YPR: Community Events: Billings, MT & area

Friday, May 9
Capitol Steps
ABT, 7:30pm
256-6052, www.albertabairtheater.org
Former Senate staffers, comedy troup satarize the people who employed them, with original song parodies and skits.

Saturday, May 10
Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre's Montana
Alberta Bair Theater, 7:30pm
256-6052, ABT box office, Rimrock Mall
Preview of the piece prior to their MT performance in China during this year's Olympic Games.

Sunday, May 11
Lascivious Biddies
ABT, 7:30pm
256-6052, www.albertabairtheater.org
All-female pop-quartet, blending jazz, pop and cabaret with four-part harmony.

Thursday, May 15
The Sea Inside, Spain, (PG13, 2004)
Parmly Library 3rd floor, 7pm
free
Continuation of the Parmly Billings Library Foreign Film Series.

High Noon Lecture: American Values in Our Time
Western Heritage Center, noon
free
Brian Kahn, YPR's Home Ground host, concludes the 5-part series on world wars.

Monday-Saturday, May 12-17
MSU-B 16th annual Wine & Food Festival
MSU-B campus
657-2244
Wine and culinary enthusiasts can learn from the experts, in a week of gourmet dining & cooking schools with local, state and nationally renowned chefs & wine masters.

Thursday, May 22
Community Evolution & Preservation Tools & Strategies program
Crossings at St. Johns, 7pm
free
Historian & writer Allan J. Mathews lectures, sponsored by the Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board & Humanities Montana

Tuesday, May 29
Evolution of Crow Women's Clothing Styles
Crossings at St. Johns, 7pm
free
Crow historian & retired national park ranger, Mardell Plainfeather, speaks; presented by the Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board & Humanities Montana.

Saturday, May 31
Dr. Richard Solomon: Workshop on Sutism
Mansfield Center, 8am-5pm
252-9600
Methods for teaching social skills to children with high functioning autism.

Throughout May
Yellowstone Art Museum--Three new exhibits
Perpetual Motion, paintings & works on paper, by Western artist Jean Arnold
Mixed media works by emerging MT artists Rollin Beamish & Andrew Schell, examining individual identity in today's collective society
North American art from the Charles M. Bair family collection

Paul Whiting photographic retrospective
Flatiron Gallery
GALLERY TALK: Thursday, May 15, 7pm.

Thursday, June 5
The Son's Room, Italy, (R, 2001)
Parmly Library 3rd floor, 7pm
free
Continuation of the Parmly Billings Library Foreign Film Series.

Monday-Friday, June 16-20
Montana Music Institute
Will James Middle School
655-0320
Introductory & master classes for chidlren & adults, with a variety of electives and free daily recitals by both students & faculty

Saturday, June 28
Billing Studio Theatre Summer Camp for Kids workshop production, Broadway Bound
248-1141
Performance concluding a two-week BST workshop for students, ages 8-18. Call for enrollment and performance information.

ABT Gala--Lily Tomlin
ABT
256-6052
One of America's foremost actors/comedians headlines the ABT 2008 Gala, with pre-show party & Back Stage Bash.

Thursday, June 19
Autumn Spring, Czechoslovakia, (PG13, 2001)
Parmly Library 3rd floor, 7pm
free
CONCLUSION of the Parmly Billings Library Foreign Film Series.

Throughout Summer 2008
Rim Country Land Institute classes
Institute grounds
238-7479
A series of workshops to help Billings area residents connect with the local landscape, including naturalist basics, photography, creative writing, philosophical exploration, falconry.