Idaho calendar

Today

Hamp’s Gala Concert – The concert kicks off the Lionel Hampton Music Festival at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Idaho Auditorium. Tickets are onloy available at the door: $5 adults, $3 students. Information: 885-6231.

Sports Nutrition Workshop – With registered dietician Samantha Ramsay, 6-8 p.m., at the University of Idaho, Coeur d’Alene, 1000 W. Hubbard Ave., Room 142. Cost: $25. Preregister by calling 667-2588 or visit

North Idaho College Booster Club Luncheon – Noon at Cricket’s Steakhouse and Oyster Bar. Former NIC women’s basketball player and the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department’s first female firefighter will be the featured speaker. Information: 769-3348.

Auditions for “Antigone” – 6:30 p.m. in the Harding Family Center Meeting Room, 411 N. 15th St. There will be one performance March 16 at Cafe Doma. Information: 667-1323.

Audubon Society – Brown bag birding trip. Meet at noon at the west end of the Fernan Lake Boat launch. Information: Lynn, message phone 664-4739.

Lake City Playhouse season tickets on sale – for the theater’s 2005-06 season. Cost: $70 adults, $65 seniors, $65 students and $40 for children. For more information, call the playhouse at 667-1323.

Sparkling Spur Youth Writing Contest – Students in grades 4-12 are eligible to enter the contest. Theme is short stories set in the American West. Deadline to enter is March 5. Entries must be unpublished and original. Enter at www.westernwriters.org/youthwriting contest.htm.