Spokane Calendar

Sat., Nov. 4, 2006

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Today

Fall craft show – Plus bake sale and raffle items, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place. Proceeds benefit the Spokane Valley Senior Center. (509) 926-1937.

Spaghetti feed – Benefits the Has Beens, Gonna Bees and Wanna Bees, which provides help to low income families at Christmas, 4-8 p.m. at the East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone. Adults $4 and children 2-12 $2.50, free for children under 2. (509) 484-7305.

Upcoming

Pancake breakfast – Hosted by the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. The cost is $4.50 for adults and $2.50 for children under 6. (509) 326-9211.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Retired orthopedist Ed Lester will speak on the botany of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Winsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

Geology Lecture – David Fastovsky of the University of Rhode Island will speak on the “Catastrophic Extinction of the Dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary,” 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene. (509) 533-8017.

Muslims in Europe – Chris Soper, director of the Center for Faith and Learning and associate professor of political science at Pepperdine University, will speak on “Muslims in Europe: Singing God’s Song in a Strange Land,” 7 p.m. Thursday in the Johnston Science Building Auditorium on the Whitworth College campus, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-3275.

Faith and AIDS lecture – Jyl Hall, manager of Acting on AIDS, will speak on “Global AIDS: What Is God’s Heart for Orphans and Widows in Their Distress?” 7 p.m. Thursday at Weyerhaeuser Hall on the Whitworth College campus, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-3707.

Veterans Day show – A performance by the Project Joy Orchestra and the Sunrose Duo, 2 p.m. Thursday at the Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland. Refreshments will be served. Admission is $5 in advance, $8 at the door. (509) 327-1584.

Veterans Appreciation Dinner – Turkey with all the trimmings plus dancing to music by Uncle Harold’s Band. Happy hour is at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. Reservations required by Nov. 8. Admission is $10. (509) 326-9211.

Jubilee International Marketplace – The 18th annual event featuring fair-trade crafts from around the world, hosted by First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar. Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. next Saturday. (509) 448-0805.

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