Green Room, Missoula News

Iron & Wine hits Missoula Tue., Nov. 5

Erika Fredrickson — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:29:23 -0600

In 2011, the last time Iron & Wine came to town with openers The Head and the Heart, the show sold out. Word has it that the new album Ghost on Ghost (ooh!)…

Party Planning Committee, June 17-23

Kate Whittle — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:46:00 -0600

The weather is glorious and I, Calapatra The Calendar Mistress, am determined to pretend like this is summer vacation even though I do not, technically, have a summer vacation anymore. Here's some fun stuff going on this week!

Tonight:

Beware of Mr. Baker shows at the Top Hat, and it sounds like a fascinating portrayal of a creative, ornery coot.…

Montana will pay you cash to make a movie here

Skylar Browning — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:37:36 -0600

The Montana Film Office is in the middle of an exciting run. Two films made in Montana premiered at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival last month and Winter in the Blood, the much-anticipated adaptation of James Welch's classic novel, premieres today at the Los Angeles Film Festival.…

Your Week in Fun

Kate Whittle — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:15:00 -0600

The weekend is nigh! Here are some of the biggest events over the next couple of days.…

Sasquatch wrap-up: rain clouds, Montana flags, Edward Sharpe and the National Anthem that nobody heard

Dameon Matule — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:00:00 -0600

The final half of Sasquatch was full of surprises; some were unbelievably awesome, others were very frustrating. My personal favorites had to be seeing fans wearing Montana flags like superhero capes all over the Gorge.…

A REASON TO LEAVE MISSOULA THIS WEEKEND.

Josh Vanek — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:30:00 -0600

Typically you don't open up a paper like the Indy, or it's online presence, and see much of a formal charge to leave the Garden City for your arts/culture download. Fact is Missoula's swimming in arts and culture.…

Live: Arctic Monkeys at the Wilma

Tommy Martino — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:15:00 -0600

The Arctic Monkeys show this past Saturday at the Wilma Theater was one to remember. The crowd was lively and the music was superb.…

Halfway point at Sasquatch brings Red Fang, zebra stripes and fake accents

Dameon Matule — Sun, 26 May 2013 20:35:00 -0600

Sasquatch crossed the halfway point with a yesterday afternoon mostly low-fi, ambient grooves, giving festival goers a chance to lay in the grass and take up some sun.

Each day has sort of an unofficial theme and all four of them are packed with shows from one to one.…

L.A. Livin': A Q&A with Ryan Bingham

Dameon Matule — Sun, 26 May 2013 14:00:00 -0600

The multi-award winning musician Ryan Bingham built his career from the ground up by pounding the pavement across the United States and, despite is accolades, nothing has changed. He keeps his fan base by traveling the United States and playing shows in venues of every size.…

Camping dirty at the Sasquatch scene

Dameon Matule — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:30:00 -0600

The first day of Sasquatch feels like the first day at summer camp, only everyone is soaked with booze and often wearing silly costumes that resemble plushy animals. Every Memorial Day weekend 23,000 people, roughly three times the population of nearby Quincy, flock to Central Washington for four days of sun, bands, and parties.…

Fifteen years later, the New Yorker's story on Missoula's Sputniks is online

Erika Fredrickson — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:00 -0600

In 1998, a Missoula band called the Sputniks went on tour with a writer from the New Yorker. Those of you who remember the band and read the article might be interested to know that it's now online and available to read on photographer Mary Ellen Mark's website.…

Graduation Party Dos and Don'ts

Kate Whittle — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:22:00 -0600

Here in Missoula, a town dominated by the presence of the university, graduation day is a big deal. Perhaps you are graduating, after working hard/hardly working for a long four/six/23 years, or perhaps you know someone who is. Families are in town.…

Cannes to screen two Montana-made films

Kate Whittle — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:56:00 -0600

The Big Sky will appear on screens at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 15 - 26 this year, thanks to two films shot in Montana that star big Hollywood names.

The first, Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), was shot in Browning and East Glacier in July 2012 and stars Benicio del Toro.…

King Elephant tour documentary details adventures on the road

Erika Fredrickson — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:30:10 -0600

It's not often that a band tour documentary begins with the band members wanting to go home. In Tim Goessman's new film about Missoula band King Elephant, the first words we hear are, "We're in fuckin' danger" as we see the tour van with a smashed in window.…

Support DIY/Punk Shows at the ZACC Starting Sunday

Josh Vanek — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:34:00 -0600

The Zootown Arts Community Center (or “ZACC”), a nonprofit arts organization, just took a huge step and secured the basement space under their main-floor digs on Missoula’s North First street. It’s pretty awesome news if you’re like me and you consistently long for an informal, hang-out-watch-bands, talk-about-stuff situation compared to the average show.…

Lucid dreaming: Q&A with Synthetic Spring actor Jeff Medley

Erika Fredrickson — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:05:00 -0600

A Synthetic Spring, a one-time-only art/dance/performance event, goes up tonight at the Crystal Theatre. It's the MFA show of artist Jack Metcalf.…

Graphic novelist Theo Ellsworth awarded national prize

Kate Whittle — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:58:00 -0600

I was first introduced to the trippy, elaborate artwork of Theo Ellsworth a few years ago by a former Butterfly Herbs barista, who loaned me a copy of Ellsworth's lovely Capacity. I remember poring over each page before going to bed, feeling like I was reading an adult version of a kid's storybook.…

Missoula's Needlecraft release classic-style video game

Thomas Helgerson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:47:00 -0600

Though I was born early enough to spend my elementary school years in the midst of classic Nintendo fever, my parents were never the kind to buy their children a console. They assumed that having a computer in the house would foster a more "educational" gaming experience and I was left playing the original "Oregon Trail" and most of the "Carmen San Diego" series, only later filling them with terror as their son discovered "Doom," "Warcraft," and "Wolfenstein."…

Missoula's Magpies fly east for tour

Josh Vanek — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:18:00 -0600

The Magpies are one of those bands that you're certain you've heard before the first time you hear them. They've got that built-in familiarity, and kind of walk the well-worn streets of slacker mode independent rock that all kinds of great bands have.…

Zoo City Apparel says goodbye with farewell blowout

Tim Arrowtop — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:35:00 -0600

On March 30, Zoo City Apparel, on 139 E. Main St., hosts a farewell blowout pop-shot super show! Featuring the crushingly soothing beauty of Seattle’s Helms Alee, Missoula’s own hairy wunderkinds Total Combined Weight and a buncha other bands, all as a fundraiser for our own massive awesomeness that is TotalFest, Thee Premier Musica Festivus of Missoula, Montana.…

VFW hosts stop-motion animated opera Wednesday night

Kate Whittle — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:36:00 -0600

In one of the more unusual events to pop up in town in a while, the Ole Beck VFW hosts a screening of Floating Oceans, a 40-minute stop-motion animated opera by video artist and composer Alexis Gideon. It first premiered in October 2012 at a Portland theater.…