Spokane calendar

Today

Annual Harvest dinner – At the Moran Prairie Grange, 61st and Old Palouse Highway, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Meal includes turkey and dressing. Tickets are $6/adults, $4/children ages 6-12, and free to children under the age of 6. Call 456-5971 or e-mail epeden@mindspring.com for more information.

Free home improvement workshops – “You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting,” today at 2 p.m. at Home Depot stores. More free home improvement workshops offered at Home Depot stores through November include: “Power Tools 101: You Can Try It Before You Buy It,” Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Install Easy Flooring Solutions, Thursdays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Install a Center-Set Faucet,” Fridays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Weatherize Your Home,” Saturdays at 10 a.m.; “You Can Modify Your Home to Age in Place, Saturdays at 11 a.m.; “You Can Enhance Your Home with Holiday Lighting,” Saturdays at 2 p.m.; and “You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting,” Sundays at 2 p.m. Call (800) 430-3376 or visit www.homedepot.com for more information.

Tekoa, Wash. House of Terror – 5-10 p.m. in the Tekoa Farmers’ Market barn, Crosby Street. Admission is $4/adults, $2 children under the age of 12. Children between the ages of 8 and 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Portia Pillig at (509) 284-2008 for more information.

Upcoming

Ninth annual Silver Tea – Presented by SPOC (Support for Parents Overcoming Challenges) of Spokane, next Sunday, 2-4 p.m. at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. Tickets are $35 and must be purchased by Wednesday. Call 444-0374 for more information.

Bunka no Hi culture day – Wednesday, 10:15-11:45 a.m., in the commons of the Japanese Culture Center at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, 4000 W. Randolph. Call 328-2871 or e-mail jcc@mfwi.org for more information.

Free workshop “Blended Families: Creating Successful Step-Relationships” – Wednesday at the Valley Library, 12004 W. Main, 6:30-8 p.m. Presented by Diana Hornbogen, marriage and family therapist. Reservations required by calling 951-0205.

Eastern Washington University women’s studies conference – Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., in the multi-purpose room in the Pence Union Building on the EWU campus, Cheney. Conference will begin with a showing of the documentary “Journey to a Hate Free Millennium,” followed by a discussion given by Deputy David Lloyd Lewis, the first officer on the scene at the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colo. Visit www.newlightmedia.org for more information on the film. Workshops on racism, sexism, school violence, and homophobia will be held. Contact Jim Mohr at 359-4711 to register.

Lady Shriners’ Annual Bazaar – Hosted by Eiram Court No. 62, Ladies of the Oriental Shrine of North America, Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post No. 1435, 212 S. David Road, Spokane Valley. Lunch is available for $6/adults, $3/children age 10 and under, and includes chili, chili dogs, salad, dessert and drink. Contact Naomi Smith at 328-3296 for more information.

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society meeting – Saturday, 12:30 p.m. in the main branch of the Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main. Program will include a book auction. Contact Shirley Penna Oakes at 276-1740 for more information.