Spokane calendar
Today
Quilt show – The 27th annual “Magic of Quilting” show hosted by the Spokane chapter of the Washington State Quilters, today, 10 a.m.-7 pm., Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Spokane Convention Center; $5 and free for children 11 and under; 443-2319.
Passport to Reading – The Passport to Reading program hosted by Toon Disney will feature children’s author Roland Smith. Each child attending the free event will get a copy of Smith’s book, “The Cryptid Hunters”; 1 p.m. at the Downtown Library, 906 W. Main; 444-5300.
Upcoming
Engineers Forum of Spokane – The latest on SIRTI, a presentation by Peter Mowery, the group’s director of commercialization, Monday, noon, Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive; lunch, $12; 244-3467.
Park Board public meeting – The Spokane Park Board finance committee will host a public meeting on the proposed 2006 budget Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., in City Hall, Room 5A, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd; 625-6297.
Farmers’ Market – Spokane Falls Community College hosts an outdoor farmers’ market and fair, Tuesday, 11:30 a.m., south lawn in front of library at the SFCC campus, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 533-3586.
Uzbekistan Fulbright Scholar speaks – Nodira Azimova, professor of sociology and anthropology at Taskent University, will speak on Uzbek women’s role in their society Tuesday, noon-1 p.m., Monroe Hall, Room 207, Eastern Washington University; 359-2898.
Spokane Public Library public meetings – Meetings will focus on a plan to increase hours of operation. Meetings are set for 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, East Side Library, 524 S. Stone; noon-1 p.m. Friday, downtown library, 906 W. Main; 7-8 p.m. Oct. 18, South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry; 7-8 p.m. Oct. 19, Indian Trail Library, 4709 W. Barnes Road; 444-5300.
Political discussion – The Jane Jefferson Democrats will host a political discussion, Wednesday, 11:30 a.m., Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division; 535-0171.
Author lecture – James Howard Kunstler, author of “Long Emergency; Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century,” will speak as part of SFCC’s Sustainability Symposium Wednesday, 11:30 a.m., SFCC Music/Performing Arts Building, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 434-5149.
Transitions breakfast – A breakfast to benefit the Transitions programs for women and children with guest speaker Senator Lisa Brown, Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., Red Lion Inn at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive; donations will be accepted; 455-4249.
Preserving the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge – The Audubon Society hosts guest speaker Harvey Brown Wednesday, 7 p.m., Riverview Retirement Home, 1801 E. Upriver Drive; 533-3661.
Marine fisheries documentary – The film “Empty Oceans, Empty Nets” will be shown as part of SFCC’s Sustainability Symposium, Friday, 11:30 p.m., SFCC Sub Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 434-4149.
Trail ride benefit – The Rambo Rider 4-H Club will host a trail ride to benefit the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital next Saturday, 10 a.m., Busy Bee Ranch, 14910 W. Craig Road; register in advance by calling 327-1899 or 328-8358.
Cancer benefit concert – Musician David Bailey, a brain tumor survivor, will perform in a concert to benefit Cancer Care Northwest Foundation, next Saturday, 7 p.m., Rendezvous, 1003 E. Trent; $10; tickets are available at 605 E. Holland, 602 S. Sherman and 12615 E. Mission or call 228-1009.