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16 Josh ritter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 summer movie roundup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Missoula calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Bitterroot calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Flathead calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bigfork Festival of the arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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s summer begins to wind down and the mercury continues to rise, there is still plenty to see and do in Western Montana to take advantage of the last rays of summer. Fair season kicks into high gear towards the end of the summer and we offer a sampling to check out, whether it’s to walk the 4-H barns, watching the demonstrations, participating in a parade, or watching the evening rodeo.

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Music festivals also get going at high speed. See our write-ups on the Crown of the Continent and Flathead Lake Blues and Music festivals to plan out your outdoor concert experiences. I’ll be toe-tapping with the sunshine on my back at one or more of those festivals, no doubt.

I’ll be catching a movie at the outdoor cinema, as well, and taking in the live music around town. If the smoke holds out, I’ll be taking some trips out of the city to explore

the other wonderful summer happenings on this side of the state. And longtime Missoula bookseller Barbara Theroux recommends several mystery novels to crack that I’ll be peeking into.

Just because the days are getting shorter again doesn’t mean the summer doesn’t have any more fun to offer.

Use this year’s last edition of Corridor to plan your end-of summer fun-tivities.

Emily Petrovski, Editor

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Film alfresco: Missoula Outdoor Cinema

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hen it’s summer in western Montana, people want to do everything outside, even watch movies.

For the past 16 years, Missoula Outdoor Cinema has aided in this endeavor with its popular summer series.

On Saturday nights, the North Missoula Community Development Corp. sets up its analog projector and 12-by-16-foot screen at Head Start School and begins showing a movie as soon as dusk allows.

Each year, the nonprofit runs a Facebook poll, talks with its board and other Outdoor Cinema fans to gather ideas. The committee whittles it down to nine, according to organizer Rachael Caldwell.

“Our goal is to show a variety of movies so that there’s a little something for everyone — from artistic indie flicks to mainstream actionadventure,” Caldwell wrote in an email.

“There is usually one category with an

Outdor Cinema schedule and start times:

novel by Alan Moore (“Watchmen”), with Natalie Portman as lead.

Did you prefer the version of “Jumanji” with Robin Williams instead of The Rock? The original 1995 adaptation of the puzzle game will screen this summer.

Marvel fans have spoken, and they want a very funny-yet-heartwarming comic book movie, i.e. “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Sports and outdoors are represented as well, in the form of Kevin Costner’s beloved baseball film, “Field of Dreams.” If your love of fly-fishing verges on the religious, go see “A River Runs Through It.” The Normal Maclean adaptation was scheduled to show last year until wildfire smoke forced a cancellation.

“Depending on rain/smoke conditions, we’ve

July 28: “Jumanji.” (Original). PG. 9:20 p.m.

Aug. 4: “Guardians of the Galaxy.” PG-13. 9 p.m.

Aug. 11: “Willow.” PG-13. 8:50 p.m.

Aug. 18: “V is for Vendetta.” R. 8:50 p.m.

Aug. 25: “Field of Dreams.” PG. 8:30 p.m.

Sept. 2: Labor Day no movie Sept. 8: “A River Runs Through It.” PG. 8 p.m. abundance of movies we love, so we usually try to get that list down to our top three and put another poll out to our Facebook fans to choose their favorite. This year’s Facebook Fan Favorite is ‘Empire Records,’ which was up against ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,’ and ‘Galaxy Quest,’ “ Caldwell wrote.

“Empire Records” starts the season this Saturday. Later this summer, you can watch an adaptation of Graham Greene’s mystery novel, “The Third Man,” starring Orson Welles.

Or get dystopian with the Wachowskis’ “V is for Vendetta,” an adaption of a graphic

averaged around 2,000-2,500 people total (for the full summer of shows), and participation on any given night depends on the popularity of the movie and the weather conditions. We expect upwards of 300 people for shows like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘A River Runs Through It,’ “ Caldwell wrote.

The event is free with a suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 for a family. Caldwell said the donations and concession sales go toward the community advocacy organization’s programs, including funding for the new Lee Gordon Place affordable housing project on East Front Street; the Burns Street Kids Club after-school program, and “Community Real Meals” nights, where residents can have a free healthy meal and take a cooking workshop.

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Gregory Alan Isakov explores new musical spaces

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hroughout his career, Gregory Alan Isakov has displayed an ability to reach into musical spaces and create something new. In art, this is the essence of progression: pushing to invent and improve upon what exists.

Isakov’s formidable power lies not only in his adept ability to delight with entertaining stories, make the abstract concrete, and provide an insight into the inexorable which life demands of us. His magic is heavily seated in his personal experience, as one who has tried, failed, tried again and peacefully succeeded. His trajectory is as much a product of his sensitivity of sound as it is the prevailing beauty of serendipity.

“I grew up in South Africa, in the later part of apartheid,” said Isakov, who lives on a small farm he operates in Boulder, Colorado. “My dad was brilliant and he started a business in Philadelphia. At first, all I knew about America was the Wizard of Oz and Michael Jackson, and I was scared about tornadoes.

“I had a record player and played ‘We Are the World,’ and I remember studying the cover. I think Bob Dylan was the third one to sing (on the USA for Africa charity song in 1985). That was giant for me and also a lot of Paul Simon, and not so much the Simon and Garfunkel stuff, but Simon alone. When I was in Philadelphia, I was in some bands, metal and punk bands, and playing drums and electric guitar. My biggest influence was Tool.

I never thought I would do music as a career until I came to Colorado to go to horticultural school. I met Kelly Joe Phelps. I got a rental car and opened for him and I am still doing it — that was 12, 15 years ago.”

This incredible life animates Isakov constantly; from the first track of his first album (Rust Colored Stones, 2003), he seemed to be writing in the autobiographical mode of someone whose confidence was self-assured.

“I’ve always looked up to people such as Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen and I’ve been enamored by their writing styles. I don’t think I write anything like that. Take ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’ (Springsteen, 1995) and he paints those amazing pictures, it would take a movie two hours long to paint that, and he can do it in one line. The songs and I have this relationship where I’ve never been able to put my finger on the process. It’s a living thing — and I’m reacting to it all of the time.

The song, ‘Dandelion Wine,’ the only thing I had for eight months was a few lines and then

“Music is so sacred and so majestic, and I heard the Colorado Symphony with Brandi Carlile, and I was blown away. It’s amazing and hard and it could turn into a train wreck if you are not listening all of the time.”

one day it just finished itself, and it’s not a long song. It’s a relationship that you don’t force it.”

Punctured with wit, gloom, hope and spiritually charismatic verse, Isakov’s music is an unexpected whim that can change one’s whole perspective.

“There are a lot of spins and the whole music thing is a constant parade of delusion,” said Isakov. “People see what they want and connect to what they want, connect a story, and that’s a beautiful thing. It’s like that whole delusion when you see your first grade teacher at the grocery store. I love that sense that we can have this dream about this person or that subject, which is serving us in some way, and you represent something in some way. Music is such a useful thing. I make records and spend time and try to do it as a complete piece of work. And there are a handful of people who appreciate that.”

It is the nature of music — and a tribute to

its power — that a few sounds can so capture the mind and dominate the memory that they form our sense of a time, event, or even era.

Isakov’s newest album is a highly original and daring collaboration with the Colorado Symphony. The eleven-track record features harmoniously united songs from Isakov’s previous albums, ‘The Weatherman,’ ‘This Empty Northern Hemisphere,’ and ‘That Sea,’ ‘The Gambler,’ well as a new tune called ‘Liars.’ Songs that resonated strongly before have their core and heart brought to the transcendent constellation.

“It was a trippy collaboration and I didn’t know if I could pull it off,” said Isakov. “Having a writing background, I believe in having space and putting space in songs and records to spark a sense of place and space, and I was curious to see how, and, if, it would go with 75 other people playing along. I found a sweet place, darker, bigger and a little more foreign.

I normally make records for one person and

a symphony is for a different medium. But playing a show and making a symphony record, I had the best of both worlds, and I was really psyched about it. The orchestra gives the crazy feelings of these well-dressed, wellversed people showing up - and I’ve gotten to be around some of the best musicians I’ve ever heard.

“When you see the symphony you hear music in these beautiful rooms meant for music, and it’s intentional,” said Isakov. “It is miles and miles from any other band venue — playing bars and setting up to head to the next venue. I’ve been in my share of noisy bars or when you hear the coffee maker happening.

But this is a different experience. Music is so sacred and so majestic, and I heard the Colorado Symphony with Brandi Carlile, and I was blown away. It’s amazing and hard and it could turn into a train wreck if you are not listening all of the time. Sometimes you don’t know where things are going to land. We can

July 2018 really manifest what we want — and because of that weird, universal truth, I ended up working with the Colorado Symphony. Rooms meant for the symphony can get loud without being mic’d. It’s like an amphitheatre where every instrument has a speaker in it and there is a kind of power there that’s ineffable.”

Isakov lives on a farm in Boulder, Colorado, where the land contains the origins of many of his ideas. Before he made Colorado home, Isakov dropped out of high school and hiked the Appalachian Trail with an 80-pound pack, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the experience permanently changed his self-view. He fell in love with plants, gardening and the depth of ecosystems, and he didn’t question why.

He began to self-identify as a part of this big existing organism of life and transposed his newfound fascination with cells and cell structures into a love of gardening.

His farm is self-sustaining and it harvests for a small, local heirloom seed company. In addition to approximately 100 varieties of heirloom seeds, the farm raises sheep and

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chicken, grows myriad vegetables, as well as cultivates honey and medicinal cannabis.

he has enacted in his public life, he clutches to shy, introverted tendencies.

element in Isakov to begin thinking more seriously, more analytically.

“Farm work can be the loneliest job, too,” said Isakov. “I enjoy gardening full time and I miss it. I’ve spent time alone planting fruit trees, running a side cutter — giant machines that cut right beneath the grass and where it comes out it in rolls — and then bringing in the compost, and starting again. Long hours in my own garden where every pine needle needs to be taken out of the bed. But music has never had a sense of desperation to me, which I find in the business a lot. If it doesn’t work out it would be okay, because I love so many things.

I do feel crazy blessed to do my art now. Yes, I know the struggle and the empty rooms and the thinking that, ‘Hey, maybe tomorrow night will be better.’ Those feelings that it is clearly not working. When you have to do something, you figure out a way to do it. It’s not about reshaping the world, just a feeling of innateness, and that I need to do this, and need to figure out a way.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever mastered it or have been able to get over that part of it,” said Isakov.

“I do have that feeling of pacing around like a mad scientist or an old person in a robe with cigarette burns, and I feel like that person.

Once I start playing, then it’s fine. It’s not about me. It’s about the songs. I focus on that and that’s what really brings me a big blanket of peace around it. It’s interesting because it can be extremely lonely, even in big rooms and a lot of people. You are far away from them and you meet them in a circus way, a picture or sign this, or you are wrapping cables into the night and no one is around. That’s a trippy juxtaposition of what that room was like 20 minutes earlier. I am used to gardening alone all the time. One thing is that I travel and play with friends and it’s a consciously group experience.”

“I could be walking downtown and see the headline of a newspaper,” said Isakov. “It’s the constant sense of noticing in the world and that’s really part of being alive, and there is a lot happening. I went to a Buddhist college in Boulder and I’ve tried to notice when I am thinking too much and not be attached to the thought. You breathe and stare at the ground.”

Isakov said that, despite whatever persona

Where farm life allows him to focus productively on the goals of the earth, it doesn’t take all that much for the singer-songwriter

Both music and farming are Isakov’s need to reach a higher state of consciousness — to tell a story by digging into his guitar or feel connected by digging into the dirt. When the artisan within discovers new terrain such as a partnership with a symphony orchestra, he feels it is his responsibility to cultivate it.

“I find emotion everywhere and I see the whole world as this fucked up, sad, happy, beautiful song. You can grab what you can from it or just let it be there.” C Greg Isakov performs at the Wilma September 23.

Crown of the Continent Workshop & Festival returns

By Patrick Reilly them to the unparalleled experience of the Flathead Valley and Glacier National Park.”

At the end of August, musicians from around the world will converge on Bigfork, and Flathead Lake will echo with the sound of their guitars.

First held in 2010, the Crown Guitar Workshop & Festival has become a mainstay of late summer in the Flathead Valley. This weeklong event lets guitarists hone their skills, learn from some of the instrument’s masters, and put on a series of public shows.

To that end, they formed the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation, and worked with other local musicians and businesses to host the first Guitar Workshop from August 29 to September 25, 2010. It brought in 48 guitarists for a week of workshops, community clinics – and a concert that drew 400 spectators.

The event’s “tent holds 1,000 people, and we are pretty full every night, and it’s just a great opportunity to see music,” said Diane Kautzman, director of development and operations for the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation. “For one week a year, we get to be the world’s best backyard.”

The event’s popularity has only grown since, with multiple Grammy winners and guitarists from around the world coming to Bigfork to learn and collaborate. This year’s artists-inresidence will once again lead workshops for players of all ability levels and hold nightly concerts.

This tradition began in 2009, when local retiree David Feffer invited his guitar teacher, Andrew Leonard, to the area for lessons and performances. During his visit, the two discussed creating a non-competitive guitar workshop in the Flathead.

“We have some great legends,” Kautzman said of the lineup. 2018’s artists-in-residence are Guthrie Brown, Justin Townes Earle, Nathan East, Cory Henry, Liz Longley, Pat Martino, Jim Messina, Lee Ritenour, Edgar Winter, Rusty Young and Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli, who perform as SoloDuo.

“If artists and students could come with their families and stay at a top-notch location, this could be a workshop like none other,”

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Feffer recalled in a publication recalling the history of the event. “This would be an opportunity to bring world-class musicians and people of all levels with a passion for playing the guitar to Montana and introduce

Kautzman is especially excited to see Messina and Young, longtime bandmates on

the country rock group Poco, take the stage.

“Saturday night, when Jim Messina gets up with Rusty Young, that’s gonna be amazing,” she predicted.

But no single group, artist or style of music makes this event so special, Kautzman explained. “There’s just lot a different genres...

That’s the magic of Crown.”

“If you love music, like music, want to hear some music, you need to come to the Crown, because your life will be different.”

The Crown Guitar Workshop and Festival will take place from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. Registration for the guitar workshops is on a first-come, first-served basis. Concert tickets purchased beforehand cost $20 for youth ages 18 and younger and $40 for adults. There is a $5 charge added to tickets bought at the door. A 5-concert pass can be purchased for $200.

The event is hosted by the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation and sponsored by several local businesses, groups, families and individuals. For more information, visit www.crownguitarfest.org. C

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Sukha Worob's explores the art of communication at MAM ByPETER FRIESEN

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ukha Worob’s “Zamenhoff” exhibit is up at the Missoula Art Museum through Sept. 15. Worob will host a guided creation of “Zamenhoff’s Table” on Aug. 3 during First Friday.

L.L. Zamenhoff started out with a grand plan and a singular idea: if everyone simply spoke the same language, he reasoned, conflict could be avoided.

So he decided to create a universal language that would be easy for anyone to learn, and would break down barriers of communication. This language, Esperanto, experienced brief popularity at the turn of the 20th century, before fading after World War II, leaving no official universal language.

This history inspired Sukha Worob, a

Bozeman-based printmaker, who started a series of work called “Zamenhoff’s Trials” around four years ago, based on ideas of communication, language and conversation.

The central piece of this series is “Zamenhoff’s Table,” a physical representation of conversation, negotiation, miscommunication and lost meanings.

“When you get together with another

person, big things can come from that, or nothing can come from that,” Worob said. He’s intrigued by the potential of communication, instead of the end point.

To represent that, Worob broke out the English alphabet into six bits of “lines and C’s” that, when randomly combined, would theoretically make up letters. He put those marks on an ink roller, which is rolled across

July 2018 the blank white table over and over to create a cloud of bits and pieces, to either coalesce into something or not.

“So you set out with the roller to do something meaningful, but this abstract nothing comes from it,” Worob said.

Worob brought the table, along with accompanying wall prints, to the Missoula Art Museum. It was blank on arrival, and he gave senior curator Brandon Reintjes some bare guidelines on how to roll out the stamp.

Reintjes, along with some other museum employees, got the stamp and some ink and started rolling the marks out along the table until it looked “finished,” although that’s subjective.

Their version looks like a physical representation of conversation, with two people talking from across the table, spewing words that fly at each other, sometimes connecting, sometimes bouncing away, sometimes thick with meaning and sometimes left alone, unreplied.

“If you look long enough you can see there’s an S, there’s an R,” Reintjes said. “Certainly you don’t get those alphabetical constructs arranged in any meaning.”

If one looks long enough at the table, and maybe unfocuses their gaze a bit, it gives an effect that there are words written, they’re just buried beneath ink. But peer closer and the “words” become random lines and C’s once again.

“They’re close enough to our visual dialogue ... our brain really wants to have that meaning,” Worob said. “There’s kind of a constant interpretation.”

It also echoes a crowd of people, that, when taken as a whole, have a collective meaning and pattern, but zoomed in on, are individual and random, Worob said.

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Accompanying the table are prints made up of pieces of the “conversation,” where Worob would excerpt slices of the mashed up lines and C’s and overlay them on top of photographs.

He also used parts of the stamp that were cut away from the shapes to make “Leftover Thoughts,” a set of prints made up of the byproduct of language.

These pieces create a cyclical show, where every part of the process is used to make its own piece of art.

“Zamenhoff’s Table” will be whitewashed and reprinted at least one more time in Missoula, Worob said, during the Aug. 3 First Friday, when the public will have a chance to help roll out the letters.

Worob’s leaned toward more unguided, collaborative printing in recent years, to test

his need for control over the art. Allowing people to put the art together themselves encourages an interaction that also ups the conversational metaphor – the finished table will be the result of dozens of individual’s words splayed out across the white surface, connecting or not.

It’s not always easy for Worob to let the prints go by without any direction – he’s done more guided pieces, and less guided pieces, but generally will add when he sees a need.

He’ll be on hand for the First Friday event.

“It’s been a play over the last couple of years to see how much direction is needed,” Worob said. “Sometimes the outcome is going to look good, sometimes it’s going to look bad.

“It’s the same visual language, but it’s completely different (every time).” C

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Movin' and groovin' at Flathead Lake Blues Fest It takes a village to put on the Flathead Lake Blues and Music Festival in Polson, said Steve Pickel who’s been helping plan the event since it began eight years ago. He often refers to the handful of planning board members and volunteers as a “festival family.”

This year the festival will be held August 17 and 18 at the Regatta Shoreline Ampitheater at the Polson Fairgrounds.

The festival was the idea of now retired school teacher Carol Lozar who noticed her students hadn’t experienced live music. Pickel remembered her saying many of the students couldn’t make it all the way to Kalispell or Missoula to see a show. So, she decided to bring live music to Polson.

What started as mostly local acts has grown

into a two day festival featuring 14 hours of nonstop music. Friday night features mostly local acts, while Saturday is reserved for some of the best blues artists in the northwest. Pickel has gotten to know hundreds of musicians after years of attending and photographing music festivals in Montana.

Pickel said the event is much more than just a music festival. Located near Flathead Lake and Flathead River Pickel suggests people make a vacation of it. The fairgrounds will be offering free dry camping with no amenities.

Dogs and coolers are welcome outside the amphitheater, he said.

Due to his knowledge and experience Pickel, who’s been working on this year’s festival since October, said he’s been able to invite 19 of the best blues musicians to form a http://www.flatheadlakebluesfestival. com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/577IMG_9557.jpg 19 piece band that will perform on Saturday, August 18.

Pickel noted that a 27 mile long bathtub will be available, referring to Flathead Lake which is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48 states.

“I love music; I love bringing talent to Polson,” he said.

“You can come here and heal,” he said, noting that being near the river is more

He envisions people coming to discover Polson, Flathead Lake and Glacier National Park with the music festival being frosting on the cake, Pickel told Corridor.

relaxing than a larger stadium like the Adams Center in Missoula.

The event also gives a boost to the local economy during the summer months, Pickel said, which can quiet down in the cold winter months.

The festival will also have dozens of vendors on site offering everything from clothing and jewelry to clothing. Beer and wine will be available for purchase.

Pickel has continued to help plan the music festival because of his love for Polson and how much fun he has while doing it. As soon as the first note plays, he said, he can relax.

“After the show starts, everything is golden,” he said. C -Madeline Broom

Summer Reading List Montana has always been a place of mystery and intrigue. Here are new mysteries by popular Montana authors:

A Sharp Solitude: A Novel of Suspense

by Christine Carbo In the darkening days of autumn, a journalist’s body is discovered in a remote region near the Canadian border. The victim was last seen with a man named Reeve Landon, the subject of an article she’d been writing. Now Reeve is the prime suspect.

Back Montana, FBI investigator Ali Paige is not assigned to the case since the crime was committed outside federal land. But Reeve Landon is an ex-boyfriend and the father of her child. If she can find out what really happened, she might be able to save her daughter from the pain of abandonment and fatherlessness that Ali knew growing up. Meanwhile, reckless, paranoid Reeve ventures deep into the woods, assuming his karmic punishment has finally arrived. As the clock ticks and the noose tightens around Reeve’s neck, Ali isn’t sure how far she’ll go to find the truth. And what if the truth isn’t something she wants to know?

As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles

by Leslie Budewitz This is the newest title in the Food Lovers’ Village mystery series, complete with recipes!

Jewel Bay is decorated for the holiday season, all is merry and bright. At Murphy’s Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, and a new friend: Merrily Thornton. A local girl who served time in jail, Merrily has turned her life around. But her parents have publicly shunned her, and they nurse a bitterness that chills Erin.

When Merrily goes missing and her boss discovers he’s been robbed, fingers point to Merrily—until she’s found dead, a string of lights around her neck. The clues and danger snowball from there. Can Erin nab the killer— and keep herself in one piece—in time for a special Christmas Eve?

A Death in Eden: A Sean Stranahan Mystery

by Keith McCafferty This is Haney’s fourth photography book featuring his home state of Montana. He again showcases the flowing rivers, tranquil lakes, rugged mountain peaks, and rolling prairie. From

key natural landmarks to idyllic western towns, each of the 148 full-color photographs are accompanied by educational and informative captions from the photographer. A great way to remember Montana or perhaps entice someone to come visit.

family lay low before Cutler’s mercenaries come to Du Pré’s hometown looking for trouble?

Paradise Valley: A Novel (Paperback due Sept. 25, 2018)

by C. J. Box

Solus (On Sale Date: Sept. 4, 2018)

by Peter Bowen What better way to start the Fall than with a new Gabriel Du Pre mystery!

When a hunted military whistleblower and his family need someplace to hide and someone to trust, Toussaint, Montana, is the place, and Gabriel Du Pré the man. The Métis Indian former cattle inspector and sometimes deputy is happy to offer protection, even though he’s already got his hands full with an ailing granddaughter, a meddling medicine man, and a Kazakh eagle hunter prowling the hills above town.

As a guard at a Kabul prison, Hoyt Poe witnessed his fellow soldiers abusing the Afghan inmates. Poe’s testimony threatens to expose the military contractor that led the prison’s brutal interrogation program. Now, Temple Security’s billionaire founder, Lloyd Cutler, wants him dead. But how long can the fugitive and his

CJ Box is better known for his Joe Pickett mysteries set in Wyoming, but Cassie Dewell definitely holds her own in this Montana mystery.

Investigator Cassie Dewell is on the hunt for a serial killer known as The Lizard King.

Working for the sheriff’s department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap, but it goes horribly wrong, and the blame falls to Cassie. Disgraced, she loses her job. At the same time, Kyle, a troubled kid Cassie has taken under her wing, has disappeared, telling everyone he is going on a long-planned adventure. Kyle’s grandmother begs Cassie to find him and she agrees—all the while planning a new trap for The Lizard King. But Cassie is now a lone wolf, and Kyle’s disappearance may have a more sinister meaning than anyone realizes. With no allies, no support, and only her own wits to rely on, Cassie must take down a killer who is as ruthless as he is cunning. C

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By Courtney Brockman and Corridor Staff Western Montana Fair in Missoula Local talents, flavors and festivities are on display during the Western Montana Fair in Missoula. This year’s fair runs from Tuesday, Aug. 7, to Sunday, Aug. 12, with the theme “Pioneering the Future.”

Last year, the fair received a Renner Award for Innovation from the Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs for its free admission program, and this year the Board of Missoula County Commissioners voted to forgo an entry fee in perpetuity. Award-winning, local artist Josh Quick again will design and brand the fair.

Handmade goods will become a feature of Missoula’s 2018 fair. The MADE fair Marketplace will showcase works from artists at more than 70 booths. What began in 2007 as a collection of 18 artists soon grew to feature more than 200 artists and their work - from bottle art to primitive-style arrowheads.

“There are new artists every day and we encourage our fans and customers to check out the show multiple days,” said Carol Lapotka, MADE fair founder and lead organizer. “People can expect a diverse group of artists including some of your MADE fair favorites, as well as a

collection of new up-and-coming ones that are making some really fun and quirky creations.”

The MADE fair Marketplace will take place all six days of the fair. At some booths, participants can take home their own creations.

Entertainment this year includes an all-week carnival, the Canine Stars Stunt Dog Show, a movement arts performance, a children’s magic show, bingo and “knockerball” from Knockerball Missoula, where participants wear a large, inflatable ball and run into each other.

From creations made from reusable materials to culinary masterpieces to 4-H projects, the

fair has exhibits for those less inclined to don a wearable soccer ball.

Local vendors will serve their favorites at the Western Montana Fair, such as cheese curds from Friends of Fort Missoula, pizza logs and krumkakes from Grace United Methodist Men and falafel from Soft Landing Missoula.

The 4-H Cafe, a 60-year tradition of Missoula 4-H families, will return after a structural fire last year to serve its breakfast burritos, biscuits and gravy, burgers and pie from a loaned catering truck.

More attractions include a Ranch Rodeo,

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barrel racing, a kiddie rodeo and the Women’s Rodeo Clinic and fundraiser, with a Monster Trucks Insanity Tour Sunday at 4 p.m. From Metallica to bluegrass, all musical entertainment is free admission at the Stampede Stage. (missoulafairgrounds.com) Deer Lodge Tri-County Fair For those interested in a smaller-scale fair with strong community connections, the TriCounty Fair in Deer Lodge will take place this year from Tuesday, Aug. 14, to Sunday, Aug. 19.

The fair begins with cat judging at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and concludes with a demolition derby at 6 p.m. Sunday.

The free rodeo and demo-derby draw up to 5,000 people from as far away as Billings, as does a concert, reinstated this year.

“For us to have those kind of events is pretty big,” said Danielle Stevenson, secretary on the fair board and event coordinator for the fairgrounds.

According to Stevenson, 80 percent of the budget goes to general maintenance and the rest goes to the rodeo. The fair runs on support from good community sponsors and partners.

The community also pulls together to come up with a fair theme. Each year, a fair board encompassing Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell counties pulls the theme from Facebook a year in advance, and the winner receives rodeo tickets. The lucky winner of a photo contest receives the fairbook cover. “Memories that Last a Lifetime” is 2018’s chosen theme.

For many throughout the area, the TriCounty Fair always has been a part of life, such as Amanda Amberg and her family. Her grandmother, Avalon Billquist, who will be 92 years old in September, has been involved since fall of 1940, and Billquist’s own father was the first 4-H leader in Deer Lodge County.

Billquist remains active in 4-H and as a fair leader, still entering chicken in open class and baking for the competitions. In 1991, the fair was dedicated to her. She said that her favorite part is watching four generations become involved in the Tri-County Fair.

“It’s just a big family affair,” Amberg said.

A recent addition to the The Tri-County Fair is its pet parade, hosted by the Clark Fork Veterinary Clinic and now in its third year. “[It’s] something kind of fun for smaller kids who aren’t old enough for 4-H and want to be involved,” Stevenson said.

Allison Moran-Teats gets a close look at a baby cow in the 4-H section of the fair on Wednesday, whose owner tied it there so kids could visit the shy animal.

This year’s pet parade is called “Witches, Wizardry, Magicians and More,” with prizes for best pet costume, best duo costume and best pet trick. Kids can bring any pet from a goldfish to a hamster.

Also new this year to the fair is a silent auction in the exhibit hall for youth who receive a blue ribbon or higher on their exhibit. (powellcountymt.gov)

the midway of the Sanders County Fair in Plains.

Ravalli County Fair The Ravalli County Fair and Rockin’ RC Rodeo has been going strong for more than a century and will continue at the end of August this year with the theme “Country roots and dirty boots.”

In addition to animal shows throughout the week, the carnival starts at 2 pm on Wednesday, August 29 and continues in the afternoons through September 1. The Little People’s Stick Horse Rodeo and the Rockin’ RC Ranch Rodeo both kick off on Wednesday night as well.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday there will be demonstrations at the floral barn and agriculture barn. The Parade of Wagons will be held at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, August 30. At 6:30 that evening the rodeo kicks off with the Bitterroot Mountettes in the main arena, pageant introductions and bull and cowboy bronc riding.

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a percent of their gross sales towards a non-profit to give back to the community and booths include non-profits, educational booths and vendors of all types.

“Generations of Montanans have found the Ravalli County Fair, and other fairs across our great state, as a place where families can come and enjoy time together in the company of friends and neighbors,” a representative for Sen. Steve Daines read at last year’s ribbon cutting ceremony for the fair. s Sanders County Fair The “Country pride, country wide” Sanders County Fair starts Monday, August 27. PRCA bull riding, WPRA Women’s barrel racing and youth mutton busting. The open ranch horse show starts at 10 a.m. on September 1 and the Fair Parade follows at 11 a.m.

The fair draws between 30,000 and 50,000 people to the fairgrounds in Plains. It began in 1911 with a community horse race. It has grown to include rodeos, carnivals, dances and parades.

A demolition derby will close out the fair on Sunday night at 7 p.m. C (www.sanderscountyfair.com/)

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Josh Ritter: A full plate for "Gathering"

By BRIAN D'AMBROSIO Josh Ritter walks on the less sunny side of the street in his latest record “Gathering,” and, at each corner, he artfully dodges and averts sentimentality.

Indeed, on his ninth album, Ritter writes, sings and stands and in the sonic role of realist. “Gathering” is beautiful and precise, and most of the beauty, to be certain, arises from a prolonged, often intimate contemplation of Ritter’s enormous skill set as an honest bard.

Endlessly innovative, Ritter once again shakes up the musical paradigm and in a state of dependence finds value in his existence. At once uncertain, brisk, and contemplative, “Gathering” channels and toys with Ritter’s own inscrutable persona, most notably on harmonies such as “Showboat” and “Oh Lord (Part 3).”

Oh Lord (Part 3) It’s hard sometimes to carry this great weight Either bound to burn or to the pearly gates I’m aimless as can be Often nameless though I’m free Oh lord, do you have a plan for me The rhythmic footsteps of “Gathering” rather dreamily goes on, the suspended sense that we will meet today, we will meet again tomorrow, and that we will meet at the source of every moment. “I think the vulnerability of the characters shines through, and shines through the breaks of their exterior bluster,” said Josh Ritter, 40.

“Gathering” is the portrait of an eminently listenable and appealing artist who constantly requires new domains to occupy, new worlds to conquer. Indeed, he’s dedicated to challenging his preexisting beliefs as a lyricist and musician rather than just tediously and comfortably confirming them.

“I feel that “Gathering” is the experience of life gained over time and over years and it’s the part of me that gives in to the temptation to be reflective and to try to look deeper,” said Josh Ritter.

“I’ve never found much of an answer inside my own self. I’ve learned through being with other people and experiencing with other people.

I know nobody who has it figured out. As far as writing songs, I’m comfortable with the fact that I don’t know much, and that even simple, obvious truths, like falling in love for the first time, once again seem kind of wondrous (a hypnotic thread of “Strangers”).”

Ritter on “Gathering:” “Cutting a Whole New Set of Teeth” Benjamin Franklin once said that the discontented man finds no easy chair. Perhaps Ritter is validating this sentiment when he speaks of a constant, yet “exciting sense of dissatisfaction.” On “Gathering,” he pursues a more emotional and naturalistic vein here than previous (for example in “Dreams”), from the distress of needing to change from “this devil that I am” to self-seeking “why don’t anything give me the joy that it used to.” Such emotions scarcely indicate a man ready to lean against

July 2018 the mantel piece, martini in hand, and rest on his laurels.

“I don’t ever approach a project with a sense of satisfaction, or with the sense that everything is right,” said Ritter, 40. “There is a detail or a line stuck in your mind, and you’ve got that desire to create something, a hunger that’s more than a satisfying feeling.

That’s an important part of creation, and you are not satisfied, and 20 years later, you are still not satisfied. But when that song comes along, the spark is satisfied for 5, 10 minutes and then you want to work on something else, and there is a real need.

“I’ve grown to love that, and it’s a part of me, and that’s important to me. I would say it’s like something deep inside and like you are cutting a whole new set of teeth, and that they are grinding and something is working away, and it ends up feeling like a rock tumbler, and tumbling. The teeth, they are making a racket and distracting me, and then the rocks are getting smoother, and then you get a smooth one – a polished line. That polished line, I’m working on in my head and it’s something that I didn’t know it was there a while ago.

The constant thinking is only expressed because I write songs, or I’d have to express it in a different way. I express it in couplets.

I love it when it’s going well, it’s an exciting feeling.”

While it is exhilarating to sit on the throne, there is the other side of excitement — the downfall. To fully cope with the excitement, Ritter always prepares for the plummeting, the reverse tumbling of the subjugator who is soon the captive, the high psalmist who is eventually caught in the dungeon.

“When it is not going well, it could be a lot less fun. The days when I should go bowling instead (of attempting to rein in the creativity), and I need to pull back on the reins. I’m just looking for a way out, and the song is the way out, and you get through the open door, and then there is another locked door behind it, and that can be interesting, mentally.”

Subtle, timeless “Gathering” Ritter masterfully marries the objective and the subjective on “Gathering,” rushing toward a fresher, more spontaneous style “Friendamine”), intimately blended by the subtlest employment of the lyricist, as the composer employs the moods of music.

“Myrna Loy,” is a track every bit as mysterious as the screen vixen it romanticizes.

From the start, Loy’s Hollywood aura conjured mystery, an implication of something withheld. “Who is she?” was a question put forward in the first fan magazine article published about her in 1925. Sardonic and

sophisticated, best known for her role as Nora Charles, wife to dapper detective William Powell in “The Thin Man,” Loy (1905-1993) lived a movie star’s dream that spanned six decades. Timelessness is an exciting motif of “Gathering,” a word which Ritter equates to both the career of Loy and the fluidity of his own live performances.

“One day I was watching the classic movie channel and there was Loy and she looked so great,” said Ritter. “Words like timeless, we all have variations of what it is.

A word like lust, it has variations, and there are shades of lust, or love, and how we use and describe love or lust, and it’s temporal.

But there is the (nontemporal) thing about the stage, the release from everything and you are out there and you float.

It’s wonderful and strange, and I can cut free from everything except gravity and not be aware of time passing. Yes, the song ends, the night ends, and you must move on, and back into the world, and where you need to be. Yet, within the songs, I stayed away from anything contemporary, or anything that described the essence with a particular time, or tied it to a particular time. I think these songs could be written anytime. I think that specific historical moments can be excluded from a story, and the songs can be pinned to any moment.”

One track, “Dreams,” feels spoken in a trancelike clinical setting. It is perhaps the tale of a man who for a time believed he was riding an up elevator (metaphorically speaking). Instead, it was a psychic roller coaster and now it was hurtling downward.

The man wonders if the high he was once

riding would ever start back to the top. But he was on it and there was no way of getting off, short of medication or pharmacological injections, and perhaps even giving up the only work he’d ever done or wanted to do.

“I think the vulnerability of the characters shines through, and shines through the breaks of their exterior bluster,” said Ritter.

Serious conflicts are nothing new in our singer-songwriters. Ritter’s job is to learn to deal with them creatively and to craft them into the experiential nature of his musicianship.

The 13 songs featured on the album scratch the surface of themes of uncertainty, random misperception, laughter and woe. Some tracks

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are jocular, full of playful jesting, and others enable a cascade of poignant consequences.

On the whole, “Gathering” evokes beauty, a splendid example of the Idaho-born artist’s ability to raise the musical experience to the level of impressive.

Full Bowl of The Artist In addition to his music, Ritter has publicly unveiled several of his paintings, which serve as the album’s artwork.

“Painting settles my brain down and moves things in a different spot,” said Ritter.

“When I paint, I do not obsess over anything, and I’m in that moment on the canvas, and that helps me calm and quiet down. No pressure, just painting, like running. No worrying about words like grace or aptitude, but more like being asleep.

Paintings reveal themselves like strange, twisty turns, and it’s a nice place to be when you are watching something unfold, just like songs.”

Ritter’s bowl, full now, will soon be void of precious nourishment. He realizes how fortunate he is to have enough to eat to continue the practice of his music. Whatever the compulsions and desires he grapples with, he still wishes to retain the autonomy to be the decipherer of his own material. This, he said, is the indispensable marrow of being an artist.

“I really felt these physical storms come on the last record and I tried to write about it,” said Ritter. “Both outside and inside, there is this intense upheaval.

Even if you don’t intend to write about it — the things happening in the country — feelings just sneak in. That’s the power of art, and that’s not something that the artist has control of. Art is of the time, and it can’t be apart from the right now. “Gathering” is a creation of — and a product of — a moment of storms.” C Josh Ritter performs at the KettleHouse Amphitheater September 8.

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Bigfork Summer Playhouse “Singin in the Rain” – bigforksummerplayhouse.com or 837-4886 Bigfork Summer Playhouse “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” – bigforksummerplayhouse.com or 837-4886 Bigfork Summer Playhouse “All Shook Up” – bigforksummerplayhouse.com or 837-4886 Bigfork Summer Playhouse “Into the Woods” – bigforksummerplayhouse.com or 837-4886 Man and a Box at Marina Cay Tiki Bar 6 pm, Bigfork Full Moon Party with MT Souls at The Raven, Woods Bay Chain Reaction at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork

July 27 – July 27 – July 27-28 – July 29, Aug 5, 12, 19, 26 – Joel Fetveit every Sun Eve at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork July 29 – Eric Alan at The Raven 6 pm, Woods Bay July 30 – Margarita Mondays with Sista Otis 7 pm, Off in the Woods 10 pm, at The Raven, Woods Bay August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Tommy Edwards at The Raven 6:30 pm, Woods Bay August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Christian Johnson Project at Garden Bar 9 pm, Bigfork August 3 – Flathead V8’s at Marina Cay Tiki Bar 6 pm, Bigfork August 3 – Semi Precious Stones at The Raven 9 pm, Woods Bay August 3-4 – Eric “Fingers” Ray at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork August 4 – Bass Boat Launch and After Party at The Raven, Woods Bay August 4 – Larry Meyers at Garden Bar 6 pm, downtown Bigfork August 4-5 – 40th Annual Bigfork Festival of the Arts in downtown Bigfork; 837-5888 or bigforkfestivalofthearts.com August 5 – Paul Cataldo at The Raven 6 pm, Woods Bay August 6 – Margarita Mondays with You Knew Me When 7 pm, Off in the Woods 10 pm, at The Raven, Woods Bay August 10 – Pedactor Project at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork

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August 17 – August 17 – August 17-18 – August 18 – August 19 – August 20 – August 24 – August 24 – August 24-25 – August 26 – August 26September 1 – August 27 –

Flathead V8’s at The Raven 9 pm, Woods Bay Billy Angel at Marina Cay Tiki Bar 6 pm, Bigfork Chevaliers at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork Bad Larrys at The Raven 6 pm, Woods Bay Margarita Mondays with Sista Otis 7 pm, Roots Uprising 10 pm at The Raven, Woods Bay Michael Martin Murphy at Abayance Bay outdoor concert venue in Rexford, MT. Doors Open at 4 pm with Rob & Halladay Quist at 6 pm, Jason Eady at 7 pm with special guest Courtney Patton and Michael Martin Murphy at 8:30 pm; tics abayancebayevents.com or 297-5400 Eric Alan at Marina Cay Tiki Bar 6 pm, Bigfork Here to Make Friends at The Raven 9 pm, Woods Bay Ocelot Wizard at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork Man and a Box at Marina Cay Tiki Bar, Bigfork Andrea Harsell at The Raven 6 pm, Woods Bay Margarita Mondays with The Taccas 7 pm, Live Music 10 pm at The Raven, Woods Bay Roots Uprising at Marina Cay Tiki Bar 6 pm, Bigfork Kenny James Miller Band at The Raven 9 pm, Woods Bay Mables Rage at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork The Lucky Valentines at The Raven 6 pm, Woods Bay Crown of the Continent at Flathead Lake Lodge; crownguitarfest.org Final Margarita Monday with Here to Make Friends 9 pm, at The Raven, Woods Bay

August 30September 8 –

Bigfork Summer Playhouse “The Hits from the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s” – bigforksummerplayhouse.com or 837-4886 August 31 – Tonewall Jackson at Marina Cay Tiki Bar 6 pm, Bigfork August 31-Sept 1 – Hambone and the Headliners at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork

August 4th & 5th Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 4:30 pm Arts, Crafts, Food & Entertainment

Over 150 Juried Booths For more information: visit www.bigforkfestivalofthearts.com Downtown Bigfork

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Summer movie roundup Mission: Impossible - Fallout Friday, July 27 (PG-13) The best intentions often come back to haunt you as Ethan Hunt, his IMF team and some familiar allies find themselves in a race against time after a mission goes wrong.

Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby Teen Titans Go! To The Movies Friday, July 27 (PG)

A villain’s maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.

Cast: Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Nicolas Cage The Darkest Minds Friday, August 3 (PG-13) When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are seen as a threat by the government and sent to detainment camps.

Sixteen-year-old Ruby soon escapes from her captors and joins other runaways who are seeking a safe haven. Banded together and on the run, they soon combine their collective powers to fight the adults who tried to take away their future.

Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson, Patrick Gibson, Skylan Brooks, Miya Cech Disney's Christopher Robin Friday, August 3 (PG)

Winnie-the-Pooh and friends reunite with old pal Christopher Robin — now an adult.

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo Searching Friday, August 3 (PG-13) David Kim becomes desperate when his 16-year-old daughter Margot disappears and an immediate police investigation leads nowhere. He soon uses Margot’s laptop to

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Cast: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn, Alex Jayne Go, Thomas Barbusca, Gage Biltoft The Spy Who Dumped Me Friday, August 3 (R) Best friends Audrey and Morgan are going about their humdrum lives in Los Angeles — until Audrey’s ex-boyfriend suddenly shows up with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

Unexpectedly thrust into an international conspiracy, the gals soon find themselves dodging killers and a suspicious British agent while hatching a plan to save the world.

Cast: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj, Ivanna Sakhno, Kev Adams, Gillian Anderson BlacKkKlansman Friday, August 10 A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.

Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Dog Days Friday, August 10 (PG) Lovable canines change their owners’ lives in unexpected ways when both humans and dogs cross paths in Los Angeles.

Cast: Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Tone Bell, Jon Bass, Michael Cassidy The Meg Friday, August 10 (PG-13) A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.

Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Alpha Friday, August 17 (PG-13) While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and alone - he must learn to survive and navigate the harsh and unforgiving wilderness.

Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack,he learns to rely on it, and they become

unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds to find their way home before the deadly winter arrives.

Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Leonor Varela, Natassia Malthe, Jens Hultén, Priya Rajaratnam, Mercedes de la Zerda, Spencer Bogaert Crazy Rich Asians Friday, August 17 (PG-13) Rachel Chu is happy to accompany her longtime boyfriend, Nick, to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. She’s also surprised to learn that Nick’s family is extremely wealthy and he’s considered one of the country’s most eligible bachelors. Thrust into the spotlight, Rachel must now contend with jealous socialites, quirky relatives and something far, far worse -- Nick’s disapproving mother.

Cast: Constance Wu, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina , Ken Jeong, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding, Sonoya Mizuno, Chris Pang The Happytime Murders Friday, August 17 (PG-13) In the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, two clashing detectives — one human and the other a puppet — must work together to solve the brutal murders of former cast members of a beloved puppet TV show.

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Barretta, Leslie David Baker, Jimmy O. Yang, Mitch Silpa Mile 22 Friday, August 17 James Silva is an operative for the CIA’s most highly prized and least understood unit. As the enemy closes in, a top-secret tactical command team helps Silva retrieve and transport a valuable asset that holds life-threatening information.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, John Malkovich Slenderman Friday, August 24 (R) Terror strikes when four teenage girls in a small town perform a ritual to debunk the lore of a tall, thin, horrifying figure known as the Slender Man. They soon fear that the legend is true when one of them suddenly goes missing.

Cast: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Javier Botet, Alex Fitzalan Kin Friday, August 31 (PG-13) Armed with a mysterious weapon, an ex-con and his adopted teenage brother go on the run from a vengeful criminal and a gang of otherworldly soldiers.

Cast: Jack Reynor, James Franco, Myles Truitt, Zoë Kravitz, Dennis Quaid, Mark O’Brien, Carrie Coon, Ian Matthews C

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Missoula Calendar

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missoulafarmersmarket.com.

Every Saturday: Clark Fork Market, Saturdays through October, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., next to Caras Park in downtown Missoula. Local farm direct products as well as local prepared food and drink form Western Montana vendors. Call 396-0594 or visit clarkforkmarket.org.

EEvery Saturday: Missoula Farmers Market, Saturdays through October, 5:30-7 p.m., north end of Higgins Ave by the XXXX’s.

Features fresh local produce, pasture raised eggs, grass fed meat, artisanal cheese, wild and local honey, baked goods, flowers and more. Call 274-3042 or visit missoulafarmersmarket.com.

Every Saturday: Missoula Peoples Market, Saturdays through Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., west side of Pine Street. Featuring handmade, local items. Visit missoulapeoplesmarket.org.

Every Saturday: Clark Fork Market, Saturdays through October, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., next to Caras Park in downtown Missoula. Local farm direct products as well as local prepared food and drink form Western Montana vendors. Call 396-0594 or visit clarkforkmarket.org.

1: Out to Lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park.

Music by Milton Menasco & The Big Fiasco; children’s activities by the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Visit missouladowntown. com.

1: Missoula City Band concert featuring blasts from the past, 8 p.m., Bonner Park.

Missouacityband.org.

Every Saturday: Missoula Peoples Market, Saturdays through Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., west side of Pine Street. Featuring handmade, local items. Visit missoulapeoplesmarket.org.

27-28: Nightliner, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W.

2: Indie Americana quartet Mipso, 8:30 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show, The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Tickets $15 in advance, available at logjampresents.com.

27: The Robert Cray Band, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, the Wilma. Tickets $37.50-$45, available at logjampresents.com.

2: Downtown ToNight, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Caras Park. Music by Tom Catmull’s Last Resort. Visit missouladowntown.com.

28: Genre defying instrumental and visual performance group MarchFourth, 9:30 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Tickets $15 in advance, available at logjampresents.com.

3: Country music star Chris Stapleton, 7 p.m., Adams Center, UM. Tickets available at Griztix.com.

3: Alternative rock band the Pixies, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater. Tickets, $37.50-$55, available at logjampresents.com.

28: Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 9:20 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Jumanji.” Free but $5 per person or $10 per family donation encouraged. nmcdc.org/programs/outdoor-cinema/.

3-4: Northern Lights, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W. 4: Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 9 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Free but $5 per person or $10 per family donation encouraged. nmcdc.org/programs/outdoorcinema/.

29: The Sun Dogs with Fred Lerch and Laurie Banks (acoustic Americana), 6-8 p.m., Rumour Restaurant, 1855 Stephens Ave. 30: Caroline Keys & Friends Jeff Turnman and Gibson Hartwell, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave.

4-5: Travelers’ Rest two day festival curated by The Decemberists, Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheatre. Also featuring Death Cab for Cutie, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Tune_Yards, Whitney, Parquet Courts, Tinariwen, I’m With Her, Waxahatchee and Lucy Davis. Tickets available at Ticketweb.com or Knittingfactory. com.

30-Aug. 3: “Outdoor Nature Sculpture,” 9 a.m.-noon, Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $95, $85 members. 5497555, zootownarts.org.

30-Aug. 3: “Tell Us Something” camp, 1-4 p.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $95. 549-7555, zootownarts. org.

5: Montana Fiddlers, 1-5 p.m., The Jack, Graves Creek Road, Lolo.

5: Heidi Lane (jazz), 6-8 p.m., Rumour Restaurant, 1855 Stephens Ave.

August Every Saturday: Missoula Farmers Market, Saturdays through October, 5:30-7 p.m., north end of Higgins Ave by the XXXX’s.

Features fresh local produce, pasture raised eggs, grass fed meat, artisanal cheese, wild and local honey, baked goods, flowers and more. Call 274-3042 or visit

6: Christy Hayes, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7: The Acacia Strain, 7 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show, The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Tickets $15 in advance, $17 day of show, available at logjampresents.com.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9. doors, 8 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater. Tickets, $30-$40,

7: Karaoke Mountain Regionals, 8-11 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W.

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Collin Meloy of the Decemberists sings with Olivia Chaney in a new band, Offa Rex, on the main stage at the Traveler’s Rest Music Festival at Big Sky Brewing last year. Meloy and the rest of the Decemberists started the new folk band with Chaney based on their mutual love of Enligsh Folk Music.

8: Missoula City Band concert featuring Caitlin and Jesse, 8 p.m., Bonner Park. Missouacityband.org.

8: Robert Earl Keen, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, the Wilma. Tickets $30$35, available at logjampresents. com.

9: Downtown ToNight, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Caras Park. Music by Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts. Visit missouladowntown.com.

9: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater.

Tickets, $30-$40, available at logjampresents.com.

10: Progressive bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass, 6 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater. Tickets, $30-$35, available at logjampresents.com.

10: Open studio tour, 10:45 a.m., Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. w. 549-7555, zootownarts.org.

10-11: Hot Oats, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W. 11: Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 8:50 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Willow.”

Free but $5 per person or $10 per family donation encouraged. nmcdc.org/programs/outdoor-

cinema/.

12: Beth Lo and David Horgan (jazz/blues), 6-8 p.m., Rumour Restaurant, 1855 Stephens Ave. 13: Festival @ Griz Stadium, 3-8 p.m., Grizzly tailgate area north of Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The festival, free and open to the public, will feature progressive, Montanaled, non-profit organizations, family friendly and all age activities, and local food & beverage businesses.

There will be a variety of interactive arts activities and an entertainment stage curated by the Zootown Arts Community Center and Forward Montana, which will showcase a diverse array of local artists,

musicians, activists, and speakers. Rock2vote.com.

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13: Pearl Jam “The Home Shows” tour, 7 p.m. Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Visit Griztix.com.

13: Russ Nasset (honky tonk blues), 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 15: Missoula City Band concert featuring all time favorites, requests and encore, 8 p.m., Bonner Park.

Missouacityband.org.

15: Out to Lunch 11 a.m.2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by Off in the Woods; children’s activities by Animal Wonders. Visit missouladowntown.com.

16: County musician Justin Moore, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater.

Tickets, $35-$47.50, available at logjampresents.com.

16: Downtown ToNight, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Caras Park. Music by Miller Campbell. Visit missouladowntown.

15: Texas-based country musician com. photo by Rebekah Welch, Missoulian Cody Jinks, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, The Wilma. $35 in advance, 17-18: The Slip, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W. available at logjampresents.com.

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17: Virtuoso violinist Andrew Bird and progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater. Tickets, $35-$47.50, available at logjampresents.com.

19: John Floridis (folk), 6-8 p.m., Rumour Restaurant, 1855 Stephens Ave.

18: Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 8:50 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “V is for Vendetta.” Free but $5 per person or $10 per family donation encouraged. nmcdc.org/programs/outdoorcinema/.

19: “West of Gettysburg: The Dakota War and the Sibley Expedition, 1862-63,” 2 p.m., Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316, Fort Missoula. 549-5346.

18: Alice Cooper, 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater. Tickets, $35$55, available at logjampresents.com.

19: Reggae band Rebelution with Stephen Marley, Common Kings, Zion I and DJ Mackle, 5 p.m. doors, 6:30 p.m. show, Kettlehouse Amphitheater.

Tickets, $19.75-$37.50, available at logjampresents.com.

19: Montana Fiddlers, 1-5 p.m., Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand.

20: The John Floridis Trio with John Sporman on stand up bass and Ed Stalling in drums, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 20: Anthrax & Testament, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, the Wilma. Tickets $35 in advance, available at logjampresents.com.

21: Michael Franti & Spearhead, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, the Wilma. Tickets $40-$47.50, available at logjampresents.com.

Shakey Graves with Joe Gonzalez & The Brite Lites, 7:30 p.m., Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheatre on Aug. 25. Tickets available at Ticketweb.com or Knittingfactory.com.

22: Out to Lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by Cello Mafia and youth artists; children’s activities by Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming. Visit missouladowntown.com.

24-25: Dusk, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W. 25: The Cold Hard Cash Show, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, the Wilma. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 day of show, available at logjampresents.com.

25: Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 8:30 p.m., Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. Featuring “Field of Dreams.” Free but $5 per person or $10 per family donation encouraged. nmcdc.org/programs/outdoorcinema/.

25: Shakey Graves with Joe Gonzalez & The Brite Lites, 7:30 p.m., Big Sky Brewing

Company Amphitheatre. Tickets available at Ticketweb.com or Knittingfactory.com.

26: Travis Yost, 6-8 p.m., Rumour Restaurant, 1855 Stephens Ave. 27: Hardwood Heart with Josh Clinger and Larry Hirshberg, 7-10 p.m., Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 29: Out to Lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Caras Park. Music by MoneyPenny; children’s activities by Hospice Care Foundation. Visit missouladowntown.com.

31: American rock band Dinosaur Jr., 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, the Wilma. Tickets $25 in advance, $28 day of show, available at logjampresents.com.

31: Nightliner, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Eagles Lodge, 24020 South Ave. W.

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Bitterroot Valley residents attended the Shakespeare in the Park performance of Macbeth at Sapphire Lutheran Homes last year,

July 28: Viewing of “The Little Princess (1939),” 2 p.m., North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St, Stevensville.

28: Bitter Root Arts Guild Art in the Park. 9 a.m., Legion Park, 223 S 2nd Street Hamilton, Montana 59840, https://www.facebook.com/ BitterRootArtsGuild .

August

1: Wild Wednesday Event: Animal Wonders, 1:30 p.m. Join Jessi and her exotic animal friends from Animal Wonders for an interactive presentation followed by a meet and greet time with the animals called Animals in Focus, Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State Street Hamilton, MT 59840 3-4: Stevensville 106th annual Creamery Picnic. Parade, barbecue contest, food vendors, ice cream, music and more. 777-3773, creamerypicnic.com.

3: Tom and Judy Dempsey, 6-7 p.m., North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St., Stevensville.

777-5061.

4: Ranch Rodeo in Darby. darbyrodeoassociation. com or 544-5436.

7: Tuesday at Twelve with Jenn Adams and Cove Jasmin, Noon, Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford Street Hamilton, MT 59840.

9: “Researching Your Family History,” 6 p.m., North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St., Stevensville. 777-5061.

10: Hamilton Tonight outdoor music series 6-9 p.m. in Downtown Hamilton 11: Bitterroot River Clean Up, 9 a.m., Kiwanis River Park, 375 S 9th St Hamilton, Montana 59840, https://www.brwaterforum.org/events 14: FREE Performance Shakespeare In The Park “Othello,” 6 p.m., Sapphire Lutheran Homes, 501 N. 10th Street Hamilton, MT 59840, Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) is the only fully professional touring theatre program in the state currently producing Shakespeare’s plays,

the only Shakespeare company in the country to reach as extensively into rural areas and the only company in the state that offers its performances free to the public, guaranteeing accessibility to all. Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603.

16: High Country Cowboys by Double H Custom Hat Company. Evening includes Smokin’ Pup’s fabulous tri-tip or chicken with all the fixings, entertainment, live auction, Feature performance by the High Country Cowboys. darbyrodeoassociation or 544-5436.

17-Sept. 2: The Hamilton Players present “12 Angry Men,” Hamilton Playhouse. Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. A 19-yearold man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an openand-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts. “This is a remarkable thing about democracy,” says the foreign-born juror, “that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man; of a man we have

not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing.” But personal it does become, with each juror revealing his own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted, and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men. The jurors’ final verdict and how they reach it—intense scenes that will electrify you and keep you on the edge of your seat. Call 375-9050 for more information.

18-19: Celtic Games & Gathering at the Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, Hamilton.

406-274-8886.

26: Victor Heritage Museum Ice Cream Social, noon-3 p.m., Victor. 642-3997.

29: Annual Ravalli County Fair Parade, 10 a.m., Hamilton. Call 363-2400 for more information.

29-Sept. 1: Ravalli County Fair and Rodeo, Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton. Call 363-3411 for more information regarding events. https://ravalli.us/200/Fairgrounds. C

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4: Bass Boat launch and after party at The Raven, Woods Bay.

27: Man and a Box, 6 p.m., Marina Cay Tiki Bar, Bigfork.

4: Larry Meyers, 6 p.m., Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

27: Full Moon Party with MT Souls at The Raven, Woods Bay.

4: Small Town Girl Market at the Polson Fairgrounds.

27-28: Chain Reaction at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

4-5: 40th Annual Bigfork Festival of the Arts in downtown Bigfork. Two-day event includes 150 vendors from all over the country. Wood work, pottery, paintings, jewelry and more.

The festival draws thousands of people each day to buy artwork, listen to music, eat great food and more. 837-5888 https://bigfork. org/event/bigfork-festival-of-the-arts/.

27-28: DJ, 10 p.m. at South Shore Lounge, below China Gate in Polson.

27-28: Highway 93 Hotsprings, Paradise.

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28-29: Flathead 3 on 3 Basketball Tourney played in downtown Polson. theflatheadlake3on3.com.

5: Paul Cataldo, 6 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay.

28-29: Fourth annual Flathead Lake Festival of Art, 10 a.m., Sacajawea Park, Polson. sandpiperartgallery. com.

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

9: Christian Johnson Project, 9 p.m., Garden Bar, Bigfork.

10: Pedactor Project at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

10: Flathead V8’s, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 10: Billy Angel, 6 p.m., Marina Cay Tiki Bar, Bigfork.

10-11: DJ, 10 p.m., South Shore Lounge, below China Gate in Polson.

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29: Joel Fetveit every Sunday evening at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

29: Eric Alan, 6 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 30: Margarita Mondays with Sista Otis, 7 p.m.; Off in the Woods, 10 p.m., at The Raven, Woods Bay.

August 1: Tommy Edwards, 6:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 1: Ken’s Country Combo, 7-10 p.m., Polson Elk’s.

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

2: Christian Johnson Project, 9 p.m., Garden Bar, Bigfork.

5: Northwest Accordion Jam, 2-5 p.m., Polson Elk’s.

3: Flathead V8’s, 6 p.m., Marina Cay Tiki, Bigfork.

5: Joel Fetveit every Sunday evening at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

3: Semi Precious Stones, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay.

6: Margarita Mondays with You Knew Me When, 7 p.m.; Off in the Woods, 10 p.m.; The Raven, Woods Bay.

3-4: Eric “Fingers” Ray, Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

3-5: Ninth annual Big Sky Rhythm & Blues Music Festival, Pilgrim Creek Park, Noxon.

Visit bigskyblues.com.

13: Margarita Mondays with Sista Otis, 7 p.m.; Roots Uprising, 10 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 14: “What About Bob” Karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

15: Tommy Edwards, 6:30 p.m., The Raven 6:30 pm, Woods Bay 15: Ken’s Country Combo, 7-10 p.m., Polson Elk’s.

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

16-26: Port Polson Players present “Souvenir,” Wednesday-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m., Theatre on Flathead Lake, Polson.

Missoula favorite Alicia Bullock Muth returns to the Polson stage in this musical retelling of the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an American socialite who was noted as the world’s worst opera singer. Directed by Andy Meyers with scenery designed

by Jay Roberts, this comic masterpiece has toured Montana to rave reviews.

Bullock Muth is joined

by Billings native Travis Kuehn, who plays pianist Cosme McMoon.

Tickets $19 adults, $18 seniors and students.

406-883-9212 or portpolsonplayers. com.

16: Christian Johnson Project, 9 p.m., Garden Bar, Bigfork.

3-5: Pioneer Days, Ronan. Weekend events include a Fishing Derby, Bulls & Broncs Rodeo, street dances, VFW pancake breakfast, 3 on 3 basketball, softball, volleyball, parade, car show, and more. Visit https://www. facebook.com/RonanPioneerDays/.

3-4: DJ, 10 p.m., South Shore Lounge, below China Gate in Polson.

12: Bad Larrys, 6 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay.

photo by Kurt Wilson

6-12: Festival Amadeus week long summer classical music festival. glaciersymphony.org or 407-7000.

7: Barton & Caselli, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

8: Tommy Edwards, 6:30 p.m., The Raven,

10-11: 10th annual Libby Montana Riverfront Blues Festival. Visit riverfrontbluesfestival.com.

11: Chevaliers at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

11: 47th Annual Sandpiper Art Festival, 10 a.m., Courthouse Lawn, Polson. sandpiperartgallery.com or 883-5956.

11: Polson Rotary Festival for Youth, chili cookoff, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Riverside Park. 8831842.

12: Joel Fetveit every Sunday evening at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

Bigfork.

17: Eric Alan, 6 p.m., Marina Cay Tiki Bar,

17: Here to Make Friends, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 17-18: Ocelot Wizard at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

17-18: Eighth annual Flathead Lake Blues Festival at the Regatta Shoreline Amphitheater, Polson Fairgrounds. flatheadlakebluesfestival. com.

17-18: DJ, 10 p.m., South Shore Lounge, below China Gate in Polson.

18: Man and a Box at Marina Cay Tiki Bar, Bigfork.

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Bigfork Festival of the Arts marks 40 years It was May of 1978 when the idea of a Bigfork Festival of the Arts was first proposed. As so often happens in Bigfork, it started with a conversation on Electric Avenue between members of the community. The premiere festival was held on the first weekend in August of 1978. It was a resounding success, despite the committee’s inexperience. The feedback from the community was very positive and the group agreed that it should become an annual event. Elna Darrow served as festival chair for several years. In 2005, a committee of the Bigfork Area Chamber of Commerce took over leadership, headed by Donna Lawson and Gretchen Gates, with proceeds being earmarked for advertising/ marketing Bigfork.

This year celebrates the 40th anniversary of Festival of the Arts, with new leaders Janine Beaubien and Shannon Bagley at the helm.

Over the years, the festival has grown steadily. More than 130 vendors will be present, with handmade crafts ranging from jewelry and bobbles to fine art and pottery. Festival attendance is estimated to be more than 6,000 and for the third year, will share the weekend with the Big Sky Antique Boat Show at the Marina Cay Resort. This festival is a favorite among vendors and spectators alike, with music, food and every trinket and treasure you can imagine. C

Flathead Calendar Cont.

18: Barton & Caselli at Big Arm Marina with guest Kelly Sinclair.

19: Andrea Harsell, 6 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 19: Joel Fetveit every Sunday evening at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

20: Margarita Mondays with The Taccas, 7 p.m.; live music, 10 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 21: Barton & Caselli, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

22: Tommy Edwards, 6:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 23: Singing Sons of Beaches, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

23: Christian Johnson Project, 9 p.m., Garden Bar, Bigfork.

24: Roots Uprising, 6 p.m., Marina Cay Tiki Bar, Bigfork.

24: Kenny James Miller Band, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 24-25: DJ, 10 p.m., South Shore Lounge, below China Gate in Polson.

24-25: Mables Rage at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

FRIDAY:

25 – “Cruzen The Flathead” Poker Run, starts at Sports Page 8-10 a.m. and ends at the East Shore Smokehouse on the lawn with a car show at 3:30 p.m., Highway 35, Polson.

Talents of D & D Music. DanceXplosion!.

Dog Dancing. Miss Huckleberry/Mr. Huck Finn Talent Contest. Trout Creek Country Music Show.

26: Joel Fetveit every Sunday evening at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

SATURDAY:

26: The Lucky Valentines, 6 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 26-Sept. 1: Crown of the Continent at Flathead Lake Lodge. crownguitarfest.org.

27: Final Margarita Monday with Here to Make Friends, 9 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 28: “What About Bob” Karaoke, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

29: Tommy Edwards, 6:30 p.m., The Raven, Woods Bay. 30: Singing Sons of Beaches, 6 p.m., East Shore Smokehouse, Highway 35, Polson.

30: Christian Johnson Project, 9 p.m., Garden Bar, Bigfork.

31: Tonewall Jackson, 6 p.m., Marina Cay Tiki Bar, Bigfork.

31-Sept. 1: Hambone and the Headliners at Garden Bar, downtown Bigfork.

31-Sept. 1: DJ, 10 p.m., South Shore Lounge, below China Gate in Polson. C

AUGUST 10-12, 2018 Trout Creek, Montana 5pm Friday to 4pm Sunday 120 + Arts & Craft Booths www.huckleberryfestival.com

FREE ADMISSION Family Friendly: Alcohol, Vape & Tobacco FREE – Dogs Welcome, (On Leash Only)

Pancake Breakfast. 5K Run for Fun. Huckleberry Parade. Dog Agility Demonstration. Homesteaders Pentathlon.

Kids Games. Albeni Falls Pipes & Drums.

Swing Street Big Band. Festival Auction.

Pie-Eating Contest.

Live Music by Malarkey

SUNDAY: Pancake Breakfast. Worship Service.

Music by “tincup.” Kids Games.

Horseshoes. Dog Agility Competition.

Kids Agility Fun Match.

“The Curse of The Pitiful Pirates” by Libby Pitiful Players.

Jam, Jelly and Dessert Contest and more!!

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