Thursday

Haymoon Resort and Retreat Center will host the Whitefish Chamber of Commerce’s Gone Fishin’ social on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 5-7 p.m. at their location on Hodgson Road between U.S. 93 and Whitefish Stage Road. The event will be catered by Wasabi Sushi Bar and Ginger Grill. For more information, call 862-1471 or 270-8771 or visit online at www.haymoonresort.com.

Randonnee ski racers and firefighters Ben Parsons, of Whitefish, and Brandon French, of Kalispell, will present a side show in the KM Theater, above Reds Wines and Blues in Kalispell, on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. A $10 donation will be requested at the door. French, the U.S. Ski Mountaineering Association’s national champion, won the Jan. 23 Whitefish Whiteout Race Ski Mountaineering Race on Big Mountain. He and Parsons will travel to Europe as members of the eight-man U.S. team.

A presentation on “Building Green Homes for Today and Tomorrow” will be presented in the Flathead Valley Community College’s Arts & Technology Building, Room 139, on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. as part of the free Re-Powering The Flathead series. FBA Green will host the presentation. For more information, call Laura Damon at 7856-3967.

Friday

Parents Let’s Unite For Kids (PLUK) of the Flathead Valley will hold its eighth annual Flathead kids theater event and silent auction with a “spring break get-away” raffle. Performances will take place on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army Church in Kalispell. Tickets are $5 adults, $3 seniors and students and $12 families of four available at the door or by calling 270-1086. All proceeds will go to help children with disabilities and their families.

The Glacier Institute will offer “Kintla Valley: A Predator’s Shangri-La,” a weekend course scheduled from Friday, Feb. 19, to Sunday, Feb. 21, in the North Fork near the Canada border. This course will explore hunting behavior and prey escape strategies. Nights will be spent at The Way Less Traveled Bed and Breakfast near the Canadian border. Participants will ford the North Fork River in waders and cross-country ski to Kintla Lake, stopping often to look at tracks, scats and kill sites. Program instructor Kyran Kunkel earned his Ph.D. in wildlife biology from the University of Montana. The course fee is $500 and includes lodging, meals and snowshoes. For more information, call 755-1211 or visit online at www.glacierinstitute.org.

Saturday

A benefit concert for earthquake victims in Haiti featuring local artists will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Glacier High School Performance Hall at 7 p.m. The Musical Night For Haiti fundraiser will showcase music by Rob Quist and Jack Gladstone, and other local talent. All proceeds will go to orphans and refugees in Pignon, Haiti. Tickets are $10 or a donation plus a food item for local food banks. For more information, call Pat Freebury at 752-1152.

Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem will perform at the O’Shaughnessy on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. The crackerjack East Coast quartet features fiddle, guitar and standup bass — along with a suitcase bass drum and tin can cymbals played by an ex-rock and zydeco drummer. Fiddler and lead vocalist Rani Arbo spent 12 years leading her critically acclaimed New England bluegrass group Salamander Crossing before forming Daisy Mayhem. The Boston Globe recently described their genre-leaping music as “neo old-timey with cosmopolitan splashes of contemporary pop and jazz.” Tickets are $27 and $20 with reserved seating. For tickets or information, call 862-5371 or visit online at www.whitefishtheatreco.org.

Big Mountain Commercial Association will hold its annual Winter Winefest as a fundraiser for the SNOW Bus at The Lodge At Whitefish Lake on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 6-9 p.m. There will be music, appetizers and a silent auction. Tickets are $40 available at the Whitefish Mountain Resort information center, 862-2900, or the Whitefish Chamber of Commerce, 862-3501.

Glacier Symphony and Chorale will present “Escapades and Temperaments,” a rare classical saxophone concerto with guest artist Ashu, at Flathead High School auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. A free bus from Whitefish will be offered on Saturday, boarding at 6 p.m. at the Whitefish Mountain Mall parking lot. Works will include “Escapades for Alto Sax and Orchestra,” by John Williams, based on the score from the 2002 film “Catch Me If You Can,” and “Fantaisie sur un Thème Original,” by the 19th century French composer Jules Demersseman. The second half of the concert will feature 20th century Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s “The Four Temperaments.” Tickets are $10 to $30, all seats reserved, available by calling 257-3241 or visiting online at www.gscmusic.org.

Sunday

Flathead Audubon will lead a birdwatching tour in the Mission Valley on Sunday, Feb. 21, in search of wintering migrant birds and year-round feathered denizens. Meet at the Park ‘n Ride at the intersection of U.S. 93 and Montana 83 near Somers at 8 a.m. For more information, contact Leslie Kehoe in the evenings at 837-4467.

Monday

Tuesday

The Flathead Spay & Neuter Task Force will offer three specials in recognition of Spay Day USA 2010 on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Pit bulls/pit crosses will be $20, dogs over 40 pounds are $20 and female cats are $15. Task Force president Mimi Beadles said the nonprofit altered 3,249 animals in 2009 and more than 17,000 since it opened the first non-profit spay neuter clinic in Montana eight years ago. Pet owners need to call 881-4500 to make an appointment and mention the promo. For more information, call the Task Force at 892-7387.

The Flathead Building Association will hold its Raise The Roof social at The Fireplace Center on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. For more information, call 752-2422.

Wednesday

Glacier National Park museum manager and archivist Deirdre Shaw will present “A Glacier Scrapbook: People, Places and Memories” n the Glacier Room at Grouse Mountain Lodge on Wednesday, Feb, 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 406-892-3250 or visit online at www.glaciernationalparkfund.org.

The Whitefish Library Book Discussion Group will meet in the library’s community room on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. to discuss “Teacher Man,” by Frank McCourt. On March 31, they will discuss “People of the Book,” by Geraldine Brooks. Everyone is invited. Books may be available for checkout. For more information, call 862-6657.

The Flathead National Forest and Glacier Country Avalanche Center will host a presentation by avalanche specialist Stan Bones on avalanche awareness and winter survival at the Flathead Forest Supervisor’s Office, 650 Wolfpack Way, in Kalispell, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. For more information, call 758-5295 or visit online at www.glacieravalanche.org.