Culinary calendar

Schug Carneros Estate Wine Dinner - Six-course dinner with wine. Reservations required. Today. 7 p.m., Max at Mirabeau Park Hotel, I-90 at Sullivan Road. $115, includes tax and gratuity. (509) 922-6252.

Gary Fox Memorial Cruise and Wine Tasting - Benefit to raise money for additional equipment to go with the Side Scan Sonar Unit. Boarding at 6 p.m., cruise from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday. Board at the Boardwalk Marina, Coeur d’Alene. $50. (208) 446-1300.

“A Little Night Music” Fundraiser - Fabulous food, fine wine, dessert auction and live music by Emerson. To benefit Women’s and Children’s Free Restaurant. Saturday. 5:30-9:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Medical Center, Providence Auditorium. $50. (509) 324-1995.

Apple Festival at Green Bluff - Large variety of apples, fresh-pressed cider and pumpkins. Live music, food, craft booths, antiques, farm mazes and animals. Saturdays-Sundays, through Oct. 28. Green Bluff, 15 minutes north of Spokane.

Elks Children’s Therapy Dinner - Menu of chicken fried steak and a sock hop. Proceeds go to the Therapy Program. Presentation by a therapist at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6. Reservations needed by today. Saturday. Elks Lodge, 2605 N. Robie Road. $7.50. (509) 926-2328.

Festa Italiana - Enjoy live family entertainment, mouthwatering food, cooking demonstrations, a wine and beer garden, “Italian Idol” Karaoke Singing Contest, artisan and business booths, “Mercantino” (little market) farmers’ market, Spokane Italian Car Club show and the Bolla Grape Stomp Contest. Free hands-on activities for children along with carnival booth games and jumping castles. Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene. Free admission; parking is $1, proceeds benefit local youth/school groups. (208) 773-8522.

Pancake Breakfast - Sponsored by Hillyard Senior Center and The Hillyard Lions Club. Sunday. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St. $4/adults, $2.50/ages 6-12, free/age 5 and younger. (509) 482-0803.

Pancake Breakfast - Menu consists of scrambled eggs, eggs Benedict, sausage, juice, coffee and all-you-can-eat pancakes. Music by Mountain Musicians. Sunday. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sons of Norway Tordenskjord Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. $4.50/adults, $2.50/age five and younger. (509) 326-9211.

Spaghetti Dinner - Sunday. Noon-6 p.m., Mary Queen Parish, 3423 E. Carlisle Ave. $7/adults, $4/children ages 6-12. (509) 483-4384.

The Bishop’s Poor Man’s Meal - Soup and bread lunch, open house and tours. Proceeds benefit the Emergency Winter Sleeping Program. Sunday. Noon-2 p.m., House of Charity, 32 W. Pacific Ave. $10/person, $30/family. (509) 358-4254.

25th Annual YWCA Women of Achievement Luncheon - With keynote speaker actress Alfre Woodward, most recently seen on “Desperate Housewives.” Proceeds benefit the YWCA of Spokane. Tuesday. Noon. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. $125. (509) 326-1190, ext. 154.

Upbeat Breakfast - Presented by the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce, featured speaker is Michael Faison, executive director of Idaho Commission on the Arts. Sponsored by The Art Spirit Gallery. Tuesday. 7 a.m., Coeur d’Alene Inn, 506 Appleway, Coeur d’Alene. $10, (208) 664-3194.

Cooking classes at the Greenbriar - Oct. 11 and 13, Wild Game; Oct. 18 and 20, Advanced Sauces; Oct. 24 and 27, Country French; Nov. 1 and 3, Meat Fabrication; Nov. 5 and Nov. 9, Artisan Breads; Nov. 15 and 17, Tapas and Hors d’oeuvres; Nov. 26 Mediterranean Cuisine. Classes are weekdays from 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m.-1 p.m., The Greenbriar, 315 Wallace Ave., Coeur d’Alene; $45. (208) 667-9660.

Oktoberfest - Happy hour 5:30 p.m., dinner and dancing at 6:30. Menu consists of schnitzel, red cabbage, spaetzle, gravy and peach kuchen, serving authentic Bavarian wine and beer tasting. Oct. 12. Sons of Norway Tordenskjord Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. $12.50. Reservations required. (509) 326-9211.

Spaghetti Dinner - Hosted by the Elks Lodge. Oct. 12. 5:30-7 p.m., 2605 N. Robie Road. $5. (509) 926-2328.

Harvest Celebration - Features free wine tasting, with live music daily from 1-5 p.m. Oct. 13-14. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Maryhill Winery, 9774 Highway 14, Goldendale, Wash. (877) 627-9445.

Italian Wines and Italian Cheeses - Taste with Oona Timmons and Kim Morin of Saunders and John Allen of Vino! A Wine Shop. Reservations required. Oct. 16. 6-8 p.m., Saunders Cheese Market, 210 S. Washington St. $45. (509) 455-9400.

Wine and Cheese Tasting - Featuring Walla Walla’s Amavi Winery and Saunder’s Cheese Market. Sample four wines with distinct paired cheeses. Oct. 16. 5-8 p.m., Cena Spokane, 12501 N. Highway 395, Suite 3. $5. (509) 328-3709.