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Road Trip: The most fun you’ll ever have in a cow pasture Events: Smokin’ on the Water brings the best barbecue to Flathead Lake

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am a citizen, born and raised in Montana. I am proud and happen to have been born gay. I am entitled to the potential and opportunity of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, of which many in our society have abused and taken for granted.

For decades, the LGBT community has been excluded from this belief, but today, it’s our turn.

After an exhausting battle waged by the LGBT movement – a campaign spent with tears and even bloodshed – the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that EVERY individual in this country possesses

the inherent concept of equality granted by the U.S. Constitution.

For the first time in so many years, I finally recognize myself as an American.

- By Kevin Weidow #NoFilter is a project by Corridor feature photographer Tyler Wilson. It debuted in January 2015 and features portraits and mini, unfiltered, stories of people from across Missoula. This month’s #NoFilter was submitted and written by Kevin Weidow.

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f you pick up Corridor even on a semiregular basis and stop for a second to skim page 4, there’s a good chance you’ve read one or two of my love notes to Western Montana and all its awesomeness.

But I gotta say, I’m not sure I’ve ever been more in love with this place than I was couple weeks ago during the final night of the Big Sky Pride in Missoula.

Humanity often has a hard time with tolerance, but you wouldn’t have known it that night on Main Street in Missoula, when a wonderfully eclectic crowd of hundreds gathered for the night’s drag show. (It should also be noted that Those. Ladies. Worked. It.) Missoulians showed up in a beautiful way and helped create a beautiful celebration, which turned out to be a fitting precursor for the U.S. Supreme Court’s epic ruling on June 26.

Speaking of marriage equality, on page 22, reporter Dillon Kato has a feature story on Pride week – which wrapped up in Missoula on June 21 - and what the recent court decisions mean for future celebrations.

That’s accompanied by photographer Tom Bauer’s great photos from the Pride parade.

What else do we have this issue?

There’s our Road Trip feature for June, where we highly suggest you make the trip to White Sulphur Springs and check out the Red Ants Pants Music Festival. I can vouch for the fact it’s the most fun you’ll ever have in a hay field.

Maybe I’ll see you there?

You should check out the Celtic Festival in Caras Park later this month, and the jamboree planned at Snowbowl featuring Hot Rize.

DAT Music Conference, also known as the Digital and Analog Technologies Music Conference, is back this year with a cool lineup of shows and events.

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art

“Mount Sentinel March”

by Marilyn Bruya.

Courtesy of MMAC

Corridor is featuring pieces of art each month currently on exhibit at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture. Established in 1895, the museum is celebrating its 120th anniversary and has a Permanent Collection that encompasses an astounding 11,000 pieces, from Paxson to Picasso, Daumier to Dali.

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alking through the Montana Museum of Art and Culture’s recently opened exhibit, “Hometown,” is like taking a pictorial stroll through Missoula: Mount Sentinel on the left, the Prescott House on the right, cross the river to the Wilma and end up at a gathering of our friends and neighbors.

The theme of the exhibition was chosen to honor our fair city, as this year is Missoula’s 150th anniversary.

The pieces were selected to represent the everyday scenes of our hometown, views we’ve seen a hundred or perhaps a thousand times before.

But through the eyes and paintbrushes or pencils of artists who have also been lucky enough to call Missoula home.

James Dew’s pastel is a view of the Clark Fork River, Wilma Theatre and the Higgins Avenue Bridge. It’s unmistakably Missoula, although the view today would include kayakers in the foreground.

The exhibit “Hometown: The MMAC Permanent Collection Celebrates Missoula” runs through Sept. 12, and can be viewed at the Meloy Gallery on the UM campus in the PARTV Center.

Marilyn Bruya’s “Mount Sentinel December” and “Mount Sentinel March” depict our beloved front yard mountain in different seasons and with different light. The

longtime UM art professor said she was constantly running out of her office on campus to take a photo as she was astounded and fascinated by the changing and glorious light.

Tu Baixong painted the alleyways, usually in the University District. His “Autumn Snow” illustrates a scene we’re used to here in Missoula: fall colors and snow simultaneously. The artist from China called Missoula home for less than a decade before his untimely death in 1996, but he left behind a chronicle of paintings that represent everyday scenes in his adopted town.

Walter Hook’s “Milwaukee Depot” captures the historical building with Hellgate Canyon in the background, and his “Dinky Landscape of Missoula” could be any street in town.

Rounding out the exhibit is a mural. A massive, 11-by 34-foot, vibrantly colored mural by James Todd and John Armstrong.

The artists painted the piece in 1969 as a master’s in fine arts project for Todd, and it includes Missoula friends and relatives, friends of relatives, the former pope, teachers, students and an artist or two. A key is included to identify the 60-plus subjects, and needless to say, many of them are household names to those of us who have lived in town for a while.

According to Todd, “the mural is, in effect, a fantasy Missoula environment where people live together in relative harmony posting for a giant snapshot…overall it is an idyllic portrayal of our city.”

Come and take a stroll through Missoula, I promise you’ll see it from a different perspective. Which is, after all, what art is all about.

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Maria Yost and Sara Reynolds, playwrights of the “Shooting at the Stensrud Saloon”. Photo by Brit Garner

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hat do two Montana women (Maria Yost and Sara Reynolds) who are playwrights, comediennes, performers, singers and all around swell gals do with their spare time?

The Stensrud Playhouse will answer that question and provide a month’s worth of fun this July with a variety of shows and workshops.

On July 25-26 and Aug. 1-2 and 8-9, the Stensrud will show Yost and Reynold’s original Montana murder mystery play “Shooting at the Stensrud Saloon.”

Audiences will be taken to Bruin Creek when the townsfolk gather for their weekly poker game at the Stensrud Saloon. Tempers flare and old wounds are reopened, and for one of the players, luck runs out for good.

Who really wears the black hat in this town? Audiences will be roped into the action as they help unravel this Montana mystery.

Ramble to the West with this group of crazy gun-slingers, miners, saloon girls, school marms and good-’ol fashioned cowboys. Chuck wagon chow provided by A Moveable Feast.

The fun continues when Zootown Improv presents “Don’t Pet The Locals” on July 31.

Described as “SNL meets Whose Line is it Anyway?” this is a hilarious night of sketch comedy and improv with original sketches written by the cast. As a bonus, “Get Up! Stand Up! At the Stensrud” is included in the ticket price.

Tarantino’s Pizza will be available and a full bar will be provided by the Silver Slipper. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the main show is at 7:30 p.m.

The July fun begins with nationally known comedienne and author Marilyn Kentz.

After her successful romp in Hollywood, Kentz is a the feisty brunette of the 90s comedy duo “The Mommies,” who recently turned her skills toward art, writing and “fearless aging.”

On July 14, Kentz will facilitate an entertaining two-hour workshop on “Fearless Aging.”

Kentz will go over 10 steps to fearless aging and attendees will get to voice concerns and challenges that come with aging.

Drinks and snacks are included in the ticket price.

On July 15, Kentz will entertain with her hilarious show “Will I Ever Wear A Bikini Again? A comedy show for Baby Boomers and Boomer Babes!”

From chin hairs to empty nests to the elongating of certain body parts, she reminds audiences with hearty laughs and sighs of relief that they’re not alone.

“Fearless Aging,” “Will I Ever Wear A Bikini Again?” and “Shooting at the Stensrud Saloon” tickets are available at stensrudplayhouse.com. Zootown Improv tickets available online or at the door.

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Two 35mm film projectors that once played movies in the Wilma Theatre were recently donated to The Roxy Theater. Photo courtesy of the Roxy

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nce we wrenched the massive 35mm projector from the solid steel base and wheeled it into the bright midday, we got a good look at the machine as its oiled gears glistened in the sunlight.

Literal miles of film had passed through this projector in its former perch at the historic Wilma Theatre, so it was a bit tattered and gummed up in spots, but entirely serviceable.

I personally saw dozens of films that run through the projector, including classics like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet.”

However, it’s been awhile since this projector has been used. For the past couple years, the Wilma had mainly screened video prints because the expense to make and distribute 35mm film prints was cost-prohibitive for most distributors.

Now this beauty - a hulking behemoth, a warhorse of metal and glass, precision-designed in 1954 - was a relic of a bygone era.

We hoisted it into the back of a borrowed pickup truck, and along with its identical twin and two massive Xenon lamp housings (and the aforementioned steel bases), drove it across the Higgins Avenue Bridge to its new home at The Roxy Theater, where the projectors will be installed, refurbished and brought back to life.

A generous gift to the Roxy from Nick and Robin Checota, the new owners of the Wilma, there is in truth a great symmetry to the transport of these projectors.

Once upon a time, the Roxy and the Wilma were owned and operated by the same family. They shared employees and films - titles would open at the Wilma and move over to the Roxy after the initial downtown run.

The fact that the projectors now reside in the Roxy brings the relationship full circle.

The 35mm projector will become another tool in our arsenal to build and strengthen the Roxy audience and Missoula’s fledgling film community.

With first run independent films and new release foreign films and documentaries, we already offer classic titles, like the blockbuster lineup in our Summer of Spielberg series (running through July). After a build-out that will allow us to install the 35mm projectors alongside our digital projector, we envision monthly screenings of classic films on film.

Many theaters like the Roxy - mission-driven communityminded operations that are flourishing throughout North America - offer similar opportunities to view 35mm film prints. Often the format itself is a draw, as in the New Beverly in L.A. that current screens only 35 mm prints (with double bills nightly!).

Naturally, we are delighted to present new movies and restored classics on modern digital prints, but similar to the vinyl record revival, experiencing the original analogue format is a perk that we feel our audience deserves.

After all, 35mm was the industry standard for roughly 100 years, only superseded within the last 10 years by the switch to digital cinema.

But it’s more than a format, it’s a trick, an illusion. The whole idea of movie magic was born in 35mm, as were thousands of radiant movie stars and indelible moments.

Some night soon, one of the Roxy screens will awaken with the roar of Leo, the MGM lion, or the roaming searchlights of 20th Century Fox, and a classic title will unfurl. Some of the audience members will slip into a nostalgic state as the requisite artifacts of the medium appear, the occasional dust scratch, or the cigar burns in the upper corners that indicate the reel change.

For others it will be an entirely new experience.

But whether they know it or not, they will be better off for it, the way we all are after seeing something wondrous for the first time.

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July Events

July 4 - Parade at Noon in downtown Polson with Bargin in Concert; 883-5969 July 5 - Flathead Lake Cheese Open House and Tasting Tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 208 1st Ave. E July 13-August 22 - Earth Beneath Us at Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery, Main St., Polson, MT July 17 - Reception for Earth Benath Us at Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery 5-7 p.m. Polson, MT July 18-19 - Live History Days at Miracle of America Museum, off Hwy 93 outside Polson; 883-6264 or miracleofamericamuseum.org July 18-19 - Polson Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival, downtown Polson; Sat 9-6 & Sun 10-4; Shamrockers play Saturday and Singing Sons of Beaches play Sunday flatheadcherryfestival.com July 23-August 9 - Port Polson Players present “Breakin’ Up Is Hard To Do”; 883-9212 or portpolsonplayers.com August 1 - 7th Annual Smokin’ On The Water BBQ Cookoff with Music, Vendors and Games: 11-6 p.m. at KwaTaqNuk Resort; 883-5969 or polsonchamber.com photo by Pete Ramberg

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Saturday July 18th - Pancake Breakfast & Buffalo Run 7-11 a.m., Parade at 12, Tug-O-War, Mini Golf, Dog Races, Lawnmower races, family games, various rides & vendors.

Afternoon events at Good Old Days Park with music in the evening.

Sunday July 19th - St. Ignatius Airport Flyin Breakfast 8 am-12. Free Young Eagles Flights 8-17 yrs. with their parents’ approval, can get a ride in an airplane free of charge.

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The Red Ants Pants Music Festival will take place July 23-26 in White Sulphur Springs. Photos by Erik Petersen

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n late July, there’s something really special that happens in the Montana ranching community of White Sulphur Springs.

At the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, folks from far and wide gather in a cow pasture for four nights and three days of music, community and aweinspiring sunsets.

In the last four years, outstanding musical talent such as Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Taj Mahal, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Corb Lund and Charley Pride have played the White Sulphur stage. This year, Red Ants Pants will welcome Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ryan Bingham, Lee Ann Womack, Keb’ Mo’ and many more at the festival, which runs from July 23-26.

It all started back in 2006 when Sarah Calhoun created Red Ants Pants, the first company dedicated to making workwear for women.

A few years later, the nonprofit Red Ants Pants Foundation was born in support of women’s leadership, working family farms and ranches, and rural communities. To raise funds for the foundation, Calhoun hosted the first annual Red Ants Pants Music Festival in 2011.

Proceeds from the festival go to the Red Ants Pants Foundation to support the foundation’s community grant cycle, skills workshops and leadership conferences.

To date, the Red Ants Pants Foundation has delivered more than $45,000 in grants to support its mission of fostering women’s leadership and working family farms and ranches.

This festival is 100 percent home grown and run by an incredibly dedicated crew of hard working staff. They are joined every July by dozens of friends and family that round out our 75 strong festival staff.

Throw in 250 festival volunteers and this makes for a lot of hard work to pull off a pretty fantastic celebration that rises up much like a field of dreams, or an oldfashioned barn raising.

All this means Red Ants Pants is more than a music festival.

It’s a celebration of our hard-working, rural Montana way of life. Nice people, Montana-crafted food, drink and art are a given.

The festival also features agricultural and work skills demonstrations traditional to Big Sky country. When their legs get tired from dancing, festival goers can learn about ranch horsemanship, blacksmithing and timber skills. You can enter a beard competition, taste locally raised beef, or try to cut timber with a crosscut saw.

By attending the festival, attendees can support a great cause, connect and celebrate with great people. For schedule, ticketing and camping information, visit RedAntsPantsMusicFestival.com.

- Courtesy of Red Ants Pants

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t’s the middle of summer and no better time to pick up a good read to help you relax on vacation, or perhaps just a weekend stay-cation. Beat the heat with these great reads from the experts at Shakespeare and Co., including everything from sweet short stories to an essay on preparing an everlasting meal.

A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

By David Gates David Gates brings us a new collection of stories and a novella.

These stories are about vulnerable and tough situations. Gates matches these with people who express feelings most would wish to cover up. His characters are cynical, selfish, and, really, pretty funny. This collection grabs you and pulls you along because it shows a combination of honesty and interest that can be hard to find, especially with short stories.

[Local/fiction/short stories; Knopf Publishing Group, May 2015, $25.95, hardcover]

Hi, This is Conchita and Other Stories

By Santiago Roncagliolo If you read the first five pages of this book and are still on board, then this book is for you. Absolutely inappropriate and hilarious, Santiago Roncagliolo provides strong and real voices throughout these short stories. This book starts with a somewhat awkward phone sex conversation and jumps from story to story, all revolving around telephone conversations. This would be a great book to bring on a weekend away, for some humorous, easy reading.

[Fiction/short stories; Two Lines Press, April 2013, $17.95, paperback]

A Little Life

By Hanya Yanagihara Sometimes you read a book that’s good. Sometimes you read a book that’s great. And then there are books like this one. I experienced every range of emotion while reading this.

Hanya Yanagihara brings us along, following the lives of four men who meet in college and through their lives from then on. “A Little Life” will stay with you long after reading it. Incredible.

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By Tamar Adler I slept with this book under my pillow for a year because I loved it so much. The ideas presented are easily adaptable and delicious. Tamar Adler explains a graceful way of eating, where each meal leads into the next - inspirational and beautifully written.

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Celtic Festival Missoula will take place July 24-25 in downtown Missoula. Photo by Athena Lonsdale

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eltic Festival Missoula is a cultural celebration of the great Celtic traditions featuring music, dance and food, during a remarkable gathering in Missoula’s Caras Park.

The free festival will take place July 24-25 in the downtown park.

On Friday, opening ceremonies with the Celtic Dragon Pipe Band begin at 5:30 p.m.

At 6 p.m., The Screaming Orphans will take the stage, bringing with them the magic of Bundoran in County Donegal, Ireland. The Orphans play driving Celtic rock music that promises to thrill the crowd.

Beginning at 8 p.m., a Celtic band from Chicago called The Tossers, will have their first performance at CFM. The Tossers have been undisputed champions of Irish drinking anthems for well over a decade. Their rocking melodies will have the crowd dancing in the park.

Formed in 1993, The Tossers have been proudly spreading their Irish gospel across the globe and they are thrilled to be coming to Missoula.

On Saturday, July 25, the second day of the festival begins at 9 a.m. with its fifth annual Irish Road Bowling event, a sport played in Ireland for centuries in which a small cannon ball is tossed down a country lane.

Teams bowl in groups of two, and the lowest score wins. This event takes place near Florence, and teams much register for a tee time at celticfestivalmissoula.com.

Saturday festivities begin at noon in Caras Park.

Throughout the day, there’s a fun schedule of traditional Celtic music and dance featuring The Craciers (noon), Haran Irish Dancers from Spokane (1 p.m.), the Montana Shamrockers from the Flathead (2 p.m.), Missoula Irish Dancers (3 p.m.), Broken Whistle of Spokane (4 p.m.) and the Celtic Dragon Pipe Band (5 p.m.).

On Saturday evening, The Screaming Orphans will play again starting at 6:15 p.m. And proudly returning to the Celtic Festival Missoula this year at 8:30 p.m. are The Young Dubliners.

A classic Celtic rock band, The Young Dubliners are quite possibly Celtic rock’s hardest working band, playing hundreds of shows to thousands of fans across the U.S. and Europe every year.

They are literally back by popular demand, as they have been featured in CFM in years past.

In addition to these great performers, CFM features a wide variety of unique food and merchandise vendors. This year features vendors of Celtic merchandise who have traveled from throughout the country to join us.

- Courtesy of Celtic Festival Missoula

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The Polson Flathead Cherry Festival will take place in Polson July 18-19. Photo courtesy of the Flathead Cherry Festival

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ark your calendars for a great event taking place July 18-19 on Main Street in downtown Polson as the the Polson Flathead Cherry Festival takes over the streets.

More than 125 vendors from across Montana and the region will set up on Main Street - along with local merchants that will be selling unique arts and crafts, and holding sidewalk sales.

Flathead cherries will be included in everything imaginable from food, quilts, aprons, jewelry, and of course, those favorite homemade Flathead cherry pies.

Entertainment will include the Shamrockers on Saturday, July 18, from 1-4 p.m.

On Sunday, July 19, the Singing Sons of Beaches will be strolling Main Street from 1-3:30 p.m.

A set of famous contests for all ages will take place throughout the weekend, giving contestants the chance to win $1,000 worth of gift certificates from downtown merchants.

The Children’s Flathead Cherry Pit Spitting starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday; adults will have the chance to spit at 3 p.m. at the Cove Deli.

This is the only legal time you are allowed to spit on the streets of Polson.

At 4 p.m. on Saturday, we’ll see who can tie a Flathead cherry stem the fastest with their tongue at the Cove Deli.

Sunday brings on more fun with the judging of the most unique food made with cherries. Bring your recipe and four samples for the judges to taste at 1 p.m.

The children’s pie eating contest will be at 3 p.m.; the adult contest will be at 3:30 p.m. at the Cove Deli.

All in Stitches will be having a cherry quilt contest and the entries will be displayed in store windows throughout the weekend.

And of course, there will be plenty of chances for attendees to find Flathead cherries.

For more information, visit FlatheadCherryFestival.com.

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smokin’ on the water will take place aug. 1 in polson.

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Or do you just enjoy a plate loaded down with barbecued chicken or ribs?

For anyone and everyone who loves barbecue, the place to be on Saturday, Aug. 1, is the seventh annual Smokin’ On The Water Barbecue Cookoff.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on the shores of Flathead Lake at the KwaTaqNuk Resort in Polson.

A number of pit bosses and assistants will compete for bragging rights to the Best BBQ in the Flathead competition.

Cooks will compete in five categories including beef, chicken, pork, sauce and open.

Cooking teams are encouraged to provide free samples to event attendees, who will vote for their favorite team and for the grand prize People’s Choice award.

Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded in each category, with a special $500 cash prize for the People’s Choice award. Total cash prizes awarded will be $1,500.

A Local Brew Tour, sponsored by the KwaTaqNuk Resort, will feature favorite brews from around the area including Glacier Brewing Company, Flathead Lake Brewing Company, Tamarack Brewing Company and Great Northern Brewing Company.

The Anderson Broadcasting Stage will feature live music throughout the event including local talent such as JimNI and Mark and Anna.

Also part of the Smokin’ event, vendors will be showing and selling special wares.

Get a Grip Climbing will provide a rock climbing wall and trampoline game for the kids.

There will also be carnival-style games and the official Smokin’ on the Water gear featured at the Polson Chamber of Commerce booth.

Cooks or vendors who would like to participate in Smokin’ on the Water should contact the Polson Chamber at 406-883-5969 or visit polsonchamber. com for registration forms.

- Courtesy of the Polson Chamber of Commerce

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week before the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling legalizing gay marriage across the country, thousands of members of Montana’s LGBT community and its supporters gathered in Missoula from June 19-21 for the state’s annual Big Sky Pride event.

The largest event of the three-day celebration was a parade on June 20.

Although they have considered themselves married since having a church ceremony in 2000, Rachael Simpson and Nancy Sendler, who walked in the parade in a pair of white wedding dresses, said they only officially were wed last November in Missoula.

The two have been a couple for more than 20 years.

“We just came to show that we’re here and we’re married,” Simpson said.

Jonathan Bechard, a physician with the Veterans Affairs Montana Health Care System in Fort Harrison, wore a set of rainbow suspenders and a rainbow belt buckle as he walked in the parade alongside a group of VA representatives, carrying a banner that read “We Serve All Who Served.”

“We’re sending a message of outreach to all vets that they can receive care from the VA,” Bechard said.

The parade ended on Main Street downtown, where the street had been closed off at the intersection with Ryman Street for a block party rally that lasted the rest of the day.

Big Sky Pride organizer Kev Hamm was emcee for the rally, introducing a series of speakers to the crowd.

“If we aren’t involved, we don’t win,” he said.

Hamm’s involvement organizing Big Sky Pride started last year, after the Montana Pride Network, which had previously organized Pride events in the state, started to fall apart and announced it would not be holding that year’s event in Butte.

“My friend Tom (Gocksch) and I were like no, that’s not going to happen, and we started talking to people and made it happen,” Hamm said.

In previous years, a new board was chosen for the new city for each Pride event and there was no continuity or institutional memory, Hamm said.

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amm said he was very pleased with the turnout numbers for this year’s Pride in Missoula.

“If anything, we just didn’t plan for as many as we got. The parade was three times as big as what we thought, and the rally was at least twice as big,” he said.

Eric Hall, one of the organizers of the day’s events, said Big Sky Pride hadn’t been held in Missoula since 2004, but that the thousands that came to see it meant it

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Opposite: Organizers of the Big Sky Pride parade say there were three times as many people than expected at the parade.

Above: A Big Sky Pride attendee celebrates the 2014 court decision that allowed gay marriage in Montana. On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on gay marriage nationwide.

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“That just tells me a lot about this community and why I love living here,” he said.

Great Falls will host the 2016 Big Sky Pride, with Billings hosting in 2017.

Hall said to him, now that the laws in the state allow for gay marriage, the next horizon is working to bring the hearts and minds of the citizens of Montana to be more accepting of the LGBT community.

“One of the biggest battles is the social justice element. It’s not a fight of laws as much as it is a mentality,” Hall said.

Although Montana gained gay marriage last year and the Supreme Court ruling at the end of June means that marriages done in Montana now have to be respected in every state.

“Equality, marriage, those things are massive things we’ve worked really hard for,” Hamm said. “As much as things have improved, people get attacked every day.”

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amm said the marriage issue was the “low hanging fruit” but there are still issues for the LGBT community to solve in Montana, including protections in the state’s human rights act to provide nondiscrimination protections in areas like employment and housing.

“You can be fired if you put up a photo of your gay husband on your desk,” Hamm said.

Part of the root problem in Hamm’s eyes is that for years, many members of the gay community left their home states and moved away to the bigger cities where there was a more accepting attitude.

Hamm said he left Montana in 1994 before moving back to Helena in 2006.

“We didn’t create safe spaces in the places we came from, and now we’re having to fight the battle again in rural America,” he said.

He said the argument against protecting the LGBT community has often come down to one of religious liberty. Hamm said the laws should be changed to enforce the concept that discrimination is not an acceptable way to behave.

“You’re refusing service on something that is intrinsic to me and is something that I cannot change and something I shouldn’t have to change,” he said. “For them to say my life somehow affects them, it’s not only wrong, it’s insulting.”

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Mike Huckaby will be just one of the artists appearing at the dat music conference.

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kufen, Black Madonna, Mike Huckaby and many more are billed to play the second edition of the DAT music conference in Missoula.

DAT Music Conference, also known as the Digital and Analog Technologies Music Conference, is returning to Zootown this summer and it will again feature the finest in American techno.

Convening in Missoula July 31 and running through Aug. 2, it will also include grassroots electronic music and a visual arts festival.

According to the festival website, DAT aims to co-create an immersive and enjoyable experience that use different environments throughout the city to bring a variety of creative art forms together.

While DAT is partially aimed at a wider audience, it’s also about bringing electronic music culture and its practitioners to Missoula…for an unprecedented opportunity for attendees to exchange ideas and gain inspiration.

Taking place at multiple venues throughout the city, the event culminates in its “intimacy-by-design approach,” while offering both day and evening artist performances, art installations, creative workshops and more.

This year’s conference headliners - including Detroit’s own Mike Huckaby, Chicago’s Black Madonna and Montreal’s Akufen - will be combined with various electronic artists hailing from all over the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

If you plan to attend, expect an eclectic range of music styles including house, techno, dub, drum and bass, footwork and ambient/experimental.

“The festival’s size, combined with the beautiful Montana setting, allows us to create an environment that pays close attention to detail, hospitality and deep listening experiences,” DAT organizers Tara Emery and Logan Foret wrote in an email about the festival.

Venues include Monk’s, Stage 112, The Downtown Dance Collective, and the Red Lion Inn. Tickets cost $40 for the weekend of events.

More information about DAT Music Conference, including the full lineup and tickets, can be found at www.datmusicconference.com.

- Courtesy of DAT

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Bluegrass legends Hot Rize will play at Snowbowl ski area in Missoula on July 14. Photo courtesy of Ruby Jewel Jamboree

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uby Jewel Productions and Snowbowl Mountain Music are proud to present one of the world’s best bluegrass bands, the internationally renowned Hot Rize in Missoula on July 14.

Rize will be joined by Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers.

The Hot Rize show at SnowBowl will begin at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30

p.m.

It didn’t take long after Tim O’Brien, Pete Wernick, Nick Forster and Charles Sawtelle first appeared onstage together in 1978 for the bluegrass music world to realize that Hot Rize was something special. And by the time they bowed off the stage as a fulltime act in 1990, they’d not only climbed to the top of that world as the International Bluegrass Music Association’s very first Entertainers of the Year, but their stature was recognized across the board, with a nomination for a thennew bluegrass Grammy, a four-star album review in Rolling Stone, tours across four continents, and a legion of up-and-coming, broadminded young musicians ranging from String Cheese Incident to mando monster Chris Thile learning their songs and singing their praises.

The reasons for the acclaim were, and remain, obvious.

Their respect for tradition was easy to hear (and, thanks to their suits and vintage neckties, easy to see), the fresh elements they brought - whether in Sawtelle’s guitar eccentricities or Wernick’s deployment of an effects pedal on his banjo - were

enough to earn them the suspicion of some audience members.

Though half the group lives in Colorado and half in Nashville, they made collaboration a priority, working on new songs, helping one another flesh out lyrics and shape the material into songs that are representative of Hot Rize’s identity.

Once they began co-writing, everything else fell into place.

“That work was, in many ways, the glue we needed to cement us back together,” O’Brien said.

“Western Skies,” a song written by Forster and O’Brien, epitomizes the band’s Boulder origins and Colorado’s rich history of progressive bluegrass.

Fittingly, it’s the song that gives the album its title.

“There’s something about a wide open Western landscape - the light, the quiet, the majesty of distant mountains - allows us to leave our troubles behind and be our truest selves, unencumbered by the pressures of life,” Forster said.

Following the recent release of “When I’m Free,” Hot Rize toured nationwide in 2015.

“Nobody’s been a bigger Hot Rize fan than me, and that’s a perspective I’ve tried to maintain as a member of the band. I’m excited about this new record, and I can’t wait to introduce new fans to the Hot Rize experience,” Sutton said.

For ticketing information, visit rubyjeweljamboree.com.

- Courtesy of Ruby Jewel

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use, ironically enough, seem to need one.

Their latest album, “Drones,” is an attempt to return to the harder rock sound that was their calling card in the early 2000s, when their albums “Origin of Symmetry” and “Absolution” received widespread praise. And while the sound is decidedly similar at times, this record falls short of Muse albums of days past.

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In essence, “Drones” sounds like Muse trying to be Muse rather than, you know … just being Muse.

Make sense? I’ll put it this way - Muse is trying so hard to recapture their earlier sound that the result sounds like a mimicry of themselves. Whereas the music of “Symmetry” and “Absolution” was untethered, grandiose and visceral, “Drones” is canned, forced and uninspired.

It’s a shame, too.

Full disclosure: I love Muse, and I really wanted to love this album.

Their last two albums, “The Resistance” and “The 2nd Law,” didn’t quite hit home for me, and I was excited when I heard they wanted to return to their roots.

While “Drones” is not a bad album by most standards, it’s a lackluster album by Muse standards.

That’s not to say that it doesn’t have its moments.

“Psycho” is an enjoyable song that definitely calls back to “Symmetry,” but even with all its bombast, it still feels like a plodding, tired version of a song that should be at least 10 beats per minute faster. And it’s refrain of “Your ass belongs to me now,” inspired by a drill sergeant screaming at his recruits, is one of those things that surely sounded better on paper.

“The Handler” is probably the closest thing to a return to form for the band - it’s a great song. The guitar riff is devastating, the bass line is brutally effective, and lead singer Matt Bellamy’s vocals sound amazing, especially when they are buttressed by bassist Christopher Wolstenholme’s harmonies. But again, this is a song that is at least 10 beats per minute too slow, especially when you know Muse is capable of producing barn-burners like “Hysteria” and “Stockholm Syndrome.”

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301 S 6th Street West • FREE admission! Opa! Other tracks, however, fall flat. “Dead Inside” opens the album with aplomb, but a little over halfway into the song, the aggressiveness melts away.

“Revolt” is disappointingly generic arena rock. And the title track, an acapella song about a family getting wiped out by drone strikes, has its gruesome lyrics negated by bad musical arrangement.

Speaking of lyrics, they are shockingly clumsy at times. Muse has never shied away from being anti-establishment, anti-government, and anticonspiracy, but they have always expressed these sentiments in thoughtprovoking ways in their past work. On “Drones,” however, they are a lot less subtle in their lyrics; that’s not to say these songs are less cryptic about their subject matter- they are just poorly written. Somewhere along the way, Muse lost their eloquence.

I feel bad for taking Muse to task for this record - as I said, it’s not a bad one. Muse is just in the unfortunate position of being Muse - a band that had set the bar so high for themselves in the past that any claim of a “return to form” is instantly filled with expectations of shortcomings.

“Drones,” at the very least, a step in the right direction. While “The Resistance” was often over-the-top, and “The 2nd Law” flirted with electronic music a bit too much, Drones harkens back to an era where Bellamy and his bandmates perfectly balanced showmanship with substance and grandiose production with cleverly biting lyrics. Maybe they’ll never again be the bombastic, unhinged prog rockers they were in the past. But perhaps a renaissance is around the corner.

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Boiler Room mind against: live in berlin

Berlin-based Italian DJ duo Mind Against has been making a lot of waves this year, and in their Boiler Room debut, it’s easy to see why.

The duo seamlessly and effortlessly weave their own hits between those by Tim Hecker, Manuel Tur, Red Axes and more. The result is a little over an hour’s worth of techno bliss. With chops like this, Mind Against will likely be around for quite some time.

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florence & the machine “how big, how blue, how beautiful”

 predictably big and bold, florence & the machine also find time to tone it down and explore subtlety.

Roman À Clef “Abandonware”

Jedi Mind Tricks “The Thief and The Fallen”

Billy Shaddox “I Melt, I Howl”

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a strange marriage between 80s and 60s pop that works well enough for a couple listens.

jedi mind tricks turn in one of the strongest, head-bobbing-est albums of the year.

alternatively heartwarming and hokey, “I melt, I howl” keeps itself from ever taking flight

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ed 2” reunites Mark Wahlberg’s insecurewallflower character (it’s called acting, folks) with the chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff and racial, sexual, scatological and ’80s-reference insults voiced, with moviesaving acumen, by co-writer and director Seth MacFarlane.

“Saving” is relative.

Madly uneven, more so than the mediocre 2012 hit that made half a billion worldwide, this one’s an easy predictive call.

If you got your laughs out of “Ted,” you’ll likely come crawling back for “Ted 2.” It’s not the same film, but it’s same-adjacent.

“Ted” was rated R for “crude and sexual content, pervasive language and some drug use.”

“Ted 2,” on the other hand, is rated R for “crude and sexual content, pervasive language and some drug use,” though with MacFarlane’s interest in keeping his lifelong pals forever in the vicinity of a nice big bong and a nonstop supply of weed, “some drug use” is also relative.

The sequel opens with an absurdly lavish musical credit sequence, stealing from Fred Astaire and the Nicholas brothers, set to Irving Berlin’s “Steppin’ Out With My Baby.” (Broadway verteran Rob Ashford choreographed, and beautifully.) Ted the magical talking teddy bear is celebrating his marriage to the woman he calls his “Bawston hoor,” played by gum-chewing Jessica Barth.

John, played by Wahlberg, married Mila Kunis’ blandly tolerant female lead in the first “Ted” but that union has been severed, and John’s alone and depressed and

addicted to porn. What a lovable loser! Until you start dwelling on that particular detail; then he becomes something less cuddly.

Ted’s marriage to his fellow grocery store cashier sours as well, until the genital-free plush toy and his bride decide to have a baby.

With full sincerity “Ted 2” believes in Ted’s own line: with a kid in an unhappy home, “it’ll teach us to love each other again.” Works every time.

The serious bits in “Ted 2” relate to Ted being revoked of his basic civil rights, his personhood, when the courts declare him to be property, not human. Parallels to Dred Scott, the legacy of slavery and America’s history of prejudice and intolerance are made throughout the film, sometimes effectively, sometimes in ways where you think: Huh? Wha? Ted’s marriage is annulled; he loses his job. It’s up to a fledgling lawyer (Amanda Seyfried, introduced lighting up a bong) to right the wrongs and reawaken John’s lust for life.

I laughed three or four times, mostly at verbal byplay since director MacFarlane struggles when it comes to timing, filming and cutting sight gags, many of them.

The rest of the movie, eh. What I said three years ago about the formula in “Ted” goes for “Ted 2”: MacFarlane’s career is built on “a high quotient of startlingly crude ethnic and cultural stereotypes leavened by a sincere appreciation for American popular music of another era.”

I’ve seen worse comedies this year, and I’ll see better.

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To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 3-31 Opera House Theatre in Philipsburg presents “Vaudeville Variety Show,” “First Things First” and “The Nerd,” 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 4 p.m. Sundays.

For tickets and schedule call (406) 859-0013 or visit , operahousetheatre.com.

3 Irish music session, 6-9 p.m.; Three Eared Dog, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

3 Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., Featuring 1: “view-finders” by Carley F. Smith.

728-5251, thebrinkgallery.com.

4 Missoula City Band performs before the fireworks at Southgate Mall. 728-2400 Ext. 7041, missoulacityband. org.

3 First Friday, Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Featuring a series of paintings that are a classic study of the concept “Theme and Variation,” by artist Dwayne Andrews. 728-1358.

4 4th of July dance party, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

3 Reception, 5-8 p.m., The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “Way Out West Clay” by Loree West of Stevensville. 543-6393, missoulaartistsshop.com.

3 First Friday, Betty’s Divine, 509 S. Higgins Ave., Featuring photographs by artists Leslie Kerr and Zola Kell, they met at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in 2007 and have been making art together since. 721-4777.

3 Reception, 5-8 p.m., 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Featuring “From Field to Fine Craft: Gourd Vessels,” an eclectic collection inspired by the organic grace and allure of the hard shelled gourd. 317-1543, 4ravensgallery@ gmail.com .

3 Russ Nasset & The Revelators, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

4 14th annual Collector’s Sale, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316, Fort Missoula. 549-6280, 549-5346.

4 Wartime Blues acoustic show, Philipsburg Brewing Co. 5 This Frontier Needs a Hero, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6 Larry Hirshberg (singer/songwriter), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 6-10 “Making Faces: The Art of Caricature” with Tim and Patricia Thornton, 9 a.m.-noon, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Ages 8-14; $72/$80. Students will learn how to make a cartoon faces out of ordinary portraits,

enlarging and exaggerating different features, while keeping the subject recognizable. Scholarships are available contact reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org.

6 “Computer Fundamentals,” learn about the parts of the computer (hardware), how to turn it on and off, managing your desktop and how to open programs, no experience necessary, registration required, 6 p.m.; Scrabble!- come play Scrabble with this open group. Boards provided or bring your own, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

6-10 Boys Rock Camp, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $225 /$215 for members; registration required. In this camp boys will build self esteem through music exploration. Regardless of musical experience, campers will receive instrument instruction, form a band, write an original song, and perform at Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat Lounge.

Feel free to call to have a place on the waitlist. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

7 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; summer art activity for school age children (completed kindergarten), 2 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club -4-6 p.m.; System Check!

The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m.; Writers

Anonymous, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

7 William “Gatz” Hjortsberg reads and signs “Manana,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com.

8 Missoula City Band concert featuring Caitlin & Jesse, 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Free. 728-2400 Ext. 7041, missoulacityband.org.

8 Out to Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by Gladys Friday; children’s activities by the Flagship program. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

8 “MailMerge:WORD/EXCEL,” learn to use this helpful Office function from start to finish and enhance your skills in an office setting, 12:30 p.m.; Big Sky Summer Film, free popcorn and a family movie at the Big Sky Branch at Big Sky High School, 1 p.m.; free matinee, showing a classic film, 2 p.m.; Middle school writers-for writers and aspiring writers in grades 6-9, to get and give good feedback, play with words – and eat a little chocolate, 3:30 p.m.; “Open Time in the MakerSpace,” 6-7 p.m.; Gaming for Grownups, new game featured each month, 6-8:30 p.m.; 2nd Wednesday Book Group discusses “Cloudstreet” by Tim Winton, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

july 2015 8 Glass Fusing orientation class, 6-8 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $20/$15 for members plus cost of glass. This introductory class will cover the basics of glass—from how the kilning process works to slumping, fusing, mold-making, and glass aftercare. Once you have attended this fun night of glass fusing you’re welcome to come in anytime and work in our Glass Fusing Studio! 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

9 Wild Coyote Band, 9 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

9 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; R.E.A.D. Dogs: practice reading with a dog trained to listen! At the Dragon Rug, 1 p.m.; Family Summer Movie, a free family-friendly movie every Thursday afternoon, 2 p.m.; “Open Time in the MakerSpace,” 3-6 p.m.; Lego Club, for all ages up to 12, Legos cover the floor in the dragon rug area, 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

9 Downtown Tonight, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Caras Park.

Music by Best of the Bands; children’s activities by Children’s Museum at Fort Missoula. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

8 Skylar Browning and Jeremy Watterson read from their book “Montana Baseball History,” 7 p.m., Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 549-9010, shakespeareandco.com.

9 Mudslide Charley, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 10 Bottom Feeders, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

10 Gallery opening, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Featuring “The Art of the Graphic Novel” by Chuck Bordell and “Classic Car Part Art” by Mark and Anna Moura Alexander. Graphic Novels are the art of telling stories with a combination of images and words. Mark and Anna have enjoyed a passion for classic cars for many years. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

10 Free silk-screening night, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Donations appreciated. Come in with a blank shirt, tote bag, or scarf and leave with one of the house designs printed anywhere of your choosing. No registration necessary—just come on by! 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

10-13 In the Footsteps of Norman Maclean Festival, Seeley Lake. Join National Book Award winner Pete Dexter, author John Maclean and smokejumpers who walked Mann Gulch with Maclean as they recall experiences with Montana’s iconic author and enjoy a free screening of “A River Runs Through It.” Tickets available at macleanfoosteps.com.

Call (406) 754-0034.

10 Opening reception and prize ceremony, 5-8 p.m,.

E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. Featuring the second annual Kid’s Art Exhibit, “Destination Imagination!” e3gallerymissoula.com.

10 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family Storytime stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library , an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2

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p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12: come listen, share your work, do fun writing exercises, and eat snacks, 3:30 p.m.; World-Wide Cinema, free foreign film, “Traitors” (Arabic, French), 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

10-11 406, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

11 Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

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11 Five Valley Accordions annual picnic dance, 1-10 p.m., Lolo Community Center. Activities, music, bingo, lunch, ice cream. Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Donations appreciated. 3708452, 777-5349.

11 The Harmaleighs, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 11 Saturday Family Art Workshop, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Tie Dye with Erin Roberts. Bring your own clean white t-shirt, pillowcase, or any white garment to make a splash with spirals of bright color. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

11-13 In the Footsteps of Norman Maclean Festival, Seeley Lake, will celebrate this timeless novella and feature talks by Norman’s son John Maclean, Pete Dexter, Laird Robinson, Alan Thomas, Rebecca McCarthy and Norman’s grandson Noah Snyder. (406) 754-0034, macleanfootsteps.com.

12 Dean and Riley, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 12 The Ed Norton Big Band, 6-8 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7.

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

13 “Electronics Exploration,” 3-5 p.m.; “Beginning WORD,” an introduction to word processing including how to create a document, manipulate the text and font, use templates and a few fun tricks, registration required, 6 p.m.; Scrabble!- come play Scrabble with this open group.

Boards provided or bring your own, 6 p.m.; “Books to Movies” film-final free film in summer reading program series for adults, 6 p.m., ., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

13 Next Door Prison Hotel with Travis Yost, drums and John Sporman, standup bass, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 13-17 “A Cabinet of Wonders: Animal Parts and Art” with Jennifer Ogden and Lisa Hendricks, 9 a.m.-noon, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Ages 7-11; $72/$80. Using specimens from the UM’s Phillip L .Wright Zoological Museum, campers will get a close look at Montana’s horns, antlers, skulls, bones, hides, feathers, and wings.

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13-17 Girls Rock Camp, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $225 /$215 for members; registration required. In this camp, girls will build self esteem through music exploration. Regardless of musical experience, campers will receive instrument instruction, form a band, write an original song, and perform at Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat Lounge.

Girls will also learn about music history, attend songwriting clinics, talk about stage presence, create flyers for their upcoming show, design a band logo and screen T-shirts, and more. Girls will also get to meet other musicians in Missoula and be exposed to different local bands for lunch-time concerts. This class is full. Feel free to call to have a place on the waitlist. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

14 Christine Carbo and Leslie Budewitz interview and signing of “The Wild Inside” and “Butter Off Dead,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com.

14 Snowbowl Mountain Music and Bob Wards present Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailbazer, 7 p.m., Snowbowl. Family friendly with children 12 and under free.

Visit snowbowlmountainmusic.com.

14 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Summer Art Activity for school age children (completed kindergarten), 2 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club, 4-6 p.m.; System Check!

The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m.; 2nd Tuesday MPL Book Group discusses “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

14-Aug. 11 Layered printmaking class, Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $105 for members/$115 for non-members. This dynamic multi-week class is the perfect introduction and further discovery into the world of screen-printing! Learn the fundamentals of screening on paper and fabric. Black and white ink, photo emotion, tape and some paper included in materials fee. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

14-Aug. 11 Art History class, Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $105 for members/$115 for non-members. Lectures will include the birth of modernism: the early system of academies through turn of the Century including impressionism, the early 20th century through post World War I. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

15 “Easy steps to Ebooks,” electronic books, e-audio books, digital music and video – all available through the library website! Learn how to take advantage of free access to new media from the comfort of your own home. Attendees must have a basic knowledge of how to use their eReader.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their eReaders and any cords if they have them, 12:30 p.m.; Big Sky Summer Film – free popcorn and a family movie at the Big Sky Branch at Big Sky High School, 1 p.m.; Middle school writers-for writers and aspiring writers in grades 6-9, to get and give good feedback, play with words – and eat a little chocolate, 3:30 p.m.; “Open Time in the MakerSpace,” 6-7 p.m.; Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

15 Out to Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by Jelly

Bread; children’s activities by National Wildlife Federation.

Call 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

15 Missoula City Band concert featuring Back to the Future! 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Free. 728-2400 Ext. 7041, missoulacityband.org.

16 Nashville 406, 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

16 Downtown Tonight, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Caras Park.

Music by Jameson & The Sordid Seeds; children’s activities by Championship Training. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

16 Brian Ernst, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 16 : “Paint N/ Pour,” 6-8 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $25 /$20 for members, registration required. Allow us to pour you a glass of wine, load up your pallet, and instruct you on how to paint you’re own personal masterpiece. Our instructor will present easy step-by-step directions with plenty of opportunity for the creative juices to flow and diverge so each piece is unique to the creator. No painting experience required. Canvases, paint, wine, and laughter all provided! 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

16 Liz Carlisle share from her new book “Lentil Underground” joined by poet and farmer Josh Slotnick, author of “HomeFarm,” 7 p.m., Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 549-9010, shakespeareandco.com.

16 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; R.E.A.D. Dogs: practice reading with a dog trained to listen! at the Dragon Rug, 1 p.m.; “Origami Peace Cranes,” learn how to fold origami peace cranes and fold them in remembrance of Hiroshima & Nagasaki anniversaries– facilitated by Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 1 p.m.; Family Summer Movie, A free family-friendly movie every Thursday afternoon, 2 p.m.; “Open Time in the MakerSpace,” 3-6 p.m.; Lego Club, for all ages up to 12, Legos cover the floor in the dragon rug area from 3:30-5 p.m.; YA Volunteer Orientation- 3:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

17-18 Montana Hog Rally starts 6-10 p.m. Friday at GrizzlyHarley Davidson, 5106 E. Harrier Ave., with music, food, games and a fundraiser for the Montana Food Bank Network. More than 350 Harley owners from throughout the U.S. and Canada are expected in Missoula for the weekend. Ken Hughes, 239-0671.

17 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family Storytime stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library, an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12: come listen, share your work, do fun writing exercises, and eat snacks, 3:30 p.m.; Cheap Date Night, free feature film, 7 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

17 Nashville 406, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

17 Joan Zen, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

17 Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio with Won Meissner and Pete Hand, 6-8 p.m., Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

17-18 Wild Coyote Band, 8 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Eagles, 2420 South Ave. W. 17-19 Smokejumpers reunion and celebration of 75 years of jumping fires, University of Montana. Event includes bluegrass music and fire pits, barbecue, tours of the USFS fire lab and technology center, golf tournament, presentations and more. For more information, call 4318920 or email jimphillips@bresnan.net.

18 Good Old Fashioned, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 18 North Side/West Side Block Party! 3-9 p.m. Rock The Hood, the third annual Northside/Westside block party will take place on North First Street between The ZACC and The Stensrud building. This is an all day celebration of our neighborhood. Neighbors have a chance to meet,

greet, dance, mingle, enjoy activities and find out all about the different resources that are available in their neighborhoods year round. Family Activities can include sidewalk chalk, face-painting, volleyball, a Community Co-op lounge, found object mosaics with Home Resource, a big bouncy house, bubbles, hula hoops, juggling, storytelling and more. Musical guests include J. Sherri, Voodoo Horseshoes, Velvet Handlebars, Wartime Blues, and more! Also an appearance by GCLAW (Garden City Ladies Arm Wrestling). 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

18 Country Boogie Boys, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

18 Members’ Event: Coffee with Kathryn Schmidt, 11 a.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Ease into your weekend with art! All members are invited to this cozy Saturday morning event with exhibiting artist Katheryn Schmidt. She will discuss her current exhibition Seen in Broad Daylight over coffee and pastries. Treats provided by James Bar and Black Coffee. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

18 Art Guides & Art Helpers, 11 a.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Meet with exhibiting artist Kathryn Schmidt for this members-only event. All volunteers are welcome to attend. 728-0447, missoulaartmuseum.org.

18 “Drawing the Figure” with Kathryn Schmidt, 1-3:30 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. For teens and adults, $22.50/$25. Participants will gain insight into drawing the figure with exhibiting artist Kathryn Schmidt. All materials will be provided and no experience is necessary. Scholarships are available contact reneet@ missoulaartmuseum.org 18 Wartime Blues, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 18 Montana Old Time Fiddlers, 4-8 p.m., The Trax, Alberton.

18 Alberton’s 30th Railraod Day celebretion featuring Rob Quist and Great Northern featuring Halladay Quist. For more information, visit albertonmontana.com/railroad_ day.htm.

18 Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

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

19 Big Sky Film Series Screening of “Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove,” 7 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 19 Tom Catmull, 5-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 19 Sunday Streets Missoula, noon-4 p.m., Higgins Avenue.

Variety of educational and recreational opportunities on a car-free Higgins Ave. sundaystreetsmissoula.org.

20 Nathan Eyre (acoustic guitar and octave mandolin), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 20-24 “Camera Charisma: Warhol Portraits and Selfies Steve Krutek,” 9 a.m.-noon, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Ages 9-12; $72/$80. Experience your 15 minutes of fame as you take photos capturing your face and the faces of others. Students will be introduced to the photo work of Andy Warhol by viewing MAM’s exhibit of Warhol’s Polaroid photographs. Digital cameras are available or bring your own. Scholarships are available contact reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org 20 MPL Blood Draw for Hometown Heroes – American Red Cross and MPL partner up for a “Hometown Heroes Blood Draw.” Register by calling 258-3848. “Electronics Exploration,” 3-5 p.m.; “Intro to Email,” learn the basics of creating an email account, writing a message, including attachments, sending, and receiving messages, registration required, 6 p.m.; Scrabble!- come play Scrabble with this open group. Boards provided or bring your own, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

20- 24 “Nature Journals,” 9 a.m.–noon, Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $90/$80 for members; registration required. This class will explore the art of keeping a nature journal. We will learn how to document the natural beauty around us by capturing it through drawing, sketching, writing, and painting. You take from this course with the beginnings of a new hobby,

a deeper appreciation for the natural world, a partially filled-in sketch pad, and several larger pieces of finished art work. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

20-24 “Puppet Theater,” 1-4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $90 /$80 for members; registration required. In this camp, we will design and build our own puppets as well as a stage set, write our own puppet show, and perform it for an audience on the last day of class. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

21 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Summer Art Activity for school age children (completed kindergarten), 2 p.m.; Young Adult Volunteer Orientation – come learn about ways to volunteer, play some gaimes to learn new skills (and, yes, chocolate is involved), 3:30 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club, 4-6 p.m.; System Check! The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary. org.

21 Contour flower drawing, 2- 4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $25 for nonmembers/free for members. Learn the fundamentals of contour drawing with Montana’s fundamental beauties: flowers! All materials provided. 549-7555, zootownarts. org.

21 Peter Bowen reads and signs “Bitter Creek,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com.

22 Missoula City Band concert featuring Concert in the Park, 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Free. 728-2400 Ext. 7041, missoulacityband.org.

22 Out to Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by Erin & The Project; children’s activities by Childbloom Guitar. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

22 “WORD: tables & forms,” in Word, tables are useful for organizing and presenting data. You can create a blank table, convert text to a table, and apply a variety of styles and formats to existing tables. You can create a form in Microsoft Office Word by starting with a template you’ve created and adding content controls, including text boxes, date pickers, and drop-down lists. You can also create a form by starting with a sample template, 12:30 p.m.; Big Sky Summer Film, free popcorn and a family movie at the Big Sky Branch at Big Sky High School, 1 p.m.; free matinee, showing a classic film, 2 p.m.; Middle school writers-for writers and aspiring writers in grades 6-9, to get and give good feedback, play with words – and eat a little chocolate, 3:30 p.m.; “Origami Peace Cranes,” learn how to fold origami peace cranes and fold them in remembrance of Hiroshima & Nagasaki anniversaries– facilitated by Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 1 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

22 Bob Ross Night, 6- 8 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $20/$25 for non-members.

Bring on your Bob Ross wigs, impressions, and appreciation for our monthly Bob Ross Night! Participants will be inspired to paint happy little trees as we watch a Bob Ross video and follow along while drinking wine and having fun in our gallery. Cost covers all your materials, supplies, and canvas. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

23 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; R.E.A.D. Dogs: practice reading with a dog trained to listen! at the Dragon Rug, 1 p.m.; Family Summer Movie, a free family-friendly movie every Thursday afternoon, 2 p.m.; “Open Time in the MakerSpace,” 3-6 p.m.; Lego Club, for all ages up to 12, LEGOs cover the floor in the dragon rug area from 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

23 Downtown Tonight, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Caras Park. Music by The Cold Hard Cash Show; children’s activities by National Wildlife Federation. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown. com.

23 Rinker Buck presentation and signing of “The Oregon Trail,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7212881, factandfictionbooks.com.

23 Djebe Bara (African Drum music and dancing), 6-8 p.m.,

july 2015 Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 24-25 Celtic Festival Missoula, Caras Park. Celtic Festival Missoula is an annual celebration of great Celtic culture, focusing on music, dance and food. Visit celticfestivalmissoula.com.

24 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family Storytime stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library, an open fiber-arts craft group, noon-2 p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12: come listen, share your work, do fun writing exercises, and eat snacks, 3:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

24 Russ Nasset & The Revelators, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

25 Family Storytime for children of all ages, and caregivers, 11 a.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 7212665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

25 Pottery sale, 11a.m.- 6 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. The ZACC strives to keep prices affordable for every budget, meaning our prices are as low as we can go. But we still love sales, so one Saturday of every month we highlight a piece of pottery to put on Sale! The pottery is a featured piece in our Paint-YourOwn-Pottery studio where patrons come in and paint a pre-made piece of bisque ware. 549-7555, zootownarts. org.

25 Basses Covered, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 25 and Aug. 1 “Pop Painting” with Tim Thornton, 11a.m.2:30 p.m., , Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. For teens and adults, $45/$50. Pop was a movement that embraced popular culture, borrowing from advertising and mass media for its subjects and process. Andy Warhol was a master at this. Artist and teacher Tim Thornton will discuss and demonstrate the processes used by pop artists of the ’50s and ’60s to transfer images, faces, or soup cans from photographs to canvas using grids, projectors, and stencils. You will leave the class with one portrait done in a style similar to that Andy Warhol. Materials will be supplied and no experience is necessary. Scholarships are available contact reneet@ missoulaartmuseum.org.

26 Roma Ransom, 5-7 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 26 Western Union (Texas swing), 6-8 p.m., Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier Drive. $7.

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

27 “Electronics Exploration,” 3-5 p.m.; “Internet Searching, how to use the internet to effectively find what you are looking for; includes security tips, registration required, 6 p.m.; Scrabble!- come play Scrabble with this open group.

Boards provided or bring your own, 6 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary. org.

27-31 “Cartooning: Learn to draw cartoons!” 9 a.m.–noon, Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $90/$80 for members; registration required. This class will address the fundamentals involved in creating that unique art form, that we call “Cartooning”. The class will address the basics of Cartooning, including (but not limited to) constructing the head, hands and body, using simple shapes, character design, indicating expression/ emotion with the feature, drawing animals, placing characters in an environment. This class is full. Feel free to call to have a place on the waitlist. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

27-31 “Functional Pottery,” 1-4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $90/$80 for members; registration required. There is nothing quite like having a cup of tea from a cup or mug you created with your own hands! During this camp you will explore hand-building functional objects for yourself or to give as gifts! This class is full. Feel free to call to have a place on the waitlist. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

27-31 “Art Exploration” with Jolena Ryan, 9 a.m.-noon, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Ages 6-11; $72/$80. Art Exploration will offer campers a unique opportunity to explore and expand their love of art.

During the week students will be introduced to several techniques: drawing, painting, bookmaking, and printmaking. Projects will include collagraph (collage) printing, constructing a book of pockets, creating a paper quilt, and, of course, drawing and painting. Scholarships are available contact reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org.

27 Dan Dubuque (slide guitar and Charango), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 27 Jenny Milchman reads and signs “As Night Falls,” 7 p.m., Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 721-2881, factandfictionbooks.com.

28 Snowbowl Mountain Music and Bob Wards present Monroe Crossing featuring Dolce Canto, 7 p.m., Snowbowl.

Family friend with children 12 and under free. Visit snowbowlmountainmusic.com.

28 Ana Popovic, 8 p.m., Top Hat, 1234 W. Front St. Tickets $16 in advance, $18 day of show, ticketfly.com, tophatlounge.com. Ages 18 and over.

28 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Summer Art Activity for school age children (completed kindergarten), 2 p.m.; Frenchtown Branch LEGO club, 4-6 p.m.; System Check!

The Official MPL Gamers Club for ages 13-19, play on Wii, Xbox 360 in the YA department, 6:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary. org.

29 Missoula City Band concert featuring Missoula’s 150th birthday party with Ellie Nuno, 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Free.

728-2400 Ext. 7041, missoulacityband.org.

29 Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Quartet with Ron Meissner, Chuck Florence and Pete Hand, 7-9 p.m., Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. 29 Out to Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by Hardin/Scott Band; children’s activities by Zootown Arts Community Center. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown. com.

29 Turnpike Troubadors, Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. 30 Caroline Keys and Jeff Turman, 6-8 p.m., Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 30 Downtown Tonight, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Caras Park. Music

by Billy Shaddox; children’s activities by Zootown Arts Community Center. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown. com.

30 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; R.E.A.D. Dogs: practice reading with a dog trained to listen! at the Dragon Rug, 1 p.m.; Family Summer Movie, free family-friendly movie every Thursday afternoon, 2 p.m.; “Open Time in the MakerSpace,” 3-6 p.m.; Lego Club, for all ages up to 12, Legos cover the floor in the dragon rug area, 3:30-5 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

31 Tiny Tales for ages birth-3, parents and tots sing, tell stories and rhymes, and engage in fun activities in the large meeting room, 10:30 a.m.; Family Storytime stories for children of all ages and caregivers, 10:30 a.m.; Yarns @ the Library, an open fiber-arts craft group, noon -2 –p.m.; Young Adult Writers for writers in grades 9-12: come listen, share your work, do fun writing exercises, and eat snacks, 3:30 p.m., Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. 721-2665, missoulapubliclibrary.org.

31 ShoDown, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

31 Wartime Blues, Caras Park.

31-Aug. 1 Western Union (Texas swing and country), 8 p.m., Missoula Eagles, 2420 South Ave. W. 31 Tom Catmull’s Radio Static, 9:30 p.m., Union Club, 208 E. Main St. No cover.

August 1 Zeppo, 9:30 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

3 Adam Stroud Duo (original jazz), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 5 Missoula City Band concert featuring Gary Herbig, saxaphone, 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Free. 728-2400 Ext. 7041, missoulacityband.org.

5 Out to Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music

by Mudslide Charlie; children’s activities by Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Call 543-4238, missouladowntown.com.

5 Jason Isbell performs, 7:30 p.m., Adams Center, UM. Tickets $35 plus fees, available at the Adams Center Box office and all GrizTix locations, griztix.com and by phone at 243-4051.

5 Slightly Stoopid with special guests Dirty Heads & Stick Figure, 6 p.m., Big Sky Brewing Company. Tickets $36 in advance, $40 day of show, available at Big Sky Brewing Company, Rockin’ Rudy’s, by calling 866-468-7624 and online at Ticketweb.com or KnittingFactory.com.

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july 11 at 5pm the raven, woods bay, bigfork

To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 3 Kim Uhde, 8-10 p.m., Symes Hotel, Hot Springs.

3 Sapphire Shakedown, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork 3 Pickin’ in the Park, 3 p.m., Boettcher Park, Polson. (406) 407-3514.

3 Flip Side at the Lake Bar, Highway 93, Polson.

3 Flathead Valley Blues Society Blues Cruise departing from Lakeside, 7 p.m. Tickets $25. Featuring Three-Eared Dog. flatheadvalleyblues. org.

3-4 Predactor Project at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

3-4 Dark Horse Band at the Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

3-4 Arlee Fourth of July Celebration continues on the powwow grounds. Grand entries begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The Powwow Trail run and walk begins at 9 a.m.

Saturday, and the Snake Dance weaves through the arena at 2 p.m. Competition dancing begins Friday evening and continues throughout the weekend with winners of the dancing and drumming competitions announced Sunday evening. (406) 745-2700, arleepowwow.com.

3-5 Port Polson Players present “Gaslight,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Theatre on the Lake, U.S. Highway 93, Polson. Tickets $14-$15. The Players launch their season with this 1938 classic thriller. (406) 883-9212, portpolsonplayers.com.

3-5 Whitefish Arts Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Depot Park, 504 Railway St., Kalispell. More than 100 artists from around the Northwest share sculptures, paintings, photography, woodworking, pottery, jewelry, clothing and more. A variety of food and beverages, music and entertainment are also on tap. (406) 862-5875, whitefishartsfestival.org.

4 Stumptown Quilters Society Show, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Whitefish Middle School Gym. Free admission. (406) 261-4855.

4 Polson Fourth of July Parade, noon, and daylong “Bargin’ In” on the lake shore at Sacajawea Park. The musical event will culminate with

the annual fireworks show on “The Shadow” at 9 p.m. Tickets $50 per person; reservations are required by calling (406) 883-3636).

4 Kalispell Fourth of July Parade, 10 a.m., downtown, followed by free ice cream social at Conrad Mansion, at 11 a.m. (406) 758-2803.

4 Whitefish Fourth of July fireworks display, 10:30 p.m., City Beach.

(406) 862-3501.

4 Fourth of July barbecue with fireworks and music by Good, Bad & the Ugly, Symes Hotel, Hot Springs.

4 Fourth of July Parade, noon, downtown Bigfork followed by a fireman’s barbecue and the Ducks for Bucks at 4 p.m. at Old Steel Bridge.

(406) 837-5888, bigfork.org.

4 Old Sap at The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

4 Brent Jameson, 7-9 p.m., Belton Chalet, West Glacier. (406) 8885000, beltonchalet.com.

5 Flathead Lake Cheese tasting and open house, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with tours, 208 First Ave. E., Polson.

5 Inaugural Live in Lakeside for Crown of Continent, 4-8 p.m., Lakeside Town Center Lawn, 306 Stoner Loop. Admission $15 per person at gate or $10 in advance at Tamarack Brewing, Glacier Perks and the Bigfork Mountaineer Outdoor Store. Bring chairs and blankets. Gates open at 3 p.m. Food and beverages available on site from Tamarack Brewing. (406) 890-9767, visitflatheadlake.com.

5 Riverbend Concert Series featuring the Bad Larrys, 7 p.m., Sliter Park, Bigfork. (406) 837-2036.

5 Arts and crafts fair, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Yaak School, Troy. (406) 2959311.

5 Accordion jam, 2-5:30 p.m., Polson Elks, Main Stsreet.

5 Dixie Riddle, 10 p.m., Crush Lounge, Whitefish.

5 Singing Sons of Beaches, 2-4 p.m., Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

6 Margarita Monday with Sista Otis, 7:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigforkk.

7 Dixie Riddle, 6-9 p.m., Sky Bar in Casey’s, Whitefish.

8 Dixie Riddle, 7:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

8 Bob Starkel Karaoke, 6 p.m., Finley Point Grill Burger & Pizza Bar, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson.

8-13 Port Polson Players present “Gaslight,” 8 p.m. WednesdaySaturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Theatre on the Lake, U.S. Highway 93, Polson. Tickets $14-$15. The Players launch their season with this 1938 classic thriller. (406) 883-9212, portpolsonplayers.com.

9 Thursday!Fest featuring Andrea Harsell, 5-8 p.m., in front of Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. (406) 253-6923.

9 Barton/Caselli, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Finley Point Grill, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson.

9 Singing Sons of Beaches, 6:30 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

9 Karaoke, 9 p.m., Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

9, 11, 17, 22, 25 and 30 Alpine Theatre Project presents “Chicago,” 8 p.m., Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 Second St. E, Whitefish.

Tickets $18-$42. When Roxie Hart is put on trial for murdering her lover, she becomes an instant celebrity in 1920s Chicago, creating an instant rivalry with fellow murderess, Velma Kelly.

This darkly funny musical of fame, greed and murder is now the second longest-running Broadway show in history. (406) 862-7469, atpwhitefish.org.

10 Reception: Monte Dolack’s “Landscapes and Mythologies,” 5-7 p.m., Bigfork Museum of Art and History, 525 Electric Ave. The Missoula artist shares six original works, as well as lithographs and posters, through Aug. 29. (406) 837-6927, bigforkmuseum.org.

10 New Big Sky Singers. 7 p.m., Rex Theatre, Thompson Falls. Featuring Rob Quist, Don Collins, Gary Funk and Don MacDonald, the group performs folk and Celtic music. They will be joined by Pete Hand on bass fiddle and fiddlist Ellie Nuno.

10 Pickin’ in the Park, 3 p.m., Boettcher Park, Polson. (406) 407-3514.

10 Kevin Van Dort, 8-10 p.m., Symes Hotel, Hot Springs.

10 My True Freedom, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

10-11 Dark Horse Band at the Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

10-11 Yabba Griffiths at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

10-12 Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead Summer Outdoor Show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Flathead County Courthouse West Lawn, 920 S. Main St., Kalispell. Local fine artists and crafters display and sell beadwork, cowboy arts, birdhouses, candles, carvings, woodwork, fabric crafts, jewelry, leatherwork and more. (406) 881-4288, acfguide.com.

10, 15, 21, 24, 29 and Aug. 1 “Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash,” 8 p.m., Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. Tickets $18-$42. From the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes this musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family. More than two dozen classic hits –including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and the title tune – tell the life story of one of America’s musical treasures. (406) 862-7469, atpwhitefish.org.

11 CARD Big Sky Bash featuring Three Dog Night and Copper Mountain Band, 7 p.m., J. Neils Park, Libby. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the gate. Center for Asbestos Related Disease Foundation, (406) 293-9274, Ext. 132.

11 Conscious Sedation and Charlie Ryan, 8-10 p.m., Symes Hotel, Hot Springs.

11-12 Glacier Symphony Summer Pops Concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Rebecca Farm, 1385 Farm to Market Road, Kalispell.

Tickets $40 per carload or $40 per person; $200 for four for premium seating (tables are available for $500 and seat eight). The Hit Men, featuring the former stars of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, join the Glacier Symphony in a selection of hits from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, including “Oh What a Night,” “Sherry” and “Walk Like a Man.” Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and participants are encouraged to bring picnics or buy food and libations from vendors. (406) 407-7000, gscmusic.tix.com.

july 2015 11 Bass Boat Feat, Bird of Prey, Of the Trees and more, 5 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

12 Riverbend Concert Series featuring John Floridis, 7 p.m., Sliter Park, Bigfork. (406) 837-2036.

12 Flathead Lakers inaugural Poker Paddle, noon, Polson. Humanpropelled boats launch from King’s Point, stopping at designated docks at islands in the narrows. The event wraps up with prizes, a catered party and live entertainment by the Dark Horse Band. (406) 883-1346, dana@flowswimmers.com.

12 Dixie Riddle, 10 p.m., Crush Lounge, Whitefish.

12 Singing Sons of Beaches, 2-4 p.m., Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

13 Margarita Monday with Lil’ Gladys, 7:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

14 Dixie Riddle, 6-9 p.m., Sky Bar in Casey’s, Whitefish.

15 Dixie Riddle, 7 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

15-17 Standing Arrow Powwow, Big Arm. 15-19 Port Polson Players present “Gaslight,” 8 p.m. WednesdaySaturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Theatre on the Lake, U.S. Highway 93, Polson. Tickets $14-$15. The Players launch their season with this 1938 classic thriller. (406) 883-9212, portpolsonplayers.com.

16 Thursday!Fest featuring Billy Angel, 5-8 p.m., in front of Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. (406) 253-6923.

16 Peterson Brothers, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Finley Point Grill, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson.

16 Singing Sons of Beaches, 6:30 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

16 Open mic, 8:30 p.m., Lake Bar, Highway 93, Polson.

16 Karaoke, 9 p.m., The Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

16, 18, 23, 28 and 31 Alpine Theatre Project presents “Big Fish,” 8 p.m., Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. Tickets $18-$42. Based on the celebrated novel and acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest ... and then some!

This heartwarming and magical musical overflows with creativity, showing us the true power of the stories we tell. (406) 862-7469, atpwhitefish.org.

17 Reception: “Earth Beneath Us,” 5-7 p.m., Sandpiper Art & Gift Gallery, 306 Main St., Polson. Showing through Aug. 11 are works by member artists Judith Colvin (textiles), Ron Hoff (photography), Karen Mauer (paintings), Sherry Jones (jewelry), Jean Stromnes (multimedia) and Nancy Zadra (watercolor nude series) along with invited photographer Michael Coles. (406) 883-5956, sandpiperartgallery.com.

17 Pickin’ in the Park, 3 p.m., Boettcher Park, Polson. (406) 407-3514.

17 Eric Fingers Ray at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

17 The Bad Larrys, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

17 Lil’ Gladys at the Lake Bar, Highway 93, Polson.

17 Dark Horse Band, 8:30 p.m., Ninepipes/Allentown Restaurant & Bar, Highway 93 north of St. Ignatius, no cover.

17-18 John Kelley, 8-10 p.m., Symes Hotel, Hot Springs.

17-18 River Jam Music Festival, 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, Yaak River Tavern, 29642 Yaak River Road, Troy.

Tickets $8 Friday, $15 Saturday or $17-$20 for both days. The band lineup includes T. Scot Wilburn and the Shut Up -N- Playboys, Traff the Wiz, Alan Lane, Dodgy Mountain Men, Jameson and the Sordid Seeds, Moonshine Mountain, Denim Wedding, JD Smith and the Three Legged Dog, Ten Skip Stone, Electric Revival, the Yaaktastics, Hays Daniel, Red Morton and Jesse Haag. (406) 295-4706.

17-19 Arts in the Park, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Depot Park, Kalispell. The juried art show, now in its 47th year, is northwest Montana’s longest-running art and entertainment fair with more than 100 booths, featuring jewelry, clothing, photography, paintings, pottery, glass and other artwork by fine artists and craftsmen. The event also includes food vendors, live music, dance performances and kids’ art activities. (406) 7555268, hockadaymuseum.org.

17-19 Glacier Rally in the Rockies, Kalispell. A celebration of classic cars including a parade, show and shine, downtown poker walk and a “What’s Your Legend” awards dinner. flatheadcare.org.

17-19 Good Old Days , 228 Mountain View Drive, St. Ignatius. Friday’s festivities include a barbecue, music and fireworks. Saturday brings the Buffalo Run at 7 a.m., a parade at noon, 3-on-3 basketball, music and family games. On Sunday, there’s a pancake breakfast and fly-in. (406) 745-3123.

18 Christian Johnson Project at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

18-19 Polson Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Contests include cherry pie eating, cherry pit spitting, cherry stem tying and cooking with, you guessed it, cherries. Vendors will feature handmade items, fine art, crafts, food and treats. The Singing Sons of Beaches will play 1-3 p.m. Sunday. (406) 883-3667, flatheadcherryfestival.com.

18-19 Live History Days, Miracle of America Museum, 36094 Memory Lane, Polson. The 27th annual event includes vehicle rides, blacksmithing, woodcarving, spinning and other old-time demonstrations, music and ice-cream treats. Historic movies are shown Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. (406) 883-6264, miracleofamericamuseum.org.

19 Riverbend Concert Series featuring the Ashley Creek Ramblers, 7 p.m., Sliter Park, Bigfork. (406) 837-2036.

19 Acoustic set with Don Beans, 5 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

19 Dixie Riddle, 10 p.m., Crush Lounge, Whitefish.

20 Margarita Monday with The Bad Larrys, 7:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods

Bay, Bigfork.

21 Dixie Riddle, 6-9 p.m., Sky Bar in Casey’s, Whitefish.

21 John Floridis Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m., Laughing Horse Lodge, Swan Lake.

(406) 886-2080, laughinghorselodge.com.

21-23 Montana Baroque Music Festival, Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort, 190 Montana 135, Paradise. Tickets $22 per concert or $55 for all three. The 12th annual festival showcases national and international players of baroque music and instruments with a different program nightly. (406) 826-3150, montanabaroquefestival.org.

21-24 Bibler Home and Gardens Summer Stroll, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Creston. Tickets $15 for adults, $5 for children. The guided tours include the Bibler home, which is filled with a collection of antiques and sculptures. Tickets must be purchased in advance. (406) 7563632, biblergardens.org.

22 Dixie Riddle, 7 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

22-26 Columbia Falls Heritage Days is the annual celebration of the town’s history, which includes timber, lumber, aluminum and the railroad. Family-oriented activities include vendors, music, parade, games and rodeo. (406) 892-2071, cfallsheritagedays.com.

23 Thursday!Fest featuring Comatose Posse, 5-8 p.m., in front of Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. (406) 253-6923.

23 Barton & Caselli Duo, 6:30 p.m., Lake Bar, Highway 93, Polson.

23 Singing Sons of Beaches, 6:30 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

23 JimNi, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Finley Point Grill, Highway 35 mile marker 6 Polson.

23 Karaoke, 9 p.m., Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

23-26 Port Polson Players present “Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do,” 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Theatre on the Lake, U.S. Highway 93, Polson. Tickets $14-$15. A cast of eight sing and laugh their way through a hilarious storyline featuring the songs of Neil Sedaka. (406) 883-9212, portpolsonplayers.com.

23-26 The Event at Rebecca Farm, Kalispell. Free admission. More than 600 competitors and 20,000 spectators enjoy this largest equestrian triathlon in the country. rebeccafarm.org.

24 Flathead Lake 3-on-3, downtown Polson. (406) 751-7406, flatheadlake3on3.com.

24 Pickin’ in the Park, 3 p.m., Boettcher Park, Polson. (406) 407-3514.

24 Kenny James Miller Band at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

24 17 Mile, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

24 Dark Horse Band at Swanee’s, Highway 93, Polson.

24 Band in Motion, 8 p.m.-midnight, Ninepipes/Allentown Bar &

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24-25 Hot Springs Blues Festival featuring Mudslide Charley, Mike Bader Band, Zeppo, John Kelley, Three Eared Dog and David Ricci, Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St., Hot Springs. Festival also offers a barbecue, camping and vendors. (406) 741-2361.

25 Dark Horse Band at Finley Point Grill, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson.

25 Kenny James Miller Band at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

26 Riverbend Concert Series featuring Blue Smoke, 7 p.m., Sliter Park, Bigfork. (406) 837-2036.

26 Bigfork Summer Playhouse presents “Benefit Revue,” 7 p.m., Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. Tickets $40.

The evening of song and dance features shows from the past as well as the future. (406) 837-4886, bigforksummerplayhouse.com.

26 Singing Sons of Beaches, 2-4 p.m., Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

26 Acoustic set with Dan Dubuque, 5 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

26 Dixie Riddle, 10 p.m., Crush Lounge, Whitefish.

27 Margarita Monday with Will Peterson, 7:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

28 Bob Starkel Karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

28 Dixie Riddle, 2-4 p.m., Sky Bar in Casey’s, Whitefish.

29 Dixie Riddle, 7 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

29-Aug. 2 Port Polson Players present “Breakin’ Up is Hard to Do,” 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Theatre on the Lake, U.S. Highway 93, Polson. Tickets $14-$15. A cast of eight sing and laugh their way through a hilarious storyline featuring the songs of Neil Sedaka. (406) 883-9212, portpolsonplayers.com.

30 Thursday! Fest featuring Marshall Catch, 5-8 p.m., in front of Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. (406) 253-6923.

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

30 Texas Tom Roat, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Finley Point Grill, Highway 35 mile marker 6, Polson.

30 Karaoke, 9 p.m., Sitting Duck, Woods Bay, Bigfork.

31 Pickin’ in the Park, 3 p.m., Boettcher Park, Polson. (406) 407-3514.

31 John Kelley, 8-10 p.m., Symes Hotel, Hot Springs.

31 Eric Fingers Ray at the Garden Bar, Electric Avenue, Bigfork.

31-Aug. 1 Dark Horse Band at Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort, Paradise.

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To submit your events to the calendar, please email info@corridormag.com by the 15th of the prior month 3 Story time for kids ages 3-5 with Sally Blevins reading “Nature Heroes,” 10:30 a.m., River Park, Hamilton. Bitterroot Public Library, 363-1670.

1:30 p.m.; read to dogs and cats at the Bitter Root Humane Association, 4-4:45 p.m., pre-register; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

7 Blood drive, 10-3 p.m. a.m.; Writers Group with John Robinson, 6:30-8 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

16 Terrific Thursdays featuring a superhero balloon race, 2-3 p.m.; create Vietnamese spring rolls with Nansu, 7 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

8 Toddler and baby story time, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Wild Wednesday featuring the Tin Cup Band, 1:30 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

17 Story time for kids ages 3-5 featuring “Community Heroes of Sapphire,” Sapphire Lutheran Homes, 501 N. 10th St., Hamilton. Bitterroot Public Library, 363-1670.

9 Open computer lab, 10 a.m.; Terrific Thursdays featuring the astronauts trunk from the Museum of the Rockies, 2-3 p.m.; Lego Club for ages 4-9, 3:30-5 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

17-18 Darby Logger Days begin at 5 p.m. Friday with saw demonstrations, a Ma-and-Pa relay race, logger relay and music. The parade travels through town at 9 a.m. Saturday and logging competitions continue throughout the day, including ax throwing, a pole climb and log rolling. Kids’ activities, music and food vendors are also on tap. 8214151, darbyloggerdays.com.

10 Story time for kids ages 3-5 with Maria Laughlin reading “Community Heroes”; Teen Book Club, 2 p.m.; Special Families (Jess, 210-2937), 6 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

12 NAPA Auto presents “Stars, Guitars and Cars,” 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Main Street Stevensville. Car show features over 70 vehicles, a barbecue lunch and live music by New-Matics.

777-5791.

14 Open computer lab, 10 a.m.; Socrates Café with Kris Bayer, 7-9 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton.

363-1670.

15 Toddler and baby story time, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Wild Wednesday featuring Kate Davis and rehabilitated raptors,

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

22 Toddler and baby story time, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton; Wild Wednesday featuring the University of Montana portable planetarium StarLab, 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Hamilton City Hall; read to dogs and cats at the Bitter Root Humane Association, 4-4:45 p.m., pre-register with library at 3631670.

23 Terrific Thursdays, 2-3 p.m.; Lego Club for ages 4-9, 3:30-5 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton.

363-1670.

24 Story time for kids ages 3-5 with Maria Laughlin reading “Animal Heroes,” 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Teen Book Club, 2 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

24 Summer Concert Series featuring the Big Sky Mudflaps, 7 p.m., Sapphire Lutheran Homes, 501 N. 10th St., Hamilton.

363-2800.

24-25 Daly Days, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Main Street Hamilton. The community is bustling with activities and events Friday, including street vendors with food and crafts, activities for kids and a street dance on Friday night. The Bitterroot Arts Guild also hosts its annual Art in the Park show and sale Friday and Saturday at American Legion Park. Saturday brings a pancake breakfast, farmers market, classic car show, and activities ranging from wiener-dog races to a Kiss-the-Pig fundraiser. The Bitterroot Brew Fest starts at 5 p.m. Saturday. The Daly Mansion hosts re-enactors, demonstrations, antique farm equipment and cars, carriage rides, local artisans, music, a pie and bake sale, pony rides and more. 360-9124, hamiltondowntownassociation.org.

24-26 Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival, 10 miles south of Hamilton on Forest Hill Road off U.S. Highway 93. Tickets $12 for the weekend, $6 for children 12 and younger, $12 camping for the weekend. 821-3777, hardtimesbluegrass. com.

25 Bitterroot Arts Guilds hosts Art in the Park, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,

Second and Bedford, Hamilton. Mary Lockwood, 821-4678.

25 Bitter Root Brew Fest, 3-10 p.m., Legion Park, Hamilton.

Tickets $20 for five tastes and a commemorative glass.

Featuring 45 microbrews and select wines from Montana and the Northwest, food, and live music including Pinky and the Floyd. 363-2400, bitterrootchamber.com.

25 Belinda Gail concert and chuckwagon dinner, 5:30 p.m., Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, Hamilton. Gail is not only counted among the top female western music performers of this era, but she was recently listed as one of the top 50 country and western entertainers of all time by American Cowboy magazine. Watch the sun set behind the Bitterroot Mountains as she entertains you with a summer serenade. Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Bring your lawn chair. 363-6004, dalymansion.org.

28 Open computer lab, 10 a.m.; Socrates Café with Kris Bayer, 7-9 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton.

363-1670.

29 Toddler and baby story time, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Wild Wednesday featuring Zumba with Michelle Post, 1:30 p.m.; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

30 Open computer lab, 10 a.m.; Terrific Thursdays featuring the Sixty Second Challenges and an obstacle course, 2-3 p.m.; Brown Bag It! Book Discussion Group discussing “The Children Act” by Ian McEwen, noon; “How to Make Antique Paper Roses: with Vivian Yang, 7 p.m., pre-register; Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., Hamilton. 363-1670.

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GET YOUR GOAT

Instead of a traditional beauty pageant, the small Lithuanian village of Ramygala holds an annual competition to judge the appearance and character of local goats. Like any human beauty pageant, the contestants are cleaned up, dressed in costumes, and put through their paces before a winner is selected. The goat has been the symbol of the village since the middle ages, but this year’s event was only the sixth year of the goat pageant tradition. (Ukraine Today)

LIGHTNING ROD

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the Weird by rachel crisp philips

Illinois local Rod Wolfe recently survived a lightning strike for the second time in his life, beating the odds and living up to his name. “Everybody says I am a lucky person and I say how can I be a lucky person? But they say yeah, but you survived twice,” Wolfe said. He also said that the injuries from this latest incident were far worse than his first lightning strike while working in a cemetery 18 years ago. (ABC 7 Chicago)

MOVIE MIX-UP

At a movie theater in Ohio, the seats were packed with children waiting to see the latest animated film, “Inside Out,” when the horror movie “Insidious: Chapter 3” was projected on the screen instead. Adults soon noticed the error, and began to leave with their kids in tow, but not before the audience was exposed to scenes of children being tied up and murdered, along with terrifying sounds. The theater has apologized for the mix-up, and issued upgraded 3D tickets to another showing. (Journal News)

curious CAMP

After initial success renting a 9-by-7-foot Coleman tent in his backyard to campers through the Airbnb website for a nightly fee, a California man is now renting the spot for $900 a month. The camping spot includes a pillow, blanket, shower usage, free wi-fi, and the homeowner will run out an extension cord to provide electricity to the tenants. The Bay Area has one of the most expensive rental markets in the country, with the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment jumping to $3,410 this year. (NBC Los Angeles)

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