Spokane Calendar

Sat., Feb. 18, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

Today

American Association of University Women – Guest Kathy Carman will speak on the culture of the Cuna Indians, 10 a.m., Chic-A-Ria, 1812 W. Francis; reservations are required; lunch is $15; 487-1080.

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Auction Benefit – 1-3 p.m., Heroes and Legends, Lincoln and Riverside; 880-2785.

Upcoming

Engineers Forum of Spokane – guest speaker, Jayne Singleton, curator of the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, Monday, noon, Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive; lunch is $12; 244-3467.

Spokane College Women’s Association – Wednesday, 11 a.m., Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division; Marlene Guhlke, project manager and environmental services manager for the engineering firm CH2M Hill, will speak on “Is Our Aquifer in Danger?”; reservations are due today; lunch is $13; 465-0362.

Oil supply lecture – Melissa Ahern, Washington State University associate professor of health policy and administration, will speak on “Global Oil Depletion and Implications for Community Health and Sustainability”, Wednesday, noon, Phase I Auditorium, WSU Spokane, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd.; 358-7982.

Gonzaga Spring Lecture Series – “The Philosophy of Terror” will be the topic Wednesday at noon, GU’s Jundt Art Museum Auditorium, 500 E. Boone; to be presented by GU philosophy professors Tom Jeannot, Doug Kries and Richard McClelland; 323-6679.

Slave Spirituality – Rev. Moses Berry, curator of the Ozarks African-American Heritage Museum, will speak on “Slave Spirituality and the Ancient African Church,” Thursday 9:30 a.m., and on “Slave Spirituality and the African-American Experience Today,” 10:30 a.m., Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene St.; 533-7185.

“Physics and the God of Abraham” – A joint lecture series by Gonzaga University and Whitworth College: The Rev. William Stoeger will present “The Beginnings of the Universe: Big Band Cosmology and Creation,” Feb. 27 at 7 p.m., Whitworth’s Seeley Mudd Chapel, 300 W. Hawthorne Road; Rev. William Stoeger will present “God as Creator: Divine Immanence, Evolution and the Laws of Nature,” Feb. 28 at 7 p.m., Weyerhaueuser Hall at Whitworth; Rev. Robert Spitzer will present “Philosophical Implications for Creation and Design Arising out of Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology” March 1 at 7 p.m., 721 N. Cincinnati; 323-6744.

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