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SUMMARY:Tuesday Night Hike with Montana Dirt Girls - Sousa Trail + High\, Wide & Handsome
DESCRIPTION:Join the Montana Dirt Girls at Missoula’s Sousa Trailhead off Spanish Peaks Drive for a Tuesday Night Hike up the Sousa and High\, Wide and Handsome trails starting at 6:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\nSousa and High\, Wide and Handsome HikeMeet up at the Sousa Trailhead at 6:00 pm Tuesday\, February 3.We can hike up the Sousa Trail to the overlook\, then continue up to High\, Wide and Handsome. This hike will be a there-and-back\, so folks can decide if they want to have a longer or shorter hike. We might get up into snow and ice on the north-facing slopes\, so grippers are a good idea!Trailhead location \n\n\n\nTrail MapItems to bring:*water                    * snacks * headlamp             * bear spray         * layers of clothing  * grippersWe have lots of folks coming in and out each week.Here are some good rules of thumb: \n\n\n\n\nTry to get the group started soon after 6:00 pm\n\n\n\nDo intros\, ask if we have any new folks and get a head count\n\n\n\nBreak into groups if needed & find someone to coordinate each group\n\n\n\nYou don’t have to be the fastest in the group to lead but just make sure we don’t leave someone behind\n\n\n\nHave fun!\n\n\n\n\nNote: Friendly and well-behaved dogs are welcome to join us on hikes. If your pup can be aggressive or unpredictable around other dogs/people\, please leave them at home. If your dog isn’t under voice control\, please plan to leash them up for your hike. Also\, make sure you check if the area is open to dogs. There are several closures that start December 1 and some are yearlong. It’s also good to know the trail-specific leash protocol.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/tuesday-night-hike-with-montana-dirt-girls-sousa-trail-high-wide-handsome/
LOCATION:Sousa Trailhead\, 474-354 Spanish Peaks Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59803\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Evelyn in Transit" author David Guterson  in conversation with novelist Emily Ruskovich at Shakespeare & Company
DESCRIPTION:“Evelyn in Transit” author David Guterson sits in conversation with novelist Emily Ruskovich at Shakespeare & Company in Missoula 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Tuesday\, February 3\n\n\n\n\n\nShakespeare & Co. hosts a reading and discussion with award-winning author David Guterson on Tuesday\, February 3 at 7:00 pm. Guterson will read from his new novel Evelyn in Transit (W. W. Norton & Co.\, January 2026) and be in conversation with celebrated novelist Emily Ruskovich. This event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nAbout Evelyn in Transit:A crystalline short novel about defying expectations\, hitting the road\, and seeking the right way to live.Radically open-minded\, formidably strong\, and unusually clear-eyed about herself and others\, Evelyn Bednarz has always been a misfit. She’s easily bored\, unsuited to life at school\, asks odd questions about faith and time\, and sees through conventions others take for granted. Seeking to be true to herself\, she hitchhikes across the American West taking odd jobs. \n\n\n\nIn distant Tibet\, another life unfolds as remote from Evelyn’s as can be: the life of a boy named Tsering\, raised as a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet\, who eventually becomes a high lama. \n\n\n\nAnd yet\, their lives are strangely linked—as Evelyn discovers when a trio of Buddhist lamas show up at her door to announce that her five-year-old son Cliff is the seventh reincarnation of the illustrious Norbu Rinpoche\, recently deceased. The lamas’ visit sets off a family crisis and a media firestorm over Cliff’s future. \n\n\n\nWritten in a spare\, precise style of extraordinary beauty\, full of surprising humor and luminosity\, Evelyn in Transit delivers much-needed insight and compassion about humanity’s strivings for transcendence\, and what it might mean to “live the right way.” \n\n\n\nAuthor Biographies:David Guterson is the author of thirteen books\, including the PEN/Faulkner Award winner Snow Falling on Cedars\, which was made into a major motion picture\, translated into twenty-five languages\, and has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. He lives on Bainbridge Island\, Washington. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Ruskovich grew up in the Idaho Panhandle on Hoodoo Mountain. She is the fourth American ever to win the Dublin International Literary Award for her debut novel\, Idaho\, which has been translated into a dozen languages. Emily has also won an O. Henry Award\, The Pacific Northwest Book Award\, and the Idaho Book Award. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review\, The Guardian\, The New York Times\, Zoetrope\, One Story\, The Virginia Quarterly Review\, and elsewhere. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Montana\, where she teaches in the MFA program. She lives in the mountains of western Montana with her husband and their three small children. Her second book\, Nightjar\, is a collection of stories forthcoming from Random House in 2026.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/evelyn-in-transit-author-david-guterson-in-conversation-with-novelist-emily-ruskovich-at-shakespeare-company/
LOCATION:Shakespeare & Co.\, 103 S. 3rd St. W.\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature
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SUMMARY:"Thirty Below" author Cassidy Randall live reading & discussion at Shakepeare & Co.
DESCRIPTION:Author Cassidy Randall makes a visit to Shakespeare & Co. in Missoula for a live reading and discussion of her book “Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali” 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Thursday\, February 5\n\n\n\n\n\nShakespeare & Co.\, in partnership with the University of Montana Environmental Studies Program\, is delighted to host a reading and discussion with award-winning author Cassidy Randall on Thursday\, February 5 at 7:00 pm. Randall\, a University of Montana alum and the 2026 Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer in Environmental Studies\, will read from her new book Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali (Abrams\, 2025). This event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nAbout Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali:Cassidy Randall draws on extensive archival research and original interviews to tell an engrossing\, edge-of-the-seat adventure story about a forgotten group of climbers who had the audacity to believe that women could walk alone in extraordinary and treacherous heights. \n\n\n\nGrace Hoeman dreamed of standing on top of Denali. The tallest peak in North America\, the fierce polar mountain loomed large in many climbers’ imaginations\, and Grace\, a doctor in Alaska\, had come close to the top\, only to be turned back by altitude sickness and a storm that took the lives of seven fellow climbers in one remorseless blow. \n\n\n\nOther expeditions denied her a place because of her gender\, and when a letter arrived from a climber in California named Arlene Blum\, who’d also been barred from expeditions—unless she stayed in base camp and cooked for the men\, Grace got a defiant idea: she would organize and lead the first-ever all-female ascent of the frozen Alaskan peak. \n\n\n\nEveryone told the “Denali Damsels\,” as the team called themselves\, that it couldn’t be done: Women were incapable of climbing mountains on their own. Men had walked on the moon; women still had not stood on the highest points on Earth. But these six women were unwilling to be limited by sexists and misogynists. They pushed past barriers in society at large\, the climbing world\, and their own bodies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor Biography:Cassidy Randall is an award-winning writer who tells stories on the environment\, adventure\, and people who expand human potential. Her stories have appeared in Rolling Stone\, National Geographic\, the New York Times\, TIME\, Atavist\, Outside\, and Men’s Journal\, among others. She wrote The Hard Parts with Paralympian Oksana Masters\, which won an Alex Award from the American Library Association and was listed as one of the best sports books of the year by the Times. Her work has been awarded the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal in Adventure Writing\, short-listed for the True Story Award\, and included in The Year’s Best Sports Writing. She lives in Montana.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/thirty-below-author-cassidy-randall-live-reading-discussion-at-shakepeare-co/
LOCATION:Shakespeare & Co.\, 103 S. 3rd St. W.\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59801\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cozy Afternoon by Fact & Fiction with Local Poets at Missoula Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Join local poets for a live reading and record release in Cooper Room A at the Missoula Public Library\, for Pure Poetry presented by Fact & Fiction from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Saturday\, February 7\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Missoula poets Aaron Jennings\, Dave Thomas\, James Jay\, Mark Gibbons\, and Sheryl Noethe for an afternoon of tea and poetry at the Missoula Public Library. Poets will share their work with the audience\, and Aaron Jennings will play live music leading up to and shortly after the event. Fact and Fiction will be on hand to sell work from the authors. \n\n\n\nWailing Aaron Jennings is a singer and songwriter living in Missoula\, Montana. A third-generation Montanan who had the good luck or bad timing to be born in Texas. Inspired and challenged by a book of songs and poetry written by his Great-Grandfather; a singing cowboy in the 1920’s and the words “Yodel Here” a young punk unplugged his guitar and started hooting and hollering in the mountains\, valleys\, and tunnels. \n\n\n\nDave Thomas is never just somewhere\, he’s somewhere you never know until he writes it…a burst of shadows…growing new beans in the guts of despair… Railroad Gravel is a book of praise poems for a way through this world… our history smoldering and flaming all around us…with friends\, many of whom have dissolved into ink and now you\, dear reader. –Craig Czury\, author of Postcards & Ancient Texts \n\n\n\nJames Jay has taught poetry and writing at public schools\, jails\, community colleges\, Northern Arizona University\, the University of Nebraska Omaha\, and given Irish Literature lectures at the Arizona Highland Celtic Festival. For a decade\, he served as the president of the Northern Arizona Book Festival. He recently attended the Yeats International Summer School in Sligo. Currently\, he teaches poetry for the Missoula Writing Collaborative. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Cutbank\, Fourteen Hills\, A Dozen Nothing\, The Huffington Post\, and numerous other journals and magazines. His poetry was selected for the New Poets of the American West anthology. For a decade he wrote a biweekly column\, Bartender Wisdom\, for FlagLive!\, an arts and entertainment newspaper. He owns a pub with his wife\, the musician and runner Aly Jay. They have two sons and three dogs (they’re a wily pack). As often as he can\, he plays the ancient Irish game of hurling as a fullback for the Thomas Meagher Hurling Club in Missoula\, Montana\, and he’s the head coach for the University of Montana Griz Hurling Club. \n\n\n\nMark Gibbons grew up in Alberton\, Montana\, where in 1970 he took a poetry workshop in high school taught by an unpublished poet\, James Welch. A student of Richard Hugo’s\, Welch\, went on to become an acclaimed Native American writer. He gave Mark permission to write poetry in his own voice\, out of his own experiences\, and he has been writing ever since. Gibbons taught high school English for a decade and earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana. The first college graduate in his Irish-immigrant family\, Mark has held a variety of the blue-collar jobs available to those determined to stay in Montana at all costs. He’s taught poetry in Montana for forty years and was involved with Poetry Out Loud for the last two decades\, since its inception. Mark served as the 10 th Montana Poet Laureate and is the author of thirteen collections of poetry. Mark lives with his wife\, Pam\, in Missoula. \n\n\n\nSheryl Noethe is a poet and founder of the Missoula Writing Collaborative. Noethe is the author of the poetry collections Grey Dog Big Sky (FootHills Publishing\, 2013); As Is (Lost Horse Press\, 2009); The Ghost Openings (Grace Court Press\, 2000)\, winner of a 2001 Pacific Northwest Book Award; and The Descent of Heaven Over the Lake (New Rivers Press\, 1984). Noethe is also the coauthor with Jack Collom of Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community (Teachers & Writers Collaborative\, 1994). Noethe has received a CutBank Richard Hugo Memorial Poetry Award\, a Minnesota Voices Award from New Rivers Press\, and an Academy of American Poets Award. She was also the recipient of a 1998 Montana Arts Council Fellowship\, a McKnight Fellowship\, and a 1990 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. In 2004\, Noethe was recognized for her work in Missoula schools with the Cultural Achievement Award from the Missoula Cultural Council. In 2011\, Noethe became Montana’s fourth Poet Laureate\, an office she held until 2013. The Montana Arts Council awarded her the Artist Innovation Award in 2021. She is the poetry editor for High Desert Journal.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/cozy-afternoon-by-fact-fiction-with-local-poets-at-missoula-public-library/
LOCATION:Missoula Public Library\, 455 East Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
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SUMMARY:Phyphr and Motifv at Monk's Bar
DESCRIPTION:Phyphr and Motifv bring modern electronic soul to Monk’s Bar in Downtown Missoula at 9:00 pm Saturday\, February 7\n\n\n\n\n\nGet ready\, Montana. Two of the most forward-thinking voices in modern electronic soul are coming together for an unforgettable night Missoula. \n\n\n\nMotifvThe musical moniker of Colorado-born producer Joseph Kechter\, Motifv has carved out a world entirely his own—one where gospel and soul glide effortlessly through futuristic synths\, experimental bass\, and analog-tinged textures. His mastery of sample-based electronic production and magnetic live sets have made 2024 a breakthrough year\, building on the momentum of his acclaimed albums The Path (2019) and Dilated Mind (2021). \n\n\n\nThis year he unveiled Where the Sun Sets and Behind the Moon\, two limited-edition EPs on Philos Records that merge into one immersive\, introspective journey. Forever exploring new sonic terrain\, Motifv continues to push boundaries and craft deeply atmospheric experiences from the studio to the stage. \n\n\n\nPhyphrHailing from North Carolina\, Phyphr is forging a sound that sits somewhere between Soul Bass\, Delta Blues\, and Upside-Down Gospel—a place only he seems able to reach. With live guitar\, talk box\, and seismic low-end\, his signature style has put him on lineups alongside Manic Focus\, The Floozies\, Daily Bread\, and SunSquabi\, and on festival stages such as Hulaween\, Gem & Jam\, Summer Camp\, and Cascade Equinox. \n\n\n\nRecognized by 303 Magazine\, River Beats Dance\, Electric Hawk\, ThisSongIsSick\, EDMTunes\, and more\, Phyphr’s rise has been explosive: 1.3M streams\, 155k listeners\, and 200% growth on Spotify in 2024 alone. His upcoming sophomore LP Crossroads dives into themes of darkness\, light\, and rebirth—ten songs exploring what we sacrifice in pursuit of our wildest dreams.Prepare for deep grooves\, luminous soundscapes\, and an experience that hits both heart and dancefloor. Montana\, we’ll see you soon.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/phyphr-and-motifv-at-monks-bar/
LOCATION:Monk’s Bar\, 221 Ryman Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Electronic,Music,Soul
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Night Hike with the Montana Dirt  Girls - Mount Sentinel via the M Trail
DESCRIPTION:Meet up with Montana Dirt Girls at 6:00 pm Tuesday at the base of the M Trail Parking Lot trailhead for a night hike up Mt. Sentinel\n\n\n\n\n\nLet’s hike up Mt. Sentinel starting at the M Trail. Meet at the base of the M Trail Parking Lot trailhead.For a shorter hike\, folks can just hike the M. If anyone wants to extend the hike\, they can descend via Smokejumper. \n\n\n\nTrailhead LocationM Trail Parking Lot in Missoula \n\n\n\nM Trail Map \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe have lots of folks coming in and out each week. \n\n\n\nHere are some good rules of thumb:* Try to get the group started soon after 6:00 pm* Do intros\, ask if we have any new folks and get a head count* Break into groups if needed & find someone to coordinate each group* You don’t have to be the fastest in the group to lead but just make sure we don’t leave someone behind* Have fun! \n\n\n\nNote: Friendly and well-behaved dogs are welcome to join us on hikes. If your pup can be aggressive or unpredictable around other dogs/people\, please leave them at home. If your dog isn’t under voice control\, please plan to leash them up for your hike. Also\, make sure you check if the area is open to dogs. There are several closures that start December 1 and some are yearlong. It’s also good to know the trail-specific leash protocol.Special Hiking Notes \n\n\n\nHikes are geared to an intermediate level of exertion. We gather up at each turn in the trail to keep us headed in the right direction and close together. The only time we will spread out will be on out and back trails. Bring a headlamp or some kind of light with you. When the snow begins to fall\, you will want foot grippers such as Kahtoola or other types or make your own Screw Shoes.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/tuesday-night-hike-with-the-montana-dirt-girls-mount-sentinel-via-the-m-trail/
LOCATION:M Trail Parking Lot\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59712\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fairs,Hiking,Outdoors,Women's Events
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SUMMARY:Big Richard & Della Mae present "Big Mae" – Double Album Release Tour at Wachholz College Center
DESCRIPTION:Big Richard & Della Mae present “Big Mae” on their Double-Album Release Tour at Wachholz College Center on the FVCC campus in Kalispell at 7:00 pm Wednesday\, February 11\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:00 pm \n\n\n\nWhen two all-woman string bands with fire in their veins roll into town together\, it’s not just a concert\, it’s a reckoning. Longtime friends Della Mae and Big Richard are grabbing the wheel themselves\, throwing down a run of unapologetically rowdy\, razor-sharp shows that flip tradition on its head. With new music brewing and plenty of mischief on stage\, these nights promise sweat\, strings\, and a celebration you won’t forget. Miss it\, and you’ll kick yourself later.ABOUT DELLA MAE:The GRAMMY-nominated string band was founded in 2010 and over the next decade and a half they’ve demonstrated to the roots music world\, once and for all\, that a band of all women is not\, nor has ever been\, a mere novelty. They remain at the forefront of the explosion of women instrumentalists and all-women acts in roots music and their impact is striking and measurable – not just in North America\, but around the globe. \n\n\n\nNow 15 years since their origin\, Della Mae can boast their strongest lineup yet. Founders Kimber Ludiker and Celia Woodsmith are joined by guitarist and songwriter Avril Smith and vocalist and three-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year Vickie Vaughn. \n\n\n\nArtist Website – Della Mae \n\n\n\nDella Mae\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT BIG RICHARD:Since exploding onto the Colorado scene in 2021\, the four women of the supergroup Big Richard have been on a wild ride. Although they showed up to their first gig armed with homemade puff paint t-shirts\, a load of crass jokes\, and all dressed intentionally like Stevie Nicks\, from the first few notes of their tight vocal harmonies\, dazzling string virtuosity\, and clever arrangements\, no one had any choice but to take them seriously. \n\n\n\nDetermined to be more than a one-night stand\, Big Richard hit the road. They slapped as hard as possible on the festival circuit\, worked up their stamina on nationwide headlining tours\, and left a wake of die-hard Big Richard Heads across the country swooning for their honest songwriting\, chilling vocals\, and fiddle-driven barn-burners. \n\n\n\nFueled by a steady diet of gas station snacks\, Big Richard is currently touring their debut full-length studio album Girl Dinner\, following a whirlwind year that included performances on PBS’ the Cavern Sessions\, NPR’s World Cafe\, Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, Delfest\, Bourbon and Beyond\, Jam Cruise\, and New Year’s Eve at the Ryman in Nashville. \n\n\n\nThey often refer to themselves as the gremlins of the bluegrass world\, and the gremlins are: platinum recording artist Bonnie Sims\, who rips the mandolin and smells like Willie Nelson’s sock drawer; road dog Eve Panning\, who toured extensively with the fiddle band Barrage and has trained her dog to murder on command; bassist Hazel Royer\, plucked from the sidewalk in front of Berklee\, can probably communicate with crows; and Dr. Joy Adams\, who would just rather be skiing. \n\n\n\nArtist Website – Big Richard \n\n\n\nBig Richard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis show is presented by WCC.  No outside food or beverages allowed in Wachholz College Center.Recommended age limit 8+.Lobby doors open 60 minutes prior to show start.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/big-richard-della-mae-present-big-mae-double-album-release-tour-at-wachholz-college-center/
LOCATION:Wachholz College Center at FVCC\, 795 Grandview Drive\, Kalispell\, Montana\, 59901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bluegrass,Country,Country Music,Music
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SUMMARY:Big Richard & Della Mae - Double Album Release Tour at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Big Richard & Della Mae for a live Double Album Release performance at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula on Thursday\, February 12\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Big Richard & Della Mae for a live Double Album Release performance at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula on Thursday\, February 12. \n\n\n\nTickets are 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Big RichardSince exploding onto the Colorado scene in 2021\, the four women of the supergroup Big Richard have been on a wild ride. Although they showed up to their first gig armed with homemade puff paint t-shirts\, a load of crass jokes\, and all dressed intentionally like Stevie Nicks\, from the first few notes of their tight vocal harmonies\, dazzling string virtuosity\, and clever arrangements\, no one had any choice but to take them seriously. \n\n\n\n Determined to be more than a one-night stand\, Big Richard hit the road. They slapped as hard as possible on the festival circuit\, worked up their stamina on nationwide headlining tours\, and left a wake of die-hard Big Richard Heads across the country swooning for their honest songwriting\, chilling vocals\, and fiddle-driven barn-burners. \n\n\n\nFueled by a steady diet of gas station snacks\, Big Richard is currently touring their debut full-length studio album Girl Dinner\, following a whirlwind year that included performances on PBS’ the Cavern Sessions\, NPR’s World Cafe\, Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, Delfest\, Bourbon and Beyond\, Jam Cruise\, and New Year’s Eve at the Ryman in Nashville. \n\n\n\nThey often refer to themselves as the gremlins of the bluegrass world\, and the gremlins are: platinum recording artist Bonnie Sims\, who rips the mandolin and smells like Willie Nelson’s sock drawer; road dog Eve Panning\, who toured extensively with the fiddle band Barrage and has trained her dog to murder on command; bassist Hazel Royer\, plucked from the sidewalk in front of Berklee\, can probably communicate with crows; and Dr. Joy Adams\, who would just rather be skiing. \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 Della MaeThe GRAMMY-nominated string band was founded in 2010 and over the next decade and a half they’ve demonstrated to the roots music world\, once and for all\, that a band of all women is not\, nor has ever been\, a mere novelty. They remain at the forefront of the explosion of women instrumentalists and all-women acts in roots music and their impact is striking and measurable – not just in North America\, but around the globe. \n\n\n\nNow 15 years since their origin\, Della Mae can boast their strongest lineup yet. Founders Kimber Ludiker and Celia Woodsmith are joined by guitarist and songwriter Avril Smith and vocalist and three-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year Vickie Vaughn.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/big-richard-della-mae-double-album-release-tour-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Bluegrass,Folk,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260213T203000
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-13/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T220000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145621
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SUMMARY:Cabin Fever Days & No-Snow Barstool Ski Show in Martin City
DESCRIPTION:Join in on the fun at Cabin Fever Days & World Famous Barstool Ski Races\, an annual fundraiser for the First Responders of Bad Rock Canyon on Saturday\, February 14 on Sugar Hill / Central Avenue in Martin City.  Since there’s not enough snow\, this year it’ll be the No-Snow Barstool Ski Show\n\n\n\n\n\nBehold a new event to Cabin Fever Days.Introducing the No Snow Barstool Ski Show! \n\n\n\nCome out and help us choose the best Barstool Ski for each class\, Traditional and Show! Cash prizes and awards donated by Glacier Distilling Company will be distributed to the top three Barstool Skis for each category! Award Ceremony will be held at Packers Roost at 7:00 pm. \n\n\n\nNo races\, but other events will still be happening all throughout Bad Rock Canyon. \n\n\n\nWe will still have a shuttle running Saturday from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm. \n\n\n\nWe will still have a TON of food trucks and craft vendors. \n\n\n\nWe will still have kid’s events. \n\n\n\nWe will still have merch\, 50/50\, poker run. \n\n\n\nMost important\, we are STILL RAISING MONEY for the volunteer fire departments of Bad Rock Canyon. \n\n\n\nWe need your support\, we need you to come out and help these vendors and canyon businesses make it through another winter. \n\n\n\nWE NEED YOU TO COME OUT AND HELP US THROW A PARTY! \n\n\n\nThis wasn’t what any of us wanted\, we love snow\, that’s why we live here\, but let’s still come together as a community. We are actually pretty excited about our back-up plan. Hopefully you are too!
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/cabin-fever-days-barstool-ski-races-in-martin-city/
LOCATION:World Famous Barstool Races on Sugar Hill\, 339 Central Avenue\, Martin City\, Montana\, 59926\, United States
CATEGORIES:Barstool Ski Races,Festivals,Fundraisers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145621
CREATED:20260212T013136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T013138Z
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-14/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145621
CREATED:20260127T062847Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145621
CREATED:20260127T035630Z
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SUMMARY:"With Love" - a Valentine's Concert at Second Story / 101 Central
DESCRIPTION:Make it a romantic and musical Valentine’s evening with “With Love” – a 90-minute concert experience celebrating the many shades of love—new love\, lasting love\, heartbreak\, joy\, and everything in-between 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm Saturday\, February 14 at Second Story / 101 Central in Whitefish\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:30 pm \n\n\n\nThis year\, we invite you to celebrate love in a way that feels intentional\, romantic\, and truly special.With Love is a beautifully curated live concert experience designed for connection. Think candlelit tables\, an intimate atmosphere\, and songs about love\, longing\, joy\, and the stories we share with the people who matter most.This is not a standing-room show. This is not background noise. This is a seated\, table-style concert—perfect for couples\, friends\, or anyone who wants a meaningful night out.Tables for 2 • Tables for 4 or General Admission.Space is limited by design to keep the evening warm\, personal\, and unforgettable.Reserve your table now before they’re gone. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Tickets & Information LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/with-love-a-valentines-concert-at-second-story-101-central/
LOCATION:Second Story / 101 Central\, 101 Central Avenue\, 2nd Story\, Whitefish\, Montana\, 59937\, United States
CATEGORIES:Covers,Holiday Events,Holidays,Music,Valentines Day,Valentines Day,Valentines Day
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ORGANIZER;CN="Merie Productions":MAILTO:productionsmerie@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260215T203000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145621
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-15/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260215T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260215T160000
DTSTAMP:20260604T145621
CREATED:20260127T062847Z
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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:Hayes Carll - We're Only Human Winter 2026 Tour with Ryan Montbleau at The Top Hat (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:(SOLD OUT) Logjam Presents welcomes Hayes Carll for a live performance on the “We’re Only Human” Winter 2026 Tour with Ryan Montbleau at The Top Hat in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Sunday\, February 15\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Hayes Carll for a live performance on the “We’re Only Human” Winter 2026 Tour with Ryan Montbleau at The Top Hat in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Sunday\, February 15. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. All tickets are general admission standing room only with limited bench seating. 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 Hayes CarllHayes Carll isn’t preaching or teaching. He’s not interested in telling the rest of us what to do or think. But he is charting out a personal guide for his life\, quieting the noise\, and sitting with his real voice – the one that’s candid\, consistent\, and often inconvenient. \n\n\n\n“We’re Only Human” is Carll’s tenth album. Like his best lyrics\, it is also an understated masterpiece\, an honest snapshot of one man’s confrontation and delight with humanity’s biggest and most intimate questions. Where do we find forgiveness for ourselves and grace for others? How do we hold on to peace of mind and stay present? What can we—and should we––trust? And how can we moor ourselves to\, well\, ourselves\, in the midst of confusing\, trying times? We’re Only Human offers audiences the chance to listen to Carll as he listens to himself. \n\n\n\n“I’ve lived outside of myself for so long\,” Carll admits. “Distractions\, fear\, anxiety\, insecurity\, and the complexity of being human in this world have so often pulled me away from being present or at peace.” \n\n\n\n“I feel like there’s been a voice riding shotgun all my life\, pushing me to do better\, but I’ve struggled to listen to it\,” Carll says. “The idea behind this record was to do the personal work I needed to do\, then codify those lessons in song to serve as sort of breadcrumbs to get me back on the trail if\, and inevitably when\, I get lost again.” \n\n\n\nCarll is more than two decades into a celebrated career. Praise from places such as Pitchfork and the New York Times––the latter of which yoked Carll’s ability to tackle tough issues with wry humor to Bob Dylan––punctuate a resume that includes Americana Music Awards and a Grammy nomination. His songs aren’t safe\, but many of Nashville’s stars have recorded them\, including Kenny Chesney\, Lee Ann Womack\, and Brothers Osborne. As a solo recording artist\, Carll has long-since established himself as one of Americana’s most-played––and most loved––voices. His warm but crackling vocals\, wit\, and heart dance through wordplay that’s always clever\, and never too precious. Through it all\, whenever Carll points a finger\, it’s most often at himself. \n\n\n\nAs We’re Only Human collects moments of Carll figuring out how to be with himself\, the songs feel forthright\, hopeful\, and timely. In today’s onslaught of instant gratification\, rage-baiting headlines\, glorified intolerance\, and falling empathy\, the record is a startling outlier: an artist’s raw\, real-life effort to live well—both with himself and others. Carll embraces private epiphanies\, and shares them with the world\, allowing them to unfold for all to see and share. \n\n\n\nOf course\, We’re Only Human is also art. So while appreciating the motivation and compelling themes driving it will underpin the listener’s experience\, Carll’s album also matters because of the sheer brilliance of its execution. These are songs composed by a writer’s writer\, wielding his considerable skill with precision and beauty. \n\n\n\nThe album’s title track unfolds with plaintive piano and a mantle of grace. Carll sings\, with a calming sincerity\, “We’ll do most anything to avoid the pain / Hiding our hearts and casting the blame / 6\,000 tongues\, but we’re all the same / Ain’t no need to carry that shame / ‘Cause we’re only human.” \n\n\n\nHard-won minutes of quiet clarity inspired some of the record’s most beautiful moments. Accented by bright mandolin and soft\, simple percussion\, “Stay Here a While” captures a peaceful reprieve from a racing mind. “I remember sitting on the couch\, looking out the window\, watching the birds do their thing\,” Carll says with a laugh. “I got lost in their lives for a moment\, and it was such a wonderful feeling because my mind is always going in circles\, seeking excitement\, and frankly\, just thinking about myself. I enjoyed the peace I felt in that moment and I thought\, this is lovely and I’d like to stay in this place.” Carll shared that takeaway with MC Taylor\, aka Hiss Golden Messenger\, who not only could relate\, but helped finish the song. \n\n\n\n“High” offers another invitation to stop and breathe. Opening with a solo horn\, flute\, and stripped down piano\, the track is lovely and sincere\, with Carll’s signature humor hovering comfortably nearby. There are also times when Carll’s sharp wit comes roaring to the foreground. “Progress of Man (Bitcoin and Cattle)” sends up society’s disorienting––and conflicting––forces\, while “Good People (Thank Me)” is a masterclass in comedic timing\, stubborn humanism\, and the untapped potential of gratitude. \n\n\n\nA dogged insistence on acceptance\, both of one’s self and others\, courses through the album— as does Carll’s determination to hold himself accountable. “If I’m judging others\, then I’m not having to look at myself\,” Carll says. “I’m flawed as hell\, judgmental\, and critical of myself and those around me. That’s a loop that feeds itself. But I figure If I can look at myself clear-eyed and acknowledge my own shortcomings\, it might help me have some grace and acceptance for myself and others.” \n\n\n\nIt’s that sort of harmonious duality––embracing one’s self and confessing one’s own mistakes––that solidifies the record’s big-hearted honesty. “The creative process was in large part a self-therapy session. I don’t think that would work if I was only looking at everyone else’s issues\,” Carll says. \n\n\n\nA moving series of grounding vignettes\, realizations\, and self-love roll through “What I Will Be\,” as Carll promises to not compromise himself to fit in. A slow-burning\, blues-tinged standout\, “I Got Away with It” is painful and gorgeous. Brimming with hope\, “One Day” balances the work Carll sees as necessary with the certainty that satisfaction\, contentment\, and peace are reachable by trusting in yourself and the universe. \n\n\n\nFeaturing a parade of Carll’s longtime friends\, album closer “May I Never” is a plea to himself. As Ray Wylie Hubbard\, Shovels & Rope\, Darrell Scott\, Nicole Atkins\, and The Band of Heathens’ Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi each take verses\, listeners are swept up in a resolute promise to keep after good. “It brings up a lot for me when I hear them singing those lines\,” Carll says. Each of those people – whether they know it or not – have played a part in my story\, and it’s gratifying and humbling to me to have them lend their voices to this song.” \n\n\n\nIn the end\, Carll’s latest album is a lovingly and purposefully written collection of reminders. “I hope other people find something in it\, too” Carll says. “Through it all\, I am trying to stay appreciative\, knowing that I did what I set out to do: write something that can help me navigate this journey with a little more grace and peace.” \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 Ryan MontbleauA relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith\, Ryan Montbleau has spent the better part of thirty years cultivating a devoted audience on the strength of his ecstatic live shows and exhilarating sonic versatility. He’s collaborated with artists as diverse as Trombone Shorty\, Galactic\, Steel Pulse\, Tall Heights\, Martin Sexton\, Anders Osborne\, and George Porter\, Jr; shared bills with the likes of Tedeschi Trucks Band\, Ani DiFranco\, Todd Snider\, The Wood Brothers\, Rodrigo y Gabriela\, and Mavis Staples; and racked up more than 150 million streams on Spotify alone. NPR’s Mountain Stage compared his “eloquent\, soulful songwriting” to Bill Withers and James Taylor\, while Relix celebrated his “poetic Americana\,” and The Boston Herald raved that “he’s made a career of confident\, danceable positivity.” \n\n\n\nMontbleau’s freewheeling new album finds him exploring the full spectrum of his influences like never before\, touching on folk\, rock\, funk\, soul\, hip-hop\, and reggae\, all with a preternatural ease that belies the intensely focused craftsmanship behind it. The songs are sprawling and unpredictable\, grappling with a modern world perpetually teetering on the edge of chaos\, but the performances are relentlessly optimistic\, insisting on hope and joy in the face of it all. The result is Montbleau’s most vulnerable and cathartic work yet\, an album that acknowledges the inevitability of doubt and pain while at the same time celebrating our limitless capacity for growth and love.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/hayes-carll-were-only-human-winter-2026-tour-with-ryan-montbleau-at-the-top-hat/
LOCATION:Top Hat\, 134 W. Front Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-16/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-17/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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SUMMARY:Crazy Canyon Through-Hike to Town with Montana Dirt Girls
DESCRIPTION:Meet up at 6:00 pm Tuesday\, February 17 with Montana Dirt Girls for a shuttle up Pattee Canyon Road for a Crazy Canyon Through-Hike back to town\n\n\n\n\n\nCrazy Canyon Through-Hike to TownMeeting Location: Maurice Ave Trailhead for Sentinel\, to Carpool up to Crazy Canyon \n\n\n\nWe’ll meet up at the end of our hike location to carpool up to Crazy Canyon. At the end\, only a few gals will be needed to deliver the drivers back to Crazy Canyon. \n\n\n\nThe hike begins at the Crazy Canyon Parking Area and we’ll hike the trails and old roads up\, then down into town. ~450’ of climbing and 1200’ decent. Total distance is ~5 miles.Items to bring: \n\n\n\n\nwater                    * snacks\n\n\n\nheadlamp             * bear spray          \n\n\n\nlayers of clothing  * grippers\n\n\n\n\nWe have lots of folks coming in and out each week. \n\n\n\nHere are some good rules of thumb:* Try to get the group started soon after 6pm* Do intros\, ask if we have any new folks and get a head count* Break into groups if needed & find someone to coordinate each group* You don’t have to be the fastest in the group to lead but just make sure we don’t leave someone behind* Have fun! \n\n\n\nNote: Friendly and well-behaved dogs are welcome to join us on hikes. If your pup can be aggressive or unpredictable around other dogs/people\, please leave them at home. If your dog isn’t under voice control\, please plan to leash them up for your hike. Also\, make sure you check if the area is open to dogs. There are several closures that start Dec 1 and some are yearlong. It’s also good to know the trail-specific leash protocol.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/crazy-canyon-through-hike-to-town-with-montana-dirt-girls/
LOCATION:Maurice and South Trailhead\, 2601 Maurice Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hiking,Outdoors,Women's Events
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-18/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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SUMMARY:Atmosphere Winter Carnival Tour with Sage Francis\, R.A. the Rugged Man\, Kool Keith and Mr. Dibbs at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Atmosphere for a live concert performance on their 2026 Winter Carnival Tour with Sage Francis\, R.A. The Rugged Man\, Kool Keith\, and Mr. Dibbs at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Wednesday\, February 18\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Atmosphere for a live concert performance on their 2026 Winter Carnival Tour with Sage Francis\, R.A. The Rugged Man\, Kool Keith\, and Mr. Dibbs at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Wednesday\, February 18. \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 AtmosphereFor over two decades\, Atmosphere has maintained a course of rigorous output\, releasing over two dozen studio albums\, EP’s and collaborative side projects in as many years. In that time\, the venerated duo have built a legacy out of bringing honesty\, humility and vulnerability to the forefront of their music\, continually challenging themselves to evolve without straying too far from their roots. Slug has proven masterful at storytelling and writing compelling narratives\, leaving a trail of his own influence while paying homage to the rappers and songwriters that helped shape him. Ant has skillfully molded the soundtracks with inspiration from soul\, funk\, rock\, reggae\, and the wizardry of hip-hop’s pioneering DJ’s and producers\, creating his own trademark sounds while providing the pulse for songs about life\, love\, stress and setbacks. At its essence\, Atmosphere has been a musical shepherd\, and with each new album comes a new journey as they guide generations of listeners through this thing called life. \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 Sage FrancisSage Francis is a forefather of the indie rap movement\, the CEO of Strange Famous Records\, and is widely considered one of our generation’s greatest lyricists. His career derives mainly from gifted wordplay which creates vivid narratives to instigate as well as inspire. There’s a lot more to it\, but who has time for all that during times like these? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout R.A. the Rugged ManR.A. The Rugged Man is one of the most fascinating figures in hip-hop history. His career spans decades\, and defies simple narratives. The Rugged Man has been an up-and-coming star\, an industry outcast banished and forgotten\, an underground cult hero\, an independent success story\, and an influential master of the art form. He can obliterate rappers with ferocious battle rhymes\, craft heartfelt personal songs fans can relate to\, offend sensitive listeners with shocking vulgarity\, challenge corrupt politicians and corporations\, paint pictures with captivating storytelling\, and deliver jaw-dropping flows that prove his lyrical skills are unmatched. He’s also worked with a staggering number of hip-hop’s most respected artists\, including legends like The Notorious B.I.G.\, Wu-Tang\, Tech N9ne\, Rakim\, Mobb Deep\, Talib Kweli\, Kool G Rap\, Public Enemy\, Brother Ali\, and many more. And while others struggle to maintain a foothold in the ever-changing rap landscape\, R.A. The Rugged Man is the rare artist who has become more relevant with time\, with each new album more compelling than the last. \n\n\n\nOriginally from Long Island’s Suffolk County\, R.A. was raised by his father\, a Vietnam veteran whose exposure to Agent Orange left two of R.A.’s siblings with severe disabilities. After building a reputation as one of the most talented unsigned MCs on the scene\, he sparked a bidding war between several major labels. R.A. eventually signed to Jive Records\, but his outspoken defiance and reckless behavior spelled the end of that deal and left him banned from venues\, labels\, and recording studios. The Rugged Man re-emerged in the late 90s\, pioneering the indie rap hustle by pressing up his own 12” singles and contributing to compilations from the celebrated Rawkus Records. He earned a Gold record for his work on the WWE Aggression album\, and his music was featured on the video game Tony Hawk’s Underground\, which sold millions of copies. \n\n\n\nR.A. then unleashed his seminal independent album Die\, Rugged Man\, Die\, along with the critically acclaimed compilation Legendary Classics. The latter included show-stealing collaborations and many of the storied tracks that fueled his rise\, including the Jedi Mind Tricks song “Uncommon Valor”\, on which the Rugged Man delivers what is widely recognized as one of the greatest verses in rap history. R.A. has also made his mark in journalism and film. He’s interviewed Academy Award winning filmmakers and world boxing champions for outlets like Complex and Vibe\, and worked as a screenwriter and director\, notably writing and producing the cult classic Bad Biology. By the time his last album Legends Never Die debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart\, R.A. was thoroughly established as an independent hip-hop icon\, playing sold-out shows across the world and drawing widespread praise for his undeniable contributions to the culture. \n\n\n\nNow\, R.A. The Rugged Man is back with All My Heroes Are Dead\, a brand new album that stands as his best work to date. “So many of the greats are gone\, and the legends who made it out alive are cast aside\,” R.A. says. “Society left our heroes and their culture for dead. We have to dig that greatness out of its grave\, and bring it back with an angry vengeance.” While Legends Never Die was dedicated to the memory of his father\, All My Heroes Are Dead is R.A.’s first album since becoming a father of two himself. “When you have children\, that’s a whole other level of joy and pain and emotion\,” he describes. “It opens whole entire universes with the pen.” The music covers a wide range of moods\, and transcends hip-hop cliches. “I didn’t want to make a whole album of just destroying rappers and rapping better than everyone.” the Rugged Man explains. “There’s a lot of places my albums take you\, and there’s way more storytelling on this one. I love to bring listeners into different worlds.” Now available worldwide\, All My Heroes Are Dead features an all-star cast of hip-hop heavyweights\, including Chuck D\, Slug of Atmosphere\, Ghostface Killah\, Immortal Technique\, Vinnie Paz\, Ice-T\, M.O.P.\, Kool G Rap\, DJ Jazzy Jeff\, Onyx\, Brand Nubian\, Chris Rivers\, Inspectah Deck\, A-F-R-O\, Masta Killa\, and more. The highly-anticipated album showcases the full scope of R.A. The Rugged Man’s considerable talent\, making it a powerful statement from an unforgettable artist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Kool KeithAfter single-handedly redefining “warped” as the mind and mouth behind the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC’s\, Keith Thornton — aka Kool Keith\, Big Willie Smith\, Dr. Octagon\, Dr. Dooom\, and Tashan Dorrsett\, among other personas — headed for the outer reaches of the stratosphere with a variety of solo projects. Keith’s lyrical thematics remained as free-flowing here as they ever were with the N.Y.C. trio\, connecting up complex meters with fierce\, layers-deep metaphors and veiled criticisms of those who “water down the sound that comes from the ghetto.” His own debut single\, “Earth People” by Dr. Octagon\, was quietly released in late 1995 on the San Francisco-based Bulk Recordings\, and the track spread like wildfire through the hip-hop underground\, as did the subsequent self-titled full-length released the following year. \n\n\n\nDr. OctagonecologystFeaturing internationally renowned DJ Q-Bert (of Invisibl Skratch Piklz) on turntables\, as well as the Automator and DJ Shadow behind the boards\, Dr. Octagon’s left-field fusion of sound collage\, fierce turntable work\, and bizarre\, impressionistic rapping found audiences in the most unlikely of places\, from hardcore hip-hop heads to jaded rock critics. Although a somewhat sophomoric preoccupation with body parts and scatology tended to dominate the album\, Keith’s complex weave of associations and shifting references is quite often amazing in its intricacy. The record found its way to the U.K.-based abstract hip-hop imprint Mo’Wax (for whom Shadow also recorded) in mid-1996\, and was licensed by the label for European release. Mo’Wax also released a DJ-friendly instrumental version of the album titled\, appropriately\, The Instrumentalyst.First Come\, First Served \n\n\n\nThe widespread popularity of the album eventually landed Keith at DreamWorks in 1997. The label gave Dr. Octagon (retitled Dr. Octagonecologyst) its third release mid-year\, adding a number of bonus cuts. In early 1999\, however\, Keith’s alter ego Dr. Dooom unfortunately “killed off” Dr. Octagon on the opening track of First Come\, First Served (released on Thornton’s own Funky Ass label). Kool Keith signed to Ruffhouse/MCA for his second album under that alias\, 1999’s Black Elvis/Lost in Space. Records released as Kool Keith followed in 2000 (Matthew) and 2001 (Spankmaster)\, while the 2002 collaboration Gene appeared as KHM (Kool Keith plus H-Bomb and Marc Live). His next project was a four-rapper group named Thee Undatakerz with Keith taking on a new persona\, Reverend Tom. Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz hit the streets in May 2004. Keeping busy\, Keith released Diesel Truckers in August of the same year with old friend/producer KutMasta Kurt.Official Space Tape \n\n\n\nAs if 2004 hadn’t been filled with enough Kool Keith releases\, some truly oddball ones started to appear that year. The Official Space Tape borrowed from previous releases to create the ultimate Keith mixtape; the R&B-leaning Personal Album was released in a limited edition of 500 and with a high price tag; plus the Real Talk label issued Dr. Octagon\, Pt. 2\, an unauthorized release that had little to do with the original and was quickly pulled from the shelves by court order. The next year was much calmer\, with the Global Enlightenment\, Pt. 1 DVD released at the beginning of the year\, followed by Lost Masters\, Vol. 2 in the summer. Nogatco Rd. from 2006 introduced a new character\, Mr. Nogatco (“Octagon” backwards). The UFO-obsessed album was a collaboration with producer Iz-Real. The two-CD Collabs Tape compilation and The Return of Dr. Octagon followed soon after.The Best Kept Secret \n\n\n\nIn early 2007\, Keith was part of an Ultramagnetic MC’s reunion that yielded Best Kept Secret. Tashan Dorrsett\, another concept-driven release from Keith\, was released in 2009 with the remix album The Legend of Tashan Dorrsett following in 2011. His 2012 album\, Love and Danger\, hinted at retirement with songs like “Goodbye Rap\,” but he was still in business in 2013\, making a guest appearance on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album Mosquito. In 2015 he collaborated with L’Orange and received co-billing with the producer on their album Time? Astonishing! He also collaborated with Ray West for an album titled A Couple of Slices\, which was released as a standard LP as well as a limited deluxe edition packaged in a pizza box with a bonus 7″ and cassette. A third Tashan Dorrsett album\, The Preacher\, as well as Feature Magnetic\, which featured guest appearances by MF Doom\, Godfather Don\, Sadat X\, and others\, arrived in 2016. Keith revived Dr. Octagon two years later with Moosebumps: An Exploration into Modern Day Horripilation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Mr. DibbsBrad Forste\,better known as Mr. Dibbs\, is a DJ and hip hop producer. The founder of the turntablist collective 1200 Hobos\, he has also appeared on numerous underground hip hop records as producer or DJ as well as releasing a number of solo works. \n\n\n\nBorn in Cincinnati\, Ohio\, Forste was introduced to DJing around 1985\, when he saw Grandmaster Flash performing on the syndicated light news/entertainment show PM Magazine\, but “didn’t really understand what he did”. \n\n\n\nAfter watching an MTV broadcast of Grand Mixer DXT performing with Herbie Hancock on the latter’s 1980 single “Rockit”\, he learned the hand motions and began to learn scratching himself. He estimates that he spent six months “getting the hang of” scratching\, subsequently spending two years “cutting and scratching to whatever was on TV” to practice. \n\n\n\nDibbs formed his own turntablist crew\, the 1200 Hobos\, in the early 1990s. The crew’s rotating line-up has included Buck 65\, Adeem\, Sixtoo\, Doseone\, Jel\, DJ Abilities\, Adverse\, and DJ Signify among others\, and at its largest numbered 23 members. \n\n\n\nThey have released two mixtapes.In addition to the 1200 Hobos\, Mr. Dibbs has also been on-off touring DJ for Minneapolis hip hop group Atmosphere (though never an official member) and\, with anticon.’s Doseone and Jel\, a member of the group Presage\, who released one album\, Outer Perimeter\, in 1998. \n\n\n\nMr. Dibbs’ “Turntable Hardcore” series of releases was notable for its genre-straddling approach\, blending a wide variety of styles along with more usual hip hop turntablism.In 1996\, Forste teamed up with graffiti magazine Scribble to put on the first Scribble Jam event as a promotion for the magazine’s launch. \n\n\n\nThe event has since become America’s largest hip hop festival\, with separate competitions for rapping\, DJing\, graffiti\, b-boying and beatboxing; its past participants and guests have included such names as Eminem\, Big Daddy Kane\, Masta Ace\, Juice\, Prince Paul\, Hi-Tek\, Rhymefest\, Sage Francis\, El-P\, Cage\, Doseone\, Atmosphere\, Buck 65 and Mr. \n\n\n\nDibbs himself.Mr. Dibbs is the founder and owner of his own label\, Self Core Records.Mr. Dibbs is now the tour DJ for rapper El-P.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/atmosphere-winter-carnival-tour-with-sage-francis-r-a-the-rugged-man-kool-keith-and-mr-dibbs-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:DJs,Music,R&B,Rap
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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:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-19/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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SUMMARY:"Kinship Medicine" author Wendy Johnson\, MD\, MPH in conversation with Robin McLean at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:“Kinship Medicine” author Wendy Johnson\, MD\, MPH will be in conversation with Robin McLean at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Thursday\, February 19\n\n\n\n\n\nKINSHIP MEDICINE: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves is based in the premise that our well-being is rooted in relationships and connection–with each other and the natural world. Western medicine sees our bodies as machines to be repaired\, but a more apt metaphor would be a garden\, we are a part of nature. Your body itself is an ecosystem\, existing inside progressively larger ecosystems until we consider the whole earth itself. We cannot be truly healthy when those ecosystems are sick and dying. Our modern way of living in most of the Western World is incompatible with maintaining the healthy ecosystems on which we depend. KINSHIP MEDICINE is aimed at raising awareness of the deep connection between our well being and the health of the natural world. \n\n\n\nDr. Wendy Johnson is a family physician\, public health professor\, activist and writer who has spent her life advocating for a world where everyone can live long lives in equitable communities. Her career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique\, overseeing and urban health department\, and most recently\, directing a community clinic in Santa Fe. She has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins and hold faculty appointments at the University of Washington and the Universtiy of New Mexico. She currently practices family and addiction medicine in rural Northern New Mexico with El Centro Family Health. Dr. Johnson has been a vocal activist on many progressive issues locally and globally and is a two time TEDx speaker. \n\n\n\nRobin McLean worked as a lawyer and then a potter in the woods of Alaska before turning to writing. Her first story collection Reptile House won the BOA Editions Fiction Prize\, was twice a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Prize\, and was noted as a best book of 2015 in Paris Review. Her debut novel Pity the Beast was published Nov. 2o21 by And Other Stories was noted as a best book of fiction of the year in such outlets as The Guardian\, Wall Street Journal\, White Review\, and long-listed for the Reading the West Prize. It was a recommended paperback in the NYTimes in Nov 2022. Her second story collection\, Get’em Young\, Treat’em Tough\, Tell’em Nothing was published by And Other Stories in Oct. 2022\, was an Editors’ Choice in the NY Times\, and was longlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/kinship-medicine-author-wendy-johnson-md-mph-in-conversation-with-robin-mclean-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature
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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:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260220T213000
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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:Maddy O'Neal "Creatures of My Mind" Winter Tour with Artifakts at The Top Hat
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Maddy O’Neal for a live performance on the “Creatures of My Mind” Winter Tour with special guest Artifakts at the Top Hat in Downtown Missoula at 11:00 pm Friday\, February 20\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 10:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Maddy O’Neal for a live performance on the “Creatures of My Mind” Winter Tour with special guest Artifakts at the Top Hat in Downtown Missoula at 11:00 pm Friday\, February 20. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. All tickets are general admission standing room only with limited bench seating. 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 Maddy O’NealMaddy O’Neal’s music embodies a rich tapestry of genres within bass music. Her sound\, characterized by lush future textures and atmospheric layers\, draws heavily from her roots in funk and soul. These influences meld with deep melodic bass frequencies and innovative synth designs\, creating a unique sonic space within the electro-soul and bass music communities. Coming up in the Denver scene from 2011 and newly a Los Angeles resident\, Maddy has carved out her distinct niche\, infusing her productions with a signature blend of soulful melodies\, driving basslines\, and glitchy hip-hop rhythms. \n\n\n\nAs a self-taught producer and DJ with a creatively charged background\, Maddy’s live performances are dynamic and immersive. She crafts a narrative journey through her sets\, mixing original compositions with drum pad sequences and diverse tracks ranging from gritty\, low-end bangers to shimmering\, mid-tempo vocal bass and head-nodding disco beats. Her relentless touring schedule\, boasting numerous shows annually for the past five years\, Maddy showcases her unstoppable momentum and ability to energize audiences nationwide. \n\n\n\nMaddy’s discography includes standout tracks like “Zest Please\,” a collaboration with CloZee that garnered over 4 million Spotify plays. Her impressive body of work also features two full length LP’s – “Ricochet” released in 2023 which really began her ascent into the stratosphere and Vital Signs in 2024 which gained credits by publications like billboard and forbes. Her most recent and heaviest EP to date “Creatures Of My Mind” EP showcase Maddy O’Neal’s dynamic range\, sound design and genre-blending prowess. Her extensive catalogue features a discography full soulful\, funky bass music with elements of future bass\, hip-hop\, and electronic vibes.  \n\n\n\nMaddy O’Neal has graced the stages of major festivals including Coachella\, Lollapalooza\, Electric Forest\, Bonnaroo\, Red Rocks (x5)\, to name a few. She has toured with and supported renowned artists such as Pretty Lights\, Griz\, Clozee\, LSDream\, Daily Bread\, Of The Trees\, Big Gigantic\, Liquid Stranger and more. \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 ArtifaktsArtifakts is the multimedia undertaking of Garret Meyer that blurs the line between electronic genres. An ever-evolving artist\, Artifakts established his project in 2011 and has been able to break out of the confines of modern electronic music while also contributing to the project both sonically and visually. Landing noteworthy shows across the country with a wide array of both live and DJ sets\, this producer has shown his belonging among the ranks of seasoned beat makers. \n\n\n\nSince 2012 Artifakts has worked with a plethora of renown musicians\, labels and producers both musically and in design to provide a unique catalog of music and art very much rooted in the indie-electronic community. While toting a discography frequently favorited by study/relax playlists\, an Artifakts performance is anything but stringent in style\, often showcasing genres from current bass music to classic grooves\, rap flips\, and anything in between.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/maddy-oneal-creatures-of-my-mind-winter-tour-with-artifakts-at-the-top-hat/
LOCATION:Top Hat\, 134 W. Front Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bass Music,Dance Parties,DJs,EDM,Electronic,Funk,Funky,Hip Hop,Music,Soul
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Downtown Missoula)
DESCRIPTION:The 23rd Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features daily screenings around Downtown Missoula at The Wilma\, Zootown Arts Community Center and Missoula Children’s Theatre from Friday\, February 13 thru Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nNow entering its 23rd year\, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 13-22\, 2026. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20\,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting with local Montana flavor. A hybrid festival\, audiences can enjoy the festival program live in unique exhibition spaces across downtown Missoula and in Big Sky’s virtual cinema from nearly anywhere in the world. Selected for 9 years running by MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\, BSDFF is a top-100 rated festival on FilmFreeway and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short documentaries. \n\n\n\nThe annual 10-day event takes place each February in downtown Missoula\, Montana. \n\n\n\nThe festival hosts over 200 visiting artists\, presents an average of 150 non-fiction films\, and offers a variety of exciting events at the historic theater The Wilma and neighboring downtown Missoula venues. In addition to screenings\, the Big Sky DocShop is a five-day industry event that includes panels\, master classes\, workshops\, and the Big Sky Pitch session. DocShop’s participants have included: HBO Documentary Films\, Showtime Documentary Films\, Tribeca Film Institute\, Sundance Doc Fund\, The New York Times Op-Docs\, ESPN Films\, Participant Media\, BBC Storyville\, CNN Films\, ITVS\, POV\, PBS\, America ReFramed\, American Experience\, Al Jazeera\, Nia Tero\, Chicken & Egg Pictures\, Field of Vision\, Film Independent\, Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund. \n\n\n\nSpecial retrospective programs have included the films of: Barbara Kopple\, The Maysles Brothers\, Travis Wilkerson\, Joe Berlinger\, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar\, Brett Story\, Lucy Walker\, Matt Wolf\, Ondi Timoner\, Doug Pray\, Daniel Junge\, Bill & Turner Ross\, Chuck Workman\, Jeff & Michael Zimbalist\, Sam Green\, John Cohen\, EyeSteelFilm\, Jeanie Finlay\, Kartemquin Films\, and Les Blank. Special guests have included Indy Rock legends Yo La Tengo\, Comedian Tig Notaro\, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)\, Les Blank (Burden of Dreams)\, Greg Barker (Sergio)\, Joe Berlinger (Crude)\, Ron Mann (Grass)\, Brendan Canty & Christoph Green (the Burn To Shine series)\, Chuck Workman (The Life & Times of Andy Warhol)\, and Hart & Dana Heinz Perry (Sex: The Revolution). \n\n\n\nRecent Award winners at the festival have included: Colette (Anthony Giacchino)\, Public Trust (David Garrett Byars)\, St. Louis Superman (Smriti Mundhra\, Sami Khan)\, My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi\, Jeremiah Hammerling)\, Cradle of Champions (Bartle Bull)\, The Last of the Elephant Men (Daniel Ferguson\, Arnaud Bouquet)\, Siblings are Forever (Frode Fimland)\, A World Not Ours (Mahdi Fleifel)\, This Way Of Life (Thomas Burstyn)\, Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen)\, Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)\, Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)\, Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)\, Sweetgrass (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)\, Gasland (Josh Fox)\, Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto)\, Ashes of American Flags (Brendan Canty & Christoph Green)\, In A Dream (Jeremiah Zagar)\, and Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed). Find the complete list of award winners here. \n\n\n\nPurchase Single Screening Tickets\, 5-Film Pass\, All-Screening Pass\, and All-Access VIP Pass HERE
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/23rd-annual-big-sky-documentary-film-festival-downtown-missoula/2026-02-21/
LOCATION:Downtown Missoula\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Documentaries,Festivals,Film Festivals,Movies,Short Film
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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
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LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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