Spokane calendar
Today
District 81 Gifted Programs Fund-raiser – second Annual Book and Video sale to benefit gifted programs through District 81, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Libby Center, 2900 E. First Ave. Includes children’s books, texts books, educational CD ROMs, videos audio tapes and more; 448-2707.
Third annual Pend Oreille Master Gardener Plant Sale – 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Stratton Elementary School, Newport, Wash. Includes vegetable and flower plant starts, garden decorations, garden whimsy, and raffle prizes. Proceeds will benefit the Master Gardeners for community gardening projects, education, and community service.
World’s Largest Spaghetti Feed - Sponsored by Luigi’s. All-you-can-eat plate of spaghetti and marinara sauce, plus a bread stick, 2-7 p.m., Riverfront Park; $7; 456-4FUN.
Premier Home Show – Presented by the Spokane Home Builders Association. today, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Spokane Fair and Expo Center, Havana at Broadway; 487-6783.
Eagles Aerie No. 2 Yard and Bake Sale – today and Sunday, 10 a.m., 315 E. Francis; 325-2315.
Upcoming
Sons of Norway Pancake Breakfast - All you can eat pancakes with eggs, sausage, juice and coffee, Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 Country Homes Blvd.; $4.50/adults, $2.50/children; 326-9211.
SCC President’s Speaker Series - Terry Tempest Williams, essayist and nature writer, will speak on environmentalism, Monday, 7 p.m., Spokane Community College, Lair Auditorium, 1810 N. Greene St.; 533-8017.
Whitworth College lecture - “Coddling the Nazis: The Treatment of German Prisoners of War,” presented by Jon Bridgman, Ph.D., University of Washington historian, Monday, 7 p.m., Robinson Teaching Theatre, Weyerhaeuser Hall, Whitworth College; 777-3275.
Planetarium Show - “Mars, the Red Planet,” Wednesday, 1 and 2 p.m., Palouse Discovery Science Center, 2371 NE Hopkins Court, Pullman. Learn facts about our neighbor in the solar system; (509) 332-6869.
14th annual Wine and Microbrewery Tasting Auction - Sponsored by Odessa Healthcare Foundation, Friday, Odessa, Wash; (509) 982-0191.
Humanist Focus Group meeting - Doranne Miller will review “Freethinkers,” by Susan Jacoby, next Saturday, 8 a.m. at Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division. Breakfast will be served for $7; 448-2516.
Gardeners of Spokane Open House and Plant Sale - Wide variety of annuals, perennials and vegetables, next Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Hutton Settlement Greenhouse, 9907 E. Wellesley; 926-1027.
Mother’s Day Tea - Sponsored by Hillyard Senior Center, next Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Northeast Community Center, Assembly Room, 4001 N. Cook; 482-0803.
Spring Tea - To benefit the Liberty Lake Municipal Library, next Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Guardian Angel Homes, Liberty Lake; 255-1441.
Spaghetti Benefit Dinner - All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society, next Saturday, 3-7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1435, 212 S. David; $7/adults, $5/seniors/children; 483-8421.
Annual Mother’s Day Historic Neighborhood Tour - 16th annual event with self-guided walking tour of the Audubon neighborhood, plus first-floor interior tours of six houses, next Saturday and May 8. Presented by the Historic Preservation Committee of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture and sponsored by Tomlinson Black. Tickets available at the MAC, 2316 W. First; $15/nonmembers; 456-3931.
Spokane’s United Nations Association lecture - “Economic Development and Diversity: Building Our Social and Cultural Capital,” presented by Ben Cabildo, founder and executive director of AHANA Business and Professional Association, May 9, 7 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr.; 624-3608.