The Jake Five: The end of the world

Well, we feel fine at least. And even better with all these events going on around Billings this week!

Crawling and canoeing at the Babcock and Art House

For the last two weeks the Babcock has been showing Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's "Cornetto Trilogy," and that'll end at 7 p.m. this Friday with "The World's End." It's maybe the least beloved of the trilogy, but unfairly so, since the final Cornetto movie features an all-time premise: Five friends — Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan — return to their hometown for a pub crawl, only to learn that all their old friends and enemies have been replaced by aliens.

On Saturday there are two special screenings of the new documentary "Columbia River Canoe Project" at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. The doc follows a pair of cousins who canoed from the headwaters of the Clark Fork River near Butte all the way down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. $10 tickets are at arthousebillings.com .

At 7 p.m. Tuesday there's a free, MSUB International Studies sponsored showing of "Kandukondain Kandukondain." The 2000 film, which was released internationally under the title "I Have Found It," is a Tamil-language loose adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility," complete with musical numbers by A.R. Rahman, who won a pair of Oscars for his work in "Slumdog Millionaire."

Then at 6 p.m. on Thursday there's a free showing of "The Wizard of Oz." It's the second time Victor Fleming's 1939 movie has shown this year (and somehow the second showing of a Victor Fleming 1939 movie this month, after "Gone with the Wind" last weekend) but to be fair you should always be able to see "The Wizard of Oz" on a big screen. And it's a perfect pre-game for "Wicked," which releases the same day down the street at Art House Cinema and Pub.

Hey, speaking of, before that Art House is still showing the catty Vatican thriller "Conclave" and Steve McQueen's WWII tale "Blitz." And new on Friday are two movies that should be major awards players: Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winning "Anora" and Jesse Eisenberg's "A Real Pain," which has Kieran Culkin as a favorite to take home Best Supporting Actor (at least until Denzel debuts in "Gladiator II" next week).

Jenna Greenwell and the Pioneers at Craft Local

The Billings based singer-songwriter Jenna Greenwell is expanding her sonic palate a bit, debuting her new backing band the Pioneers at a show at Craft Local at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15. On Instagram the artist, who specializes in Americana troubadour-ing, called the group "gritty, tenacious and perhaps a little rebellious." And if that wasn't enough, the Zech Peabody Band will open. $10 cover.

Billings Symphony Chorale: 'Messages of Beauty and Hope'

Are you feeling down about the state of the universe for any non-specific reason? Well the good folks at the Billings Symphony Chorale are here to help. The group are performing a show called "Messages of Beauty and Hope" at the St. Patrick Co-Cathedral on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. First row tickets are $40, everywhere else is $30 and students can get in for $20, all available at billingssymphony.org .

Backyard Theatre's 'Four Reals'

While they gear up to perform "Rent" next year, the Backyard Theatre players have been keeping themselves sharp by performing small, intimate "cabaret-style" performances, like "Four Reals: A Celebration of Four Person Musicals," which is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Casual Space (601 24th St. W.). And you can't really celebrate four-person musicals without four people, so the performers are CJ Jennings, Travis Kuehn, Malia Howell and Samantha Pfeifer. Tickets are $15 at the door.

'Hadestown' at the Alberta Bair

A retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, "Hadestown" is still on the Broadway stage after winning basically every Tony in 2019. But if you don't want to get a plane ticket (they spike the hell out of those prices around the holidays) you're in luck, because the touring production is coming to the Alberta Bair Theater this week! The show on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. is mostly sold out, but there are plenty of good seats available for the 8 p.m. performance on Tuesday, Nov. 19. You can get yourself a ticket for $89 to $121 at albertabairtheater.org .

Honorable mentions

Austin SchillingAJ Sheble are at Thirsty Street on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. $7 at the door.

Kirks' Grocery is chock full on Saturday, Nov. 16 with sets from PLVMES, Alex Nauman, Happy Belated BirthdaySkin Fitness. Tunes start at 7 p.m., and tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

Ashton Moseman, an author from Lewistown who is in college in Bozeman and was still in high school when he published his debut novel "Digitized." He's signing copies of it at the Billings Barnes and Noble on Saturday from 12-4 p.m. Learn more about the book at barnesandnoble.com .

Grammy winning Christian singer-songwriter Rebecca St. James is at the Alberta Bair on Saturday at 7 p.m., along with speaker Jennie Allen. Tickets are at albertabairtheater.org .

Bozeman rockers are playing Thirsty Street on Saturday at 7 p.m., with support from Lucy Was RightAija. $10 at the door.

Hear some synth pop from Joyce from the Future at Craft Local on Saturday at 7 p.m., along Montana Mowgli. $5 at the door.

Spend Sunday, Nov. 17 with Parker Brown and the Bleeding HeartsBill Honaker on drums, Mike Leslie on bass and Trevor Krieger on fiddle) at Walkers Grill from 7-10 p.m.

Close out the week at Kirks' Grocery on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 10 p.m. with the Billings band Palantír and the Chicago punkers WHUT?. $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

have a pair of shows this week, playing a Thanksgiving Veterans Dance at the Moose Lodge on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. and the WestPark Village Soda Pop Dance on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

MSUB Jazz Orchestra and Afro Latin Ensemble are performing at the Cisel Recital Hall on Thursday at 7 p.m. Entry by donation or free with student ID.

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