https://independent.thesidecar.club/events/rss Events at my space. 2026-09-28T22:30:00+00:00 https://independent.thesidecar.club/20429

Join us for a different kind of Sidecar Happy Hour this September: **Bad Art! 🎨** Sidecar member Morgan (Moe) Estberg will lead us through a playful, low-pressure art session in the Sidecar Lounge. The whole idea behind “bad art” is to forget about making something polished or impressive and just have fun creating. No artistic talent, experience, or carefully curated Pinterest inspiration required. In fact, imperfection is kind of the point. Since the Fall Equinox is right around the corner, we’ll give the evening a loose fall theme. Think questionable autumn masterpieces, strange collages, leaf-inspired creations, and whatever else you come up with. We’ll have some basic supplies available to share, including glue and scissors, but we encourage you to raid your junk drawer, craft bin, or backyard and bring along any small supplies that could be put to use. Construction paper, crayons, markers, cookie cutters, autumn leaves, scraps, stickers, yarn, old magazines, or other random creative materials are all fair game. (Just bring what can fit in about a small Ziploc bag - no huge bins, please!) We’ll kick things off in the **Sidecar Lounge at 4:30 PM**. After we’ve made enough art of highly questionable quality, we’ll head over to the **Rathskeller for drinks** and continue the happy hour. 🍸 Come for the art, come for the drinks, or join us for both. This is meant to be casual, social, and very much **not** an art class. Just bring yourself, anything fun you’d like to create with, and a willingness to make something wonderfully bad. 💚]]>

2026-09-23T22:30:00+00:00 https://independent.thesidecar.club/20427

This month at **[Why I’m Building This](https://www.montanafoundry.com/wibt)**, we’re featuring **Terry Davis** of **[IronRidge Services](https://ironridge.services/)**. Most people might look at a pile of unwanted stuff and see junk. Terry sees a system. **IronRidge Services** is a veteran-owned Helena company built around material recovery and a simple framework: **Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Dispose.** Instead of defaulting to the landfill, the goal is to find the next best use for what gets removed, whether that means donation, resale, recycling, repurposing, or disposal only when the other options are exhausted. But IronRidge is becoming more than a removal company. Terry is building a larger ecosystem around property services, resale, recovery, and other businesses that can work together, create opportunity, and keep more materials in circulation. Join us as Terry shares the story behind IronRidge, how his time in the military shaped the way he thinks about systems and discipline, and why he believes building a better business can also mean building something better for the community around it. Whether you’re building a company, figuring out your next chapter, or just curious about the people creating interesting things here in Helena, come hang out. **Why I’m Building This** is a monthly gathering for founders, makers, and people in the middle of building something. No pitches. Just the real story behind the work. **When:** Monday, September 28th **Time:** 4:30pm **Where:** Sidecar, 2nd floor of the Independent Building]]>

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