Thursday

Flathead Valley Community College Theatre will present Tina Howe’s masterpiece “The Art of Dining” on Oct. 8-10 and 15-17. Centered in a little restaurant known as The Golden Carousel, Howe tells the story of Cal, a restaurant manager who uncontrollably eats due to nervous exhaustion, and his wife Ellen, a cook whose patience has reached an end with Cal’s inability to let her finish a single dish before it is devoured. Faced with rising debt, the couple is forced to cater to customers bordering on the insane, from a paranoid writer to the couple whose only remaining sexual pleasure is lived vicariously through fine dining. The cast includes Nathan Adkins, Jami Jacobson, Aly Root, Joshua Kelly, Karrisa Brown, Jon Shaw, Nicole Slye, Heather Smith and Holly Croft. The play contains adult language and minor sexual content. Performances will begin at 7 p.m. with a matinee performance on Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 students and seniors available in advance at the FVCC Bookstore or online at www.fvcc.edu. For more information, call 756-3962 or e-mail rhaptons@fvcc.edu.

Quality Whitefish, a local political organization that does not support or oppose candidates, will publicly interview candidates for the Whitefish City Council and Municipal Court at the Whitefish Middle School auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 7-9 p.m. About two-thirds of the questions will come from those e-mailed to qualitywhitefish@yahoo.com and one-third will come from people in the audience.

The local Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) Community Group will meet Thursday, Oct. 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Bohemian Grange, located on Blanchard Lake Road directly west of Montana Coffee Traders on U.S. 93. Brian Muldoon will talke about “Beyond Belief: What Neuroscience Tells Us About the Quest for Spirituality, God and Meaning.”

Friday

Saturday

Glacier Symphony and Chorale will present “Prokofiev Power and Brahms 2,” a concert featuring special guest pianist Spencer Myer, at the Flathead High School auditorium on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. GSC maestro John Zoltek will conduct the orchestra and Myer in Prokofiev’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor.” Brahms’ “Symphony No. 2” will complete the repertoire. Myer is garnering a stellar audience and critical acclaim from around the globe after winning a Gold Medal in the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition. His busy performance schedule of recital and chamber music has taken him to North America, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia and he is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation. Tickets are $10-30 available by calling 257-3241 or by visiting online at www.gscmusic.org.

Friendship House will hold its 20th annual pig roast supper and silent auction on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 5-7 p.m. in the basement of the Eagles Lodge, 37 First Street, in Kalispell. Friendship House is a non-profit assisted living facility which provides residential adult care. Cost is $10 adults and $5 children under-12. Entertainment will be provided by Fiddling Friends and Reggie Houston on piano.

Contra (folk) dancing will begin again on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Salvation Army gym, 110 Bountiful Drive, near Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Flathead Contra Dancers and Kalispell City Parks and Recreation will provide the live music by Barbara Calm and Friends with Mark Mathews calling from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. All dance calls will be taught prior to each dance. Cost is $7 teens and adults or $15 families. Those 12-and-under, as well as non-dancers, are admitted free. This is a smoke-free, alcohol-free event. Dance partners are not required. For more information, call Joe at 752-7469 or Sherry at 752-8226.

The 28th annual Le Grizz 50 Mile Ultramarathon will take place along the west side of the Hungry Horse Reservoir on Saturday, Oct. 10. The race is sponsored by the Cheetah Herders Athletic Club. For more information, visit online at www.cheetahherders.com.

Sunday

Flathead Valley Habitat For Humanity will hold a Harvest for Habitat festival at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 201 Wisconsin Avenue, Whitefish, on Sunday, Oct. 11, from noon to 3:30 p.m. with games, crafts, pumpkins, live entertainment and food from Piggyback BBQ. For more information, call 862-3008.

Monday

Volunteers are needed to help with the 2009 Class A state golf tournament to be held at Village Greens Golf Course in Kalispell on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12-13. Volunteers will be asked to walk or ride along with a group of four players and verify the individual scores on each hole. For more information, contact Terry Nelson at 253-9154 or e-mail terry@golfwhitefish.com.

Amy Chadwick will present a talk on “Wetlands in the Flathead Valley: Types and Ecological Value” at the Monday, Oct. 12, meeting of Flathead Audubon beginning at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of The Summit, in Kalispell. Chadwick is a partner and the senior wetland scientist at Watershed Consulting, an environmental consulting company in Missoula. She has 14 years of experience in ecological assessment and restoration. Nancy Zapotocki, Flathead Audubon conservation educator, will share the related Wetlands and Riparian Areas Conservation Education Trunk that was developed in partnership with the Flathead Conservation District.

Tuesday

Wednesday