Spokane Calendar

Mon., Feb. 20, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

Today

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

Upcoming

World War I Victory Gardens – A lecture by gardening writer Pat Munts, Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., SCC Learning Resources Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-7382.

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 at noon, Phase I Auditorium, WSU Spokane, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd.; (509) 358-7982.

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

Slave Spirituality – The Rev. Moses Berry, curator of the Ozarks African-American Heritage Museum, will speak on “Slave Spirituality and the Ancient African Church,” ThursdayFeb. 23 at 9:30 a.m., Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene St. Berry also will speak on “Slave Spirituality and the African American Experience Today” at 10:30 a.m.; 533-7185.

Pancake breakfast – Sunday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Millwood Masonic Temple, 3219 N. Argonne Road; presented by the Jewel of the Valley Court, Order of the Amaranth; $5 for adults, $3 children 8 and under. Community lunch Break – Eastern Washington University hosts its Eastern Edge luncheon with guest speaker Neal Sealock, retired brigadier general and current director of the Spokane International Airport, Feb. 28 at 11:30 a.m., Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. Reservations are required by Wednesday; $15; 235-5034.

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 Bang Cosmology and Creation,” Feb. 27 at 7 p.m., 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, 300 W. Hawthorne Road; 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.

Soul Food Awareness Day – Hosted by the SCC’s Black Student Union, Feb. 28 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., SCC Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene. The menu includes barbecued chicken, collard greens and cornbread; $7; 533-8114.

Central Asian historical women – Dildora Abidjanova, a Fulbright Fellow at Boston University, will speak on famous women in Central Asian history, March 1 at noon, Eastern Washington University Monroe Hall, Cheney; 359-2898.

Compass Club – The women’s club for welcoming newcomers to the area hosts bingo and lunch, March 7 at 11 a.m., Sons of Norway Hall, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. Lunch is $12 and reservations are required; 465-8163.

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