In brief: Used book sale Friday and Saturday

SPOKANE COUNTY – On Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Friends of the North Spokane County Library will have a semiannual used book sale at the library, 44 E. Hawthorne Road.

The sale will include paperback books for 50 cents and hardback books for $1. Books on tape, DVDs, CDs, and VHS tapes will also be for sale.

Proceeds will support library activities such as Spokane Is Reading and the Summer Reading Program for children, teens and adults.

For more information, call (509) 893-8350.

Music event supports area Komen group

EMERSON/GARFIELD – The fourth annual Think SWING! Jazz and Blues Festival will be Saturday at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St., in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The three-session event is appropriate for all ages.

Dinner will be catered by the Glover Mansion and will include gumbo, jambalaya and étouffée.

Doors open for the first session at 1:30 p.m. and the lineup includes Washboard Chaz, The Pete Petersen Septet, and Hot Club of Spokane. Tickets are $20 per person.

The second session begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes The Shanghai Woolies, led by Gavin Bondy of Pink Martini, and 6-foot Swing. Tickets are $49 per person and the event includes dinner.

Doors open for session three at 8:45 p.m. and the session is expected to include Washboard Chaz, The Pete Petersen Septet and Hot Club of Spokane. Tickets are $20 per person.

Tickets are available at TicketsWest outlets.

For more information call the Komen Eastern Washington Affiliate at (509) 315-5940 or e-mail info@ KomenEasternWashington.org.

Proceeds will support the Susan G. Komen Eastern Washington Race for the Cure.