DAYBOOK, Aug. 11

Today

• AARP Smart Driver Course, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Eureka High School. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 293-0100.

• Painting in Nature youth guided hike, 10 a.m. to noon, Whitefish Trail. Meet at Lion Mountain Trailhead and walk one mile to Learning Pavilion. Local artists will paint group observations. Free. No RSVP required

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Professional Therapy Associates (formerly Polson Physical Therapy), blood mobile.

Friday

• Nurturing Center yard sale 8:30 a.m. today and Aug. 13, 146 3rd Avenue West in Kalispell. Donations of gently used items needed. Call 756-1414.

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; noon to 5 p.m. K-Mart, blood mobile.

• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival, today through Aug. 14, Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. Festival hours 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; free admission. Huckleberry pancake and sausage feed, 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Mountain Mall parking lot. Huckleberry dessert bake-off, 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday; 406-862-3501; www.whitefishchamber.org

• Summerfest on Flathead Lake, today and Saturday, Polson. Today — car show registration, noon to 5 p.m. Sacajawea Park; poker run, 6-8 p.m.; free live music and dancing, 8 p.m. to midnight Finley Point Grill. Saturday — Car show, 9 a.m. Main Street; Sandpiper Art Festival, 9 a.m. Courthouse lawn; Family Fun day, water activities. Call Anderson Radio Broadcasting, 406-883-5255; www.andersonbroadcasting.com

• Glacier Symphony and Chorale’s Festival Amadeus student concert noon to 1:30 p.m. Camp FA Student Concert, Whitefish Performing Arts Center, featuring the full orchestra and ensembles. Free. Public invited.

• Flathead Audubon and Fish Wildlife and Parks field trip to learn more about bats in the Flathead Valley, 8:30 to 11 p.m. Call Lewis Young at 889-3492 to sign up and get directions to the meeting site. Headlamps or flashlights necessary. Free. All welcome.

• Rocky Mountain Rollers Good Sam RV Chapter August campouts, today and Aug. 13, Little Bitterroot (Lions) Campground, 1650 Pleasant Valley Road, Marion. Meeting 11 a.m. Aug. 13, potluck noon. Guests welcome. RSVP to Bob, 755-4942.

Saturday

• Big Arm Association community pancake breakfast, 8-11 a.m., Big Arm School. Sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee included; donations appreciated. Call 849-5064.

• Nurturing Center yard sale 8:30 a.m., 146 3rd Avenue West in Kalispell. Donations of gently used items needed. Call 756-1414.

• 35th annual Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Swan Lake Day Park, mile marker 72, Montana 35. Music, huckleberry treats, arts and crafts, silent auction, children’s games. Pancake breakfast 8 a.m.; terry.rolsen@gmail.com

• Nooks and Crannies Tour, 9 a.m., Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell, $28 per person, $25 for members. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.

• Summerfest on Flathead Lake, Polson. Car show, 9 a.m. Main Street; Sandpiper Art Festival, 9 a.m. Courthouse lawn; Family Fun day, water activities. Call Anderson Radio Broadcasting, 406-883-5255; www.andersonbroadcasting.com

• Free chuckwagon breakfast hosted by Dr. Tom Pittaway and team, 9-11 a.m., 124 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, orange juice, milk, coffee and more. All welcome.

• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival continues today and Sunday, Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. Festival hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; free admission. Huckleberry pancake and sausage feed, 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Mountain Mall parking lot. Huckleberry dessert bake-off, 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday; 406-862-3501; www.whitefishchamber.org

Sunday

• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival, 1- a.m. to 5 p.m., Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. 406-862-3501; www.whitefishchamber.org

Monday

• AARP Smart Driver Course, 8 a.m. to noon, Troy United Methodist Church. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 293-0100.

• Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

Thought

“Don’t wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.” • Roger Zelazny, American science-fiction writer (1937-1995).