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SUMMARY:Reading and Signing with author Brandy Schillace at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Reading and Signing with author Brandy Schillace at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Sunday\, June 22\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Dr. BRANDY SCHILLACE (skil-AH-chay) PhD is a historian\, novelist\, and television show host. Formerly an editor for two journals\, Brandy works as a freelance journalist as well as a writer of nonfiction and fiction. Brandy has written about death and dying\, Cold War medicine\, bioethics\, and organ transplant and the history of accidents. Her most recent book\, THE INTERMEDIARIES\, tells the forgotten\, daring history of trans activists\, gender affirming surgeries\, and the fight for LGBTQ rights in the shadow of the Third Reich. In fiction\, Brandy is author of THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE\, and THE DEAD COME TO STAY\, the first two novels in a mystery series featuring a neurodivergent protagonist. Brandy has bylines at WSJ\, Scientific American\, Globe and Mail\, HuffPo\, WIRED\, and UNDARK. She is host of Unsolved Mysteries of Medicine (2025) and the popular YouTube livestream\, Peculiar Book Club\, featuring bestselling authors of unusual nonfiction\, from Lindsey Fitzharris and Mary Roach to Ed Yong and Deborah Blum. She has appeared on Mysteries at the Museum with Don Wildman\, The Unbelievable with Dan Akroyd\, Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny\, and Histories Greatest Mysteries with Laurence Fishburne. Brandy gives regular keynotes and participates in other speaking events\, and is a tireless advocate for social justice\, disability and LGBTQ+ representation. \n\n\n\nAbout “The Intermediaries”: An expert in medical history\, Brandy Schillace tells the story of the Institute through the eyes of Dora Richter\, an Institute patient whom we follow in her quest to transition and live as a woman. While the colorful but ultimately tragic arc of Weimar Berlin is well documented\, The Intermediaries is the first book to assert the inseparable\, interdependent relationship of sex science to both the queer rights movement and the permissive Weimar culture\, tracking how political factions perverted that same science to suit their own ends. This riveting book brings together forgotten scientific and surgical discoveries (including previously untranslated archival material from Berlin) with the politics and social history that galvanized the first stirrings of the trans rights movement. Through its unforgettable characters and immersive\, urgent storytelling\, The Intermediaries charts the relationships between nascent sexual science\, queer civil rights\, and the fight against fascism. It tells riveting stories of LGBTQ pioneers—a surprising\, long-suppressed history—and offers a cautionary tale in the face of today’s oppressive anti-trans legislation. \n\n\n\nAbout “The Framed Women of Ardemore House”: Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting in. As a neurodivergent\, hyperlexic book editor and divorced New Yorker transplanted into the English countryside\, Jo doesn’t know what stands out more: her Americanisms or her autism. And that was before the body on the carpet… After losing her job\, her mother\, and her marriage all in one year\, Jo couldn’t be happier to take possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire. But when the moody town groundskeeper is murdered on her property\, Jo finds herself in potential danger—and as a potential suspect. At the same time\, a mystifying family portrait vanishes from a secret room in the manor\, bearing a strange connection to both the dead body and Jo’s mysterious family history. With the aid of a Welsh antiques dealer\, the morose local detective\, and the Irish innkeeper’s wife\, Jo embarks on a mission to clear herself of blame and find the missing painting\, unearthing a slew of secrets about the town—and herself—along the way. And she’ll have to do it all before the killer strikes again…
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/reading-and-signing-with-author-brandy-schillace-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Little Feat & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at KettleHouse Amphitheater
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Little Feat & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for a live concert performance at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm on Tuesday\, June 24\n\n\n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Little Feat & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for a live concert performance at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm on Tuesday\, June 24. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. General admission seated pit\, reserved premium stadium seating\, reserved stadium seating\, general admission lawn and premium box seating tickets are available. Shuttle Tickets and Parking Passes can be purchased here. Crazy Creek Chair Rentals for this event are available for advance purchase here. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nAvailable Ticket Types: \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Seated Pit: General Admission Seated Pit tickets allow access to the pit area\, located closest to the stage. This section is fully seated and available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\n\n\nReserved Premium Stadium Seating: Reserved Premium Stadium Seating tickets allow access to the rows closest to the stage of the seated section located just behind the main pit of the amphitheater. \n\n\n\nReserved Stadium Seating: Reserved Stadium Seating tickets allow access to the seating section located behind the main pit of the amphitheater. \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Lawn: General Admission Lawn tickets allow access to the upper lawn section of the amphitheater located above the reserved stadium seating section. \n\n\n\nPremium Box Seating: Premium Boxes are sold in bundles of two tickets and located in the private box area between the Reserved Stadium Seating the General Admission Lawn. These tickets include one parking pass or two shuttle passes\, a separate entrance for expedited venue entry\, and a dedicated cocktail server offering an expanded menu in addition to concessions. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\nAll concerts are held rain or shine. Be prepared for extremes such as sunshine\, heat\, wind or rain. All tickets are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation due to extreme weather\, tickets will not be refunded. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Little FeatFifty-two years of great music doesn’t squeeze down to one page very easily. \n\n\n\n“Dixie Chicken\,” “Oh Atlanta\,” “Willin’\,” “Let it Roll\,” “Spanish Moon\,” and “Fat Man in the Bathtub” are just the merest hint of a repertoire that has inspired more joy and more dancing than you can imagine. Little Feat fused a broad span of styles and genres into something utterly distinctive\, a mix of California rock\, funk\, folk\, jazz\, country\, rockabilly\, and New Orleans swamp boogie and more\, all stirred into a rich gumbo that can only be Little Feat. \n\n\n\nTheir album Waiting for Columbus is a consensus contender for the finest live rock and roll album ever recorded. \n\n\n\nBill Payne (keyboards\, vocals)\, Kenny Gradney (bass)\, Sam Clayton (percussion and vocals)\, Fred Tackett (guitars and vocals)\, Scott Sharrard (guitars and vocals)\, and Tony Leone (drums) are Little Feat in 2021. \n\n\n\nScott (Gregg Allman Band) and Tony (Olabelle\, Chris Robinson Brotherhood\, Midnight Ramble Band) will be new to most Feat fans. Fortunately\, they’ve both crossed paths with the band many times over the past decade\, and they fit as elegantly and comfortably as a perfectly broken-in pair of jeans. They were born for this. \n\n\n\nSo is the audience\, which is why they’re going to join the band and choose the setlist for every show on this first post-pandemic tour. For more info on that\, go to www.littlefeat.net. \n\n\n\nMore than fifty years in\, they’ve been up and they’ve been down and they know where they belong—standing or sitting behind their instruments\, playing for you. \n\n\n\nAnd anything’s possible\, because the end is not in sight. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Nitty Gritty Dirt BandLord\, it was nearly sixty years ago. \n\n\n\nLong Beach\, California. Jeff Hanna was in high school\, a holding zone where hormones and anxiety are left to fester until they explode like Langston Hughes’s dream deferred. \n\n\n\nSuddenly\, a sound burst through the middling morass at laser speed\, deflating the balls of confusion that teenaged Jeff was holding. That sound came from the iron ore town of Hibbing\, Minnesota\, by way of Greenwich Village. It was Bob Dylan\, a young man who at first recharged old folk and blues songs\, but who became known for his own wild-eyed compositions. \n\n\n\nHanna didn’t know what was going on. But\, at the same time\, he knew Dylan was the man who would lead him to know most everything that was going on. \n\n\n\nAfter school\, he’d go home\, lock himself in his bedroom\, and haltingly play the picking pattern to Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice\, It’s All Right” until the halting gave way to the feeling that he’d mastered a magic trick. \n\n\n\nAnd when Dylan came to play at the Wilson High School auditorium\, Hanna paid $4 to sit in the balcony with his girlfriend and a group of pals that included Bruce Kunkel\, with whom he would soon start the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band\, a fluid combo that would make a beautiful and necessary mark on American music. Another key member of that band was a boy named Jimmie Fadden\, who would sit and play Dylan songs with Hanna\, transfixed by the way Dylan’s music blended seemingly every roots music strain. \n\n\n\nFadden would become Hanna’s lifelong partner in the groundbreaking\, hit-making\, Grammy winning\, long-lived (since 1966)\, Dirt Band. Hanna considers Jimmie’s harp to be another lead vocal\, and\, indeed\, Fadden’s harmonica is to the Dirt Band what Mickey Raphael’s is to Willie Nelson: It is instantly recognizable\, and instantly satisfying. \n\n\n\nWhat’s all this about Dylan\, then? Well\, the Dirt Band’s new album\, Dirt Does Dylan\, is a romp through some of the gems in Dylan’s catalog\, as played by Hanna\, Fadden\, keyboardist/songwriter/vocalist Bob Carpenter (who joined in 1980)\, and three new members: fiddle specialist Ross Holmes; singer-songwriter and bass player Jim Photoglo (who wrote one of the Dirt Band’s biggest hits\, “Fishin’ in the Dark”); and Hanna’s son\, the absurdly talented singer and guitarist Jaime Hanna. \n\n\n\nBetween Long Beach high school days and the release of Dirt Does Dylan\, the Dirt Band brought folk music to the national forefront with “Mr. Bojangles\,” recorded the volumes of the multi-artist Will the Circle Be Unbroken series of albums\, featuring Mother Maybelle Carter\, Doc Watson\, Earl Scruggs\, Emmylou Harris\, Taj Mahal\, John Prine\, Dwight Yoakam\, and dozens more. \n\n\n\nThey’ve won three Grammys and placed an album and a single in the Grammy Hall of Fame\, and scored country hits including “Voila (An American Dream)\,” “Modern Day Romance\,” “Stand a Little Rain” and many more. They’ve undergone numerous lineup changes\, the latest of which has just recorded its first studio album together. The album was produced by Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle\, Lucinda Williams) and Hanna in a nondescript building located behind an auto parts store in Nashville’s Berry Hills neighborhood. In that studio\, with vintage microphones and instruments and this newly reconstructed Nitty Gritty Dirt Band\, the group added a definitive album to an unprecedented catalog. \n\n\n\nDirt Does Dylan opens with a rousing take on “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You\,” one that finds the joyful middle ground between Dylan’s Nashville Skyline version and the electrifying performances of the song on the mid-70s Rolling Thunder tour. Then it’s on to a gorgeous “Girl from the North Country\,” with father and son sharing vocals and a wistful\, autumnal electric guitar outro. \n\n\n\n“It Takes a Lot to Laugh\, It Takes a Train to Cry” finds Fadden sharing vocals with Jeff Hanna and playing a signature harp solo. “Country Pie” is a string-band session\, recorded around one microphone with Carpenter\, Jaime Hanna and Holmes whistling for their just desserts. And Carpenter is joined by Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe on “I Shall Be Released\,” which promises imminent emancipation from a prison of iron bars or worried mind. \n\n\n\nThe Hanna men sing “She Belongs to Me\,” from Bringing It All Back Home\, Dylan’s surrealist step forward from 1965. And the Dirt Band follows that with “Forever Young\,” an unattainable prayer set to one of Dylan’s rare soaring choruses. Jeff\, Jaime\, and Carpenter each sing lead on different verses of this classic. \n\n\n\n“The Times They Are A-Changin’” further expands the circle the Dirt Band created on past albums when they joined contemporary talents with long-held heroes of music. In this case\, though they’d never admit it\, the Dirt Band itself is the long-held hero\, and their acolytes are Rosanne Cash\, Michael and Tanya Trotter of the astonishing duo The War and Treaty\, Steve Earle\, and a man many consider to be a new generation’s Dylan or Prine\, Jason Isbell on vocals and slide guitar. \n\n\n\nAsked at the session whether he was comfortable singing the song’s second verse\, Isbell said\, “I’m cool with singing any verse\, because they’re all amazing.” “Times” was written in 1964\, and it promises a rapidity of reform that has yet to be achieved. But there’s an insistent hope that we carry to the present-day\, and if the times haven’t changed\, they’ve at the very least evolved. \n\n\n\n“Don’t Think Twice\, It’s All Right” is a song that has mesmerized Jeff and Jimmie since adolescence. Most songs lose some significance as the years roll by and experiences pile up\, but after all these years it still explicates a poignant blend of grace and blame\, hurt and pining admiration\, with which most of us grow well-familiar. \n\n\n\nDirt Does Dylan closes with the jovially inscrutable “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)\,” with this new Dirt Band lineup driving things home with genre-bending musicality that could not have been mustered by the boys who gathered to form the Dirt Band back in the mid ‘60s. The joy of discovery led to the smiling certainty of the ages. \n\n\n\nThere have been dozens\, and maybe hundreds of albums devoted to the songs of Bob Dylan. If adding another to the stack seems superfluous\, it’s not. (Is it a stack if we’re streaming? That’s a question for another day.) Dirt Does Dylan provides a damn good listening experience and a new perspective on the greatest songwriter of the 20th century (and his 21st century works are as mighty fine as The Mighty Quinn). \n\n\n\nDon’t think twice\, it’s more than alright. It is\, as Dirt Band collaborator Kris Kristofferson would (and did) say\, “A table-thumpin’ smash.” \n\n\n\n-Peter Cooper
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/little-feat-nitty-gritty-dirt-band-at-kettlehouse-amphitheater/
LOCATION:KettleHouse Amphitheater\, 605 Cold Smoke Lane\, Bonner\, MT\, 59823\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Covers,Folk,Folk Rock,Jazz,Music
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SUMMARY:Andy Frasco & The U.N. with Cordovas at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Andy Frasco & The U.N. for a live concert on the Growing Pains Tour with Cordovas at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Friday\, June 27\n\n\n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Andy Frasco & The U.N. for a live concert on the Growing Pains Tour with Cordovas at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Friday\, June 27. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. All tickets are general admission standing room only. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Andy Frasco & The U.N.With curly tufts of a recognizable Jewfro peeking out from his omnipresent knit cap\, Andy Frasco is a cross between John Belushi’s “Joliet” Jake Blues and Jimmy Buffett. He’s a band-fronting\, songwriting party animal who turns into a swirling rock ‘n’ roll Tasmanian Devil onstage leading his U.N.\, not unlike Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band. From switching instruments mid-song to Frasco stagediving into the crowd or kibitzing with them\, an Andy Frasco & The U.N. show is a celebration of inclusivity and tolerance where “You do You” and “let us do us.” \n\n\n\nThe band has grown from playing bars to touring more than 250 days a year all over the country\, with Frasco describing that 15-year journey on Growing Pains\, the group’s landmark 10th studio album and first full-length effort since 2023’s L’Optimist\, showcasing Andy’s growth as a tunesmith in his own right. \n\n\n\nProduced by Frasco himself for the first time\, the collection’s centerpiece is the anthemic “Try Not to Die\,” a glass half-full anthem to seizing the day that combines country twang with an easy island breeze in its affirmative message. \n\n\n\n“Life is Easy\,” featuring bluegrass superstar Billy Strings\, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country and co-writer/frequent collaborators Steve Poltz (Rugburns\, Jewel) and Chris Gelbuda (Meghan Trainor)\, is a folk protest anthem. “Swinging for the Fences\,” featuring cameos by G. Love and Eric Krasno (Lettuce\, Tedeschi Trucks Band Soulive)\, is a Motown-flavored paean to dating someone out of your league. The playful “They Call Me Hollywood (But I’m from LA)\,” co-written with frequent partner Kenny Carkeet\, features rapper ProbCause\, while the title track is a sing-song\, hip-hop-influenced rhyme about embracing change and taking it day-to-day. \n\n\n\nFrasco wrote most of Growing Pains in Nashville with his longtime guitarist Shawn Eckels and frequent songwriting partners Chris Gelbuda\, Steve Poltz\, and Andrew Cooney. \n\n\n\n“I came into this life wanting to write songs\,” said Frasco. “It took 15 years\, but I feel I’m starting to get credit for it. My cup is full. I’m really starting to see my dreams come true.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout CordovasThe story of Cordovas is one of rock ’n’ roll seekers\, hammering away in search not just for a platonic ideal of their freewheeling sound\, but also for some greater truth about our experience as humans. The band is fueled by the long strange trip of frontman Joe Firstman\, who had a circuitous path through his young adulthood — spat out from the major label system\, a stint as a bandleader on Last Call With Carson Daly\, and finally finding his way back to himself\, a mystic classicist who has guided Cordovas through their own series of twists and turns. That includes their new record The Rose of Aces\, which finds them returning with their finest collection of music yet. \n\n\n\nCordovas’ origins go all the way back the early ‘10s\, when Firstman decided he was best with a band around him. After releasing a self-titled debut and undergoing various iterations\, things really started cooking when guitarist Lucca Soria joined the fold. Firstman describes him as “the one soldier that understands what I’m doing best.” Soon the band’s vision cohered further\, and they signed to ATO\, releasing the quick one-two of That Santa Fe Channel in 2018 and Destiny Hotel in 2020. \n\n\n\nWhile it might seem like Cordovas were away a bit longer this time\, the music never stopped. The group\, in whatever form it currently exists\, is always active. “When you finish your record\, you’re starting the next one\,” Firstman explains. Cordovas is a state of constant flow: Firstman\, Soria\, and their various co-conspirators gathering in their twin outposts — a farm in Nashville\, and a hideout in the artist community of the Baja California town Todos Santos — to jam out ideas. Before the dust remotely began to settle on Destiny Hotel\, Cordovas were already back in the shop\, working up a trove of songs from which The Rose of Aces would emerge. \n\n\n\nOnce Cordovas had about 20 songs they were happy with\, they linked up with producer Cory Hanson. Firstman bemusedly describes the theoretical mismatch of the pairing — Hanson the Southern California kid coming out to Nashville to work with “a whole bunch of\, you know\, Americans.” Whatever culture clash might’ve been there was just extra gasoline. “He brought a super-charged way of thinking because he’s a genius\,” Firstman says. “He’s built his life wanting to sound like himself.” Hanson ended up contributing vocals and guitar to the album as well. \n\n\n\nThe Rose of Aces begins with a conjuring. “Your song comes on like a cure/ And you remember who you were before/ How many times did music save your soul?” Firstman asks on opener “Fallen Angels of Rock ’n’ Roll.” He goes on to trace rock history from Memphis to Muscle Shoals — though he’ll also quip he’s never actually been to Muscle Shoals. “I’m also aware of all the stuff that came through those places\,” he says. “The criss-cross of American highways\, you can’t take that away from me\, man. I’ve ridden those dirty roads a lot.” \n\n\n\nAs is their custom\, Cordovas held on to “Fallen Angels of Rock ’n’ Roll” for years\, road-testing it and letting it come into its own before it was time to really get it into shape for recording. Firstman reflects on how Cordovas’ always sharpening chops — the band’s playing\, but also his ability to push his voice further — let the song be what it always wanted to be over the years. While the song gives the album a rallying cry\, it’s not without its wistfulness — its title reflecting on friends back in the day who didn’t make it. “The important part is don’t forget what music does for you\,” Firstman says. “It can make you sad\, it can make you happy\, it can remind you of a better time.” \n\n\n\nThere’s no better way to kick off The Rose of Aces and Cordovas’ new chapter. The band has long cited influences like the Allman Brothers Band\, Grateful Dead\, and The Band. And while Cordovas can certainly jam\, they’ve also long been acclaimed as tapping into the more songwriting-oriented side of those forebears. From “Fallen Angels of Rock ’n’ Roll” onward\, you can hear the band honing their craft across The Rose of Aces. “What Is Wrong?” is a sunburnt twilight sigh of a song — originating with some ideas of Soria’s that the band then toyed with\, adding some lyrics (“Are you ready?/ If you’re free enough to do it on your own”) that Firstman worked on with his girlfriend. Throughout his career\, Firstman has taken fragments of various American traditions and turned them over into new lights\, and you can almost hear Cordovas’ music as a travelogue — easy-going yet careening forward\, from the laidback rollick of “Sunshine” to the swamp grooves of “Deep River” to\, eventually\, nodding to their home south of the border with closer “Somos Iguales.” \n\n\n\nIn true rock spirit\, joints are lit and roads are rambled down. Salvation is sought\, but characters stumble into sordid corners\, too. “High Roller\,” another highlight of the album\, tells the story of the narrator and his compatriot Stanley having a chaotic bender at a casino. \n\n\n\nWhen they’re camped out\, friends and artists come and go. The band jams\, and writer pals gather to dissect Marcel Proust or Marcus Aurelius. There’s an almost old-school\, utopian scene at play — like-minded individuals not just improvising and seeing where it goes\, but seeking a purpose through that discourse. There are all kinds of characters in Cordovas’ orbit\, including the namesakes of the album — hotel owners Ace and Rose down in Mexico\, who Firstman paid tribute to via an imagined Tarot card of an album name. \n\n\n\nIf the whole thing sounds like some kind of fantasy\, it didn’t come without a lot of missteps and rebirths\, sweat and hard work. Now 43\, Firstman has already lived more than a few lives. Raised by a weed dealing vet father and an opera singer mother in Charlotte\, the young Firstman took a Greyhound to Los Angeles in the early ‘00s and quickly became a buzzy young songwriter. He was signed to Atlantic\, and released a solo debut called The War of Women in 2003. While the album led to some burgeoning success — including opening slots for Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson — Firstman embarked on era of self-sabotage. “I was a fucking drunken nightmare\, and the songs weren’t as good the second time around\,” he admits. Soon\, he was dropped from Atlantic\, but landed on his feet with the bandleader gig on Carson Daly’s show\, where his band included Kamasi Washington and Thundercat. \n\n\n\n“I wanted to sing songs I wasn’t embarrassed of\,” Firstman says of the transition from those years to Cordovas. As matter-of-fact and self-deprecating as he can be about his early LA days\, Firstman also holds that time dear as a crucible\, all the hard lessons he had to learn to become who he is now. “Everything is victory as long as you can pull it out of the trash and polish it off and identify it as such\,” Firstman reflects. “That’s a big part of Cordovas. We wanna be better people — but not just for nothing.” \n\n\n\nThat brings us to the parables of Cordovas\, the stories on The Rose of Aces arriving 20 years on from Firstman’s initial stint in the music industry. “With the philosophy\, I’m trying to get you to change your brain and work in a useful way for society\,” Firstman says. “What happens when you let that stuff in and you become it? What does your brain tell you then? Go feel that\, and the standard you set and the call you make to your friends and the thing you said you were gonna do that mattered. How did you feel the next morning? What song did you write?”
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/andy-frasco-the-u-n-with-cordovas-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art Show hosted by Judy Anne Johnson at Bernice's Bakery
DESCRIPTION:Bernice’s Bakery in Missoula hosts a First Friday Art Show by abstract photographer Judy Anne Johnson 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday\, August 1\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotographer Judy Anne Johnson makes Missoula her home. In her upcoming solo exhibition\, she explores abstraction by photographing locations around Missoula. Her photographic approach is instinctual and her subjects diverse. Her photography is more about the how and why than the what\, about what grabs her emotions and captures her imagination. She photographs the land\, places\, decay\, history\, animals and people. She is drawn to the whimsy and humor in life which often makes its way into a photograph. \n\n\n\nShe has lived in Oregon\, Washington\, Indiana\, and New York state. She travels extensively\, most recently making several solo road trips to the American Southwest. She traveled across America in 2021 and 2023\, keeping to the small highways and byways. She has traveled to France\, Iran\, Jordan\, and Lebanon. And Phoenix. It was in Phoenix at a workshop this spring that she discovered the magic and freedom of abstract photography. \n\n\n\nMs. Johnson developed an interest in photography at an early age. She has studied photography at every opportunity over the years\, the technique and the art of it\, beginning with film. She drew early inspiration from her mother and from the black & amp; white masters of the 20th Century. Black & white photography remains her enduring love though she makes color images as well\, depending on the story she wants to tell.These days she takes her digital camera almost everywhere she goes. Photography “sharpens mypowers of observation and fills my world with a sense of wonder and well-being.”
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/first-friday-art-show-hosted-by-judy-anne-johnson-at-bernices-bakery/
LOCATION:Bernice’s Bakery\, 190 S. 3rd St. W.\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,First Friday,Photography
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SUMMARY:Alabama Shakes 2025 Tour with Y La Bamba at KettleHouse Amphitheater
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Alabama Shakes for two nights of live concert performances on their 2025 Tour with Y La Bamba at KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, August 19 and Wednesday\, August 20\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:30 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Alabama Shakes for two nights of live concert performances on their 2025 Tour with Y La Bamba at KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, August 19 and Wednesday\, August 20. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. General Admission lawn\, reserved premium stadium seating\, general admission standing pit and premium box seating tickets are available. Shuttle Tickets and Parking Passes can be purchased here. Crazy Creek Chair Rentals for this event are available for advance purchase here. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\nAll concerts are held rain or shine. Be prepared for extremes such as sunshine\, heat\, wind or rain. All tickets are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation due to extreme weather\, tickets will not be refunded. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Alabama ShakesAfter an eight-year absence\, Alabama Shakes are poised to make their return announcing a 2025 Tour across the U.S. The Athens\, AL-raised band\, comprised of vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard\, guitarist Heath Fogg\, and bassist Zac Cockrell exploded onto the scene in 2012 with their debut album Boys & Girls\, (ATO Records)\, which entered Billboard’s Independent Albums chart at No. 1. Boys & Girls earned the band multiple GRAMMY nominations and was hailed as one of the year’s best albums by numerous publications\, including Rolling Stone\, which also named lead single “Hold On” the #1 Best Song of 2012. Soon after its release\, the bandmates found themselves thrust into the global spotlight\, achieving such milestones as performing at the White House and on “Saturday Night Live.” \n\n\n\nThe band’s legacy continued to grow with the groundbreaking Sound & Color (ATO Records). Released 10 years ago\, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200\, won GRAMMY Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album\, Non Classical. The first single\, “Don’t Wanna Fight\,” took honors in the Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song categories. Sound & Color marked a profound evolution from Alabama Shakes’ debut album\, as The New York Times Magazine observed\, heralding the band’s “soul-stirring\, shape-shifting new sound.” Both Sound & Color and Boys & Girls were certified Platinum by the RIAA. \n\n\n\nThe Shakes’ Cockrell\, Fogg\, & Howard have also reunited in the studio promising new music to fans who have been eagerly awaiting their return. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Y La BambaTo declare one thematic narrative from Lucha\, Y La Bamba’s seventh album\, would be to chisel away a story within a story within a story into the illusion of something singular. \n\n\n\n“Lucha is a symbol of how hard it is for me to tackle healing\, live life\, and be present\,” Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos\, lead vocalist and producer of Y La Bamba\, says of the title behind the album which translates from Spanish to English as ‘fight’ and is also a nickname for Luz\, which means light. The album explores multiplicity—love\, queerness\, Mexican American and Chicanx identity\, family\, intimacy\, yearning\, loneliness—and chronicles a period of struggle and growth for Mendoza Ramos as a person and artist. \n\n\n\nLucha was born out of isolation at the advent of COVID-19 lockdowns\, beginning with a cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry\,” and following Mendoza Ramos as she moved from Portland\, Oregon to Mexico City\, returning to her parents’ home country while revisiting a lineage marred by violence and silence\, and simultaneously reaching towards deeper relationships with loved ones and herself. The album reflects “another tier of facing vulnerability\,” as Mendoza Ramos explains\, and is a battle cry to fight in order to be seen and to be accepted\, if not celebrated\, in every form—anger and compassion\, externally and internally\, individually and societally. As much as la lucha is about inner work\, fighting is borne from survival stemming from social structures designed to uplift dominant groups at the hands of suffering amongst the marginalized. \n\n\n\nWhile peeling back layers of the past to better understand the present has been integral to this period of growth for Mendoza Ramos\, time\, trauma\, and history can feel like interconnected\, abysmal loops and music has remained a trusted space for Mendoza Ramos to process\, experiment\, and channel her learnings into a creative practice. In this way\, Lucha has become cyclical\, documenting the parallel trust Mendoza Ramos has built with herself to allow the songs to guide how they should be sung\, or even sound. \n\n\n\n“I’ve been wanting to let whatever feels natural—with rhythm and musical instruments like congas and singing—to just let it be\, in the way that I’m trying to invoke in myself.” Lucha reflects on\, “the continuing process of learning how to exercise my producing skills\,” explains Mendoza Ramos. “I have so many words\, ideas to work with all the time\, and the hardest part for me has been learning to trust my gut. And figuring out how I work best\, and with who.” \n\n\n\nThe result is a collection as sonically sprawling and bold as its subject matter. On “La Lluvia de Guadalajara\,” Y La Bamba leans into a minimal\, avant-garde soundscape as Mendoza Ramos recites a spoken word poem. Later\, rhythms veer into bossa nova territory on “Hues ft. Devendra Banhart\,” a full-circle collaboration for Mendoza Ramos as she reminisces on the significance of finding Banhart’s work nearly two decades earlier: “He was the first young Spanish-speaking musician that wasn’t playing traditional Mexican music I heard when I was 21. There was nothing like it around that time.” \n\n\n\n“Nunca” is a warm\, wind-rich track dedicated to her mother\, Maria Elena Ramos whose poetry is published alongside the Lucha lyrics booklet. “I decided to put my mom’s poem\, which is a poem that she wrote to me\, letting me know how she felt\, exploring her heart in new ways she’s never imagined. Sharing it on the record is me paying attention that she’s expressing herself.” \n\n\n\nWhile each song holds personal significance to Mendoza Ramos\, part of growing into her identity as an artist has been allowing space for protection and boundaries\, and choosing to withhold some of that meaning from the public. Lucha is her own story of the complexity of trauma and nonlinear healing and growth processes\, but she imagines it is also the continuation of her ancestors’ stories and might also be a mirror to the story of others. “Even though I’m trying to fight\, I never want to demonize suffering\, because that’s part of growing. And it’s hard\, because we’re living in times where that [stigma] is what’s happening. So if this—me talking about my mental health and finding healing in my queerness—is a risk\, I hope that I find a community that protects it and protects me\, because they know I have their back. I am also trying to be my mom’s community.”
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/alabama-shakes-2025-tour-with-y-la-bamba-at-kettlehouse-amphitheater/2025-08-19/
LOCATION:KettleHouse Amphitheater\, 605 Cold Smoke Lane\, Bonner\, MT\, 59823\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Rock,Rock & Roll
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SUMMARY:Alabama Shakes 2025 Tour with Y La Bamba at KettleHouse Amphitheater
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Alabama Shakes for two nights of live concert performances on their 2025 Tour with Y La Bamba at KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, August 19 and Wednesday\, August 20\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:30 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Alabama Shakes for two nights of live concert performances on their 2025 Tour with Y La Bamba at KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, August 19 and Wednesday\, August 20. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. General Admission lawn\, reserved premium stadium seating\, general admission standing pit and premium box seating tickets are available. Shuttle Tickets and Parking Passes can be purchased here. Crazy Creek Chair Rentals for this event are available for advance purchase here. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\nAll concerts are held rain or shine. Be prepared for extremes such as sunshine\, heat\, wind or rain. All tickets are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation due to extreme weather\, tickets will not be refunded. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Alabama ShakesAfter an eight-year absence\, Alabama Shakes are poised to make their return announcing a 2025 Tour across the U.S. The Athens\, AL-raised band\, comprised of vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard\, guitarist Heath Fogg\, and bassist Zac Cockrell exploded onto the scene in 2012 with their debut album Boys & Girls\, (ATO Records)\, which entered Billboard’s Independent Albums chart at No. 1. Boys & Girls earned the band multiple GRAMMY nominations and was hailed as one of the year’s best albums by numerous publications\, including Rolling Stone\, which also named lead single “Hold On” the #1 Best Song of 2012. Soon after its release\, the bandmates found themselves thrust into the global spotlight\, achieving such milestones as performing at the White House and on “Saturday Night Live.” \n\n\n\nThe band’s legacy continued to grow with the groundbreaking Sound & Color (ATO Records). Released 10 years ago\, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200\, won GRAMMY Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album\, Non Classical. The first single\, “Don’t Wanna Fight\,” took honors in the Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song categories. Sound & Color marked a profound evolution from Alabama Shakes’ debut album\, as The New York Times Magazine observed\, heralding the band’s “soul-stirring\, shape-shifting new sound.” Both Sound & Color and Boys & Girls were certified Platinum by the RIAA. \n\n\n\nThe Shakes’ Cockrell\, Fogg\, & Howard have also reunited in the studio promising new music to fans who have been eagerly awaiting their return. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Y La BambaTo declare one thematic narrative from Lucha\, Y La Bamba’s seventh album\, would be to chisel away a story within a story within a story into the illusion of something singular. \n\n\n\n“Lucha is a symbol of how hard it is for me to tackle healing\, live life\, and be present\,” Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos\, lead vocalist and producer of Y La Bamba\, says of the title behind the album which translates from Spanish to English as ‘fight’ and is also a nickname for Luz\, which means light. The album explores multiplicity—love\, queerness\, Mexican American and Chicanx identity\, family\, intimacy\, yearning\, loneliness—and chronicles a period of struggle and growth for Mendoza Ramos as a person and artist. \n\n\n\nLucha was born out of isolation at the advent of COVID-19 lockdowns\, beginning with a cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry\,” and following Mendoza Ramos as she moved from Portland\, Oregon to Mexico City\, returning to her parents’ home country while revisiting a lineage marred by violence and silence\, and simultaneously reaching towards deeper relationships with loved ones and herself. The album reflects “another tier of facing vulnerability\,” as Mendoza Ramos explains\, and is a battle cry to fight in order to be seen and to be accepted\, if not celebrated\, in every form—anger and compassion\, externally and internally\, individually and societally. As much as la lucha is about inner work\, fighting is borne from survival stemming from social structures designed to uplift dominant groups at the hands of suffering amongst the marginalized. \n\n\n\nWhile peeling back layers of the past to better understand the present has been integral to this period of growth for Mendoza Ramos\, time\, trauma\, and history can feel like interconnected\, abysmal loops and music has remained a trusted space for Mendoza Ramos to process\, experiment\, and channel her learnings into a creative practice. In this way\, Lucha has become cyclical\, documenting the parallel trust Mendoza Ramos has built with herself to allow the songs to guide how they should be sung\, or even sound. \n\n\n\n“I’ve been wanting to let whatever feels natural—with rhythm and musical instruments like congas and singing—to just let it be\, in the way that I’m trying to invoke in myself.” Lucha reflects on\, “the continuing process of learning how to exercise my producing skills\,” explains Mendoza Ramos. “I have so many words\, ideas to work with all the time\, and the hardest part for me has been learning to trust my gut. And figuring out how I work best\, and with who.” \n\n\n\nThe result is a collection as sonically sprawling and bold as its subject matter. On “La Lluvia de Guadalajara\,” Y La Bamba leans into a minimal\, avant-garde soundscape as Mendoza Ramos recites a spoken word poem. Later\, rhythms veer into bossa nova territory on “Hues ft. Devendra Banhart\,” a full-circle collaboration for Mendoza Ramos as she reminisces on the significance of finding Banhart’s work nearly two decades earlier: “He was the first young Spanish-speaking musician that wasn’t playing traditional Mexican music I heard when I was 21. There was nothing like it around that time.” \n\n\n\n“Nunca” is a warm\, wind-rich track dedicated to her mother\, Maria Elena Ramos whose poetry is published alongside the Lucha lyrics booklet. “I decided to put my mom’s poem\, which is a poem that she wrote to me\, letting me know how she felt\, exploring her heart in new ways she’s never imagined. Sharing it on the record is me paying attention that she’s expressing herself.” \n\n\n\nWhile each song holds personal significance to Mendoza Ramos\, part of growing into her identity as an artist has been allowing space for protection and boundaries\, and choosing to withhold some of that meaning from the public. Lucha is her own story of the complexity of trauma and nonlinear healing and growth processes\, but she imagines it is also the continuation of her ancestors’ stories and might also be a mirror to the story of others. “Even though I’m trying to fight\, I never want to demonize suffering\, because that’s part of growing. And it’s hard\, because we’re living in times where that [stigma] is what’s happening. So if this—me talking about my mental health and finding healing in my queerness—is a risk\, I hope that I find a community that protects it and protects me\, because they know I have their back. I am also trying to be my mom’s community.”
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/alabama-shakes-2025-tour-with-y-la-bamba-at-kettlehouse-amphitheater/2025-08-20/
LOCATION:KettleHouse Amphitheater\, 605 Cold Smoke Lane\, Bonner\, MT\, 59823\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Rock,Rock & Roll
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SUMMARY:That Mexican OT Recess Tour at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes That Mexican OT for a live performance on their Recess Tour with openers RNB.FOEMOB\, Drodi\, Lil Bubba and DJ Scales at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, September 16\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes That Mexican OT for a live performance on their Recess Tour with openers RNB.FOEMOB\, Drodi\, Lil Bubba and DJ Scales at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula on Tuesday\, September 16. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. All tickets are general admission standing room only. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout That Mexican OTBorn in Bay City\, Texas\, Virgil René Gazca learned quickly that he would have to make something of himself to get through his difficult upbringing. Gazca was always drawn to music\, listening to a mix of the in-your-face classic rock of AC/DC\, the pulsating nu-metal of Slipknot\, and the vivacious southern parking lot pimping music of Slim Thug\, Lil Keke\, Sauce Walka\, and the rappers who ushered in the mid-00s Southern rap takeover. He always gravitated towards music\, but after losing his mother early in life\, and dealing with his dad being in and out of jail\, Gazca faced a crossroads in seventh grade as he pondered how to change his circumstances. “Being a rapper is damn near impossible\,” Gazca says. “With the luck that I got\, I know I’m not making. What am I going to do in life? I couldn’t see myself doing anything else\, so it just had to happen.” With that realization\, Gazca got to work\, spending as much time in his uncle’s makeshift studio as possible and entering into rap battles around the city. But issues with self-esteem pushed him off the path in a bad way. Scared of repeating the mistakes of his other family members\, Gazca re-dedicated himself to his craft around junior year of high school\, continuing to hone his rapping with his uncle and his cousins. After locking in and releasing his first project\, Southern Texas Project\, in 2020\, Gazca got the attention of Greg Gates\, who offered to manage him. Gates changed Gazca’s life\, pushing him to learn to make songs\, rather than focus purely on rapping. “La Muerte” was the lightbulb moment for Gazca\, a rapid tempo\, Mexican guitar-influenced banger that acted as a template to the charismatic trunk rattlers Gazca would go on to make. From there\, Gazca stayed in the studio\, dropping projects and songs at a furious pace such as 2021’s 1 Double O and 2022’s Nonsense and Mexican Shit. But 2023 would be the year everything fell into place\, starting with his breakout track “Johnny Dang\,” which saw the Tejano rapper link up with Texas staple Drodi and the “Sittin Sidewayz” legend Paul Wall for a melding of Texas’ storied past and bright future. The track served as a perfect primer to his album\, Lonestar Luchador\, which meshed his love of wrestling\, comedy and hard-hitting bars into a raucous album that showcases his limitless ambition and knack for worldbuilding. In 2024\, he continued that momentum\, being named to the newest XXL Freshman class and finding success with his follow up project\, Texas Technician. The new project forgoes the conceptual approach of Lonestar Luchador in favor of paying homage to the state and sound that made him. Linking with fellow Texas titans such as Z-Ro\, Paul Wall\, Slim Thug and Le$\, while also finding contemporaries to match his energy such as DaBaby\, Fredo Bang and MoneyBagg Yo\, Texas Technician is a coming-of-age story best heard on the biggest subwoofers in the parking lot. “I like when people hand out CDs in the back of the slab\,” Gazca says. “You see that trunk and it’s glowing with the lights and the speakers\, and bumping their music. That’s the feeling I wanted to bring to this tape\, it just falls back to me loving the hustle and the grind of being a Texas Technician.” Tracks such as the eerie\, Screw-influenced flex fest with MoneyBagg Yo “Twisting Fingers\,” show off That Mexican OT’s natural ability to bring his features into his world\, sounding like a late night\, dirt road rager in Texas. While more introspective tracks such as the heartfelt “Muchos Gracias” reveals his somber side\, remembering everyone who helped him get to this point. Texas Technician shows all sides of Virgil Rene Gazca\, the man inside\, and the outlaw\, slick-tongued persona of That Mexican OT. With his Texas Technician tour in full swing\, new singles like the Denzel Curry vivacious team up “Black Flag Freestyle\,” and a new project he says has some of his most eclectic music to date\, That Mexican OT has all the support and momentum to ascend to Southern rap royalty\, and position himself as a new leader for Texas rap\, and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout DrodiDRODi is a dynamic figure in the independent hip-hop scene\, with a growing portfolio of music and a strong digital presence. His work exemplifies the creative spirit of Texas rap\, blending traditional influences with modern production and an independent ethos. Fans can keep up with his latest projects on social media and streaming platforms. • Origin: DRODi hails from Freeport\, Texas\, and is known for his energetic and authentic approach to hip-hop. His roots in the Texas rap scene contribute to a style that often features hard-hitting beats and a distinctive flow. • Social Media Presence: He is active on platforms like Instagram\, YouTube\, and Facebook. His Instagram handle\, @_drodi_\, showcases his latest updates\, teasers for new projects\, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into his creative process .
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/that-mexican-ot-recess-tour-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Rap
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SUMMARY:Old Crow Medicine Show - Circle the Wagons Tour at Wachholz College Center
DESCRIPTION:Old Crow Medicine Show brings their Circle the Wagons Tour with special guest Meels to Wachholz College Center in Kalispell at 7:30 pm Thursday\, October 9\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:30 pm \n\n\n\nCome see Old Crow Medicine Show live in concert with special guest Meels for an electric night of American roots music – dancing is encouraged!**PLEASE NOTE**  FOR PATRONS THAT WISH TO STAND UP & DANCE AT THEIR SEAT\, THIS SHOW FEATURES GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING ON MAIN FLOOR OF McCLAREN HALL. THE BALCONY FEATURES RESERVED SEATING.“If this is any indication of what Old Crow Medicine Show still has in store after so many recordings in its career\, we should count ourselves lucky.” – NPR Music \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOld Crow Medicine Show got their start busking on street corners in 1998\, from New York state and up through Canada\, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone\, North Carolina where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He invited the band to play at his festival\, MerleFest\, and the rest is history. \n\n\n\nIt’s been over twenty years since these humble beginnings. The band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry and have won two Grammy Awards: “Best Folk Album” for Remedy (2014) and “Best Long Form Music Video” for Big Easy Express (2013). Additionally\, their classic single\, Wagon Wheel \, received the RIAA’s Double-Platinum certification in 2019 for selling over 2\,000\,000 copies while the band’s debut album O.C.M.S. has been certified Gold (500\,000 copies). The band’s latest Grammy nominated album Jubilee (Aug 2023) released via ATO Records. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening the show is MEELS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeels discovered her voice among the towering redwoods of her native California. Her music\, a fusion of small-town charm and the grandeur of nature\, traces her journey from the woods to NYU’s Clive Davis Institute in New York City to Los Angeles\, where she now resides with her dachshund\, Baltimore. Establishing herself as a fresh voice in Americana\, she released her debut album\, Tales from a Bird’s Bedroom\, in June 2024\, with her sophomore record “Across The Raccoon Strait” set for release this year. Rooted in nostalgia\, nature\, and intricate human connections\, Meels’ songwriting transforms melodies into stories and confessions. Her sound blends the warmth of ’60s and ’70s folk with timeless Americana and classic country influences. As of late she has been playing sets up and down the California coast\, picking oranges in the garden with her 85 year old Grandmother Marsha June\, and writing songs on her vintage quilted bed. As she continues to grow\, Meels strives to connect with listeners who see their own stories reflected in her music. \n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK \n\n\n\n\n\nThis show is presented by WCC.  No outside food or beverages allowed in Wachholz College Center.Recommended age limit 10+
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/old-crow-medicine-show-circle-the-wagons-tour-at-wachholz-college-center/
LOCATION:Wachholz College Center at FVCC\, 795 Grandview Drive\, Kalispell\, Montana\, 59901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Banjo,Bluegrass,Country,Country Music,Honky Tonk,Music,Roots,Singer Songwriters,Violin,Western
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SUMMARY:Niko Moon - American Palm Tour with David J at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Niko Moon for a live performance on the American Palm Tour with David J opening at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, October 21\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Niko Moon for a live performance on the American Palm Tour with David J opening at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, October 21. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. All tickets are general admission standing room only. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Niko MoonChart-topping American country artist NIKO MOON has been having a very good time since breaking out as a solo act in 2019\, after being a member for a couple years of Sir Rosevelt alongside fellow artists Zac Brown and Ben Simonetti. \n\n\n\nHis first single “Good Time” went #1 on country radio and his other hits continue to climb the charts as he releases more and more music\, bringing a feel-good positive vibes message to all that listen. \n\n\n\nOriginally from Tyler\, Texas\, Moon relocated to Douglasville\, Georgia when he was 10. His father\, a truck driver and his mother\, a waitress\, introduced Niko to the works of artists like John Prine and Patty Griffin. \n\n\n\nBeyond singing\, Moon has written eight #1 songs and over 40 major record label cuts for artists such as Morgan Wallen\, Avicii\, Dierks Bentley\, Pitbull\, Zac Brown Band\, Rascal Flatts and more. He also co-produced the Zac Brown Band albums\, Jekyll+Hyde and Welcome Home\, and was recently named a SESAC country songwriter of the year. \n\n\n\nWhen not touring\, Moon resides in Nashville\, TN and is married to singer-songwriter Anna Moon\, with whom they share a daughter\, Lily Ann Moon. He is also the founder of the “Happy Cowboy Foundation”\, a 501c3 nonprofit that helps raise awareness and funds for those in need of help to battle various addictions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout David JWith a deeply embedded work ethic rooted in his upstate New York hometown\, 21-year-old phenom David J began honing his hook-heavy songwriting skills while still in high school and started making trips to Nashville when he was just 15. Captivated by the craft of songwriting\, David taught himself to sing and play multiple instruments\, strengthening his passion for the music and igniting a spark that saw the natural talent making trips to Nashville by the time he was 17\, connecting with songwriters and other young musicians\, helping craft his singular sound.The self-taught multi-instrumentalist kicked off 2024 by releasing his major label debut project\, Commitment Issues\, which features streaming hits “After We Broke Up (feat. Frawley)” and “Found A Girl\,” both highlighting the 21-year old’s vast range of musicality. Including co-writes with Ryan Tedder\, Grant Boutin\, Danny Majic\, and more\, the eight-song collection explores budding relationships\, braving heartbreak\, and moving on.Through it all\, David’s piercing\, mature voice that transcends well beyond his age invites listeners into his emotional journey navigating young love. Having shared the stage with the likes of Mitchell Tenpenny\, Lauren Alaina\, Blake Shelton\, Chase Rice\, and more\, David J is currently on tour with Niko Moon.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/niko-moon-american-palm-tour-with-david-j-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Country,Country Music,Music,Singer Songwriters
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SUMMARY:"Lake Crescent and Other Spirits" Author Pam Gullard Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction Books
DESCRIPTION:“Lake Crescent and Other Spirits” author Pam Gullard will be at Fact & Fiction Books in Downtown Missoula for a live reading and signing 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Thursday\, October 30\n\n\n\n\n\nPam Gullard: Reading and Signing \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: These eleven stories\, set in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle\, look into the hearts of characters who want desperately to find love and talk intimately about their fears\, their desires. But things go wrong. Conversations break off. People leave or make an outrageous demand or start an affair that flames out of control. In the title story\, a writer discovers that the afternoon his careless mother dove from a cliff into Lake Crescent has sunk into his bones. Closed his soul. The secret grip of that day is lost to him until a new lover sees that his biggest obstacle is his own heart. \n\n\n\nLake Crescent is a huge\, deep lake in the Olympic National Forest four hours west of Seattle. Jumping into the water is like speeding through burning liquid ice. I am not brave\, but when I was twenty\, I lived alone through the summer in a one-room cabin near the edge of the lake. This astonishes me still. There was no phone\, no heat\, not a soul around. My family in Seattle was on a slow roll of breaking up\, my boyfriend was in California\, and at night\, I asked myself how big a window had to be for a cougar to climb in. Or an axe murderer. In the evening\, we college kids with jobs at the national park gathered at the small pebbled beach. Cold trees like giant\, indifferent gods towered over us as we lay on our backs\, our heads on a log\, and scanned the Pleiades for shooting stars. At the edge of that glacial lake\, I started to write and to piece together the spirit that would become myself. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Pamela Gullard is an author and teacher living in Menlo Park\, California. Her latest collection of short stories\, Lake Crescent and Other Spirits\, was published by Galileo Press 9 July 2025! Her stories have appeared in the North American Review\, Arts and Letters\, The Iowa Review\, TriQuarterly\, and elsewhere. Her short story collection\, Breathe at Every Other Stroke\, published by Henry Holt\, appeared in Kindle format in 2014. She has also written\, with Nancy Lund\, three city histories\, showing in microcosm how the booming economy of the 19th century led to Silicon Valley.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/lake-crescent-and-other-spirits-author-pam-gullard-reading-and-signing-at-fact-fiction-books/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Literature
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SUMMARY:The Bangingsons present "Inexplicable Sidenote" at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:The Bangingsons present “Inexplicable Sidenote” at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula at 7:30 pm Thursday\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrought to you by the BANGINGSONS (Melissa Bangs & Eric Ellingson)… \n\n\n\nInexplicable Sidenote is pulled from the deep mystery and unbound hilarity of “inexplicable sidenotes” Melissa shared during their sold-out show The Bangingsons: A Love Ballad at the ZACC. \n\n\n\nThese morsels from the unseen world acted like a handrail through tales laced with dismantling\, death-defying\, and profoundly joyful forces. And then—green lights\, the X-FILES theme\, Melissa deadpans: “Inexplicable Sidenote…” followed by the craziest\, otherworldly details. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a night of goose bumps\, shrieks\, wild laughter… all in recognition of the vast unknown\, the mystery leaving breadcrumbs\, begging to be honored and seen. \n\n\n\nPart planned storytellers\, part spontaneous OPEN MIC\, IneXplicable Sidenote dives into the Unseen World so many experience yet rarely speak of. Each storyteller will have: 3–7 minutes. Green lights. X-FILES theme. And Eric\, repeating your wildest lines\, underlining the truth within the unknown. \n\n\n\nBring your ghost stories\, alien encounters\, dead relatives on your bed\, inexplicable synchronicities—all wild winks from the great beyond. \n\n\n\nIn honor of Samhain\, All Hallows Eve\, Día de Los Muertos\, and the traditions of their ancestors in Scotland\, the Viking world\, and the Philippines… The Bangingsons call on the UNSEEN WORLD—guides\, ancestors\, angels\, masters—sourced in love\, from the heart of Mother Earth to the edges of the cosmos. Show yourselves!!! Share your magic through the stories and their tellers! October 29th & 30th!
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/the-bangingsons-presents-inexplicable-sidenote-at-the-zacc/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Hallows Eve,Dia de Los Muertos,Halloween,Holiday Events
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SUMMARY:Margo Price "Wild at Heart" Tour with Logan Ledger at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Margo Price for a live concert performance on her “Wild at Heart” Tour with Logan Ledger at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Sunday\, November 2\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Margo Price for a live concert performance on her “Wild at Heart” Tour with Logan Ledger at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Sunday\, November 2. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. General admission standing room only floor / standard balcony and reserved premium balcony seating tickets are available. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Margo PriceNearly a decade ago\, Margo Price turned Nashville on its head with her breakthrough\, beloved debut solo album\, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter. Released in the throes of bro-country and before pop stars were crossing over into the genre left and right\, it showcased an artist completely unafraid to double down not only on herself\, but what she’d always loved: classic country songs written from the intellect and the gut\, hell-bent on truth-telling and both timeless and urgent all at once. Respected by her peers\, praised by critics and beloved by her fans\, Price created a lane where independent-minded\, insurgent country music can exist and thrive alongside the mainstream\, and became an ardent fighter for her beliefs in a genre where the norm is to shut up and sing. A trailblazer and a champion for the craft\, Price redefined what it meant to be a modern country artist. \n\n\n\n    And now she’s back with an exquisite\, truly timeless album that reconnects with her roots and pays tribute to the art of the country song\, inspired in part by the legends whom she now calls colleagues and friends. Hard Headed Woman is both a look forward and a look back: a way to march forward while staying true to yourself when the path of less resistance is right there in front of us\, and short cuts are around every corner. And a way to look back when we need to trim what is no longer working\, and to stay connected with where we’re from. It is a promise and a manifesto\, a love song to both a city and a genre\, and a defiant cry for individuality. \n\n\n\nIn creating Hard Headed Woman\, Price brought all of her power as one of  our most beloved and respected songwriters to craft a deep exploration of love and America in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. Featuring appearances from Tyler Childers\, co-writes with Rodney Crowell and a Waylon Jennings song that his widow\, Jessi Colter\, urged her to sing\, it is country music as only Price can make it: free of rules\, cherishing tradition\, hard headed to the core but with a delicate\, beating heart. \n\n\n\nSince releasing Midwest Farmer’s Daughter\, Price has barely slowed down. She’s made four records\, played Saturday Night Live\, been nominated for a Grammy\, toured the world alongside artists like Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson\, released a lauded memoir (Maybe We’ll Make It\, due on paperback September 2nd)\, became an in-demand producer and was appointed as the first female board member of Nelson’s Farm Aid. And she’s been fearless when it came to genre\, venturing into psychedelic rock on her most recent\, Jonathan Wilson-produced record\, Strays. It would have been easiest to just stay that course\, and keep running. But Price doesn’t follow success or comfort. She follows the art. \n\n\n\n    It took a whole lot of hard work and honesty with herself and others to get there\, but that’s never stopped Price before.  “I made the decision that I had to rebuild everything from the ground up\,” Price says. “There’s all this pressure to be pumping out content\, and I felt the opposite in the way I wanted to approach this record and my life in general.” \n\n\n\n    Price had also established herself as one of the most passionate\, vocal artists in country music and beyond when it came to standing up for political and personal causes\, from the presidential election\, to abortion to gun control: happily hard headed when it came to the fight for equality and justice\, especially for the working class and underserved in our society. Price has always brilliantly woven her activism into her songs\, but her role as a spokesperson had started to overtake\, on occasion\, her role as a songwriter. She wanted to focus on using her written word to deliver the most potent punch of all. \n\n\n\n    “I always hope to do like Johnny Cash did\,” Price says\, “which is speak up for the common man and woman. But there have been so many threats and anger and vitriol over the years\, when I am only coming from a place of love.” \n\n\n\nPrice realized she just needed a break from everything outside of the bubble of family life and her art. She started spending more time at home\, writing songs alone and with her husband\, Jeremey Ivey. She started popping up in the dive bars and tiny venues around Nashville where she got her start\, sometimes just to play a country cover or two or dance with the crowd. She refused guidance to write for pop stars or compromise her values for a quick buck. Most of all\, she turned the emphasis in her music back to songwriting\, exactly where she began.          \n\n\n\n“So much of Strays was leaning into this psychedelic\, textural territory\,” says Price. The music lent itself to vibrant\, heavy stage jams\, with Price often hopping behind the drumkit and bruising her thigh from a tambourine beat. She found herself longing for the days when it was just her and her guitar\, playing at an East Nashville dive bar. “I always knew\,” she adds\, “I would come back to this more rooted sound.” \n\n\n\n    Hard Headed Woman is rooted to its core. Rooted in Price’s history and struggle to make it as a musician for so many years in a town that prizes uniformity and the bottom line\, rooted in the country and folk sounds that have become her signature\, rooted in the simplicity of a few key collaborators instead of songs-by-committee. At the heart of Price’s work is her creative partnership with Ivey\, with whom she describes as having a “soul connection.” “I’m a songwriter\,” Price says. “I’m not somebody who goes out and needs five people to craft a song\, and then tack my name on it. That’s never been my style. I have something to say.” \n\n\n\nSomething to say\, nothing to prove. The first song they wrote for the album that would become Hard Headed Woman was “Close to You\,” a simple\, pining call for a lover that is infused with the sounds of the desert. It’s unfettered and truth-telling\, accented by some flamenco guitar and Price’s gorgeous\, urgent vocals. “We played the jukebox while democracy fell\,” Price sings\, never letting her songs fall out of the context in which they exist. It’s the kind of thing that only she could write\, carrying both love and fear in one single line. \n\n\n\nAs more songs started to form\, an early boost of confidence came from her friends Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris\, who heard some of the work at a political fundraiser and encouraged Price to keep going.  “I have both of them to thank for building me up and making me believe in the songs I am writing in this season of my life\,” Price says. Crowell remained not only an inspiration and supporter of the album but a contributor: he co-wrote two songs with Price and Ivey. \n\n\n\n    The album that unfolded from there is drenched in Price’s unique story and unshakeable instincts: while Midwest Farmer’s Daughter was about her journey from childhood to Nashville\, Hard Headed Woman is very much her battle since from dive bars to tour buses\, through parenthood and marriage\, through scrutiny and sacrifice all while fighting constantly for what she believes in\, and the music she loves. It begins with a proclamation on the prelude\, which serves as the album’s mission statement: or\, Price puts it\, “a disclaimer and reminder that I don’t owe you fucking shit.” \n\n\n\n    Songs like the album’s lead single\, “Don’t Let the Bastards Get you Down\,” speak for the downtrodden and the forgotten\, an “anthem for people who are being overlooked in society and need to be lifted up\,” Price says\, “because we are up against so much right now.” As so many of Price’s songs do\, it speaks both for the personal and the political all at once. Price was inspired by the message Kris Kristofferson whispered to Sinead O’Connor when she was booed on stage at a Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary show\, and even got Kristofferson’s widow’s blessing to include his name on the credits. “I always admired Kris for how he stood by her in that moment\, instead of pulling her off the stage like they told him\,” Price says. It serves as a reminder to anyone who encounters resistance in the face of fighting for justice to keep going\, especially when it would be so much easier to capitulate and cower. \n\n\n\n“The song was originally written for a movie that never happened\, but it feels so timely with everything that’s going on in the world\,” Price explains. “The phrase\, ‘Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down’ originates from Margaret Atwood’s brilliant 1985 piece of literature\, The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s referred to in Latin and used as a rallying cry for resistance against the oppressive regime that symbolizes resilience and hope in the face of adversity. Nolite te Bastardes Caborundorum.” \n\n\n\n    That spirit resonates all across the songs of Hard Headed Woman. The blistering “Don’t Wake Me Up” was based around some writings that Ivey stumbled upon in one of Price’s notebooks\, inspired in part by her deep readings of Frank Stanford\, one of her favorite poets due to his freewheeling work free of boundaries. They spun it all into song in minutes that chugs with the essence of Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”: “The way this world is going\, ain’t where I’m at\,” Price howls in her powerful\, unmistakable voice. “Nowhere is Where\,” turns slow and contemplative\, road-worn but never broken\, the call of someone who has been to the mountain but never forgets the prairie below. And “Losing Streak” whirls in with an organ and out with a weary\, world-worn defiance: our worst times don’t define us\, but they’re always part of who we are. \n\n\n\nThere are songs that go back to the beginning of Price’s early grind\, like the western-tinged “Wild at Heart\,” reflecting on how much her life and the city of Nashville has changed over the years – and how important it is to stay true to exactly who you are despite it all. Another\, called “Red Eye Flight\,” is about both leaving a lover and also leaving her longtime band the Pricetags. “I’ve been with those players for ten\, thirteen years\,” she says. “But I could feel that I needed to make a change\, and to change texturally what’s going on with the band. But it’s a familial bond\, different than a friendship.” \n\n\n\nThere are a few choice covers and cuts\, too: “Love Me Like You Used To Do” is by Price’s friend Steven Knudson\, an unsung Nashville writer on whom she hopes to shine a spotlight (helping to elevate the town’s incredibly talented but buried voices is one of Price’s favorite pastimes). Friend Tyler Childers joins Price on that waltzing country ballad\, while “I Just Don’t Give a Damn” is Price’s “Jolene goes to Memphis” take on the Jimmy Peppers and George Jones classic. And showcasing how Price has been trusted by the greats to lead the next generation of country music renegades\, “Kissin You Goodbye” was given to Price by Jessi Colter\, Waylon Jennings’ widow\, when Price was producing her record. They’re songs chosen to appreciate the past and the present as she sees it – not as Music Row or the algorithm might dictate – and place Price squarely amongst her heroes as a living and breathing part of the new country tradition. \n\n\n\n    When it came time to record Hard Headed Woman\, it was important for Price to keep that ethos alive\, decamping to Nashville’s RCA Studio A and reuniting with producer Matt Ross-Spang\, with whom she made her first two solo albums. Though she has worked with everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Jonathan Wilson since\, it was Spang’s vocal rebuke of easy studio shortcuts that made her eager to reunite again. “He’s so unpretentious\,” Price says. “He fully believes in me\, he fully believes in my songs. He got us back to feeling it in your gut and not needing everything to be so perfect.” \n\n\n\n    It felt truly significant for Price to make the album in Nashville\, a city where she’s lived for over two decades and played a seminal role in its transformation\, yet somehow never recorded an album in the place she’s called home. The historic RCA Studio A helped connect Price even closer to the legacy of songwriting she holds so dear\, a place where everyone from Dolly Parton to John Prine to Loretta Lynn have made albums. “It felt like there were ghosts and spirits just hanging out\,” Price says. In perfect kismet\, she also launched her own signature Gibson J-45 guitar\, inspired by her 1960’s Gibson she’s had by her side for years as her career took off. It’s all part of the continuity that she wishes to create with her art\, not just with timeless songs but inspiring future generations of women\, mothers and artists in general who don’t want to sacrifice their vision\, moral compass or family life in favor of mainstream success. \n\n\n\nAt its core\, Hard Headed Woman is about that furious instinct to never waver\, especially when ourselves\, our values and our future is so clearly on the line. As she sings on the title track\, “I ain’t ashamed\, I just am what I am.” \n\n\n\n    “I hope this album inspires people to be fearless and take chances and just be unabashedly themselves\,” Price says\, “in a culture that tries as hard as it can to beat us into all being the same.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Logan LedgerA Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a smooth voice and classic tone\, Logan Ledger built a buzz around Music City in the late-2010s\, calling to mind names like and . His career got a significant boost when producer signed him and brokered a record deal with \, resulting in an eponymous full-length record appearing in 2020 as well as 2023’s Golden State. \n\n\n\nA native of California\, Ledger developed a fondness for bluegrass\, old-time\, and honky tonk music from a young age. After a brief post-college stint as part of a Bay Area bluegrass band\, he migrated east to Nashville and put in the requisite hours working on his songs and playing at venues around the city. Industry insiders quickly took notice\, and before long he was working with the legendary \, who signed him to his imprint and helped foster a deal for Ledger with . The first official release from these sessions arrived in early 2019 with the singles “Starlight” and “Imagining Raindrops.” \n\n\n\nFor 2023’s Golden State\, Ledger worked with producer \, along with such musicians as Nick Bockrath and Jamie Douglass; it also featured a cameo by on “Some Misty Morning.” ~ Timothy Monger
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/margo-price-wild-at-heart-tour-with-logan-ledger-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Country,Country Music,Music,Singer Songwriters
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-14/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-15/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-18/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-19/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-21/1/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-21/2/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-22/1/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-22/2/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Sharma Shields at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Raised by Ferns author Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Sharma Shields at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Monday\, March 16\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: From award-winning poet\, essayist\, and highly-lauded educator Maya Jewell Zeller comes Raised by Ferns\, a memoir of growing up feral in rural America\, told in interconnected essays that move between a precariously settled adulthood and the narrator’s unconventional past. Praised by Jess Walter as “Lovely\, vital writing that challenges and makes personal the tired conceptions and biases we have about poverty” and by Jamie Ford as “A luminous meditation on growing up with empty pockets but a heart full of wildflowers\,” Raised by Ferns will appeal to readers interested in place-based writing\, class tensions\, the struggles and joys of parenthood and family\, and the trouble with systems that don’t serve most of us. \n\n\n\nAbout Maya: A 2024 Washington State Artist Trust Fellow\, Maya Jewell Zeller is most recently the author of The Wonder of Mushrooms (AdventureKEEN\, 2025); and out takes/ glove box (New American Press\, 2023)\, chosen by Eduardo Corral as winner of the 2022 New American Poetry Prize and praised by Diane Seuss as “ the kind of deft performance only a mermaid or a mother could pull off.” Jewell Zeller is also co-author\, with Kathryn Nuernberger\, of Advanced Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury\, 2024) as well as the interdisciplinary collaboration\, with visual artist Carrie DeBacker\, Alchemy for Cells & Other Beasts (Entre Rios Books\, 2017). Earlier collections include the chapbook Yesterday\, the Bees (Floating Bridge Press\, 2015) and Rust Fish (Lost Horse Press\, 2011). She also co-edited\, with Washington State Book Award winner Sharma Shields\, the multi-genre anthology Evergreen: Grim Tales & Verses From the Gloomy Northwest (Scablands Books\, 2021). Recipient of a Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation\, a Writing Fellowship from Oxford\, and two residencies in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest\, Jewell Zeller has presented her work in Madrid\, as part of the Unamuno Author Festival\, and at the University of Oxford. She serves as Professor for Central Washington University and as Affiliate Faculty in Poetry and Nature Writing for the low-residency MFA at Western Colorado University. She lives in the Inland Northwest with her teens. \n\n\n\nAbout Sharma: SHARMA SHIELDS is the author of a short story collection\, Favorite Monster (Autumn House Press 2012)\, and three novels\, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac (Henry Holt 2015)\, The Cassandra (Henry Holt 2019)\, and Duckling (forthcoming from Henry Holt in 2027) . Sharma’s short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Electric Lit\, Catapult\, Slice\, Slate\, Kenyon Review\, Iowa Review\, Fugue\, and elsewhere and have garnered such prizes as the 2020 PNBA Award\, a 2020 Artist Trust Fellowship\, 2016 Washington State Book Award\, the Autumn House Fiction Prize\, the Tim McGinnis Award for Humor\, and the A.B. Guthrie Award for Outstanding Prose. She managed a small press\, Scablands Books (now dormant)\, and is a contributing editor for Moss. Sharma has worked in independent bookstores and public libraries throughout Washington State and is currently the Writing Education Specialist for Spokane Public Library. In autumn of 2025\, Sharma received a Humanities Washington Changemaker Award for her library service and contributions to the Inland Northwest literary community.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/book-event-maya-jewell-zeller-in-conversation-with-sharma-shields-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Local Author Julie Petrou - Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet local author Julie Petrou for a Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction at 7:00 pm Wednesday\, March 18\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Books: \n\n\n\nShadows of Defiance: For Anna\, a teacher in 1952\, a simple errand becomes a journey into the past. Ripped from her own time and thrown into the brutal Second Seminole War of 1835\, she finds herself in a strange world\, with a purpose she doesn’t understand. Although drawn to Alligator\, a brave Muskogee leader\, Anna’s true mission is to save the life of a woman who will become her great-great-grandmother. Every step in the past is a fight for her family’s future\, yet a bond with Alligator forms\, leading to a connection more profound than she could have imagined. Anna soon learns that her visit to the past has created a link that can never be broken. Unwillingly returned to her own time\, she is heartbroken\, pregnant\, and alone. Having completed her mission by saving her ancestor\, she must accept the impossible truth: she is carrying Alligator’s child\, a legacy that will forever bind her to a century she was never meant to be a part of. \n\n\n\nGuardian: Origin of the Amulet: When the Spanish arrive on Incan soil\, Aniya’s fate is sealed – until her father\, a master of ancient mystical enchantments\, forges a powerful amulet to protect her. But\, protection comes at a price. Torn between duty and heart\, the young conquistador\, Mateo\, defies an empire to save her and rescue her family from an uncertain fate. Together the flee to the quiet shores of Guadeloupe\, hoping to build a life of peace. But the world they left behind refuses to forget them. With pirates on the horizon and old enemies closing in\, they must stand together. Aniya and Mateo rely on the amulet’s true power to protect them against impossible odds. They’re not only fighting for their lives\, they’re also fighting for their legacy. \n\n\n\nDream Keeper: Until now\, Andrea had never put stock in the mystic foretelling of a Tarot Reading. Her purchase of an enchanted amulet\, combined with a more than mysterious reading\, began a nightmare that whisked her away from all she knew and into a life of numerous dangers. Unwillingly thrust into a different century\, Andrea finds her purpose in 1798\, having been escorted to a place and a time that needs the amulet’s help. Fear\, friendship\, romance\, and history are played like instruments by the amulet’s divination\, as Andrea unravels the threads of its deeper story. Dream Keeper immerses the reader in life after war and the resettling of a diverse culture. This mesmerizing story will draw you into a mystery alongside a young woman who struggles with the turmoil of modern crimes against humanity and the trauma of being a victim. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Julie Petrou was born and raised in Idaho and now makes her home in western Montana. Having raised her children\, she now enjoys spending time with her grandchildren whenever she gets the chance. The author of three books\, she loves to see the results of her labors\, whether through gardening\, crafts\, reading\, or\, most of all\, writing. Always having a place in her heart for history\, she is currently focused on indigenous tribes. She applauds their continued reverence and respect for their traditions. Embracing the outdoors\, her family\, friends\, and her puppy companions\, Julie loves to create worlds through her writing that give life to her stories; both those of the present and those who came before us\, hoping they will be understood and appreciated for years to come.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/local-author-julie-petrou-reading-and-signing-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:"Woman House" author Lauren Westerfield in conversation with Brian Blanchfield at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet “Woman House” author Lauren Westerfield in conversation with Brian Blanchfield at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Thursday\, March 26\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\, “Woman House”: The essays and assemblages in this book plumb the depths of two women’s experiences\, exploring the pain and pleasure they find in their bodies\, in culture\, and in their own art. Violence\, beauty\, and love reverberate and dissipate and shape the forms and psyches of these two profoundly connected family members. At once raw and refined\, narrative and lyrical\, nostalgic and blunt\, the stories and images presented here explore Westerfield’s life—from childhood to adulthood—passing through innocence\, self-discovery and familial tethers. In unpacking her mother’s history and the complexities of their relationship\, Westerfield finds herself confronted with her own story: one grounded in a yearning for agency and individuation\, of a body and mind groomed to be at odds with one another\, of a feminist politics examining deeply rooted patriarchal understandings of beauty\, control\, and power. \n\n\n\nLauren W. Westerfield is the author of Woman House and Depth Control. Her essays and poetry have been published in FENCE\, Seneca Review\, Willow Springs\, Denver Quarterly\, Indiana Review\, Ninth Letter\, and elsewhere. Westerfield is a 2022 Idaho Commission on the Arts Literary Fellow. She teaches at Washington State University\, where she serves as the editor-in-chief of Blood Orange Review. \n\n\n\nBrian Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose: Proxies: Essays Near Knowing (Nightboat Books\, Picador UK)\, A Several World (Nightboat)\, and Not Even Then (University of California Press). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, The Paris Review\, Oxford American\, BOMB\, Brick\, The Yale Review\, and in anthologies like Best American Essays and American Poets in the 21st Century\, among many other publications. The recipient of a Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award\, he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/woman-house-author-lauren-westerfield-in-conversation-with-brian-blanchfield-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Signing,Literature
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-15/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-16/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260418T223000
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-19/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Trivia Thursdays at Big Sky Brewing Company
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Night Trivia at 6:00 pm each week at Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula\n\n\n\n\n\nTest your brain and brag to your mother-in-law about how you smoked those foo’s at Trivia!Thursday night Trivia at 6:00 pm each week at Big Sky Brewing Company!
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/trivia-thursdays-at-big-sky-brewing-company/2026-04-23/
LOCATION:Big Sky Brewing Company\, 5417 Trumpeter Way\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59808\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bar Games,Trivia
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