Helena Symphony to perform
The Helena Symphony Orchestra presents “Puccini & Schumann” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, at the Helena Civic Center, 340 Neill Ave.
The Helena Symphony Orchestra presents “Puccini & Schumann” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Helena Civic Center, 340 Neill Ave.
Featuring acclaimed pianist Carl Cranmer, Schumann’s Piano Concerto recalls his love for his wife with sweeping melodies and the concert includes Puccini’s passionate and rarely heard “Messa di Gloria.”
Single concert tickets can be purchased ($55-$15 plus a $5 transaction fee) online at www.helenasymphony.org, by calling the Symphony Box Office (406.442.1860) or by visiting the Symphony Box Office on the Walking Mall at the Placer Building (21 N. Last Chance Gulch, Suite 100) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Balloon sculpture fest in Helena
The first-ever Montana Balloon Sculpture Festival will be held Oct. 20-22 along the Walking Mall, Holter Museum and Great Northern Town Center.
Event organizer and balloon artist Neil Sauter of Sauter Balloons said. He hopes to make it an annual celebration.
The festival, planned in conjunction with United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area, is a 48-hour fundraising drive for 20 nonprofit organizations in Helena, each of which will have a large balloon sculpture sponsored by a local business partner on display.
People can go to https://www.montanaballoonsculpturefestival.com/ and vote for their favorite sculpture by making a donation to the nonprofit organization the balloon display represents. The organization that receives the largest number of donations will be the sculpture festival champion, and will receive an additional $500, compliments of the event sponsors.
The festival includes more than $4,500 in raffle prizes, live music, a twisting competition and a balloon-popping party. Also, Elevate Montana and Hans Solar Energy have donated a complete solar installation for a Helena area resident to help fundraise for Kessler Elementary. The prize has an $18,000 value.
There will be 16 balloon sculptures on the mall, three at the Great Northern Town Center and one at the Holter Museum.
Pamyua does tribal funk at The Myrna
Pamyua brings their unique, infectious fusion of Inuit soul music to The Myrna Loy stage 7:30 Oct. 26.
Tickets are $25. Call or visit The Myrna Loy box office at 406-443-0287, 15 N. Ewing St. or online at themyrnaloy.com.
The Alaska-based group creates an exciting blend of songs mixing traditional Inuit songs with R&B, soul and gospel.
Philip Blanchett and his brother Qacung founded the group in 1995, when they started singing a mix of music from their youth. Their mother is Yup’ik and their father African American.
A recent reviewer at the LA Global Fest gave a glowing write-up, saying “The funky dance/drum tribal beat was infectious.” The most famous Inuit band in Alaska, they’ve “toured around the world — including the far reaches of Siberia — singing and dancing their potent, joy-filled blend of Inuit soul,” wrote the LA Times.
The six-member ensemble is just finishing a nine-week Arts Midwest World Fest Tour before coming to Montana.
They’ll also be doing a school outreach program at both Helena High School and Broadwater Elementary.
Musikanten starts 20th season
Musikanten Montana, under the direction of Kerry Krebill, invites all friends to join them in the opening concerts of their 20th season in Helena at its annual All Souls memorial candlelight concerts, Nov. 1 and 2.
The Nov. 1 concert is at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral, 511 N. Park Ave. Thursday’s concert is at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church, 3580 N. Benton Ave., also at 7:30 p.m.
Candles will be lighted for all parishioners of the two churches who have died in the past year, as well as for any other beloved friends or family members requested by Musikanten friends.
Nov. 22 marks the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death. The concert will open with Herbert Howells’ 1964 tribute to the late president, “Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing.” A cantor will then chant the names on the memorial list and Musikanten will sing the Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Requiem for 6 Voices (Officium Defunctorum).
The concert is performed without intermission, and the congregation is requested to depart in silence, remembering those who have gone before us.
To have a candle lighted and name of a loved one in the memorial program, email the name you would like listed to [email protected] by Oct. 29.
Suggested donation at the door is $25.
Rail, Blue Tattoo at Lewis & Clark Tap Room
Lewis & Clark Tap Room is bringing iconic Pacific Northwest classic rock bands Blue Tattoo and Rail for a show at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at 1535 Dodge Ave. Tickets are $30 at the door, $20 in advance at lctaproom.com, or find three friends and get a four-pack for $65 in advance.
Blue Tattoo will start the show with music that features classics from the roots of hard rock, glam rock and hair metal from the late ’70s through the 1990s.
Blue Tattoo plays rock classics that include Boston, Journey, Night Ranger, Kansas, Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Guns N’ Roses, Bon Jovi, Tesla and others.
Queen City Ballet ‘Nutcracker’ returns to Civic
The holiday season comes alive as Queen City Ballet Co. presents its 22nd annual production of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky, Nov. 18-19 at the Helena Civic Center.
“We are thrilled to bring our production back to the community after a one-year hiatus,” says Campbell Midgley, artistic director.
The production features a talented cast of Queen City Ballet Company dancers, students, former alumni and professional guest artists who bring to life the characters of Clara, Herr Drosselmeyer, the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Mouse King. “
Guest artist Eric Jeffers will perform the role of Herr Drosselmeyer, says Midgley. Originally from South Carolina, Jeffers danced with Houston Ballet and in over 2,500 productions with Cirque du Soleil. Guest Artist Micheal Bushman of Diablo Ballet will dance the Cavalier with Katya Volodina dancing the role of Sugarplum Fairy. Volodina is a Capital High senior and ADCIBC Youth International Ballet competition silver medalist.
Queen City Ballet Alum Kaden Pfister, who recently competed at the International Ballet Competition, will return to portray the Nutcracker Prince and dance with Capital High sophomore Victoria Volodina in the role of Clara.
Capital High sophomore Jaidyn McClain portrays the elegant Snow Queen and Lead Mirliton. Queen City Ballet alumni Kaitlyn Ruch, Elinor Goehring and Lizzie Johnson will dance in a newly choreographed Arabian, as well as Snow and Waltz of the Flowers.
Tickets can be purchased online at HelenaCivicCenter.com, by phone at 406-447-8481 or in person at the Helena Civic Center Box Office. Prices range from $18-$40 with special discounts available in the economy section for students and seniors. A limited number of VIP tables are available for groups.
Writers Rodeo rides in
The Oct. 20-21 Montana Writers Rodeo will host four presenters discussing how the state of Montana inspires story in plays, novels, screenwriting and filmmaking.
The event, hosted by Montana Playwrights Network, will be at the Helena Avenue Theatre at 1319 Helena Ave. This conference aims to encourage and educate writers from all genres on story education, author readings and networking.
Registration is available online at www.montanaplaywrights.org or at the door. Tickets range from $20 to $95. For more information, call or text: 406-235-0353.
Presenters include Montana Film Commissioner Allison Whitmer, Playwright and podcaster Jay Kettering, bestselling author and genealogist Angela Breidenbach and Hollywood Screenplay Consultant and instructor Barbara Schiffman.
At 8 p.m. Oct. 20 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, there will be live readings of submitted materials by registered writers attending the conference. Writers are encouraged to submit 10-minute readings for consideration. Six readings will be performed on both Friday and Saturday night. Submissions are free with conference registration. Writers may submit sections of a play, novel, screenplay or nonfiction work. See ticket prices to readings on Friday and Saturday above.
Vigilantes ride into town
The vigilante X. Beidler activities in Fort Benton will be discussed Oct. 19 as part of a free series of lectures sponsored by the Montana Historical Society.
Overholser Historical Research Center historian Ken Robison will share “A Hidden Tale: The Vigilantes and X. Beidler of Fort Benton.” The stories of Beidler and the vigilantes in Fort Benton are told from Robison’s new book “Historic Tales of Fort Benton,” and copies of his book will be available for purchase.
Lectures are co-sponsored by the Lewis and Clark Library in Helena and are held every other Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Library’s Large Meeting Room, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch. The public may attend.
‘Misery’ comes to Grandstreet Theatre
After surviving a wintery car crash, acclaimed romance novelist Paul Sheldon wakes to find he’s been rescued by Annie Wilkes, a seemingly kind nurse, who also happens to be his “No. 1 fan.”
Content advisory: Misery is intended for mature audiences only. This production contains adult language, moments of physical and emotional abuse, fake firearms, loud gunshots and fake blood.
The play runs Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. through Oct. 22, at 325 N. Park Ave.
For tickets, call the Grandstreet Box Office (afternoons): 406-447-1574, or order online at www.GrandstreetTheatre.com. Tickets are $27 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, $23 Wednesday evenings and Sunday matinees, and $17 for kids 18 and under.
Play fest back at HAT
Helena’s 10th annual Last Chance New Play Fest, the longest-running festival of its kind in Montana, will run Nov. 3-12, and features new projects by Montana writers.
Montana Short Cuts, a program of 10-minute plays, returns to the fest with the theme “Identity Crisis.” Seven plays were selected from the largest number of entrants the fest has ever seen.
A program of independently produced projects will also appear. They include three short one-act plays. The fest will also include a reading of a full-length new play, Ross Peter Nelson’s “Saint J,” followed by an audience feedback session.
This grass-roots theater event celebrates the works of local and regional playwrights. It will be at the Helena Avenue Theatre at 1319 Helena Ave.
Tickets for individual performances are $18 (adult) or $15 (student/senior) and are available at the door or online. $30 Fest passes, which admit holders to any performance, are also available. Tickets for the fest can be purchased online at https://buytickets.at/lcnpf. Evening performances are at 7:30 p.m., weekend matinees at 1:30 p.m.
Craft show back at Helena Civic Center
The 37th annual Autumn Art and Craft Show will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Helena Civic Center, 340 Neill Ave.
Admission is $5, children 12 and under get in free.
For more information, go to www.bigskyshows.com.
INKtober show at Queen City
Eighteen Montana artists are being displayed this month in the seventh annual juried INKtober Art Show at Queen City Framing & Art Supplies.
All works were required to incorporate ink as a primary element, and the pieces had to interpret this year’s theme of “Words, Ink & Wit”! This show features calligraphy, watercolor, pen work, block prints and some witty interpretations.
INKtober happens every October when artists all over the world take on the drawing challenge of doing one ink drawing a day for the entire month.
People are invited to stop in to vote their favorite. The winner will be announced at the end of the month.
Call 442-2760 for more information.
‘Scream’ served at Brew & View
“Scream,” the 1996 Wes Craven classic slasher is the featured flick Oct. 19 for The Myrna Loy’s Halloween-time Brew & View.
“Scream.”
Take home a prize for best Halloween costume or best ‘90s outfit.
Doors open at 6 p.m. The show’s at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $22 (alcohol) — three drinks of your choice. Or $12 (non-alcohol) includes soda with popcorn.
For tickets call 406-443-0287 at The Myrna Loy, 15 N. Ewing St., or go to themyrnaloy.com.
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