Idaho Calendar

Sat., Aug. 5, 2006

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Today

“A Prairie Home Companion” – 7:30 p.m. at Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint; $6/adults, $5/seniors and students; (208) 263-9191.

Art on the Green – today, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., on the Fort Sherman Grounds at North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; outdoor arts and crafts festival sponsored by Citizens’ Council for the Arts; (208) 667-9346.

Taste of Coeur d’Alene – today, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Coeur d’Alene City Park, music festival, food, fine arts and crafts, presented by the Coeur d’Alene Festivals Committee; (208)-660-2789.

Coeur d’Alene Downtown Street Fair – today, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sherman Avenue events include fine arts and crafts, food, entertainment, vendors and children’s activities; sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Downtown Association; (208) 667-5986.

Super Surfin’ Saturday Festival at Sandpoint – Los Strait Jackets, 6 p.m.; guitar legend Dick Dale, 8 p.m., at Memorial Field, 855 Ontario St.; $34.95 general admission; (208) 265-4554.

Spar Peak Hike – 8:30 a.m. at Little Joes north of Bull Lake on state Highway 56 in Montana; sponsored by the Friends of Scotchman Peaks; led by Bill Martin, (406) 295-5258.

Rose Lake Historical Society All-Class Reunion – 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the historic old Rose Lake School on state Highway 3; event includes food, rummage sale and vendors; (208) 682-2643 or 682-3478.

Summer Sounds at Park Place in Sandpoint – Saturdays, noon-2 p.m., Park Place stage, First Avenue and Cedar Street; featuring free music by Silver Winds Flute Quartet; (208) 263-6139.

Youth Sailing Clinic – four-session course on Saturdays in August, 8:30 a.m. at NIC Beach on Lake Coeur d’Alene; participants must know how to swim; $80/all four sessions; preregistration required, (208) 769-7809.

Songbird Theatre Summer Youth Sessions – for ages 7 and older, registering for sessions Monday through Aug. 18 and Aug. 21-Sept. 1 from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the theater, 315 N. Fourth St.; $125/week; contact Chris LeBlanc at (509) 475-3174.

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