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Girls Under the Hood – Tonight at Kent Bros.
Girls Under the Hood
6:00 PM tonight! Kent Brothers Automotive 127 S. 4th St. W. (406) 728-1747
Join the UM Women’s Center for this empowering and educational workshop on basic car maintenance. $5 suggested donation. Special thanks to Kent Bros. Automotive and Free Cycles. Let’s get to work!
Other upcoming cool workshops sponsored by the UM Women’s Center:
Betties on Bikes : Basic Bicycle Maintenance
April 27 @ 6pm @ Free Cycles
Grrlz Fight Back! : Self Defense
May 4 @ 4 pm @ The University Center 326
(No worries, men are also welcome- tell your friends!)
New Footbridge Connects Trails on the Riverfront
I just read in the paper today that Missoula’s west side will soon have a new connection to the Riverfront Trail via a pedestrian and bicyclist bridge being constructed near the south end of the California Street footbridge.
The new bridge will be located in Silver Park , a 15-acre public park running along the south side of the Clark Fork River between Ogren-Allegiance Park and the California Street footbridge.
The Federal Community Transportation Enhancement Program is putting in about a half a million dollars into the project, which besides the bridge will include irrigation, electrical infrastructure and landscaping. The bridge is the most visible feature being added in the third of four phases in development of the park, which sits in an area that once served as a storage and staging area for the Intermountain Lumber Mill in what’s known as the Old Sawmill District. The full Missoulian article can be read from this link:
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_c5a4e91e-51e6-11e0-b954-001cc4c002e0.html
Snowy First Friday March 2011
Really? More snow? Aww, you shouldn’t have. Once again folks, its First Friday and there are two Hip Strip First Friday shows tonight!
First off its: Discs and Domes: Wearable Art Sculpture by Katie Ghen Simpson
Beginning at 5:00 PM at The Tides Gallery at Bathing Beauties Beads. New jewelry by artist Katie Ghen Simpson. Katie creates bold one-of-a-kind necklaces and earrings using a variety of materials including semi-precious, metal and glass beads, feathers and mixed media.
The Tides Gallery at Bathing Beauties Beads is located at 501 S. Higgins Ave on the Hip Strip
543-0018
Then head over to Betty’s Divine and check out Elaine Davis’s art that reflects her view of society, especially in terms of interpersonal relationships and the affects of modern technology on the human spirit. She focuses specifically on how technology has fostered a diminishing of human interaction while seeming to put everyone “in touch”. Elaine flies free with her ideas yielding a body of work she calls “Fresh Reflections,” on display for the month of March. Cookies and wine.
Betty’s Divine is practically next door at 521 S Higgins
Finally at 6:30 pm head to Selvedge Studio for Project Selvedge! The first fashion show of the season! Great art and fashion!
Selvedge Studio, same block same street at 509 S Higgins.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts LIVE Performances at the Roxy Theatre
I hope everyone is staying nice and cozy with this new round of cold and snowy weather! Recently I heard about The Metropolitan Opera 2010-11 Live in HD Series at the Roxy. Have you heard about this? Such a great idea! The next performance will be Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. You can watch it LIVE on February 26th at 11:00 a.m. ( a great way to spend a Saturday) There is also an encore performance on March 5th at 7pm!
Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts. Expected Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes. Running time is approximate.
You can purchase tickets here.
The Roxy Theatre is located at 718 South Higgins, in Missoula.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
What a great title! I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Regular performances start tonight at the Crystal Theatre and run from February 18-20 & 25-27, 7:30PM Fri. & Sat. Matinee on Sunday at 2PM. Tickets are$20 for the Friday and Saturday shows, $17 for the Sunday show and half-price for students.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is presented by Montana Actors Theatre and is also a donation drive for the Senior Citizens’ Center. Bring anything for them to sell at the “Wunderground Thrift Shop” and receive $2 off your ticket price. Coupon may not be combined with any other offer.
Not really sure what the storyline is but it sounds like it may be a comedy…
The Crystal Theatre is located on the “Hip Strip” at 515 South Higgins. Ciao! liz
New Trail Contract Approved
Yesterday at the City Council Conservation meeting, they approved a contract for about $500,000 to build the section of the Milwaukee Road Trail between Russell and Reserve. Here is a link to see the preliminary drawings:
http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3789
Pretty soon the trail will run all the way from Grove street to the end of the Kim Williams trail and then it will loop around the Canyon river golf course, under the highway, back across the tracks and then to the old tunnel. A few more years down the road there will be a bridge on the other side of the tunnel connecting it to the new state park on the other side of the Clark Fork. Pretty exciting news! I love riding and walking along the existing trail. Anyone have photos or thoughts they’d like to share about the trail system in Missoula?
January 2011 First Friday!
Betty’s Divine ~ 521 S Higgins
Meow! Come down to Betty’s Divine for a feline-themed First Friday art show by Melissa Clark and David Lusk entitled “Nine Lives. Mobiles and monoprints.” Hand sewn felt cats will hang from the ceiling (mobile-style) and cat monoprints will grace the walls. A portion of the proceeds from sold art will go to Animeals. There will also be an Animeals donation jar, so bring some spare change for the homeless kitty cats! Wine, cookies, and canned cat food. 5-8pm.
Montana Art and Framing ~ 709 Ronan Street between 6th and Russell
Montana Art and Framing features oil paintings by Marvie Redmond. The paintings in this show are among her first works in oil in the nineties, focusing on the ponderosa pines and aspen around her. Now that her work deals primarily with skies and abstracts, it is interesting to see that the sky was more than background and instead more of a driving force. A gallery opening will be held February 7th from 5-9 pm at 709 Ronan Street in Missoula between 6th and Russell.
And finally, this one isn’t in our neighborhood, but I recommend seeing it soon, before it goes away!
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
Meloy & Paxson Galleries, PARTV Center~ University of Montana Campus
Friday, February 4 · 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Welcome back UM students and faculty! MMAC will be celebrating their continuing exhibitions, “Renoir, Magritte, Gauguin and other European Masterpieces from a Private Collection” and “Three Centuries of European Prints from the MMAC Permanent Collection” with a very special First Friday celebration, sponsored in part by Missoula’s Community Medical Center.
They’ll have some seriously yummy treats from Bernice’s Bakery and Black Coffee Roasting Company, music by Montana favorite Dan Dubuque, giveaways, discounts on exhibition catalogues and other merchandise and some great activities with local artists. 6th and Russell. Call 541-7100 for info
Pool Party and Neighborhood Meeting
This is an event for anyone, of any age, who lives in the Riverfront Neighborhood. It is free and you do not need to RSVP. There will be food, too! Saturday, January 29 · 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Currents Aquatic Center in McCormick Park. See you all then!
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Announces Selections
The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has announced the official selections for their eighth annual event to be held in Missoula, Montana February 11-20, at the Historic Wilma Theatre. The 140 film program, culled from nearly 1000 entries from all over the world will feature a live performance by indy rock band Yo La Tengo, a free opening night screening of Peter D. Richardson’s How To Die In Oregon (sponsored by HBO Documentary Films), a retrospective of films by venerable filmmaker Chuck Workman, and more than twenty-five World, North American and US premiers of new non-fiction films. For more information about the film festival, call 541-3456 or visit www.bigskyfilmfest.org
The Official Selections for the 2011 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival:
OPENING NIGHT FILM
How to Die in Oregon (Director: Peter D. Richardson)
Free Screening sponsored by HBO Documentary Films
FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
Corner Store (Director: Katherine Bruens)
Feathered Cocaine (Director: rn Marino Arnarson & Thorkell S. Hardarson)
Granito (Director: Pamela Yates)
Holy Wars (Director: Stephen Marshall)
Kati With An I (Director: Robert Greene)
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Director: Chad Friedricks)
Steam of Life (Directors: Joonas Berghall, Mika Hotakainen)
Summer Pasture (Directors: Nelson Walker, Lynn True)
This Way of Life (Director: Thomas Burstyn)
Troubadours (Director: Morgan Neville)
The Two Escobars (Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist)
We Still Live Here (Director: Anne Makepeace)
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Albert’s Winter (Director: Andreas Koefoed)
Broken Doors (Director: Goro Toshims)
Indelible Mark (Director: David Alvarado)
Sin Pais (Without Country), (Director: Theo Rigby)
This Chair Is Not Me (Director: Andy Taylor Smith)
Yizkor (Remembrance) (Director: Ruth Fertig)
MINI-DOC COMPETITION
Bye (Director: Anthony Morrison)
Dreams Awake (Directors: Kevin Gordon, Rebekah Meredith)
Bathing Micky (Director: Frida Kempff)
Mrs. Birks’ Sunday Roast (Director: Kyoko Miyake)
Tarkio Balloon (Director: Torben Bernhard)
Top Spin (Directors: Sara Newens, Mina T. Son)
BIG SKY AWARD COMPETITION
Columbus Day Legacy (Director: Bennie Klain)
Darwin (Director: Nick Brandestini)
Hood to Coast (Directors: Christoph Baaden, Marcie Hume)
Play Again (Director: Tonje Hessen Schei)
Roll Out Cowboy (Director: Elizabeth Lawrence)
Tuned In (Director: Kevin Gordon)
YO LA TENGO Presents The Sounds Of Science
Hoboken’s legendary Indie rock trio performs LIVE musical
accompaniment to the extraordinary underwater films of Jean Painleve
Potholes in My Lawn!
No not really, but in case you haven’t noticed our winter rainy season has created some pretty awesome potholes around town. City of Missoula crews are out patching things up, weather permitting. According to KPAX, the potholes are caused by water freezing and expanding in cracks in the road. This year’s freeze thaw cycle has been rough on the roads and on the cities $2.5 million annual street division budget.
Missoula Public Works Director, Steve King says the cost of this repair work will have an effect on on road construction and improvements this summer.
The city wants to hear from the public to find out where the potholes are so they can fix them and say the more specific the request the faster it will be fixed.
Do your good deed as a member of our neighborhood and report a pothole! http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/forms.aspx?fid=45 Or you can call the Public Works Department at 552.6360.