Best bets for this week
‘Fascinating Rhythm: A Musical Hot Toddy’
New York City song-and-dance duo Two on Tap — aka Melissa Giattino and Ron DeStefano — perform with Alpine Theatre Project’s Betsi Morrison, Nick and Rebecca Spear and Luke Walrath, with David Snyder on piano.
This celebration of classic song and dance will feature songs from the Great American Songbook, including music by the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Rodgers and Hart.
The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish.
Tickets are $30 for adults and $18 for students, plus a $1 processing fee. Visit atpwhitefish.org.
‘The Vagina Monologues’
Eve Ensler’s episodic play will be staged Wednesday and Feb. 7 at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish.
A silent auction of designer purses kicks off the event both nights. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m. A celebration and dance party follow the show.
Tickets are $15 in advance at Fifty Seven Boutique, 217 Central Ave., Whitefish; The Lodge at Whitefish Lake; and finditflathead.com. Admission is $20 at the door.
All proceeds benefit the Abbie Shelter and victims of interpersonal violence.
Flathead Lake International Cinemafest
Polson plays host to Flathead Lake International Cinemafest this weekend.
The event kicks off Friday with an opening night champagne soiree at KwaTaqNuk Resort from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 each.
Movies of varying lengths, by filmmakers around the world, will be shown at Showboat Cinemas Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday morning. View the films for $5 Friday night, $5 per two-hour session or $25 all day Saturday, and $5 per two-hour session Sunday.
The weekend wraps up Sunday afternoon with a closing party and best-of awards show.
For information, visit flicpolson.com, email flic@montanasky.net or call (406) 247-0181.
A Camp to Remember Benefit Auction
Tamarack Grief Resource Center’s annual fundraiser is tonight at The Lodge at Whitefish Lake.
Music and a no-host bar start at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., and an auction of paddles created by local artists begins at 7:45 p.m.
Tickets are $75 each or $1,000 for a sponsor table of eight. Tickets are available at Wheeler Jewelry, 139 Main St., Kalispell, 752-6809; or by calling Barb Myers, (406) 249-2196, or Kris Carlson, 261-3160.