some river scenes at Kootenai Falls. read more about filmmaking in montana on page 18.

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‘Christmas Vil age’ Comes Alive

Bigfork gets ready for the holidays

ometimes dubbed “Montana’s Christmas village,” Bigfork becomes a magical place during the winter. The town is filled with beautiful decorations from busy elves and the lighted Christmas tree near the Bigfork Inn. Visitors can enjoy shopping at the many stores and galleries in Bigfork, but there also are many winter activities with downhill and cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and skating all around the area. The season kicks off with the 11th annual Christmas Open House at The Barn on Hill Road on Friday, Nov. 4, from 6-9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Festival of the Trees at the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center is set for Nov. 7-18, and the Champagne Gala will be Friday, Nov. 18, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in downtown Bigfork. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with beautiful trees on display that will be auctioned off at the Gala. On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Bigfork elves will decorate the Christmas Village and at 7 p.m. you can gather by the tree for the lighting ceremony at the Bigfork Inn. The Annual Bigfork Holiday Art Walk also will be that day at participating galleries and shops with

many fun events planned. You can squeeze in the Griz-Cat game at the Garden Bar or the Marina Cay while you are enjoying the festivities. The Winter Member’s Show will be held at the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center on Friday, Nov. 25, with the reception from 5-7 p.m. The Bigfork Holiday Parade of Lights is held in downtown Bigfork starting at Grand and Electric Avenues on Saturday, Dec. 3. Bring the kids and family out to visit local businesses, then grab a hot drink and enjoy the show. Kids can visit with Santa after the parade at the Bigfork Station and also on Saturday, Dec. 10, and Saturday, Dec. 17, from 3-6 p.m. Remember to bring your camera to take memorable photos in the Christmas Village. Enjoy the Holiday Wine Stroll at the Marina Cay from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Wine tasting, appetizers and local crafters will be available. And last but not least, make sure to mark your calendar for the annual Polar Bear Plunge at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day at The Raven in Woods Bay. Call 837-2836 for details.

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Polson Business Community offers options for holiday season shopping, events By JACKIE CRIPE

owntown Polson is in full swing for the upcoming holidays. The Polson Business Community has started its holiday raffle with 23 business members participating. For every $250 spent at the combined businesses you get a chance to win one of four gift boxes. Each gift box has $500 worth of gift certificates from participating businesses. We also will be giving way a trip for two to Las Vegas including airfare and hotel. Shop now until Thursday, Dec. 15, and save your receipts. The drawing will be held at 6 p.m. on that day in front of Jackie M’s Footwear. Small Business Saturday will be a big hit with shoppers. Shop local small businesses for sweet deals and a lot of fun. Small businesses help your town and local economy. Please support Small Business Saturday and check out deals on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25-26. The Lake County Parade of Lights and Downtown Open House and Art Walk is gearing up for another exciting weekend in downtown Polson. There were 44 entries last year in the Lake County Parade of Lights. The goal is 60 this year. If it is moving and has lights -- it is an entry. Last year, participants knocked themselves out with the most exciting and beautiful Christmas parade ever to flow down the main streets of Polson. This year we plan to have another breathtaking experience with eight categories – agricultural, best Christmas message, commercial, individual or family, judges’ choice, most humorous, nonprofit and youth. Trophies and prizes will be awarded. To sign up for the parade call Jackie at 406-883-5800 or pickup an application at Jackie M’s

Footwear. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, with the arrival of Santa and lighting of the downtown Christmas tree. The Downtown Art Walk at Crow’s Nest Gallery & Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery will be Friday afternoon and during the parade. Downtown open houses will be Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3, with refreshments and specials in participating stores. Come shop our businesses for a welcoming, friendly and unique experience. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the Cove Deli & Pizza from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, and Friday, Dec. 16. Come visit with Santa and bring a camera for family pictures. To add to the holiday fun checkout the Miracle of America Museum on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 24. They have decided to continue their monthly program and invite attendees to bring leftovers for a potluck at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, Dec. 22, the free night at the Miracle of America Museum will feature singing Christmas Carols and reading of the Christmas Story and show Mr. Krueger’s Christmas, staring Jimmy Stewart. The museum is located at 36094 Memory Lane, off U.S. Highway 93 behind Walmart. Contact Gil at 406-883-6264 with questions. Mission Valley Live presents Two Bit Franks on Friday, Dec. 2, at Polson High School Auditorium – this concert brings hometown original music, classic bluegrass and some great adaptations to tunes you never imagined. Two Bit Franks features some of the finest bluegrass musicians in Montana. Email missionvalleylive@gmail.com or call 406-887-2739 with questions. These events are brought to you by the Polson Business Community.

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Touching the

Surface Exhibition of Chinese objects opens at Ravalli County Museum By KRISTINE KOMAR

Wes Mills runs his hand across the surface of a chinese bi dik, feeling for signs of authenticity. photo by n. pepos.

he Ravalli County Museum focuses its efforts in three major areas: history, natural history, and art. The newest exhibit “Touching the Surface, Treasured Objects from China’s Past” accomplishes in the best way possible to integrate all three in a merging of art and culture. More than 60 objects in the exhibit are drawn from the personal collection of Hamilton resident, Wes Mills. A notable artist in his own right, Mills collects art during his travels across the globe. Mills has varied interests and numerous collections and “Touching the Surface” will reveal something about which objects capture his attention, the cultural significance behind some of his favorite pieces, and highlight how collecting, and the specific objects in his collection, intertwine with his own work. The exhibit will include a few of Mill’s own drawings to illustrate the connection between collecting, life and art. The exhibit embraces much of Mill’s extensive collection of Asian antiquities including Chinese Neolithic jade ritual objects collected over two decades. It will feature jade bi-disks (flat circular discs with a hole in the center), axes, pig-dragons (zoomorphic forms with a pig-like head), and a scholar’s stone (naturally occurring or shaped rocks traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars). Such objects helped lay the foundation for subsequent Chinese art, culture and civilization. N. Pepos is curating the exhibit. Pepos’ dialogue with Mills will form the narrative for the exhibit and probe for deeper understandings, “Mills is inexplicably drawn to objects, to their beauty, to their essence, to their touch, to the deeper power they possess.” The initial works of art developed by a culture tend to be authentically unique, sheer concept and design, permeated and pulsing with emerging cosmology. This relation to a genuine and original creation and its authenticity is an important and prevailing aspect to Mills as he continues to assemble and safeguard this collection and peruse his own work. Tamar Stanley, executive director, is guiding the Ravalli County Museum in its efforts to present a wide world of culture, heritage and art to a regional and rural audience, “as the museum continues to develop its ventures into art, sharing the diversity of cultures around the world in their many shapes and forms is important. While the Museum mission focuses us on local history, our mission in natural history compels us to bring other cultures into juxtaposition with our own.” During the run of the exhibit, watch for associated educational programming, including lectures, informal gatherings to discuss the nature of art and children’s free Saturday Learning Adventures. “Touching the Surface” opens with a reception for the artist/collector on Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. and runs through April 13. The Ravalli County Museum is located at 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton and can be reached at 406-363-3338 or ravallimuseum.org.

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holiday pops! By Lucy Beighle

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love the holidays. For me, the tree goes up the day after Thanksgiving and doesn’t come down until after New Year’s Day. My kids’ Advent calendars have been planned all year, and my Pandora radio gets programmed for holiday music starting right about now. Part of my holiday tradition, along with many other Missoulians, is the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale seasonal concert, “Holiday Pops!” For the past 17 years, the show has entertained us and kicked off the holiday season: 17 years of classic Christmas music, recognizable Hanukkah tunes, interesting variations of familiar holiday pieces, and a whole lot of community goodwill and camaraderie. “I’m honored that the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale have become such an integral part of the holiday season for the community,” music director Darko Butorac said. “I can honestly say it’s as much fun for us as it is for the audience.” That sentiment is apparent in the lively, festive and, at times, introspective show. The theme of the concert according to Butorac is “a musical holiday journey around the world.” The tour moves through Russia, Austria, Norway, Brazil and the United States with pieces such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Overture to The Nutcracker (a favorite of ballerinas everywhere, according to Butorac), Johann Strauss’ Emperor Waltz (a touch of Viennese elegance) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Polonaise from Christmas Eve (a beautiful Russian dance). The chill of the Norwegian Artic pays a visit with Edvard Grieg’s Air Holberg Suite, but then we’ll be warmed up on the beaches of Copacabana with a Brazilian Sleigh Bells and end the first half of the concert with a jazzy American Christmas arrangement. During the intermission for the sixth year running is another tradition, the encore auction. This fundraising technique allows the audience to put money on their collective favorite holiday piece for an encore. “This year we’re pitting the sacred favorite, Hallelujah Chorus, against the incredibly popular music from Frozen,” Butorac said. (“Let it go! Let it go! Can’t hold it back anymore!” You’re welcome.) Whichever piece raises the most through donations will be performed as an encore. Butorac said as only cash and checks are accepted for donations. The Orchestra and Chorale join together in the second half for John Rutter’s Gloria ─ a rousing and dramatic piece that was composed in 1974, but with words that date back to the fourth century. The 90-member Chorale then goes acapella with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Wassail Song, conducted by chorale conductor Dean Peterson. Traditional English carol Sussex Carol and American favorite White Christmas come next, and the show ends with a finale that Peterson describes as “a musicological journey through the twelve days of Christmas.” He continued: “It’s a fun piece that composer Craig Courtney has arranged in a very clever way. “Each of the movements (days) is done in a style reminiscent of a particular composer, piece, or musical era. The settings run the gamut all the way from 15th century France to the U.S. and John Philip Sousa.” Because of the popularity of the concert, which in past years has sold out long before the Thanksgiving dishes are done, an additional show has been added this year. “We’ve grown so much over the past decade and it became apparent last season when we had to turn away hundreds of people, it was time to add another show,” said executive director John Driscoll. “So this year there will be an additional Sunday evening option. We hope this is going to make a whole lot of people happy.” “Holiday Pops!” takes place Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 and 6:30 p.m. in the Dennison Theatre on the University of Montana campus. Tickets are available online at missoulasymphony.org, by phone at 406-721-3194, or in person at the Symphony office at 320 E. Main St. For more information on “Holiday Pops” and the MSO, visit missoulasymphony.org.

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Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s Vintage, Psyched Vibe By Brian D’Ambrosio

Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s Vintage, Psychedelic Rock Vibe By Brian D’Ambrosio

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hris Robinson views music as experiment. The more experiments he makes – the healthier and purer. He knows his own motivations, making decisions that link specifically to his goals: work hard, create and share. “I came from a typical middle-class background and I guess I could have joined a fraternity or become good old boy in Georgia,” said Robinson. “But I left home and I tried to find my way on my creative wit. And I think that’s where the idea of experimentation comes from. The music (of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood) is whole and it combines all sorts of different modes of expression and different times gone by. I recognized that as a kid, and even now, at close to 50, the vantage point is the same. I know what motivates me. “The current stuff has been a reflection of just who I am now.” Since committing to a rebellious life of art, Robinson’s life has rarely veered from music. While he has achieved success as a member of the Black Crowes and other pairings, he doesn’t like the labels that come with being independent. His philosophy is paradoxically to close himself off from the world as a bold way to engage with it. In 2012, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood emerged with the revelatory “Big Moon Ritual,” an earthy, transcendent vehicle for Robinson to indulge his flavor for boogiefied California sound. A couple of months later, “The Magic Door,” enhanced the heartiest elements of American classic rock. In 2014, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood released “Phosphorescent Harvest,” a vintage rock throwback that’s straight away eccentric, soulful, uncanny and categorically magnetic. This summer the band released “Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel,” a spontaneous combustion of sound breaking away from the often brutal stereotype of preconceived sounds and dovetailed recordings. The sessions were recorded in northern California on a misty foothill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. “California is still representative of a dream, “said Robinson, who has lived in California for approximately 25 years and now calls Marin County home. “There are the right reverberations and attitudes and music still a part of people’s lives, and there are not a lot of places where you can dance for hours. … We recorded right over the beach and it’s equally a part of the atmosphere as anywhere.” Magic is a word that falls lifeless on the page when you drearily attempt to describe it. When Robinson says magic, he means a desire to turn an arena into a lively form of expression. “I think magic is about the nights where you are free enough to let the music completely overtake you and you’ve got the focus and ability to do it. Think about, say, Steppenwolf, right? The line about the entrance is not for everyone. That’s magic. This door opens up to another place and thing and to me that’s the magic. It’s when you have a group of people, or a cult energy – and that’s not anything negative – and everyone is focused and sees that space open and fits in there, and that happens at a dinner, or a restaurant, or when a thousand strangers are at a place where everyone enters together. I think the magic is when you can recognize and take advantage of these moments.” Indeed, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood is an experience relishing magic, the magic of soulful Americana, the magic of the meditative, and the magic of keeping the torch of the mind-altering, mood-altering church of the Grateful Dead lit. “I think sometimes I can better explain my music through seeing the ways of other people who do what I do. Music is ground zero and why did I choose this medium to express myself and be a part of it? Music and other forms of art – literary, cinema, the fine arts – all have someone’s emotional expression and that appeals to me. It’s something to be initiated into the real from a sincere place, whether it’s beautiful, ugly, weird, or twisted, and if it hasn’t been manipulated too much. Who wants to go to the same salad bar over and over again and expect one more visit of the same?” Music impresses on us at strange, secreted levels we can’t always comprehend. Robinson’s approach is oddly organic, a cagily crafted throwback to the classic American rock and roll and jam music, with shades of Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” mixed with the acid-tinge of the Grateful Dead and bluesy longing of The Yardbirds; the treasure trove of influences advances the band’s kaleidoscopic sound. “Everyone plays exactly what they want and at the exact tempo that they want,” said Robinson. “We all want to make this better. What you hear is a real collaboration. Between now and the next 5 or 6 years, we will be really productive and there will be progression and something that’s hopeful and dynamic. “Between all of us, we have written hundreds and hundreds of songs, and between all of us, we’ve been playing for well over 100 years, and we’ve all been musicians, and we’ve been out there finding our way, and that’s a big part of it. I come from the folky country-rock side. (Lead guitarist) Neal (Casal) comes from a singer-songwriter place. Now I’m playing guitar. (Keyboardist) Adam (MacDougall) comes from a more urban, more funk and rhythm and blues, and his humor comes out in the music. Drummer Tony (Leone) is a jazz guy and a drummer and most committed to jazz. But he also loves rock and roll. There is (bassist) Jeff (Hill) who loves all music. So, the amalgamation should be fluid and something like language. You should be able to quote French in a novel if you want to, right? We are all part of the same song, anyway. Music is one great ocean and we are swimming around in it.” The trance-like quality of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s spell can balance a negative emotion by instilling a positive one. Robinson – who, admittedly, has had his fair share of troubles in the past – figures that if he can be well, happy and peaceful, and his brotherhood the same, then their music will be met with satisfaction. “The music is harmonic resonance,” said Robinson. “There is nothing destructive or distorted in the music, in our business, or in our world view.” Robinson said that the freedom of the musician is the opportunity to see things as they are in his or her own universe and to be able to develop them without fear. The band’s inexorable touring pace brings their iridescent, trippy Americana around the world, and the Chris Robinson Brotherhood has no objections holding firm as the new standard-bearers of the psychedelic roots movement. “Look at it this way: I’m gone from my family nine months out of the year. We are living on the bus and everyone’s getting older. But we all respect it and understand it and you have to be completely committed and making sacrifices. We know the mindset of 118 gigs and the mental focus. All of us have committed our lives to put forward the best work. So, if that’s the case, you bet your ass we are going to get down and bring everything every night, and I’m going to sing my best every night.” The Chris Robinson Brotherhood play at the Wilma Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Brian D’Ambrosio lives in Helena. His newest book, “Shot in Montana: A History of Big Sky Cinema,” is available through Riverbend Publishing. He may be reached at dambrosiobrian@hotmail.com.

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‘When Jazz was King’ By ROB TAPPER

he University of Montana Jazz Program is excited to announce that it will be celebrating 37 years of the UM Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival with an unforgettable evening unlike any UM Jazz show you have seen before. The UM Jazz Ensemble, along with master of ceremonies/vocalist and jazz enthusiast Huey Lewis, invites you to a party celebrating jazz and promoting the world-class festival and the history of jazz. Whether you remember the fun of Lewis’ last UM Jazz performance nine years ago, or wish you had the chance, you do not want to miss this event. Mark your calendar for this once in a lifetime event on Friday, Nov. 18, in the University Center Ballroom, to mingle with one of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest stars at a “Meet the Artist” reception. A no-host, full-bar cocktail hour begins at 6:15 p.m. followed by a three-course dinner with wine included. After dinner, sit back and enjoy the musical program spotlighting great jazz artists, followed by dancing with the energetic and swinging UM Jazz Ensemble I. The dress code is Montana jazz cocktail attire. Count Basie, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Billy Strayhorn and many more artists will be celebrated with some vintage music and big band arrangements. The 2017 festival (set for March 16-17) will have more than 50 middle school, high school and college jazz ensembles from all over the Northwest. Evening concerts for the festival will be held at UM’s Dennison Theatre. The UM Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival

Photo by Max Hill of the UM Jazz Ensemble From the 2015 UM Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival

will bring around 1,500 music students, directors, jazz lovers and artists to Missoula’s campus and community during the two-day event. The emphasis of this jazz festival is on education, improvisation and the jazz language. Additionally, there will be clinics, ensemble critiques, workshops, open rehearsals and master classes with the guest artists. The festival guest artists are among the rare breed of artists at home having educated and performed all over the world. The festival will welcome Dana Landry (piano), Jim Sisko (trumpet), Brad Leali (sax), Ashley Summers (bass), Nate Kimball (trombone) and Chris Smith (drum set). Both evenings will feature outstanding high school and middle school performers from the daytime activities along with the UM Jazz Ensemble and other surprises. It is an honor to welcome these artists and more than 850 students to Missoula for this very special performance. “This evening (Nov. 18) will be special for not only the UM jazz students, but the entire Montana community. We are grateful for the generosity of Huey Lewis and his commitment to the arts,” said Rob Tapper, UM director of jazz studies, assistant professor of trombone, and director of the festival. “We can’t wait.” Tickets and information are available by emailing Tapper at robert.tapper@ umontana.edu or calling 406-243-6880. This event is sponsored in part by UM’s President’s Office.

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november reads By Barbara Theroux

isitors to Missoula are always amazed at the number of Montana authors featured in local bookstores. For those of you who live here, this is a list of some of the recent and future releases by authors that call Montana home.

Crocodiles and Ice: A Journey into Deep Wild

By Jon Turk The book highlights Jon Turk’s awardwinning polar expedition circumnavigating Ellesmere Island, as well as other, lesser known passages. But, more critically, Turk tells the story of his lifelong journey from suburban Connecticut into a passion for Deep Wild, an ancient passage, repeated - in one form or another - countless times, and ignored just as often.

The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds

By Pete Fromm “The Names of the Stars” is not only a story of wilderness and bears but also a trek through a life lived at its edges, showing how an impulsive kid transformed into a father without losing his love for the wilds. From loon calls echoing across Northwood lakes to the grim realities of life guarding in the Nevada desert, through the isolation of Indian Creek and years spent running the Snake and Rio Grande as a river ranger, Pete seeks out the source of this passion for wildness, as well as explores fatherhood and mortality and all the costs and risks and rewards of life lived on its own terms.

Tracking Gobi Grizzlies: Surviving Beyond the Back of Beyond

By Joe Riis (photographs), Douglas H. Chadwick “Tracking Gobi Grizzlies” creates a portrait of these rarest of bears’ fight for survival in one of the toughest, most remote settings on Earth. He demonstrates why saving this endangered animal supports an entire ecosystem made up of hundreds of interconnected plants and animals, from desert roses to Asiatic lynx and wild double-humped camels, all adapting as best they can to the effects of climate change. A parable of environmental stewardship in a legendary realm.

Dog on Board: The True Story of Eclipse, the Bus-Riding Dog

By Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Jeffrey Young, William Munoz (Illustrations) Have you ever met a dog who could ride the bus all by herself? Eclipse can, and her story went viral, catapulting her to national stardom. Now see the world through her eyes in this delightful photographic picture book. The story of this online sensation is so compelling you’ll want to share it -- like the millions who already met Eclipse, the bus-riding dog from Seattle, in this photographic picture book.

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A Riddle in Ruby: The Changer’s Key

By Kent Davis This second book in a trilogy, gives an alternate version of colonial America, young thief Ruby Teach trains to become the coming war’s greatest weapon. To save her friends and family, apprentice thief Ruby Teach bargained with the man who chased her across the sea and through an alternate version of colonial Philadelphia. Now she’s training to become a soldier in the war he foresees and being experimented on by the army’s scientists. Ruby’s blood holds a secret, if only someone can unlock it.

Love Notes: 30 Cards (Postcard Book): Poems from the Typewriter Series

By Tyler Knott Gregson A gorgeous book of postcards featuring love poems by Tyler Knott Gregson. Printed in fullcolor on heavy stock with gold edges, each card is a spontaneous romantic gesture waiting to happen. Include one with flowers and send another by mail. Place a card on a pillow, leave one by the morning coffee, and tuck another in a coat pocket for later discovery. Selected from Tyler’s most insightful pieces of work, this collection is filled with heartfelt, honest and inspiring words from one of poetry’s most popular new voices.

A Bloom of Bones

By Allen Morris Jones Eli Singer, a rancher and poet in remote eastern Montana, sees his life upended when a long-buried corpse - which turns out to be a murder victim from Eli’s childhood - erodes out of a hillside on his property. This discovery forces Eli to turn inward to revisit the tragic events in his past that led to a life-changing moment of violence, while at the same time he must reach outside himself toward Chloe, a literary agent from New York whom he is falling in love with. “A Bloom of Bones” is a moving exploration of family, community and the ramifications of violence across generations, as well as a genresubverting literary mystery.

Killing Thyme: A Spice Shop Mystery

By Leslie Budewitz Third in the national bestselling series featuring a spice shop owner determined to shake out the truth in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Pepper Reece is in for a busy summer as she conjures up spice blends bursting with seasonal flavor, soothes nervous brides fretting over the gift registry, crosses her fingers for a rave review from a sharp-tongued food critic, and receives a welcome visit from her mother, Lena. While browsing in the artists’ stalls, Pepper and Lena drool over stunning pottery made by a Market newcomer. But when Lena recognizes the potter, Bonnie Clay, as an old friend who disappeared years ago, the afternoon turns sour. And after Bonnie is murdered only days later, Pepper is determined to uncover the truth. But as Pepper roots out long-buried secrets, will she be digging her own grave?

november 2016

film

Two of cinema’s best actors collided in “The Missouri Breaks” (1976). Jack Nicholson (right) said he was honored to be in a movie with his acting hero, Marlon Brando (left).

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ontana is a realistic feast for filmmakers. It is not surprising that Hollywood selected Glacier National Park as the mythical setting to depict heaven in the 1998 Robin Williams movie, “What Dreams May Come.” Filmmakers captured the surreal beauty of one of the world’s greatest treasures so vividly that critic Roger Ebert declared “What Dreams May Come” as “one of the great visual achievements in film history.” Montana’s majesty and unspoiled beauty offer detailed delights and, at times, peace of mind. Such eye-dazzling assets are a filmmaker’s paradise. For that reason, the motion picture industry has often hitched its journey to Big Sky Country. As filmmaker Arthur Penn (“Little Big Man,” “The Missouri Breaks”) noted, “It just doesn’t get any better. Montana is the real thing.” Penn first fell in love with the smell of sage and the whistle of the wind while vacationing and scouting locations in the late 1960s. The movies “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,” “Heaven’s Gate,” “Firefox,” “Runaway Train,” “The Stone Boy”, and “The Slaughter Rule” have little in common. But one thing they all share: each was filmed in Montana. For more than 100 years, production companies have been coming to Montana to capture its elements. From the earliest known 1897 travel promotion film “Tourist Train Leaving Livingston” to major studio films such as “The Horse Whisperer,” “A River Runs Through It,” and “Nebraska,” Montana has hosted nearly 100 feature films. In film and on the map, Montana covers a lot of soil. Montana has a land area of 93,157,952 acres, holds 10 national forests, including 14 wilderness areas, with 26,616,234 acres of national forest and BLM land. Approximately 1,000,000 people live in Montana (and 2.3 million cows). The fourth-largest state, at 500 miles by 300 miles, there is a richness of diversity in Montana: from rolling prairies, cropland and badlands in the east to forests, vast mountains and trout streams in the west. Filmmakers working on period pieces can often use Montana to effectively simulate the look of past or even ancient eras —thanks to the low population and tremendous amount of open space without impeding towns, roads or power lines. The state is divided roughly into thirds. On one border there is Glacier National Park and three of the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park are in Montana. The east is rolling plains; the midsection, high plains with isolated, towering mountain ranges, buttes, mesas, pristine river valleys and canyons; and the west is mountainous. In between is the stark beauty of the Missouri Breaks and the high desert of Charlie Russell country. Central Montana’s also a haven for independent filmmakers whose use of the landscape informs the narratives of thoughtful, introspective films — like “Northfork,” a film with Biblical undertones involving a young orphan, a hydroelectric dam and — perhaps — Noah’s Ark. Sweeping Montana landscapes set a melancholy mood in “Northfork,” a

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surreal drama that boasts sumptuous cinematography. Virtually every type of terrain is available to a filmmaker, with the exception of desert and ocean. Montana has vast stretches of forests, peaks rising to more than 12,000 feet, clean air, unobstructed views, irrigated farmland, badlands, alpine lakes and meandering coldwater streams. The absence of pollutants in the air allows for more sunlight to reach ground level, a great advantage for filmmakers yearning to see and breathe freely. Location sites have been far-flung and varied. Steven Spielberg made his first cinematic foray into adult romance in Libby with “Always.” Montana filled the need for a flaming forest in Spielberg’s story of forest fire retardant bomber pilots. For a while, those connected with “Always” thought they’d always be searching for the right location — it was over a year’s time before Spielberg and company finally settled on Libby as the primary backdrop. The dramatic story was enhanced by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park, which provided Spielberg the opportunity to capture footage of an actual fire. The state has been the Midwest-Canadian border in “The Untouchables”; Morocco in the climactic ending of the horse and cowboy adventure “Hidalgo.” Hundreds of wild horses run free across the Montana prairie in the final scene. It’s a breathtaking scene in a beautiful movie. The spectacular sight lasts only four minutes in the film. But those four minutes took more than a month of preparation. Montana doubled as China and San Francisco in “A Thousand Pieces of Gold”; Oklahoma in “Far and Away.” In “Far and Away,” the son of a tenant farmer (Tom Cruise) and a landowner’s daughter (Nicole Kidman) set off together for America with hopes of prosperity. Depicting the 1893 Cherokee Strip Land Race in Oklahoma required the involvement of over 800 extras on 400 horses and 200 wagons, on a “set” that was more than a quarter-mile wide. Director Ron Howard, anxious about the safety of his cast and crew, had trouble getting to sleep the night before shooting began on a 12,000-acre ranch outside Billings. Fortunately, his fears turned out to be groundless — almost. And then there was Norway in a popular Norwegian children’s movie called “Wolf Summer”; an angler’s paradise in “A River Runs Through It”; upstate New York and Connecticut in the low-budget thriller “Devil’s Pond.” Montana has dished out a bit of its own history in “Son of the Morning Star,” a quadruple Emmy winner; an iconoclastic “Rancho Deluxe”; and a financially disastrous “Heaven’s Gate.” Montana has served as a snow-covered no-man’s-land in Clint Eastwood’s “Firefox” and supplied a large building blown to smithereens in Charles Bronson’s spy thriller “Telefon.”

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The shoot for “Continental Divide” (1981) took Blair Brown, left, and John Belushi to Glacier National Park.

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Sometimes Montana is naturally Montana: Kootenai Falls, the largest undammed falls in Montana, served as the setting for the 1994 film “River Wild” starring Meryl Streep, a thriller about a family on a rafting vacation that is tormented by some ruffians and rough water. “The River Wild” was filmed on two of Montana’s whitewater rivers: the Kootenai River (and Kootenai Falls) near Libby, and the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Testament to Montana’s treacherous nature: a rafting sequence in almost killed Meryl Streep one August afternoon. Going-to-the-Sun Road, the 52-mile scenic road that crosses the Glacier National Park from St. Mary on the east side to Apgar Village on the west, overtakes the opening shots of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.” The true Hi-Line, that ribbon of remote land from Fort Peck to Shelby, served as a metaphor for the soul searching done by the main character in the independent film, “The Hi-Line.” The state has provided scenery for Hollywood successes (“The Revenant,” “Forrest Gump”) and some of its most notorious flops (“Heaven’s Gate,” “The Missouri Breaks”). Oscar winners (Sean Connery in “The Untouchables”) and future presidents (Ronald Reagan in “Cattle Queen of Montana”) have read their lines in the state. Montana productions boasts a high rate of Oscar glory, including “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (Jeff Bridges was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role) and “Runaway Train,” in which Jon Voight (Best Actor in a Leading Role) and Eric Roberts (Best Actor in a Supporting Role) earned nominations for their stunning performances in this story about two convicts who escape into the icy Northwest wilderness aboard an out-ofcontrol freight train. “It’s a beautiful state with so much variety that it’s impossible for exteriors not to look good. Because of the landscape and the latitude, the magic hour in the summer is consistently spectacular and long-lasting,” said cinematographer Mikael Salomon, who filmed parts of both “Always” and “Far and Away” in Montana. “We obviously have the Western atmosphere. We obviously have mountains and snow,” said Garry Wunderwald, Montana film commissioner from 1974 to 1990. “But we also have wide open spaces, such as eastern Montana. And we have locations that lend themselves to scenes other than strictly Western. We’re trying to overcome the stereotype images and show people that there is more here than cowboys and snow-covered peaks.” Montana continually allures filmmakers “for the beautiful locations and the Western mystique,” said Sten Iversen, one-time Montana film commissioner. “People think of Montana when they think of the West. They don’t think Idaho or the Dakotas. We have something special, and the film business knows it.”

november 2016

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Bruce Dern, left, and Will Forte, right, traveled to Billings and Laurel for Alexander Payne’s road-trip movie, “Nebraska” (2013).

This is an excerpt from “Shot in Montana: A History of Big Sky Cinema,” by Brian D’Ambrosio, a Helena author and frequent contributor to the Missoulian and Corridor. The book was published in mid-October on Riverbend Publishing. On Friday, Nov. 4, D’Ambrosio will give a presentation and signing at Fact & Fiction Downtown, 220 N. Higgins Ave., at 5:30 p.m.

Barry LieBerMan will conduct a double bass masterclass Thursday / november 17 / 2:00-4:00 PM UM School of Music / FREE and open to the public TickeTs: $30 Adult • $25 Senior • $10 Student/Child Tickets are available from griztix.com, Worden’s Market, MSo Hub, The Source, Southgate Mall, and the Adams Center Box Office 888-MONTANA for more information: visit SoRMT.oRG or call (406) 493-2990

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he American Piano Quartet will take the stage Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the University of Montana’s Dennison Theatre. The group has been together since 1984, or 32 years of performing, composing and arranging piano music for eight hands. That’s a lot of hands. The performance is the third concert in the Celebrate Piano Series through the UM School of Music, and according to co-artistic director and piano faculty member Christopher Hahn, the quartet is the preeminent piano quartet. “Nobody does it better,” he said. “If you’ve ever heard a piano quartet performed, chances are the piece was either composed or arranged by these guys. Two pianos, eight hands, the sound is symphonic. “They’ve played in Missoula before to a fantastic response, they’re truly phenomenal.” The group includes Robin Hancock, Scott Holden, Del Parkinson and Jeffrey Shumway.

I had the opportunity to chat with Shumway in his office at Brigham Young University where he answered questions about the upcoming visit and performance. Q: You’ve performed in this area before. Can you describe what it’s like to be playing for an audience in Missoula? A: Missoula has a very enthusiastic audience, which is always rewarding to play for. And UM has a great tradition of multiple piano concerts including October’s Pianissimo! concerts, at which I’m pleased to say some of our compositions and arrangements have been performed.

Q: The American Piano Quartet has been composing and performing worldwide since 1984. What is one of your most memorable experiences? A: Most recently I would have to say playing outdoors in a piazza in Venice. The pianos were brought in by gondola.

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Q: What can the audience expect from the concert on Wednesday, Nov. 16? A: An energetic, tuneful performance. We engage with the audience, telling of

ourselves and our experiences. We have chosen a program of our very favorites, and we’re bringing CDs in case anybody wants to “take us home” with them.

Q: You and fellow APQ members Holden, Hancock and Parkinson are just as likely to be found composing as you are performing. How is it different composing for eight hands than it is two? A: It’s much different. With so many hands, our sound is more orchestral than chamber. Imagine four times the sound, textures, harmonies and polyphony. It’s a completely different experience. Q: You’ll also be performing a concert for local elementary school kids while you’re here. How is that experience different than performing for adults, and what do you hope the kids will get out of the show? A: We do this quite often and we’re really excited to play for them. We will play shorter works, with lots of audience participation. The kids will go wild. It’s fun for all. The Celebrate Piano Series is a fundraiser for the UM Keyboard Society. Funds raised will help to bring in guest artists for the series, help piano students receive scholarships and attend conferences, and help with maintenance and care of the pianos at UM. Next up in the series is Barbara Blegen on Sunday, Jan. 22, 3 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. BOX: The American Piano Quartet performs at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the Dennison Theatre at the University of Montana. Tickets cost $25 for the general public, $20 for seniors and $10 for students. For more information on the American Piano Quartet or any of the concerts in the Celebrate Piano Series, contact Christopher Hahn at UM School of Music at 406-243-6490. Tickets can be purchased online at griztix.com, at the UM Arts Box Office or by calling 406-243-4581. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended, as shows tend to sell out.

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he Roxy Theater is happy to host Missoula’s newest theater company’s inaugural 2016-2017 season. BetweenTheLines Theatre will be presenting award-winning, critically lauded contemporary scripts on the theater’s stage beginning with “The Aliens” by Annie Baker this November. BetweenTheLines aims to tell stories that are true to audiences today by bringing brave contemporary theater to the Roxy stage. Using a simple, straightforward aesthetic, it seeks to create an intimate audience-actor relationship where incredible things inevitably will happen. Director Mason Wagner is no stranger to the Montana stage. He has been a part of nearly 20 productions during his six years in Missoula, ranging from two national tours with the Montana Repertory Theatre, to a remount of John Osborne’s classic “Look Back in Anger.” Wagner began working collaboratively with the Roxy after a sell-out production of Baker’s Pulitzer-winning play “The Flick” last spring. Starring popular local actors, “The Flick” was a quick favorite and full-house crowds for the limited engagement event left Wagner sure Missoula audiences were ready for more from BetweenTheLines. “I walked away from ‘The Flick’ feeling really strange. I knew it was successful in one right because we sold out, but at the same time, it left me wanting and I guess kind of hollowed out. I had put so much into it energetically. The best part about it was that it meant something special to the people who worked on it and got to see it,” said Wagner. “Everybody was kind of surprised, I think. Like they expected to suffer through it. But through the work we had done, the careful observation of the characters and story, it was quite beautiful - and people appreciated it a lot. It was fun and different.” The sold-out success of “The Flick” led Wagner to work directly with the Roxy to stage BehindTheLine’s new season.

BetweenTheLines to present inaugural season at the Roxy By BECCA SAYRE

“It became obvious that Missoula audiences were ready for an alternative and could support more theater,” he said. “Then (the Roxy) approached me about the possibility of a full season. That we enjoyed working together so much really just cemented it. It just made sense.” The first play of the season, “The Aliens” is an inordinately empathetic, and subtly hilarious Obie-winning script set behind a coffee shop in Vermont. Deeply emotional and precise, the play takes careful observation of the human heart. The story concerns two 30ish angry young men who welcome an awkward high-schooler into their backalley friendship to teach him everything they know. “After producing directing, and working on ‘The Flick’ last spring for six weeks I still didn’t feel satisfied exploring (Baker’s) work,” said Wagner. “I’m completely in love with her style. Also, the seating was so limited that we turned away about 100 people that weekend and would like to give them a chance to see her work.” The following two plays BetweenTheLines will stage at the Roxy are “Constellations” by Nick Payne, an international hit about the relationship between a quantum physicist and a beekeeper and “Stupid F***ing Bird” by Aaron Posner, an irreverent sort-of adaptation of Chekhov’s classic “The Seagull.” “This season is basically an extended passion project. The only limitations in script choice was that it had to fit in the Roxy. These three plays are all so exciting for such different reasons. I have wanted to be a part of producing each one ever since I encountered them,” Wagner said. “The Aliens” runs Friday-Sunday, Nov. 4-6, with a preview on Wednesday, Nov. 2. “Constellations” runs Feb. 9-12, with a preview on Feb. 8. “Stupid F***ing Bird” runs May 18-21, with a preview May 17. Visit theroxytheater.org for more information.

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1 Picking circle, 6 p.m.; square dance, 8 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages. 1 Faculty Guest Artist Series: Woodwind Faculty Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. $12 general, $8 seniors, $5 students. 406-2436880, umt.edu/music.

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 2 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Origami crane folding demonstration with The Cranium, a local group of origami enthusiasts, 1:15-3:15 p.m., members of the group will be folding 1000 peace cranes at the two tables in front of the large display case, located in the downstairs foyer; Middle School Writers’ Group, share your poems, stories, and novels, get and give feedback, play with words, 3:30 p.m. 2 String Orchestra of the Rockies presents “Transfigured Night” with Barry Lieberman, double bass and Maria Larionoff, violin, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Free and open to the public.

ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; watercolor painting class for any level, featuring an individual approach for skill, and a group focus for subject and compositional techniques, open to those ages 18 and up, noon-2 p.m.; Yarns @ the Library-an open fiber-arts craft group, noon; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers and aspiring writers ages 16-19, 3:30 p.m.

4 Har Mar Superstar, Sweet Spirit, 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, The Palace 147 W. Broadway. $15. Ages 18 and over.

4 First Friday, 5-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Featuring “Montana Peepshow Stories” by Leslie Van Stavern Millar. Gallery talk, 7 p.m. 406-728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

4 Irish music session, 6-8:30 p.m.; Gladys Friday, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free. 4 Fiction reading by Catherine Lacey, 7 p.m., Turner Hall Dell Brown Room, UM. 406-2435267, umt.edu/creativewriting.

4 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Wild and Scenic Original Oils” by Ani Eastwood of Missoula. 406-543-6393, missoulaartistsshop.com.

4 Student Ensemble Series: UM Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre, UM. $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 406-2436880, umt.edu/music.

4 First Friday, Lake Missoula Tea Company, 136 E. Broadway. Featuring “Entomoglyphs,” prints by mushroom hunter and teacher Larry Evans. 406-544-1567.

4 Brian D’Ambrosio presentation and reading of “Shot in Montana: A History of Big Sky Cinema,” 5:30 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 406-721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com.

3 Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs, 10 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; ages 21 and over.

2 Sharin’ in the Groove (celebrating the music of Phish), 4:30 p.m.; Jazz Night with Blue Moon, 7 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages.

4 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Tales 4 First Friday, 5-9 p.m., Gallery 709 in Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. for ages birth, parents and tots sing, tell stories Featuring “Assortments,” variety of artworks and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, encompassing a wide range of subjects, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime children

3 Art Lecture, “An Introduction to Semiotics,” 7 p.m., Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center, Masquer Theatre. Lecture by Jeremy Canwell, MMAC curator and exhibitions coordinator tied to the exhibition “Present Tense: Prints from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Collection.” Gallery preview begins 6:30 p.m. 406-243-2019, umt.edu/montanamuseum. 3 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, 10:30 a.m.; harvest themed Make It and Take It at the Big Sky Branch, 2:30 p.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club-for all ages up to age 12, 3:30-5 p.m.

4 Mickey Avalon, 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Monk’s, 225 Ryman St. Tickets $18 in advance, $20 day of show, available at 1111presents. com, Rockin’ Rudy’s or by calling 877-9876487.

4 Head for the Hills, 9:30 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $5, ages 21 and over.

1 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, 10:30 a.m.; “Fall Wreath Building: Painted Faux Succulents from Pinecones,” noon-2 p.m., registration required; open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 30-6 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, 4-6 p.m.; Tuesday Movies at the Big Sky Branch, family-friendly movie, t 3:45 p.m., call 406-728-2400, ext. 8605 to find out the title of the movie; Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, open, drop-in environment focusing on the creative writing workshop process, 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play Minecraft, X-Box, WiiU, and other games in the Young Adult Department, 6:30 p.m.; 2nd Tuesday Book Group discusses “Gabriel: A Poem” by Edward Hirsch during a special early edition of this discussion group, 7 p.m.

3 John Howard’s Homegrown Comedy open mic, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free.

mediums, texture and techniques by Bob Phinney and Elloie Jeter. 406-541-7100, montanaart.com.

4 First Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Frame of Mind, 1706 Brooks St. Featuring “Art of Bayern” exhibit. First Friday reception, 5:30-8:30 p.m. features speaker Jurgen Knoller and Monte Dolack giving a presentation of their work and what inspired the featured beer and art. Beer tasting provided by Bayern Brewery. 406-5498589, frameofmindmt.com. 4 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “HandMade Wearables in Leather, Silk, Cotton and Wool,” featuring artists Marilyn Bacon, Louise Barker, Judith Covlin, Ami Davis, Marion Lavery, Elaine Snyder, Bonnie Tarses. 406-317-1543, 4ravensgallery@gmail.com.

5 Overtime and the Blue Collar Band, Monk’s, 225 Ryman St. $7 in advance, $10 day of show, available at overtimemusic.com. Ages 18 and over. 5 Danica Winters signs copies of her book “Once a Gypsy,” 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 2640 N. Reserve St. 5 Zootown Cabaret performs “Red, White & Blues,” a musical theatre review of political satire, 7 and 9 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. Features students of the University of Montana School of Music. Tickets $10 general, $5 UM students at the door. 406243-6880. 5 Mountain Running Film Festival, 6 p.m., The Wilma, 131 Higgins Ave. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 day of show, available at the Top

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5 Dodgy Mountain Men tour closer, 9:30 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $5; ages 21 and over.

6 Packers vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1:25 p.m. doors, 2:25 game, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages.

5 Band in Motion, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free.

6 Town and Gown Dance, 7:30-11 p.m., University Center Ballroom, UM. Allows community members to learn group dances for free; donations accepted. 406-243-5153, missoulafolk.org.

5 UM School of Theatre & Dance presents “A Chorus Line,” 7:30 p.m., PAR/TV Center Montana Theatre, UM. Tickets $20 general, $16 students/seniors, $10 ages 12 and younger. 406-243-4481, umt.edu/umarts/ theatredance/. 5 Saturday Watercolor Class with instructor Bobbe Almer, 1-3 p.m., The E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. $25 if you bring your supplies or for an additional $5 supplies will be provided. Go to bobbe-almer.com to view the painting for the date and make your reservation. Register by noon the Friday before class. 5 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 11 a.m.; National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)-NaNoWriMo is a marathon writing event that challenges participants to write the first draft of a 50,000word novel during the month of November. There are local chapters in more than 600 regions around the world that organize inperson workshops and write-ins through the month. Drop by the Board Room from 3:30-6 p.m. each Saturday in November to participate in a write-in and build up your word count. 6 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org : Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 2 p.m. 6 Literary Trivia, 6:30 p.m., Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway. Literature and related aspects are explored and the top three teams win prizes. 6 “Spiritual Living” with a “Science of Mind” interactive, open discussion group, 1 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 406370-9909. 6 Cherub Bleed Gold Tour, 8 p.m., The Wilma, 131 Higgins Ave. Tickets $23 in advance, $28 day of show, available at the Top Hat, thewilma.

6 “Frozen” sing-a-long, noon, 3 and 6 p.m., MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 Adams St. $12-14, available at Rockin’ Rudy’s or singalongmissoula.com. 6 Student Recital Series: Laura Jaquette, organ, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Free. 406243-6880, umt.edu/music. 6 Montana Old Time Fiddlers, 1-5 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand. 6 Moscow Ballet performs “Great Russian Nutcracker,” 3 p.m., Dennison Theatre, Um. Tickets $24-176, available at grixtix.com, 406243-4051. 7 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org : Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m. 7 Raising the Dead (live recorded shows of the Grateful Dead), 5 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages. 7 UM Jazz Small Groups: “Jazz at the Break,” 7:30 p.m., Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free. 406-243-6880, umt.edu/music. 8 Picking circle, 6 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages. 9 Sharin’ in the Groove (celebrating the music of Phish), 4:30 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages. 9 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org : open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Origami crane folding demonstration with The

Cranium, a local group of origami enthusiasts, 1:15-3:15 p.m.; Afternoon Matinee at Missoula Main, recent feature film, 2 p.m.; Middle School Writers’ Group, can share your poems, stories, and novels, get and give feedback, and play with words, 3:30 p.m.; 2nd Wednesday Book Group discusses “Arthur & George” by Julian Barnes, 7 p.m. 10 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, 10:30 a.m.; Be-Upcycled Winter Series: “Advent Calendar or Holiday Décor,” noon-2 p.m., sign-up online by visiting: tinyurl. com/mplbeupcycledwinter; harvest themed Make It and Take It at the Big Sky Branch, 2:30 p.m.; Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club, 3:30-5 p.m. 10 Trout Steak Revival, 10 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; ages 21 and over. 10 Yelawolf Trial by Fire Tour with Bubba Sparxx, Struggle Jennings and Jelly Roll, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Badlander, 208 Ryman. Tickets $25, available at ticketfly.com, the Badlander, 877-435-9849. Ages 18 and over. 10-13 Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula’s annual used book sale extravaganza, Heritage Hall, 30 Fort Missoula Road. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. 406-728-3476. 10 Figure and Protohype Outta This World Tour, 9 p.m., Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. $25 in advance, $30 day of show, available at Rockin’ Rudy’s, Ear Candy, royaleentertainment.com. Ages 18 and over.

12 Joan Zen, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free. 12 New Wave Time Trippers, 9:30 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $5; ages 21 and over. 12 Western Front performs, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., The Jack, Graves Creek Lolo. 12 Young Frankenstein party, 7 p.m., The Roxy, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 12-13 Ohrmann Museum and Gallery annual open house, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., two miles south of Drummond on Highway 1. Featuring paintings, wood, metal and bronze sculptures by Bill Ohrmann and metal sculptures by John Ohrmann. 12-13 UM All-Star Ensembles, 7:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre. Free. 406-243-6880, umt. edu/music. 12 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 11 a.m.; National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)-NaNoWriMo is a marathon writing event that challenges participants to write the first draft of a 50,000word novel during the month of November. There are local chapters in more than 600 regions around the world that organize inperson workshops and write-ins through the month. Drop by the Board Room from 3:30-6 p.m. each Saturday in November to participate in a write-in and build up your word count. 13 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 2 p.m.

10 Student Ensemble Series: New Music 13 Packers vs. Tennessee Titans, 10 a.m. doors, Missoula, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. 11 a.m. game, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 406-243cover; all ages. 6880, umt.edu/music. 13 Sixth annual turkey bingo (benefit for Max 11 Family Friendly Friday, 6 p.m., no cover, all Wave), 5 p.m. doors, 5:30 p.m. event, Top Hat, ages; Shakewell album release party with Cure 134 W. Front St. $35 in advance, $40 day of for the Common, 9:30 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, available at Top Hat and tophatlounge. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $5; ages 21 com. Ages 18 and over. and over. 13 The Ed Norton Big Band, 6 p.m., Missoula 11 Irish music session, 6-8:30 p.m.; Cash for Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $9. Junkers, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free.

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15 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406- 16 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Tales 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: for ages birth, parents and tots sing, tell stories Open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, 10:30 a.m.; “Let’s Paint! Series: Art Journals learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a and Travel Art Kits,” in the MakerSpace, project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Middle noon-2 p.m., sign-up by visiting: tinyurl.com/ School Writers’ Group-, share your poems, mplletspaint; open hours in the MakerSpace stories, and novels, get and give feedback, and allows visitors to explore the resources of the play with words, 3:30 p.m. MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 3-6 p.m.; 17 Shook Twins with support from Rabbit Wilde, 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front Young Adult Volunteer Orientation, open to St. $12 in advance, $15 day of show, available those ages 13-19, 3:30-4:30 p.m., call Dana at Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. All ages. at 258-3861 for more information; Tuesday Movies at the Big Sky Branch, family-friendly 17 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., movie, 3:45 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Club, 4-6 p.m.; Community Creative Writing 13 Shovels & Rope with support from Indianola, Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, Workshop, open, drop-in environment focusing 8 p.m., The Wilma, 131 Higgins Ave. Tickets tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun on the creative writing workshop process, $20-30, available at the Top Hat, thewilma. activities in the Large Meeting Room, 10:30 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL com. All ages. a.m.; harvest themed Make It and Take It at the Gamers Club for ages 13-19. Play Minecraft, Big Sky Branch, 2:30 p.m., call the branch at 13 Five Valley Accordions jam and dance, 1-4 X-Box, WiiU, and other games in the Young 406-728-2400, ext. 8605 for more information; p.m., Rustic Hut, Highway 93, Florence. $4. Adult Department, 6:30 p.m. Computer Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; LEGO Club-for all ages up to age 12, 14 Candlebox, Jeff Angell’s Staticland, 8 p.m. 16 Sharin’ in the Groove (celebrating the music of 3:30-5 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show, The Badlander, 208 Ryman Phish), 4:30 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No St. Tickets $25 in advance, $28 day of show. cover; all ages. 17-18 UM Opera Theater presents “Love’s All Shook Up” a selection of scenes from operas 14 VonCommon Vondays presents ‘The League 16 Paper Bird & The Ballroom Thieves, 7:30 p.m. including “Carmen,” “The Marriage of Figaro, of Exotique Dancers’ Burlesque Documentary, doors, 8 p.m. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. “Der Rosenkavalier” and other, 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $8; $12 in advance, $15 day of show, available at Music Recital Hall, UM. $11 general, $6 ages 18 and over. Plus live performances Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. Ages 18 and seniors, $5 students. 406-243-6880, umt.edu/ and Q & A with Missoula’s Nylon Sistersover. music. Ambrosia Salad and Bitsy “Tits” Blitz. 16 Alaskan psych-rock band Portugal, The Man, voncommonstudios.com. 17 O. Alan Weltzien talk and signing of 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma, 131 “Exceptional Mountains” and “Rembrandt 14 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406Higgins Ave. Tickets $32-37, available at the in the Stairwell,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Computer Top Hat, Rockin’ Rudy’s, thewilma.com or 877220 N. Higgins Ave. 406-721-2881, Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m. 987-6487. factandfictionbooks.com. 14 Raising the Dead (live recorded shows of the 16 Celebrate Piano Series III: America Piano 18 UM Jazz program presents “When Jazz is Grateful Dead), 5 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre. $35 King,” University Center Ballroom, UM. No-host St. No cover; all ages. general, $25 seniors, $15 students. 406-243bar cocktail hour begins at 6:15 p.m. followed 6880, umt.edu/music. 15 Picking circle, 6 p.m.; Clark Fork School’s 15th by three course dinner with concert following. annual raffle, 6 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 16 Pete Fromm talk and signing of “The Featuring Master of Ceremonies/Vocalist Huey No cover; all ages. Names of the Stars,” 7 p.m., Fact & Lewis. For tickets and information, call 406Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 406-721-2881, 243-6880 or email robert.tapper@umontana. 15 Mansfield Center Fall 2016 Brown Bag lecture, factandfictionbooks.com. edu. 12:30 p.m., University Center 330-331, UM. Featuring “China’s Water Crisis” with Owen 16 Art Associates of Missoula, 10 a.m., Missoula 18 Family Friendly Friday with Lockwood, 6 p.m., Sirrs, adjunct professor of agriculture and Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Artist and no cover, all ages; Caroline Keys and the Lane regional studies with the Mansfield Defense educator Steve Glueckert will give a tour of his Splitters, 10 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $5, Critical Language and Culture program. sculpture and paintings. Free and open to the ages 21 and over. 406-243-2988, umt.edu/mansfield/events/

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18 Irish music session, 6-8:30–p.m.; Mudslide Charley, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free. 18 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; watercolor painting class for any level featuring an individual approach for skill, and a group focus for subject and compositional techniques, ages 18 and up, noon-2 p.m.; Yarns @ the Library -an open fiber-arts craft group, noon; Young Adult Writers’ Group for writers and aspiring writers ages 16-19, share your words, talk about everything under the sun, do fun writing exercises, 3:30 p.m.; Cheap Date Night, free feature film, 7 p.m. 19 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: International Games Day, the library joins over 1,000 libraries worldwide in hosting International Games Day. Missoulians of all ages can enjoy playing on a Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3 gaming systems, board games, and card games, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 11 a.m.; Origami crane folding demonstration, 1:15-3:15 p.m.; National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)-NaNoWriMo is a marathon writing event that challenges participants to write the first draft of a 50,000word novel during the month of November. There are local chapters in more than 600 regions around the world that organize inperson workshops and write-ins through the month. Drop by the Board Room from 3:30-6 p.m. each Saturday in November to participate in a write-in and build up your word count. 19 Russ Nasset and the Revelators, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free. 19 Zootown Cabaret, 7 and 9 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. 243-6880, umt. edu/music. 19 Saturday Watercolor Class with instructor Bobbe Almer, 1-3 p.m., The E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. $25 if you bring your supplies or for an additional $5 supplies will be provided. Go to bobbe-almer.com to

november 2016 view the painting for the date and make your reservation. Register by noon the Friday before class. 19 Handmade Marketplace annual craft show and sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sentinel High School cafeteria, 901 South Ave. W. 20 Toro y Moi, The Mattson 2, 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show, The Badlander, 208 Ryman St. $16 in advance, $18 day of show, ages 18 and over. 20 Nine piece power punk ensemble Turkuaz & The New Mastersounds, 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. $18 in advance, $22 day of show, available at Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. Ages 18 and over. 20 “Spiritual Living” with a “Science of Mind” interactive, open discussion group, 1 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 406370-9909. 20 String Orchestra of the Rockies Concert: “Transfigured Night,” 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Featuring Maria Larionoff, violin and Barry Lieberman, double bass, co-founders of Seattle’s The American String Project. Tickets available at umt.edu/griztix, sormt.org. 406493-2990.

to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday Movies at the Big Sky Branch, family, 3:45 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, 4-6 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch Book Club discusses “A Gap in Time” by Jeanette Winterson, 5:45 p.m.; Community Creative Writing Workshop, 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19. Play Minecraft, X-Box, WiiU, and other games in the Young Adult Department, 6:30 p.m. 23 Sharin’ in the Groove (celebrating the music of Phish), 4:30 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages. 23 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Afternoon Matinee at Missoula Main, recent feature film, 2 p.m.; Middle School Writers’ Group, share your poems, stories, and novels, get and give feedback, and play with words, 3:30 p.m.

participants to write the first draft of a 50,000word novel during the month of November. There are local chapters in more than 600 regions around the world that organize inperson workshops and write-ins through the month. Drop by the Board Room from 3:30-6 p.m. each Saturday in November to participate in a write-in and build up your word count.

Branch, family-friendly, 3:45 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO Club, 4-6 p.m.; Community Creative Writing Workshop in the MakerSpace, 6-7:30 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19. Play Minecraft, X-Box, WiiU, and other games in the Young Adult Department, 6:30 p.m.

27 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older and their caregivers, 2 p.m.

29 Student Ensemble Series: Fall Percussion Concert, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. $11 general, $6 seniors, $5 students. 406-2436880, umt.edu/music.

27 International Choral Festival and UM School of Music present Handel’s “Messiah,” 7:30 p.m., Dennison Theatre, UM. Donations accepted. 406-243-6880, umt.edu/music.

29 An evening with Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma, 131 Higgins Ave. Tickets $25-35, available at the Top Hat, Rockin’ Rudy’s, thewilma.com or 877987-6487.

27 Western Union Country Swing Orchestra with Louie Bond, David Horgan, DR Halsell, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7. 27 Five Valley Accordions jam and dance, 1-4 p.m., Rustic Hut, Highway 93, Florence. $4. 28 Packers vs. Eagles, 6:30 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages.

29 Allen Morris Jones talk and signing of “A Bloom of Bones,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 406-721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com. 30 Sharin’ in the Groove (celebrating the music of Phish), 4:30 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; all ages.

28 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Computer 30 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 20 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m.; “See 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Family 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: 25 Family Friendly Friday, 6 p.m., all ages; Andrea It New: Strategies for Turning Information Into Storytime for children ages 4 and older and open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors Harsell, 10 p.m., no cover, ages 21 and over, Art,” 7 p.m., writers of fiction and non-fiction their caregivers, 2 p.m. to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. can join local critically acclaimed novelist 21 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a and UM creative writing professor Deirdre 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Computer 25 Irish music session, 6-8:30 p.m.; Zeppo MT, project of their choice, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Middle McNamer for the class “See It New: Strategies 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. Free. Electronics in the MakerSpace, 3-6 p.m. for Turning Information into Art.” This free class School Writers’ Group-, share your poems, will feature a series of exercises on innovative stories, and novels, get and give feedback, 26 Magpies, Shahs, Tiny Plastic Stars, 10 p.m., 21 Raising the Dead (live recorded shows of the rewriting that covers the areas of language, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. No cover; ages 21 and and play with words, 3:30 p.m.; Copyright Grateful Dead), 5 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front description, characterization, voice, and over. Application Workshop, noon, Join Sarah J. St. No cover; all ages. pacing. Participants should bring a pencil and Rhoades, an intellectual property attorney paper to this class, or a laptop. 22 Picking circle, 6 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 26 Nine Mile Holiday Fair – An Old Fashioned with Missoula’s Sherwood Law Offices, for a Christmas, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Nine Mile No cover; all ages. 29 Picking circle, 6 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. presentation about copyright and copyright Community Center (Nine Mile Road exit 82 west No cover; all ages. 22 Student Recital Series: Student Chamber of Missoula). Food Bank donations accepted. registration for authors and artists. Attendees Recital, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Free. are encouraged to bring their laptops with 26 Tom Catmull’s Radio Static, 9:30 p.m., Union 29 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-243-6880, umt.edu/music. them in order to fill out an application online. 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: Club, 208 E. Main St. Free. open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors Large Meeting Room. 12:00 p.m. 22, 25-27, 30-Dec. 2 “Legally Blond the Musical,” to explore the resources of the MakerSpace, 26 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 7:30 p.m., PAR/TV Center Montana Theatre, learn how to use the equipment, or to work on a 30 Student Recital Series: Lauren Reineking, 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: UM. 406-243-4581, umt.edu/umarts/. project of their choice, 10-6 p.m.; Tiny Tales for flute, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall, UM. Free. Family Storytime for children ages 4 and older ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and their caregivers, 11 a.m.; National Novel 22 Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., 406-243-6880, umt.edu/music. and rhymes, and engage in fun activities, Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)-NaNoWriMo is 406-721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org: 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday Movies at the Big Sky a marathon writing event that challenges open hours in the MakerSpace allows visitors

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To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised),” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Tickets $10-18. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, this family-friendly, lightningspeed jambalaya will cover 37 of the Bard’s comedies, histories and tragedies in an irreverent, over-the-top romp. 406-862-5371, whitefishtheatreco.org.

28 Flathead Valley Community College Music Faculty Concert, 7 p.m., FVCC 28-Nov. 6 Polson Players present “The Oldest Living Graduate,” Arts and Technology Building, 777 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 Grandview Drive, Kalispell. 406p.m. Sundays, Theatre on the Lake, 756-3963. Boettcher Park, Polson. Tickets $14-15. The compelling drama 28 Kelley Sinclair performs with Gladys Friday, 7 p.m., Bigfork Center laced with humor, is accented by the retelling of forgotten service to for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric country and family. 406-883-9212, Ave. Tickets $29. Flathead CARE portpolsonplayers.com. concert features the soulful vocals of Detroit native Kelley Sinclair and her crew of seasoned Montana 29 Kelley Sinclair performs with Gladys Friday, 7 p.m., Flathead High musicians in a blend of funk, blues, School auditorium, 644 Fourth Ave. soul and roots music. 406-393W., Kalispell. Tickets $29. Flathead 2539. CARE concert features the soulful 28 Mission Valley Live presents Fubuki vocals of Detroit native Kelley Sinclair and her crew of seasoned Daiko, 7 p.m., Polson High School Montana musicians in a blend of auditorium. The group reinvents funk, blues, soul and roots music. traditional Japanese drumming 406-393-2539. with eclectic and energetic performances that are part martial 29 Halloween party with costume arts athleticism, part meditation contest and Highway 93 Band, 7 and all rhythm. 406-887-2739, p.m., Finley Point Grill, Highway 35 missionvalleylive@gmail.com. Tickets available at R&R Healthcare, mile marker 6, Polson. Ronan True Value, First Interstate or 29-30 Karrin Allyson Trio, 7:30 p.m. Vine & Tap. Saturday at Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave., 28-29 Whitefish Theatre Co. presents

and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Whitefish Lake Golf Club. Tickets $20-39, available at singerandsimpson. com. Vocalist and pianist Allyson is noted both for the warmth and sincerity of her performing style and the breadth of her repertoire. 406250-5527.

NOVEMBER 1 Barton & Caselli, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson. 2 Ken’s Country Combo, 7-10 p.m., Polson Elks, $5 admission. 2 Movie night, 6-10 p.m., Finley Point Grill lounge, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson.

9 Bob Starkel Karaoke, 6 p.m., Finley Point Grill lounge, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson. 10 Reception: “Members Salon” and “Journey: A Painter’s Life” with Karen Leigh, 5-7 p.m., Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. The museum celebrates its member artists with the popular salon, on display through Jan. 14, and one of its longest supporters, Karen Leigh, whose works are showcased through Jan. 21. 406755-5268, hockadaymuseum.org. 11 The Kinsey Sicks, 8 p.m., O’Shaugnessy Center, 1 Central Ave, Whitefish. Tickets $35. The group will perform their show “Chicks with Shticks” that includes their award-winning a cappella singing, satire and over-the-top drag. whitefishtheatre.org.

5 Tiny Talks, 7 p.m., Grouse Mountain Lodge, 2 Fairway Drive, Whitefish. Tickets $15-20. Eight speakers 12 The Vintage Whites Christmas have eight minutes each to share Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Flathead stories about “People Connecting County Fairgrounds, 265 N. Meridian with Place.” Proceeds go to Montana Road, Kalispell. More than 120 Outdoor Legacy Foundation. 406vendors sell vintage, antique, 260-2114, tinytalks.org. repurposed and trendy handmade goods. 406-270-2712. 6 Groovin’ on a Sunday Afternoon presents Tom Catmull and Travis 12 Hot Springs Artists Society Gala, Yost, 7:30 p.m., Bigfork Center for 6-9 p.m., Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St., the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Hot Springs. Sample wine, chocolate Ave. Tickets $12 in advance at and cheese while bidding on silent Electric Avenue Gifts and Great auction items. Kristel Lacy performs Northern Gourmet; $15 at the door. during the annual fundraiser. 406406-837-4885. 741-2361, hotspringsartists.org. 6 Northwestern Accordion Jam, 2-5:30 12-13 Glacier Chorale and Chamber p.m., Polson Elks, $2 members, $3 Singers present “Flights of others. Imagination,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday

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25-27 Artists and Craftsmen of 19 Holiday Art Walk and Tree DECEMBER the Flathead Christmas Show, 10 Lighting, 3-7 p.m., downtown a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Bigfork. Galleries and shops offer 1-3, 8-10 Flathead Valley Community 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Flathead refreshments and door prizes College Theatre presents “A County Fairgrounds Expo Building, during the annual stroll, which is Christmas Carol, 7 p.m. Thursday265 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. capped with the lighting of the town Saturday, FVCC Theatre, 777 Free admission. Local artists and Christmas tree at 7 p.m. at the Grandview Drive, Kalispell. Well over 12-Dec. 24 Holiday show and sale, craftsmen offer handmade and Bigfork Inn. 406-837-5888. a century after its writing, Dickens’ Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery, 306 original designs just in time for classic tale of hope and redemption 19-20 Glacier Symphony and Chorale Main St., Polson. Reception is holiday shopping. 406-881-4288. continues to remind us what’s really present “Cosmic Windows,” 7:30 Dec. 2, 5-7 p.m. 406-883-5956, worth celebrating. 406-756-3906. 25-27 Northwest Ballet Company’s p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, sandpiperartgallery.com. “Nutcracker,” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Flathead High School Performance 2 Lake County Parade of Lights, 6:30 15 Barton & Caselli, 6 p.m., East Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, Hall, 644 Fourth Ave. W., Kalispell. p.m., downtown Polson. Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Bigfork Center for the Performing Tickets $15-$35, free for students Polson. Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $15- 1-4, 9-11, 16-18 Whitefish Theatre through grade 12. Violinist Giora $22. The Thanksgiving tradition Schmidt joins the orchestra in Co. presents “A Christmas Story,” 16 Open mic at Finley Point Grill continues with local dancers Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto in D.” 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, lounge, Highway 35 mile marker 6, bringing Clara and her magical Works by Rossini and Respighi are 4 p.m. Sunday, O’Shaughnessy Polson. also on the program. 406-407-7000, prince to life. The Sugar Plum Fairy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish. Parade follows the 2 p.m. matinees. gscmusic.org. Tickets $10-$18. In 1940s Indiana, 17 Pianist and composer Rudi 406-755-0760, northwestballet. a bespectacled boy named Ralphie Boukal, 7:30 p.m., Paradise Center, 21 Country Music Association Artist of com. Parker has a big imagination and 2 Schoolhouse Road, Paradise. the Year Victoria Banks, 7:30 p.m., one wish for Christmas – a Red Tickets $13 in advance, $15 at the 25-Dec. 31 Christmas tours of the Flathead High School auditorium, Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot door. Boukal presents his signature Conrad Mansion, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 644 Fourth Ave. W., Kalispell. Range Model Air Rifle. Ralphie performance, “Evensong,” which p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 330 Tickets $15-75, $50-165 for season pleads his case before his mother, incorporates performing visual arts. Woodland Ave., Kalispell. Tickets membership. 406-752-0606, his teacher and even Santa Claus 406-826-0500, sanderscountyarts. $6-12, reservations required. The flatheadvalleyliveonstage.org. himself, only to hear the consistent org. beautifully decorated museum response: “You’ll shoot your eye 22 Bob Starkel Karaoke, 6 p.m., East and its two-story tree a cherished out!” All of the elements from 17 Open mic, 8 p.m., The Lake Bar, Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Conrad tradition provide the the beloved 1983 movie are here, Highway 93, downtown Polson. Polson. backdrop during holiday events, including the family’s exploding including tours, a Children’s furnace, a kooky leg lamp, 18 Festival of Trees Champagne 23 Dance night at the Finley Point Christmas and choir concert. The outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a Gala, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Bigfork Art & Grill lounge, Highway 35 mile grounds are also lit up and the school bully, and triple-dog-dare to Cultural Center, 525 Electric Ave. marker 6, Polson. gazebo houses a restored Nativity. lick a freezing flagpole. 406-862406-837-6927. 406-755-2166, conradmansion.com. 5371, whitefishtheatreco.org. 24 “A Night at the Museum” 18 Flathead Valley Community College Thanksgiving leftover potluck and 29 Historic Film Club presents “An Choral Ensemble, 7 p.m., FVCC program, 6:30 p.m., Miracle of American in Paris,” 7 p.m., Museum Theatre, 777 Grandview Drive, America Museum, 36094 Memory at Central School, 124 Second Ave. Kalispell. 406-756-4813. Lane, Polson. Free. 406-883-6264. E., Kalispell. Free. 406-756-8381. at Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St., and 3 p.m. Sunday at Glacier High School, 375 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell. Tickets $30-22. 406- 407-7000, gscmusic. org.

19 Bigfork elves decorate for the holidays, 8 a.m., Bigfork Inn. 406837-5888.

25 Reception: Winter Members Show, 5-7 p.m., Bigfork Art & Cultural Center, 525 Electric Ave. Showing through Dec. 24. 406-837-6927.

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28 Story time for kids, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 406-363-1670. 28-29 Haunted Hollywood hayrides, 7-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, Hamilton. Tickets $5; not recommended for kids under age 6. Strange goings-on are reported on the grounds of the mansion this Halloween; climb aboard a hay wagon and see for yourself. 406-363-6004, ext. 2. 28-30 Hamilton Players present “Once Upon a Mattress”, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. A musical retelling of the fairytale classic, “The Princess and the Pea,” is performed by area youth. 406-375-9050, hamiltonplayers.com. 29 Open tech lab, 3-4 p.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 406-363-1670. 29 and 31 Ghost tours, 10 p.m.-3 a.m., Ravalli County Museum and Historical Society, 205 Bedford St., Hamilton. Tickets $20-25; must be 14 or older; children under age 18 must be accompanied by adult. Tour the dark passageways in the basement, visit

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month the judge’s chambers and sit quietly in the old courtroom, armed only with flashlights and special ghost-hunting equipment. Rune and numerology readings are available for $5. 406-3633338, ravallimuseum.org. 31 Halloween Costume Parade, 4:30 p.m., downtown Hamilton. Line up at the post office. 406-360-9124. 31 Community Harvest Party, 5 p.m., First Interstate Center, Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton. Free food, games and fun hosted by Calvary Chapel Church. 406-363-3411.

NOVEMBER 2 “UFOs and Extraterrestrials in Montana” with Joan Bird, 6 p.m., Darby Community Library, 101 S. Marshall St. Free. 406821-4771. 4 Tim Fain and Simone Dinnerstein, 8 p.m., Hamilton Performing Arts Center, 327 Fairgrounds Road. Tickets $36.50-40.50. Fain, an award-winning violinist, is known for his performance in the movie “Black Swan” and his work with composer Philip Glass. Dinnerstein is a critically lauded pianist whose thoughtful and compelling interpretations have captivated audiences all over the world. They come together as a duo to present “First Loves to Fresh Ink,” featuring some of their favorite works. 406-363-7946, bitterrootperformingarts.org. 4 Classical pianist Arthur Kostuk, 6 p.m., North Valley Public Library Community Room, 208 Main St. Free. 406-777-5061. 4-6 Holly Jolly Artisan Craft Show and Sale, 5-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside

Highway, Hamilton. Admission $10 Friday, $3 Saturday and Sunday. Vendors fill three floors of the festively decorated mansion with handmade art and craft items. Friday night’s reception features wine, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment by the Montana A Cappella Society. Lunch is available throughout the weekend. 406-363-6004, ext. 2. 4-6 Hamilton Players present “Once Upon a Mattress”, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. A musical retelling of the fairytale classic, “The Princess and the Pea,” is cast entirely of talented area youth. 406-375-9050, hamiltonplayers. com. 4-6 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. No door admission. Practitioners will offer a range of services including tarot, past-life readings, aura photography, palm reading and Reiki healing. 406363-2969. 5 Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association Hootenanny, 1-5 p.m., Stevensville Playhouse, 319 Main St. Tickets $3-$5, free for kids under age 12. 406-8213777, mtbluegrass.com.

begins at the Doughboy with the laying of wreaths by veteran organizations and auxiliaries followed by the program and refreshments on the second floor. The tree display and silent auction bidding closes Nov. 25. 406-363-3388. 11 Hamilton Tonight, 5-8 p.m., downtown. Businesses are open late with specials, refreshments and activities. 406-3609124. 16 “Before the Horse: Northern Rockies Lifestyles” with Kae Cheatham, 6 p.m., Darby Community Library, 101 S. Marshall St. Free. Cheatham talks about those centuries before the horse, when the extensive use of dogs was most prevalent. She gives details about the size of lodges, village layout and the use of dogs as draft animals. 406-2436022. 18-19 Bitterroot Art Guild Christmas show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, First Interstate Center, Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton. 406-8214678. 19 Festival of Wreaths, 5-8 p.m., Bitterroot River Inn, 139 Bitterroot Plaza Drive, Hamilton. Join the Bitter Root Humane Association for an evening of festivities that includes food and fun while bidding on live decorated wreaths and swags. 406-375-2525.

5 Montana-made Wedding Fair, 8:30 a.m.5 p.m., First Interstate Center, Ravalli County Fairgrounds, 100 Old Corvallis 25 Holiday Stroll, 6 p.m., downtown Road, Hamilton. Bitterroot Wedding Hamilton, includes tree lighting, Association & Bridal Haus are partnering Christmas stroll, caroling, Santa’s to bring the valley a new wedding fair. arrival and free s’mores. 406-360-9124. 406-880-0592. 11 Veterans Day observance and Gallery of Trees opening reception, 2 p.m., Ravalli County Museum and Historical Society, 205 Bedford St., Hamilton. Program

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8. Vales 9. Blown lead-in 10.Not strong 11.Hair holders 19.Unusual 21.Looking at 23.Gun, as an engine 24.Rub out 25.Resort of sorts 26.Human being 27.Pick 28.Cowboy’s tool 30.Fawn’s mom 31.Switch choices

7. Fails to include 8. Pocket bread 9. Smoker’s receptacle 10.Even score 11.Blunder 19.Hurt 21.Actor Moore 24.Jewel from the sea 26.Malt liquor 27.Lass’s friend 28.Set loose 30.Total up

PUZZLE NO. 846

november 2016

world

COW-TASTROPHE

In Australia, a helicopter was destroyed after a run-in with a cow although there were no injuries to man or beast. The chopper was flying over a cattle station when the rails on the bottom of the craft accidentally hooked onto a cow’s horns. Knocked off course, the helicopter faltered before crashing to the ground and becoming engulfed in flames. Both pilot and cow walked away uninjured. (Brisbane Times)

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Police were called to investigate a string of unusual crimes when a number of Philadelphia homes reported ones and zeroes being stolen from their mounted address numbers. The thieves only took the ones and zeroes, leaving all other numerals behind. A surveillance video shows someone meticulously removing a zero with a power drill, but authorities have been unable to catch the culprit. It is unknown if someone is trying to send a message, or just has an obsession with binary digits. (WTXF)

SURPRISE SPANISH

After suffering a near-death concussion during a soccer game a Georgia teen awoke from a coma speaking only in Spanish, a language he had never spoken before. Kicked in the head by another player during a skirmish, the young man was comatose for three days before awaking and speaking fluent Spanish, and absolutely no English. In the days following his recovery, his English language skills slowly returned as the Spanish dialect faded away. It is suspected that he may have subconsciously repeated conversations his friends and brother had while he was with them. (KTLA)

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november 2016

A NEW LIBRARY IS VITAL FOR MISSOULA COUNTY • Our library is Montana’s busiest, averaging more than 1,500 individual daily visitors. The main floor has only 38 places for patrons to sit. • Our library is about one-third the size It should be. There isn’t enough room for reading programs for kids, or space for adults to get books or use computers. • Our library doesn’t have enough electrical outlets for people’s laptops or room for people to collaborate on projects. • Our library is heated with old, failing boilers that require custom-made parts. Energy costs are skyrocketing. • Our library’s collection is at capacity—to accept a new book requires getting rid of an old one.

What will a new library mean to Missoula County? • Our new library will serve people from all walks of life, including job seekers and employers, students, seniors and people who live on fixed-incomes. • Our new library will triple in capacity for computers and Wi-Fi, expand digital collections, and provide access to video production, 3D printing and more. • Our new library’s expanded capacity will mean greater access to books and materials for all six branch libraries, from Lola to Seeley Lake.

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