Idaho calendar
Today
Tai Chi Class – 9-10 a.m., Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. Third Ave.; free; 773-9582.
NIC Student Pottery Sale – through Thursday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., North Idaho College Corner Gallery in Boswell Hall, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; 769-7764.
ACYC Teen Center Holiday Fund-raiser – 2:30-5:30 p.m., at the center on the corner of Pine and Division, Sandpoint; featuring baked goods, holiday wreaths, candy, mixes in a jar, serving chili and corn bread, soups and rolls or chili dogs, $2.50; 263-2020.
Area School Holiday Concerts – 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.
Spirit Lake Toys for Tots – Parents can 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.
Upcoming
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 for a day of birding; conclude with evening potluck; cost, $5 per CBC plus gasoline 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 champion Cardinal wrestlers take on Clackamas Community College; $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 1,3 and 5, 5:30 p.m., school gym, 802 Harrison Ave., 664-3237; Borah Elementary, grades 1 and 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.; Districtwide 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-Monday, make-a-craft program set up in the library’s Youth Department, 201 E. Harrison; free; 769-2315.
Alzheimer’s Association Laughter Seminar – Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. at Kootenai Medical Center, Classroom 2, 2001 Lincoln Way; presented by laughter therapist Barbara Lund; free. 666-2996.
Behind the Mike: Young, Local and Original – original works by local young performing artists, Saturday, 7 p.m. at Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint; $10 admission; 255-7801.
Family Christmas Party at Priest Lake – Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Indian Creek Unit at Priest Lake State Park near Coolin; includes crafts, free rental skis and snowshoes, prizes; cost is a canned food donation; 443-2200.
“Tell Me the Story of Christmas” – free musical Sunday, 10:45 a.m. at the Post Falls Church of the Nazarene, 308 W. 12th Ave.; presented by the teen and children’s ministries; 773-4621.
Bilingual Storytime at Post Falls Library – Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane St.; presented in English and Spanish for ages 2-7; 773-1506.
Fernan Elementary all-school sing-along – Tuesday,, 2:30 p.m. at the school, 520 N. 21st St., 664-2659.
Atlas Elementary talent show – 10 a.m. at the school, 9650 Government Way, 772-3851.
Kingston Kids – meets Tuesday, 1 p.m. at Mission Inn in Cataldo; anyone who attended school in Kingston is welcome; 786-3882.