Thursday

Flathead Valley Community College Theatre will round up its summer repertory season with “Once Upon a Mattress,” an outrageous adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea.” FVCC student and professional actor Joshua Kelly directs the Broadway hit that starred Carol Burnett and Sarah Jessica Parker. “Once Upon a Mattress” will be performed in the FVCC Black Box Theatre, inside the Arts and Technology Building, on Thursday and Friday, July 15 and 16 and Aug. 5 and 6, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 17 and Aug. 7, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 available in advance online at www.fvcc.edu or at the FVCC Bookstore Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Remaining tickets will be available at each performance. For more information, visit online at www.fvcc.edu or call 756-3814.

The Flathead Lakers will present their Stewardship Award to Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell at the nonprofit’s annual meeting on July 15. Schweitzer will present the keynote address, and Flathead Lake Biological Station director Jack Stanford will present the annual State of the Lake report. The program will take place at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay beginning at 6 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available beginning at 5:15 p.m. For more information, call 883-1346.

The Glacier Camera Club and Whitefish Community Foundation will celebrate Glacier National Park’s centennial and the Foundation’s 10-year anniversary with a free reception at the O’Shaughnessy on Thursday, July 15, from 5-8 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and a cash wine/beer bar. Photographs on display will be for sale, and profits from the show will benefit the Whitefish Community Foundation’s Community Grants Fund and the O’Shaughnessy. The photographers will speak at 6:30 p.m., and the exhibit will be on display through Aug. 20.

Bay Area-based songwriter Brittany Shane will perform originals and covers with her band at the Great Northern Bar on Thursday, July 15, at 9:30 p.m. The Wisconsin-born and raised songstress is on a summer tour to promote her new CD “Have Heart Live Young.” Her music is featured in the award-winning independent film “The Village Barbershop.” For more information, visit online at www.brittanyshane.com or www.myspace.com/brittanyshane.

Staff and volunteers at the Conrad Museum in Kalispell will appear in costume during a dramatic reading of “Charlie: An Extraordinary Life,” the story of the life and times of Kalispell’s founder, Charles Conrad, at the mansion on Thursday, July 15, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Presented as reader’s theater, the work was written by local historian Jan Hardesty and based on extensive new research. The story begins with Charles’ participation in the American Civil War, then covers his rise to wealth in the shipping business in Fort Benton, Montana, and then on to his role in preserving the American Bison and negotiating treaties as a representative of the Blackfeet Nation.

Friday

Glacier Country Pachyderm will meet at the Kalispell Red Lion on Friday, July 16, from noon to 1 p.m. Flathead County Superintendent of Schools Marcia Sheffels will speak. The public is invited, and lunch is available for purchase. For more information, call Tom McElwain at 270-5764.

Folk-blues performer/songwriter David Olney will perform at the Stillwater Landing, north of Whitefish on U.S. 93, on Friday, July 16, at 8 p.m. For more information, call 716-874-7734 or visit online at www.davidolney.com.

The Sherwood Summer Hoops Slam basketball tournament, sponsored by Sherwood Sports Bar and Grille, will take place at the Mountain Mall on Friday through Sunday, July 16-18. There will be 4-on-4 competition for high school players, adults, 6-foot and under and co-rec. A 3-on-3 competition will be available for boys and girls in grades 3-8. For more information, call 862-3400 or 249-4207.

Saturday

A grand opening celebration of the new segment of The Whitefish Trail (formerly called A Trail Runs Through It) will take place at several locations on Saturday, July 17. A ceremony will take place at the Lion Mountain Loop Road trailhead in the morning, and a grand party will take place at Depot Park from 4-7 p.m. For more information, visit online at www.trailrunsthroughit.org.

The 20th annual Climb Big Mountain event will take place on Saturday, July 17. All funds raised will go to Flathead Industries to enhance services for people with disabilities throughout the Flathead Valley. For more information, call 755-7656 ext. 7 or visit online at www.flatheadindustries.org.

St. Peter Lutheran Church of Whitefish will sell berry pies at the Bigfork farmers market at the Bigfork High School parking lot on Saturday, July 17 and 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The money will be used to help Habitat For Humanity build a house in Whitefish.

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Tuesday

Walter Sayre, of the Stumptown Historical Society, will continue his history of Whitefish talks with “Whitefish Memories that Last a Lifetime” at the Whitefish Community Center (home of the Golden Agers), 121 East Second St., on Tuesday, July 20, at 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Jill at 250-3148 or visit online at www.whitefishcommunitycenter.org.

DREAM Adaptive Recreation Inc. will offer several outdoor recreational opportunities this summer for individuals with disabilities, including rafting and water sports. Water sports day camps on Echo Lake will be offered on July 20, 21 and 22 with water-skiing, tubing and lake kayaking. In addition to standard water-skiing, DREAM has specialized equipment that allows individuals in wheelchairs and with mobility difficulties to water-ski in a sitting position. For more information, call 862-1817 or e-mail dreamadaptive@yahoo.com.

Wednesday

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting on the Whitefish River clean-up project at the Whitefish Community Center (home of the Golden Agers) on Wednesday, July 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The Dirty Hands Gardening Club will meet at the Whitefish Public Library community room on Wednesday July 21, at 7 p.m. Kate O’Brien will speak about permaculture. For more information, all Joanne at 862-3451.

Free blood pressure screening will be offered at the Whitefish Community Center, home of the Golden Agers, 121 Second Street, on Wednesday, July 21, from 11:30 a.m. to noon, sponsored by Frontier Hospice. For more information, call 862-4923 or 755-4923.