Helena-area arts and entertainment news

Helena-area arts and entertainment news

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Party to welcome Afghan, Congolese families

There will be a Congo-Afghanistan refugee-welcoming ping pong party 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 19, at Plymouth Congregational Church, 400 S Oakes St.

The event is to welcome new Helena residents from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan. The event is hosted by Helena’s Plymouth Congregational Church  — in partnership with the Helena-Area Refugee Resettlement Team (HARRT) of Hands on Global, a non-profit refugee assistance organization based in Helena, along with 19 other Helena community partners/co-sponsors

The Afghani refugee family of six (mom, dad and four children) arrived in Helena at the end of September and the Congolese refugee family of 10 (mom, dad, a grandmother and seven children) arrived in Helena in August.

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There will be free snacks, music and people playing ping pong. At noon there will be a meal provided by Afghan families, including an Afghan appetizer, which is often prepared for special guests. Welcoming gifts will also be given to the refugee families

Visit the Facebook event page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1771287767035804.

First-ever Beeby tennis fest Oct. 19

The first-ever Beeby Memorial Scholarship and Tennis Fest will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Last Chance Tennis Center, 2910 Skyway Drive.

Two clinics will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon for youth and adults. From noon to 2 p.m. come check out the club, play games, win prizes, have some food and support their scholarship fund in honor of MC and Leroy Beeby for graduating Seniors at Helena High, Capital High and East Helena High.

For more information, email Stephi Johnson at [email protected].

Art

Bray says ‘Cheers!’ to auction

Bidding for the Brick by Brick Auction and Reception featuring over 50 drinking vessels by Bray-affiliated artists and community members begins 10 a.m. Oct. 23 and closes 7 p.m. Oct. 25.

The reception is 5-7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Bray Gallery: Downtown, 434 N. Last Chance Gulch.

The Bray invites you to the downtown gallery to lift up a new ceramic cup or mug. Attendees can place final bids before the auction closes at 7 p.m.

Visit givergy.us/cheersauction to view the artwork and bid.

Book signing, celebration at The Holter

The Holter Museum of Art is having a doubleheader event 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in its E.L. Weigand Creativity Center.

The public may join in celebrating the release of local author Rick Newby’s latest publication, “A Regionalism That Travels,” and join the museum in thanking Newby and former museum Director Liz Gans for their donations of artwork to The Holter.

The event at 12 E. Lawrence St. is free and the public may attend.







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Author Rick Newby




Newby will speak about the publication in an interview with former Montana Poet Laureate Melissa Kwasny, and copies will be available to purchase and signing. In addition, a pop-up exhibition of the donated artwork will be on display.

He received the Montana Governor’s Award for the Humanities in 2009 and the Montana Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2016. Newby lives in Helena and San Francisco with his wife Liz Gans.

A cash bar and small bites will be available.

Cellist accompanies silent film at The Myrna

Gideon Freudmann, the prolific cellist known as CelloBop, brings a unique moviegoing experience to The Myrna Loy 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 as he accompanies Buster Keaton’s 1924 silent classic “Sherlock, Jr.”







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Cellist Gideon Freudmann presents a live score to Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock, Jr.” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at The Myrna Loy.




Using the electric cello along with real-time digital sound effects, Freudmann creates a playful and energetic sonic tapestry.

Tickets are $24. Call or visit The Myrna Loy box office at 406-443-0287, 15 N. Ewing St. or online at themyrnaloy.com.

Speaker featured at The Bray

Artist Amplified at The Bray will feature Louise Ogemahgeshig Fischer, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17, at Archie Bray Foundation Education Center, 2915 Country Club Ave.

Fischer will share insight into her practice and experiences as an artist, educator and traditional healer.

Fischer has traveled to parks, museums, schools and other places throughout the state. She is an artist and a drum maker. She also leads sweat lodge ceremonies and talking circles for the VA at Fort Harrison, helping out veterans with PTSD.

The Holter Museum of Art extends a public invitation to a doubleheader event 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 25.

History

Historical society offers lecture

The Montana Historical Society’s October public lecture series continues Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Jeff Bartos will discuss “The Blight of the Federation: Hardrock Mining Unionism in the Mountain West, 1892-1907.” The lecture will be at the Lewis & Clark Library.







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Jeff Bartos




Bartos is the Publications Program manager for the Montana Historical Society. This talk is being offered in conjunction with the Lewis & Clark Library’s Big Read 2024 of “The Cold Millions” by Jess Walter.

The lecture will be posted to the MTHS YouTube channel.

Gulch haunted tours return

The Foundation for Montana History, in partnership with the Bert and Ernie’s Pub Trolley, is offering haunted riding tours around downtown Helena on weeknights through October.

Tickets are $40 per person or $50 per person for the extended Friday night ride and available for purchase at www.mthistory.org/tours.

Guided tours feature Reeder’s Alley, the west end mansion district, Grandstreet Theatre and more. Participants meet at the Myrna Loy theater, 15 N. Ewing St., to begin their haunted adventure.

Participants are encouraged to wear costumes. The top costume will get a special prize.

For more information, contact Zachary Coe at [email protected] or call 406-449-3770.

Submissions to the Around the Town calendar should be emailed to [email protected] and should be 200 words or less. Submissions should be written in story form, no flyers please. Please write “Around the Town” in the subject line. Call Phil Drake at 406-447-4086 if you have questions.

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