Thursday
The Whitefish of Chamber Commerce’s Gone Fishin’ social will take at Alliance Title and Escrow on Thursday, May 20, from 5-7 p.m. Food will be provided by The Cuisine Machine and John’s Angel Catering.
A celebration of Noni (Lenore) Simons’ 100th birthday will take place at Joan and Scott Sorenson’s house, 285 Glenwood Road, in Whitefish, on Thursday, May 20, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Flathead Fat Tires will host the premiere of “Follow Me,” a mountain bike film by the cinematographers responsible for such films as “Seasons,” “Roam” and “The Collective.” The show will take place at Grouse Mountain Lodge on Thursday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door, and refreshments will be served.
Friday
The eighth annual Small Business Hazardous Waste Collection Event will take place on Friday, May 21, at the Flathead County Landfill. The event offers county businesses a cost-effective, easy and legally compliant way to dispose of work-related or maintenance-related hazardous wastes. To pre-register, call 756-8993 by May 19. For more information or to request a pre-registration packet, call the Waste Not Project at 756-8993.
Glacier Country Pachyderm will meet at the Kalispell Red Lion on Friday, May 21, from noon to 1 p.m. The guest speaker will be Todd Twete, vice president of sales and marketing for Merlin Information Services. For more information, call Tom McElwain at 270-5764.
Saturday
A celebration of Glacier National Park’s centennial will be hosted by “Whitefish Review” and “Camas: The Nature of the West” at the Crush Wine Bar on Central Avenue on May 22 from 7 to 11 p.m., with readings by Alison Disque, Grace Brogan, Brian Schott, Beth Raboin and Douglas Chadwick, as well as a slide show and question and answer session with the audience. After readings by authors featured in both journals, Chadwick will read from his new book “The Wolverine Way.” “Camas” is a literary magazine produced by graduate students in the University of Montana’s Environmental Studies department. For more information, visit online at WhitefishReview.org or call 261-6190.
The Glacier Twins American Legion baseball team will hold their annual fundraiser auction at Coopers bar on Central Avenue on Saturday, May 22, with a barbecue at 6:30 p.m. and entertainment by John Dunnigan following the auction. Proceeds will support player costs for tourney and travel fees. Glacier Twins baseball provides baseball for youths 16-18 years old from Whitefish, Columbia Falls and Bigfork. To donate last minute items to the auction, contact Doreen Marcial at 471-0459.
Sunday
The Flathead County Democratic Women’s Club will present its annual tea and fashion show, “Fashion Goes Green II,” on Sunday, May 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Outlaw Inn. Proceeds will support Flathead Valley Democratic candidates. Tickets are $15. For more information, call Mary Reckin at 257-8160 or Jeannie Sherlock at 752-6151.
Monday
The Northwest Montana Bar Association will hold a forum for the four Flathead County District Court candidates at Glacier High School on Monday, May 24, from 7-9 p.m.
The Violence Free Crisis Line announces a Take Back The Night sexual assault awareness event, with speakers, music and refreshments, will take place at the Gateway Community Center (formerly Gateway West Mall) in Kalispell on Monday, May 24, at 6 p.m. Enter through the United Way conference room.
The Flathead County Democratic Women will meet at the Outlaw Inn, in Kalispell, on Monday, May 24, at 11:45 a.m. Jim Chilton, of the Flathead County Solid Waste Department, will present a history of the landfill and available services. For more information, call Jean Sherlock at 752-6151.
Tuesday
Wednesday
The Whitefish Library Book Discussion Group meets the last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the library meeting room. Books may be available for checkout. On May 26, they will discuss “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” by Junot Diaz; on June 30, “Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell; and on July 28, “The Last Symbol,” by Dan Brown. For more information, call the library at 862-6657.