Events

Today

Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (Valley) - For ages 18 months-3 years. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m., Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.

Tuesday

Toddler Storytime - For ages 18 months-3 years. Library locations and times include: 10 a.m., Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave.; South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. (509) 444-5356; 10:30 a.m., Moran Prairie, 6004 S. Regal St. Free. (509) 893-8340.

Storytime (Deer Park) - For ages 2-5. 10:30 a.m., Deer Park Library, 208 S. Forest Ave., Deer Park. Free. (509) 893-8300.

Preschool Storytime - For ages 3-5. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave.; South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. 10:30 a.m. Free. (509) 444-5356.

Preschool Play and Learn Storytime (Valley) - For ages 3-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m., Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.

Wednesday

Preschool Play and Learn Storytime - For ages 3-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. Library locations and times include: 10:30 a.m., Deer Park Library, 208 S. Forest Ave. (509) 893-8300; Spokane Valley, 12004 E. Main Ave. (509) 893-8400; Moran Prairie, 6004 S. Regal St. (509) 893-8340; 11 a.m., North Spokane, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. (509) 893-8350. Free.

Toddler Storytime - For children 18 months-3 years of age. Library locations and times include: 10 a.m., North Spokane, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. (509) 893-8350; Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. (509) 444-5390; 10:30 a.m., Cheney, 610 First St. (509) 893-8280. Free.

Play and Learn Storytime - For children ages 2-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. Library locations include: Medical Lake Library, 321 E. Herb St. (509) 893-8330; Argonne, 4322 N. Argonne Road. (509) 893-8260. 10:30 a.m. Free.

Free Comic Book Signing - DC Comics has relaunched its entire comic book line and is starting over with all new #1’s. The DC Comics (Superman) relaunch is the single biggest comic book event since the 1930s. 4-7 p.m., 1401 North Division. Free. (509) 326-7018.

Thursday

Toddler Storytime - For ages 18 months-3 years. 10 a.m. Library locations include: South, 3324 S. Perry St. (509) 444-5385; Shadle, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. (509) 444-5390; North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. (509) 893-8350.

Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (Valley) - For ages 18 months-3 years. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m., Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.

Play and Learn Storytime - For ages 2-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Library locations include: Otis Orchards, 22324 E. Wellesley Ave. (509) 893-8390; Airway Heights, 1213 S. Lundstrom St. (509) 893-8250. 10:30 a.m. Free.

Baby Lapsit - Enjoy nursery rhymes, songs and stories. For children up to 18 months of age. Library locations include: Moran Prairie, 6004 S. Regal St. (509) 893-8340; Deer Park, 208 S. Forest Ave. (509) 893-8300. 10:30 a.m., Moran Prairie, 6004 S. Regal St. Free. (509) 893-8340.

Friday

Odessa Deutschesfest - Today-Sept. 19. Beer garden, music, tricycle and bed races, arts and crafts, flea market, football, parade. Odessa, Wash. (509) 982-0049.

Toddler Storytime - For 18 months-3 years. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave. (509) 444-5356; East Side, 524 S. Stone St.; Indian Trail, 4909 W. Barnes. (509) 444-5395; Hillyard, 4005 N. Cook St. (509) 444-5380. 10 a.m. Free.

Preschool Storytime - For ages 3-5. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave. (509) 444-5356; East Side, 524 S. Stone St. (509) 444-5375; Hillyard, 4005 N. Cook St. (509) 444-5380; Indian Trail, 4909 W. Barnes. (509) 444-5395. 10:30 a.m. Free.

Baby Lapsit - Enjoy nursery rhymes, songs and stories. For children up to 18 months of age. Library locations include: Spokane Valley, 12004 E. Main Ave. (509) 893-8400; Cheney, 610 First St. (509) 893-8280. 10:30 a.m., Moran Prairie, 6004 S. Regal St. Free. (509) 893-8340.

International District Arts Walk - Fall Harvest - The IDAW is a community event that is family-friendly and provides an opportunity to celebrate art, music, diversity and culture. Several businesses, organizations and artists will be participating. There will be local art, live music, food, a scavenger hunt, farmers market, chicken festival and family activities including karaoke and children’s crafts and face painting. Additional information can be found on the “International District Arts Walk” Facebook page or contact idawspokane@ gmail.com. 5-8 p.m., Spokane International District on East Sprague Avenue, between Helena and Altamont streets. Free admission and parking. (509) 768-9479.

Author Claire Rudolf Murphy - The author will talk about her latest book, “Marching With Aunt Susan,” based on the story of a real girl named Bessie who gets involved in the 1896 campaign for women’s suffrage. 7 p.m., Aunties Bookstore mezzanine, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206.

Saturday

Sunset Concerts on the Green - Celebrating Mead School District’s 100th Birthday. Sky Prairie Park, southwest bowl, N. Quamish Drive and N. Parkway Drive, Five Mile Prairie. Bring a blanket and snack. Music will be courtesy of Mead District high schools. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. (509) 570-8485.

Is Your Child the Target of Bullying? - Free seminar for parents of children with disabilities presented by Idaho Parents Unlimited (IPUL). Learn the different types of bullying behavior and strategies for dealing with it. 9 a.m.-noon, 1323 E. Sherman Ave., Suite E, Coeur d’Alene. Free. (208) 704-3698.

Children’s Renaissance Faire - Hosted by the Friends of Manito. Enjoy listening to stories, play games and participate in a variety of hands-on activities. For more information, visit www.

thefriendsofmanito.org. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Manito Park, meadow east of Duncan Garden on Tekeo St. Free.

Book Lover’s Storytime and Craft - Celebrating Auntie’s at the Square’s first birthday. Enjoy stories that celebrate the written word and make a bookmark. 1 p.m., Auntie’s Bookstore in River Park Square on skywalk level, 808 W. Main Ave. Free. (509) 456-4775.

Unlimited PastABILITIES - Spaghetti feed and silent auction to benefit the Lance Morehouse Jr. Memorial Scholarship and allow fathers of children with special needs to attend conferences, monthly meetings and classes in our community. 6-9 p.m., Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Road, Spokane Valley. $5/individual, $20/family, free/ages 10 and younger. (509) 979-8823.

Movie: “Secretariat” - Free snacks will be offered. 7 p.m., Lidgerwood Presbyterian Church, 4449 N. Nevada St. Free. (509) 487-9667.

Sunday

Pathways to Peace 2011 events (South Hill) - 3:30 p.m., Peace Pole Pilgrimage to six peace poles around Spokane, with a short ceremony at each Peace Pole. The pilgrimage starts at the Center for Spiritual Living, ends (with drumming and potluck) at the Unity Center of North Spokane, 4123 E. Lincoln Road. All ages welcome. You are welcome to join us at any point along the route. (509) 536-2811.

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