Spokane calendar
Today
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.
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. Volunteers will be wearing green aprons and will give out Forget-Me-Not seed packets for each donation. Locations vary; 483-8456.
Humanist Focus Group meeting - Doranne Miller will review “Freethinkers” by Susan Jacoby, 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, 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 today, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1-3 p.m., Guardian Angel Homes, Liberty Lake; 255-1441.
Spaghetti Benefit Dinner - Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society, 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, today-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.
Upcoming
Annual Mother’s Day Historic Neighborhood Tour - Sunday, 16th annual event with self-guided walking tour of the Audubon neighborhood, plus first-floor interior tours of six houses. Presented by the Historic Preservation Committee of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and sponsored by Tomlinson Black. Tickets available at the MAC, 2316 W. First; $15/nonmembers; 456-3931.
Talking With - A four-course Mother’s Day dinner is 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. Collection of monologues from 1982 about women’s lives, in their own voices, 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; 325-6383.