The Fab Four Live pays tribute to the Beatles on Saturday.

Tuesday, September 7

•The Yellowstone-West/Carbon County Special Services Cooperative offers a Fall Child Development Clinic, which screens children from birth to age 6 in a wide range of developmental areas. Today’s clinic at Independent Public School is for children in the Broadview and Independent school districts. Call 259-8109 for an appointment. Also Wednesday in Laurel.

•Darcie Vallant of the Montana Audubon Conservation Education Center is guest speaker at a meeting of the Billings Conservation Roundtable. She provides information about the center and answers questions. Noon, First Interstate Bank Operations Center, North 18th Street and Sixth Avenue North.

•The city of Billings Zoning Commission holds a public hearing on a proposed zone change from Residential 6000 to Neighborhood Commercial on a parcel of land at 3333 Central Ave. owned by Paul and Sharon Allen. The Billings City Council will consider the matter on Sept. 27. 4:30 p.m., third floor of Parmly Billings Library.

•Ask questions while you exercise when you join physician Cheryl Cook and guest walkers on Walk n Talk with the Doc. 5:30 p.m., Fortin Lobby, 1233 N. 30th Street. Free.

•Auditions are held for an Oct. 8-17 production of “Just So Stories,” which tells five of Rudyard Kipling’s short stories. Parts are available for students in grades three through eight. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Venture Theatre. Also Wednesday.

•Registration goes on for hunter education classes that run Sept. 13-18. Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1985, must take a hunter education class to qualify for a Montana hunting license. Students must turn at least 12 years old during 2010 to register for this fall’s classes. Students younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to register. Adult hunters also are encouraged to take the class. 6:30-8 p.m., Shepherd Middle School and Lewis and Clark Middle School. Free.

•Bellydancers and drummers perform at A Taste of India. 7 p.m., 216 Broadway.

•A Wilhelm Scream plays in concert with the Photo Atlas and Strangle Valentino. 7 p.m., Railyard Ale House. For details, see Page 26.

•Justin Haigh plays live music. 8:30 p.m., Montana Chad’s.

•DJ Michael May and friends host karaoke. 9 p.m., Crystal Lounge.

•Karaoke goes on six nights a week at Hudson’s Bar and Grille, with live music on Thursdays. 2658 Grand Ave.

Wednesday, September 8

•The Carbon County Teen Dating Violence Prevention Summit is held at Joliet High School, and the Yellowstone and Stillwater County summits are held at Laurel High School. Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Carbon County helps with funding and with organizing the day’s events. This year’s keynote speakers are members of Voices Against Violence from the University of Texas, who spread their message through interactive, realistic scenarios illustrating relationship violence, sexual violence and stalking. A breakout session focuses on the relationship between Edward and Bella from the book and movie series Twilight. The session includes a section on violence in the media. Other speakers hold sessions on self-defense and an activity called the Fishbowl where opposite genders anonymously ask each other questions. For information, call (406) 446-2296 or go to www.dsvsmontana.org/teen/home/teenhome.html. Through Thursday.

•LAUREL – The Yellowstone-West/Carbon County Special Services Cooperative offers a Fall Child Development Clinic, which screens children from birth to age 6 in a wide range of developmental areas. Today’s clinic at the Laurel Administration Building is for children in the Laurel school district. Call 628-3380 for an appointment.

•Fall classes begin at MSU Billings.

•At their breakfast meeting, Yellowstone County Democrats hear pros and cons on Initiative 164, which would restrict payday lenders to annual interest rates of 36 percent. According to backers of the initiative, some lenders now charge more than 400 percent interest. 7 a.m., McCormick Café.

•Bring out your guitar for Wannabe Unplugged. 4 p.m., Garage Pub at Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.

•Naturalists lead one of a series of Wildflower Walks that give a sense of the landscape and a look at changing flora and fauna. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at Rocky Mountain College parking lot to carpool, or drive to Rim Country Land Institute six miles west of Billings. $8, $5 or $20 per family. Every other Wednesday through Sept. 22.

•Auditions are held for an Oct. 8-17 production of “Just So Stories,” which tells five of Rudyard Kipling’s short stories. Parts are available for students in grades three through eight. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Venture Theatre.

•Eran Thompson, leader of Not in Our Town and advocacy grass roots manager for the American Cancer Society, speaks on “Addressing Hate in Billings” at the Wednesday evening Alternate Service. 7 p.m., Billings Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2032 Central Ave.

•BOZEMAN – Kevin Michael Connolly, a 2008 graduate of MSU who has won acclaim for his photography and his memoir, Double Take, speaks at MSU’s Freshmen Convocation, which is open to the public. The Helena native was born without legs but grew up camping, skateboarding and skiing. He has traveled the world, snapping more than 30,000 photos of the reactions of people when they first saw him. Those photographs were collected into “The Rolling Exhibition,” which has been exhibited at the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center. He has medaled twice in the ESPN X-Games in mono-ski. 7:30 p.m., Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. Free.

•Justin Haigh plays live music. 8:30 p.m., Montana Chad’s.

•DJ Michael May and friends host karaoke. 9 p.m., Crystal Lounge.

•Dustin hosts karaoke. 9 p.m., Bones Brewing and the Sports Page, 1425 Broadwater Ave.

•Karaoke goes on six nights a week at Hudson’s Bar and Grille, with live music on Thursdays. 2658 Grand Ave.

Thursday, September 9

•JACKSON, Wyo. – Wildlife Expeditions of Teton Science Schools offers two- and three-day Fall Elk Bugling, Wolves and Bears Expeditions in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. The expeditions are led by local biologists in vehicles with roof hatches and sliding windows. $650, $495. For information, call 1-888-945-3567 or go to www.wildlifeexpeditions.org. Also beginning Sept. 13, Sept. 16, Sept. 19, Sept. 23, Sept. 27, Sept. 30, Oct. 4 and Oct. 7.

•Representatives of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Revenue holds an Assistance for Business Clinic with information on state withholding, unemployment tax requirements, minimum wage laws, overtime laws, civil rights laws, new hire reporting, identity theft and federal tax incentives. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., MSU Billings Downtown. $45.

•BOZEMAN – The grand opening of Gallatin College Programs is the first of events celebrating the inauguration of Waded Cruzado as MSU’s 12th president. GCP, formerly the MSU-Great Falls College of Technology, offers associate degrees in aviation, interior design, design drafting and a certificate program in welding. GCP also offer courses in developmental math and developmental writing. 8:30 a.m., Hamilton Hall at MSU. Free.

•GLENDIVE – The Alternative Energy Resources Organization sponsors a tour of the Hoff Farm overlooking the Yellowstone River and of Glendive’s Farm to Table market gardening projects, including season extension with moveable high tunnels. High tunnels – or hoop houses – are unheated greenhouses that extend the growing season for vegetable crops 1-5 p.m. $10. To register and for directions, contact AERO at (406) 443-7272, by fax at (406) 442-9120 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

•Oakhurst blends bluegrass with a touch of rock ’n’ roll, some three-part harmonies and shootouts between banjo and mandolin. The Colorado band’s latest album, Jump in the Get Down, has received radio play on 200 stations, and Denver’s Westword magazine nominated Oakhurst as the city’s best band in four different categories five years in a row. 4 p.m., Garage Pub at Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.

•Hollywood Montana Style celebrates Montana storytelling as depicted in the movies with a keynote talk by Wally Kurth, producer of the Montana basketball documentary Class C: The Only Game in Town and featured actor on the ABC daytime drama Days of our Lives. Cocktails, 5:30 p.m.; dinner, 6:30 p.m.; program and silent auction, 7 p.m.; Elks Lodge, 934 Lewis Ave. $65. Call 256-6809 for tickets.

•The Central-Terry Park Neighborhood Task Force meets. 6:30 p.m., Terry Park Fire Station, Sixth Street West and Terry Avenue.

•A tour is held of the newly renovated St. Vincent Healthcare Labor and Delivery. Meet specialists and care providers. 7 p.m. For information, call 657-7000 or log on to www.svh-mt.org.

•“Hair,” the ’60s musical that portrayed – and in some respects defined – the counter culture is brought to the stage by director Robert Brian Wood, music director Timber Venard and a cast that includes Mr. Venard, Sarah Butts, Chris Decker, Chaslee Zent, Justin Choriki and Bekah Kellison. Recommended for mature audiences. 7:30 p.m., Venture Theatre. Through Sunday.

•Ten-time platinum selling artist Clint Black opens the 2010-2011 season at the Alberta Bair Theater, playing some of his nearly two dozen No. 1 hit singles, such as “Like the Rain,” “Killin’ Time” and “The Strong One.” The Texas-based artist has released two triple platinum albums and sold more than 20 million albums worldwide. CMT has listed his 1989 debut album, Killin’ Time, as one of the 100 Greatest Albums in Country Music. He also has appeared in several movies, among them Maverick, Still Holding on: The Legend of Cadillac Jack and Flicka 2. 7:30 p.m., Alberta Bair Theater. $58.

•Projectile Comedy does live improv. 8 p.m., The Carlin.

•Justin Haigh plays live music. 8:30 p.m., Montana Chad’s.

•DJ Michael May and friends host karaoke. 9 p.m., Crystal Lounge.

•Smile Empty Soul, a California band, had a hit with “Bottom of a Bottle” in 2003, and the band’s last two releases have sold more than 650,000 copies. The most recent album, Consciousness, is from FOF Entertainment. Edisun also plays. Railyard Ale House.

Burn the Point Classic Car Weekend blazes through downtown on Friday, then moves to MetraPark on Saturday.

Oakhurst combines rock with bluegrass on Thursday, Sept. 9 at the Garage Pub.

Country singer and songwriter Clint Black plays here Thursday, Sept. 9.

Smile Empty Soul plays Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Railyard Ale House.

John Hiatt plays Saturday at the Babcock.

Kevin Michael Connolly speaks Wednesday in Bozeman.

The Running of the Sheep goes on Sunday.