Daybook, March 30
TODAY
• Red Cross blood drives: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Kalispell Elks Lodge; 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pope John Paul II Church, Bigfork. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus.
• Free Falun Dafa Qigong instruction easy-to-learn exercise instruction for all ages, 11:45 a.m., and every Wednesday in April, Kalispell Senior Center, 403 Second Ave. W. Call Katherine, 257-9798.
• Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Unwind, 5-6:30 p.m. Wheaton’s and Kalispell Hostel, 214 First Ave. W., Giveaways. All welcome. Call 758-2800.
Thursday
• Red Cross blood drive, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Marion Fire Department. Sponsored by Pleasant Valley Apiaries.
• Community Tap Night, 5-8 p.m., Cabinet Mountain Brewing Co., 201 Mineral Ave., Libby. $1 of every beer sold benefits Northwest Montana Chapter Forest Fire Lookout Association.
• Canyon Community Dinner, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Hungry Horse School, North Avenue. Follow signs. Menu is chili, cornbread, salad, vegetables, brownies and ice cream. Free. All welcome. Call Luann, 261-1082 or Flo, 250-3406.
• Marion Fire District board meets 7 p.m., Marion Community Center, 180 Gopher Lane. Public welcome.
• Flathead Valley Genealogical Society member Vicki Crowley gives a hands-on presentation on how to research your family history, 7:30 p.m., West Shore Community Library, 100 Bierney Creek Road, Lakeside. Bring your laptop if you have one. RSVP to 844-3719.
Friday
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday, 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Fallls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos for $4.
• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Screening of “Suffragettes,” 6:30 p.m. Museum at Central School, Kalispell. Doors open 6 p.m. Suggested minimum donation $5 to benefit Flathead County Democratic Women’s scholarship fund.
• 50th annual Creston Auction and County Fair, today through Sunday. Consignment Day, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. Creston Auction and Country Fair, 9 a.m. Saturday. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Volunteers needed. Call 406-250-7396.
Saturday
• 50th annual Creston Auction Country Fair, 9 a.m. today. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Call 406-250-7396.
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Fallls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos for $4.
• Lakeside Community Garden hosts program by a Hooper’s Garden Center representative, 10 a.m. Lakeside Community Church. Raised beds available for rent; lakesidegarden59922@gmail.com
• Peace Corps volunteer Terri Nichols give a presentation titled, “Two Years in Zambia: Perspectives on Cultural Exchange and Service in the Peace Corps,” 1 p.m., Whitefish Community Library. Public welcome.
• Big Mountain Commericial Association spring SNOWbus Brewfest, 1-5 p.m. Whitefish Mountain Resort Village. Sixteen microbrewers. Advance tickets $20 at Kalispell Sportsman Ski Haus, Great Northern Brewery and at resort Info Center; $25 at door. ID required. SNOWbus runs every half hour to/from Mountain Mall starting at 12:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Call 862-2900.
• Hawaiian luau dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 301 16th Ave. E., Polson. Tickets $12.50 each, $6 for children ages 6-10. Call Dee Walker, 883-0099. All invited.
• Sons of Norway meet 7 p.m., Buffalo Hill Terrace meeting room, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Call 752-2357.
Sunday
• Spring meeting of American Leion of Montana, April 3, Ronan Senior Center, Main Street West, Ronan. District 4 Legionaires across Northwest Montana will attend. Registration 9 a.m. Joint banquet at noon with Cmdr. Jim Grosset of Calgary as guest speaker. Business meeting 1:10 p.m.
• 50th annual Creston Auction Country Fair, 9 a.m. today. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Call 406-250-7396.
Thought
“We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.” • Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (1898-1983).
Monday
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.
• Pleasant Valley School hosts an open house for new junior kindergarten and kindergarten students 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7975 Pleasant Valley Road, Marion. Call 406-858-2343.
• Red Cross blood drives: 12:30-6 p.m. West Kootenai Community; 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
Tuesday
• Creston School board meets at 7:30 a.m.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 863-3627.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5:30 p.m. Bigfork Church of Latter Day Saints.
• Somers School District Disciplinary Committee meets 1:30 p.m., Somers Middle School.
• Somers School District Personnel Committee meets 5 p.m. today and April 6, Somers Middle School to conduct superintendent interviews.
• Farm Hands/Nourish the Flathead hosts a free educational Farm Hands Farm Finance Workshop, Natural Grocers, 2395 U.S. 93, Kalispell, near Home Depot. Potluck at 5:30 p.m. (Bring a dish to share if attending). Aimee Roberts with Northwest Farm Credit Services and local food distributor Casey Anderson of Produce Depot speak at 5:45 p.m. All interested welcome; pre-registration recommended. Call Tawnya Rourke Kelly, 406-471-0022.
• Glacial Forum presents David A. Clark Jr., Milwaukee County Sheriff and national spokesman on Second Amendment and national security issues, 6:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 1840 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. Seating limited. Tickets required. Singles $30; couples $50. Call Dee Kirk-Boon, 406-250-5098.
A look ahead
• Red Cross blood drives April 6: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Bigfork High School; 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Flathead Electric
• Polson Chamber of Commerce meets noon to 1 p.m. April 6, KwaTukNuk Resort. Speaker is Niki Graham, director of the Center for Prevention and Wellness for Salish Kootenai College. Lunch $11. Open to public. Call 883-5969.
• Pleasant Valley School board meets 4:30 p.m. April 6.
• Somers School District Personnel Committee meets 5 p.m. April 6, Somers Middle School to conduct superintendent interviews.
• USMC Happy Hour for Marines and Navy who served with Marines, 5-7 p.m. April 6, Kalispell VFW, 330 First Ave. W. Cash bar. Spouses welcome. Call 406-249-2448.
• Flathead River Commission presents two free presentations on “The Deep Aquifer and Subsurface Geology of the Flathead Valley” with Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology scientists John Wheaton and James Rose: an informal discussion at 6 p.m. April 6, Flathead Lake Brewing Co., Bigfork; and from 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 7, Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Call Flathead Conservation District, 752-4220.
• Climate Solutions Task Force meets at 7 p.m. April 6, Whitefish Library. Steering committees and work groups for special projects will be formed. All interested in renewable energy and conservation, water quality, locat food production climate warming solutions welcome; http://glacierclimateaction.org/
• Red Cross blood drives April 7: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m Meadow Lake Resort; noon to 5 p.m. Applied Materials.
u Opening reception for “New Artists 2016 High School Students Art” exhibit 5-7 p.m. April 7, Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free admission. Public welcome. Call 755-5268.
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8-9, 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Fallls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos for $4.
• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 8 at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition hosts two programs on April 8 by Professor Samir Bitar of the University of Montana titled, “Perspectives on Islam,” 12:30 p.m. North Lake County Public Library, St. Ignatius; and 6 p.m. Mission Valley United Methodist Church, 70175 U.S. 93, St. Ignatius with potluck at 5:30 p.m. Free. Public invited.
• 2016 Stumpjumper Days, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 9, FVCC Logger Sports Arena, accessible via first exit off Hutton Ranch Road roundabout. Competitions include axe throw, horizontal hart hit chops, obstacle pole buche and bonzaii logger. Free. Open to public.
• Lighthouse Christian Home annual fundraising dance and auction, 7 p.m. April 9, Grand Ballroom, Red Lion Hotel, Kalispell. Live music by Swingin’ on High Band. Live and silent auctions. Cash raffle. Ticket $50 per person or $350 for table of eight. Call 857-3276.
• Ninth annual Cowboy Up Auction for Samaritan House Homeless Shelter, April 9, Gardner’s Auction Barn, U.S. 93 south of Kalispell. Doors open 5 p.m. Pulled pork dinner at 6 p.m.; beer and wine available. Live dance music by Smart Alex. Raffle, live and silent auctioins. Tickets $35 each; tables of eight $245. Call 257-5801.
• Flathead Lutherans for Life annual all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner and silent auction, noon to 1:30 p.m. April 10, Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Update on Hope Pregnancy Center. Free will offering accepted.
• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. April 10, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 8 a.m. to noon April 11, Troy United Methodist Church. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 406-293-0100.
• Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m. April 11, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Flathead Audubon meets at 7 p.m. April 11, in the United Way conference room, Gateway Community Center, U.S. 2 West, Kalispell. Beverly Skinner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist, gives a program on Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge. Enter from west side of building. free. All welcome.
• The Flathead Conservation District meets at 7 p.m. April 11, 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.
• Flathead Valley Parkinson’s disease support group will show the award-winning film, “Capturing Grace,” about the power of art and strength of the human spirit, 3 p.m., April 13, The Summit, Kalispell. Public invited. Free; donations accepted. Call Lois Wagner, 871-3767.
Flathead Best Beginnings Community Council presents a free screening of “Paper Tigers,” a documentary about effective strategies for dealing with childhood trauma, 6-9 p.m. April 12, Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Mature subject matter. Public invited. Discussion follows. Call Ned Cooney, 212-7242.
• Free screening of Brazilian-British film “Trash,” 6-8 p.m. April 13, Blake Hall, Room 140, FVCC. Fulbright teaching assistant Anderson Viana de Carvalho Jr from Brazil will provide introductory comments. Public invited. Call Gerda Reeb, 756-3889.
• Flathead Beekeepers meet 6:30 p.m. April 13, North Valley Hospital Community Center, 235 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Open to anyone with an interest. Call Kathy, 752-9642.
• Spring Fling dance, 5:30 p.m. April 14, The Springs in Whitefish, 1011 River Lakes Parkway. Live music with Kathy Sullivan, dance, refreshments. Free. Public invited.
• Glacier Pachyderm Club wrap-up panel discussionof public safety series, 6-8 p.m. April 14, Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. State Representative Frank Garner will facilitate. Public invited to prioritize a plan.
• West Valley Naturalists meet 7 p.m. April 14, West Valley Middle School Commons, 2290 Farm to Market Road, Kalispell. Tris Hoffman, weed coordinator of the Flathead National Forest, discusses weed control. Free. Everyone welcome. Use main school entrance. Call at Hoffman, 758-3510; or Jeanine Buettner, 755 4733.
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 15-16, 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Fallls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos for $4.
• Frontier Hospice hosts a Living with Grief Program, 1-4 p.m. April 15, Immanuel Lutheran Skilled Care Center, Kalispell. Panel of experts will discuss the topic “Managing Conflict/Finding Meaning-Supporting Families at Life’s End.” and provide strategies for families. Free. To register, call Marshauna, 755-4923.
u 4-H Student Exchange Program community dance fundraiser April 15, North Crow Clubhouse, Ronan. Dance instruction 5-6 p.m., followed by dancing untile 10 p.m. Cost $10 adult; $5 youth; maximum for family, $30.
• Big Arm Association pancake breakfast, 8-11 a.m. April 16, historic Big Arm School. Menu also includes scrambled eggs, sausage, beverages. Donations accepted. Local author Grace Larson will sign her books. Call Nancy Foster, 849-5064.
• 80th annual Cherry Growers meeting 8:30 a.m. April 16, Yellow Bay Community Clubhouse, Montana 35, mile marker 18. Keynote speaker is Matthew Whiting form Washington State University. Seating limited; pre-registration recommmended. Cost is $20 which includes morning refreshments, lunch and handouts. Call 406-982-3069
• Used gear sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 16, Brookside Yard (formerly Brookies Cookies), Bigfork. to benefit Bigfork Food Pantry and Community Foundation for a Better Bigfork. Call Peter Leander, 250-4149.
• Salvation Army’s Spring Swing Fling Thing, 6 p.m. April 16, Salvation Army Community Center, 110 Bountiful Ave., Kalispell. Live music by BJ Lupton’s 18-member band. Performance by Valley Voices Community Choir. Refreshments. Free. Public invited. Call 257-4357.
• Whitefish Women of the Moose hosts a Senior Prom for all seniors, 6-10 p.m. April 16, Whitefish Moose Lodge, 230 W. 10th St. Semi-formal or formal attire. Dinner and dancing. All seniors welcome. Call Carol, 260-8493.
• Columbia Falls Community Choir annual spring concerts, 7 p.m. April 16, with refreshments afterward; and 2 p.m. April 17, Columbia Falls High School Little Theater. Free admission; donations accepted toward cost of purchasing music. All welcome.
• Seventh annual 5K and 10K Run Through History, 1 p.m. April 17, downtown Kalispell. Run starts at Museum at Central School to Woodland Park to eastside, ending at Hockaday Museum of Art. Block party with live music by Smart Alex follows. Food, beer, wine, refreshments. $15 registration until April 10; $20 thereafter; www.downtownkalispell.com
• AARP Smart Driver Course, noon to 4 p.m. April 18, North Valley Senior Center, Columbia Falls. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 892-4087.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 8:30-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. April 19, Polson Area Senior Center. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 883-4735.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22, Mission Valley Senior Center, Ronan. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 406-676-2371.
• Earth Day fundraiser for nonprofit Caring Chiropractic Inc., April 22. Bring in your recyclable aluminum to Pacific Steel and Recycling, 105 Flathead Dr., Kalispell, and ask to donate value to Caring Chiropractic; or drop off by April 19, to 847 W. Center St., Kalispell. Call 755-1113.
• Stillwater Christian High School presents the play “The Heart of Robin Hood,” 6 p.m. April 22, 4 p.m. April 23, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets available at Stillwater Christian School and at the door.
• Act! for America sponsors a presentation by Elisabeth Sabatish-Wolff from Vienna, Austria, on the topic, ““Europe and the Islamic Hijra: Where have all our freedoms gone? A glimpse of America’s future,” 6-7:30 p.m. April 22, Outlaw Conference Center, 1701 U.S,. 93 S., Kalispell. Tickets $10 each or six for $50; those 18 and under, free. 59911actforamerica@gmail.com
• “Clean Your “Fork” clean up of Bigfork area roadways, April 23. Continental breakfast 8 a.m. Flathead Bank, followed by clean up. To sign up, call Bigfork Chamber, 837-5888.
• Whitefish Community Garden opening day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 23, behind Whitefish United Methodist Church off Wisconsin Avenue. Plots available. Call Sandie Carpenter, 862-0411.
• CASA of Lake and Sanders Counties 10th annual 18-hole four person Golf Scramble fundraiser April 23, Polson Bay Golf Course. Shot-gun start 11 a.m. Call Cameron, 406-883-8230.
• Taste of Bigfork, 2-5:30 p.m. April 24, on the streets of downtown. Raffle follows at Garden Bar. Call 837-5888.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25, Libby Christian Church. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 406-283-7000.
• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Management board and Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. April 28, former Linderman School building, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.
• 15th annual Death by Chocolate Murder Mystery fundraiser “1960 Ocean’s 11 Cast Wrap Party,” 7-10 p.m. April 29-30, Conrad Mansion, Woodland Avenue, Kalispell. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, music, chocolate. Tickets $55 each, or two for $100. Ages 21 and up. Call 755-2166.
• Springtime in Paris fundraiser for Bigfork Art and Cultural Center, 5-7 p.m. April 29, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts lobby. French patisseries, hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, wine tasting, live music, silent auction. Tickets $25, available at Jug Tree, Cultural Center or call Tara, 250-9052.
• Smith Valley School craft fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30, 2901 U.S. 2 @., Kalispell. Public invited.
• Bibler Home and Garden Spring Tours, May 7, 14 and 15. Tours at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets $15. Mother’s Day brunch in Bibler home 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 8, Tickets $60 per person or $110 per couple. Special Persian rug tour with Carol Bibler, 1:30 p.m. May 14. Tickets $20. Advance purchase required. Call FVCC Foundation office, 756-3632.
• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. May 8, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.
• Flathead Land Trust Bike and Bird Tour of McWenneger Slough and Fairview Marsh, 9 a.m. to noon May 14. Bike 8 miles on 412-acre conservation easement guided by landowner Pete Fisher.
• Opening reception for Paul Surber’s “Native Sons of the American West” and Dwayne Wiilcox’s “Above the Fruited Plain” Native Ledger Art exhibits 5-7 p.m. May 19, Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free admission. Public welcome. Call 755-5268.
• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. May 26, 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.
• Sprunger-Whitney Nature Trail guided hike with naturalist/botanist Anne Morley, 10 a.m. June 9, 1/2 mile south of mile marker 64, Montana 83 south of Swan Lake. Call Morley, 886-2242.
• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. June 9, 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.
37th annual Whitefish Arts Festival, July 1-3 Depot Park. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. One-of-a-kind arts and crafts, entertainment, food vendors. Benefit for Whitefish Christian Academy. Free admission. Call 406-862-5875.
• Fourth annual femme/VELO women’s bike expo and gran fondo July 1-3, Whitefish. 160K, 100K and 50K routes. Dinner roundtable with Selene Yeager from Bicycling Magazine, workshops, clinics, bicycle rodeo for children and youth skills workshops; www.femmevelo.cc
• Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead summer outdoor show, July 8-10, Kalispell Courthouse lawn. Local arts and crafts and food vendors. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday; Free admission.406-881-4288 (voice mail); www.acfguide.com
• 48th annual Arts in the Park, July 15-17, Depot Park, Kalispell. More than 100 juried fine arts and crafts booths, food, beer and wine, entertainment, children’s activity area; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission $3 daily or $5 weekend pass includes museum admission, free for 6 and under; 406-755-5268; www.hockadaymuseum.org
• Polson Main Street Cherry Festival, July 16-17. More than 125 vendor booths. Cherry baking, stem-tying, pit-spitting contests. Montana-made art and crafts, live music. Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday; 406-883-3667; flatheadcherryfestival.com
• Heritage Days, July 27-31, Columbia Falls. Wednesday — car show, 5-9 p.m. Marantette Park; pulled pork dinner, 4-7 p.m. American Legion. Thursday — farmers market, 5-7:30 p.m. Pinewood Park; community market, 5-8 p.m. O’Brien’s Liquor Store; free open swim, 6:30-7:45 p.m. adult and kids to 10 years, 8:45-10 p.m. adults and kids 11 and older, Pinewood Park Pool; Lions Club concert, 7 p.m. Marantette Park. Friday — Wildcat Endowment Auction and Barbecue, 5:30 p.m. The Coop; open rodeo, 7 p.m. Blue Moon Arena. Saturday — Firemen’s breakfast 7 a.m., Don Anderson Fire Hall; three-on-three basketball, 7:30 a.m.; Boogie to the Bank 5K and 10K run, 8 a.m.; arts and crafts fair, 9 a.m. Discovery Square; North Valley Senior Center luncheon fundraiser 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Main Parade at noon on Nucleus Avenue; Family Fun Day, 1-4 p.m. Glacier Bank parking lot; wild horse drive,1:30 p.m. U.S. 2; barn dance, 7-10 p.m. Marantette Park; open rodeo, 7 p.m. Blue Moon arena. Sunday — Wildcat Endowment golf open, 9 a.m. Glacier View Golf Course; www.cfallsheritagedays.com
• 38th annual Bigfork Festival of the Arts, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 6-7, Electric Avenue. More than 160 artisans, food vendors, live music. Bus shuttles to/from Potoczny Field and Bethany Lutheran Church; 406-837-5888; www.bigforkfestivalofthearts.com
• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival, Aug. 12-14, Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. Festival hours 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 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
u Summerfest on Flathead Lake, Aug. 12-14, Polson. Friday — 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. Sunday — Brunch cruise, 10:30 a.m. KwaTaqNuk Resort. Call Anderson Radio Broadcasting, 406-883-5255; www.andersonbroadcasting.com
• 35th annual Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 13, 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
• National Park Service Birthday Weekend, Aug. 25-28. Fees waived at Glacier Park.
• Fee Free Day, Nov. 11, Glacier Park, in honor of Veterans Day.
• Christmas at the Fairgrounds, Nov. 25-27, Flathead County Fairgrounds, Kalispell. Local arts and crafts, unique gifts and decor. Food and beverages available. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission and parking.