This Week in the Flathead
This Week in the Flathead highlights upcoming concerts, theater, art exhibits, and community happenings across Kalispell and the Flathead Valley. Discover what’s new—from gallery openings to holiday performances and local cultural events—offering a weekly guide to the region’s vibrant entertainment scene.
Louisiana blues legend Tab Benoit to perform at Wachholz College Center June 5
Known for his passionate performances and deep-rooted connection to the swamp, Tab Benoit is a true master of his …
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The inaugural Montana Troubadour Series, featuring local and national performers, will kick off this weekend in Bigfork. The series is a benefit fundraiser for…
A musical dining experience
Every now and then the Whitefish Lake Golf Club Restaurant collaborates with Singer & Simpson Productions to bring a high-quality musical performance to its di…
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THURSDAY, OCT. 26
Top 'Out Of This World' films
If you are looking for some other-worldly entertainment this Halloween season, there is an abundance of space and alien-related films to choose from.
'Arsenic and Old Lace'
The Port Polson Players present “Arsenic and Old Lace,” the classic comedy from the 1940s, kicking off the Players’ 43rd season.
'Die Zauberfloete'
Mozart’s magical fable, “Die Zauberfloete” (“The Magic Flute”) will be shown at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center at 10:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. This enig…
Art auction benefits Whitefish Community Library
Friends of Whitefish Community Library will host a Silent Art Auction fundraiser from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, in the Community Room of the Whitefish Community Library. The event is open to the public, offer…
Club screens 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'
The Historic Film Club will screen “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the Museum at Central School. This event is free and open to the…
Family-friendly fun on Halloween
The Flathead Lake Brewing Co. Pubhouse in Bigfork will be holding a costume party on Saturday, Oct. 28. Come dressed in your best Halloween costume for a chanc…
Invasive Entertainment
To be frank, I’d have to say my skill as a playwright doesn’t go beyond that of an enthusiastic amateur. No one has ever paid me to write a play. But imagine m…
North End Swings hosts Black Light Dance
For the fourth year running, Kalispell’s North End Swing is hosting its annual Black Light Dance. The Sassafras ballroom will be illuminated with black lights,…
Space Quaker OPA is 'out of this world'
The Kalispell Brewing Co. has re-released an out-of-this-world craft beer just in time for the Halloween season.
Residents examine local UFO activity
The Flathead Valley appears to be a hot spot for otherworldly activity. Crop circles have popped up north of Kalispell and reports have surfaced of orb-like UF…
Fact versus fiction on the last frontier
It was after 10 p.m. when local astronomer Mark Paulson saw it — five illuminated disks, streaking across the sky past the maple tree in his yard.
Hoping Halloween is 'out of this world'
Welcome to the final months of 2017 — and what a strange and other-worldly year it has been.