Spokane calendar

Today

Spaghetti Feed – Hosted by the Hillyard Kiwanis featuring all you can eat pasta, salad and dessert, noon to 3 p.m. today at the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council office, 6116 N. Market. Adults are $8 and children ages 5-12 are $5. Children age 5 and under are free. (509) 487-5159.

Upcoming

Engineers of Forum of Spokane – Retired Air Force Col. Merle Gorton will give an update on the Armed Forces Museum, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

American poet – Poet Jane Hirschfield will read a selection of her poetry at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Gonzaga University’s Cataldo Hall, 502 E. Boone; (509) 323-6681.

Latino America – The Rev. Noel Castellanos, founder of the Latino Leadership Foundation and La Villita Community Church in Chicago, will speak on “The Browning of America: Immigration, Integration and Incarnation,” 8 p.m. Wednesday at Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road; (509) 777-3275.

Spokane Audubon Society – A presentation and slide show on the birds and animals of Costa Rica, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Riverview Terrace Retirement Home, 1801 N. Upriver Drive. (509) 466-3098.

Socratic Lecture at Gonzaga – The Rev. Ron Tacelli, a Boston College philosophy professor, will speak on “Why Does God Hide? Pascallian Reflections by a Jesuit,” 4-5:30 p.m. Friday in the Gonzaga Administration Building Room 101, 502 E. Boone. (509) 323-6720.

Spokane City Forum – Republican Sen. Brad Benson and Democratic challenger Chris Marr will debate the issues in the 6th District Senate race, 11:45 a.m. Oct. 18 at First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar. A question-and-answer period will follow. The cost is $10; $5 for students. Reservations are required. (509) 777-1555.

Leadership Connection breakfast – Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick will speak on leadership during a discussion titled “Look Over Your Shoulder: Is Anyone Following?” from 7-8:45 a.m. Oct. 19 in the Les Schwab Room of the Spokane Arena at Boone and Lincoln. The cost is $25; $9 for students. (509) 323-3575.

Fashion show and luncheon – Hope House, a women’s shelter, will host a benefit fashion show and luncheon from noon-2 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Doubletree Hotel Spokane-City Center, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. A wine tasting will precede the luncheon at 11 a.m. Admission is $38. Reservations are required by Oct. 16. (509) 624-2378.