Spokane Calendar

Upcoming

Fall craft show – Plus bake sale and raffle items, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place. Proceeds benefit the Spokane Valley Senior Center. (509) 926-1937.

Spaghetti feed – Benefits the Has Beens, Gonna Bees and Wanna Bees, which provides help to low-income families at Christmas, 4-8 p.m. Saturday at the East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone. Adults $4 and children 2-12 $2.50, free for children under 2. (509) 484-7305.

Pancake breakfast – Hosted by the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. The cost is $4.50 for adults and $2.50 for children under 6. (509) 326-9211.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Retired orthopedist Dr. Ed Lester will speak on the botany of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Winsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

Compass Club – The women’s club for welcoming newcomers to the area will host its annual auction and luncheon, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sons of Norway, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. Lunch is $12. Reservations are required. (509) 226-5075.

Geology Lecture – David Fastovsky of the University of Rhode Island will speak on the “Catastrophic Extinction of the Dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary,” 7 p.m. Tuesday at the SCC Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene. (509) 533-8017.

Audubon Society – Join a discussion on bird banding to monitor environmental pollution and bird survival, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Riverside Terrace Retirement Home, 1801 E. Upriver Drive. (509) 466-3098.

President’s Speakers Series – Linda Lawrence Hunt will speak on “Hemispheres of Hope: Bold Spirited Living in a Post 9/11 World,” 7 p.m. Wednesday at the SCC Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene. A reception and book signing will follow. (509) 533-7042.

Muslims in Europe – Chris Soper, director of the Center for Faith and Learning and associate professor of political science at Pepperdine University, will speak on “Muslims in Europe: Singing God’s Song in a Strange Land,” 7 p.m. next Thursday in the Johnston Science Building Auditorium on the Whitworth College campus, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-3275.

Veterans’ Appreciation Dinner – Turkey with all the trimmings plus dancing to music by Uncle Harold’s Band. Happy hour is at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. Reservations required by Nov. 8. Admission is $10. (509) 326-9211.