Spokane calendar

Today

Women Helping Women Luncheon – , noon-1:30 p.m., Spokane Convention Center. Annual event hosted by the Women Helping Women Fund to benefit programs that help women and children. The speaker will be Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, victims’ rights advocate and innovator in the fight against crime. Costis $100/minimum donation per guest; visit http://www.whwfspokane.org/whwfspokane/; 328-8285.

Greater Spokane Democratic Women’s Group - 12:30 p.m., Cafe Americana at University City; 924-7212.

“Explore Your Life Purpose” lecture - “Sacred Contacts Group: Exploring Your Life Purpose through Your Personal Archetypes,” presented by Candess Campbell, LMHC. Based on the book by Caroline Myss,” Sacred Contacts.” Group will begin today and will meet through June 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 1704 W. 11th; $160; 363-1789.

Home Depot Free May Workshops - At Home Deport stores through May. Workshops include: “You Can Have Fun with Faux Painting: Basic and New Techniques,” Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Install a Faucet,” Thursdays at 7 p.m.; “Power Tools 101: You Can Use a Power Drill to Install a Ceiling Fan,” Fridays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Install Hardwood Floors,” Saturdays at 10 a.m.; “You Can Paint or Stain the Exterior of Your Home,” Saturdays at 2 p.m.; and “You Can Lay Ceramic Tile,” Sundays at 2 p.m.; (800) 430-3376.

Upcoming

Forget Me Not Days - Volunteers from the Spokane Bankers Life and Casualty Co. will be collecting donations at area street corners and stores to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association Friday-Saturday. Volunteers will be wearing green aprons and will give out Forget-Me-Not seed packets for each donation. Locations vary; 483-8456.

14th annual Wine and Microbrewery Tasting Auction - Sponsored by Odessa Healthcare Foundation, Friday, Odessa, Wash; (509) 982-0191.

Humanist Focus Group meeting - Doranne Miller will review “Freethinkers” by Susan Jacoby, Saturday, 8 a.m., Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division; breakfast, $7; 448-2516.

Gardeners of Spokane Open House and Plant Sale - Wide variety of annuals, perennials and vegetables, Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Hutton Settlement Greenhouse, 9907 E. Wellesley; 926-1027.

Spokane County Valley Market - Held the first Saturday and Sunday of each month beginning this weekend, and continuing through October, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, south lot, Broadway Ave. and Havana Street. Includes crafters, farmers and flea market vendors and music, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; $1; 921-0843.

Kitty Amnesty Day - The Spokane Humane Society will offer discounted adoption rates for cats to make room for incoming animals, Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., 6607 N. Havana. Pick a balloon to get a discount (adoption fees will range from $30 to $72). Also face painting for children, cookies and punch; 467-5253.

Mother’s Day Tea - Sponsored by Hillyard Senior Center, Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Northeast Community Center, Assembly Room, 4001 N. Cook; 482-0803.

Mother’s Day Luncheon - A Mother’s Day luncheon and style show sponsored by the Spokane Valley Senior Center Association, Saturday, noon, Spokane Valley Senior Center, 11423 E. Mission. Fashions provided by the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Shop; $6/adults, $3/students and children; reservations suggested; 926-2937.

Spring Tea - To benefit the Liberty Lake Municipal Library, Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Guardian Angel Homes, Liberty Lake; 255-1441.

Spaghetti Benefit Dinner - Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society, Saturday, 3-7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1435, 212 S. David; $7./adults, $5/seniors/children; 483-8421.

Annual Mother’s Day Historic Neighborhood Tour - 16th annual event with self-guided walking tour of the Audubon neighborhood, plus first-floor interior tours of six houses, Saturday-Sunday. Presented by the Historic Preservation Committee of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture and sponsored by Tomlinson Black. Tickets available at the MAC, 2316 W. First; $15/nonmembers; 456-3931.

Talking With - A collection of monologues from 1982 about women’s lives, in their own voices, Sunday, 7 p.m., May 15 at 3 p.m., and May 22 at 7 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Proceeds will benefit the YWCA Alternatives to Domestic Violence Program. A four-course Mother’s Day dinner available Sunday, 6 p.m.; suggested donation: $20/adults, $10/ages 2-10, free/ages 2 and younger for Mother’s Day dinner and play; 325-6383.

“Seven Weeks in Africa” - Spokane Community College lecture presented by Tammy Filliater, SCC life science instructor, Monday, 11:30 a.m., SCC Lair-Student Center Sasquatch Room, Building 6, 1810 N. Greene; 533-7237, 533-8017.

Engineers Forum of Spokane - “What’s Happening on the City Council” presented by Cherie Rodgers, Spokane City Councilwoman, Monday at the Airport Holiday Inn, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch will be served at noon for $11; program begins at 12:30 p.m.; 244-3467.

Family identification plan – Presented by COPS Northwest, offers IDs for all children and other family members at risk. ID packets are available at COPS Northwest on the first Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants will receive a computer disk copy of their photo and a fingerprint card. A $1 donation is requested to cover costs, but no one is turned away. For more information, call or visit COPS Northwest, 2215 W. Wellesley, Suite D, Shadle Park Mall, on weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 625-3336.