Activities at WCC

Crafting short non-fiction essays to tell out loud is a bit different than writing for publication &/or private reading. Learn a 4-part short storycrafting structure plus basic presentation skills to help shape your life lessons -- heartfelt, amusing &/or surprising -- into engaging tell-able tales. You'll also get content and performance coaching from our workshop leaders, Barbara and Glenn Schiffman who curate and host Flathead Story Concerts as occasional live local events.

Linda Smith will guide us on an adventure through 1.5 billion years of
Earth history. We will examine how sedimentary rock is deposited and
how fossils can help us understand the distant past. We will see how people explore the park today, hiking on foot, riding a mule or rafting the Colorado River. John Westley Powell will be joining us…..(only in spirit) This will be a fun presentation. The scenery will be spectacular.

Let's explore Pompeii, Italy, as it was before and after 79 A.D. In that year, Mt Vesuvious erupted and buried the city with 13 to 20 feet of ash in only 18hrs.  The ash fall was so intense that daylight was blocked and it becamme dark as night.  This devastating event preserved the city providing valuable insight into ancient Roman life.

Linda Smith shares what happened to the giant glacial Lake Missoula at the end of the ice age. The Blackfeet nation lived in the area for thousands of years before the Great Northern Railway laid track and built grand Hotels. See the contributions George Bird Grinnell and John F. Stevens made to a future Glacier national Park. Learn how “Going-To-The-Sun”road was designed and built. Finally....take a hike and have closeup encounters with animals that call this park home.

The Center for Large Landscape Conservation and Glacier Two Medicine-Alliance are proud to present a reading by conservation journalist Ben Goldfarb from his most recent book CROSSINGS, a scientific and literary feat, highlighting the impact of the 40 million miles of roadways that encircle our planet. For wildlife and ecosystems, roads are forces of disruption and at times causes of death. 

If you're seeking a writing community, consider joining the Creative Writers' Circle. We offer a variety of prompts to ignite your creativity, awaken your inner writer, and overcome writer's block. Sharing your work with the group is affirming, and we provide only positive feedback to spotlight your strengths.

Back by popular demand! A group of Whitefish's most tech savvy young people come answer questions about everything from cell phones to websites.  
 

We brushed up on driving skills!
 

Whitefish resident Greg Adams presents a slide show and Q & A session featuring highlights from his recent month-long ski expedition to Antarctica.
 

Just in time for all the ice and snow, local therapists, Terese and Carly, came and shared a presentation with us during our lunch hour. Participants received ice cleats! 

Parts 1 and 2 opened the world of genealogy research right to our fingertips with FamilySearch.