Luncheon And Fashion Show Are A Fall Tradition
As much a part of fall as piles of multi-colored leaves and crisp apples is the annual Nordstrom Holiday Luncheon and Style Show.
The event, which benefits Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center, Morning Star Boy’s Ranch and St. Anne’s Children’s Home, will be Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Ag Trade Center.
The luncheon offers a wonderful way to help children with special needs through the work of the three long-time Spokane agencies, while previewing the latest fashions and enjoying an afternoon with friends.
Continuous shuttle service between Nordstrom and the Trade Center will be offered beginning at 10:30 a.m. The social hour starts at 11, followed by the luncheon and fashion show.
Tickets, sold on a first-come, first-served basis, are $30 for premier seating, $25 for general seating and $20 for seniors. Reservations may be made through any of the charities: Guilds’ School, 326-1651; Morning Star, 448-1411; or St. Anne’s, 456-7125.
Walk in their shoes
As the temperatures drop, especially at night, there is a growing need for safe, warm shelter for those who call the street home.
The 10th-annual House of Charity’s Poor Man’s Meal, will raise funds to help support emergency winter-time services for Spokane’s homeless. Last winter the House of Charity provided more than 5,000 nights of shelter for homeless people.
The Poor Man’s Meal will be served from noon to 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 15, at the House of Charity, 9 W. Main. The meal is simple each year, much like that offered to those who come to the House of Charity for food and shelter, said Carolu Condon, chairwoman of the event.
This year’s meal will feature pastina soup with meatballs. Frank DeCaro and his family, owners of DeCaro’s Little Italy Restaurant, have provided the recipe and will oversee the soup’s preparation.
This year’s lunch will also serve as a “fare-thee-well” for Dan Hutchinson, director of House of Charity, who will retire Oct. 1.
Tickets, $10, may be purchased by calling 456-7150. For more information, contact Mary Ann Heskett, 456-7125.
Good ‘Stuff’
Auctions have become a favorite way to raise funds for a variety of organizations and causes. A rather unique auction of new, used and collectible musical instruments, books, records, music, music stands, etc., is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Holy Names Music Center.
The event, a benefit for the music center, is a revival of Spokane’s Instrument Auction and Music “Stuff” Sale which was sponsored by the now-defunct Spokane Musical Arts.
The instrument auction begins at 10:30 a.m. with stringed instruments, followed by winds, brass and percussion. A handmade oak music stand will be raffled with a limited number of tickets sold for a donation of $5 each.
Items taken on consignment for the sale must be brought to the center between 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6. For consignment information, call 326-9516.
The Holy Names Music Center is on the northeast corner of the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute campus, just west of Spokane Falls Community College.
Study needs Crohn’s patients
The Spokane IBD Support Group meets at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the Mary Bede Room of Sacred Heart Hospital. Representatives seeking Crohn’s patients for a Spokane-based study with a new anti-inflammatory drug will give a presentation and answer questions.
Tucker Lecture
James Vache, Gonzaga University School of Law professor, will present GU’s annual Jerry Tucker Memorial Lecture on the University’s Mission at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Jepson Center Auditorium.
“More than Children in Their Times: The Importance of the Core (curriculum) to Professional Education,” is the title of Vache’s speech. He will discuss the importance to the undergraduate/ professional schools of an integrated approach to undergraduate arts and sciences education.
The lecture is open to the public free of charge. For more information, call 328-4220, ext. 3740.
Picture this
A newly donated collection of photography books will be dedicated with a lecture, “American Photography: Creating a Visual Image,” by Rod Slemmons, at 7 tomorrow night in the Music Recital Hall on the Whitworth campus.
Slemmons, photography curator for the Seattle Art Museum, will focus on some of the most important artists and photojournalists represented in the collection of books which were donated by Floyd and Shirley Daniel of Seattle. He will also describe how photography became the “lingua franca” of the 20th century.
The non-circulating collection is comprised of nearly 1,300 photography books that range from instruction and technique to the works of nearly all the 20th century’s greatest photographers.
The books are accessible by appointment by calling 466-3260.
GU recitals of varying notes
Joseph Klice, adjunct instructor of piano at Gonzaga University, will present a solo recital of works by Mozart, Chopin, Arnt and Joplin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in GU’s Hughes Auditorium.
Flutist Robert Spittal, GU director of bands, will join Klice in a reading of Alfred Casella’s “Sicilienne and Burleske.”
GU’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, in Russell Theatre.
Both recitals are free and open to the public. For more information, call 328-4220, ext. 3333.
The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Betsy Carosella The Spokesman-Review