10 Under $10: Fun to be found on the cheap

1. Courage for Our Time: A Community Conversation 7 p.m. Thursday, Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. Celebrates the recent release of two books by Spokane author Mary Cronk Farrell, one about labor activist Fannie Sellins and the other about World War II heroine Irena Sendler. Fannie and Irena risked their lives fighting injustice. What can we learn from Fannie and Irena? How do we find courage for our time? Joining the author on the panel will be Liz Moore, Peace & Justice Action League of Spokane; Jenny Rose, Spokane Education Association; Lara Estaris, KYRS Community Radio and Taylor Weech, youth activist. (509) 838-5371. Admission: FREE

2. “The Sound of Music” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Nov. 17-20, with 3 p.m. matinee Nov. 20, Gonzaga Prep, 1227 E. Euclid Ave. Gonzaga Preparatory School fine arts students stage the classic musical. The hills will forever be alive with the sound of music. (509) 483-8511. Admission: $7

3. “Spaced Out” 8 p.m. Friday, Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. An all-improvised sci-fi comedy. (509) 747-7045. Admission: $7

4. Whitworth Jazz Combos Concert 8 p.m. Wednesday, Whitworth University, Cowles Music Center Music Recital Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Road. Student jazz groups perform. (509) 777-3280. Admission: FREE

5. Gathering of the Bands 7 p.m. Thursday, North Idaho College, Schuler Performing Arts Center, Boswell Hall, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene. The NIC Wind Symphony and combined area middle school bands perform a variety of music. (208) 769-3300. Admission: FREE

6. Sharma Shields and Kris Dinnison 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Gonzaga University, Cataldo Hall Globe Room, 502 E. Boone Ave. Both authors will read from their books. Shields is the author of the short story collection “Favorite Monster,” winner of the 2011 Autumn House Fiction Prize, and the novel “The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac” (2015), winner of the Washington State Book Award for fiction. Dinnison’s young adult novel, “You and Me and Him” was published in 2015. Part of the 2016-17 Gonzaga University Visiting Writers Series. (509) 328-4220. Admission: FREE

7. “A Universe From Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing” 7 p.m. Thursday, Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. They are some of the most pressing questions we all ask at some point in our lives – where did the universe come from? What was there before? And why is there something rather than nothing? New York Times best-selling author and internationally known theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything that exists came to be in the first place with his lecture. (509) 624-1200. Admission: FREE

8. “Making an Impact: Veterans and the Humanities” 7:30 p.m. Monday, Gonzaga University, Cataldo Hall’s Globe Room, 502 E. Boone Ave. William D. Adams, the 10th chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has had a distinguished career as a professor of political philosophy and as president of Bucknell University and Colby College. Before completing his degree, Adams served three years in the Army, including one year in Vietnam, which he cites as having had a profound influence on his decision to pursue philosophy. Adams will discuss the importance of the humanities to our society, particularly our military veterans. (509) 313-6680. Admission: FREE

9. UI Concert Band and Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m. Tueday, University of Idaho, University Auditorium, 851 Campus Drive, Moscow. Student musicians show off their talents. (208) 885-6231. Admission: FREE

10. SOUPort the end of Homelessness 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Kootenai County Fairgrounds, Jacklin Building, enter Gate D off Kathleen Ave., 4056 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene. Enjoy 40 different soups in this event presented by St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho. (208) 416-4717. Admission: $10