BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Trumba Corporation//Trumba Calendar Services 0.11.8916//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Missoula Cultural Council X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sandpiper Art Festival LOCATION:Lake County Courthouse Lawn DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120811 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE URL:http://www.sandpiperartgallery.com DTSTAMP:20120514T141326Z DESCRIPTION:Sandpiper Art Gallery in Polson is taking applications for t he 41st annual Sandpiper Lake County Art Festival to be held August 11th at the Lake County Courthouse. For more information contact the Galler y at 883-5956\, visit our website Sandpiperartgallery.com or email us at festival@sandpiperartgallery.com. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98964367 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke By Figmo @ The Jokers Wild LOCATION:The Jokers Wild\, 4829 N Reserve St\, Missoula\, MT 59808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120512T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.Figmo.com DTSTAMP:20110914T125944Z CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96290689 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke By Figmo @ The Reno Casino LOCATION:The Reno Casino\, 3650 MT HWY 200 E\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120512T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.Figmo.com DTSTAMP:20110914T125959Z CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96290574 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Brunch LOCATION:Blue Canyon Restaurant\, Hilton Garden Inn - Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T110000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T012236Z DESCRIPTION:Clarinetist Chuck Florence\, bassist Beth Lo and guitarist D avid Horgan regale the brunch crowd with Jazz. \n\nCall 532-5300 for det ails. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89717100 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324460 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655250 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655369 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902329 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292795 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Music Jam LOCATION:Rocky MT Grange\, Hamilton\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20110624T093449Z DESCRIPTION:ACOUSTIC-MUSIC JAM SESSIONS:\nEveryone is invited to the mus ic jam sessions at the Rocky Mountain Grange Hall south of Hamilton each Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Players of all levels are invit ed to bring their guitars\, mandolins\, harmonicas\, fiddles\, banjos\, Dobros\, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country\, swing\, cowboy\, folk\, old standards\, etc. There is no charge for adm ission.\n\nAnd folks who just want to listen are encouraged to come – it ’s always more fun with an audience. \n\nAnd don’t forget our monthly co ncert: The Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree. It’s the first Saturday of each month: 7 – 9:30 PM\, also at The Grange. \n\nThe Grange Hall is located about a mile south of town at 1436 South 1st street (93 highway )\, just south of the Valley Pet Clinic.\nFor more information call Clem : 961-4949 CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/95117583 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:West Side Story LOCATION:Missoula Community Theatre\, 200 North Adams Street\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mctinc.org/In_Missoula/Missoula_Community_Theatre DTSTAMP:20120406T110016Z DESCRIPTION:April 27–29\, May 2–6\, 9–13\, 2012 with MCT VIP Night April 26\nWED-FRI 8:00 p.m. / SAT 2:00 & 8:00 p.m. / SUN 2:00 & 6:30 p.m.\n\n Book by Arthur Laurents • Music by Leonard Bernstein • Lyrics by Steven Sondheim • Based on conception of Jerome Robbins • Based on Shakespeare’ s Romeo and Juliet • Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International\n\nTickets on sale April 9\n\nThis iconic classic of the A merican musical theatre\, West Side Story is a timeless version of the w orld’s greatest love story. Transporting Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet \, Leonard Bernstein teamed up with newcomer Stephen Sondheim for a Broad way hit. Set in early 1960s New York City\, two young\, idealistic lover s find themselves caught between warring street gangs. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate\, violence\, and prejudice is one of the mos t innovative\, heart-wrenching and significant musical dramas of our tim e.\n\nHow it rates: Contains romance with conflicts and violence and ten sion of street life. Probably not for the youngest of family members. CATEGORIES:Theater/Film UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99469603 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:John Floridis LOCATION:The Raven-Bigfork DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.johnfloridis.com DTSTAMP:20120511T104844Z DESCRIPTION:Live music with guitarist\, singer-songwriter and composer J ohn Floridis. Folk / Folk Rock / Blues CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99716292 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:John Floridis LOCATION:The Raven-Bigfork DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.johnfloridis.com DTSTAMP:20120511T104827Z DESCRIPTION:Live music with guitarist\, singer-songwriter and composer J ohn Floridis. Folk / Folk Rock / Blues CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99716265 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586430 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Compassionate Communication Class LOCATION:Warehouse Mall - Missoula\, 725 W. Alder #17 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.innerworkingsresources.com/CommunicationMissoula DTSTAMP:20120405T144619Z DESCRIPTION:Mondays - April 15th - May 14th. • 6:00 to 7:30 pm • Cost: $ 65 or $120 for two\nMissoula - Living Art of Montana office - Warehouse Mall 725 W. alder #17\n\nThis workshop will cover the basics of NVC (Non violent Communication)\, and will help get us all up to speed with the p ractice of connecting feelings and needs\, holding a person and yourself with empathy\, and learning to hear and express authentically and conne ctively. You can learn ways of applying your communication skills direc tly into the various relationships in your life.\n\nCall Patrick Marsole k at 443-3439 or info@PatrickMarsolek.com\n\nPatrick Marsolek works with businesses\, individuals and families on how to communicate effectively and compassionately and how to access untapped resources for growth and effectiveness. He is a Clinical Hypnotherapist in Helena and Great Fall s and the author of “Transform Yourself: A self-hypnosis manual.” He has produced a series of self-empowerment audio recordings.\n\nRead more on line: Communication Class - Missoula CATEGORIES:Missoula Cultural Council UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99464627 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Steve Eckels LOCATION:The Cottage Inn DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T012035Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Free \n \nLet Steve Eckels wind down your weekend w ith live classical guitar from 6 to 9 PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 75 5-4572. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89716002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ed Norton Big Band LOCATION:Missoula Winery\, 5646 W Harrier\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.missoulawinery.com DTSTAMP:20120508T125104Z DESCRIPTION:Ed Norton Big Band is playing for Mother\\'s day at Missoula Winery and Event Center. Bring your mother\, grand-mother\, aunt or fri ends for some great dancing and a glass of our French style wines. $5 co ver. From 6 to 8 PM.\nThe Ed Norton Big Band is an 18-piece ensemble spe c...ializing in America\\'s classic music jazz and swing. The band\\'s r epertoire showcases tunes from the swing era\, by composers such as Duke Ellington\, Count Basie\, Woody Herman\, Glenn Miller\, and Benny Goodm an\, alongside the ...work of modern jazz masters such as Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker. Featuring a full complement of trumpets\, trombones \, saxophones and rhythm section\, the Ed Norton Big Band proves that swi ng is back in a big way\, and nothing swings like a genuine big band.\nA ll ages CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99866485 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:West Side Story LOCATION:Missoula Community Theatre\, 200 North Adams Street\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mctinc.org/In_Missoula/Missoula_Community_Theatre DTSTAMP:20120406T110111Z DESCRIPTION:April 27–29\, May 2–6\, 9–13\, 2012 with MCT VIP Night April 26\nWED-FRI 8:00 p.m. / SAT 2:00 & 8:00 p.m. / SUN 2:00 & 6:30 p.m.\n\n Book by Arthur Laurents • Music by Leonard Bernstein • Lyrics by Steven Sondheim • Based on conception of Jerome Robbins • Based on Shakespeare’ s Romeo and Juliet • Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International\n\nTickets on sale April 9\n\nThis iconic classic of the A merican musical theatre\, West Side Story is a timeless version of the w orld’s greatest love story. Transporting Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet \, Leonard Bernstein teamed up with newcomer Stephen Sondheim for a Broad way hit. Set in early 1960s New York City\, two young\, idealistic lover s find themselves caught between warring street gangs. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate\, violence\, and prejudice is one of the mos t innovative\, heart-wrenching and significant musical dramas of our tim e.\n\nHow it rates: Contains romance with conflicts and violence and ten sion of street life. Probably not for the youngest of family members. CATEGORIES:Theater/Film UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99469610 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Martini Night LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thebadlander DTSTAMP:20100530T012351Z DESCRIPTION:LIVE JAZZ\nDJ’S IN BETWEEN SETS\n\n8:30PM\nJAZZ @ 9:30PM\n21 +\nNO COVER\n\n$3 MARTINIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89717946 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120513T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708313 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324461 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655251 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655370 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292796 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hip Hop for Kiddos (3-6yrs old) with Heather Adams Torma LOCATION:The Down Town Dance Class\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T164500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20111215T133925Z DESCRIPTION:Date: Jan 09\, 2012 to Dec 17\, 2012 Time: 04:00 PM to 04:45 PM Day(s): Mondays\nHip Hop for Kiddos is a great way to introduce your little boy or girl to rhythm\, music and their bodies abilities. We wil l work on exploring all the ways the body can move\, we call them isolat ions\, and then put them movements together in combinations. They will h ave a chance to perform the First Friday of December. CATEGORIES:Missoula Cultural Council UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97804459 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586431 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Water Babies Classes LOCATION:Peak Health and Wellness Center\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T043015Z DESCRIPTION:Every Other Monday \nCost: $28 per month \nReturn your chil d to their natural environment when you enroll in Water Babies Swim Clas ses\, the parent/child classes for kids aged 6 months through three-and- a-half years\, every Mon. at 6 PM at Peak Health and Wellness Center\, 5 000 Blue Mountain Road. $28 per month. Call 251-3344 x. 46. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89911013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teranga Dance & Drum LOCATION:2926 S. 3rd St. W. (across from Hawthorne School) - Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T204500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T042907Z DESCRIPTION:Teranga Dance & Drum\, West African Sabar Drum & Dance class es. Every Monday night\, 2926 S. 3rd St. W. . Drum class starts 6:45 p.m .\, dance class starts at 7:45 p.m. $8 for either class or $10 for both. Call (406) 529-2322 for more info. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89910263 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teranga Dance & Drum LOCATION:Teranga Arts School\, 2926 S. 3rd St. W.\, (across from Hawthorne School)\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T204500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.communitywalk.com/location/teranga_arts_school/missoula/m t/fun_activities/2118821 DTSTAMP:20100613T042654Z DESCRIPTION:All levels of dancers and drummers can cure their cases of t he Mondays every week during a Sabar West African drum class. The relate d dance class begins at 7:45. $8 drumming/$10 dancing/$12 both CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89908568 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mickey Hart Band LOCATION:Wilma Theatre\, 131 S. Higgins\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T230000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://thewilma.com/events/ DTSTAMP:20120501T143027Z DESCRIPTION:Vootie Presents\n\nThe Mickey Hart Band\n\nMonday\, May 14th \, 2012\n\nDoors: 7PM Show: 8PM\n\nTickets: $30 – General Admission\n\nO n-Sale Now. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and Vootie.com CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99773551 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708314 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Milkcrate Mondays LOCATION:The Palace\, 147 W Broadway\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thepalacemissoula DTSTAMP:20100530T012846Z DESCRIPTION:Kick off your week with a drink\, some free pool and an arra y of electronic DJs and styles during Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcra te Mechanic at 9 PM every week\, at the Palace.\n\n21 + / No Cover = Fre e Pool\, Free Beats! CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89720535 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic @ Sean Kelly's LOCATION:Sean Kelly's \, 130 W Pine St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120514T230000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.seankellys.com DTSTAMP:20100817T094009Z DESCRIPTION:Monday Nights at Sean Kelly's is an open call to all of Miss oula's talented musicians for an Open Mic. Mike Avery\, local Musician and all around good guy\, runs the event from 10-1:30 am.\n\nIf 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!! CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89720725 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Int. Spanish Dance LOCATION:The Downtown Dance Collective\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T054500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T070000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111020T093343Z DESCRIPTION:05:45 PM to 07:00 PM Day(s): Thu\nLearn continued advanced h eel work\, castanets\, palmas\, skirt work\, and arms. Work on tradition al Flamenco as well as more contemporary choreography. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96910644 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324462 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655252 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655371 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902330 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Preschool Art Start with Allie DePuy LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St.\, Missoula\, Mt 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120314T122542Z DESCRIPTION:Preschool Art Start with Allie DePuy\, 10:30 AM -12 PM\, 6 w eeks\, Ages 4-5\, $49.50/55\, 6 students minimum\, $12 drop in\, but ple ase pre-register at least one week in advance.\nWith the gentle guidance of art teacher Allie dePuy\, children explore different art\nmaterials and processes such as paint\, clay\, printing\, and sculpture. At the be ginning of each session children can choose a project or work at one of the sensory tables that include materials such as sand\, cornstarch and shaving cream. The class then comes\ntogether to explore a specific mate rial or art concept. The class often takes trips into the\ngalleries to experience the art exhibits. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98305997 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings LOCATION:Snappy Sport Senter - 1400 Hwy. 2 East Kalispell DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T013145Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Donation \n \nToes will tap and fingers will snap ( in the painless way) when the Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings ride into Snap py Sport Senter every Tue. at 1400 Hwy. 2 East. Noon. Donation. Call 257 -7525. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89721780 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:After School Art Adventure with Melissa Madsen LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St.\, Missoula\, Mt 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T173000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120314T122559Z DESCRIPTION:After School Art Adventure with Melissa Madsen\, 4-5:30 PM\, 6 weeks\, ages 6-11\, $49.50/55\, 6 students minimum.\nMadsen will prov ide students with whimsical and fun projects designed to encourage probl em solving and creativity. Projects will include the creation of giant p aper maché dragonflies\, hand colored and manipulated photos and more. N ote: Students can be dropped off at MAM at 3:30pm. Add $15 to class fee. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98306020 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:After School Art Adventure with Melissa Madsen LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T173000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/ DTSTAMP:20120124T162524Z DESCRIPTION:April 10\, 17\, 24\, & May 1\, 8\, 15\nEvent Duration: 4-5:3 0 PM\n\nAfter School Art Adventure with Melissa Madsen\, 4-5:30 PM\, Tue sdays\, 6 weeks\, ages 6-11\, $49.50/55\, 6 students minimum.\nMadsen wi ll provide students with whimsical and fun projects designed to encourag e problem solving and creativity. Projects will include the creation of giant paper maché dragonflies\, hand colored and manipulated photos and more. Note: Students can be dropped off at MAM at 3:30pm. Add $15 to cla ss fee. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98520084 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586432 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ZACC Glass Fusing Orientation Class LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center \, 235 North 1st St West Missoula MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.zootownarts.org DTSTAMP:20111107T083210Z DESCRIPTION:All-ages and held in the DIY Studio\n(Third Tuesdays of Ever y Month)\n6-7:30pm\n\n$15.00 + cost of glass (usually $5-20)\n\nPlease r egister so we know to expect you. Space is limited. Especially if you ar e coming as a group!)\n\nBring a friend or a date and learn from the sta ff at ZACC the basic techniques to fuse glass\, create something beautif ul for yourself or a friend\, and orient yourself with all the tools\, g lass\, available to you\, take in new ideas while speaking with ZACC sta ff about process and making unique works of art out of glass! You can th en come to ZACC anytime and simply work in the DIY room from 12-6pm Mond ay through Saturday on your own and pay for only the glass you use.\n\nI nstructor: Hanna Hannan CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97160110 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ZACC Glass Fusing Orientation Class LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center \, 235 North 1st St West Missoula MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.zootownarts.org DTSTAMP:20111107T083247Z DESCRIPTION:All-ages and held in the DIY Studio\n(Third Tuesdays of Ever y Month)\n6-7:30pm\n\n$15.00 + cost of glass (usually $5-20)\n\nPlease r egister so we know to expect you. Space is limited. Especially if you ar e coming as a group!)\n\nBring a friend or a date and learn from the sta ff at ZACC the basic techniques to fuse glass\, create something beautif ul for yourself or a friend\, and orient yourself with all the tools\, g lass\, available to you\, take in new ideas while speaking with ZACC sta ff about process and making unique works of art out of glass! You can th en come to ZACC anytime and simply work in the DIY room from 12-6pm Mond ay through Saturday on your own and pay for only the glass you use.\n\nI nstructor: Hanna Hannan CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97160067 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:West African Dance LOCATION:Downtown Dance Collective\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20100530T013503Z DESCRIPTION:Call 406-541.7240 for more information.\n\nEvery Tuesday joi n 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 mo re info. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89723454 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OPEN MIC/ JAM NIGHT LOCATION:Lucky Strike DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20110812T140452Z DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Night Open Mic/ Jam at the Lucky Strike (Brooks St b ehind Fat Cat). A variety of music hosted by Teri Llovet and Louie Bond with back up band UFOkies warming up the stage at 6:30. Musician sign-up at 6:00. Live music till 10:00. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/95810430 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:"Code of the West" Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussi on LOCATION:Wilma Theatre\, 131 South Higgins Ave.\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.codeofthewestfilm.com/screenings DTSTAMP:20120511T104858Z DESCRIPTION:The newly produced documentary film “Code of the West” tells the emotional story of Montana's medical marijuana political debate. Fo llowing the screening\, former Congressman Pat Williams will moderate a panel discussion among Emmy-nominated filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen\, Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg\, John Masterson of Montana NORML and Montana Rep. Diane Sands (D) HD 95. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99861436 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Bluegrass Jam LOCATION:Hangin Art Gallery - Arlee\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20110929T150722Z DESCRIPTION:Open bluegrass jam for all abilities and ages. Starts at 7p m CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96321365 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Deidre Heaton LOCATION:The Cottage Inn - Kila DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T013345Z DESCRIPTION:Deidre Heaton is an oldie\, but newbie to the folk scene. Sh e finds \ninspiration in the pure beauty of her surroundings\, life\, he r childhood memories\, love and loss. Her songs and beautiful voice wil l take you on road trips through the long dusty roads of Texas\, the whi sky drinking taverns of Montana\, the innocence of a young girl\, and to a quiet country church on a Sunday morning. Enjoy her music every Tuesd ay from 7:00 -9:30PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 755-4572. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89722806 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Barbershop Quartets LOCATION:St. Paul Lutheran Church DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T203000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T043018Z DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to harmonize while wearing a striped shirt and straw hat—or just interested in shattering that stereotype about barber shop quartets? Every Tue.\, The Rocky Mountainaires chapter of the Barbe rshop Harmony Society meets at St. Paul's Lutheran Church\, 202 Brooks S t.\, at 7:30 PM to provide you the opportunity to do either. Call 243-44 35. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89911039 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DJ LROCK Hybrid Karaoke/Video DJ LOCATION:Pulse\, located in Missoula's Press Box DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.pressboxsportsbar.com DTSTAMP:20120124T103319Z DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Karaoke/Video DJ starts Feb 2012 every Tuesday night \, with DJ LROCK 9:00pm at the Pulse\, located inside Missoula's Press Bo x\, across the bride from the University. First place receives a $25 bar tab. On the last Tuesday of every month previous winners compete for $1 00 cash! Drink specials 9:00pm to close...$2 16oz domestic cans\, $2 sho ts of fireball\, .50¢ pudding shots and .50¢ jello shots. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98499999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night at The Wolf Den LOCATION:Wolf Den in Polson DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T013145Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Free \n \nThe moon's always full and the pack's alw ays howlin' at the Wolf Den's Open Mic Night in Polson. Free. 9 PM. Call 883-2054. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89721786 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708315 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Live and Local for Free LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120515T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thebadlander DTSTAMP:20100613T043104Z DESCRIPTION:Local artists with DJs after. CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89911566 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324463 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655253 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655372 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902331 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292798 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kids' Hip Hop (7-10) with Heidi Michaelson LOCATION:The Down Town Dance Class\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20111215T134243Z DESCRIPTION:This class is designed for Kids (ages 7-10). No experience i s required\, just a desire to dance. The class will start with a short w arm 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 stud ents and/or drop-ins are welcome and will not be behind. Dance games wil l 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 tak e any suggestions from students as to what they would like to dance to.D ress Code:The only requirements are to wear something that doesn\\'t res trict your movement (basketball shorts\, sweats etc.) and close-toed sho es.Jan 04\, 2012 to Dec 19\, 2012 wednesdays 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM CATEGORIES:Missoula Cultural Council UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97804799 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Community U-Night LOCATION:Kettlehouse Brewery\, 313 N 1st St W\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.kettlehouse.com/events# DTSTAMP:20101011T085858Z DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday evening\, join the Kettlehouse and support l ocal organizations. \n\n From 5-8p.m. the Kettlehouse will donate 50¢ o f every pint sold to the local charity featured that week. CATEGORIES:Fair/Festival UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89915799 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOGO Night at the ZACC LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center \, 235 North 1st St West Missoula MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.zootownarts.org DTSTAMP:20111107T083409Z DESCRIPTION:(Third Wednesdays of the month)\n6-8pm\n\nFREE (Buy one get one free night at the ZACC)\n\nBring your significant other for date nig ht or bring the family down to paint ceramic pottery. We have mugs\, pla tes\, fun things\, and the weird and wacky for your house! If you’re bra ve: fuse glass\, or handbuild with wet clay too!\n\nInstructor/Facilitat or: Hanna Hannan CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97160143 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Figure Drawing LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120103T090927Z DESCRIPTION:Open Figure Drawing\nWednesdays\, Non-instructed\, 6-8 PM\, $5/7\nThis ongoing drop-in session provides artists an opportunity to dr aw from a life model in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. Participant s must be 18 years or older.\nWednesday night figure drawing sessions co ntinue through May 16. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97978514 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Humans LOCATION:The Cottage Inn DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T044011Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Free \n \nThe Humans play at The Cottage Inn in Kil a from 7 to 10 PM. You have to hear them for yourself. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89918919 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Women and Numbers: From Pride and Prejudice to Bridget Jones' Di ary LOCATION:Missoula Public Library DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T203000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org DTSTAMP:20120515T135400Z DESCRIPTION:How does popular culture influence literature? Do \\"popular \\" books have lasting literary value? Explore this modern trend with Co lbey Emmerson Reid\, Assoc. Prof. of English at York College. What effec t does women\\'s desire for measurement have on identity? Join Reid for an exploration of the trend of female quantification. CATEGORIES:Theater/Film UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100009667 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Every First\, Third Wednesday: Heart to Heart LOCATION:The Elk's Ballroom in Polson DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T203000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20070813T152238Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: $4 \n \nThe Elk's Ballroom in Polson hosts a commun ity dance every first and third Wed. at 7:30 PM featuring live music by Heart to Heart. $5\, includes refreshments. 883-1695. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/69008678 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708316 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kraptastic Karaoke LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120516T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thebadlander DTSTAMP:20100530T013853Z DESCRIPTION:With a name like Kraptastic Karaoke\,\nyou can be sure the p ressure to be good is off.\n\n9PM\n\nWork up the liquid courage you'll n eed with:\n$5 PITCHERS OF BUDWISER AND PBR\n$1 SELECTED SHOTS\n\nFREE CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89725219 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324464 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655254 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655373 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902332 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:miniNaturalist Pre-K Program LOCATION:the Montana Natural History Center\, 120 Hickory St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T110000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.montananaturalist.org DTSTAMP:20120209T082922Z DESCRIPTION:The miniNaturalist Pre-K program encourages exploration and observation of animals\, plants\, birds\, and more through fun activitie s and hands-on games. Inspire the naturalist within you and your youngst er at our Pre-K program! CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98435743 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senior's Out to Lunch LOCATION:Lolo Community Center Lolo\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T110000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100607T114841Z DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday Lolo seniors are invited to attend "Out to Lu nch" at the Lolo Community Center. The meal is catered by KT's Hayloft Restaurant\, cost $3.50 per meal.\n\nCome share local & global news\, an d good jokes! CATEGORIES:Food UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89806177 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292799 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:African Boogie LOCATION:Downtown Dance Collective\, 121 W Main St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20100613T041235Z DESCRIPTION:African Boogie is a high energy low impact continuous moveme nt workout. Simple\, freeing dance steps based on Traditional West Afric an Dance link together for easy to learn sequences.\n12n-1:00pm every Th ursday CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89898810 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artini LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 North Pattee\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T203000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.missoulaartmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20090408T160759Z DESCRIPTION:Artini makes the world of contemporary art fun\, stirring an d engaging-every event is themed based on the exhibitions and features l ive performance\, (think DJ\, contemporary dance troop\, or a rock & rol l band)\, educational experience (like an artist talk or drop-in art pro ject)\, exceptional hors d'oeuvres (donated by generous local restaurant s)\, a cash bar featuring a custom martini\, and great company! \n\nCal l 406.728.0447 for more information CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/83382878 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586434 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night @ Sean Kellys LOCATION:Sean Kellys\, 130 W. Pine St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T204000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T235500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.seankellys.com/ DTSTAMP:20120209T103723Z DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Night @ Sean Kellys is every Thursday at 8:40 pm. C all 542-1471 after 10:00 am on Thursdays to sign up CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98734045 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dead Hipster Dance Party LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T000000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/deadhipsterdanceparty DTSTAMP:20100613T041133Z DESCRIPTION:Presented by Betty's Divine: \nDJ’S: Mike Gill & Chris Bauma nn\n\n9PM\n21+\n$1 WELLS FROM 9PM-MIDNIGHT\n\n$2 COVER CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89897783 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708317 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rocktastic DJ Night Party LOCATION:The Palace\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100817T094439Z DESCRIPTION:Mike Gill and John Markley host the Rocktastic DJ Night Part y this\, and every\, Thu. at 9 PM at the Palace\, 147 W. Broadway. Free. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89726298 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Social Club 2.0 LOCATION:James Bar\, 127 West Alder Street\, Missoula\, M DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T000000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Bar/1147884552 DTSTAMP:20100613T041159Z DESCRIPTION:The Social Club 2.0\nEvery Thursday @ James Bar\nw/ Fleege & Friends\n:::FREE:::\nDance Party & Music start at 11 PM\nDrink Specials All Night\n$2.50 PBR\n$3 Absolut/Red Bulls\n\nJoin us in 2010 at James Bar! Every Thursday Fleege mixes live for 3+ hours\, spinning progressiv e/tech/house/electro beats for your dancing feets.\n\nThis 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 a round town. Our drink specials don't end 'til the bar closes. And we've got the best tunes\, every Thursday at James Bar.\n\nBring Your Friends. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89898204 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ROBIN GOUGH LOCATION:Hot Springs Artist Society\, Hot Springs\, MT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120519 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20120515T143242Z CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100010077 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Salmon Riverfest LOCATION:Salmon\, ID DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120519 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20120202T155503Z CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98652768 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324465 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655255 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655374 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902333 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Toddler Play Group: Ready!Set!Play! LOCATION:North Valley Family Center\, 5501 US HWY 93 N\, Suite 3\, Florenc e\, Mt. 59833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.novafrc.org DTSTAMP:20111221T141541Z DESCRIPTION:Every Friday\, Toddler Time\, at North Valley Family Center! 10:30-noon\n\nParents and other family members play an important role i n supporting children’s growth and development. Ready! Set! Play! Is FRE E! And Utilizes Montana’s Early Learning Guidelines to help parents & ca regivers learn ways to support children’s learning through fun and inter active activities. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97881204 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Toddler Time: Music and Motion LOCATION:Local Living Family Center\, 5501 US HWY 93 N\, Suite 3\, Florenc e\, Mt. 59833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.locallivingfamilyctr.org DTSTAMP:20110929T114929Z DESCRIPTION:Every Friday\, Toddler Time\, at Local Living Family Center! \n\nReady!Set!Play! and Music and Motion!\, alternating weekly\n\nParent s and other family members play an important role in supporting children ’s growth and development. Ready! Set! Play! Is FREE! And Utilizes Monta na’s Early Learning Guidelines to help parents & caregivers learn ways t o support children’s learning through fun and interactive activities. Fa cilitated by Allison.\n\nMusic and Motion is the perfect opportunity to introduce your child to structure and fun through the many wonders of mu sic! There will be emphasis on different aspects of being a part of a gr oup who enjoys music. Facilitated by Melissa Sparks and Traci Kutzleb. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96495723 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292800 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kid's Connect LOCATION:800 Kensington\, Suite 100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T173000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.esgw.org DTSTAMP:20120328T101804Z DESCRIPTION:Easter Seals-Goodwill is offering an 8 week session of Frida y after school classes that will offer opportunity\, support and a safe and fun environment for children age 9-12 to learn social skills using M ichelle Garcia Winner's "Think Social" curriculum.\n\nCost: $200 CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98938520 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:JURIED ART SHOW RECEPTION LOCATION:Wall Street Building\, Hot Springs\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120515T143421Z CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100010082 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dave Khoury LOCATION:Pulse\, Located in Missoula's Press Box DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120514T130025Z DESCRIPTION:Friday May 18 at 7pm\n\nDave Khoury "The 50's Guy" will be p laying at Pulse\, located in Missoula's Press Box\, across the bridge fr om the University at 7pm. Tributes to Elvis\, Dean Martin\, Old Time Roc k n' Roll & Classics. NO COVER CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99474590 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cheap Date Night LOCATION:Missoula Public Library\, 301 E. Main St.\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulapubliclibrary.org/events/CheapDateNight.htm DTSTAMP:20091105T141247Z DESCRIPTION:The movie starts at 7:00\, with doors off the parking lot (F ront Street side of the building) opening at 6:45. We'll provide the pop corn 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. CATEGORIES:Theater/Film UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/80316625 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR