Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Friday, February 10, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Friday, February 10, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Friday, February 10, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. MAM Collections: The Parade Route
Missoula Cultural Council
MAM Collections: The Parade Route
September 7, 2011 – February 13, 2012
Throughout history, artists have seen parades, circuses, and other strange spectacles as sources of both empathy and inspiration. This was especially true in the last century when modernists such as Picasso, Chagall, Klee, Kandinsky, and Calder used parades and circuses as source material in their work. Such processions and gatherings, marchings and minglings, protestings and celebratings occur for many reasons, providing a rich world of metaphor, psychology, and observation.
We perused the collection with this in mind, keeping a keen eye on ways in which local artists have seen the gathering of people as source and message material for their own work. In the collection vault we found Stan Healy’s voyeuristic documentations of parades and gatherings from the detachment of staff photographer, to the overtly political commentaries of Marvin Messing, Sheila Miles, and Jim Todd. We found the psychological explorations of Mary Ryan and…
Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Preschool Story Times
Kids
Children ages 3-6 will enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, flannel-board stories and more at the MPL's Preschool Story Time. Programs are held at 10.30a.m. every Friday.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Missoula Public Library
301 E. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Tiny Tales
Kids
Bring your little ones, from new-born through 36months, to the Missoula Public Library's Tiny Tales program. Tiny Tales features 20-25 minutes of songs, fingerplays, nursery rhymes and stories. Held at 10.30a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Missoula Public Library
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
Int. Flamenco with Elenita Brown
Dance
Date: Feb 03, 2012 to Feb 24, 2012 Time: 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM Day(s): Fridays
Learn continued advanced heel work, castanets, palmas, skirt work, and arms. Work on traditional Flamenco as well as more contemporary choreography.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Registration for Cabinet Ridge Riders Snowmobile Poker Run
Glacier Country
Date: Always the 2nd Saturday, this year it’s February 10th & 11th, 2012
Times: Friday Registration 4:00pm–9:00pm at Wayside Bar, Saturday Registration 7:00am-9:00pm
Fees: Admission is free, Poker hands are $5.00
Description: The annual Snowmobile Poker Run is an all day event with registration and bon fire on Friday evening 4:00pm-9:00pm at the Wayside Bar. Registration opens on Saturday morning 7:00–9:00am. The run starts on a groomed trail along the Clark Fork Valley leaving Trout Creek. The ride goes through the scenic Kootenai National Forest up to Gem Peak Jct. At the Cabinet Ridge Rider Warming Hut free food, warm fire and soft drinks are available on the mountain. The snowmobiles will then descend down the mountain along a scenic creek back to Trout Creek. After the run there will be raffles, a live auction and fun for all! The evening activities will take place at the Wayside Bar & Grill usually around 7:00 p.m.
Admission is free, Poker hands are $5.00
Contact: John Harris (406) 827-4458
Spon…
Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Wayside Bar
Trout Creek.
Ten Spoon Tasting Room
Food
Ten Spoon Announces
Its New Wine-Tasting Room!
• Fridays, 4-8 pm
• Sample Ten Spoon wines
• Wine by the glass
• Is it your birthday? Come get a free glass of wine!
• Made in Montana
• No added sulfites
• Last call: 7:30
• More info: 549-8703.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ten Spoon Vineyard
4175 Rattlesnake Dr.
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit tenspoon.com. A Chocolat Affaire
Glacier Country
Your Kalispell Downtown Association and the Kalispell Business Improvement District invite you and your friends and family to an evening in Historic Downtown Kalispell. Friday night, February 10, “A Chocolat Affaire” promises to be an evening to remember. If you enjoyed the December Art Walk, you will love this event. Walk through various downtown businesses tasting a variety of chocolate treats and shopping for your special valentine. Businesses will be offering sale items and some discounts. Shop, taste and judge the chocolate from 5:00 - 7:00 PM and then treat yourself to a wonderful evening of jazz from 7:00 - 10:00 PM at the COCOABANANA aka; The Split Rock Café 30 2nd St. East. Listen to the musical sounds of the COCOANUTS featuring Tom Gunn, piano; Don Caverly, bass; Jack Waller, drums; Chuck Florence, sax; Miriam Singer, songbird) brought to you by Don K Subaru, another Singer & Simpson Production.
Food, beer, wine, specialty coffee & soft drinks will be available for purchase during the even…
Friday, February 10, 2012, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Historic Downtown Kalispell.
For more info visit www.downtownkalispell.com. Wine Tasting at the Loft
Food
For more information please call: 549-4368
Every Friday, open to the public! $10.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
the Loft (in the LaFlesch bldg.)
119 West Main Street
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Family Night at Currents
Recreation
Fridays 6 – 8pm
Bring the gang down for some healthy, affordable fun! 2 adult and 2 youth admissions for $11.50, $9.50 with resident card.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Currents Aquatics Center
McCormick Park
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.org. Beat the February Blues
info@missoulawinery.com
Opening Act
Stan Anglen and Headwaters
Original Music
Headliner
Flashback
classic rock/blues
You’ll Dance your legs off to the music off Bryan Buchanan and Bill Burns
Don't miss this relaxed evening of great music, close friends and a
good time for all!
Suggested donation - $5 for the old musicians retirement fund.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Missoula Winery
123 West Harrier.
Fire Speaks the Land
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center
32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Harlem Golbetrotters
Bring the whole family and don't miss out on high-flying action and non-stop excitement. With blazing ball-handling wizardry, mesmerizing gravity-defying dunks, side-splitting comedy and crowd interaction, the Globetrotters captivate both the young and the young at heart. You won't want to miss TNT - the 9th woman to wear a Globetrotter uniform so let's fill the Adams Center with Girl Scouts to watch her and her teammates shoot some hoops, entertain, and show their B-Ball skills!
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Adams Center
32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. The Guitar Boys
Glacier Country
Join us at the Cottage Inn Friday nights for food, fun and music by the Guitar Boys from 7- 10:30. 406-755-4572.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM.
The Cottage Inn - Kila.
Open Mic Night
Concerts
Please Call Zootown Brew at 543-2549 for more information.
Each musician will be getting a 20 minute slot to play. Please sign up before Friday.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Zootown Brews
121 West Broadway
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.zootownbrew.com. The Fly Fishing Film Tour
Theater/Film
COSTA Presents
The 2012 Fly Fishing Film Tour
Doors 6:30pm Show 7pm
Tickets available at thef3t.com for $15. $12 discount tickets available in advance at Grizzly Hackle, Missoulian Angler,The Kingfisher, and Blackfoot River Outfitters.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Wilma
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit thewilma.com. World Wide Cinema
Theater/Film
World Wide Cinema is monthly foreign and independent film series, held on the second Friday of the month in the large meeting room.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library
301 East Main Street
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.com. New Shanghai Circus
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Astonishing athletes defy gravity and execute breathtaking feats as they stretch the limits of human ability in this spellbounding show. Fearless performers with boundless energy bring you more than two thousand years of Chinese circus traditions. If it\'s humanly possibly-and even if it\'s not!- Shanghai\'s acrobats, jugglers, and contortionists do it with spectacular flair.
The New Shanghai Circus takes place in the University Theatre at Maurice and Connell on the UM campus. Doors open at 6:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm. All reserved seating. Student tickets are available in person or by calling 406-243-4051.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
University Theatre
32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Friday Funk Blaster
Dance
ROTATING FUNK,SOUL,HIPHOP,HOUSE DJ’S
HOSTED BY HENDAWG AND EARCANDY MUSIC
21+
NO COVER.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Palace
147 W Broadway
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit profile.myspace.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Cabinet Ridge Riders Snowmobile Poker Run
Glacier Country
Date: Always the 2nd Saturday, this year it’s February 10th & 11th, 2012
Times: Friday Registration 4:00pm–9:00pm at Wayside Bar, Saturday Registration 7:00am-9:00pm
Fees: Admission is free, Poker hands are $5.00
Description: The annual Snowmobile Poker Run is an all day event with registration and bon fire on Friday evening 4:00pm-9:00pm at the Wayside Bar. Registration opens on Saturday morning 7:00–9:00am. The run starts on a groomed trail along the Clark Fork Valley leaving Trout Creek. The ride goes through the scenic Kootenai National Forest up to Gem Peak Jct. At the Cabinet Ridge Rider Warming Hut free food, warm fire and soft drinks are available on the mountain. The snowmobiles will then descend down the mountain along a scenic creek back to Trout Creek. After the run there will be raffles, a live auction and fun for all! The evening activities will take place at the Wayside Bar & Grill usually around 7:00 p.m.
Admission is free, Poker hands are $5.00
Contact: John Harris (406) 827-4458
Spon…
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Wayside Bar
Trout Creek.
Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics
Recreation
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics at Currents – Classes Ongoing
A drop-in aquatics fitness program for all fitness levels. Increase flexibility, build muscle and improve your cardio fitness. This is a drop-in class, no pre-registration required. Purchase a 30-swim punch card or annual pass and save 25-55%! Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:15 - 7am; Monday through Thursday, 8am, 9am and 5:30pm; and Saturday, 8am and 9am. Regular admission fee.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM.
Currents Aquatics Center
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.com. Catchem if you Can 5K
New this year is the Catchem If You Can 5K. Ladies start first and gentlemen start 3 minutes later. Start times: Women 9:30 a.m. & Men 9:33 a.m.
Location: South end of Van Buren St. footbridge (parking lot next to Griz tailgate area)
Course: Flat 5K loop on Riverfront trail starting at the Van Buren St. footbridge, running around Osprey Stadium, and ending back at the footbridge.Prizes: Prizes given for top finishers and a random prize drawing after the race. Socks donated by The Runner's Edge for all participants. Refreshments provided, including Big Dipper ice cream!Registration Information:Register by Mail: No later than Tuesday, February 8, 2011Register via active.com: No later than Feb 11.Drop Off in Person: No later than Friday, February 11, 2011 at the Runner's Edge, 325 N. HigginsRace Day Registration: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8:30 a.m.Entry Fees: $13 Run Wild Missoula Members or $15 Non-Members.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
South end of Van Buren Street Footbridge - Van Buren Footbridge & Kim Williams Trail, Missoula.
For more info visit www.runwildmissoula.org. Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. MAM Collections: The Parade Route
Missoula Cultural Council
MAM Collections: The Parade Route
September 7, 2011 – February 13, 2012
Throughout history, artists have seen parades, circuses, and other strange spectacles as sources of both empathy and inspiration. This was especially true in the last century when modernists such as Picasso, Chagall, Klee, Kandinsky, and Calder used parades and circuses as source material in their work. Such processions and gatherings, marchings and minglings, protestings and celebratings occur for many reasons, providing a rich world of metaphor, psychology, and observation.
We perused the collection with this in mind, keeping a keen eye on ways in which local artists have seen the gathering of people as source and message material for their own work. In the collection vault we found Stan Healy’s voyeuristic documentations of parades and gatherings from the detachment of staff photographer, to the overtly political commentaries of Marvin Messing, Sheila Miles, and Jim Todd. We found the psychological explorations of Mary Ryan and…
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Free Family Cross Country Ski Outing
Missoula Children and Nature Offer Free Family Cross Country Ski Outing Sponsored by MOLA
Missoula, MT- Missoula Children and Nature (MCN) and Missoula Outdoor Learning Adventures (MOLA) invite youth and their families to a FREE Family Cross Country Ski Outing, Saturday February 11, 2012 from 10:00am-1:00pm.
Participants will enjoy an introductory lesson on cross country skiing. The instructors from MOLA will demonstrate the basics of the sport, how to use equipment properly, and help participants explore Pattee Canyon’s groomed ski trails. Call to register and reserve FREE rental skis/boots/and poles if needed. This event will fill up early and sizes are limited, so call early. RSVP to Ellie at 330-410-0236 or missoulachildrenandnature@gmail.com by February 9th. Please remember to dress appropriately. Layers are encouraged, and be sure to bring water.
This FREE, family event is part of MCN’s “Got Nature?” monthly passport program. Children who attend this event will receiv…
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Pattee Canyon’s groomed ski trails
Missoula.
For more info visit www.missoulaoutdoors.com. Learn to Skate Basic Skills Skating Lessons
Sports
Come Learn to Skate with the Missoula Figure Skating Club! Join us for an 8-week session starting Saturday, January 21st. All ages and abilities welcome. Participants will be placed in levels according to their abilities. Our professional coaching staff will teach you and/or your skater the fundamentals of the sport. Please visit www.missoulafsc.org to register online or download the registration form and send it to the Missoula Figure Skating Club postal address. Saturday, January 21 through March 10, 2012 10-11.30am $115 8 week session.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Glacier Ice Rink - 1101 South Ave W Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.missoulafsc.org. Kid’s Snow Stompers Program
Glacier Country
(Kalispell, MT) - Have you enjoyed bringing your kids to the park every summer for the popular Little Saplings Program, but now that it’s winter you find that you kids are coming down with a severe case of cabin fever? If so, that means it’s time for them to become a Snow Stomper! Geared for kids 4 to 7 years old, this hour long program follows the tradition of Lone Pine’s popular summer children’s programs. During the program your child will learn about what makes nature tick during the winter months. Depending on the program, activities will include: storybooks and crafts, as well as inside and outside activities all of which will teach fun lessons about our world in the winter time. So, join us here at Lone Pine from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon for this exciting kid’s program. $3 per child, per program.
January 14: “Snow Stories” Become a snow scientist and make a “melted” snowman.
January 21: “Winter Sleep” Learn about how animals prepare for hibernation and make a hibernation hat.
January 28: “M…
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Lone Pine Visitor Center
Kalispell, MT.
Family Story Time
Kids
Children of all ages will have fun at the MPL's Family Story Time held every Saturday at 11a.m. Family Story Time offers engaging experiences including stories, fingerplays, flannel-board stories and more.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library
301 E. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. 2nd Annual Winter BrewFest
Fair/Festival
The Lil' Smokies: 1:00-2:15 pm
Cash for Junkers: 2:45-4:00 pm
The Wild Coyote Band: 4:30-5:45 pm
Tom Catmull & the Clerics: 6:00-7:00 pm
Big Sky Cowboy Coffee: Big Sky Brewing Co. Missoula, MontanaBig Sky Winter Warmer: Big Sky Brewing Co. Missoula, MontanaWidmer Burr: Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland, OregonWidmer Drop Top: Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland, OregonNew Belgium 2 Below: New Belgium Brewing Co. Ft. Collins, ColoradoNew Belgium Blue Paddle: New Belgium Brewing Co. Ft. Collins, ColoradoGoing to the Sun IPA: Great Northern Brewing, Whitefish, MontanaGreat Northern Snow Ghost: Great Northern Brewing, Whitefish, MontanaHarvest Moon Charlie Russell Red: Harvest Moon, Belt, MontanaHarvest Great Falls Select: Harvest Moon, Belt, MontanaHighlander Beer: Missoula Brewing Co. Missoula, MontanaSingle Hop Ale: Bitterroot Brewery, Hamilton, MontanaRed Dread Imperial Red: Bitterroot Brewery, Hamilton, MontanaDoppelbock: Blackfoot River, Helena, MontanaSingle Malt IPA: Blackfoot River, Hel…
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Missoula Mercantile Building - 110 N Higgins
Missoula.
For more info visit www.missouladowntown.com. Saturday Night Service
Remedy is a Christian fellowship where we gather for the purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ. Creating a community of believers being used by God to bring Him glory in our specific areas of influence.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Remedy Church Missoula
800 Kensington Ave
Missoula, MT, 59801.
For more info visit www.remedymissoula.org. Sam and Karl
Glacier Country
Cost: Free
Sam and Karl, the heart and soul, respectively, of The Guitar Boys, play from 7 to 10:30 PM at The Cottage Inn in Kila. Call 755-4572.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM.
The Cottage Inn.
Tango Nights an the Brick Room
Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce
Description The Brick Room. Located at 121 West Main in the beautiful studios of the Downtown Dance Collective. Join us for an evening of Argentine Tango dancing with atmosphere, fun and community. Admission is $10/person or $16/couple. ... ... A percentage of this months proceeds will benefit the U of M Dance Department. Doors open at 8:00 PM with a one hour introductory dance lesson taught by Grace Hodges and Patrick Marsolek. No experience necessary! Bring a friend or come by yourself! Milonga (tango social dance) after the class from 9:00 on in the lovely atmosphere of the Brick Room. If your business would like to donate to any of these organizations, please contact The Brick Room at 406-541-7240 to pledge your amount.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
The Brick Room
121 West Main
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Tango Nights at The Brick Room
Dance
contact: info@patrickmarsolek.com
The Brick Room. Located at 121 West Main in the beautiful studios of the Downtown Dance Collective.
Join us for an evening of Argentine Tango dancing with atmosphere, fun and community.
Admission is $10/person or $16/couple.
... ...
A percentage of this months proceeds will benefit the U of M Dance Department.
Doors open at 8:00 PM with a one hour introductory dance lesson taught by Grace Hodges and Patrick Marsolek.
No experience necessary! Bring a friend or come by yourself!
Milonga (tango social dance) after the class from 9:00 on in the lovely atmosphere of the Brick Room.
If your business would like to donate to any of these organizations, please contact The Brick Room at 406-541-7240 to pledge your amount.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
The Brick Room
121 West main
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Men's Griz Basketball
Sports
01/19/12 Northern Colorado* 7:00 PM
01/21/12 Sacramento State* 7:00 PM
01/26/12 @ Eastern Washington* 7:00 PM
01/28/12 @ Portland State* 8:00 PM
02/04/12 @ Montana State* 7:00 PM
02/06/12 Idaho State* 7:00 PM
02/09/12 @ Northern Colorado* 7:00 PM
02/11/12 @ Sacramento State* 8:00 PM
02/17/12 Bracket Buster Game or
02/18/12 Bracket Buster Game
02/23/12 Northern Arizona* 7:00 PM
02/25/12 Montana State* 7:00 PM
02/28/12 Weber State* 7:00 PM.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Adams Event Center
32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Absolutely w/ Kris Moon
Concerts
Kris Moon is playing every Saturday at the Badlander along with DJ Monte Carlo. It's Free, and there will be Absolute Vodka drink specials.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. College Days at Disco
Recreation
406-563-2184
The college days for the rest of the season are February 12th, March 11th, and April 1st. Tickets with be $24 with an ID from a Montana college or university. Hope to see you up here.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Discovery Ski Area
Missoula.
For more info visit www.skidiscovery.com. Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. MAM Collections: The Parade Route
Missoula Cultural Council
MAM Collections: The Parade Route
September 7, 2011 – February 13, 2012
Throughout history, artists have seen parades, circuses, and other strange spectacles as sources of both empathy and inspiration. This was especially true in the last century when modernists such as Picasso, Chagall, Klee, Kandinsky, and Calder used parades and circuses as source material in their work. Such processions and gatherings, marchings and minglings, protestings and celebratings occur for many reasons, providing a rich world of metaphor, psychology, and observation.
We perused the collection with this in mind, keeping a keen eye on ways in which local artists have seen the gathering of people as source and message material for their own work. In the collection vault we found Stan Healy’s voyeuristic documentations of parades and gatherings from the detachment of staff photographer, to the overtly political commentaries of Marvin Messing, Sheila Miles, and Jim Todd. We found the psychological explorations of Mary Ryan and…
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. 2012 Apline Artisans & Chocolate Auction
2012 Alpine Artisans Wine and Chocolate Auction and Social will be held Sunday, Feb 12, 2-6 pm at Lindey's Steak House, Hwy 83 in Seeley Lake.
We are planning to offer wine and chocolate silent auction, music, and an elegant meal at Lindey's. Prices are yet to be determined. AAI asks artists to submit work for silent auction. Details TBA.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Lindey's Steak House, Seely Lake - 3129 Hwy 83 N, Seely Lake MT.
For more info visit www.seeleyswanpathfinder.com. “ John White Lecture Series”
Glacier Country
Tickets at The Museum at Central School, 124 2nd Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, Phone 406-752-8381. Featuring four distinguished speakers illuminating aspects of Northwest Montana history and culture. Confirmed to date are professor and archaeologist Dr. E. B. Eiselein speaking on the Fur Trade in Flathead Valley, and historian Darris Flanagan speaking on Indian Trail of the Northern Rockies.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
The Museum at Central School, 124 2nd Avenue East, Kalispell, MT.
Harry David's Pool Tourney
Recreation
If you fancy yourself a crackerjack with a pool cue, consider joining a weekly pool tournament at Harry David's Bar, which runs this and every Sunday starting with a sign up at 4:30 PM and the games starting at 5.
$5 buy-in with a minimum of eight players, includes one free drink per player.
Call 406-830-3277.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Harry David's
2700 Paxon St Ste H
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.harrydavidsbar.com. Steve Eckels
Glacier Country
Cost: Free
Let Steve Eckels wind down your weekend with live classical guitar from 6 to 9 PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 755-4572.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Cottage Inn.
Euchre Night!
Recreation
Join the gang at Sean Kelly's every Sunday at 8 p.m. for a FREE Euchre Tournament! If you have never played Euchre that's OK too, come down and we'll teach you how! It's FREE and FUN so whatcha waiting for?
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Sean Kelly's
130 W Pine St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.seankellys.com. Jazz Martini Night
Concerts
LIVE JAZZ
DJ’S IN BETWEEN SETS
8:30PM
JAZZ @ 9:30PM
21+
NO COVER
$3 MARTINIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Monday, February 13, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Monday, February 13, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. MAM Collections: The Parade Route
Missoula Cultural Council
MAM Collections: The Parade Route
September 7, 2011 – February 13, 2012
Throughout history, artists have seen parades, circuses, and other strange spectacles as sources of both empathy and inspiration. This was especially true in the last century when modernists such as Picasso, Chagall, Klee, Kandinsky, and Calder used parades and circuses as source material in their work. Such processions and gatherings, marchings and minglings, protestings and celebratings occur for many reasons, providing a rich world of metaphor, psychology, and observation.
We perused the collection with this in mind, keeping a keen eye on ways in which local artists have seen the gathering of people as source and message material for their own work. In the collection vault we found Stan Healy’s voyeuristic documentations of parades and gatherings from the detachment of staff photographer, to the overtly political commentaries of Marvin Messing, Sheila Miles, and Jim Todd. We found the psychological explorations of Mary Ryan and…
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Adult Learn to Skate Basic Skills Classes
Recreation
Come Learn to Skate with the Missoula Figure Skating Club! Join us for an 8-week session starting Monday, January 23rd. Monday Basic Skills classes meet over the lunch hour and are for adults only! Participants will be placed in levels according to their abilities. Our professional coaching staff will teach you the fundamentals of the sport. Skating is a great way to have fun, stay fit and meet new friends. Please visit www.missoulafsc.org to register online or download the registration form and send it to the Missoula Figure Skating Club postal address. $115 8 week sessionwww.missoulafsc.org.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Glacier Ice Rink - 1101 South Ave W Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.missoulafsc.org. Hip Hop for Kiddos (3-6yrs old) with Heather Adams Torma
Missoula Cultural Council
Date: Jan 09, 2012 to Dec 17, 2012 Time: 04:00 PM to 04:45 PM Day(s): Mondays
Hip Hop for Kiddos is a great way to introduce your little boy or girl to rhythm, music and their bodies abilities. We will work on exploring all the ways the body can move, we call them isolations, and then put them movements together in combinations. They will have a chance to perform the First Friday of December.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics
Recreation
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics at Currents – Classes Ongoing
A drop-in aquatics fitness program for all fitness levels. Increase flexibility, build muscle and improve your cardio fitness. This is a drop-in class, no pre-registration required. Purchase a 30-swim punch card or annual pass and save 25-55%! Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:15 - 7am; Monday through Thursday, 8am, 9am and 5:30pm; and Saturday, 8am and 9am. Regular admission fee.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM.
Currents Aquatics Center
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.com. Compassionate Communication Class
Missoula Cultural Council
Compassionate Communication - Missoula
Learn to communicate clearly and effectively.
Five Mondays, January 23rd - February 20th - 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - $65 or two for $120
Healthy, effective communication is essential at home, work or when having fun. Develop tools that will bring ease, clarity and personal integrity to every conversation.
Join us for a fun, playful exploration of essential communication skills. You can learn the importance of feelings and how they connect with your inner values and needs. You can learn how your inner values direct your actions, communications, emotional expressions and all forms of behavior. You can learn to recognize and value other people’s expression of their values and needs.
When you go home from this class you will know how to:
• Communicate your needs clearly and be heard.
• Calm yourself when you’re angry, afraid, or emotional.
• Hear another person without losing yourself.
If there’s someone close to you who also needs these skills, bring them al…
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Living Art Office - Warehouse Mall - 725 W. Alder #17
Missoula.
For more info visit www.innerworkingsresources.com. Ravalli County Relay For Life Committee & Team Captain Meeting
Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce
Committee Meeting 6-7 p.m. Team Captain Meeting 7-8 p.m.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Bitterroot River Inn
Hamilton, MT.
For more info visit www.ravallicountyrelayforlife.com. Compassionate Communication Class
Education
"Compassionate Communication - MissoulaLearn to communicate clearly and effectively. Five Mondays, January 23rd - February 20th - 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - $65 or two for $120
Healthy, effective communication is essential at home, work or when having fun. Develop tools that will bring ease, clarity and personal integrity to every conversation.Join us for a fun, playful exploration of essential communication skills. You can learn the importance of feelings and how they connect with your inner values and needs. You can learn how your inner values direct your actions, communications, emotional expressions and all forms of behavior. You can learn to recognize and value other people's expression of their values and needs.When you go home from this class you will know how to: Communicate your needs clearly and be heard. Calm yourself when you're angry, afraid, or emotional. Hear another person without losing yourself.If there's someone close to you who also needs these skills, bring them along.Ceu's available for LCS…
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Living Art Office - Warehouse Mall - 725 W. Alder #17
Missoula.
For more info visit www.innerworkingsresources.com. Teranga Dance & Drum
Dance
All levels of dancers and drummers can cure their cases of the Mondays every week during a Sabar West African drum class. The related dance class begins at 7:45. $8 drumming/$10 dancing/$12 both.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM.
Teranga Arts School
2926 S. 3rd St. W.
(across from Hawthorne School)
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.communitywalk.com. Couples\' Beg. Argentine Tango (8-week session) with Abby Croteau
Dance
Date: Jan 09, 2012 to Feb 27, 2012 Time: 07:20 PM to 08:25 PM Day(s): Mondaus
Beginning Argentine Tango is an introduction to the techniques, figures and cultural aspects of the tango. Students learn a variety of caminatas (walking), the eight count basic, sacadas and much more. This class prepares you for further study by offering the basics of tango, as well introducing improvisation to the dance. The class is open to couples and singles, and welcomes drop in students. Students are, however, encouraged to attend at least five of the six classes per session, as the class builds each week.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 7:20 PM – 8:25 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation
The traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh are practiced and the main focus of the group is to develop mindfulness in our everyday lives. All are welcome, free, donations for the space appreciated. Great group for beginners.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Open Way Mindfulness Center
702 Brooks St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulacvb.com. Rock & Roll Bingo
$1 per card - called and hosted by DJ Hickey
Come join in the fun and try your hand to win free drinks, prizes and cash!
Monday, February 13, 2012, 8:00 PM – Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 12:00 AM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Couples\' Int./Adv. Argentine Tango (8-week session) with Abby Croteau
Dance
Jan 09, 2012 to Feb 27, 2012 Time: 08:30 PM to 09:30 PM Day(s): Mondays
Intermediate/Advanced Argentine Tango is a continuation of Beginning Argentine Tango. Students should have completed 18 weeks of beginning tango or the equivalent before entering this class, but please speak with Abby and Diego if you have prerequisite classes. This class focuses on musicality and improvisation. New figures are introduced and plenty of time is spent to review previous figures taught. Students also have the opportunity to perform in a low pressure environment, both in the studio and at community events, if they are interested. The class is open to both couples and singles, and students may drop in, but are encouraged to make at least six of the eight classes per session. The class does build each week.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 8:30 PM – 9:35 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. SIN Night at The Badlander
Food
Every Monday night from 9pm-close, service industry workers will receive extra drink specials!
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Last Watch + McDougall + The BoxCutters
Concerts
A sweaty, soul-shaking explosion of Rock and Roll with words you can hold onto: A glimmer of Truth in an untrue world.Last Watch has begun taking their garage-rock, sludge-folk anthems to the streets, clubs and bar rooms. Anywhere people will listen.You can dance. You can pump your fist. You can sing and shout and hear something you need to hear.Formed in early 2011 by John Johnson from Hillstomp and McDougall.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 PM – Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 12:00 AM.
The Palace Lounge - 147 W. Broadway, Missoula.
For more info visit stonefly-productions.com. Milkcrate Mondays
Concerts
Kick off your week with a drink, some free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles during Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace.
21 + / No Cover = Free Pool, Free Beats!
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Palace
147 W Broadway
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Open Mic @ Sean Kelly's
Concerts
Monday Nights at Sean Kelly's is an open call to all of Missoula's talented musicians for an Open Mic. Mike Avery, local Musician and all around good guy, runs the event from 10-1:30 am.
If you are a musician 21+, who would like to play the open mic, call 542-1471 at 10am Monday mornings and grab a slot! But due to popular demand you must call at 10 am sharp, they go fast!!
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Sean Kelly's
130 W Pine St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.seankellys.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Int. Spanish Dance
Dance
05:45 PM to 07:00 PM Day(s): Thu
Learn continued advanced heel work, castanets, palmas, skirt work, and arms. Work on traditional Flamenco as well as more contemporary choreography.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:45 AM – 7:00 AM.
The Downtown Dance Collective
Missoula.
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Hockaday Museum Senior Tour & Tea Day
Glacier Country
*Senior Tour & Tea Day
*2nd Thursday of each month
10 am – 4 pm
Admission: Senior Citizens ages 60+, Museum Members Free
Docent-guided Gallery Tour at 10:30am
Coffee, Tea and Cookies served all day.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Hockaday Museum
302 2nd Ave E
Kalispell, MT.
For more info visit www.hockadaymuseum.org. Go Fish Exhibit Grand Opening
Kids
MISSOULA, MT JANUARY 11, 2012: The "Go Fish" Exhibit grand opening and Valentine's Free Admission Day at the Families First Children's Museum is Tuesday, February 14th, 2012, 10am to 5pm. Come one, come all and enjoy FREE admission, snacks, and fun activities!On February 14, 2012 the Families First Children's Museum in downtown Missoula will open its new fishing exhibit Go Fish. At this local fishing spot, kids and their grownups will be able to grab a fishing pole, find a perfect spot on the bridge, and cast a line for a trout in a beautiful western Montana setting, painted by Local Artist Celeste Bickford.The exhibit is brought to us by the combined efforts of many local folks. People working together can accomplish amazing things. Betsy Grimley and Wayne Chamberlain brought the idea from the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. The trout images were provided by Joseph Tomelleri and Montana Trout Unlimited. The images were transferred to cloth by Allegra Printing and hand sewn by Martha's Sewing Ministries. T…
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Families First Children's Museum - 225 West Front St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.familiesfirstmontana.org. Tiny Tales
Kids
Bring your little ones, from new-born through 36months, to the Missoula Public Library's Tiny Tales program. Tiny Tales features 20-25 minutes of songs, fingerplays, nursery rhymes and stories. Held at 10.30a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Missoula Public Library
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. La Leche League Meeting
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library Large Meeting Room.
Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings
Glacier Country
Cost: Donation
Toes will tap and fingers will snap (in the painless way) when the Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings ride into Snappy Sport Senter every Tue. at 1400 Hwy. 2 East. Noon. Donation. Call 257-7525.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Snappy Sport Senter - 1400 Hwy. 2 East Kalispell.
Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics
Recreation
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics at Currents – Classes Ongoing
A drop-in aquatics fitness program for all fitness levels. Increase flexibility, build muscle and improve your cardio fitness. This is a drop-in class, no pre-registration required. Purchase a 30-swim punch card or annual pass and save 25-55%! Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:15 - 7am; Monday through Thursday, 8am, 9am and 5:30pm; and Saturday, 8am and 9am. Regular admission fee.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM.
Currents Aquatics Center
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.com. West African Dance
Dance
Call 406-541.7240 for more information.
Every Tuesday join Tarn Ream and musicians of Unity Dance and Drum for an energizing West African dance class. $10/class, $35 for 4 classes, please call for more info.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Downtown Dance Collective
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Salsa with Heather Adams Torma
Dance
Date: Jan 10, 2012 to Feb 14, 2012 Time: 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM Day(s): Tuesdays
Club Salsa dance. Singles or couples are welcome! Join us for a 6 week session beginning January 10th. Member rate is only $42 per person. Learn the basics of lead and follow technique. Learn fun salsa combos that you can pull out to many styles of latin music. A great starter class for anyone interested in latin dance!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Deidre Heaton
Glacier Country
Deidre Heaton is an oldie, but newbie to the folk scene. She finds
inspiration in the pure beauty of her surroundings, life, her childhood memories, love and loss. Her songs and beautiful voice will take you on road trips through the long dusty roads of Texas, the whisky drinking taverns of Montana, the innocence of a young girl, and to a quiet country church on a Sunday morning. Enjoy her music every Tuesday from 7:00 -9:30PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 755-4572.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
The Cottage Inn - Kila.
Dancing For Birth!
Dance
Coming in February the DDC will be hosting a Prenatal and Postpartum Dance Class! Birth can be like a marathon and Dancing for Birth classes prepare you for the challenge. You’ll become stronger, more agile, more at ease with your body and become both mentally and physically ready to embrace your unique birth experience. You’ll learn moves inspired by Belly dance, African dance, Latin dance and interpretive movement. It’s a feel-good workout that challenges yet relaxes you.
There is a free class offered on January 31st, then the following 5-week session!
Free Class on Jan. 31st begins at 7:30pm!
Only $50 dollars per person for the entire session -Starting Tuesday Feb. 7th to March 6th from 7:15 to 8:20pm.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:15 PM – 8:20 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Pub Trivia @ Sean Kellys
Recreation
Come early to get a seat!
Great Beer Specials!!
The Pub Quiz is a LIVE trivia contest, with the questions read aloud and each team writes their answers down.
Each round of Questions is collected, graded, and scored, the top 4 teams at the end of the night win prizes.
It's FREE to play, so grab some friends and come on.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Sean Kelly's
130 W Pine St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.seankellys.com. Symbiotic Circus
Theater/Film
Bellatrix, Cigarette Girls and Bass Face Productions present
Symbiotic Circus
An evening of what can go wrong with Love. Explore jealousy with a tango
dance, passion through burlesque, and broken hears with circus arts.
BassFace DJs after the show.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Doors: 7PM, Show: 8PM
Tickets: $20, $35 at the door for couples
Tickets available at Ear Candy and at the Wilma on the night of show.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
The Wilma
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit thewilma.com. Open Mic Night at The Wolf Den
Glacier Country
Cost: Free
The moon's always full and the pack's always howlin' at the Wolf Den's Open Mic Night in Polson. Free. 9 PM. Call 883-2054.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Wolf Den in Polson.
Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Live and Local for Free
Concerts
Local artists with DJs after.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. FREE Quilting Workshop
Glacier Country
Led by expert quilter and Museum volunteer Betty Jo Malone.
Participants can attend one, two, three or all and can be beginners, or have experience. Come to learn tips and new skills for existing projects.
Bring scissors, straight pins, needles, thread, and fabric swatches if you have them. Some materials and sewing tools provided if you have none.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
The Museum at Central School, 124 2nd Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, Phone 406-756-8381.
Kids' Hip Hop (7-10) with Heidi Michaelson
Missoula Cultural Council
This class is designed for Kids (ages 7-10). No experience is required, just a desire to dance. The class will start with a short warm up period that will involve stretches and minor conditioning. After that the class will progress to choreography and/or short combinations. Each week (or every other week) the choreography will change so new students and/or drop-ins are welcome and will not be behind. Dance games will also often be played where student will be able to express and explore themselves as dancers. The music will be age appropriate and I will take any suggestions from students as to what they would like to dance to.Dress Code:The only requirements are to wear something that doesn\'t restrict your movement (basketball shorts, sweats etc.) and close-toed shoes.Jan 04, 2012 to Dec 19, 2012 wednesdays 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Community U-Night
Fair/Festival
Every Wednesday evening, join the Kettlehouse and support local organizations.
From 5-8p.m. the Kettlehouse will donate 50¢ of every pint sold to the local charity featured that week.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Kettlehouse Brewery
313 N 1st St W
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.kettlehouse.com. Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics
Recreation
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics at Currents – Classes Ongoing
A drop-in aquatics fitness program for all fitness levels. Increase flexibility, build muscle and improve your cardio fitness. This is a drop-in class, no pre-registration required. Purchase a 30-swim punch card or annual pass and save 25-55%! Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:15 - 7am; Monday through Thursday, 8am, 9am and 5:30pm; and Saturday, 8am and 9am. Regular admission fee.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM.
Currents Aquatics Center
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.com. Family Storytime
Kids
If you like good picture book stories, meet us at the Dragon Rug Area.
All ages are welcome.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Missoula Public Library
301 East Main Street
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.com. EVENING LECTURE: Aquatic Resource Damage and Restoration Needs in the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex
EVENING LECTURE:
Aquatic Resource Damage and Restoration Needs in the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex
Ron Pierce, of Montana FWP, presents a brief history of hard-rock mining in the upper Blackfoot Basin and describes ecological damage to aquatic life caused primarily by the rupture of the Mike Horse tailing dam 1975. Pierce will introduce restoration concepts that will need to be applied in order to recover the ecological integrity of the upper River. The discussion is particularly relevant at this time given the planned clean-up of the mining area.
$4 suggested donation; MNHC members free.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. Missoula.
BellyDance
Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce
Learn to Bellydance, and have FUN- No dance experience necessary. We offer a Beginner Bellydance Class every Wednesday evening from 7-8 PM, Hosted by emBody, a Bellydance troupe performing and instructing in Missoula and the Bitterroot Valley. We Teach the essentials of Bellydance, you will learn the basic dance moves that may be translated into the various styles of Bellydance from Egyptian to American Tribal. No registration required just show up. $ 10.00 Drop in.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Dance EFX Dance Studio
1406 Hwy 93.
The Humans
Glacier Country
Cost: Free
The Humans play at The Cottage Inn in Kila from 7 to 10 PM. You have to hear them for yourself.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Cottage Inn.
Every First, Third Wednesday: Heart to Heart
Glacier Country
Cost: $4
The Elk's Ballroom in Polson hosts a community dance every first and third Wed. at 7:30 PM featuring live music by Heart to Heart. $5, includes refreshments. 883-1695.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Elk's Ballroom in Polson.
Lord of the Dance
Dance
406-243-4051
Michael Flatley, creator and director of this award-winning international dance phenomenon, proved his vision that hearts and minds, united through music and dance, cross all traditional boundaries. His Lord of the Dance continues to shatter box office records all over the world, leaving audience breathless and clamoring for more. Described by the Los Angeles Times as a \"show piece extravaganza,\" Michael Flatley\'s Lord of the Dance is a magical adventure of sight and sound that transports its audience to a mythical time and place, lifting the spirits and capturing the hearts of all who experience it.
Lord of the Dance is at the University Theatre on Feb 15, 2012 at 7:30pm, with doors opening at 6:30pm. No camera/audio/video recording allowed.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
University Theatre
32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance
Dance
Fall in love with Michael Flatley\'s Lord of the Dance, coming to university Theatre in Missoula, MT, on February 15, 2012 for one performance! Michael Flatley\'s Lord of the Dance is a mesmerizing blend of traditional and modern Celtic music and dance, a classic Irish folk tale of good versus evil, as well as a passionate love story that is expressed through exhilarating dance numbers. Michael Flatley\'s Lord of the Dance is an experience for the whole family.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
University Theatre
Missoula.
For more info visit www.magicspace.net. Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance
Theater/Film
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM.
University Theatre - 32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.magicspace.net. Hump Night Bingo
$0.50/card - winner takes all! (2 card max)
21+.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Sean Kellys
130 W Pine St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.seankellys.com. Los Lonely Boys
Concerts
Knitting Factory Presents
Los Lonely Boys
Wednesday February 15th, 2012
Doors: 7PM Show: 8PM
Tickets: $25 – General Admission. All Ages
On sale now. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 1-877-4FLY-TIX and online at www.TicketFly.com.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
The Wilma Theatre
131 S Higgins, Missoula.
For more info visit thewilma.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Kraptastic Karaoke
Concerts
With a name like Kraptastic Karaoke,
you can be sure the pressure to be good is off.
9PM
Work up the liquid courage you'll need with:
$5 PITCHERS OF BUDWISER AND PBR
$1 SELECTED SHOTS
FREE.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. miniNaturalists PRE-K Program
Kids
The "miniNaturalist" program will engage youngsters in the exploration of the natural world through fun hands-on activities, games and play. Emphasis will be on observation, sensory skills and imagination in hopes of cultivating a positive connection with nature at an age when children are just beginning to explore the world around them.
Admission per child for this program is $1 for MNHC members; $3 for non-members.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Best for ages 2-5.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St.
Missoula, MT.
Tiny Tales
Kids
Bring your little ones, from new-born through 36months, to the Missoula Public Library's Tiny Tales program. Tiny Tales features 20-25 minutes of songs, fingerplays, nursery rhymes and stories. Held at 10.30a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Missoula Public Library
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Senior's Out to Lunch
Every Thursday Lolo seniors are invited to attend "Out to Lunch" at the Lolo Community Center. The meal is catered by KT's Hayloft Restaurant, cost $3.50 per meal.
Come share local & global news, and good jokes!
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 11:00 AM.
Lolo Community Center Lolo, MT.
Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
African Boogie
Dance
African Boogie is a high energy low impact continuous movement workout. Simple, freeing dance steps based on Traditional West African Dance link together for easy to learn sequences.
12n-1:00pm every Thursday.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Downtown Dance Collective
121 W Main St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. La Grotta Bella Wine Tasting
Food
Tickets are $10/person, available at The Old Post.
Stay tuned for more details.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Old Post Pub
103 W Spruce St
Missoula, MT 59802.
For more info visit www.oldpostpub.com. Artini
Art/Culture
Artini makes the world of contemporary art fun, stirring and engaging-every event is themed based on the exhibitions and features live performance, (think DJ, contemporary dance troop, or a rock & roll band), educational experience (like an artist talk or drop-in art project), exceptional hors d'oeuvres (donated by generous local restaurants), a cash bar featuring a custom martini, and great company!
Call 406.728.0447 for more information.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org. Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics
Recreation
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics at Currents – Classes Ongoing
A drop-in aquatics fitness program for all fitness levels. Increase flexibility, build muscle and improve your cardio fitness. This is a drop-in class, no pre-registration required. Purchase a 30-swim punch card or annual pass and save 25-55%! Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:15 - 7am; Monday through Thursday, 8am, 9am and 5:30pm; and Saturday, 8am and 9am. Regular admission fee.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM.
Currents Aquatics Center
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.com. Strip Tease Fitness
Dance
Ages 18+ every thursday through the spring semester.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class
Missoula.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Solid Sound Karaoke
Join Missoula's best every Thursday night for Karaoke with Solid Sound Karaoke, free.
Call 541-SING for more details.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Westside Lanes
1615 Wyoming
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit missoulabowling.com. Dead Hipster Dance Party
Dance
Presented by Betty's Divine:
DJ’S: Mike Gill & Chris Baumann
9PM
21+
$1 WELLS FROM 9PM-MIDNIGHT
$2 COVER.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 PM – Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 AM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Rocktastic DJ Night Party
Dance
Mike Gill and John Markley host the Rocktastic DJ Night Party this, and every, Thu. at 9 PM at the Palace, 147 W. Broadway. Free.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Palace
Missoula, MT.
The Emmitt + Nershi Band + Head for the Hills
Concerts
With New Country Blues (September 29th, SCI Fidelity Records), the Emmitt-Nershi Band has fully realized its potential. With Emmitt on mandolin & vocals, Nershi on acoustic guitar and vocals, Andy Thorn on banjo and Tyler Grant on bass. Dig it!
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 PM – Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 AM.
Top Hat, Missoula - 134 W. Front St. Missoula.
For more info visit stonefly-productions.com. The Social Club 2.0
Dance
The Social Club 2.0
Every Thursday @ James Bar
w/ Fleege & Friends
:::FREE:::
Dance Party & Music start at 11 PM
Drink Specials All Night
$2.50 PBR
$3 Absolut/Red Bulls
Join us in 2010 at James Bar! Every Thursday Fleege mixes live for 3+ hours, spinning progressive/tech/house/electro beats for your dancing feets.
This semester, we've got $2.50 PBRs and $3 Absolut/Redbull ($5 Doubles). The music starts at 11 PM. Come on over after you've made the rounds at the other bars around town. Our drink specials don't end 'til the bar closes. And we've got the best tunes, every Thursday at James Bar.
Bring Your Friends.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 11:00 PM – Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 AM.
James Bar
127 West Alder Street
Missoula, M.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Friday, February 17, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Friday, February 17, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Friday, February 17, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Theater/Film
Now in its 9th year, The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has become the largest cinema event in Montana and the premiere venue for non-fiction film in the American West. In 2010, the festival drew an audience of 12,000 and received nearly 1000 film entries from every corner of the globe. A unique setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and for audiences to see innovative new films and also classics in the genre, the festival presents an average of 125 non-fiction films annually at the historic Wilma Theater in downtown Missoula, hosting over fifty visiting artists.
In addition to screenings, public events include panel discussions, workshops, pitch sessions, parties and receptions. Special retrospective programs have included the films of The Maysles Brothers, Kartemquin Films, Frederick Wiseman, Joe Berlinger, Doug Pray, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo, Academy Award® winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Les Blank (Burden of Dreams), Greg Barker (…
Friday, February 17, 2012.
Historic Wilma Theatre in Downtown Missoula.
For more info visit http. Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Preschool Story Times
Kids
Children ages 3-6 will enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, flannel-board stories and more at the MPL's Preschool Story Time. Programs are held at 10.30a.m. every Friday.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Missoula Public Library
301 E. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Tiny Tales
Kids
Bring your little ones, from new-born through 36months, to the Missoula Public Library's Tiny Tales program. Tiny Tales features 20-25 minutes of songs, fingerplays, nursery rhymes and stories. Held at 10.30a.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Missoula Public Library
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
Int. Flamenco with Elenita Brown
Dance
Date: Feb 03, 2012 to Feb 24, 2012 Time: 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM Day(s): Fridays
Learn continued advanced heel work, castanets, palmas, skirt work, and arms. Work on traditional Flamenco as well as more contemporary choreography.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
The Down Town Dance Class.
For more info visit www.ddcmontana.com. Ten Spoon Tasting Room
Food
Ten Spoon Announces
Its New Wine-Tasting Room!
• Fridays, 4-8 pm
• Sample Ten Spoon wines
• Wine by the glass
• Is it your birthday? Come get a free glass of wine!
• Made in Montana
• No added sulfites
• Last call: 7:30
• More info: 549-8703.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ten Spoon Vineyard
4175 Rattlesnake Dr.
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit tenspoon.com. Wine Tasting at the Loft
Food
For more information please call: 549-4368
Every Friday, open to the public! $10.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
the Loft (in the LaFlesch bldg.)
119 West Main Street
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Family Night at Currents
Recreation
Fridays 6 – 8pm
Bring the gang down for some healthy, affordable fun! 2 adult and 2 youth admissions for $11.50, $9.50 with resident card.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Currents Aquatics Center
McCormick Park
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.org. The Guitar Boys
Glacier Country
Join us at the Cottage Inn Friday nights for food, fun and music by the Guitar Boys from 7- 10:30. 406-755-4572.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM.
The Cottage Inn - Kila.
UM Mens Basketball
Sports
UM Mens Basketball vs Northern Colorado 1/21
Griz vs Sacramento State2/06
Griz vs Idaho State2/17
Griz vs TBA2/18
Griz vs TBA2/23
Griz vs Northern Arizona2/25
Griz vs Montana St2/28
Griz vs Weber St
7:00pm.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Adams Center - 32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.gogriz.com. Open Mic Night
Concerts
Please Call Zootown Brew at 543-2549 for more information.
Each musician will be getting a 20 minute slot to play. Please sign up before Friday.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Zootown Brews
121 West Broadway
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.zootownbrew.com. Cheap Date Night
Theater/Film
The movie starts at 7:00, with doors off the parking lot (Front Street side of the building) opening at 6:45. We'll provide the popcorn and you can provide your own non-alcoholic beverages. Please be on time, as after 7:10 p.m. you will not be able to enter the building for security reasons.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library
301 E. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802.
For more info visit missoulapubliclibrary.org. Friday Funk Blaster
Dance
ROTATING FUNK,SOUL,HIPHOP,HOUSE DJ’S
HOSTED BY HENDAWG AND EARCANDY MUSIC
21+
NO COVER.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Palace
147 W Broadway
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit profile.myspace.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Mutt Pull
Glacier Country
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Jackson.
Steakfry
Glacier Country
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Lost Trail Powder Mountain, Sula.
Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
Granddaughter of Marcus Daly, Brown had strong ties to the Bitterroot Valley. Her portrait subjects range from laborers to socialites. Brown plays a compelling role in Montana art history.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
Missoula.
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Theater/Film
Now in its 9th year, The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has become the largest cinema event in Montana and the premiere venue for non-fiction film in the American West. In 2010, the festival drew an audience of 12,000 and received nearly 1000 film entries from every corner of the globe. A unique setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and for audiences to see innovative new films and also classics in the genre, the festival presents an average of 125 non-fiction films annually at the historic Wilma Theater in downtown Missoula, hosting over fifty visiting artists.
In addition to screenings, public events include panel discussions, workshops, pitch sessions, parties and receptions. Special retrospective programs have included the films of The Maysles Brothers, Kartemquin Films, Frederick Wiseman, Joe Berlinger, Doug Pray, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo, Academy Award® winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Les Blank (Burden of Dreams), Greg Barker (…
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Historic Wilma Theatre in Downtown Missoula.
For more info visit http. Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics
Recreation
Aquacize! Drop-in Water Aerobics at Currents – Classes Ongoing
A drop-in aquatics fitness program for all fitness levels. Increase flexibility, build muscle and improve your cardio fitness. This is a drop-in class, no pre-registration required. Purchase a 30-swim punch card or annual pass and save 25-55%! Meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:15 - 7am; Monday through Thursday, 8am, 9am and 5:30pm; and Saturday, 8am and 9am. Regular admission fee.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM.
Currents Aquatics Center
600 Cregg Lane
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulaparks.com. Science Illustration
Learn the basics of nature journaling- drawing and recording the subtle quirks, shapes, interactions, reflections, and questions about the world of nature. Science illustrator and artist Emily Harrington will teach sketching basics, perspective, replicating forms and moving animals, and much more! Perfect for the novice or advanced individual seeking to refine their technique.
Registration is required. Please call 406-327-0405 to reserve your space today.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Montana Natural History Center
Missoula.
For more info visit www.montananaturalist.org. Dixon Senior Center Flea Market
Glacier Country
Every 3rd Saturday of the month, starting January 21st, 2012
If participating, $5 a small table and $8 a large table. Coffee and cinnamon rolls served. Come find a hidden treasure or a gift for someone special! A variety of things will be sold. The Dixon Senior Center also has Bingo every Thursday at 1pm.
Contact: Joey Hettick, (406) 246-3526 or Delene, (406) 246-3271.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Dixon Senior Center
Dixon, MT.
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Learn to Skate Basic Skills Skating Lessons
Sports
Come Learn to Skate with the Missoula Figure Skating Club! Join us for an 8-week session starting Saturday, January 21st. All ages and abilities welcome. Participants will be placed in levels according to their abilities. Our professional coaching staff will teach you and/or your skater the fundamentals of the sport. Please visit www.missoulafsc.org to register online or download the registration form and send it to the Missoula Figure Skating Club postal address. Saturday, January 21 through March 10, 2012 10-11.30am $115 8 week session.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Glacier Ice Rink - 1101 South Ave W Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.missoulafsc.org. Kid’s Snow Stompers Program
Glacier Country
(Kalispell, MT) - Have you enjoyed bringing your kids to the park every summer for the popular Little Saplings Program, but now that it’s winter you find that you kids are coming down with a severe case of cabin fever? If so, that means it’s time for them to become a Snow Stomper! Geared for kids 4 to 7 years old, this hour long program follows the tradition of Lone Pine’s popular summer children’s programs. During the program your child will learn about what makes nature tick during the winter months. Depending on the program, activities will include: storybooks and crafts, as well as inside and outside activities all of which will teach fun lessons about our world in the winter time. So, join us here at Lone Pine from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon for this exciting kid’s program. $3 per child, per program.
January 14: “Snow Stories” Become a snow scientist and make a “melted” snowman.
January 21: “Winter Sleep” Learn about how animals prepare for hibernation and make a hibernation hat.
January 28: “M…
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Lone Pine Visitor Center
Kalispell, MT.
Family Story Time
Kids
Children of all ages will have fun at the MPL's Family Story Time held every Saturday at 11a.m. Family Story Time offers engaging experiences including stories, fingerplays, flannel-board stories and more.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library
301 E. Main St.
Missoula, MT 59802.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Frances Carroll Brown: Bitterroot Portraits
Art/Culture
MMAC Paxson Gallery. Features portraits by Francess Carroll Brown, granddaughter of copper king Marcus Daly, whose subjects range from workers and day laborers to members of high society, from the 1930s through 1960s. $5 suggested donation. T,W,S Noon-3pm; Th & F Noon-6pm.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. ‘Something To Do’
Kids
For more information, please call 721-2665
Kids grades 4-6 can find "Something To Do" at the library on Saturdays at 4 p.m. Join us this month for a Library Scavenger Hunt.
There's Something To Do at the library every third Saturday of the month.
Free.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library
301 E Main St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. Mardi Gras to Kalispell
Glacier Country
The Hockaday Museum of Art brings Mardi Gras to Kalispell on Saturday, February 18, 5-9PM, just ahead of the New Orleans celebration the following Tuesday. Mardi Gras in Montana will offer a pleasing variety of entertainment for all ages. Admission to the event is free and open to the public. While supplies last, beads will be handed out at the front door. A variety of music will give the event a festive mood.
A Mardi Gras-themed costume contest begins at 5PM and will be judged by three downtown Kalispell business people: Pam Carbonari (Kalispell Downtown Association), Lori Schroeder (The Stone Chair), and Joel Thomas (J. Thomas Salon). Prizes for best dressed include a $100 cash first prize, a $40 Hockaday membership for second place, and a collection of John Fery exhibit memorabilia for third. The judges will announce the winners at 7 PM.
Children of all ages are invited to join a mask making project downstairs in the classroom between 5 and 6 PM. Materials will be provided. Children under the…
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Hockaday Museum of Art
Kalispell, MT.
Saturday Night Service
Remedy is a Christian fellowship where we gather for the purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ. Creating a community of believers being used by God to bring Him glory in our specific areas of influence.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Remedy Church Missoula
800 Kensington Ave
Missoula, MT, 59801.
For more info visit www.remedymissoula.org. Sam and Karl
Glacier Country
Cost: Free
Sam and Karl, the heart and soul, respectively, of The Guitar Boys, play from 7 to 10:30 PM at The Cottage Inn in Kila. Call 755-4572.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM.
The Cottage Inn.
UM Mens Basketball
Sports
UM Mens Basketball vs Northern Colorado 1/21
Griz vs Sacramento State2/06
Griz vs Idaho State2/17
Griz vs TBA2/18
Griz vs TBA2/23
Griz vs Northern Arizona2/25
Griz vs Montana St2/28
Griz vs Weber St
7:00pm.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Adams Center - 32 Campus Drive
Missoula.
For more info visit www.gogriz.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com. Absolutely w/ Kris Moon
Concerts
Kris Moon is playing every Saturday at the Badlander along with DJ Monte Carlo. It's Free, and there will be Absolute Vodka drink specials.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Art/Culture
Missoula Art Museum is proud to host a definitive exhibition by one of America's most legendary photographers. The exhibition "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" consists of over 130 gelatin silver prints by the artist whom many consider an American master.
Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Art/Culture
Montana artist and rancher Fra Dana. Exhibition is accompanied by the first-ever biography of Dana, authored by Sue Hart, Professor of English, Montana State University - Billings, and Dr. Valerie Hedquist, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana and edited by Caroline Patterson.
Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture - Meloy Gallery
PAR/TV Building, UM Campus
Missoula.
For more info visit www.umt.edu. Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Theater/Film
Now in its 9th year, The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has become the largest cinema event in Montana and the premiere venue for non-fiction film in the American West. In 2010, the festival drew an audience of 12,000 and received nearly 1000 film entries from every corner of the globe. A unique setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and for audiences to see innovative new films and also classics in the genre, the festival presents an average of 125 non-fiction films annually at the historic Wilma Theater in downtown Missoula, hosting over fifty visiting artists.
In addition to screenings, public events include panel discussions, workshops, pitch sessions, parties and receptions. Special retrospective programs have included the films of The Maysles Brothers, Kartemquin Films, Frederick Wiseman, Joe Berlinger, Doug Pray, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo, Academy Award® winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Les Blank (Burden of Dreams), Greg Barker (…
Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Historic Wilma Theatre in Downtown Missoula.
For more info visit http. Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
Missoula Cultural Council
Haddon Hufford: Silversmith
November 4, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Artist’s Reception: November 4, 5-8 PM
Artist’s Gallery Talk: November 4, 7 PM
Haddon Hufford is a master silversmith practicing his craft near Frenchtown, MT. Though he has lived in the Missoula Valley since 2006, the Missoula Art Museum was unaware of this inimitable craftsman working
within close proximity until Hufford submitted to the Montana Triennial in 2009. We are excited to present this intimate solo exhibition, HaddonHufford: Silversmith at MAM and to introduce Hufford and his work to our visitors.
Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan before serving in Vietnam as a combat cameraman in the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1969-71. Back in New York City, Hufford worked twenty-eight years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. His journey into metalsmithing began serendipitously on a trip through Argentina in 1996.…
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
Missoula Cultural Council
Self–Taught and Art Brut in the MAM Permanent Collection
October 7, 2011 – March 18, 2012
MAM presents several acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to help reacquaint visitors with the variety and depth of ideas and approaches to art found in our collection vault. The drawings of Steve Muhs, acquisitioned from his recent MAM exhibition, join with local favorites Elizabeth Dilbeck and Lew Foster.
As modernist artists tired of and rejected academic styles, they sought inspiration in art forms outside the realm of official culture. In the 19th century, artists found refreshing and invigorating creative works considered exotic or primitive, such as masks from the continent of Africa, prints from Japan, or the
medieval and folk arts found throughout Europe. An interest in the art of insane asylum inmates grew in the 1920’s.
The post war French artist Jean Dubuffet was especially interested in these works, coining the term Art Brut. The more common term used in the United States is “Outsider Art,” co…
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Missoula Art Museum
Missoula.
For more info visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Xela theater project fundraiser
A meet and greet from 1-2 followed by A presentation about the artistic potential in Xela, Guatemala.
Guatemala suffers from extreme poverty but does not lack artists. However, poets, dancers, musicians, painters, and actors are only able to imagine what it would be like to share their talents, as the public/free theater has fallen apart.
I will be restoring a theater in Xela and providing the young, old and upcoming artists with a place to share their talents.
After the presentation there will be local art work for sale, with light music from local artists, wine from the missoula winery and a donation request.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Missoula Public Library
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.xelatheaterproject.webs.ord. Harry David's Pool Tourney
Recreation
If you fancy yourself a crackerjack with a pool cue, consider joining a weekly pool tournament at Harry David's Bar, which runs this and every Sunday starting with a sign up at 4:30 PM and the games starting at 5.
$5 buy-in with a minimum of eight players, includes one free drink per player.
Call 406-830-3277.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Harry David's
2700 Paxon St Ste H
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.harrydavidsbar.com. Steve Eckels
Glacier Country
Cost: Free
Let Steve Eckels wind down your weekend with live classical guitar from 6 to 9 PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 755-4572.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
The Cottage Inn.
Euchre Night!
Recreation
Join the gang at Sean Kelly's every Sunday at 8 p.m. for a FREE Euchre Tournament! If you have never played Euchre that's OK too, come down and we'll teach you how! It's FREE and FUN so whatcha waiting for?
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Sean Kelly's
130 W Pine St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.seankellys.com. Jazz Martini Night
Concerts
LIVE JAZZ
DJ’S IN BETWEEN SETS
8:30PM
JAZZ @ 9:30PM
21+
NO COVER
$3 MARTINIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
The Badlander
208 Ryman St
Missoula, MT.
For more info visit www.myspace.com. Karaoke at Lucky Strike
Dance
Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting after 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Lucky Strike Casino
1515 Dearborn Ave
Missoula, MT 59801.
For more info visit www.luckystrikebarcasino.com.