Spokane calendar

Today

Engineers Forum of Spokane – at the Airport Holiday Inn, 1616 Windsor Drive. “Freedom Isn’t Free,” presented by Sgt. Wayne Terry. Lunch will be served at noon for $11; program begins at 12:30 p.m. Call 244-3467 for more information.

EWU African American Heritage Celebrations – today through Friday at Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Open house today, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Room 204 of Monroe Hall; films and lectures each day from 10-11 a.m. in the JFK Library auditorium. For more information, contact Carol Vines at 359-2898.

Upcoming

Humanist Focus Group meeting – Saturday, 8 a.m. at the Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division. Dr. David Bowling will give a presentation on cosmology. Breakfast is available for $7. For more information, contact Ross Woodward at 448-2516, e-mail rjwoodward@omnicast.net, or visit www.AmericanHumanist.org.

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society meeting – Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main. Carolyn Olafson will present a program on family history centers. Contact Shirley Penna-Oakes at 276-1740 for more information.

Spokane Community College Asian New Year Events – Events include Thai dancing, New Year traditions and origami lessons, Feb. 8-10, 11:30 a.m., in the SCC Center for the Humanities, second floor of the college’s Learning Resource Center, Building 16, 1810 N. Greene. Chinese New Year events Feb. 12 in the Lair Student Center, Building 6, starting at 1 p.m.. Also on Feb. 12, Chinese New Year banquets will be hosted from 6:30 p.m.-midnight at King Yen Restaurant, 3004 N. Monroe, and Peking North Restaurant, 4120 N. Division. Tickets are $1/cultural fair, $8/cultural fair and performances, $20/cultural fair, performances and banquet, or $30 for VIP tickets. . For more information, contact Susan Butler at 533-7473 or e-mail subtler@scc.spokane.edu.