High-flying Harlem Globetrotters hit Montana and Spokane
Coming off the most successful year in the franchise’s illustrious history, the iconic Harlem Globetrotters are primed to showcase their eye-popping 2010 “Magical Memories” World Tour April 13 in Bozeman, April 14 in Missoula and April 15 in Spokane.
Now in their 84th consecutive season of touring the world, the Globetrotters’ high-flying show features some of the most extraordinary athletes and entertainers on the planet – including Big Easy Lofton and Flight Time Lang, stars of this past season’s edition of the Emmy Award-winning CBS reality hit, “The Amazing Race,” as well as ball-handling wizard Handles Franklin and the gravity-defying Hi Rise Brown.
The Globetrotters will perform in over 215 cities in 44 states, the District of Columbia, five Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico through the first week of May 2010. Their shows consistently combine sharp athleticism with quick comedy to create a spectacular spectator event.
The Original Harlem Globetrotters have played in 120 countries on six continents, entertaining over 130 million fans and crossing barriers between cultures,… Read more
Lively Up with The Wailers, touring Montana in March
The Wailers, considered the greatest living exponents of Jamaica’s reggae tradition, perform in Missoula, Billings and Bozeman in March. Together with Bob Marley, the Wailers have sold in excess of 250 million albums worldwide and carried their message "of roots, culture and reality" to an estimated 24 million people across the globe. Read more
Sherman Alexie visit rescheduled for March 16
Acclaimed author, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie, who cancelled his visit to Helena in February due to health reasons, has rescheduled his visit for March 16. Alexie will present “Without Reservations: An Urban Indian’s Comic, Poetic, and Highly Irreverent Look at the World” at 7 p.m. in the Helena Middle School Auditorium. Read more
KBGA brings Vampire Weekend to Missoula
New York City’s Vampire Weekend returns to Missoula on Tuesday, March 16, for an all-ages show at The Historic Wilma Theatre, sponsored by KBGA College Radio, 89.9 FM. This show marks the band’s third visit to Missoula – and the first at the Wilma. Tickets to the Missoula show are $23 in advance and available online at www.inticketing.com. Read more
Doris Knowles Pulis | How It Looks Going Back
When the Knowles family embarked from their home in California on a summer vacation to Canada in 1949, little did they expect to wind up moving to a log cabin, perched on a fish-filled lake, in the sparsely populated Yaak Valley. In her vivid and well-crafted memoir, Doris Pulis tells about the six years her family spent there, minus electricity or running water. Read more • (1) Comments
Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre joins Rossetti Trio in “An Affair to Remember”
Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre brings the Rossetti String Trio from Los Angeles to Missoula for an evening of music and dance titled “An Affair to Remember,” 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Founding members Henry Gronnier and Thomas Diener will perform works of Debussy, Ravel and Dvorak with pianist Rina Dokshitsky. Read more
Musicians and artists collaborate in benefit for Haiti
Whitefish Central School Auditorium will become the center of local efforts to provide support and relief to the earthquake-stricken nation of Haiti. Local musicians, artists and businesses are coming together Feb. 28 for an evening of free entertainment that includes performances by Rob Quist, John Dunnigan, Andre Floyd, Tim Torgerson, the Good Wood Trio and singer/songwriter Annette Strean. Read more