[Radiant] Displaying a month calendar "grid" and using non-ical events?

[Shawn Oster]

I've just finished my latest Radiant-based site (http://callpipecam.com) and
I'm onto my next one and have hit a snag.  The new one needs an event
calendar that actually looks like a month-by-month calendar and the current
iCal-based calendar extension seems to do a list of events vs. an actual
classic calendar.  Does anyone know if this is even possible with this
extension and perhaps someone would be kind enough to share a sample if so?
I'd search the mailing list but the search page seems to be dead right now.
I get a vague sense that it might have something to do with the periods and
period properties but I'm not making the translation in my head from that to
a standard month "grid".

A related question is has anyone modified this extension to work with a
local events table vs. having to pull from an iCal feed?  While the client
is OK with using Google Calendar they're not 100% happy with it and would
really like the events to be local.  I'm of mixed mind and this isn't as
important but thought I'd ask.

Thanks!
Shawn Oster