Arts and Entertainment Events

Mission Valley Choral readies for concerts

The Mission Valley Choral Society is preparing for its Christmas concerts and will accept members until Oct. 12.

Practices are from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, at the Polson Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Christmas 2023 concerts are scheduled for Dec. 16 at the St. Ignatius Mission and Dec.17 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson.

The Lake County community choir has existed since the 1960s. The choir brings a diverse group of people together, all ages with varied backgrounds, united to bring joy through music.

For information contact 406-261-3304 or 406-370-2076; or check out the MVCS website missionvalleychoralsociety.org or Facebook page.

Author holds book signing

Local author Mary Frances Erler has a new fiction book titled “Far from Magnolia Drive.”

On Oct. 11, she will hold a book signing at Bad Rock Books in Columbia Falls from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This book is her 10th publication, and she will also have her previous nine books available at the signing.

Like her other recent books, this one is also a standalone, not part of a series. This one is more personal.

“This book has been kicking to get out of me for many years,” she says. “First I tried a memoir, but it just wasn’t working. So this book is fictional, but based in part on personal experiences.”