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Helena Chamber Singers present: "On a Summer's Eve" variety show Monday, June 12, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $10 adults/seniors, $6 students Helena's favorite chamber choir includes some of this town's most outstanding musicians. Vanguard, with Rennan Rieke, Mark Walker, Jeremy Slead, and Monte Gerise, sets the stage. The tight 4-part a cappella harmonies of Fourté,(Karen Keith, Alane Dallas, Bob Nelson and mike Earley) and a surprising variety of other guest artists make up this delightful opener to the Mondays at the Myrna series.

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Montana Mandolin Society Monday, June 19, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $15 With a new CD (Dance of the Sandhill) and a growing list of acclaims, the Montana Mandolin Society returns for a concert of new and familiar music. The 9-piece mandolin orchestra (including plenty of other traditional instruments) is gaining worldwide notoriety for their lush sound and dedication to excellence. They are the first American ensemble ever invited to the Kanto Mandolin Festival in Tokyo. Their 3rd CD, Mosaic, was nominated for a Grammy. But see them in person-fans say their concerts are "magical."

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Northwest New Works presents: In DisDress Monday, June 26, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $7 Written and Performed by Marya Sea Kaminski Directed by Jennifer Zeyl and Lathrop Walker Created in collaboration with the WET Ensemble Acclaimed solo artist Marya Sea Kaminski collaborates with the WET Ensemble in an absurdly theatrical performance collage of original writing, found text, and video. In DisDress explores a modern-day damsel's attempt to find sense under the rubble of her love life and the folds of her hoopskirt. All dressed up and basking in the glow of primetime TV-really, what's a girl to do?

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The Muir Quartet Monday, July 10, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $20 adults/seniors, $10 students The New York Times says of the Muir String Quartet: "sound, interpretive depth and polish to rival the best in the world." What more do you need to know? The Muir has been playing together for 27 years, 22 of them as the resident string quartet at Boston University School of Music. They are known as one of the world's most powerful and insightful ensembles, and are often featured at major chamber music series throughout North America and Europe. The Myrna's intimate stage on a beautiful summer's eve-what a perfect time to enjoy this remarkable ensemble. Click HERE for a Program of the Performance

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Polyjester Monday, July 17, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 students Canada's popular "swinging folk chunk" pop-n-roll band formed in 1999 when four gifted and forward-thinking musicians bumped heads and decided to blend their indefinable sound into a groove they call their own. They follow "the Good Melody as a bright and shiny guiding star," they say. (You can read reviews in Norwegian on their web site if you like.) Come jive your thorax.

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Driven Under with openers Audible and Mean Gorillas Monday, July 24, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $5 Montana-grown and on the rise, Driven Under has a new EP titled Not In the Cards and is bringing its heavy melodic mewzik to a wider audience all the time. They showcased at Sony Records last summer, and recorded their EP with a Grammy award-winning engineer. Driven Under formed in March of 2003 and now features Dan Murphy, Justin Benner, Mike Ogle and Sam Smetana. But these are just details. It's the sound that really rocks.

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans Monday, July 31, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $15 It's after-hours on Bourbon Street. A faint rhythm eases over the cobbled alleyways of New Orleans. It's the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, with their blend of traditional N'awlins brass, bebop, jazz, R&B and funk, and pure passion. After 28 years and 10 albums together, the Dirty Dozen has become the sound of the Big Easy. Repeatedly named Best Brass Band by Offbeat magazine's "Best of the Beat" awards, they've also been Grammy-nominated several times. Just try not to love this night.

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NEA Jazz Masters: The Heath Brothers Monday, August 7, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $25 One of the first families of jazz, the Heaths of Philadelphia have been contributing to the jazz language since the late '40s. Jimmy Heath and his brother Albert ("Tootie") bring an incredible history to this concert. Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. He has performed on more than 100 albums-seven with The Heath Brothers and twelve as a leader. Jimmy has also written more than 125 compositions, many of which have become jazz standards. Tootie, the bop-based drummer, first performed with Coltrane in 1957.He later played with Herbie Hancock, Kenny Drew, Dexter Gordon and a list of greats. The Heath brothers have been at it so long they own their own sound-a mix of impeccable arrangement, tasteful swing and a touch of royalty earned by pouring their vitality into the jazz world for so many years. Every note they play is a history book, and a peek into timelessness. But that's jazz.

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Northwest New Works Awesome presents: noSIGNAL Monday, August 14, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 students Exiled bees. Suicidal cells. Memory leaks. Technological breakdown. All brought to you by "Awesome" - the part band, part comedy group, part art collective from Seattle. Quirky humor, cinematic overtures and scientific research complement more than a dozen new "Awesome" songs in this theatrical extravaganza.

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Jim Rotondi and the Wilbur Rehman Quartet Monday, August 21, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 students The Wilbur Rehmann Quartet always has something new to say. This time trumpeter Jim Rotondi will help them say it. Raised in Butte and polished on the road with Ray Charles Orchestra and Lionel Hampton, Rotondi works and teaches in New York City, records extensively, and tours with several ensembles. Noted sax player Bob Belden says, "There isn't a better trumpet player in New York than Jim Rotondi, for whom the word 'versatile' is inadequate." Sounds like an intriguing partner for Wilbur Rehmann, Blackie Nelson, Ken Nelson and Dennis Unsworth, who are a class act in themselves.

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The Helena Symphony Chamber Night Monday, August 28, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 students What do those Helena Symphony musicians play on their off time? Each year the musicians of the Helena Symphony family create a special evening of solo, duet and ensemble pieces that show off their secret passions. Come hear what they have up their sleeves this year. It's always a delicious surprise.

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Bombay Cat Theatre project presents: The Guys Monday, September 11, 8:00 p.m. Myrna Loy Center Tickets: $10 On the 5th anniversary of 9/11/01, the Bombay Cat Theatre Project is honored to present The Guys, a memorial to the shattered psyche of post-September 11th New York. Told through the eyes of a beleaguered fire captain and the journalist he enlists to help him write the eulogies for his fallen men, this poignant two-person play is riveting, sometimes-sad, inspirational and cathartic. The Guys, by Anne Nelson, was commissioned by the tiny Flea Theatre, located in TriBeCa, mere blocks away from Ground Zero. On December 4, 2001 (12 weeks after the attacks) The Guys opened at The Flea as a staged reading featuring Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver. The Bombay Cat Theatre Project is an arts collective, formed in Chicago in 2002, and now based in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Ticket Information:

Tickets can be purchased at the Myrna Loy Center by calling the Box Office at 443-0287. The Internet is a great way to purchase your tickets. It's convenient, secure, and fast.

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