Thursday
The Whitefish Chamber of Commerce’s Gone Fishin’ social will take place at Flathead Performance Training, in the North Valley Hospital Village, on Thursday, April 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. with catering by Amazing Crepes.
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation will present the Telluride Mountain Film On Tour at the O’Shaughnessy on Thursday, April 15, with doors opening at 6 p.m. and the first film at 7 p.m. Telluride Mountainfilm is a world-class festival with films about adventure, mountaineering, remarkable personalities and important environmental and social messages. Films this year include “Samsara,” about alpine climbing in Nepal; “Drift Bahamas,” about fly fishing in the Caribbean; “High Plains Winter,” about skijoring in Montana; and “Look to the Ground,” a profile of a blind mountain biker. Proceeds will help fund trail maintenance and wilderness stewardship projects throughout the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Tickets are $12, available in advance at the White Room Mountain Shop in Whitefish, or $15 at the door. Tickets may sell out. For more information, visit online at www.mountainfilm.org or www.bmwf.org or call 387-3808.
Friday
Children’s House Montessori School will host its 12th annual Spring Auction Extravaganza at Grouse Mountain Lodge on Friday, April 16, at 6 p.m. with more than 100 items to bid on, including spa packages, weekend getaways, a bicycle, gift baskets, day ski passes, theater tickets and restaurant gift certificates. The silent auction and raffle will begin at 6 p.m. with a live auction at 7:30 p.m. The auction is a fundraiser for scholarships, school materials and items for an outdoor classroom, complete with gardens, composting area and a weather station.
Glacier Country Pachyderm will meet in Ballroom A or B at the Kalispell Red Lion from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, April 16. The guest speaker will be Tom Ray, of Plum Creek. The public is invited and lunch is available for purchase. For more information, call Tom McElwain at 270-5764.
Saturday
Teakettle Quilters will host their annual quilt show, “A Little Bit of Heaven in Montana,” at Glacier Discovery Square, in Columbia Falls, on Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be vendors, demonstrations, exhibits, boutique and raffles, and the featured quilter will be Nancy Collard. Admission is free.
Flathead Audubon will hold its fourth annual Cohen Stroll along the Whitefish River bike path on Saturday, April 17. Participants will meet by the Smith ball fields pond off Highway 40 at 1 p.m. The two-hour stroll celebrates the beautiful quality of life of the Flathead, as Ferne and Marty Cohen have taught, and is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers. For information, call trip leader Linda de Kort at 755-3704.
Bresnan Communications, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office and other local agencies, organizations, and businesses will present the Flathead County Child Safety Fair at the Expo building at the Flathead County Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be free child fingerprinting and photographing services and take-home Internet safety packets. Immediately following the Fair, Bresnan will provide a free screening of the family-friendly film “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” along with free pop and popcorn.
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Tuesday
Walter Sayre, of the Stumptown Historical Society, will continue his history talks with ”Tall Tales and Snow Storms” at the Whitefish Community Center, home of the Golden Agers, on Tuesday, April 20, at 12:30 p.m. Audience stories and photos about snow storms they endured are encouraged. For more information, call 250-3148.
The Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a program on “How to Speak Flathead River” in the public meeting room of the Fish, Wildlife and Parks building in Kalispell on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. The program on fishing the four seasons of the North, Middle and South forks and main stem of the Flathead River will be presented by Lakestream Outfitters & Spotted Bear Adventures. For more information, contact Chris Schustrom at 260-1198.
Wednesday
The Dirty Hands Gardening Club will meet in the Whitefish Library community room on Wednesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. with a presentation on beekeeping. The club meets on the third Wednesday of the month spring through fall months to discuss gardening topics. It also sponsors the Thursday Farmer’s Market in Whitefish during the summer. For more information, call Joanna at 862-3451.
The Flathead Valley Community College Reading Group will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the novel “Teacher Man: A Memoir” by Frank McCourt. For more information or to sign up, call Sharon Randolph at 756-3981.
The Flathead Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society will host a talk by Peter Lesica on a hundred years of botany in Glacier National Park at Glacier Discovery Square, in Columbia Falls, on Wednesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. Lesica is the author of several botany books about the Park. For more information, call Rachel Potter at 892-2446.
The Flathead Basin Committee will discuss the recent announcement by the Province of British Columbia to ban mining and energy development in the B.C. Flathead during their regular meeting at the Flathead National Forest’s offices, 655 Wolfpack Way, in Kalispell, on Wednesday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other items on the agenda include a TMDL update by Ron Steg and George Mathieus, an overview of the Columbia River Trust by Kindy Gosal, and details on the county’s recently created Stormwater Management Group by Dan Leatzow. For more information, contact the FBC at 437-2479.