Idaho calendar
Today
Fernan Elementary Music Program – 7 p.m., school gymnasium, 520 N. 21st St.; 664-2659.
Coeur d’Alene Audubon Chapter – December program meets at 7 p.m., Idaho Fish and Game Office, 2750 W. Kathleen Ave.; includes holiday cookie exchange; topic is bird count identification with speaker Kris Buchler; 664-4739.
Striders Exercise Group – meets today and Wednesday, 8-9 a.m., Community United Methodist Church, 1470 W. Hanley Ave.; $1 donation per class; 765-8800.
Applications Available for Spirit Lake Toys for Tots – Parents can now pick up applications from the Post Office or from Joy Porter, 623-4221; return completed forms to Spirit Lake Visions Inc.; Marine Corps Reserve will deliver gifts Dec. 22; donations for the Santa Shop can be made at Spirit Lake Pawn.
Lake City Playhouse Needs Volunteers – ushers and concession workers wanted for upcoming performances at the playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave.; 667-1323, after hours press 5 # to leave a message on volunteer line.
“Tropical Escape” Exhibit – through Jan. 9 at Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery in the Powerhouse Building, 120 E. Lake St., Sandpoint; 263-6139.
Upcoming
“Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America” book lecture – Tuesday, 7 p.m., Todd Lecture Hall in Molstead Library at North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; presented by author Rocky Barker; free; 769-3355.
Coeur d’Alene Audubon Chapter – Mica Bay survey Tuesday, 9 a.m.; meet at Fairmont Loop and U.S. Highway 95 for this three-hour outing; call to confirm, 664-5318 or 664-4739.
Make a Gift Family Program – Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 201 E. Harrison Ave.; free; 769-2315.
Idaho’s Railroad History – Arthur Hart slide presentation Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Sandpoint Library, 1407 Cedar St.; free; 263-6930.
ACYC Teen Center Holiday Fund-raiser – Tuesday and Wednesday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., at the center on the corner of Pine and Division, Sandpoint; featuring, baked goods, holiday wreaths and candy, mixes in a jar, serving chili an corn bread, soups and rolls or chili dogs, $2.50; 263-2020.
Senior Dance – Tuesday, 7-9:30 p.m., Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. Third Ave.; featuring music by Bertie and Friends; $3.50; 773-9582.
Area School Holiday Concerts – Tuesday, Lake City High School Choir, 7 p.m., school gym, 6101 Ramsey Road, 769-0769; Coeur d’Alene High Choir, 7 p.m., school auditorium, 5530 N. Fourth St., 667-4507; Woodland Middle School Band, 7 p.m., school auditorium, 2101 St. Michelle Drive, 667-5996; Hayden Meadows Kindergarten Program, 7 p.m., 900 E. Hayden Ave., 772-5006; Wednesday, Lake City High School Band, 7 p.m., school auditorium, 6101 Ramsey, 769-0769; and Ramsey Elementary first and third grades, special chorus, 7 p.m., Woodland Middle School, 2101 St. Michelle, 765-2010.
Tai Chi Class – Wednesday, 9-10 a.m., Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. Third Ave.; free; 773-9582.
La Leche League of Greater Coeur d’Alene – meets Wednesday, 10 a.m., Harding Family Center on the corner of 15th and Indiana; 765-4393.
NIC Student Pottery Sale – Wednesday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., North Idaho College Corner Gallery in Boswell Hall, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; 769-7764.
Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count – Thursday, meet for breakfast at 6 a.m. at Michael D’s Eatery on Lake Coeur d’Alene Drive, depart at 7 a.m. for a day of birding; conclude with evening potluck; cost $5 per CBC plus gas funds for driver; RSVP to 667-6209.
NIC Pack the House Wrestling Event – Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Christianson Gymnasium, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; the 13-time national champions Cardinal wrestlers take on Clackamas Community College of Oregon; $3 adults, $2 students and seniors; attendees wearing NIC colors admitted for half-price, free admission by donating a pair of used prescription eyeglasses for the Kiwanis Club drive; 769-3348.
School Holiday Concerts – Thursday, Lake City High School Band, 7 p.m., school auditorium, 6101 Ramsey Road; Bryan Elementary, grades 1 and 3 and 5, 5:30 p.m., school gym, 802 Harrison Ave., 664-3237; Borah Elementary, grades 1-2, 6:45 p.m., gym, 632 Borah Ave., 664-5844; Woodland Middle School Orchestra, 7 p.m., school auditorium, 2101 St. Michelle Drive, 667-5996.; District-wide fifth grade strings concert, 7 p.m., Atlas Elementary School, 9650 N. Government Way, 772-3851; Canfield Middle School, 7 p.m., school multipurpose room, 1800 E. Dalton Ave., 772-3851.
“It’s A Wonderful Life” – Thursday-Saturday 7:30 p.m., Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene; $14 adults, $12 seniors/students, $8 kids; 667-1323.
Brian Crain and the Chamber Orchestra Concert – Children’s Village fund-raiser concert Friday, 7 p.m., North Idaho College’s Boswell Hall Schuler Auditorium, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; $20; 667-1189.
“The Jazzy Nutcracker” – Friday, 7 p.m., Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint; presented by Studio One Dance Academy; tickets $8 adults, $6 age 18 and under, tickets available at the door or at EFX Bowling Alley, 120 S. Division St., Sandpoint; 263-5220.
Coeur d’Alene Library Open House Holiday Craft Table – Friday-next Monday, make-a-craft program set up in the library’s Youth Department, 201 E. Harrison; free; 769-2315.