Distinctly Montana Magazine

Our SEPTEMBER SYMPHONIES OCTOBER BOOK FESTIVALS DISTINCTLY MONTANA 10 BEST EVENTS FOR AUTUMN 2011 22-25 FALL DOG SHOW, HELENA. www.lccfairgrounds.com. BILLINGS SYMPHONY season begins, Alberta Bair Theater. www.billingssymphony.org HELENA SYMPHONY "One Big Year" begins. Schedule at www.helenasymphony.org/concerts 6-9 GLACIER JAZZ STAMPEDE, KALISPELL. Visit www.glacierjazzstampede.com. 20 FRIENDS OF MSU LIBRARY (BOZEMAN) FALL FUNDRAISER DINNER AND AUCTION Keynote by Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet $65 ticket, Best Western Gran Tree Inn. For more information visit www.friendsofmsulibrary.com or call (406) 994-3119. BROADWAY IN BOZEMAN, BRICK BREEDEN FIELDHOUSE Oct. 20: Reba McIntyre Nov. 16: The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller Dec. 6: Young Frankenstein Violinist Benjamin Beilman to appear in Billings 6-8 12TH ANNUAL MONTANA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK, MISSOULA. Visit www.humanitiesmontana.org for the schedule. Held in conjunction with the WESTERN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, OCT. 5-7. 13-15 BILLINGS HIGH PLAINS BOOKFEST: "The Nature of Poetry, the Poetry of Nature" is theme. See www.neabigread.org or email cskinner@billingsymca.org for more details. OCTOBER 8 - NOVEMBER 11 "FINS, FUR AND FEATHERS", POLSON Artists celebrate fish, fishing, wildlife, and birds at www.sandpiperartgallery.com. Coincides with FALL MACK DAYS, a fishing derby. 21 - 31 "HAUNTED HOTEL," BILLINGS. Located on the grounds of the Moss Mansion. 29-30 NIGHTMARE AFFAIR, "MONTANA'S GRANDEST HALLOWEEN PARTY" AT THE GREAT NORTHERN BEST WESTERN, HELENA, 6-12 p.m. Benefit for Exploration Works Museum of Science & Culture where on the 30th the Wicked Works Halloween Festival is held, 12-5. NOVEMBER 3 JAZZ FESTIVAL, BOZEMAN. Emerson Cultural Center, www.theemerson.org. www.distinctlymontana.com 89

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