Spokane Calendar

Today

Manito Park Garden Tour – A free tour of the Ferris Perennial Garden hosted by the Friends of Manito Park, 6 p.m. at the park, 17th and Grand. (509) 456-8038.

Upcoming

Humor for caregivers – Humor researcher and psychologist Paul McGhee will speak on “Humor as Survival Training for Caregivers, You and Others Who Care,” 8 a.m.-noon Friday at the Spokane Falls Community College SUB Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. It is designed to help caregivers of elderly patients learn to apply humor for health benefits. Admission is $15. (509) 533-3140.

Growing our Heritage – Gala art auction by the Friends of Paulsen House. Artwork by local artists will be auctioned to raise money for the preservation and maintenance of Paulsen House, part of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. Gourmet hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar, 6 p.m. Saturday, in the Great Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. Tickets are $35 per person. Call Gloria Waggoner at (509) 455-6661 for reservations.

Constitution Day lecture – David Mindich, former CNN assignment editor and professor of journalism at St. Michael’s College, will speak on “Tuning Out and Dropping Out: How Disengagement Challanged our Democracy and Weakens Constitutional Protections,” 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. Admission is free. (509) 777-3707.

Bicycling clinic – Bicyclist Ruth Thomas, who is in her 80s, will speak on her recently completed journey riding through all 50 states and discuss the benefits of bicycling, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Rockwood Retirement Community-Hawthorne, 101 E. Hawthorne Road. (509) 466-0411.

Community development lecture – Mary Nelson, president emeritus of the faith-based community development corporation Bethel New Life in Chicago, will speak on “Challenges and Opportunities in Creating Shalom Community,” 7 p.m. Sept. 19 in Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-4345.