Around Town: September 13-19, 2021
many businesses and organizations are doing their best to provide safe activities an events to our community. because remaining safe during the pandemic is our utmost priority, we’re providing you with a variety of in-person and at home events in our community.
Events noted with a mask emoji (😷) indicate online/at home/ or in-person optional events. all other events are considered in-person only.
Tuesday, September 14:
5:00pm Missoula Farmer’s Market Tuesday Evening North Higgins Ave (by the XXXs)
6:00pm Community Cooking at the Library
Do you want some creative ideas to spice up your home cooking? Maybe you need some new ideas for how to use all that end-of-summer produce? Join us each month for a seasonally inspired food or meal demonstration with Kelly Moore, Missoula Co./MSU Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences.
Wednesday, September 15:
All day! Paint Your Own Pottery curbside service from Zootown Arts Community Center 😷
All day! SPARK Arts Creativity At Home 😷
SPARK Arts has created an with awesome resource for aiding creativity at home with your family! It is full of educational online resources they recommend from lots of different arts organizations.
1:00pm Online Bug Encounters: Scorpions with the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium 😷
We're shining the spotlight, or rather blacklight, on another group of arachnids—the scorpions! These nocturnal predators are instantly recognizable, but lead lives typically away from human eyes. From elaborate courtship dances, to maternal care, to varying strategies to subdue prey ...it's time to take a closer look!
Thursday, September 16:
10:00am Montana Book Festival Kickoff 😷
The Montana Book Festival strives to foster interest in literature for people of all ages, to perpetuate a sense of literary community, and to provide a vibrant, compelling forum for the literary arts that celebrates diversity in Montana, around the West, and beyond! This year, the Montana Book Festival will be taking place virtually, with kick-off events taking place September 16-18, 2021, and running through September and October.
Image credit: Montana Book Festival
Friday, September 17:
Missoula Public Library Events
10:00am Makerspace open hours - Open Hours allows library users to explore the equipment and resources of the Makerspace
10:30am Family Story Time & Tiny Tales 😷- Story Time is for children ages 3 and older and their caregivers. Join us on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 AM for stories and fun in the Art Box on level two. Story Time will be recorded and posted online at a later date on the library’s official website and YouTube channel. The theme for this week’s Story Time is Talk Like a Pirate.
Saturday, September 18:
9:00am-2:00pm Arts Exploration Celebration downtown Missoula
FREE outdoor event with arts demos around downtown Missoula on Saturday, September 18, 9am-12pm. This event is designed to be socially-distanced, and masks are strongly encouraged. Everyone in the community is encouraged to participate in what has become the country’s largest annual collective celebration of the arts in education. For more information on this event and how you can join our efforts to increase arts education, visit www.sparkartslearning.org.
7:00pm Missoula Symphony Orchestra at Dennison Theatre
Featuring Guest Artist - Jeffrey Biegel, piano soloist
Missy Mazzoli's River Rouge Transfiguration
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor
Ethel Smyth: Serenade in D minor9:00pm Fast Times at Ridgemont High at the Roxy
Join us every Saturday Night and enjoy the finest cultiest flicks Missoula has to offer! Once a month we let you, the community, help decide what the next month's line up will be.
Sunday, September 19:
10:00am Kids Class: A Tie-Dye Sky
Come paint this fun sky! Class is open to ages 8 and up! Instruction is guided and supplies are provided.
Photo Credit: Painting with a Twist
10:00am-2:00pm Orienteering at Lubrecht Forest
Come try orienteering - the sport of navigating through terrain with a map and a compass - at Lubrecht Experimental Forest outside of Greenough on Sunday, September 19th between 10am-2pm. Beginner instruction will be provided, as will all necessary equipment. The event is free of charge for first-timers and affordable to returning participants. It is open to all ages and experience levels.
1:00pm - 3:00pm ReStyle’s $10 Bag Sale Event at Playfair Park
ReStyle has collected thousands of items from our awesome customers that are mainly name brand and in good condition. We lay out all the items into their clothing category (ex. pants, shoes, coats etc.) The items are mixed by size because there are literally THOUSANDS!! The majority of the items are teen girl & women's, with some men's & tons of accessories & shoes!
This event is a $10 stuff a bag sale! This means that for $10 (cash only), we will provide you with a standard 13 gallon bag to stuff with as many clothing items as you can fit. No limit. It’s as easy as that! And all of the money raised is donated to charity.