Spokane Calendar

Today

GU Business Forum – Guest speaker Stacey Cowles, publisher of The Spokesman-Review, will speak on “Newspapering in the 21st Century,” 7:30 a.m. at the Gonzaga University Jepson Center auditorium, 502 E. Boone. The cost of $12.50 includes breakfast at 7 a.m. Call (509) 323-5991 for reservations.

Upcoming

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. Friday at Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. Admission is free. (509) 777-3707.

American Association of University Women – The group presents guest speaker Steve Franks of the city of Spokane Planning Department, 10 a.m. Saturday at the Shadle Park Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. Lunch is $10. Call (509) 448-7994 for reservations.

Sons of Norway Lodge – The lodge will host breakfast 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. The cost is $4.50 adults and $2.50 for children under 6. The lodge will also host an ice cream social from 1-3 p.m. the same day. Prices vary. (509) 326-9211.

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. Tuesday in Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-4345.

Global lecture series – David Boose, Gonzaga University associate professor of biology, will speak on “Global Choices: Population, Consumption and Limits,” noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, GU Administration Building Room 101, 502 E. Boone. It will be repeated later that day from 7-8:30 p.m. at the GU Jepson Center. (509) 323-6679.