Spokane calendar

Today

Child safety – The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children presents Smart Parent and Safe Baby event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Wal-Mart stores, 1527 E. Broadway, 9212 N. Colton, 2301 W. Wellesley. Parents will be given information on child safety and free child identification kits; (800) THE-LOST.

Upcoming

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Pat Freeman will speak on the seniors program at the Community College of Spokane, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive; lunch is available for $11; 244-3467.

Urban Forest – The Neighborhood Alliance of Spokane County hosts guest speaker Carrie Anderson of the Urban Forest Council, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Community Building, 35 W. Main; 466-0576.

World of Ice – Cheney Palouse Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host guest speaker Eugene Kiver, professor emeritus of geology at Eastern Washington University, with a presentation on “Glaciers 101: The World of Ice,” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Science Building, EWU, Cheney; 559-5818.

Compass Club luncheon – The women’s club for welcoming newcomers to the area hosts guest speaker Julia McHugh of the Spokane Aquifer Board, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road; lunch is $19; reservations are required; 465-8163.

Spring lecture series – Gonzaga University hosts it’s first lecture with Gonzaga biology professor Hugh Lefcort, a veteran of the Israeli Army, speaking on “What 100 Years of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Teach Us about the War on Terror,” noon Wednesday at the Jundt Art Museum auditorium, Desmet and Van Gorp; 323-6679.

Birds of the Galapagos Islands – The Spoken Audubon Society hosts bird photographer Bart Whelton, who will present a slide show, 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Riverview Retirement Home, 1801 N. Upriver Drive.

Black History Month – Spokane Community College presents Loretta Ross, founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, who will speak on “Human Rights Violations in the United States,” 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the SCC Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-8114.

Geology lecture – Katrin Iken, assistant professor at the School of Fisheries and Ocean Studies at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, will speak on “Arctic Ocean Exploration in Light of a Changing Environment,” 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-8017.

Terrorism debate – Spokane Falls Community College faculty and students debate whether terrorism in response to terrorism is justified, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday , SFCC SUB Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 533-3698.

Great Decisions lecture series – Whitworth College hosts Vandana Asthana speaking on “China and India: Partners or Competitors?,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Weyerhaeuser Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Road. Asthana heads up the Christ Church College Political Science Department and Environmental Studies Unit in Kanpur, India; 777-3270.

Black History Month Lecture – Friday, 7 p.m. at Washington State University’s Beasley Coliseum in Pullman; speaker is Cornel West, professor of religion and Afro-American studies at Princeton University; 885-7716.

Songs for Peace – An evening of music in opposition to the war in Iraq and the erosion of civil liberties, 7-9 p.m. next Saturday at the Community Building, 35 W. Main. Performers include Laddie Ray Melvin, The Raging Grannies, Mark Stanton, Jenny Edgren and The Blue Ribbon Tea Company; 323-3816.

Whitewater safety – The Northwest Whitewater Association hosts an indoor seminar on whitewater safety, 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at the Valley YMCA, 2421 N. Discovery Place; $25; (208) 661-3042.

Spaghetti dinner – St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church hosts its annual spaghetti dinner, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the church, 503 N. Walnut;. $20 family of six; $6 adults, $5 seniors and children 6-12, free for children under 6; 926-5428.

Poverty – The United Nations Association-Spokane hosts Bart Haggin of the Spokane County growth management steering committee speaking on the fundamentals of poverty, 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 624-3608.

free; 880-2785.